February 12, 2012

Green Bay & Milwaukee earn HL wins

The Green Bay Phoenix upset Valparaiso in men’s Horizon League basketball action on Thursday night. 

Kam Cerroni scored 23 points and Alec Brown added 16 points in Green Bay’s 75-60 victory.  Brennan Cougill added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Phoenix (8-12, 4-6 Horizon League) who improved to 8-1 at home this season.

The Crusaders (14-8, 7-3) dropped out of a first-place tie in the league standings, a half game behind idle Cleveland State. 

Panthers win

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers got 12 points from James Haarsma and pulled out a 53-42 win over the Butler Bulldogs.

Milwaukee (14-8, 7-3 HL) used a 13-1 run to start the second half to pick up the win.

GB & Milwaukee fall in Horizon League play

In Youngstown, Ohio, Youngstown State had four players in double figures and rolled past Green Bay 77-47 in Horizon League action. 

Blake Allen had 16 points for the Penguins, which snapped a 5-game losing streak.  Alec Brown scored 10 points to lead Green Bay in defeat.

In Milwaukee, Cleveland State cruised past the UWM Panthers 83-57.  The Vikings shot 69% from the field in the second half while the Panthers countered with a miserable 27% effort.  James Haarsma had 15 to lead for the Panthers in defeat.

Horizon League men’s results

In the Horizon League last night, Ray McCallum Jr. scored 16 points to lead Detroit to a 80-73 win over the Green Bay Phoenix at the Resch Center.

Alec Brown had 17 points and 9 rebounds in the loss for the Phoenix, who fell to 2-4 in league play.

In Milwaukee, Tony Meier scored 16 points to lead the Panthers to a 58-38 win over Wright State.