Panthers staying put in Horizon League

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...

Green Bay women picked as Horizon League favorites

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...

Women’s College Soccer Update

The UW-Milwaukee Panther women’s soccer team tied a program record with their 13th straight match without a loss, pulling out a 1-1 tie with the Wisconsin Badgers on Thursday night in Madison. The Badgers (1-1-1) started the season as the No. 16 ranked team in...

Milwaukee King announces basketball hire

Milwaukee King has announced the hiring of Marc Mitchell as their new boys  basketball coach, replacing Jim Gosz, who resigned back in May to take the head job at Whitefish Bay Dominican. Mitchell knows the landscape.  He played his high school  ball at Milwaukee...

Wisconsin Baseball Roundup

At the NCAA Division 3 baseball Regionals, Starting with the Midwest Regional in La Crosse, the host Eagles remain unbeaten in the double elimination tournament, rolling to a 12-3 win over Concordia-Chicago. The victory puts the Eagles in the Midwest Regional...

Johnson joins Jeter in Vegas

UW-Milwaukee point guard Jordan Johnson is following his coach Rob Jeter to UNLV.  Both Johnson and the Runnin’ Rebels tweeted the news on Wednesday, almost two weeks after Jeter was hired as an assistant to new Las Vegas coach Marvin Menzies. Johnson averaged...

Jeter lands at UNLV

Former UW-Milwaukee men’s basketball coach Rob Jeter has been hired as an assistant at Nevada Las Vegas. New coach Marvin Menzies named Jeter one of his new assistants on Thursday, joining other new assistants Eric Brown from Long Beach State and Andrew LeFleur...

UW-Milwaukee introduces new head coach Friday (AUDIO)

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee introduced their new head coach at a news conference on Friday afternoon. The new face of Panthers basketball is former Michigan, Iowa and Butler assistant coach LaVall Jordan.  The 36-year-old Jordan replaces Rob Jeter who was...

Report: UW-Milwaukee reaches deal with Michigan assistant

According to multiple reports, UW-Milwaukee has reached an agreement with Michigan assistant coach LaVall Jordan to become the school’s next head men’s basketball coach.  Jordan has spent the last six seasons on Michigan’s bench and three years...

Horizon League Hoops Roundup

In 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. ...

Green Bay holds off rival Milwaukee

The Green Bay Phoenix had just played five-straight road games and ten of their last 12 away from the Resch Center, and the Milwaukee Panthers were wrapping up a five-game road trip, facing their rivals on Monday night. The two teams were clearly road weary and their...

Horizon League Roundup

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers blew an 11-point lead with just under eleven minutes to play and fell to Northern Kentucky 75-71. J.J. Panoske hit a three-pointer to give the Panthers (15-9, 6-5 HL) a 60-49 second half lead.  The Norse (9-14, 6-7 HL) outscored the Panthers...

Panthers capture Cable Car Classic

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers (3-0) got into early foul trouble and trailed Santa Clara by six-points at halftime.  They rebounded in the second half, going on a 21-5 run to pull out a 71-65 win over the Broncos to win the Cable Car Classic in Santa Clara, California. The...

Panthers win season opener

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers scored 13 unanswered points in the second half to break open a close game and went on to beat Denver 71-58 in the opening round of the Cable Car Classic in Santa Clara, California. It’s the Panthers first season opening win since the...

Wisconsin starts Big Ten hoops slate at home

The Big Ten released it’s 2015-16 men’s basketball schedule on Thursday.  It has the Wisconsin Badgers playing three of their first four games at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin opens league play Dec. 29th against Purdue, a team that finished third in the Big...

Panthers fire first no-hitter

Freshman Alex McIntosh and senior Mike Schneider combined to throw the first no-hitter in UW-Milwaukee’s program history on Tuesday, 7-0 over UW-Superior at Henry Aaron Field. McIntosh (from Hortonville) worked the first seven innings and struck out 11 hitters. ...

UWM Panthers blown out by Valparaiso

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers fell behind 19-3 and were never in the game, falling to Valparaiso 73-48 in Indiana on Monday night. The Panthers (7-14, 2-5 Horizon League), hit just 1 of 17 from beyond the three-point arc. Valparaiso (19-4, 6-2) led 39-16 at halftime....

Panthers remain winless on the road – HL Update

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers got a season-high 15 points from J.J. Panoske but fell to Oakland, 66-53 in Horizon League action in Rochester, Michigan on Thursday night. The Panthers (7-13, 2-4 HL) saw their 2-game win streak come to an end.  They fell to 0-9 on the road...

Sykes leads Green Bay past Milwaukee

Senior guard Keifer Sykes scored 22 of his career-high 34 points in the first half as the Green Bay Phoenix (13-3, 2-0 HL) built a 20-point lead at halftime and cruised to a 79-63 win over the Milwaukee Panthers in Horizon League play Friday night at UWM Panther...