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Bucks workout today includes two locals

June 14, 2016 By Bill Scott

Carrington Love – Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Phoenix Athletics.

The Milwaukee Bucks are holding a pair of draft prospect workouts today at the team’s training center in St. Francis.

Today’s workouts will include two players with state ties. Green Bay Phoenix guard Carrington Love will work out in the first group of athletes, while Marquette’s Henry Ellenson will workout in session number two.

Following is the complete list of players on hand today.

Max Landis – G – IPFW
Carrington Love – G – Green Bay
Tyrone Wallace – G – California
Kyle Collinsworth – G – BYU
Derrick Jones Jr. – F – UNLV
Kyle Wiltjer – F – Gonzaga

Session #2

Henry Ellenson – F – Marquette

The Bucks hold the 10th, 36th and 38th selections in the upcoming 2016 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 23, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Phoenix collapse in NCAA tournament loss to Texas A & M

March 19, 2016 By Bill Scott

Green Bay Phoenix coach Linc Darner (pictured) said if his team could weather the first eight minutes of their NCAA Tournament game against Texas A & M, they’d be in good shape.

The Phoenix actually held their own for the first 10 to 12 minutes, but the Aggies took over from there and were never challenged, pulling out a 92-65 victory over the Phoenix in Oklahoma City.

Green Bay’s leading scorer, 6’1 senior guard Carrington Love, came into the game averaging 17 points a game on the season. Love was held to a season low three points. [Read more…]

Green Bay captures Horizon League men’s title

March 9, 2016 By Bill Scott

The Green Bay Phoenix earned their first Horizon League Tournament Championship in 20 years with a
78-69 win over Wright State in the Championship game of the 2016 Horizon League men’s basketball tournament on Tuesday night at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Jordan Fouse led the Phoenix with 16 points on the way to being named the Tournament MVP. Teammates Carrington Love and Charles Cooper joined Fouse on the All-Tournament team, along with Wright State’s JT Yoho and Valparaiso junior guard Alec Peters. [Read more…]

Green Bay Upsets Valpo in Horizon League semifinals

March 8, 2016 By Bill Scott

Jordan Fouse

Jordan Fouse had 25 points and 10 rebounds to help fourth-seeded Green Bay pull out a 99-92 upset victory over top-seeded Valparaiso at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Alec Peters had 32 for the Crusaders, including a layup at the buzzer that forced overtime. Valparaiso had trailed by six points with less than two minutes remaining.

It was all Green Bay in overtime as they jumped out to a 7-2 run and then the Phoenix (22-12) held on for their 22nd win of the season.

Charles Cooper finished with 24 points and Carrington Love 23 for the Phoenix. They’ll face Wright State in tonight’s 6 p.m. Championship game.

Wright State advances

Wright State advanced to the Horizon League Championship game against Green Bay tonight. The Raiders got 18 points off the bench from Mark Alstork in a 59-55 win over second-seeded Oakland. The third-seeded Raiders improved to 22-12 on the year.

The winner of tonight’s Green Bay/Wright State game secures the Horizon League’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Tiby, Love named All Horizon League first team

March 2, 2016 By Bill Scott

Matt Tiby

Milwaukee Panther forward Matt Tiby and Green Bay Phoenix guard Carrington Love have been named to the All-Horizon League men’s basketball first team.

Tiby, a senior, led the Panthers with 16 points and eight rebounds a game. He has 256 rebounds this season and in three years as a Panther has registered the top three rebounding seasons in Milwaukee’s Division 1 History.

Love led Green Bay in scoring and steals this season with averages of 18.3 points and 2.5 steals per game. The senior stepped up and filled the scoring void created by the graduation of two-time Horizon League Player of the Year [Read more…]

Horizon League roundup

February 5, 2016 By Bill Scott

Jordan Fouse

Jordan Fouse recorded a double-double for the sixth straight game and the Green Bay men’s basketball team held off Northern Kentucky 85-78 in Horizon League play on Thursday night.

Green Bay (14-9, 6-4 HL) needed some clutch free throws late to seal the win and secure the season sweep against the Norse (8-14, 4-7 HL). After NKU knocked down a three-pointer with 51 seconds left to cut the Green Bay lead to four, Fouse made a pair of free throws and Turner Botz added another to hold off the Norse.

Fouse finished with 14 points and ten rebounds, notching his 15th career double-double and his seventh this season. Fouse also registered four steals, the last of which tied him with Terry Evans for the all-time career record at Green Bay. Fouse now sits on 237 career steals, needing just one more to take over the top spot. [Read more…]

Green Bay Phoenix earn road victory

December 29, 2015 By Bill Scott

The Green Bay Phoenix earned their seventh win in the last nine games, knocking off Morehead State 78-72 in Morehead, Kentucky on Monday night.

The Phoenix improved to 3-0 on the road against teams from the Ohio Valley Conference this season.

Former Milwaukee high school standout Jamar Hurdle enjoyed his best game in a Phoenix uniform, finishing with a team-high 19 points (8 of 9 fg) and seven rebounds.

Carrington Love tallied 18 points and teammate Charles Cooper added 14 points and seven rebounds in the win.

It’s the first loss for the Eagles (6-5) at home this season and the third road victory for the Phoenix. Green Bay recorded 46 points in the paint and made only two three-pointers, tying its lowest mark of the season.

The Phoenix opens Horizon League play on Saturday afternoon against Northern Kentucky at the Resch Center (1pm).

Badgers win, despite major second half collapse

December 24, 2015 By Bill Scott

Greg Gard

The Wisconsin Badgers jumped out to a 21-point halftime lead and extended that lead to 30 early in the second half. They then held on to pull out a 84-79 win over the Green Bay Phoenix at the Kohl Center, giving Greg Gard a win in his interim head coaching debut.

The Badgers almost blew a big lead and turned the ball over a season-high 26 times in their final non-conference tune-up before the start of Big Ten play.

Gard said he wasn’t proud of his teams sloppy play in the second half, but he was thrilled with the transition his players made after Bo Ryan stepped down last week.

The Badgers had 16 second half turnovers, after entering the game averaging just 10.8. [Read more…]

Green Bay Phoenix blow out Superior

December 21, 2015 By Bill Scott

Junior guard Tevin Findlay hit all seven of his field goals and scored a career 19 points to lead the Green Bay Phoenix to a 108-57 win over Division-3 Superior on Sunday at the Resch Center.

Carrington Love added 15 points for the Phoenix (6-4), who broke the century mark for the first time in ten years. Green Bay also shattered the school record with 22 steals.

After leading 43-26 at halftime, the Phoenix scored 65 points in the second half to blow the game open.

Next up for the Phoenix, a trip to Madison on Wednesday night to face the Badgers.

Love scores 29 in Green Bay win

December 16, 2015 By Bill Scott

Carrington Love

The Green Bay Phoenix overcame a bad shooting night at the free throw line to hold off Pacific 93-88 at the Resch Center on Tuesday night.

The Phoenix attempted 44 free throws and made just 22 which made the game much closer than it should have been.

Green Bay did force the Tigers into a season-high 23 turnovers, which led to 22 points.

Both teams shot well from the field. Pacific hit 54.2%, while Green Bay hit 53% from the field. The Phoenix also hit 7 of 17 three pointers.

Green Bay senior guard Carrington Love poured in 29 points to lead five players in double figures. Charles Cooper added 15 points, Turner Botz had a career-high 12 and Khalil Small and Jamar Hurdle added ten each.

The Phoenix improved to 5-and-4 and now has five wins in the last six games. They’ll host UW-Superior on Sunday afternoon, then face the Badgers in Madison next Wednesday in what will be interim head coach Greg Gard’s first game on the Badgers bench without Bo Ryan.