GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- Green Bay converted its final 12 free throws of the game and used a 10-0 run in overtime to take down Youngstown State at the Resch Center on Thursday night, 99-93. The Phoenix (8-7, 2-0 HL) improves to 2-0 in league play and 3-0 at the Resch this season, while the Penguins (4-12, 0-3 HL) have now lost seven of eight.

JayQuan McCloud led GB with 24 points, going 9-for-14 from the field. Kameron Hankerson added a season-high 19 points off the bench, shooting 7-for-11 from the field and 4-for-7 from 3.

PJ Pipes tied his career-high with 16 points, while going 8-for-8 at the free throw line. GB teamed up for 9 blocks in the game, a new season-high. 

The Phoenix will look to make it 3-0 in league play when it hosts Cleveland State on Saturday for a 12 p.m. tip. The game will serve as a Hometown Hero game, with all first responders (police, fire, medical, military) receiving free admission. Additionally, the first 500 fans will receive a Star Wars Lightsaber. 

QUICK HITS

• GB only led for 9:05 in the game
• Hankerson has now scored 11 or more points in four-straight games
• YSU went 15-for-28 from the 3-point line
• McCloud recorded his fourth 20-plus point performance of the year
• GB is now 21-2 all-time at home against YSU
• GB went 25-for-36 at the free throw line, its most attempts in a game this year
• GB is one of three undefeated teams in HL play, joining Oakland and Detroit Mercy who are 3-0
• ShanQuan Hemphill scored 10 points, now averaging 10.5 PPG in HL play
• Hemphill and Sandy Cohen III each registered key blocks late in the game
• Hankerson missed a 3-pointer under duress with 2 seconds left at the end of regulation that could have won the game
• Cohen finished with 9 points, snapping a streak of 10-straight games in double-figures
• Josh McNair is still not 100 percent, nursing an ankle injury
• Manny Patterson finished with 6 points and 6 rebounds
• YSU had four players in double-figures, led by Quisenberry's 24 points
• The Phoenix outscored YSU 16-10 in OT
• YSU led for 32:36

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