MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Green Bay (2-0) women's basketball team held off a late charge by Minnesota (1-1) to win the Best Buy Classic 79-75 at Williams Arena on Sunday. The Phoenix led by as many as 16 with under 12 minutes to play before Minnesota pulled within two under 1:20 to play.

The win secured the squad's first regular season tournament championship as Matt Bollant coached his 100^th game at Green Bay. It's the third time in four seasons Green Bay has started the season 2-0 on the road under Bollant.

"It was definitely a hard fought battle for our players," said Bollant. "I wasn't happy we gave up our big lead in the second half but our players really hung tough in the end to get the job done."

For the second consecutive game, five players scored in double figures for the Phoenix with All-Tournament Team player Julie Wojta (Mishicot, Wis.) leading the way with 17. Tournament MVP Adrian Ritchie (De Pere, Wis.) added 14 while Kayla Tetschlag (Sheboygan, Wis.) chipped in 13 and Sarah Eichler (Grafton, Wis.) had 12.

The Gophers' added a full court pressure in which Hoewisch fouled out with 14 points and a career high eight assists with 2:25 to play. After Hoewisch fouled out, Ritchie silenced the crowd with a three pointer from the top of the key, boosting Green Bay's lead to six.

Wojta missed a field goal with 30 to play and Eichler grabbed a huge offensive rebound forcing the Gopher's to foul. Eichler made both bonus free throws to put the Phoenix up 77-73.

With 14 seconds to play Tetschlag missed two free throws before Minnesota's Leah Cotton scored two of her game high 23 points cutting the lead to two with just three seconds remaining. The Gophers fouled Hannah Quilling (Eau Claire, Wis.) who put the game away with two free throws.

Green Bay opened the game with a 15-4 run and started the second half with a 10-3 run sparked by Wojta who poured in ten points throughout the second half spurt.

"We know that basketball is a game of runs, they had theirs and we had ours," said Wojta. "We just worked really well together down the stretch to hold on for the win."

It was a battle in the paint for both teams as the Phoenix scored 48 down low compared to the Gophers' 40. In addition, the Phoenix scored 27 points off Minnesota's 27 turnovers.

The Phoenix shot 46.7 percent from the field compared to Minnesota's 53.8. Green Bay made 83 percent of its free throws (20-24) while the Gophers shot 66 percent from the charity stripe.

Quilling had nine points in 18 minutes of play coming off the bench for the Phoenix while Tetschlag led all players with nine boards in the win.

Thursday, Nov. 18 Green Bay will host in-state rival Wisconsin (2-0) in its home opener at 7 p.m. at the Kress Events Center. It will be Green Bay's only home game in the month of November. To purchase tickets, click here.