INDIANAPOLIS – After the team's second consecutive regular-season championship, the Cleveland State men's basketball program took over the podium stand as the Horizon League announced its yearly awards on Monday.
D'Moi Hodge took home the top honor for the Vikes as he was selected as the conference's Defensive Player of the Year to go with First Team All-League and All-Defensive team awards. Torrey Patton was picked as an All-League Second Team member while Tre Gomillion collected All-League Third Team and All-Defensive honors. Deante Johnson also joined his teammates on the All-Defensive team as the Vikings took three of the five spots.
Hodge was a force on the defensive end of the floor this season, making him an easy selection for the Horizon League's Defensive Player of the Year, to go with his All-League First Team and All-Defensive team awards.
In 28 games this season (all starts), the Tortola, Virgin Islands native has posted averages of 15.4 points, on 48.6 percent shooting, to go with 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest. He is also ninth in all of NCAA DI basketball with 64 total steals and his 2.29 steals per game rank 13thin the country. Hodge also slots in seventh in the conference in points per game, field goal percentage, three-point field goals per game (1.96) and total field goals made (159) to go with being ninth in the Horizon in total blocks (21) and tenth overall in total points scored (176).
It is the first Defensive Player of the Year award and First Team All-League honors for Hodge, who is wrapping up his second year with the program. Overall, Hodge becomes just the fourth Cleveland State student-athlete to take home the Horizon's All-Defensive POTY in program history.
For the second straight year, Torrey Patton played his way onto the All-League team with his Second Team honors this season. The senior from Dayton, Ohio recorded averages of 13.6 points, 6.1 boards and 3.5 assists to go with five double-doubles this season. Patton currently ranks seventh in the conference in assists per game, 11thin rebounding and steals per contest, and 12thin the Horizon in total steals (40).
Both Deante Johnson and Tre Gomillion rounded out the All-Defensive team for the Vikings. It was the second straight season that both student-athletes were selected. Gomillion also added an All-League Third Team nod to go with the All-Defensive team selection.
Gomillion dropped averages of 10.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game to go with a 53.2 percent shooting percentage from the field, a mark that ranks second overall in the Horizon. The senior guard took home the league's Defensive Player of the Year a season ago.
Johnson joined his teammates on the All-Defensive team with per game totals of 7.5 points, 6.8 boards, 2.1 assists and 1.3 blocks. The Detroit, Michigan native ranks third in the Horizon in blocks per contest and tenth in the conference in rebounding per game.
HORIZON LEAGUE TOURNAMENT TICKETS
While the opponent is still not set, the Vikings secured the No. 1 seed and home court advantage for the Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals, set for March 3 at the Wolstein Center. Tickets purchased in advance are $6 and $10 at the door the day of the game. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.csuvikings.com/buytickets or call 216.687.4848.
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2021-22 #HLMBB All-League Awards
Co-Players of the Year: Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy & Jamal Cain, Oakland
Coach of the Year: Jon Coffman, Purdue Fort Wayne
Freshman of the Year: Sam Vinson, Northern Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year: D'Moi Hodge, Cleveland State
Sixth Man of the Year: Deonte Billups, Purdue Fort Wayne
All-Horizon League First Team (alphabetical by school)
D'Moi Hodge, Cleveland State
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Jamal Cain, Oakland
Jarred Godfrey, Purdue Fort Wayne
Tanner Holden, Wright State
All-Horizon League Second Team (alphabetical by school)
Torrey Patton, Cleveland State
Marques Warrick, Northern Kentucky
Jalen Moore, Oakland
Grant Basile, Wright State
Michael Akuchie, Youngstown State
All-Horizon League Third Team (alphabetical by school)
Tre Gomillion, Cleveland State
Jalon Pipkins, Purdue Fort Wayne
Kahliel Spear, RMU
Damaria Franklin, UIC
Dwayne Cohill, Youngstown State
Horizon League All-Freshman Team (alphabetical by school)
Kamari McGee, Green Bay
Cade Meyer, Green Bay
Sam Vinson, Northern Kentucky
Jace Carter, UIC
AJ Braun, Wright State
Horizon League All-Defensive Team (alphabetical by school)
Tre Gomillion, Cleveland State
D'Moi Hodge, Cleveland State
Deante Johnson, Cleveland State
Micah Parrish, Oakland
Jalon Pipkins, Purdue Fort Wayne
