On The Horizon

Jim Squire

#HLMBB Staff Picks: December 2, 2021--HoriZone Roundtable
Townsend scores 22 to lift Oakland over UIC 81-77--Associated Press
Akec scores 20 to lead Detroit over IUPUI 69-45--Associated Press
Holden leads Wright St. past Purdue Fort Wayne 86-73--Associated Press
Patton lifts Cleveland St. past N. Kentucky 72-58--Associated Press
Long scores 17 to carry Youngstown St. over Milwaukee 70-68--Associated Press
Ansong lifts Green Bay over Robert Morris 70-58--Associated Press
Northern Kentucky at Cleveland State--Inside College Hoops
State hoops: UM women's coach thrilled Jim Harbaugh got time to build a winner--Detroit News

Slam dunks
►The Oakland men were surging into the start of Horizon League play, Thursday night at UIC, thanks to the play of Marquette transfer Jamal Cain. The Pontiac native has won consecutive league player of the week awards. He's the only player in Division I averaging more than 20 points (22.6), 10 rebounds (11.1) and 2.5 steals (2.6) as the Golden Grizzlies have climbed to No. 1 in the national RPI rankings. The RPI factors in wins, losses and strength of schedule.
►Detroit Mercy senior guard Antoine Davis continues to add to his record-breaking collegiate career, his 23 points in Tuesday's loss to Northeastern moving him past John Long and into second place on the Titans' all-time scoring list. Davis is at 2,182 points, 137 behind Rashad Phillips — who has become a Davis cheerleader, writing on Twitter, "Burn it all down Jedi. I'm enjoying it all."

Cleveland State wins fifth straight, opens Horizon League play with 72-58 win over Northern Kentucky--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland State Men’s Basketball Earns 72-58 Victory Over NKU In #HLMBB Opener--csuvikings.prestosports.com

Titans Suffocate Jaguars In #HLMBB Opener--detroittitans.com

Titans Fall to IUPUI--detroittitans.com

UWGB basketball roundup: Men, women top Robert Morris in Horizon League play--Green Bay Press Gazette
Ansong's Season-High Powers Phoenix Past Robert Morris--greenbayphoenix.com

Balanced Scoring Attack Leads Green Bay Past Robert Morris--greenbayphoenix.com

JAGUARS DROP #HLMBB OPENER TO DETROIT MERCY, 69-45--iupuijags.com
JAGUARS TO HOST OAKLAND AT THE COLISEUM ON SATURDAY--iupuijags.com

JAGS DEFEAT #HLWBB FOE DETROIT MERCY, 87-52--iupuijags.com

Youngstown State 70, UWM 68: A better effort, but the Panthers still come up short--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Panthers Drop Tight Matchup To Penguins, 70-68--mkepanthers.com
Panthers Host Colonials For National ESPNU Broadcast--mkepanthers.com

Penguins Hand Panthers First League Loss--mkepanthers.com
MKE Makes Inaugural Trip to Robert Morris--mkepanthers.com

@NKUNorseMBB drops #HLMBB opener at Cleveland State--nkunorse.com

News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Thursday, Dec 2--Hoops HD

HIGHLIGHTED GAMES:
-OAKLAND AT UIC (Horizon League). Oakland has a pretty good resume and if they can hold serve in the Horizon League (which basically means coming close to running the table), they will probably land inside the bubble.

Oakland opens Horizon League play with a win on the road--Oakland Press
OAKLAND DEFEATS UIC 81-77 IN CONFERENCE OPENER--goldengrizzlies.com
OAKLAND TAKES FOUR-GAME WIN STREAK TO IUPUI--goldengrizzlies.com

OAKLAND HOLDS ON FOR SECOND LEAGUE WIN OVER UIC--goldengrizzlies.com
GOLDEN GRIZZLIES HOST JAGUARS IN HORIZON LEAGUE BATTLE--goldengrizzlies.com