MILWAUKEE – Themus Fulks of the Milwaukee men's basketball team has been named the Under Armour Horizon League Player of the Week, the league office announced this afternoon.
 
Fulks played a key role in the 4-0 week that Milwaukee recorded, concluding in the championship title in the unbeaten Cream City Challenge on the weekend.
 
Fulks averaged a team-high 17.0 points a game, shooting an impressive 59.0 percent (23-of-39) from the floor, 50 percent (3-of-6) from deep, and 73.1 percent (19-of-26) from the line. He also added 22 assists (5.5 apg) and 8 steals (2.0 spg).
 
He started his week with 15 points in a win at Duquesne Tuesday and followed that up with 20 points Friday and 24 more Saturday, including three free throws in the final 11.8 seconds to secure the win over Wofford.
 
He closed out his week with a 9-point/8-assist/5-steal statline in the victory over St. Thomas, making two more free throws in the closing seconds before coming up with the game-sealing steal on the final possession.
 
Fulks is the first Panther to earn a weekly league award this season.