Nike #HLMBB Players of the Week (January 9)
INDIANAPOLIS – Milwaukee’s BJ Freeman led the Panthers to a pair of road wins averaging 19.5 points and 6.5 rebounds against last season’s co-regular season champions to help MKE move into a tie for first place in the standings to earn Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week, while Wright State’s Brandon Noel was named the Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week for the second time this season after posting three-straight double-doubles and helping the Raiders go 2-1 as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly honors on Monday.
#HLMBB Player of the Week
BJ Freeman | Milwaukee | Sophomore | Guard/Forward | Selma, N.C.
Freeman helped lead Milwaukee to a perfect 2-0 week and into first place in the Horizon League standings at 5-1 with a pair of impressive performances on the road. It started Thursday night at Cleveland State, scoring a season-high 24 points, including a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. He added six rebounds and made five 3-pointers. He followed that up with 15 points and a team-high seven rebounds in the win over Purdue Fort Wayne, highlighted by a triple with two minutes left that secured the win. For the week, he averaged 19.5 points per game and shot 45.2 percent (14-31) from the floor, including 47.1 percent (8-17) from distance, as the Panthers knocked off the two teams that shared the regular-season title a year ago.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Brandon Noel | Wright State | Redshirt Freshman | Forward | Lucasville, Ohio
Noel picked up his second Freshman of the Week honor of the season after averaging 15.3 points and 15.7 rebounds as he turned in three double-doubles this week for Wright State as the Raiders went 2-1 overall. He began the week with a 14-point, 15-rebound effort on the road at IUPUI before setting a new career-high with 17 rebounds to go with 18 points in a win over Detroit Mercy on ESPN2. The Lucasville, Ohio native ended the week with another 15-rebound effort and added 14 points against Oakland. The redshirt freshman was efficient from the field, shooting above 60 percent in all three contests on the way to a 63.3 percent overall shooting percentage for the week.
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
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