INDIANAPOLIS -- Valparaiso senior forward Ryan Broekhoff (Frankston, Victoria, Australia/Australian Insititute of Sport) has been named the Horizon League Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Cleveland State freshman guard Bryn Forbes (Lansing, Mich./Sexton) has been named the Newcomer of the Week, for the week of Jan. 7-13. The award is the third of the season for Broekhoff and second for Forbes.
Valparaiso (13-5, 3-1 Horizon) tallied two road victories in Horizon League action last week, knocking off UIC, 75-70, ahead of a 76-52 win at Milwaukee on Saturday. Cleveland State (10-8, 2-2 Horizon) started the week with a 60-50 win over visiting UIC before falling at Wright State, 69-53. The Vikings rebounded with a 74-62 victory against Detroit on Saturday.
Broekhoff carried the Crusaders in both games, posting 21 points and 10 rebounds in Valpo’s win at UIC. The senior’s jumper in the lane with 2:23 to play put Valparaiso ahead for good, breaking a 61-61 tie. Finishing the game 7-of-13 from the floor, Broekhoff went 3-of-6 from three-point range.
In Saturday’s win, Broekhoff knocked down a career-high seven three-pointers, the first coming four seconds into the game, giving Valparaiso a lead it would never relinquish. With a 0.615 efficiency-per-possession rating, Broekhoff dominated the contest with 26 points and 10 rebounds, giving him a Horizon League-leading five double-doubles on the year.
The reigning Horizon League Player of the Year, Broekhoff sits second in the Horizon League with a 17.0 points per game average, leading the League with 8.3 rebounds per game. Broekhoff is second in both free-throw percentage (90.3) and three-point percentage (47.0). Nationally, Broekhoff’s 128.0 offensive rating is 30th, per Ken Pomeroy, while his 67.4 true-shooting percentage is 18th.
Inserted into Cleveland State’s starting lineup, Forbes averaged 16.7 ppg over three games, starting his week with 14 points in the win over UIC and leading the Vikings with 15 at Wright State. However, the freshman saved his finest performance for Saturday, when he went 5-of-7 from three-point range en route to 21 points in CSU’s win over the previously unbeaten Titans.
Forbes’ five three-pointers tied the Cleveland State freshman record, while he set a new career-high with eight rebounds. In conference play, Forbes sits in seventh with 42.9-percent three-point mark; his 2.3 three-pointers per game ranks sixth.
Valparaiso will wrap its three-game road swing on Thursday, Jan. 17, traveling to Detroit (11-6, 3-1 Horizon) for a nationally-televised contest between the 2012 Horizon League Tournament finalists on ESPNU. Tip from Dick Vitale Court at Calihan Hall is scheduled for 7 p.m. EST. The Crusaders will close the week by hosting first-place Wright State (13-4, 4-0 Horizon) on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 8:05 p.m. EST, with the Horizon League Network carrying the game live.
Cleveland State will hit the road on its Wisconsin swing, meeting Milwaukee (4-13, 0-3 Horizon) at 8 p.m. EST on Thursday, Jan. 17, before heading to Green Bay (8-9, 2-2 Horizon) for the Horizon League Network Game of the Week on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. EST. The game will be carried throughout the Midwest and on ESPN Full Court/ESPN3.
Top Performers for the Week:
Tim Kamczyc, Cleveland State (Sr., F) - Averaged 11.0 ppg on the week, scoring all 13 of his points versus UIC in the second half to lead the Vikings to victory.
Jason Calliste, Detroit (Jr., G) - Scored a career-high 27 points in Detroit’s 101-60 win at Youngstown State, going 6-of-8 from three- point range.
Alec Brown, Green Bay (Jr., C) - Emerged to lift Green Bay with 21 points, eight rebounds and four blocks to lead the Phoenix to a 53-47 win over visiting UIC.
Gary Talton, UIC (Sr., G) - Finished with a career-high 25 points versus Valparaiso, going a perfect 11-of-11 at the free-throw line. The senior was 6-of-8 from the field, adding four assists.
Reggie Arceneaux, Wright State (So., G) - Carried Wright State with a career-high 29 points at Loyola, hitting the eventual game-winning three with 1:35 to play in the 62-61 victory.
Top Newcomers for the Week:
Jordan Fouse, Green Bay (Fr., F) - Tallied his first career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds against Loyola, tying a school record with seven steals in the win.
Devon Turk, Loyola (Fr., G) - Contributed 12.5 ppg, hitting 7-of-14 three-point attempts for the Ramblers. With 8.9 ppg, Turk ranks second among Horizon League freshmen.
LaVonte Dority, Valparaiso (Jr., G) - Returned home to Chicago to score 18 points off the bench in the Crusaders’ 75-70 win at UIC.
Jerran Young, Wright State (Jr., F) - Scored 23 points against Cleveland State, lifting the Raiders off the bench.
DJ Cole, Youngstown State (So., G) - Led Youngstown State with a career-high 16 points versus Detroit.
Men’s Basketball Player of the Week:
Nov. 12: Keifer Sykes, Green Bay
Nov. 19: Kendrick Perry, Youngstown State
Nov. 26: Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso
Gary Talton, UIC
Dec. 3: Cole Darling, Wright State
Dec. 10: Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso
Dec. 17: Daniel Barnes, UIC
Dec. 24: Keifer Sykes, Green Bay
Dec. 31: Ray McCallum, Detroit
Jan. 7: Kendrick Perry, Youngstown State
Jan. 14: Ryan Broekhoff, Valparaiso
Men’s Basketball Newcomer of the Week:
Nov. 12: Jordan Aaron, Milwaukee
Bobby Hain, Youngstown State
Nov. 19: JT Yoho, Wright State
Nov. 26: Josh Crittle, UIC
Dec. 3: Bryn Forbes, Cleveland State
Dec. 10: Juwan Howard, Jr., Detroit
Dec. 17: Devon Turk, Loyola
LaVonte Dority, Valparaiso
Dec. 24: Jerran Young, Wright State
Dec. 31: Cully Payne, Loyola
Jan. 7: Josh Crittle, UIC
Jan. 14: Bryn Forbes, Cleveland State
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