MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 NOTEBOOK (DEC. 16-22) Contact: Dan Gliot | [email protected] | 317-237-5606 (O) | 440-773-2770 (C) STANDINGS | AS OF DEC. 16 Horizon League Overall Record Team Conf. Pct. PF PA All Pct. PF PA H A N Stk Youngstown State 0-0 0.000 -- -- 3-0 1.000 77.0 61.0 2-0 1-0 0-0 W3 Purdue Fort Wayne 0-0 0.000 -- -- 1-0 1.000 67.0 63.0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Robert Morris 0-0 0.000 -- -- 1-0 1.000 75.0 57.0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 IUPUI 0-0 0.000 -- -- 1-0 1.000 69.0 66.0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Wright State 0-0 0.000 -- -- 2-1 0.667 73.3 64.7 1-1 1-0 0-0 W2 UIC 0-0 0.000 -- -- 3-2 0.600 67.4 65.6 2-1 1-1 0-0 L2 Milwaukee 0-0 0.000 -- -- 1-1 0.500 73.0 69.5 0-0 1-1 0-0 W1 Northern Kentucky 0-0 0.000 -- -- 2-3 0.400 70.6 75.0 2-0 0-3 0-0 L3 Detroit Mercy 0-0 0.000 -- -- 1-3 0.250 69.8 74.5 0-1 1-2 0-0 W1 Cleveland State 0-0 0.000 -- -- 0-3 0.000 56.0 79.3 0-0 0-3 0-0 L3 Green Bay 0-0 0.000 -- -- 0-4 0.000 67.5 89.0 0-0 0-3 0-0 L4 Oakland 0-0 0.000 -- -- 0-7 0.000 63.6 88.9 0-0 0-5 0-2 L7 ON THE HORIZON (all times ET) Date Game Time Network Dec. 19 Youngstown State at Northern Kentucky 2 p.m. ESPN3 Milwaukee at Green Bay 2 p.m. ESPN3 Wright State at Detroit Mercy 2 p.m. ESPN3 MARCH 8-9 | INDIANA FARMERS COLISEUM Cleveland State at Robert Morris 6 p.m. ESPN3 Oakland at UIC 7 p.m. ESPN+ IUPUI at Purdue Fort Wayne 7 p.m. ESPN3 Dec. 20 Wright State at Detroit Mercy 2 p.m. ESPN3 Milwaukee at Green Bay 2 p.m. ESPN3 Youngstown State at Northern Kentucky 3 p.m. ESPN2 IUPUI at Purdue Fort Wayne 5 p.m. ESPN3 Oakland at UIC 5 p.m. ESPN+ Cleveland State at Robert Morris 5 p.m. ESPN3 87 #HLMBB NEWS & NOTES DAYS UNTIL • Northern Kentucky has won three-straight #HLMBB Freshman of the Week honors to start the season and boasts the fifth-leading scorer in Trevon Faulkner (17.4), while Adrian Nelson is third in rebounding (12.3) and #REACHtheHORIZON leads all players with three double-doubles. • Youngstown State played three games last week and went 3-0 including earning a road win against Binghamton RECENT RESULTS despite trailing by more than 15 points. Naz Bohannon led the Penguins with 23 points and Darius Quisenberry went on to collect his 1,000th career point. Monday, Dec. 14 Youngstown State 80, West Virginia Tech 66 • Three #HLMBB players were placed on the 2020-21 Lou Henson Award preseason watch list presented annually to the top mid-major player in division I college basketball with Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis, Wright State’s Sunday, Dec. 13 Loudon Love and Youngstown State’s Quisenberry tabbed to the list. Wright State 85, Bowling Green 67 • Love, the Preseason Player of the Year, was also selected to the Lute Olson Award preseason watch list, Michigan State 109, Oakland 91 presented annually to the nation’s top Division I player, after previously being named to the 2021 Kareem Abdul- Youngstown State 79, Binghamton 65 Jabbar Center of the Year Award, given to the top center in men’s college basketball. Loyola 77, UIC 66 • Heading into #HLMBB play this weekend, Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis is the League-leader in scoring with 18.3 points per game, IUPUI’s Elyjah Goss is the rebounding leader with 16.0 boards per contest and UIC’s Teyvion Kent State 92, Northern Kentucky 73 Kirk is the League-leader in assists with 8.0. Milwaukee 71, Western Michigan 63 • Wright State won its second-straight game in dominating fashion against Bowing Green, the preseason MAC Ohio State 67, Cleveland State 61 favorites, by taking a 33-point lead into halftime before winning 85-67. Love finished with 16 points and 16 Saturday, Dec. 12 rebounds, while Tanner Holden led all scorers with 19 points. IUPUI 69, Tennessee State 66 • Detroit Mercy and Milwaukee each earned their first wins of the season against the same opponent, Western Detroit Mercy 67, Western Michigan 57 Michigan. The Titans won, 67-57, with five players scoring in double figures led by Davis with 14 while holding the Broncos to under 20 percent from three-point range. The Panthers claimed a 71-63 victory a day later with Te’Jon Friday, Dec. 11 Lucas finishing with 16 points, four assists and four rebounds. Kansas State 76, Milwaukee 75 • Davis at Detroit Mercy continues to be one of the biggest offensive threats in the country. He enters the Wednesday, Dec. 9 2020-21 season as the active career leader in scoring