Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (November 28)
INDIANAPOLIS – Northern Kentucky’s Marques Warrick earned back-to-back Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week honors after leading the Horizon League in scoring including a 45-point performance in a double overtime victory at home, while Wright State’s Brandon Noel shot over 70 percent from the floor and averaged 15.0 points and 8.0 rebounds to help the Raiders to a 2-1 week in Las Vegas to be named Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly honors on Monday.
#HLMBB Player of the Week
Marques Warrick | Northern Kentucky | Junior | Guard | Lexington, Ky.
Warrick picked up his second Player of the Week award of the season after leading the Horizon League with 24.3 points per game for the week and dropped a HL-best 45 points in a double overtime win against Tennessee Tech on Sunday. The 45 points set a NCAA Division I era record at NKU and his 18-made field goals was also a brand-new school best. The Norse played four games in total last week where he reached double-digit scoring in all four contests as the junior averaged over 17 points per contest in three games in Florida. For the week, Warrick shot just under 50 percent from the field and averaged 3.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.3 steals. Entering this week, Warrick is fourth in the nation in made field goals (59), ninth in points (151) and 12th in points per game (21.6).
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Brandon Noel | Wright State | Redshirt Freshman | Forward | Lucasville, Ohio
Noel finished in double figures in two of Wright State’s three contests as part of the Vegas 4 tournament, capping the week with a career-high 23 points in the win over Weber State. Noel opened the Vegas trip with eight points and six rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting before a 14-point effort against UC Riverside as he connected on his first two collegiate 3-pointers and pulled down a career-best 11 rebounds. Against Weber State, Noel was 10-of-11 from the floor with two more triples and added seven rebounds. He finished the week shooting 72 percent overall with 24 total rebounds, including 20 on the defensive glass, while chipping in six steals, three blocks and three assists.
2022-23 Nike® #HLMBB Players of the Week
November 14 – Trey Calvin, Wright State
November 21 – Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
November 28 – Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
2022-23 Nike® #HLMBB Freshmen of the Week
November 14 – John Lovelace Jr., Youngstown State
November 21 - Vincent Brady II, IUPUI
November 28 – Brandon Noel, Wright State