INDIANAPOLIS -- Green Bay senior forward Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) has been named the Horizon League Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Valparaiso freshman forward Alec Peters (Washington, Ill.) has been named the Freshman of the Week, for the week of Nov. 19-25.
Green Bay (2-1) won its lone game of the week against Minnesota Duluth Saturday night at the Resch Center, 92-57. Brown led the way for the Phoenix as he recorded the third triple-double in program history and the first in Horizon League history to include blocks. He finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocked shots. The last triple-double the League turned in was tallied by Kaylon Williams on Jan. 3, 2011.
With his performance Saturday, Brown moved into second place all-time in Horizon League history in career blocks with 229 and his 10 blocks against Minnesota Duluth was the second most in program history. Brown holds the program record with 11 blocked shots recorded against Wright State on Jan. 14, 2012.
Valparaiso (3-3) split its games on the week falling to Evansville on the road 100-92 and defeating James Madison at home 81-49. The victory over James Madison was Valparaiso’s largest versus a Division I opponent since an identical 81-49 win over Toledo on Dec. 12, 2009.
Peters recorded two double digit performances for the Crusaders highlighted by a 30 point outing at Evansville. His 30 points was the most by a Valparaiso freshman in 13 years, the last coming in 2000 by Raitis Grafs. Peters added 15 points in the win over James Madison and went 14-of-25 in field goals while being a perfect 8-8 on the line over the course of the two games.
The Crusaders look to improve their perfect 3-0 home record as they welcome UCF Tuesday evening at 8:05 p.m. EST, live on HLN. Green Bay returns to action on Thursday against Pepperdine at 9:30 p.m. EST to open play in the Great Alaska Shootout. The contest will be nationally televised by CBS Sports Network.
Top Performers for the Week:
Travis Bader, Oakland (Sr., G) – Moved into 18th all-time in NCAA history with 385 3-pointers made and 956 3-point field goal attempts. He has reached double figures in 33 straight games and has made 34 consecutive free throws.
Steven Davis, Wright State (Fr., F) – Had a team leading 17 points versus Houston Baptist and was 13-of-17 on the week.
Kahlil Felder, Oakland (Fr., PG) – Dished out a season-best nine assists against St. Francis Brooklyn and grabbed a season-high six rebounds. Felder has reached double figures in three of his last five games.
Bryn Forbes, Cleveland State (So., G) – Averaged 20.0 points in two games with a 22 point performance over Eastern Michigan to mark his third double digit scoring outing in five games. He was 14-of-15 from the free throw line, snapping his consecutive make streak of 28.
Matthew Grant, Detroit (Fr., G) – Scored 14 points and dished out three assists in the win over Florida Atlantic. He added nine points and three assists on the road at James Madison and 11 points in triple overtime against Stony Brook.
Juwan Howard, Jr., Detroit (Jr., F) – Led Detroit with 23 points against Toledo and added a career-high 25 points over Stony Brook. He has scored in double figures every game this year.
Marcus Keene, Youngstown State (Fr., G) – Scored 15 points, with three 3-pointers, and had six assists against Westminster.
Kyle Kelm, Milwaukee (Sr., F) – Moved into the starting lineup and had 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field against Tennessee Tech and tallied 16 points in the loss to DePaul. He is shooting a team-best 58.2 percent from the floor on the season.
Kendrick Perry, Youngstown State (Sr., G) – Led the Penguins to a pair of wins recording 13 points against Westminster and 10 against Thiel. He also had six assists in each game.
Lexus Williams, Valparaiso (Fr., G) – Made first career start Saturday against James Madison, hitting 5-of-7 for 12 points. At Evansville, he had eight points and four assists off of the bench.
Men’s Basketball Player of the Week:
Nov. 11: Kendrick Perry, Youngstown State
Nov. 18: Steve McWhorter, Milwaukee
Keifer Sykes, Green Bay
Nov. 25: Alec Brown, Green Bay
Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week:
Nov. 11: Alec Peters, Valparaiso
Nov. 18: Kahlil Felder, Oakland
Nov. 25: Alec Peters, Valparaiso
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