average at 24.8 points per game and second in 3-pointers made per game at 3.70. He was named to the Preseason All-HL First Team and the Jerry West Award watch list, Youngstown State 72, Point Park 52 recognizing the top shooting guards in the country. • Oakland is looking to stake its claim to one of the most talented backcourts in the HL as Rashad Williams posted his second-straight 30-point performance at No. 4 Michigan State with 36 points on eight 3-pointers and LEAGUE STATISTICS Jalen Moore added 26 points and five assists vs. the Spartans. For updated stats, visit HorizonLeague.com. HORIZONLEAGUE.com | #HLMBB | #REACHtheHORIZON | @HORIZONLEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 NOTEBOOK (DEC. 16-22) Contact: Dan Gliot | [email protected] | 317-237-5606 (O) | 440-773-2770 (C) 2020-21 #HLMBB PRESEASON POLL AND ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS 2020-21 #HLMBB Preseason Poll Results Pl. School (1st-place) – Votes 1. Wright State (37) – 517 2. Youngstown State (3) – 423 3. Northern Kentucky (4) – 413 Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year 4. RMU – 345 Loudon Love, Wright State 5. UIC – 312 6. Oakland – 288 7. Cleveland State – 283 8. Green Bay – 253 9. Detroit Mercy – 185 10. Milwaukee – 172 Preseason All-Horizon League First Team 11. Purdue Fort Wayne – 127 Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy 12. IUPUI - 114 Preseason Horizon League Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Loudon Love, Wright State Preseason All-Horizon League First Team Preseason All-Horizon League First Team Amari Davis, Green Bay (Alphabetical order by school) Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy Amari Davis, Green Bay Marcus Burk, IUPUI Loudon Love, Wright State Darius Quisenberry, Youngstown State Preseason All-Horizon League First Team Marcus Burk, IUPUI Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team (Alphabetical order by school) Algevon Eichelberger, Cleveland State Te’Jon Lucas, Milwaukee Rashad Williams, Oakland AJ Bramah, Robert Morris Preseason All-Horizon League First Team Naz Bohannon, Youngstown State Darius Quisenberry, Youngstown State HORIZONLEAGUE.com | #HLMBB | #REACHtheHORIZON | @HORIZONLEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 NOTEBOOK (DEC. 16-22) Contact: Dan Gliot | [email protected] | 317-237-5606 (O) | 440-773-2770 (C) PLAYER OF THE WEEK FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Rashad Williams | Oakland ö Loudon Love | Wright State David B hm | Northern Kentucky Williams had another impressive game against a power 5 opponent as Böhm had a terrific week for the Norse, averaging he scored a game-high 36 points against No. 4 Michigan State Sunday 13.5 points while shooting 46 percent from the floor afternoon from the Breslin Center. Williams’ 36 points is a season-best in a pair of road games at Dayton and Kent State. The and the most points in a single game by a #HLMBB player this season, native of Prague, Czech Republic earned a spot in topping his own mark from a week prior. The Detroit native hit eight triples on the day, shooting 47 percent from long-range. Williams went the starting lineup for NKU’s game at Kent State and 12-of-28 from the floor and added a game-high four steals. didn’t disappoint with his 19-point scoring outburst. He converted 7-of-15 shots, including 3-of-7 from long Love became the all-time leading rebounder in Wright State men’s range in a career-high 27-minutes played. His week basketball history on Sunday with an offensive rebound with 11:55 began with an eight-point outing against the Flyers. He remaining in the first half to surpass Bill Edwards (1990-93) atop the is now averaging 9.8 points per game for Northern record book. Love finished the afternoon with 16 points and 16 rebounds Kentucky. and now has 920 total rebounds in his career entering Horizon League play next week. Sunday was Love’s second double-double in three games to start the season and was also his second 16-rebound game of the year, as he added four blocks, two assists and a steal to his final stat line in Wright State’s 85-67 road win at MAC favorite Bowling Green. 2020-21 HORIZON LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Nov. 30 - RayQuawndis Mitchell, UIC Nov. 30 - Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky Dec. 7 - Rashad Williams, Oakland Dec. 7 - Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky Dec. 14 - Rashad Williams, Oakland & Loudon Love, Wright State Dec.