MILWAUKEE – Te'Jon Lucas of the Milwaukee men's basketball team was named to the All-Horizon League Second Team today when the league announced its postseason awards as voted on by league coaches, sports information directors and local media.
C.J. Wilbourn was also recognized, earning a spot on the Horizon League All-Freshmen Team.
Lucas has been a team leader in his first season on the court for the Panthers, sitting second on the squad in scoring at 14.6 points per game while topping the roster in assists (5.1 apg) and steals (1.8 spg) in addition to adding 4.2 rebounds per contest. He currently leads the conference in both categories (AST/STL), looking to become just the fifth player in Horizon League history to reach that statistical achievement.
He has scored 20 or more points on seven occasions, including a career-high 31 twice – the first time against Green Bay in January during a span in which he was named Horizon League Player of the Week. He has paced the team in scoring 10 times while his season assist total currently sits in sixth place on the all-time single season list in program history. His per-game total also checks in at sixth-best all-time.
Wilbourn has played an immediate role as a freshman, starting each of the first 29 games of the season. He is averaging 4.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game and has gotten hot down the stretch, connecting on 65 percent of his field goals (26-for-40) over the past nine games. He has scored in double-figures on three occasions, netting 11 against Western Michigan as his season high.
He is the first Panther to be named to the All-Freshman team since Jordan Aaron in 2012-13 (formerly the All-Newcomer team).
The Panthers open postseason play Tuesday at Youngstown State, set to tip at 6 p.m. CST. The teams split the season series, with the road team winning each contest.
2019-20 Horizon League Men's Basketball Award Winners
Player of the Year: Loudon Love, Wright State
Defensive Player of the Year: Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Freshman of the Year: Amari Davis, Green Bay
Sixth Man of the Year: Devin Morgan, Youngstown State
Coach of the Year: Dennis Gates, Cleveland State & Scott Nagy, Wright State
All-Horizon League First Team (alphabetical by school)
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
JayQuan McCloud, Green Bay
Xavier Hill-Mais, Oakland
Loudon Love, Wright State
Darius Quisenberry, Youngstown State
All-Horizon League Second Team (alphabetical by school)
Marcus Burk, IUPUI
Te'Jon Lucas, Milwaukee
Tyler Sharpe, Northern Kentucky
Tarkus Ferguson, UIC
Bill Wampler, Wright State
All-Horizon League Third Team (alphabetical by school)
Algevon Eichelberger, Cleveland State
Amari Davis, Green Bay
Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
Cole Gentry, Wright State
Horizon League All-Freshman Team (alphabetical by school)
Amari Davis, Green Bay
C.J. Wilbourn, Milwaukee
Blake Lampman, Oakland
Grant Basile, Wright State
Tanner Holden, Wright State
Horizon League All-Defensive Team (alphabetical by school)
Chris Brandon, Detroit Mercy
Elyjah Goss, IUPUI
Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Marcus Ottey, UIC
Garrett Covington, Youngstown State
