GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - As Green Bay aims towards a sweep of a four-game
homestand against UIC on Saturday, the Phoenix will do so at an unusual time,
hosting the visiting Flames at 11 a.m. at the Resch Center. In conjunction with
the 11 a.m. start, the Phoenix will be selling all adult tickets for just $11
each.
Saturday's
contest will also be a Family Game, with families receiving four game tickets
and four hot dogs, four small sodas and four popcorns for just $38, and the
players will come out after the game for Free Throws with the Phoenix. Regular youth
tickets will be sold for $7 as usual.
While
the morning start time may be unusual, winning at home has not been in 2010-11
for the Phoenix. The team is 7-2 at home this season, including four-straight
victories on its home floor.
The
latest win for Green Bay was Thursday, when senior Rahmon Fletcher (Kansas City, Mo.) scored 14 of his game-high 21
points in the second half to lead the Phoenix past visiting Loyola, 71-68.
Fletcher's senior teammate, Bryquis Perine (Milwaukee, Wis.), chipped in with 16 points while freshman Alec Brown added 11 points and three blocks despite playing just 16 minutes. Green
Bay continued its rebounding efforts, outrebounding its sixth-straight
opponent.
UIC
enters Saturday's tip having dropped six-straight games since upsetting No.
12/14 Illinois 57-54 on Dec. 18. First-year coach Howard Moore's team fell at
Milwaukee on Thursday night, losing 87-75. Senior guard Robo Kreps, the Flames'
leading scorer, tallied 19 points in the loss.
Fletcher
and Kreps are both among the Horizon League's 10 scorers, with Fletcher's 16.5
points per game ranking him fourth and Kreps ranking seventh at 15.7 points per
clip.
PHOENIX NOTES
- HOME SWEET HOME: Green Bay
is 7-2 at home in 2010-11, including a 6-2 mark at the Resch Center. The
Phoenix is 41-11 at the Resch since 2007-08, a 78.8 winning percentage. The
Phoenix opened its current four-game homestand with wins over Houston Baptist,
Milwaukee and Loyola and has won four-straight home games. Fletcher is
averaging 17.1 points per game at home, where Green Bay has a plus-6.3
rebounding margin.
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GREEN BAY VS. THE FLAMES: With 80 previous meetings with the Flames,
Green Bay has played UIC more than any other opponent in its history. The
Phoenix is 46-34 all-time entering Saturday, including 27-14 at home. The two
teams split in 2009-10, with Green Bay dominating the contest at the Resch
85-59 on Dec. 5, 2009. Despite losing on the road in its last meeting with the
Flames, the Phoenix has won four of the last five in the series.
- DEFENSE, DEFENSE: The
Phoenix defense has really turned it up a notch over the past four games. Green
Bay has held Wright State, Houston Baptist, Milwaukee and Loyola below 40
percent shooting from the field. Green Bay is now 9-2 when opponents score
under 70 points, 7-1 when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent and
9-3 when its opponent shoots below 50 percent.
- FRONTLINE FORCE: Green
Bay's frontline of starters Jarvis Williams (Milwaukee, Wis.), Daniel Turner (McCordsville, Ind.) and Brown
and reserve center Greg LeSage (Radcliff, Ky.) have stepped up
with two-straight big performances. The quartet of post players combined for 29
points, 26 rebounds and five blocks against Milwaukee and 30 points, 23
rebounds and six blocks in the win against Loyola.
- BOARDWORK: Green Bay has
outrebounded five-straight opponents and all five of its foes in Horizon League
play this season. The Phoenix has a plus-6.3 rebounding margin in conference
games this season, and its plus-3.9 rebounding margin overall leads the league.
The team's rebounding has been a complete team effort, with seven different
players either tying for the team lead or leading the team in rebounding in at
least one conference game.
- TOP-10 OF ALL-TIME: Fletcher
recently moved into eighth place all-time on Green Bay's scoring list, passing
Bryan Boettcher. With 21 points against the Ramblers, Fletcher now has 1,474
career points and is on pace to finish his career in fifth place all-time. The
senior will pass Tom Anderson (1975-78) with 29 more points. Fletcher has also
moved into second place all-time in career steals, as the senior now 177 thefts
in his four-year career.
For
more information on individual game tickets or season tickets or Pick 5
packages, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com/tickets or call the Green Bay ticket office at
920.465.2625.
