INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- After averaging 33.5 PPG and 9.5 RPG in two games this past week in Metro Detroit, Green Bay guard Sandy Cohen III has been named the Horizon League Player of the Week for the second time this season. Cohen helped lead the Phoenix to two victories over Oakland and Detroit Mercy, giving his team some momentum heading into Motor City Madness this week.

Horizon League Player of the Week
Sandy Cohen III | Green Bay | Guard | Seymour, Wis.
Sandy Cohen III was on fire this past weekend in Detroit, scoring a career-high 36 points in a win at Oakland before scoring another 31 points in another victory at Detroit Mercy. Leading the team to a 2-0 record in the final weekend of the regular season, Cohen III shot a sizzling 20-for-31 (64.5 percent) combined in the two games and also went 21-for-25 at the free throw line. The Seymour native recorded a double-double with 11 rebounds at Oakland, and nearly notched another one on Saturday against the Titans finishing with eight rebounds. All told in the two wins combined, the redshirt-junior averaged 33.5 PPG, 9.5 RPG and 5.0 APG and is averaging 30.7 PPG in his last three contests.

Cohen and the Phoenix will open tournament play this Friday (Mar. 2) as the No. 7 seed facing off with No. 10 seed Detroit Mercy. Tip-off in the First Round game will be at 5:30 p.m. ET at Little Caesars' Arena, with the winner advancing to play No. 2 seed Wright State on Saturday night at the same time.

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