Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (November 14)
INDIANAPOLIS – Wright State’s Trey Calvin averaged a League-best 27.0 points per game to start the season including a 37-point performance against Davidson and hitting a buzzer beating shot in a win at Louisville to earn Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week, while Youngstown State’s John Lovelace Jr. helped the Penguins to a 2-1 start after averaging over seven points a game and shooting over 71 percent from the field to be named Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week as the Horizon League announced its first men’s basketball weekly honors of the 2022-23 season on Monday.
#HLMBB Player of the Week
Trey Calvin | Wright State | Senior | Guard | Glendale Heights, Ill.
Calvin poured in a career-best 37 points in Wright State’s season opening, double overtime loss to Davidson on Wednesday before hitting the game-winning shot as time expired as part of a 17-point effort to help lift the Raiders past Louisville on Saturday. Calvin played 43 minutes in the double overtime game against Davidson in his season debut, including the entirety of both extra sessions with four fouls, before logging 31 minutes in the road win over Louisville as Wright State has now won its last three regular-season contests against ACC opponents. Calvin averaged a League-best 27 points and shot 45 percent from the floor in the two contests and was perfect from the free throw stripe (6-6) while passing out nine assists and adding six rebounds, three steals and a block.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
John Lovelace Jr. | Youngstown State | Freshman | Guard | Milwaukee, Wis.
Lovelace helped the Penguins to a 2-1 record last week and average 7.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. He scored a career-high 10 points in YSU’s 90-72 win over UT-Martin and added eight points in the 92-81 win at Canisius. For the week, he connected on 71.4 percent of his shots making 10-of-14 from the floor.
2022-23 Nike® #HLMBB Players of the Week
November 14 – Trey Calvin, Wright State
2022-23 Nike® #HLMBB Freshmen of the Week
November 14 – John Lovelace Jr., Youngstown State