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Green Bay Phoenix Drop To 0-8

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Despite guard Amari Davis pouring in a career-high 35 points, the Green Bay Phoenix dropped to 0-8, falling to the Wright State Raiders on Sunday, 90-77 in Dayton, Ohio.

The Raiders swept the two-game weekend series, winning their sixth straight and improving to 4-0 in Horizon League play.

The Phoenix shot a season best 51.7% (15-of-29) from the field in the first half and took a 39-36 lead to the locker room at halftime.  Twenty of Davis’ 35-point performance came in the first 20 minutes.  The sophomore hit 14-of-24 from the field for the game and 6-of-7 from the free throw line.

Wright State went on a 11-2 run early in the second half to create some separation, taking a 50-43 lead.  After Green Bay got to within one, the Raiders had another 11-2 run to go up 61-51.

Green Bay returns to Horizon League action this coming weekend, returning to Ohio to face Youngstown State.

Panthers Sweep Rival Green Bay Phoenix

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The Milwaukee Panthers pulled out a two-game sweep over the rival Green Bay Phoenix on opening weekend of Horizon League play in Green Bay.

The Panthers (3-1, 2-0 HL) earned their first regular-season series sweep over Green Bay since the 2011-12 season.

DeAndre Gholston had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Panthers on Sunday.  Josh Thomas added 15 points and Te’Jon Lucas had 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the win.

Defensively, the Panthers held Green Bay (0-6, 0-2) without a basket for  more than 8 minutes in the second half and 38.9% shooting from the field for the game.

Amari Davis scored 21 points to lead the Phoenix in the loss.

Badgers improve to 3-0 with rout of Green Bay

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The 4th ranked Wisconsin Badgers stumbled out of the gates but quickly regained their footing and went in to rout the Green Bay Phoenix 82-42 at the Kohl Center on Tuesday night.

Sophomore forward Tyler Wahl gave the Badgers (3-0) some instant energy off the bench and finished with 11 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and two blocks as the Badgers pulled away.

The Badgers continued to get good balance from their deep team.  Micah Potter had 14 points and eight rebounds to lead the way.  Nate Reuvers, who played just 19 minutes because of foul trouble, still chipped in with 13 points, four rebounds and two blocked shots.

Brad Davison added 10 points and point guard D’Mitrik Trice  finished with four points, four rebounds and five assists. [Read more…]

Horizon League releases men’s preseason rankings

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Two-time defending Horizon League men’s basketball champion Wright State has been picked to win the regular season title for a third straight year.  Youngstown State and Northern Kentucky were picked to finish second and third in the preseason poll as voted on by head coaches, SIDs and media members.

Horizon League members Green Bay and Milwaukee were picked to finish 8th and 10th respectively.

After earning Horizon League Freshman of the Year honors and shattering the single-season record for all-time freshman of the week awards (10), Green Bay guard Amari Davis has landed himself a spot on the preseason All-League First Team.  The true sophomore earned an all-league third team nod after averaging 15.9 ppg and 4.0 rpg last season.

Wright State’s Loudon Love was picked Preseason Player of the Year.  Love and Amari Davis were joined on the first team by Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis, IUPUI’s Marcus Burk and Youngstown State’s Darius Quisenberry.

Milwaukee’s Te’Jon Lucas was named to the Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team.

Horizon League releases men’s and women’s 2020-21 schedule

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The Horizon League announced its 2020-21 men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules on Wednesday.  All teams are scheduled to play a 20-game league schedule.

Teams will play one League opponent twice each week with games taking place on consecutive days at the same location.  Schools will have five home weekends and five road weekends and will play 10 of 11 League opponents.

The HL Board of Directors is overseeing League-wide safety protocols focused on consistency and clarity for all League competition.  As part of these protocols, the Board of Directors determined that due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all League games in the month of December will be played without fans.  The Board of Directors will reevaluate these changes at a later date.  Fan attendance policies for non-League games will be determined by each institution.

