Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (January 23)
INDIANAPOLIS – Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis and Milwaukee’s BJ Freeman share Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week honors this week. Davis posted his second-straight 40-point performance and moved into second place in NCAA history in scoring, while Freeman helped the Panthers to a 2-0 week averaging 28.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists including a 30-point, 11-assist performance. IUPUI’s Vincent Brady II was named the Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week after averaging 17.5 points for the Jags and shot over 50 percent from the field as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly honors on Monday.
#HLMBB Co-Player of the Week
Antoine Davis | Detroit Mercy | Redshirt Senior | Guard | Birmingham, Ala.
Davis becomes the Horizon League’s all-time leader in Player of the Week honors with the 12th of his career and the third of the season, passing Green Bay’s Keifer Sykes. The redshirt senior scored a season-high 42 points at IUPUI, tying his career-high by going 16-of-30 from the field and 8-of-18 from 3-point range with five assists. He is the first Titan in school history to record back-to-back 40-point games and the first player in Division I to accomplish the feat since Marquette's Markus Howard did it in early part of the 2019-20 season. He moved to second all-time in NCAA history with 3,274 points - 393 behind Pete Maravich's NCAA-record 3,667 - and extended his NCAA record in 3-pointers to 521.
#HLMBB Co-Player of the Week
BJ Freeman | Milwaukee | Sophomore | Guard/Forward | Selma, N.C.
Freeman earns his second Player of the Week honors in three weeks leading the way for the Panthers as Milwaukee went 2-0 and continued to keep pace for first place in the Horizon League at 8-2. Freeman averaged 28.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, shooting 52.6 percent (20-38) from the floor, 44.4 percent (8-18) from behind the arc, and 88.9 percent (8-9) from the foul line. He scored 26 points against RMU Thursday, including seven-straight points by himself to turn a 66-64 deficit into a 71-66 lead with 1:35 to play. Freeman was even more impressive in the first-place battle with Youngstown State on Saturday, filling it up with career-highs of 30 points and 11 assists, his first 30-point game and his first double-double of the season.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Vincent Brady II | IUPUI | Freshman | Guard | Indianapolis, Ind.
Brady picks up his League-leading fourth Freshman of the Week honor of the season after averaging 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game in IUPUI’s two games last week. He shot 54.2 percent (13-24) from the floor and 42.9 percent (6-14) from 3-point range. Brady began the week recording a career-high 23 points on a career-best four 3-pointers, six boards, two assists, two steals and a blocked shot against Oakland on Thursday. He followed that up with 12 points, three boards, two assists and two steals against Detroit Mercy on Sunday and has now made a triple in 16-straight games dating back to Nov. 24.
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
December 5 – Dwayne Cohill, Youngstown State
December 12 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
December 19 – Dwayne Cohill, Youngstown State
December 26 – Trey Calvin, Wright State & Dwayne Cohill, Youngstown State
January 2 – Jalen Moore, Oakland
January 9 – BJ Freeman, Milwaukee
January 16 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
January 23 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy & BJ Freeman, Milwaukee
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
December 5 – Isaiah Jones, Detroit Mercy
December 12 – Vincent Brady II, IUPUI
December 19 – A'lahn Sumler, Northern Kentucky
December 26 – Armon Jarrard, IUPUI
January 2 – Vincent Brady II, IUPUI
January 9 – Brandon Noel, Wright State
January 16 – Brandon Noel, Wright State
January 23 – Vincent Brady II, IUPUI