GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - No. 13/11 Green Bay has won all over the country this season, and even won three games in another country, but there is something about the Kress Events Center that brings out the team's best. The Phoenix feeds off its home crowd, and Friday night it put together one of its most dominating performances in its familiar surroundings to advance to the Sunday's title game of the 2011 Horizon League Championship.

This time led early by its "other" Player of the Year, top-seeded Green Bay (31-1) ran its home record to a perfect 16-0 with a 95-65 win over fourth-seeded Wright State (19-12). Two nights after teammate Celeste Hoewisch (Hortonville, Wis.) controlled the opening 20 minutes, senior Kayla Tetschlag (Sheboygan, Wis.) scored 14 of her 18 points in the first half and helped the Phoenix storm to an early double-digit lead in front of nearly two thousand vocal supporters.

Thanks to late heroics by sophomore Lydia Bauer (Lake Zurich, Ill.), who scored a career-high 27 points, the Phoenix surpassed its average margin of victory on its home floor, which was 29.4 points per game entering Friday night. Only two opponents all season have kept their losing deficits in the single digits at the Kress, and a home win Sunday against Butler would not only give Green Bay the tournament crown and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, but it would also equal the program record for home wins.

"The atmosphere here is unlike any other place, and we love coming back here to play," said Hoewisch. "When we go on the road, we have to bring the energy and the excitement because a lot of those gyms are not packed. [The Kress Center] is unlike any other place, and when the crowd gets into it and you start making plays, it is very contagious."

The game was tied 6-6 early with Tetschlag and Wright State's LaShawna Thomas trading baskets, but Green Bay then delivered one its patented early knockout punches. Getting baskets from five different players, the Phoenix scored 18 of the next 22 points to lead 24-10 at the 7:47 mark.

Junior Julie Wojta (Francis Creek, Wis.) added 10 points and her team was a perfect 12-for-12 at the line in the first half as Green Bay went into the locker room leading 39-25.

As for those patented knockout punches, Hoewisch delivered another one by herself early in the second half. In a span that lasted just one minute and 44 seconds, Hoewish scored 11 points to Wright State's two to turn a 13-point lead into a 52-30 blowout.

"When opponents see us going, and they are giving their best and it is not quite good enough, it is hard [for them] to maintain that effort," said head coach Matt Bollant. "Our players have a confidence about them, and we have been really good at home, so they know that good things happen when we keep fighting."

With 22 points after halftime, and a stretch of eight in row that gave the Phoenix a 29-point lead with 8:56 to play, Bauer joined her All-Horizon League teammates in double figures, and then far surpassed them late for team-high scoring honors. As part of her career-high point total, she drained 7-of-13 shots, including 6-of-10 three-pointers.

Bauer might like her home arena even more than any other Phoenix player. The six three-point makes tied a Kress Center record, and the southpaw is now shooting a staggering 50.9 percent (29-57) from long range this season at home.

"Lydia is growing up right before our eyes, and it has been really fun to watch," said Hoewisch. "I think we have a star on our hands, and it was really amazing to watch her tonight. She has developed into such a nightmare to guard."

Fellow sophomore Adrian Ritchie (De Pere, Wis.) added eight points and a team-high six assists as the Green Bay bench outscored its Raider counterparts 36-12.

In an effort that was yet again overshadowed by her teammates, Wojta was a beast for the second-straight tournament game. Recording her sixth double-double in the last 10 games, the junior totaled 16 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three steals in a team-high 30 minutes.

The four standout performances by individuals added up to one of Green Bay's top offensive efforts of the season. The Phoenix scored 56 points after halftime, and its 95 points were the most ever scored by a Phoenix team at the Kress Center. The team registered assists on 26 of the 31 made field goals, also breaking a Kress Center record for assists.

"One of the things we pride ourselves on is sharing the basketball and forcing other teams not to share it, and for us to have 26 assists and them to have seven I think we accomplished that goal," Bollant said.

Green Bay advances to Sunday's championship game and will face second-seeded Butler (20-12), who defeated third-seeded Cleveland State 68-54 in Friday's first semifinal contest. The title game will tip at 12 p.m. CST at the Kress Center. For more information on tickets, visit the Horizon League Tournament Central page on GreenBayPhoenix.com.

"We can only control what we can control, which is our attitude and our effort on the court," said Hoewisch of Sunday. "I have no doubts that this team is going to be ready to go, so I am not thinking about if we do not win. We will think about what we have to do on the court each possession, and if you start looking at the bigger picture you can get caught in a bad place."