GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – On a night when baskets were extremely hard to come by, Green Bay (2-3) got timely points and the necessary stops it needed to grind out a 66-63 win over the Akron Zips (3-2) on Tuesday evening at the Resch Center.
Senior Jordan Fouse grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds and guard Khalil Small scored eight points on 3-of-5 from the field, including the lone two triples of the game for the Phoenix, as Green Bay pulled out its second-consecutive victory despite shooting just 32.4 percent (22-of-68) from the field, 2-of-13 from beyond the arc (15.4 percent) and 20-of-37 (54.1 percent) from the charity stripe.
With just seconds to play in the game, Phoenix junior Charles Cooper knocked down the first of two free-throws, but missed the second, giving Akron a chance to tie the game to force overtime. After forward Kwan Cheatham snared the rebound, he pushed it ahead to Zips leading-scorer Antino Jackson, however the sophomore guard's last-gasp 3-point attempt fell well short.
Akron finished equally as cold from the floor, as the smothering Green Bay defense held the Zips to 35 percent (21-60) from the field and 29.2 percent (7-24) from three-point range. The Phoenix forced Akron into 17 turnovers, and have now forced double-digit turnovers in all five games this season.
Nine players played at least 12 minutes for head coach Linc Darner, with all 12 of those players scoring in the game. Cooper was the leading point scorer for the Phoenix, finishing with a team-high 14 points and adding eight rebounds. Kenneth Lowe finished with seven points and a career-high four blocks in the game.
Green Bay will return to the floor on Saturday night as it travels to Charleston, Ill., for a post-Thanksgiving Day date with Eastern Illinois (0-3) out of the Ohio Valley Conference. Tip is slated for 7 p.m.
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