GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- IUPUI scored seven of the final nine points and escaped Green Bay with a 76-70 win on Thursday night at the Resch Center. The Phoenix (9-10, 3-3 HL) led 65-64 with just under 4 minutes left, but the visiting Jaguars (11-8, 3-3 HL) pulled away from there to hand GB its first loss at the Resch this year.
Sandy Cohen III led GB offensively with 22 points and 8 rebounds, while
JayQuan McCloud and
ShanQuan Hemphill added 18 and 11 points respectively. The Phoenix forced IUPUI into a Horizon League-high 24 turnovers, but was only able to convert that into 23 ponits.Â
GB will look to bounceback on Saturday when it hosts UIC at the Resch Center for a 12 p.m. tip. The game will serve as the program's annual BlackOut Cancer game presented by Prevea Health, with the first 700 kids in attendance receiving a free youth jersey.
QUICK HITS
- GB had 15 steals, its most since it had 26 against Wisconsin Luthern in the season-opener
- Both teams shot less than 30 percent from 3-point range and combined for 43 turnovers
- IUPUI had 5 players in double-figures
- This was GB's first loss at the Resch Center this year
- IUPUI is now 3-0 against Green Bay since joining the Horizon League
- This was Cohen's 5th 20-plus point performance this year
- McCloud has scored in double-figures in 5 of 6 HL games
- Six differnet players had at least 2 steals for Green Bay
- This was GB's largest attended home game this season at 2,655
- The 40 percent shooting for GB is the lowest in any HL game this year
- GB was held scoreless the last 1:16
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