#HLMBB Notebook – Feb. 10, 2026

February 10

Rachel White

#HLMBB Notebook
INDIANAPOLIS (February 10, 2026) – Green Bay and RMU posted 2-0 records in #HLMBB play this week. The Phoenix will host Purdue Fort Wayne on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The League will also honor Coach John McLendon with our annual celebration this week.

#HLMBB RECENT RESULTS

Wednesday, Feb. 4
- RMU 72, Wright State 66
- Cleveland State 91, Oakland 78
- Green Bay 87, Northern Kentucky 84 (OT)
- Youngstown State 90, Purdue Fort Wayne 61
- Detroit Mercy 76, Milwaukee 63
Saturday, Feb. 7
- Green Bay 76, Detroit Mercy 63
- IU Indy 82, Cleveland State 74
- RMU 72, Youngstown State 66
- Northern Kentucky 67, Milwaukee 62
- Wright State 73, Purdue Fort Wayne 68

#HLMBB DIG DEEPER

The sixth edition of the Coach John McLendon Celebration will take place Sunday, February 8 through Saturday, February 14. The initiative, which highlights the major impact of Coach McLendon, will be held in conjunction with the men’s basketball national linear television broadcast on February 12, with additional coverage on all of the League’s ESPN+ broadcasts during that timeframe.
- McLendon was hired by Cleveland State in 1966, becoming the first African American head coach at a predominately white institution. He led the Vikings for three seasons. In January 2021, McLendon was posthumously selected as the Theodore Roosevelt Award honoree, the highest distinction of NCAA awards. The award is named after former President Theodore Roosevelt, whose concern for the conduct of intercollegiate athletics led to the establishment of the NCAA in 1906.
C.J. O'Hara led Green Bay to a 2-0 week with wins over Northern Kentucky and Detroit Mercy. The Minnesota native averaged 20.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, shooting 51.7 percent from the floor and 90.0 percent from the free throw line. O’Hara leads the Phoenix with 14.1 points per game this season.
Green Bay ranks second in the League in team field goal percentage (47.9) and third in team three-point field goal percentage (36.0).
GB’s Preston Ruedinger is second among #HLMBB players in assist-turnover ratio (3.6) and third in assists per game (5.3).
Purdue Fort Wayne’s Corey Hadnot II paces the League with 20.0 points per game this season. Hadnot ranks in the top 15 nationally with 501 total points this season.
PFW leads the League and ranks fifth in the country with a turnover margin of 4.76 this season.
Mikale Stevenson contributes 15.0 points per game for the Mastodons while DeAndre Craig adds 14.4 points per game.
Nikolaos Chitikoudis posted a double-double for the Colonials in the win over Wright State, totaling 12 points and 12 rebounds. Ryan Prather Jr. added 17 points, six rebounds and five assists for RMU in the victory.
Michael Imariagbe turned in back-to-back double-double efforts to help Wright State remain atop the Horizon League standings, including grabbing 16 rebounds in Saturday’s win over Purdue Fort Wayne. He opened the week with a 16-point, 13-rebound effort in the Wednesday road loss at RMU before shooting 86 percent from the floor on Saturday on the way to his 19-point, 16-rebound performance.
WSU’s TJ Burch is third nationally with 2.83 steals per game.
Brody Robinson and Tuburu Naivalurua posted 22 points each for Oakland at Cleveland State on Wednesday. Robinson added eight assists and paces #HLMBB with 6.4 assists per game this season.
Jaxon Edwards registered a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in IU Indy’s first win over the Vikings since 2019.
IU Indy is ranked second among Division I teams with 20.6 assists per game.
TJ Nadeau led the Titans in scoring in both games this week, averaging 19.0 points and shooting 60.0 percent from the field.
Tre Beard scored 24 points and added nine assists and five rebounds in Cleveland State’s win over Oakland on Wednesday.
Donovan Oday totaled 28 points, eight rebounds, five assists and five steals for NKU against Green Bay on Wednesday.
Five Penguins scored in double figures in YSU’s victory at Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday. Bryson Dawkins paced YSU with 18 points.
Milwaukee’s Aaron Franklin posted a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double with four assists against NKU.

#HLMBB ON THE HORIZON

Tuesday, Feb. 10
- Milwaukee at IU Indy, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Thursday, Feb. 12
- Northern Kentucky at IU Indy, 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Purdue Fort Wayne at Green Bay, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
- Detroit Mercy at Wright State, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Youngstown State at Oakland, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- RMU at Cleveland State, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
Sunday, Feb. 15
- Youngstown State at Detroit Mercy, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- IU Indy at Purdue Fort Wayne, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Wright State at Cleveland State, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Oakland at RMU, 2 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
- Green Bay at Milwaukee, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN+)