By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GreenBayPhoenix.com

GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - In the Green Bay men's basketball team's six victories in Horizon League play, there has been one constant for the Phoenix - rebounding. Including a 32-20 edge in its most recent game, a 73-65 victory at Loyola on Saturday, Green Bay has outrebounded its opponents in all six conference wins. Leading the league in scoring defense and rebounding has helped Green Bay enter this week's two game homestand in third place (6-4) in the Horizon League standings.

Freshman Jordan Fouse (Racine, Wis.) leads the Phoenix in rebounding (7.3/game) and has grabbed 10 boards per contest in the team's six league wins. In those six games, Green Bay's rebounding margin is plus-10.0 and the team's rebounding margin of plus-6.1 in league play ranks first.

Fouse ranks second in the Horizon League in rebounds per game, behind only reigning Player of the Year Ryan Broekhoff of Valparaiso. The 6-foot-7 Fouse, who grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds at Loyola on Saturday afternoon, has 169 on the season. He is on pace to break Dennis Woeffler's 44-year old program record for rebounds by a freshman (209), set in the program's first season of 1969-70.

Green Bay has been outrebounded in two of its four losses, including in its Horizon League opener, a 64-53 loss at Wright State on Jan. 3. The Raiders visit the Resch Center on Thursday for a 7 p.m. contest.

The Phoenix big men - junior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) and senior Brennan Cougill (Sioux City, Iowa) - have helped Fouse on the glass. Brown is fifth in the Horizon League in rebounds per game at 6.3 while Cougill is sixth at 6.1 boards per contest. Fouse (2.3/gm), Cougill (2.1) and Brown (2.0) are all in the top-5 in the conference in offensive rebounds per game.

Aside from hosting Wright State, Green Bay will also welcome Detroit to the Resch Center this week. The Titans visit on Saturday at 1 p.m. for a Festival Foods Family Game, with tickets starting at just $7 for youth and $8 for adults. The first 1,500 youth fans will receive a Phoenix replica jersey compliments of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.

Team Notes

• In Horizon League play, Green Bay leads in scoring defense (60.0), field goal percentage defense (.379), rebounding margin (+6.1) and blocked shots (5.5).
• Green Bay leads the conference in free throws made (375) and is second in free-throw percentage (.749). The Phoenix ranks 23rd nationally in free-throw percentage.  
• Green Bay's bench has scored 10 or more points in eight-straight and 11 of 12 games, and has reached 20 or more in three consecutive contests. In that three-game stretch, the Phoenix reserves have outscored their counterparts 68-12.
• The Phoenix had seven players score against Loyola, but none of them was named Keifer Sykes, the team's leading scorer who was limited to just 16 minutes due to injury.
• Eight different Phoenix players dished out an assist at Loyola as Green Bay finished with 16 assists.
• With 104 team blocks, Green Bay has the fourth-most blocked shots in team history. The 2011-12 Phoenix broke the school record with 142 rejections.

Individual Notes

• Junior Alec Brown scored a career high for the second time in three games on Saturday at Loyola, at one point making nine shots in a row.
• Brown now has 1,038 points, 571 rebounds and 193 blocks in his career.
• The program's all-time leader in blocked shots is tied with Evansville's Sascha Hupmann for sixth on the Horizon League's all-time blocks ledger.
• Brown has scored 20 or more points four times this season and nine times in his Phoenix career.
• The 7-foot-1 Brown had made just 6-of-25 three-pointers in his first two seasons but has now connected on 14-of-36 this season (38.9 percent).
• Freshman Jordan Fouse is on pace to set Green Bay freshman records for rebounds and steals. He has 169 rebounds and 37 steals on the season.
• Fouse played a career-high 38 minutes at Loyola and grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds. He also led the Phoenix in assists (4) and steals (3).
• The 6-foot-7 Fouse leads all Horizon League newcomers in rebounds, blocks and steals and ranks second, third and tied for fourth, respectively in those categories.
• Fouse has grabbed 10 or more rebounds five times and has led the Phoenix in rebounding 13 times.
• Sophomore Keifer Sykes was held scoreless for the first time in his career due to limited playing time and saw his scoring average dip to 14.7 points per game. He still ranks fifth in the Horizon League in scoring.
• Sykes also ranks among league leaders in free throw percentage (10th), assists (5th), assist-to-TO ratio (6th) and minutes played (7th).
• Senior Brennan Cougill snapped a streak of 13-straight misses from long range at Loyola, hitting one to put the Phoenix in front 63-57 late in the game.
• Sophomore transfer Cole Stefan entered Saturday's game at Loyola with just 12 points in eight games played. Stefan had 13 points in the win, making 3-of-5 three-pointers.
• Junior Sultan Muhammad played point guard in relief of Sykes and stepped up big on Saturday, scoring 14 points and adding three assists and zero turnovers. Muhammad had 11 of his 14 points after halftime.
• Sophomore Greg Mays went 6-for-8 from the field last week and is now shooting 69.0 percent (20-29) in Horizon League play.
• Mays reached double figures for the fourth time this season (3 in league play) with 10 points at UIC.

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