Humrichous and Bailey earn MVC accolades
Aces prepping to face Cincinnati on Friday
St. LOUIS – Following a pair of home victories last week, a pair of University of Evansville men’s basketball players were recognized on Wednesday for their accomplishments. Ben Humrichous earned Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week honors for the second time this season while Chuck Bailey III recorded his fourth Freshman of the Week award.
Humrichous led the Aces to a pair of victories last week, averaging 15.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. He played a team-high 27:45 in the two contests while shooting 50% from the field and 63.6% (7-of-11) from outside. In the victory over UT Martin, Humrichous recorded 15 points with the majority of his points coming at the free throw line where he hit 7 of his 9 attempts. In 37 minutes, he picked up 9 rebounds and a block.
He followed that up with another 15-point game versus Tennessee Tech. With UE having a large lead, he played 20 minutes but was a perfect 5-for-5 from 3-point range and had 4 boards, an assist and a steal.
Over the last week of action for the Purple Aces, Chuck Bailey III tied for the team lead with 15.0 points per game while adding 5.0 rebounds. He shot 47.4% from the field and connected on 3 of his 6 outside tries. At the line, Bailey was a perfect 9-for-9. Bailey started the week with a 12-point effort against UT Martin. He hauled in a career-high 6 boards and converted 5 free throw tries.
The win over Tennessee Tech saw Bailey finished with 18 points in just 17 minutes of work (due to UE having a large lead). He was 6-for-9 from the floor, 2-for-2 from outside and knocked down all four free throw tries. Bailey added 2 assists and a steal.
