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MKE Recap KTK
Mike Roemer
74
Milwaukee MKE 9-14, 4-6 HL
90
Winner Green Bay GB 11-12, 5-5 HL
Milwaukee MKE
9-14, 4-6 HL
74
Final
90
Green Bay GB
11-12, 5-5 HL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Milwaukee MKE 33 41 74
Green Bay GB 41 49 90

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Balanced Attack Lifts Green Bay to 90-74 Win Over Milwaukee in Krash the Kress Game

GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- Four starters reached double-figures and a career-high 18 points from Cody Schwartz helped Green Bay get past in-state rival Milwaukee 90-74 on Friday night in the second annual Krash the Kress game at the Kress Center.

Green Bay (11-12, 5-5 HL) outscored the visiting Panthers (9-14, 4-6 HL) by 8 points in both halves, leading by as many as 19 points and leading for 38:44 in total. Schwartz connected on a career-high six 3-pointers, tying his career-high set earlier this season at Eastern Washington. Josh McNair also set a new career-high with 16 points, going 7-for-8 from the field. 

The Phoenix shot 56.9 percent (37-for-65), matching its season-high for field goal percentage and a new high Horizon League games this season.

GB will hit the road again, making the Cleveland State-Youngstown State trip next Thursday and Saturday. 

QUICK HITS
  • GB has now beaten Milwaukee in 7 out of the last 9 meetings, including five-straight at home. 
  • Josh McNair set a new career-high with 16 points, going 7-8 from the field
    • McNair is averaging 14.5 PPG over his last two
  • GB had 18 assists, its most since it had 21 at Detroit Mercy (Jan. 10)
  • GB is now 8-2 at home this season
  • Sandy Cohen III scored 15 points, his 19th double-figure scoring game this season
  • ShanQuan Hemphill also added 15 points, his 7th double-figure scoring game in HL play this year
  • GB outrebounded Milwaukee 36-28
  • There were no blocks recorded in the game
  • The Phoenix shot 64.5 percent (20-31) in the second half
  • Krash the Kress welcomed over 3,500 spectators, including many UWGB students and alumni
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