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Panthers rally to upset Wright State in Horizon League quarterfinals

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The Milwaukee Panthers pulled off the comeback of all comebacks, knocking off Wright State 94-92 in overtime in the Horizon League Tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday night.

DeAndre Gholston hit a three-point shot with 1.3 seconds left to force overtime.  Gholston then hit all six of his free throws in the final 38+ seconds of overtime to complete an improbable rally.

The Panthers (10-11) trailed by 24-points with 8:11 left in regulation, then trailed again by three points with 1:43 left in overtime.

Gholston finished with 31 points (26 in second half) and nine rebounds, while Te’Jon Lucas scored 25 points, 23 of which coming in the second half comeback.

Grant Basile led all scorers with 35 points for Wright State. [Read more…]

Panthers to face IUPUI this weekend

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The UW-Milwaukee Panthers games against Detroit Mercy this weekend at the Klotsche Center have been cancelled due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Titans program.

This time, the Horizon League has found a replacement for the Panthers.

IUPUI’s games against Robert Morris were also cancelled due to COVID-19 issues within the Colonials program, so the Jaguars will make the trip to Milwaukee for 11 a.m. tips on Friday and Saturday.

The two teams are also scheduled to meet in Indianapolis on Jan. 29-30.

 

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.

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.

 

Green Bay & Milwaukee picked to finish down in Horizon League pack

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Wright State is the preseason favorite in the 2019-20 Horizon League men’s basketball championship.  A vote of the league’s coaches, media and sports information directors picked the Raiders ahead of second place Northern Kentucky.

Wright State captured 28 first-place votes.  Illinois-Chicago is third in the balloting.

The Green Bay Phoenix were picked to finish fifth and the Milwaukee Panthers ended up seventh in the voting.

Detroit’s Antoine Davis was tabbed as the Preseason Player of the Year.

 

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.

 

Green Bay women secure 20th straight Horizon League title

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Jessica Lindstrom – File Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Athletics

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 UIC, then Green Bay (25-3, 15-2 HL) won the title outright against the Golden Grizzlies.

Senior guard Allie LeClaire scored 13-points to move into the top 10 on Green Bay’s all-time scoring list.  LeClaire has 1,393 points in her career.

Green Bay led 22-13 after the first quarter and 40-22 at halftime.

Senior forward Jessica Lindstrom scored a game-high 16 points and 12 rebounds, her 15th double-double of the season and 38th of her career.

It is the 17th time in the unrivaled streak that Green Bay has secured the championship outright.

Green Bay wraps up the regular season on Sunday when the Phoenix welcomes Detroit Mercy to the Kress Center for a 1 p.m. Senior Day and Parents’ Day.

The Phoenix will be the number 1 seed at the Horizon League Tournament in Detroit, Michigan, with its first action coming in the Quarterfinals on March 3.

Milwaukee rolls past Detroit

In Milwaukee, the Panther women doubled up Detroit 90-45.  The 45 point victory margin is the third largest in school history.

 

Cohen leads Green Bay to comeback win in Oakland

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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 Sandy Cohen III.  Cohen had 24 points in the second half alone.  The redshirt junior enjoyed the best game of his collegiate career, registering his fourth double-double.  He finished a career-high 4-for-6 from beyond the arc and hit 12 of his 13 free throw attempts.

Khalil Small added 20 points and pulled down eight rebounds.  It’s the 11th 20-plus point scoring effort for Small, who ranks second in the Horizon League in scoring.  Small also moved into 14th all-time in scoring in Green Bay program history, passing both Troy Cotton (2006-10) and Ben Berlowski (1992-96).

Green Bay closes out the regular season at Detroit on Saturday afternoon.

Milwaukee cruises past Detroit

The Milwaukee Panthers got 23 points and 15 rebounds from Bryce Nze to knock off Detroit 72-49 in Detroit.  The Panthers improved to 15-15 overall and 8-9 in Horizon League play.

The Panthers close out the regular season at Oakland on Sunday.