IOWA CITY, Iowa (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- The Green Bay men's basketball team led for the majority of the first half and kept pace in a tough road tilt at Iowa on Sunday afternoon, but the Hawkeyes' late surge handed the Phoenix a 93-82 defeat at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game was the first of four games for GB as part of the 2K Empire Classic, as the team now heads to the Pacific Northwest for a pair of games at Eastern Washington and a visit to a nationally-ranked Oregon side.
Green Bay (1-2) was led by
Sandy Cohen III and
Manny Patterson, who each finished with 17 points, with the Phoenix getting 69 shots from the field and forcing Iowa into 17 turnovers. The Hawkeyes (2-0) took a total of 45 free throws in the game, making 34 of them, while having six players score in double-figures.
A pair of game at Eastern Washington is on tap for the Phoenix, starting on Friday when it faces the host Eagles on Friday at 6:45 p.m. CT. GB will then face either UMKC or Morehead State on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT, depending on Friday's results.
QUICK HITS
- GB led by 8 points midway through the first half
- Iowa took the lead for good at 19:24 of the second half
- Sandy Cohen and Manny Patterson finished an identical 7-for-12 from the field, each scoring 17 points
- Cohen has now reached double-figures in 9 of his last 10 games
- GB was called for 30 fouls, leading to 45 free throw attempts for Iowa
- Trevian Bell was perfect 4-for-4 from the field, scoring 10 points off the bench
- GB trailed by only 3 points with 9:24 left in the game
- The 82 points scored by GB are the most against a B10 team since it scored 88 against Wisconsin in its OT win in 2009
- The Phoenix scored 46 points off the bench
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