Mid-American Conference

MAC Men’s Basketball East Division Player of the Week presented by YP.com
Kris Brewer, Kent State, Guard
Memphis, Tenn./Brehm Prep (Ill.)
Kris Brewer earned the top spot on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays after receiving the ball with 5.9 seconds on the clock and driving the length of the court to beat the buzzer and give Kent State a dramatic 79-77 win over Akron on Senior Night Friday at the M.A.C. Center. The play capped a week in which Brewer averaged 20.5 points per game on 72.2-percent shooting and gave the Golden Flashes a share of the 2015 Mid-American Conference regular season championship. Brewer scored 20 points on 8-for-9 shooting to lead the Flashes to their first ever win at the Stroh Center while moving into a tie for first place in the MAC East with Bowling Green and Buffalo. In the regular season finale, Brewer scored all of his 20 points after halftime and finished with a team-high 3 assists. For the week, he shot 8-for-10 from the 3-point line.
 
MAC Men’s Basketball West Division Player of the Week presented by YP.com
Mike Talley, Eastern Michigan, Guard
Redshirt-Senior, Detroit, Mich./Melvindale ABT
Talley put on a clinic in the final week of the regular season, leading the Eagles to a perfect 2-0 record as he averaged 19.5 points per game to help Eastern Michigan lock up the No. 8 seed in the 2015 Mid-American Conference Tournament. The Detroit, Mich. native went 19-of-21 from the line, including a perfect 9-for-9 versus Ball State. In addition, the point guard dished out five assists per contest. Defensively, Talley picked Ball State's pocket on six occasions, tying the fourth most in a single game in EMU history. Overall on the week, the senior had 10 steals good for five per game.
 

Other Top Performers
Antino Jackson, Akron
Freshman, Guard, Houston, Texas/Cypress Springs
Jackson averaged 16.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game this week. He closed the week shooting 46.4 percent from the field (13-of-28), 50.0 percent from behind the arc (6-of-12) and 50.0 percent at the free throw line (1-of-2). Against Miami, Jackson led Akron with a game- and career-high 17 points to go with three rebounds, one assist and one steal. Against Kent State, Jackson led Akron with 16 points - 14 in the second half - to go with a career-high seven assists. All four of his 3-pointers came in the second half as he helped the Zips rally from an 11-point deficit. His layup with 5.9 remaining tied the game at 77-all.
 
Matt Kamieniecki, Ball State, Center
Senior, Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston
Kamieniecki scored a career-high 21 points in the final regular season game of his career Friday against Northern Illinois. He needed only 10 field goal attempts do it, making eight of them and going a perfect 5-for-5 at the free throw line. He did it all in only 20 minutes of action. Kamieniecki averaged 14.5 points and 4.5 rebounds for the week, returning to the lineup after missing six of the previous seven games with a bad back.
 
Jehvon Clarke, Bowling Green, Guard
Senior, Canton, Ohio (Timken)
Clarke averaged 16.5 points on 54.2 percent shooting on the week, which included a season-high 21 points at Buffalo in the regular season finale. In the midweek contest at home against Kent State, Clarke scored 12 points on 5-of-9 (55.6 percent) shooting and 2-of-4 (50 percent) behind the three-point line. In the regular season finale, Clarke scored a game-high 21 points on 8-of-15 (53.3 percent) shooting from the field overall. He also pulled down 4.0 rebounds per game, 2.5 assists per outing and 2.5 steals per contest.
 
Justin Moss, Buffalo, Forward
Junior, Detroit, MI/Romulus
Moss continued to cement his case as the MAC Player of the Year as he averaged 20.5 points and 13.0 rebounds in home wins over Ohio and Bowling Green.  Moss helped UB to its second MAC Regular Season title and a six-game winning streak.  In the win over Ohio on Tuesday, Moss finished with 22 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, while adding an assist and three steals.  Despite being in foul trouble against Bowling Green on Friday night, Moss still had 19 points and nine rebounds in just 21 minutes of action.  10 of his 19 points came in the second half.  Moss continues to lead the MAC at 18.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.
 
