CLEVELAND, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- Green Bay bounced back with a win over Cleveland State on Sunday afternoon at the Wolstein Center, taking down the Vikings, 76-63, to move to 16-8 overall and 11-3 in Horizon League play.
The Phoenix dominated the game early, amassing 21-point lead at the half as Green Bay headed to the locker room with a 46-25 advantage. Cleveland State lowered GB's advantage to as few as nine points in the third before
Mackenzie Wolf buried a jumper to send the Phoenix into the fourth quarter with an 11-point lead.
Green Bay's lead was as low as seven points with 2:39 to play after CSU's Mariah Miller hit a free throw to make it a 68-61 game. GB quickly responded with five made free throws from
Laken James to stave off the Vikings' attack, eventually sealing a 76-63 victory.
Green Bay returns home next week for a matchups with Oakland (Feb. 21) and Detroit Mercy (Feb. 23). Saturday's pairing with the Titans is Senior Day for the Phoenix, with
Laken James,
Carly Mohns and
Jen Wellnitz set to be honored.
Green Bay has officially secured a top-four seed for the Horizon League Tournament and will host a game at the Kress Center in the quarterfinals.
QUICK HITS
- Five members of the squad scored in double figures, the most of any game this season
- Laken James doled out a career-high nine assists
- The Phoenix ended the first quarter with a 12-0 run
- Carly Mohns followed her career outing on Friday with 18 points against CSU, bringing her weekend total to 42 points
- Mohns shot 15-for-22 (68.2%) from the field this weekend and finished 8-for-12 (67%) from long range
- Hailey Oskey scored in double digits for the fifth time this season
- Green Bay tied its season high for three-pointers made with nine, previously done at Milwaukee
- Laken James reached double figures in scoring for the eighth time in HL play
- Mackenzie Wolf scored a career-high 14 points
- Mohns scored in double digits for the fourth time this season
- Madison Wolf pulled down double-digit rebounds for the seventh time this season
- Green Bay improved to 64-6 in the all-time series against Cleveland State
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