GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- The Green Bay women's basketball team is set to open Horizon League play on Friday night and will head south to Milwaukee for a matchup with the Panthers at 7 p.m. at the Klotsche Center.

Catch The Action: Friday, December 28 at 7 p.m. (CT) // Milwaukee, Wis. (KlotscheCenter)

Matchup: Green Bay Phoenix (5-5) at Milwaukee (5-6)

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LOVING LEAGUE OPENERS
Dating back to 1988-89, years before the oldest member of the current Phoenix roster was born, Green Bay has not lost a conference-opening matchup. The Phoenix has since notched a total of 30-consecutive conference opening victories. The last time Green Bay lost its first conference pairing of the season was in 1983-84 when GB fell to UW-La Crosse in WIAC play, 67-64. The last time Green Bay opened league play at Milwaukee was in 2015-16 and ended with a 63-42 Phoenix victory.
 
STRING OF IN-STATE
Green Bay wraps up its stretch of four games against fellow in-state opponents on Friday night, as the Phoenix travels south to Milwaukee for a matchup with the Panthers. Green Bay owns an all-time record of 118-48 against the three division I teams hailing from Wisconsin.
 
NONCONFERENCE NOTABLES
The Phoenix faced two Big Ten teams, three ranked opponents and six NCAA Tournament Qualifiers in its 10-game nonconference season, compiling a 5-5 record in the process. Green Bay earned national attention by taking No. 15 DePaul to the wire and defeating No. 16 Missouri. Missouri is the highest ranked road opponent ever defeated by Green Bay and the highest ranked team to fall at the hands of the Phoenix since No. 12 Michigan State in the 2011 NCAA Tournament, a win which propelled GB into the Sweet Sixteen. The Phoenix is 3-3 against teams that advanced to last year's NCAA Tournament.
 
BATTLE ON THE BOARDS
The Phoenix has outrebounded its opponents 369-339 over the course of 10 games this season.  Redshirt Junior Madison Wolf leads Green Bay in rebounding and averages 7.1 rebounds per game, which ranks eighth in the Horizon League. Wolf has reached double digits in rebounds three times this season, including a career-high performance against Wisconsin with 12.
 
TERRIFIC TUESDAY OVER MAINE
Green Bay's matchup Tuesday night turned out to be a favorable one for the Phoenix, who claimed a 70-39 victory over Maine at the Kress Center. GB tallied season highs in field-goal percentage, points scored and held Maine to season low in points allowed. Maine's previous low was 63 points versus No. 20 Duke.
 
FAVORED TO WIN NUMBER 21
For the 11th-consecutive year, the Green Bay women's basketball team will enter the season as the Horizon League preseason favorite, as announced by the league office during its media day event in early October. Green Bay is fresh off its 20th-straight Horizon League Regular-Season Championship and is no stranger to high expectations, with Head coach Kevin Borseth's Phoenix squad receiving 28 of the 29 first-place votes in the poll and accumulating 286 points to lead the nearest school by 41 (IUPUI).
 
DEFENSIVE MINDSET
Green Bay owned the nation's best statistical defense in the country a season ago, allowing a lowly 47.4 PPG. The Phoenix was the only program in the nation to hold opposing teams to lower than 50 points per game. With the reigning Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year returning to this year's roster, Green Bay will look for more of the same from its nationally recognized defense.
 
WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2018-19
Borseth returns to the helm of the Green Bay women's basketball program for the 16th season in 2018-19, a year removed from leading the Phoenix to its 20th-consecutive regular season title and 18th NCAA Tournament appearance. The regular-season schedule features 14 home games, five nonconference matchups in addition to the nine league games.
 
WINNING TRADITION
Green Bay secured its 41st-consecutive winning season last year and trails only Tennessee (44) for the longest active streak in the nation. Green Bay's streak includes 20-straight conference titles and 18 NCAA Tournament appearances. The Phoenix also secured its 19th-consecutive 20-plus win season dating back to 1999-00.
 
WINNING....SINCE THE BEGINNING
The Green Bay women's basketball team is one of three Division I women's basketball programs that has had a winning record every year since the NCAA took over administration of women's college athletics in the fall of 1981. Essentially, the Phoenix has never had a losing record in the NCAA era. There only two other programs to accomplish the same feat, Tennessee and Georgia.
 
HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS
Last season Green Bay made its ninth-consecutive Horizon League Tournament Championship game and 20th overall. The Phoenix owns a 16-4 all-time record in the tournament's biggest game and has won 16 of the last 21 titles.
 
20 STRAIGHT
The Phoenix clinched its 20th-consecutive regular season conference championship last season, a streak that dates back to the 1998-99 season. Green Bay's current consecutive title run is the longest active conference championship streak in the nation. To really put things in perspective, the last time that Green Bay lost a regular-season conference championship, five members of the team hadn't been born (Karly Murphy, Lyndsey Robson, Anna Brecht, Patricia Gallasova and Hailey Oskey).

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