#HLMBB Notebook - Dec. 12
Rachel White
INDIANAPOLIS (December 12, 2023) – Purdue Fort Wayne and Youngstown State both went 2-0 and extended their winning streaks to highlight this week’s #HLMBB action.
#HLMBB RECENT RESULTS
- Tuesday, Dec. 5
- Saint Mary’s (CA) 70, Cleveland State 57
- Wednesday, Dec. 6
- Canisius 87, RMU 80
- Youngstown State 78, Ohio 72
- Ball State 68, Detroit Mercy 65
- Toledo 69, Oakland 68
- Illinois State 62, Northern Kentucky 59
- SIUE 78, Green Bay 69
- Purdue Fort Wayne 70, Southern Indiana 57
- St. Thomas 75, Milwaukee 71
- Thursday, Dec. 7
- Wright State 81, Bethel 62
- Eastern Illinois 75, IUPUI 58
- Friday, Dec. 8
- Oakland 77, Eastern Michigan 63
- Saturday, Dec. 9
- Youngstown State 72, Western Michigan 68
- Kent State 83, Cleveland State 77
- Milwaukee 81, UC Davis 79
- Purdue Fort Wayne 89, Southeast Missouri 80
- Western Illinois 68, Green Bay 59
- Akron 77, Northern Kentucky 76
- Sunday, Dec. 10
- Northwestern 91, Detroit Mercy 59
- Monday, Dec. 11
#HLMBB DIG DEEPER
- Purdue Fort Wayne’s Anthony Roberts averaged 17.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 3.5 steals per game this week and the ‘Dons moved to 10-1 for the first time since 1989-90.
- Under Armour #HLMBB Player of the Week Ziggy Reid led the Penguins with a season-high 25 points with five 3-pointers in the Penguins’ 72-68 win at Western Michigan. Against the Broncos, he connected on 9-of-17 from the floor and 5-of-11 from 3-point range.
- Oakland’s Trey Townsend led the Golden Grizzlies with 22 points in a win against Eastern Michigan on Friday, shooting 9-of-12 from the floor and adding nine rebounds and five assists.
- Northern Kentucky’s Marques Warrick led #HLMBB with 22.5 points per game this week. The senior guard posted a 30-point outburst against Akron, along with a season-best six rebounds, three steals and two assists.
- Faizon Fields hit a pair of free throws with 2.9 seconds remaining and Milwaukee defended a final attempt at the buzzer to claim an exciting 81-79 victory at UC Davis on Saturday. Erik Pratt led the Panthers in a balanced team effort, setting a career high for the second straight contest in finishing with 18 points, adding three rebounds and four assists.
- Cleveland State’s Tristan Enaruna has scored in double figures in 32 consecutive games for the Vikings. The senior forward led all scorers with 22 points on 10-16 from the field at Kent State.
- Alex Huibregtse turned in his third double-digit scoring output of the season Thursday night as he was one of five Raiders to finish in double figures in the 81-62 victory over Bethel. Huibregtse stuffed his stat line with a 13-point night on 6-of-9 shooting, adding eight rebounds, six assists and two steals.
- Marcus Tankersley led Detroit Mercy with 17.0 points and 9.0 rebounds in this week’s action.
- Green Bay boasts the top scoring defense in the HL as the Phoenix are allowing opponents to score just 66.2 points per game this season. GB also paces #HLMBB in opponent field goal percentage (41.5).
- Markeese Hastings posted a double-double for the Colonials on Monday against Delaware, scoring 23 points with 10 rebounds.
- Jylynn Counter paced IUPUI with 19 points at Eastern Illinois on Thursday.
#HLMBB ON THE HORIZON
- Tuesday, Dec. 12
- Wright State vs. Western Kentucky, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Green Bay at UIC, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- IUPUI at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET (BTN+)
- Wednesday, Dec. 13
- Milwaukee vs. Longwood, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Thursday, Dec. 14
- Youngstown State vs. Bethany, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Northern Kentucky vs. University of the Cumberlands, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Friday, Dec. 15
- Cleveland State at Bradley, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Saturday, Dec. 16
- IUPUI vs. Lindenwood, Noon ET (ESPN+)
- Purdue Fort Wayne vs. Bethune-Cookman, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Green Bay at Oklahoma, 9 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Sunday, Dec. 17
- RMU vs. Saint Vincent, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Northern Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky, 4 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Monday, Dec. 18
- Youngstown State vs. Westminster, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Oakland at Michigan State, 7 p.m. ET (B1G Network)
- Detroit Mercy at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m. ET (ESPN+)