INDIANAPOLIS – Green Bay guard JayQuan McCloud scored 23.5 points in two games, including a 32-point performance in a road win to earn Nike® #HLMBB Player of the Week, while Wright State’s Tanner Holden averaged 23.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in a pair of wins to be named Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly honors on Monday.
#HLMBB Player of the Week
JayQuan McCloud | Green Bay | Senior | Guard | North Chicago, Ill.
McCloud had the best game of his career on Saturday, pouring in a career-high 32 points in his team’s 85-84 win on the road at Northern Illinois. McCloud buried a career-high six 3-pointers and went for 8-for-9 from the free throw line, grabbing five rebounds and dishing out five assists. The Phoenix went 2-0 on the week, behind McCloud’s 23.5 points per game and a 15-for-17 effort at the charity stripe. The sharp-shooting senior only needed 21 minutes to get 15 points in his team’s record-breaking win over Concordia-Chicago, where they scored a program record 126 points. McCloud played limited minutes, with the game well in hand, but he was asked to play 37 minutes at NIU just three days later. He now ranks eighth in HL in scoring with 15.5 points per game.
#HLMBB Freshman of the Week
Tanner Holden | Wright State | Freshman | Guard | Wheelersburg, Ohio
Holden turned in a career afternoon on Saturday against Toledo, tallying 27 points and 17 rebounds as Wright State closed out the non-conference schedule with a 79-72 victory at Toledo. During his career afternoon against Toledo, he scored 20 of his 27 in the second half and finished the afternoon 9-of-10 from the floor and 9-of-12 from the free throw stripe. Holden started his week with a 19-point effort against Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday night. For the week, Holden averaged 23.0 points and pulled down 12.5 rebounds while going a combined 17-of-20 from the floor and 12-of-19 from the free throw line.
2019-20 Nike® #HLMBB Players of the Week
November 11 – Daniel Oladapo, OaklandNovember 18 – Marcus Burk, IUPUI
November 25 – Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
December 2 – Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
December 9 – Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
December 16 – Tyler Sharpe, Northern KentuckyDecember 23 – JayQuan McCloud, Green Bay
2019-20 Nike® #HLMBB Freshmen of the Week
November 11 – Amari Davis, Green BayNovember 18 – Mike DePersia, IUPUI
November 25 – Grant Basile, Wright State
December 2 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
December 9 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
December 16 – Amari Davis, Green Bay
December 23 – Tanner Holden, Wright State
