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Green Bay Phoenix win third straight, sweep Oakland

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After dropping nine straight games to start the season, the Green Bay Phoenix have won three-straight, earning a two game sweep over Oakland in Green Bay over the weekend.

Amari Davis poured in 25 points for the Phoenix as they knocked off Oakland in the series finale on Saturday, 87-78.  The Phoenix also got 37 points from their bench in the victory, handing coach Will Ryan his third victory in Green Bay.

Green Bay’s 87 points is its second-highest total of the season, only behind the 91-points they scored against Eastern Illinois in double overtime.

Green Bay is scheduled to head to Detroit for a two-game weekend series, Friday and Saturday at Calihan Hall.

 

Ryan Era in Green Bay opens with a loss

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The Will Ryan in Green Bay started with a 99-69 loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Minneapolis on Wednesday night.

The Phoenix outscored the Gophers 47-46 in the second half and drew to within 10 points at 70-60 with just under eight minutes left to play before Minnesota went on a run to finish with a 30-point win.

Reigning Freshman of the Year (Horizon League) Amari Davis picked up where he left off last season, pouring in a team-high 17 points, hitting 7 of his 8 free throw attempts.

Three other Green Bay players finished in double figures.   Josh Jefferson had 14 points, PJ Pipes added 13 and Paris Taylor had 10 points to go along with seven rebounds.

Both teams struggled from distance with Green Bay hitting just 3 of 16 and Minnesota finishing 7 of 34.  Marcus Carr had 35 points and 7 rebounds, hitting 12 of 22 from the field for the Gophers.

Green Bay is off until Tuesday when they travel to Madison to face the Badgers at the Kohl Center.

Green Bay women advance to Horizon League title game, men fall in semifinals

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Green Bay senior Frankie Wurtz scored on a drive to the basket with 3.1 seconds left to give the No. 2-seeded Phoenix a 50-49 win over No. 4 Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals.

The win sends Green Bay to its 10th-straight tournament championship game, where they will meet No. 1 seed IUPUI on Tuesday at 11 a.m. CT on ESPNU.

Northern Kentucky used an 11-0 run to their their first lead, then traded baskets with the Phoenix before Wurtz final shot heroics.

Green Bay held NKU to just 28.3% from the field and just 19.2% (5-of-26) from three-point range.  The Phoenix held the Norse to their fourth-lowest point total this season.

Green Bay will be going for its league-leading 17th Horizon League Tournament Championship victory on Tuesday and is now 63-10 all-time in the HL Tournament. [Read more…]

St. Norbert College names new women’s basketball coach

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Amanda Leonhard-Perry (middle) Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Athletics

St. Norbert College has named Amanda Leonhard-Perry as its next women’s basketball coach on Thursday.

Leonhard-Perry has spent the last 11 seasons as an assistant coach at the highly successful NCAA Division I program at UW-Green Bay.  She has helped the Phoenix to 10 regular-season Horizon League titles, eight conference tournament championships, nine NCAA Tournament appearances and two trips to the WNIT.  During those 11 seasons, Green Bay went 333-62, with a winning percentage of .843.

Leonhard-Perry succeeds Connie Tilley, who is retiring after 42 years at the helm of the women’s basketball program.

Leonhard-Perry played at Green Bay, as part of the teams that finished 86-35 and played in three NCAA [Read more…]

Borseth claims career win #700

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Kevin Borseth

Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball coach Kevin Borseth reached a coaching milestone, winning his 700th career game.  The Phoenix knocked off Youngstown State 60-42 as Borseth became the 29th coach in NCAA history to reach the milestone.

The Phoenix (9-6, 4-1) held YSU (12-5, 4-2) to less than 10 points in multiple quarters.

Seniors Jen Wellnitz and Laken James scored 17 points apiece and combined for 10 steals.

Kohler native Madison Wolf had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the first double-double of her career.

Green Bay travels to Detroit on Thursday followed by a trip to Oakland on Saturday.

 

Borseth gets contract extension in Green Bay

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Kevin Borseth

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 Director of Athletics Charles Guthrie.  “KB is unquestionably one of the finest basketball coaches in the country.  He embodies UW-Green Bay’s ongoing commitment to the development of our student-athletes.  We are thankful to Kevin and his family for all they’ve done to this point and we look forward to our program’s bright future under his leadership.”

