by [email protected] | Feb 24, 2018
The Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team secured its 20th-consecutive regular-season conference championship at the Kress Center on Friday night, knocking off Oakland 78-48. The Phoenix had already clinched a share of the title with Monday’s win over...
by [email protected] | Feb 23, 2018
The Green Bay Phoenix hit a program-record 15 3-pointers and finished the game on a 14-3 run in a 96-90 win over Oakland in Horizon League play on Thursday night in Rochester, Michigan. The Phoenix (11-19, 6-11 HL), got a career-high 36 points and 11 rebounds from...
by [email protected] | Feb 19, 2018
Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball coach Kevin Borseth has agreed to a contract extension with the school through the 2024-25 season on Monday. “We hare very pleased to extend Kevin Borseth’s contract through the 2025 season,” said...
by [email protected] | Feb 9, 2018
Both Milwaukee and Green Bay fell just short in Horizon League upset bids on Thursday night. The UW-Milwaukee Panthers dropped a 54-52 decision to conference co-leader Northern Kentucky. The Panthers (13-14, 6-8 Horizon League) Jeremiah Bell missed a three-point...
by [email protected] | Dec 20, 2017
Allie LeClaire led all scorers with a season-high 22 points, leading the No. 21/23 Green Bay Phoenix (10-1) to a 63-57 win over the Northwestern Wildcats (6-7) in Evanston on Tuesday. The Phoenix improved to 10-1, capping its best start through non-conference play...
by [email protected] | Oct 6, 2017
For the 10th-consecutive year, the Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team will enter the season as the Horizon League preseason favorite. Green Bay is fresh off its 19th-straight Horizon League Regular-Season Championship. Head coach Kevin Borseth’s...
by [email protected] | Oct 6, 2017
Green Bay men’s basketball junior Sandy Cohen III has been granted an NCAA waiver, receiving an additional year of athletic eligibility to be used in the 2018-19 season. Cohen III will become eligible to play in his first game this season on Dec. 21 versus...
by [email protected] | Jun 28, 2017
After losing Valparaiso to the Missouri Valley Conference, the Horizon League announced the addition of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) effective July 1. IUPUI will begin competition during the 2017-18 academic year. The addition of IUPUI...
by [email protected] | May 24, 2017
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is searching for a new Director of Athletics after Mary Ellen Gillespie, who held the post since November of 2013, left to take the same job at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Gillespie’s move to Hartford is also...
by [email protected] | May 10, 2017
The Missouri Valley Conference gave notice on Tuesday that they are extending a membership invitation to Valparaiso to replace Wichita State, returning the conference to ten schools. It means UW-Milwaukee, which was one of four finalists for a spot in the MVC, will be...
by [email protected] | Apr 14, 2017
Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball standout Mehryn Kraker (West Allis, WI) heard her name called in the WNBA Draft on Thursday night. Kraker was selected in the third round, 27th overall, by the Washington Mystics. Kraker becomes just the second player in...
by [email protected] | Mar 8, 2017
The Milwaukee Panthers Horizon League Tournament run ended in Tuesday nights championship game, falling 59-53 to Northern Kentucky. The Panthers entered the tournament with a 9-game losing streak but got hot at just the right time. Milwaukee (11-24) was trying to...
by [email protected] | Mar 8, 2017
The Green Bay Phoenix will return to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight season and 17th time overall, knocking off Detroit 64-52 to win the Horizon League Tournament championship. It was the seventh straight appearance in the title game for Green Bay, which...
by [email protected] | Mar 7, 2017
Allie LeClaire scored 19 points and added four steals, while Jessica Lindstrom hit three 3-pointers and finished with 15 points to lead top-seeded Green Bay to a 64-52 win over Detroit to capture its third straight Horizon League Tournament title. Mehryn Kraker added...
by [email protected] | Mar 7, 2017
The Green Bay Phoenix women knocked off rival Milwaukee 66-59 on Monday at Joe Louis Arena, advancing to the Horizon League women’s title game against Detroit today. Sophomore guard Jen Wellnitz had 15 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals in 32...
by [email protected] | Mar 7, 2017
The Milwaukee Panthers entered the Horizon League Tournament in Detroit riding a nine game losing streak. They had lost 23 games and were the 10th and final seed in the Tournament with a 4-14 record. Three wins later and the upset minded Panthers are playing for the...
by [email protected] | Mar 6, 2017
Post-season conference tournaments are a nightmare for regular season champions. Teams that earn regular season titles over the course of 16 or 18 conference games, get very little reward. They have to go prove themselves again in conference tournament action. ...
by [email protected] | Mar 5, 2017
The Milwaukee Panther men’s basketball team entered the Horizon League Tournament as the lowest seed in the field. They’ve become a real story after a pair of victories as they await the winner of Sunday afternoon’s battle between Green Bay and UIC....
by [email protected] | Mar 1, 2017
Green Bay Phoenix standout Mehryn Kraker has been named the Horizon League women’s Player of the Year. Kraker averaged 18.5 points a game during Horizon League play and becomes the ninth Green Bay player to win league Player of the Year honors. Kraker became...
by [email protected] | Feb 27, 2017
The Green Bay Phoenix held off Detroit 89-81 on Senior Day Sunday at the Resch Center. The Phoenix clinched the number-3 seed in this week’s Horizon League Tournament. Thanks to a tiebreaker over Northern Kentucky, Green Bay will face number-six seed UIC on...