Chris Fowler, Central Michigan, Guard
Junior, Southfield, Mich./Detroit Country Day
Fowler averaged 22.5 points, 5.0 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.0 steal last week, as Central Michigan posted a 1-1 record. On Tuesday in Mount Pleasant, Fowler totaled 24 points and 7 assists, leading the Chippewas to an 85-77 victory, a season series sweep of MAC preseason favorite Toledo and a share of the MAC regular season championship. On Friday on the road versus Western Michigan, Fowler scored a game-high 21 points, nearly bringing CMU all the way back, pulling it within six points in the second half after incurring as large as an 18-point deficit. Fowler, who has started all 91 games of his collegiate career, leads CMU in scoring (15.3 ppg) and tops the MAC and is 13th nationally in assists (6.0 apg). He is three steals shy of becoming the first Chippewa player to reach 1,000 points, 500 assists, 250 rebounds, and 150 steals for a career.
 
Will Sullivan, Miami, Guard
Senior, Elmhurst, Ill./York
Sullivan averaged 17.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg to pace the RedHawks last week. On Senior Night, Sullivan notched his third career double-double, all coming this season, with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a 70-63 win against Akron. At Ohio, Sullivan led the RedHawks in scoring with 19 points, sinking five 3-point shots for the RedHawks. He shot 58.3 percent from the field against the Bobcats and 62.5 percent from long range. For the week, he shot 50.0 percent from the floor.
 
Jordan Threloff, NIU, Center
Senior, DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb
Threloff led NIU to a pair of wins over Western Michigan and Ball State by averaging a team-high 13.0 points and a team-best 8.0 rebounds in the two victories. On Senior Night against the Broncos, Threloff scored 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field and pulled down seven rebounds. In the closing moments with the Huskies up by two, Threloff blocked a layup attempt by Connor Tava as the Huskies went on to win, 65-63. In the regular season finale at Ball State, Threloff finished just shy of a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds as the Huskies survived with a 71-67 overtime win in Muncie. Threloff scored nine of his team-best 13 points in the second half and went 5-of-6 at the free-throw line as the Huskies earned their fourth-straight victory.
 
Javarez Willis, Ohio, Guard
Sr., Homer, La./Humble Christian Life Center Academy
Willis closed the regular season strong for the Ohio men’s basketball team (10-19, 5-13 MAC), averaging 24.5 points and handing out 11 assists over two Mid-American Conference East Division contests this week. He  tallied 15 points on 4-of-10 shooting -- including 3-of-7 from beyond the arc -- in a 93-66 loss to Buffalo on Tuesday (March 3) at Alumni Arena. He went a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe. Willis also handed out five assists, grabbed four rebounds and tallied a steal. He saved his best performance of his career for Senior Day and the ‘Battle of the Bricks’ against archrival, Miami on Friday (March 6) in his final game at the Convocation Center. Willis poured in a career-high 34 points, going 12-of-20 from the field -- including a career-best 10-of-15 from three point land. His 10 treys made mark the third-most in school history. He joins Dave Jamerson as the only Ohio players to knock down double-digit threes in a game in school history. He also matched his career high with six assists, grabbed six boards and collected a steal. Willis led Ohio in scoring for a team-high 12th time in 2014-15 and assists for a team-high 15th time on Friday. He reached double figures in scoring for the 19th time this season and 31st time in his career. Willis recorded his seventh 20-plus point outing of the year and eighth of his career. He finished the regular season ranking second on the team in scoring (15.0 points per game) while leading the way in three-point field goals made per game (5.3) and assists per game (3.1).
 
Connar Tava, Western Michigan, Forward
Junior, Macomb, Mich. (Warren De La Salle)
Tava turned in a pair of strong performances to close out the regular season, averaging 11.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in the Broncos’ final two contests against Northern Illinois and Central Michigan.  In addition, Tava averaged 3.5 assists per game in that span and shot 50.0 percent from the field.  The junior forward posted his fourth double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds against the Central Michigan Chippewas on Friday, and also added a team-high six assists while shooting 4 of 6 from the field.  He started the week with a similarly strong performance, adding 12 points and seven rebounds on the road against the Huskies.