Milwaukee City Wire

BJ Freeman, a player for the Milwaukee men's basketball team, has been honored with Horizon League postseason accolades. The conference office announced today that Freeman was named to the Second Team All-Horizon League for the second consecutive season. This achievement makes him the first Panther to receive career all-league honors twice since Joah Tucker in 2005-06 and 2004-05.

Freeman's performance this season has been noteworthy. He leads his team in several categories, including scoring at 20.3 points per game (ppg), rebounding at 6.7 assists per game (apg), and assists at 4.3 apg. If he maintains these statistics, he would be the first Panther since Clay Tucker in the 2001-02 season to lead in scoring, rebounding, and assists.

Freeman's shooting accuracy stands at 83.8 percent from the free-throw line and 37.2 percent from three-point range, with an average of 1.1 steals per game. As the postseason approaches, he ranks tied for second in scoring and tied for seventh in rebounding within the Horizon League, making him one of only four players in the league to rank in the Top 10 for both categories.

In games played exclusively within the league, Freeman is fourth with a scoring average of 20.6 ppg. His record includes thirteen games where he scored over twenty points this year, marking a milestone not seen since the Panthers' 2004-05 season. Freeman has also been named Horizon League Player of the Week three times this winter, most recently after achieving back-to-back double-doubles against IUPUI and Green Bay. He enters postseason play on a streak of seven consecutive games scoring twenty or more points – a feat unmatched by any Panther since the 1994-95 campaign.

The Horizon League also announced other award winners: Trey Townsend from Oakland was named Player of the Year; Sundance Wicks from Green Bay received Coach of the Year; Noah Reynolds from Green Bay was Newcomer of the Year; David Douglas Jr., also from Green Bay, was Freshman of the Year; Trey Robinson from Northern Kentucky earned Defensive Player of the Year; Jack Gohlke from Oakland took Sixth Man of the Year; and Marques Warrick from Northern Kentucky received the Sportsmanship Award.