#HLMBB Notebook – Jan. 20, 2026

January 20

Rachel White

#HLMBB Notebook
INDIANAPOLIS (January 20, 2026) – Oakland picked up a pair of road wins in Wisconsin, Purdue Fort Wayne and Wright State extended their win streaks and six teams posted 1-1 records in this week’s #HLMBB action.

#HLMBB RECENT RESULTS

Thursday, Jan. 15
- IU Indy 96, RMU 93 (OT)
- Oakland 73, Milwaukee 60
- Wright State 93, Youngstown State 83
- Green Bay 88, Cleveland State 73
- Northern Kentucky 96, Detroit Mercy 71
Saturday, Jan. 17
- Detroit Mercy 80, IU Indy 77
- Cleveland State 80, Youngstown State 78
- RMU 92, Northern Kentucky 89 (OT)
Sunday, Jan. 18
- Purdue Fort Wayne 100, Milwaukee 82
- Oakland 88, Green Bay 63

#HLMBB DIG DEEPER

Tuburu Naivalurua posted 26 points, 10 rebounds, two steals and two assists to lead the Golden Grizzlies to a win at Green Bay on Sunday. Isaac Garrett also added a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Oakland’s Brody Robinson is among the nation’s assist leaders with 119 total assists this season, averaging 6.0 assists per game.
Wright State’s TJ Burch ranks in the top five nationally in steals per game (2.89). Burch scored a career-high 24 points against Youngstown State on Thursday, adding seven assists, four steals and five rebounds to his stat line.
The Raiders lead the League in scoring defense (71.2 points per game), team field goal percentage (49.5), opponent three-point field goal percentage (32.0) and blocked shots (4.74).
Purdue Fort Wayne ranks 11^th nationally with a turnover margin of 4.9.
Corey Hadnot II leads the League with 19.9 points per game this season and is in the top ten nationally in total points this season (397).
Preston Ruedinger posted a 23-point, 10-assist double-double for Green Bay at Cleveland State this week, adding seven rebounds. Marcus Hall added 21 points and seven rebounds for the Phoenix against the Vikings.
NKU ranks fourth among Division I teams in fast break points with 19.43 per game.
LJ Wells led the Norse against Detroit Mercy, scoring 35 points on 11-15 shooting with seven rebounds and three assists.
Detroit Mercy’s Orlando Lovejoy is shooting 91.7 percent from the free throw line this season, ranking 15^th among Division I student-athletes.
Six Titans scored in double figures in the win at IU Indy, led by 16 points and eight rebounds from Tyler Spratt.
RMU is in the top 15 in the country in offensive rebounds per game with 14.05.
Ryan Prather Jr. is fourth in the country with an assist-turnover ratio of 4.29. The redshirt junior averaged 22.0 points per game for the Colonials this week.
DeSean Goode ranks in the top 15 nationally with a field goal percentage of 63.5 this season and also leads the League with 9.1 rebounds per game.
CSU’s Tre Beard is shooting 44.2 percent from three-point range, ranking 15^th nationally.
Dayan Nessah led the Vikings with 26 points in the victory over YSU this weekend.
IU Indy ranks fourth nationally with 20.4 assists per game, seventh nationally in steals per game (10.1) and fifth in turnovers forced per game (17.05).
Kyler D’Augustino had a game-high 28 points for the Jaguars with six assists in the win over RMU on Thursday.
Freshman Sekou Konneh averaged 11.5 points and 11.0 rebounds in a pair of games for Milwaukee this week.
YSU’s Imanuel Zorgvol paces the League with 1.9 blocks per game while teammate Cris Carroll leads #HLMBB in three-point field goals per game (3.0).

#HLMBB ON THE HORIZON

Wednesday, Jan. 21
- Purdue Fort Wayne at Detroit Mercy, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- IU Indy at Oakland, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Cleveland State at Wright State, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Thursday, Jan. 22
- Green Bay at Youngstown State, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Milwaukee at RMU, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Saturday, Jan. 24
- Milwaukee at Youngstown State, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Green Bay at RMU, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Oakland at Detroit Mercy, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Northern Kentucky at Wright State, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Sunday, Jan. 25
- Purdue Fort Wayne at IU Indy, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)