Thought we were far enough in to take a look at the top freshmen in the conference this year. I did a cursory glance through the teams and these are the freshmen playing decent minutes (about 8-ish per game / playing in most games) that I spotted. I tried not to include transfers in as I don't remember them being eligible for Freshman of the year last year. If I missed anyone of note, let me know and I can add them. Stats below are per game averages sorted by minutes per game for each team.


Tavari Johnson (Akron) - 8.1 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.9 Ast in 16.7 Mins

Anthony McComb III (Bowling Green) - 2.4 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.5 Ast in 12.9 Mins
Willie Lightfoot (Bowling Green) - 4.3 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 1.9 Ast in 12.5 Mins

Isaac Jack (Buffalo) - 4.8 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 0.1 Ast in 15.2 Mins
Devin Ceaser (Buffalo) 5.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.5 Ast in 7.5 Mins

Reggie Bass (Central Michigan) - 10.5 Pts, 3.7 Reb, 2.8 Ast in 27.8 Mins
Max Majerle (Central Michigan) - 3.9 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast in 16.2 Mins
Ola Ajiboye (Central Michigan) - 2.6 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast in 14.1 Mins

Legend Geeter (Eastern Michigan) - 6.8 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.8 As in 24.4 Mins
Orlando Lovejoy (Eastern Michigan) - 6.0 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.8 Ast in 21.3 Mins

Julius Rollins (Kent State) - 1.6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 0.8 Ast in 10.6 Mins
Delrecco Gillespie (Kent State) - 4.5 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 0.0 Ast in 8.1 Mins

Billy Smith (Miami) - 9.9 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 0.9 Ast in 31.0 Mins
Ryan Mabrey (Miami) - 8.3 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.2 Ast in 25.1 Mins
Eli Yofan (Miami) - 3.5 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 1.4 Ast in 14.3 Mins
Jaquel Morris (Miami) - 1.3 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.9 Ast in 11.8 Mins
Mitchell Rylee (Miami) - 2.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast in 7.3 Mins

Armandas Plintauskas (Northern Illinois) - 4.9 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 0.6 Ast in 15.0 Mins
Xavier Amos (Northern Illinois) - 3.3 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast in 14.7 Mins

AJ Brown (Ohio) - 11.3 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast in 19.7 Mins
Aidan Hadaway (Ohio) - 3.3 Pts, 2.1 Reb, 0.2 Ast in 10 Mins
Elmore James (Ohio) - 4.3 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.4 Ast in 9.1 Mins

JaVaughn Hannah (Western Michigan) - 5.5 Pts, 3.5 Reb, 0.7 Ast in 23.4 Mins
Jefferson Monegro (Western Michigan) - 5.9 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 2.5 Ast in 21.7 Mins
Seth Hubbard (Western Michigan) - 6.2 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 1.3 Ast in 20.5 Mins



Toledo and Ball State didn't really show any freshman playing a lot.

After not playing much the first 3-4 games, Tavari has played himself into the starting lineup. I don't want to say he'll win the award, but I expect him to be one of the top 2-3 candidates come February.

If I had a vote for OOC All Freshman team, it would be (in no particular order): Reggie Bass, AJ Brown, Tavari Johnson, Billy Smith and Legend Geeter.

Updated per game stats prior to the conference slate: (Sorted by Team, then Minutes Played)

Tavari Johnson (Akron) - 18.8 Mins, 7.2 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 2.2 Ast, 1.2 Stl, 2 TO, 0.472 FG%

Willie Lightfoot (BG) - 11.3 Mins, 3.6 Pts, 1 Reb, 1.7 Ast, 0.7 Stl, 1.3 TO, 0.364 FG%
Anthony McComb (BG) - 11.2 Mins, 2.1 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.4 Ast, 0.3 Stl, 0.2 TO, 0.242 FG%

Isaac Jack (Buffalo) - 15.3 Mins, 5 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 0.2 Ast, 0.4 Stl, 0.8 TO, 0.707 FG%
Devin Ceaser (Buffalo) - 8.5 Mins, 6.9 Pts, 1.1 Reb, 0.7 Ast, 0.8 Stl, 0.7 TO, 0.493 FG%

Reggie Bass (CMU) - 28.2 Mins, 10.7 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 1.3 Stl, 2.8 TO, 0.331 FG%
Max Majerle (CMU) - 16.5 Mins, 3.8 Pts, 2 Reb, 0.6 Ast, 0.8 Stl, 0.8 TO, 0.378 FG%
Ola Ajiboye (CMU) - 15.5 Mins, 2.7 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast, 0.6 Stl, 0.8 TO, 0.56 FG%

Legend Geeter (EMU) - 24.2 Mins, 6.4 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast, 1.2 Stl, 1.5 TO, 0.527 FG%
Orlando Lovejoy (EMU) - 21.2 Mins, 5.5 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.8 Ast, 1.3 Stl, 0.7 TO, 0.4 FG%

Julius Rollins (Kent) - 9.8 Mins, 1.5 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast, 0.4 Stl, 0.6 TO, 0.375 FG%
Delrecco Gillespie (Kent) - 7.7 Mins, 4.1 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0 Ast, 0.2 Stl, 0.7 TO, 0.913 FG%

Billy Smith (Miami) - 30.2 Mins, 9.5 Pts, 3.9 Reb, 0.9 Ast, 1 Stl, 0.9 TO, 0.443 FG%
Ryan Mabrey (Miami) - 24.9 Mins, 8.7 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Ast, 0.3 Stl, 1.6 TO, 0.36 FG%
Eli Yofan (Miami) - 13.5 Mins, 3.2 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 1.4 Ast, 1.1 Stl, 0.5 TO, 0.4 FG%
Jaquel Morris (Miami) - 12.1 Mins, 1.2 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 1.1 Ast, 0.5 Stl, 1.5 TO, 0.462 FG%
Mitchell Rylee (Miami) - 6.7 Mins, 2 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.1 Ast, 0.1 Stl, 0.1 TO, 0.455 FG%

Xavier Amos (NIU) - 14.7 Mins, 3.3 Pts, 3.1 Reb, 0.6 Ast, 0.3 Stl, 1.1 TO, 0.321 FG%
Armandas Plintauskas (NIU) - 13.2 Mins, 4 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.4 Ast, 0 Stl, 0.1 TO, 0.419 FG%
Yanic Konan Niederhauser (NIU) - 8.8 Mins, 2.7 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.2 Ast, 0.3 Stl, 1.5 TO, 0.467 FG%

AJ Brown (Ohio) - 21 Mins, 11.8 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.9 Ast, 0.4 Stl, 0.3 TO, 0.534 FG%
Ajay Sheldon (Ohio) - 10.7 Mins, 2 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 1.2 Ast, 0.7 Stl, 0.4 TO, 0.435 FG%
Aidan Hadaway (Ohio) - 9.1 Mins, 2.9 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast, 0.2 Stl, 0.6 TO, 0.424 FG%
Elmore James (Ohio) - 8.5 Mins, 4.5 Pts, 1 Reb, 0.4 Ast, 0.1 Stl, 0.6 TO, 0.576 FG%

JaVaughn Hannah (WMU) - 23.1 Mins, 5.1 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 0.8 Ast, 0.5 Stl, 1.7 TO, 0.324 FG%
Jefferson Monegro (WMU) - 20.8 Mins, 5.6 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 0.3 Stl, 1.5 TO, 0.446 FG%
Seth Hubbard (WMU) - 20.2 Mins, 6 Pts, 2.4 Reb, 1.2 Ast, 0.7 Stl, 1.1 TO, 0.31 FG%