INDIANAPOLIS -- Cleveland State junior guard Trey Lewis (Garfield Heights, Ohio/Garfield Heights) has been named the Horizon League Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Detroit freshman forward Paris Bass (Birmingham, Mich. / Seaholm) has been named the Freshman of the Week, for the week of Jan. 19-25.
Lewis won his second straight Player of the Week honor after scoring 30 points to lead the Vikings to a come-from-behind win over Detroit on Friday night. CSU was playing without two of its starters due to injury and illness, but still had a two-point halftime lead over the Titans after Lewis scored 16 first half points. UDM opened the second half on a 15-4 run to take a nine-point lead and still led by five with under seven minutes left in the game when Lewis scored six consecutive points to give the Vikings a lead they would never relinquish.
Lewis finished the game 9-of-19 from the field, including 5-of-11 from three-point range. He also grabbed a season-high eight rebounds while playing in all 40 minutes of the victory.
After a four game stretch at the beginning of League play saw him score just 29 points in four games, Lewis has responded with 59 points in his last two games, while shooting 48.7 percent from the field and has hit 12 three-pointers.
For the season, Lewis averages 17.1 points per game to rank fourth in the conference and leads the League with an average of 2.9 three-pointers made per game.
Cleveland State (12-9, 6-1) is in a tie for first-place in the League standings and has two crucial games on the schedule this week. They play at Oakland (8-12, 3-2) before hosting the other team in a tie for first-place Green Bay (17-4, 6-1) on Saturday afternoon. Both games can be viewed on ESPN3.
Bass won his League-best fourth Freshman of the Week award this season after leading the Titans to a 1-1 week. The lengthy freshman forced overtime in Detroit’s non-conference game at Northeastern - currently tied for first in the Colonial Athletic Association - with a dunk with :28 seconds remaining. In overtime, Bass scored nine of the first 11 points as the Titans dominated the extra five minutes to win, 81-69. Bass finished the contest with a career-high tying 19 points, while shooting 8-of-14 from the field. On Friday night, Bass again tied his career-high with 19 points, shooting 7-of-13 from the field. He also pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season and first in Horizon League play.
Bass continues to pace all freshmen in the League in scoring (12.0), rebounding (6.0), steals (1.2) and blocked shots (19).
Detroit (10-11, 3-2) is in action three times this week, hosting Wright State on Monday night and Youngstown State on Thursday, before closing the week at Milwaukee on Saturday.
Top Performers for the Week:
Bobby Hain, Youngstown State (Jr., F) - Hain averaged 16 points per game and led YSU to its first HL win of the year with a victory over UIC. He scored 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field against the Flames. He also scored 11 points against Valparaiso. For the week, Hain connected on 57.9 percent (11-of-19) from the field and 75 percent (9-of-12) from the free-throw line. He needs just 95 more points to become the 36th YSU player to reach 1,000 for his career. He would become the 7th player to accomplish the feat under Jerry Slocum.
Greg Mays, Green Bay (Sr., F) - Mays scored 20 points on 10-of-15 shooting in Tuesday’s win over UIC. He registered his 100th career dunk and went 800 career points in the win. He scored nine points on 4-of-4 shooting and made the game-winning shot against Valpo on Friday night. He shot 73.7% from the field last week and added eight rebounds and six blocks.
Alec Peters, Valparaiso (So., F) - Peters had game-highs in points (18) and rebounds (6) in Valpo’s win at Youngstown State on Tuesday.
Corey Petros, Oakland (Sr., C) - Petros scored 18 points and pulled down a team-high seven rebounds in Oakland’s win over Milwaukee on Thursday.
Matt Tiby, Milwaukee (Jr., F) - Tiby scored 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in two Milwaukee games last week. He has now scored in double figures in 11 consecutive games.
Top Freshmen for the Week:
Kenny Carpenter, Cleveland State (Fr., G) - Carpenter had four points and a steal in 12 minutes off the bench in Friday’s win over Detroit. He had played just 13 minutes total in Horizon League play prior to Friday, stepping into action due to injuries.
Justin Jordan, Milwaukee (Fr., G) - Jordan averaged 8.5 ppg., 2.5 rpg., and 2.0 apg, while connecting on 50% (6-of-12) of his field goal attempts last week. Walker scored 17 points, grabbed four rebounds and had three assists in UWM’s win over Wright State on Tuesday.
Tevonn Walker, Valparaiso (Fr., G) - Walker scored 13 points and had five rebounds in the win at YSU on Tuesday. He set a career-high with 13 rebounds at Green Bay. The 13 boards were the most by a Crusader guard since 2010.
Men’s Basketball Player of the Week:
Nov. 10: Chrishawn Hopkins, Wright State
Nov. 17: Alec Peters, Valparaiso
Nov. 24: Keifer Sykes, Green Bay
Dec. 1: Bobby Hain, Youngstown State
Dec. 8: Jay Harris, UIC
Dec. 15: Alec Peters, Valparaiso
Dec. 22: Carrington Love, Green Bay
Dec. 29: Kahlil Felder, Oakland
Jan. 5: Keifer Sykes, Green Bay
Jan. 12: Trey Lewis, Cleveland State
Jan. 19: Trey Lewis, Cleveland State Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week:
Nov. 10: Justin Jordan, Milwaukee
Nov. 17: Paris Bass, Detroit
Nov. 24: Paris Bass, Detroit
Dec. 1: Nick Daniels, Oakland
Dec. 8: Grant Benzinger, Wright State
Dec. 15: Jalen Hayes, Oakland
Dec. 22: Jalen Hayes, Oakland
Dec. 29: Tevonn Walker, Valparaiso
Jan. 5: Paris Bass, Detroit
Jan. 12: Jalen Hayes, Oakland
Jan. 19: Paris Bass, Detroit