The men’s League schedule begins on Dec. 19 and will run for 10 consecutive weeks, while the women’s HL schedule will start on Dec. 12 and run for 10 weeks with no League games scheduled for Dec. 21-31.  Both schedules will conclude on Feb. 20. [Read more…]

Horizon League delays start of fall sports season

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The Horizon League Council decided on Thursday to delay the start of fall competition for all sports with the understanding that if competition occurs, it will not begin before October 1.

The league includes UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee as two of its member institutions.

The decision allows each campus to further focus on ensuring return to competition protocols, uphold the Council’s principle of safety and can be reasonably implemented.  The delay in competition includes all exhibition, League and non-League contests in all sports (championship and non-championship).

Decisions related to training and practice will be left to members’ discretion.  Rescheduling of non-conference contests impacted by the postponed start of the fall seasons will be determined by each school.  The Horizon League’s Council will continue to monitor developments related to COVID-19, and will evaluate fall schedules and competitions with the understanding that there may be future changes.

 

UWGB adds familiar assistants

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Former Badger Freddie Owens is expected to be added to the coaching staff of the Green Bay Phoenix under new head coach Will Ryan.

Owens will be joined by De Pere native and Hillsdale (Mich.) College assistant coach Brandon Pritzl and Northern State University associate head coach Jared Swanson.

The moves were first reported by Scott Venci of the Green Bay Press Gazette.

Owens is a Milwaukee native who played at Washington High School.  He was an assistant at Loyola University Maryland last season and had previous assistant coaching stints at Holy Cross, Utah Valley, Oregon State and Montana.  He played guard at Wisconsin form 2000 to 2004 under Will Ryan’s father Bo Ryan.

Pritzl scored 1,337 points at De Pere and was the Fox River Classic Conference player of the year as a senior in 2010.  He was a three-year starter at shooting guard at Hillsdale and went on to serve as an assistant at that school under John Tharp.

Swanson spent last season at NSU with previous stints at NDSU and Ohio.  He started his coaching career as a grad assistant at Boise State.

Green Bay set to hire Ryan

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The UW-Green Bay Phoenix is negotiating with Will Ryan to become the schools next men’s head basketball coach.  The Wheeling University coach would replace Linc Darner, who was let go in May with six years left on his contract.

The University reportedly has offered Ryan two deals, a four year deal at $200,000 per season and a six year deal at $175,000 a year.

Ryan is the oldest son of former Wisconsin coach and College Basketball Hall of Famer Bo Ryan.  He would become the eighth coach in Green Bay history.

The 41-year-old Ryan played collegiately at UW-Platteville and UW-Milwaukee for his father and started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Wisconsin.

 

Grzesk pulls out of running for Green Bay men’s basketball job

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Gary Grzesk

St. Norbert college men’s basketball coach Gary Grzesk says he has pulled out of the running to be the next men’s basketball coach at his alma mater, UW-Green  Bay.

In a statement on his Twitter account, Grzesk made the following statement:

“Although the position of head men’s basketball coach at my alma mater seems like a natural fit, the timing (on many different levels) is not right for me.  I am withdrawing from consideration for the position.  There are a number of complex factors that went into this very difficult decision.  I’d like to thank St. Norbert, President Bruess, Tim Bald, and my staff for their support throughout this process.  We have a good group of returning players and a potentially strong incoming class that I’m looking forward to coaching.  I wish the men’s basketball program and the next head coach nothing but success.”

The Green Bay Phoenix job opened up when the school decided to part company with Linc Darner, who had six years left on his contract.

 

 

 

Darner to receive a healthy settlement from Green Bay

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Linc Darner

Former UW-Green Bay men’s basketball coach Linc Darner will receive a healthy settlement after his departure from the program earlier this month.

According to a Green Bay Press Gazette story written by Scott Venci, Darner is guaranteed at least $720,000 as part of the settlement agreement he made with the school.

According to the report, Darner was paid $120,000 on May 21 and is set to receive $120,000 on the first business day in January.  He is also set to receive monthly payments of $20,000 from May 1, 2021, through April 1, 2023.

In addition, if Darner has not landed a head coaching or assistant job before that time, he will receive an additional $20,000 per month beginning May, 1, 2023, and going through April 1, 2024. [Read more…]