MILWAUKEE – BJ Freeman of the Milwaukee men's basketball team was selected for Horizon League postseason honors today when the conference office announced the all-league teams and specialty award winners.
Freeman was named Second Team All-Horizon League, the second consecutive season he has been picked to the squad. In doing so, Freeman becomes the first Panther to earn career all-league honors twice since Joah Tucker (2005-06/2004-05).
Freeman picks up second-team status after a strong second season on the court with the Panthers. He leads the team in numerous categories, including scoring (20.3 ppg), rebounding (6.7 apg), and assists (4.3 apg). If he finishes the season at the top of each category, it would mark the first Panther since Clay Tucker in 2001-02 to lead the way in scoring/rebounding/assists.
He is shooting 83.8 percent (98-of-117) from the free-throw line, 37.2 percent (61-of-164) from three-point range, and adds 1.1 steals per contest. Heading into the postseason, he ranks tied for second in the Horizon League in scoring and tied for seventh in rebounding – one of just four players across the league to be in the Top 10 in both categories.
In league-only games, Freeman sits fourth in the league with his 20.6 ppg scoring clip. His 13 20-plus point games this year are the most for a Panther since the 2004-05 season and he has been named Horizon League Player of the Week three times this winter, including this past week when he posted back-to-back double-doubles against IUPUI and Green Bay. He enters the postseason having scored 20-or-more points in his past seven consecutive outings – the longest streak for a Panther in almost 30 years (1994-95 campaign).
2023-24 #HLMBB All-League Awards
Player of the Year: Trey Townsend, Oakland
Coach of the Year: Sundance Wicks, Green Bay
Newcomer of the Year: Noah Reynolds, Green Bay
Freshman of the Year: David Douglas Jr., Green Bay
Defensive Player of the Year: Trey Robinson, Northern Kentucky
Sixth Man of the Year: Jack Gohlke, Oakland
Sportsmanship Award: Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
All-League First Team
Tristan Enaruna, Cleveland State
Noah Reynolds, Green Bay
Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
Trey Townsend, Oakland
Trey Calvin, Wright State
All-League Second Team
BJ Freeman, Milwaukee
Blake Lampman, Oakland
Brandon Noel, Wright State
DJ Burns, Youngstown State
Ziggy Reid, Youngstown State
All-League Third Team
Rasheed Bello, Purdue Fort Wayne
Jalen Jackson, Purdue Fort Wayne
Markeese Hastings, RMU
Tanner Holden, Wright State
Brett Thompson, Youngstown State
All-Freshman Team
David Douglas Jr., Green Bay
Marcus Hall, Green Bay
Randall Pettus II, Northern Kentucky
Corey Hadnot II, Purdue Fort Wayne
Gabe Dynes, Youngstown State
All-Defensive Team
Trey Robinson, Northern Kentucky
Rasheed Bello, Purdue Fort Wayne
Anthony Roberts, Purdue Fort Wayne
DJ Burns, Youngstown State
Gabe Dynes, Youngstown State
Sportsmanship Award Finalists
Dylan Arnett, Cleveland State
Marcus Tankersley, Detroit Mercy
Yves Nkomba, IUPUI
Angelo Stuart, Milwaukee
Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
Blake Lampman, Oakland
Rasheed Bello, Purdue Fort Wayne
Ziggy Reid, Youngstown State
