MaxPreps/JJHuddle Ohio boys basketball athlete of the week winner & nominees

Ohio Buzzer-Beater
There are buzzer-beaters and then there are BUZZER-BEATERS. Max Martz of Upper Arlington is the son of one of the greatest high school basketball players of all-time, Mike Martz.

You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week?
 
MaxPreps and JJHuddle are proud to announce that they will sponsor an athlete of the week in boys basketball during the 2016-2017 school year.

Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab a weekly winner. Each winner will receive awards (bracelets and certificates).

How does it work?

Fans will nominate top performances (send emails to efrantz@maxpreps.com) and nominees will also be selected from those schools that report stats on MaxPreps. We will announce the weekly finalists (up to 10) on MaxPreps and JJHuddle every Tuesday and voting will be conducted in a special poll. Voting will cease at noon on Monday. The winners (two per week) will be announced the next day along with the next week's nominees. The TOP TWO vote-getters will win the weekly awards.

Vote as many times as you want. It's a competition. Vote Now!

Last week over 38,900 votes were cast!

* Branden Lilley, Fairborn (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)
Tied a school record with nine 3s in a 75-48 win over Piqua. Finished with 36 points. Next time out scored 22 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 72-56 win over Greenville.

* Ty Hamsher, Garaway (Sugarcreek) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)
Senior scored a game-high 31 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter in a 64-59 win over Malvern.


* Chris Libertore, Louisville
Senior set the school single-game scoring record with 51 points and surpassed 1,000 for his career in a 79-62 win over Marlington.

* Chris Muir, Lakeview (Cortland)
Senior scored 26 points in a76-64 loss to Ashtabula Edgewood tp become the first boys player in school history to surpass 1,000 career points. Also grabbed 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals.

* Isaiah Gable, Greenville
Senior scored 31 points and surpassed 1,000 for his career in an 86-78 win over Troy. Is just the fifth player in program history to accomplish the feat.

* Ethan Linder, Wayne Trace (Haviland)
Scored 38 points in a 78-61 win over Continental.

* Luke Metzger, Monclova Christian Academy (Monclova)
Hit 11-of-14 3-pointers en route to 39 points in a 69-36 win over Heritage Christian.

* Braden Tucker, Streetsboro
Had a triple-double (13 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists) in a 63-46 win over Norton. Also had 36 points, nine rebounds and five assists in an 89-84 loss to Coventry.

* Derek Koch, Northwestern (West Salem)
Had 30 points, 20 rebounds, five assists and five blocks in a 75-45 win over Smithville.

* Michael Turner, Champion (Warren)
Scored 22 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 71-65 win over Youngstown Liberty.

* Miles Joiner, Butler (Vandalia)
Had 39 points and 10 rebounds in a 71-65 loss to Greenville. Had 12 points and 10 boards in a 55-35 win over Piqua.

* Guy Pagano, Bridgeport
Senior scored 25 points on senior night to surpass 1,000 for his career in a 68-51 win over Barnesville.