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Team Effort on Glass Leads to Rebounding Dominance

DAYTON, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - With three players getting at least seven rebounds and two setting career highs, Green Bay dominated the glass in Saturday's 67-64 loss at Wright State. The Phoenix held a 37-26 edge on the boards against the Raiders, including a 22-10 edge in the opening half.

Green Bay has outrebounded each of its four opponents in Horizon League play, and have a rebounding margin of plus-8.8 in league games. In Saturday's game, juniors Steve Baker (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jarvis Williams (Milwaukee, Wis.) each had nine rebounds while senior Greg LeSage (Radcliff, Ky.) grabbed seven boards. Baker set a new career-high while LeSage tied his previous best. Eight of the nine Phoenix players that appeared in the game corralled at least one rebounds.

The league's best offensive rebounding team, Green Bay was able to get the rebound on 12 of its 22 misses from the field in the contest. Williams and Baker each had three offensive boards.

Below are notes from Saturday's game.

Team Notes

  • Green Bay shot a season-best 53.2 percent (25-47) from the field. The team hit 13-of-22 shots in the second half for 59.1 percent.
  • The Phoenix hit nearly two-thirds of its shots from inside the arc, going 23-for-36.
  • Green Bay made its first and last three-point attempts but missed the nine in between. The teams first and last field goals made were from long range.
  • The 34.6 percent shooting (18-52) by Wright State was the second-lowest by a Phoenix opponent this season.
  • Each of Green Bay's starters shot over 50 percent from the field.
  • Green Bay lost for the first time this season when leading with five minutes to play.
  • The team is 0-6 when its opponents score first this season.

Individual Notes

  • Freshman Alec Brown had two blocked shots and now has 31 on the season.
  • Brown broke the freshman record for blocked shots in a season, set by Terry Evans with 29 in 2005-06.
  • Junior Jarvis Williams scored 14 points and has averaged 14.5 points in his two Horizon League games this season. The junior played a career-high 33 minutes before fouling out.
  • Williams hit four of his five field goal attempts and went 5-for-6 from the free throw line.
  • Junior Steve Baker scored in double figures off the Green Bay bench with 11, his seventh game this season in double digits.
  • Baker's three with 4.4 seconds remaining tied the score at 64-64.
  • The junior tied a career high with 35 minutes played.
  • Bryquis Perine scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half. He has 794 career points.
  • Senior Rahmon Fletcher failed to reach double figures for the first time in eight games.
  • Fletcher has now scored 1426 points in his Green Bay career, 14 shy of eighth place all-time.
  • The all-conference guard was limited to just 21 minutes because of foul trouble and fouled out for the third time this season.
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Players Mentioned

Rahmon Fletcher

#20 Rahmon Fletcher

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5' 10"
Sophomore
Greg LeSage

#44 Greg LeSage

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6' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Rahmon Fletcher

#20 Rahmon Fletcher

5' 10"
Sophomore
G
Greg LeSage

#44 Greg LeSage

6' 8"
Junior
F