GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- Sandy Cohen III scored 26 points and JayQuan McCloud added 21 to help Green Bay get back into the win column with a 90-85 win over UIC at the Resch Center on Saturday afternoon. The win snaps a 3-game losing skid for the Phoenix (10-10, 4-3 HL), which will play four of its next five games on the road. 

With 2:17 left in the game, Cohen blocked a shot before dishing out an assist on a 3-pointer from Kameron Hankerson that GB up 87-82. On the next possession, Cohen hit a tough 3-pointer to put the Phoenix up 90-82 with 1:00 left. GB held on from there to get the home victory.

GB will make the Northern Kentucky-Wright State road trip next week, starting with the Norse on Thursday night (Jan. 25). 

QUICK HITS

• Cohen has now scored 20 or more points six times this season
• GB scored 48 points in the second half, and held UIC to 41
• UIC made 9 3s in the first half, but went just 3-for-16 in the second half
• McCloud reached the 20-point threshold for the sixth time this season
• Josh McNair made his first career start, scoring 8 points and grabbing 7 rebounds
• GB went 20-for-25 from the free throw line, the 5th time in HL play its made 20 or more FTs
• The win over UIC snaps a 3-game losing streak in the series
• GB went 2-13 from 3 in the first half, but went 6-10 in the second
• UIC was led by Godwin Boahen, who scored 25 points
• ShanQuan Hemphill scored 15 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, with 2 steals and 2 blocks
• Hankerson scored 14 points and added 7 rebounds
• GB trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half
• GB is now 5-1 at the Resch Center this season

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