Borseth, who recently led the Phoenix to its 19th-consecutive Horizon League title and the program’s 17th NCAA Tournament appearance last season, is in his 15th season overall at Green Bay and owns a winning percentage of .798 with the Phoenix.  He is 213-24 (.899) all-time in Horizon League play.

This season, Green Bay has piled up an impressive 23-3 record and is currently ranked in the Top 25 in both the Associated Press and USA Today polls.  Borseth has led GB to a 13-2 record in Horizon League play thus far, and is now two wins away from securing at least a share of the program’s 20th-straight Horizon League Regular Season Championship this season.

Borseth owns a career coaching record of 685-264, approaching the 700 career wins milestone.  he has coached a total of 31 years, including 15 years for Green Bay where he has amassed an impressive record of 373-94.  He has garnered Horizon League Coach of the Year honors in eight of his 14 seasons at Green Bay and will look to secure yet another No. 1 seed at Motor City Madness in Detroit.

 

Phoenix women favored to win 20th-consecutive HL Championship

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Kevin Borseth

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 Phoenix squad received 21 of the 25 first-place votes in the poll and accumulated 246 points to lead the nearest school by 42 (Wright State).

Senior Jessica Lindstrom was selected to the preseason first-team after averaging 13.1 points and a team-high 9.8 rebounds a game last season.  Lindstrom received second team honors last season, as well as all-defensive team recognition back-to-back seasons.  The Superior native was named Horizon League Tournament MVP after scoring 15 points and grabbing nine rebounds in the championship game.

Fellow senior Allie LeClaire was named to the all-league second team after averaging 11.0 points a game and a team-best 3.8 assists per game.  The Green Bay, Wis., native was also the 35th player in program history to surpass the 1,000-point mark for Green Bay, doing so last season.

Green Bay will face UW-Whitewater in an exhibition on Thursday, October 26 (7 p.m.).

Green Bay women picked as Horizon League favorites

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Kevin Borseth

Kevin Borseth

For the ninth-straight year, the Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team will enter the season as the Horizon League preseason favorite, as announced by the league office during its media day event on Wednesday.

Coach Kevin Borseth’s team received 29 of the 30 first-place votes in the poll and accumulating 299 points to lead the nearest school (Detroit Mercy) by 46.  The Phoenix return four of five starters from a year ago.  Green Bay’s defense ranked ninth in the country last year, allowing 48.6 ppg in league play and 52.2 ppg overall.

Detroit Mercy came in second in the preseason poll, bringing back nearly everyone from last year’s squad. [Read more…]

Green Bay picked third in men’s Horizon League preseason poll

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Charles Cooper - Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Athletics

Charles Cooper – Photo Courtesy of Green Bay Athletics

The Horizon League released its preseason poll and honors on Thursday morning.

The Green Bay Phoenix landed senior Charles Cooper on the All-League First Team and were picked to finish third in the Horizon League preseason poll.

2015-16 regular season champion Valparaiso was selected to repeat as champions, followed by Oakland and Green Bay.  UIC was picked fourth and Wright State fifth.  The second five consist of Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky, Cleveland State, Youngstown State and Milwaukee.

Valparaiso’s Alec Peters is the Preseason Player of the Year.

Cooper started all 36 games for the Phoenix last season, finishing second on the  team in scoring and rebounding at 13.6 ppg and 5.5 rebounds per game.

Horizon League Hoops Roundup

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Horizon League LogoIn Green Bay, senior guard Carrington Love led five Green Bay Phoenix scorers in double figures by putting up 39 points in a 107-90 win over Youngstown State on Saturday.

The Phoenix trailed by 18 points at one point in the game, but they dominated the second half.  Love scored 25 of his 39 after intermission, hitting a career-high eight 3-pointers.

The Phoenix improved to 17-11, including 9-6 in Horizon League play.

Panthers blow out Cleveland State

The Milwaukee Panthers had a 52-18 lead at halftime and went on to blowout Cleveland State 88-54 in Milwaukee.

After losing four of five on an extended road trip, the Panthers built up their biggest margin of victory in [Read more…]