GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- The Green Bay women's basketball team protected its home court for the first time during 2019 on Thursday evening, as the Phoenix welcomed Cleveland State (6-10, 3-2) to the Kress Center for its first home league matchup of the season. The contest proved to be a tight one for its majority, with GB (8-6, 3-1) pulling away in the final minutes to secure a 62-53 victory.
It was a balanced effort from the Phoenix offense, with eight different members of the team adding to Green Bay's total and three reaching double figures.
Laken James and
Lyndsey Robson paced the Phoenix with 11 points apiece and freshman
Hailey Oskey chipped in 10 along with four rebounds and one steal.
Madison Wolf scored five points and secured 11 rebounds, just one shy of her career high set against Wisconsin earlier in the season, and tallied a pair of blocks in 27 minutes.
Green Bay will tip-off against Youngstown State at 1 p.m. at the Kress Center on Saturday afternoon. The game will feature the annual DigiCopy team poster giveaway.
QUICK HITS
- The game saw two ties and two lead changes with GB leading for 32:53
- Kevin Borseth secured his 699th head coaching victory
- Hailey Oskey scored in double figures for the second time in three game and third time this season
- Green Bay's all-time record against Cleveland State improves to 63-6 with the victory
- Jen Wellnitz swiped at least four steals for the fifth time this season
- Green Bay turned in a season-high five blocks as a team
- Madison Wolf reached double digits in rebounds for the fourth time this season
- Laken James has reach double digits in scoring in three-consecutive games
- Green Bay moved up to third in the league standing with second place YSU set to visit the Kress on Saturday
- Wright State remains the only unbeaten team in league play at 4-0
- The Phoenix surrendered 18 turnovers but forced CSU into 20
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