#HLMBB Notebook – Feb. 24, 2026

#HLMBB Notebook – Feb. 24, 2026

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Rachel White

#HLMBB Notebook
INDIANAPOLIS (February 24, 2026) – With just 10 total games left in the regular season, seeding for the Barbasol #HLMBB championship is still up in the air with Wright State needing one win to secure the No. 1 seed, three teams tied for second place in the standings and five teams looking to join the Raiders as the other four hosts for the First Round.

#HLMBB RECENT RESULTS
  • Wednesday, Feb. 18
    • Youngstown State 106, Cleveland State 82
    • Northern Kentucky 87, Purdue Fort Wayne 71
  • Thursday, Feb. 19
    • IU Indy 85, Wright State 73
  • Friday, Feb. 20
    • Detroit Mercy 91, Milwaukee 86
    • Green Bay 73, Oakland 68
  • Sunday, Feb. 22
    • Detroit Mercy 74, Green Bay 70
    • RMU 81, Wright State 68
    • Purdue Fort Wayne 92, Cleveland State 86
    • Youngstown State 64, Northern Kentucky 58
    • Oakland 81, Milwaukee 70
#HLMBB DIG DEEPER
  • Wright State needs one win in its final two games to clinch the outright regular season title and championship No. 1 seed.
  • TJ Burch led the Raiders with 23 points in the victory over IU Indy on Thursday, adding four assists and three steals. Freshman Kellen Pickett added a double-double for the Raiders with 11 points and 10 rebounds while Michael Imariagbe chipped in 19 points.
    • Burch paces #HLMBB with 2.4 steals per game in League play.
  • Detroit Mercy, Green Bay, Oakland, Purdue Fort Wayne and RMU are competing to join Wright State in the top five seeds and host First Round competition next week.
  • In Sunday’s win over the Phoenix, Orlando Lovejoy paced the Titans with 33 points, adding five assists and four rebounds. On Friday against Milwaukee, TJ Nadeau led Detroit Mercy offensively with 25 points while Lovejoy added 24 points and Legend Geeter contributed 19 points and eight rebounds in the win.
  • Tuburu Naivalurua scored 23 points and collected nine rebounds and four assists in Oakland’s win over Milwaukee on Sunday. Brody Robinson added 20 points and nine assists for the Golden Grizzlies.
    • Robinson paces the League with 6.8 assists per League contest.
  • Nikolaos Chitikoudis posted 17 points with nine rebounds in RMU’s road win at Wright State on ESPNU on Sunday. Freshman Darius Livingston scored a career-high 24 points in the victory while DeSean Goode and Ta’Zir Smith also scored in double figures for the Colonials.
    • Goode ranks first in the League with 8.4 rebounds per game and a field goal percentage of 67.2 in League play.
  • Justin Allen led Green Bay at Oakland on Friday, scoring 21 points with five assists. C.J. O’Hara added 16 points and Caden Wilkins scored 12 for the Phoenix.
  • Four Mastodons scored in double figures in Sunday’s win at Cleveland State. Corey Hadnot II paced Purdue Fort Wayne with 28 points, adding seven assists.
    • Hadnot leads the League with 20.9 points per game in League play.
  • LJ Wells scored 29 points with five assists, four rebounds and three steals in NKU’s win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday.
  • Bryson Dawkins led the Penguins to a pair of home victories over Cleveland State and Northern Kentucky this week, averaging 17.5 points per game and shooting 68.4 percent from the field.
  • Freshman Stevie Elam had a strong week for the Panthers, averaging 16.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
  • Chevalier Emery paced Cleveland State with 21 points while teammate Jaidon Lipscomb added 20 points against the Mastodons on Sunday.
    • Lipscomb is first in #HLMBB with 3.6 three-point field goals per game in League action, while shooting 43.9 percent from three-point range.
  • Kyler D'Augustino scored 20 points to lead IU Indy at Wright State on Thursday, chipping in three assists and two steals.
  • The 2026 Barbasol #HLMBB Championship will open with the Play-In featuring the No. 10 and No. 11 seed on Monday, March 2.
  • The First Round on Wednesday, March 4 will feature five men’s and five women’s teams securing their spots in Indy with games on best-seeded campus sites.
#HLMBB ON THE HORIZON
  • Wednesday, Feb. 25
    • Oakland at IU Indy, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Detroit Mercy at RMU, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Northern Kentucky at Cleveland State, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Wright State at Purdue Fort Wayne, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Youngstown State at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
  • Saturday, Feb. 28
    • Cleveland State at RMU, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Purdue Fort Wayne at IU Indy, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Youngstown State at Green Bay, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Detroit Mercy at Oakland, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
    • Wright State at Northern Kentucky, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)