January 7Player: Antoine Davis of Detroit-Mercy
Freshman: Antoine Davis of Detroit-Mercy
INDIANAPOLIS – Detroit Mercy freshman guard Antoine Davis averaged 40.5 points per game, including scoring 48 to begin the weekend, shooting 58 percent from the field and 54 percent from 3-point range to be named Nike® #HLMBB Player and Freshman of the Week as the Horizon League announced its first men’s basketball weekly honors of 2019 on Monday. This marks the third time a player has won both weekly League honors since the HL began naming a weekly newcomer in the 2012-13 season, and the second time this season Davis has accomplished the feat.
#HLMBB Player and Freshman of the Week
Antoine Davis | Detroit Mercy | Freshman | Guard | Birmingham, Ala.
The freshman sensation was at it again, nearly setting a school record in one performance and going back over 30 in another to average 40.5 points as the Titans went 1-1 over the weekend and are off to a 3-1 start in Horizon League play. Davis also tallied 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists, shooting 58.3 percent overall (28-48), 54.1 percent from long range (13-24) and 92.3 percent (12-13) at the free-throw line. He started the week off with a season-high 48 points against Wright State in a 79-58 win, one point shy of tying the program's single-game point record. He went a season-best 15-of-24 from the field and 10-of-15 from behind the arc. His 10 triples tied his school record he had earlier in the year, while the 48 points was the third-highest scoring outburst in NCAA Division I this year, and the most against a Division I opponent. It was the fourth highest game in conference action in Horizon League history and the most since LaSalle's Kareem Townes had 52 against Loyola (Ill.) in 1995. He then came back with a game-high 33 points, scoring 21 in the first half, against NKU hitting 13-of-24 from the field with three more 3-pointers as he broke the school’s freshman long-range record with 81 treys on the season. He is currently second in the nation in scoring at 27.3 points per game, while topping the nation with 81 3-pointers and 5.06 triples per game.
2018-19 Nike® #HLMBB Players of the Week
November 12 – Xavier Hill-Mais, Oakland
November 19 – JayQuan McCloud, Green Bay & Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
November 26 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
December 3 – ShanQuan Hemphill, Green Bay & Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
December 10 – Tyree Appleby, Cleveland State
December 17 – DeAndre Abram, Milwaukee
December 23 – Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
December 31 – Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
January 7 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
2018-19 Nike® #HLMBB Freshmen of the Week
November 12 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
November 19 – Skyelar Potter, Wright State
November 26 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
December 3 – Braden Norris, Oakland
December 10 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
December 17 – Rashad Williams, Cleveland State
December 23 – Braden Norris, Oakland
December 31 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
January 7 – Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy