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Green Bay Phoenix settle for CIT runnerup

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Green Bay’s postseason ride in the 2019 CIT came to an end on Thursday night.  The Phoenix fell to Marshall 90-70 in the CIT title game, handing Green Bay a runner-up finish.

Green Bay finishes the season 21-17, breaking the single season program records for both total points (3,090) and 3-pointers made (303).

The Phoenix led 42-40 at halftime, but Marshall (23-14) poured in 50 points in the second.  The Herd had 16 offensive rebounds, converting them into 24 second-chance points, while scoring 58 points in the paint.

ShanQuan Hemphill scored 21 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead the Phoenix, his fifth double-double of the season.

As a team, Green Bay was held to a CIT low 37.5-percent (27-72) from the field.

Green Bay will return 78 percent of its scoring, along with four out of their five starters next season.  Sandy Cohen III played his last game for the Phoenix, finishing with 13 points.

 

Green Bay Phoenix advance to CIT Championship

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Sandy Cohen III

Green Bay’s Sandy Cohen hit a 15-foot jumper with 1.5 seconds left in overtime, giving the Phoenix (21-16)  a 87-86 win over Texas Southern in the CIT Championship game on Tuesday night.

Green Bay led by as many as 9 points with just over four minutes left before the Tigers scored eight straight points as the two teams would be headed for a tight finish.

Tyrik Armstrong scored with seven seconds left to tie the game at 76.  Green Bay’s Kam Hankerson missed at the buzzer and the game was headed for overtime.

Texas Southern (24-14) went up by one with eight seconds left, setting the stage for Cohen’s game winner.

Cohen finished with 23 points and Trevian Bell added 21 to lead the Phoenix.

Green Bay will play at Marshall in Thursday night’s CIT Championship.

Green Bay advances to CIT Semifinals

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Sandy Cohen III

The Green Bay Phoenix rolled to a 80-65 win over CSU Bakersfield in the quarterfinals of the CIT on Friday night at the Kress Center.

With the win, the Phoenix (20-16) advances to the CIT semifinals, which it will host on Tuesday night (April 2) at the Kress Center for an 8 p.m. tip against Texas Southern.

Five Green Bay players scored in double-figures and getting another 15-point performance from Sandy Cohen III.  As a team, the Phoenix buried 11 3-pointers and assisted on 17 of its 27 made field goals.

The Phoenix has now won its three CIT games by an average of 17.6 points a game, while getting solid efforts from multiple players.

 

Green Bay advances to CIT Quarterfinals

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Sandy Cohen III

The Green Bay Phoenix (19-16) rolled to a 98-68 win over Florida International in the Second Round of the CIT on Tuesday night at the Kress Center in Green Bay.  It marked the first time a Green Bay Phoenix team won back-to-back postseason games.

Sandy Cohen III continued his postseason tear, nearly notching a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.  It’s the fifth time in his last six games that Cohen has notched at least 20 points, while moving within 31 points of 1,000 for his career.

Green Bay shot 51.5 percent for the game and is averaging 100 points in two CIT games.

The Phoenix will host CSU Bakersfield (18-15) in a CIT Quarterfinal game on Friday night (6 p.m.) at the Kress Center on the Green Bay campus.

Green Bay opens play in 2019 CollegeInsider.com Tournament

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Green Bay coach Linc Darner

The Green Bay Phoenix are making their sixth postseason appearance in the last seven seasons.  They’re taking on East Tennessee State on Wednesday night in the opening round of the 2019 CollegeInsider.com postseason tournament.

This is the third time in four seasons that the Phoenix will appear in the postseason under coach Linc Darner.  He led the Phoenix to the NCAA Tournament in his first season and the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) in 2016-17.

Green Bay last played in the Horizon League Tournament, being knocked out in the semifinals by league champion Wright State.

Tipoff tonight is set for 6 p.m. CT inside Freedom Hall.

GB Phoenix women fall in HL Championship game

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Green Bay head coach Kevin Borseth

For just the second time in the last nine Horizon League seasons, a team other than Green Bay has claimed the tournament championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament that goes with it.

The Phoenix fell to Wright State 55-52 in the title game on Tuesday in Detroit.  The Phoenix (22-9) was shooting for a fifth-straight tournament championship.  Instead, the Raiders are headed to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in their history.

Green Bay, which shot just 37 percent from the field, trailed for much of the game but forged a 49-49 tie with 90 seconds left to play.  Wright State, which shot just 31.6 percent from the field, eventually prevailed.

Mackenzie Wolf led Green Bay with 10 points, the only player in double figures for the Phoenix.  Wolf was named to the All-Tournament team.

Green Bay is a long shot at securing an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, but could find their chances of securing a spot in the WNIT much better.  The WNIT field will be announced next week.

 

Milwaukee, Green Bay earn Horizon League victories

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UW-Milwaukee 83, Cleveland State 76

The Panthers turned a 10-point halftime deficit into a 83-76 win over the Cleveland State Vikings in Horizon League action Thursday night.

The Panthers shot 60-percent from the field, 54.5-percent from beyond the arc and hit 19 of 25 free throws while forcing six of their season-high 20 turnovers to spark a 22-4 run to lead Milwaukee to victory.

Darius Roy scored 24 points to lead four players in double figures for the Panthers (6-9, 1-1 HL).

UW-Green Bay 99, Youngstown State 93 (OT)

Green Bay converted its final 12 free throws of the game and used a 10-0 run in overtime to take down Youngstown State 99-93 at the Resch Center.  The Phoenix (8-7, 2-0 HL) improved to 3-0 at home this season, while the Penguins have now lost seven straight.

JayQuan McCloud led Green Bay with 24 points, going 9-of-14 from the field.  Kameron Hankerson added a season-high 19 points off the bench, shooting 7-for-11 from the field and 4-for-7 from beyond the arc.

 

Badger women’s volleyball hosts NCAA matches

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Badger Volleyball – File Photo

For the sixth-straight season and the 22nd time in program history, the Wisconsin volleyball team earned a bid to the NCAA tournament.  The Badgers were selected as the number-six seed in the 2018 championship bracket and will host first and second rounds in the UW Field House on Thursday and Friday.

Wisconsin (22-6) will face Green Bay (20-10) in the first round on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.  Northern Iowa (24-9) faces off against Pepperdine (21-8) in the opening first-round match at 5 p.m.  First-round winners will face off on Friday at 7 p.m. for the right to advance to regional play.

The Badgers hold a 43-21 (.672) all-time record in the program’s 21 NCAA tournament appearances.  UW is 15-5 under head coach Kelly Sheffield in the NCAA tournament, advancing to at least the Sweet 16 round of play each season.

Wisconsin has been a top-10 seed in the tournament six times since seeding began in 2000.

A total of seven Big Ten Conference teams made it into the NCAA tournament, including No. 2-seed Minnesota and No. 3-seed Illinois.

Peralta leads Brewers past Reds in series finale

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Rookie Freddie Peralta tossed seven shutout innings and added an RBI single at the plate to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon at Miller Park.

Peralta (6-4, 4.02) allowed just three hits with two walks while striking out seven.  Peralta has now allowed just 40 hits in 69 1/3 innings.

The Brewers gave Peralta an early lead when Christian Yelich led off the bottom of the first with a long home run to left-center for his 21st home run of the season.  The 21 home runs matches his career high back in 2016.

Peralta put the Brewers up 2-0 in the fourth inning when he singled home Ryan Braun from second base.  The Reds intentionally walked Manny Pina to get to Peralta, who entered the at bat hitless in 22 at bats this season.

Run scoring singles by Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain in the sixth plated the final two runs for the Brewers.  Yelich finished with four hits.

 

Heideman loses battle with cancer

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Mike Heideman – Photo courtesy of Tom Neises.

Former UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College men’s basketball coach Mike Heideman died Saturday at the age of 70, losing a battle with cancer.

Heideman served as head coach of the Phoenix for seven seasons, posting a 110-95 overall record.  He posted 20 or more wins in two of those seasons.

Heideman was fired after going 9-21 in 2001-’02, his third straight losing season.  Prior to that, Heideman had never finished below .500 in any of his first four years.

Heideman led the Green Knights to the Division 3 Sweet 16 in 1984.