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Green Bay’s Brown named Horizon League Player of the Week

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Green Bay senior center Alec Brown has been named Horizon League men’s basketball co-player of the week.  It’s the second time this season that Brown has won the award.

Brown went 8 for 11 from the floor en route to 24 points in Green Bay’s win at Wright State last Friday night.  The 7’1 center followed up the effort with 23 points on 9 of 11 shooting at UIC.

Green Bay (15-3, 5-0 Horizon League) went 2-0 on the road, claiming a 79-69 win at Wright State on Friday night before rallying past UIC, 69-64, on Sunday afternoon.

Brown eclipsed 1,500 career points over the weekend and now sits 53rd in Horizon League history with 1,524 points in his tenure.

Phoenix fall victim after slow start

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Senior Alec Brown scored 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds but the Green Bay Phoenix (5-3) couldn’t overcome a tough first half and fell to Eastern Michigan (6-3) 67-58 at the Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

After Green Bay jumped out to a 7-4 lead, Eastern Michigan used a 23-6 run over the next 12-plus minutes to take a 27-13 lead.

The Phoenix finally got hot in the second half and closed to within 41-35 with 9:18 left, but that’s all the closer Green Bay would get.

Green Bay returns to action on Saturday at South Dakota.

 

1 and done for Green Bay in CIT

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The Green Bay Phoenix had an opportunity to extend its season in the CollegeInsider.com postseason tournament.  Unfortunately, it last only 1-game.  Green Bay let an 11-point 2nd half lead slip away, falling to the Bradley Braves 75-69 in Peoria.

Bradley outscored the Phoenix 20-8 over the final 7-minutes of the game and saw their season end at 18-16.

Alec Brown had 23 points and 8 rebounds in the loss for Green Bay.

 

Green Bay beats rival Milwaukee

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The Green Bay Phoenix got a career-high 28 points from junior Alec Brown in a 78-61 win over the Milwaukee Panthers at the Resch Center last night.

Brown hit four 3-pointers and added 8-rebounds for the Phoenix, who also got 18 from Keifer Sykes and 15 from Greg Mays.

Green Bay shot 53% from the field, but lost their chance at a share of the Horizon League regular season title as Valparaiso beat Youngstown State.

Brown named Horizon League player of the week

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Green Bay JR. Alec Brown was named Horizon League Player of the Week Monday.  The 7-footer averaged 20.5 points a game as the Phoenix went 1-1 on the week.

The week also included a milestone for Brown; he became the 25th Green Bay player to enter the 1000-point club.  Brown is nearing another milestone; he is 8-blocks shy of becoming just the 4th ever Horizon League player to block 200-shots.  Brown is already the school blocks leader at Green Bay.

The Phoenix enter the 2nd half of the Horizon League Season Thursday as they travel to UIC.  At 5-3 in the conference, the they are tied for 2nd.

Brown nets 21 in Green Bay win

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Green Bay big man Alec Brown poured in 21 points, pulled down 8 rebounds and blocked 4 shots to lead the Phoenix to a 53-47 win over Illinois-Chicago at the Resch Center on Saturday.

After going 10 for 19 at the free throw line for much of the contest, the Phoenix his their last 7 in-a-row in the final minutes to hold off the Flames, who saw their Horizon League road losing streak reach 29 games.

Green Bay captured its fifth straight home game overall and 9th straight in Green Bay against Illinois-Chicago.

Up next for the Phoenix, a home game Thursday night against Youngstown State at the Resch Center.

Green Bay Phoenix falls to 1-1 in World Vision Classic

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Deonte Burton scored a three-point basket with 2 seconds remaining to give the Nevada Wolf Pack a 71-69 win over the Green Bay Phoenix on Saturday night at the World Vision Classic.

Just seconds earlier, Alec Brown hit a 3-pointer for Green Bay to give the Phoenix a 69-68 lead with 11 seconds to play, but it was Burton that had the 3-pointer that stole the show.

Brennan Cougill and Kam Cerroni had 16 points each in the loss for Green Bay.

The Phoenix dropped to 1-1 in the World Vision Classic.  They beat Southern Utah 66-54 in the opener on Friday night.  Alex Brown & Brennan Cougill had 17 each in the Green Bay victory.

 

Green Bay’s season ends in conference tournament

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The Green Bay Phoenix picked the wrong time to see its 5-game win streak come to an end.  The Phoenix saw their season come to an end in the opening round of the Horizon League Tournament, falling 77-60 at Youngstown State.

The Penguins hit 8 first-half 3-pointers and cruised to the first round tournament victory. 

It’s the second straight season the Phoenix (15-15) made a first round exit from the conference tournament. 

Sophomore Alex Brown scored 20 points (9 of 14 FG) and was the only Green Bay player to reach double figures. 

Green Bay entered the tournament with 5-straight wins and victories in 8 of their last 10 games.  The Phoenix failed to post a winning record for the second straight season.