GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- Using a 13-3 run to close the game, No. 4 Green Bay came back to beat No. 5 UIC 82-77 in the Quarterfinals of the 2019 Little Caesars Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship, advancing to the Semifinals next week in Detroit. The Phoenix (17-15) scored 47 points in the second half and had four players in double-figures, led by newly-named First Team All-League member Sandy Cohen III with 21 points.

Green Bay will now face No. 1 seed Wright State next Monday (March 11) night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, for a chance to play in the tournament championship on Tuesday night. Monday night's semifinal game will tip at 6 p.m. CT and will be televised live on ESPNU. 

Both teams shot well from the floor, with GB shooting 48.3 percent (28-58) and 55.6 percent (15-27) in the second half alone. Trevian Bell was the catalyst for Green Bay on the night, tying his career-high with 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting from the field. JayQuan McCloud poured in 19 points and ShanQuan Hemphill added 12 points of his own to help GB get the home win.

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QUICK HITS

• Green Bay beat UIC for the third time this season
• Cohen has now scored 20 or more points in five out of his last six games
• JayQuan McCloud hit two free throws to ice the game with 5 seconds left up by three points
• GB went 19-for-25 at the free throw line, while UIC only went 5-for-6
• PJ Pipes added 7 points and 6 rebounds, including a go-ahead jumper with 2:32 left in the game
• GB forced 13 turnovers and scored 21 points off them
• There were nine lead changes in the game
• Tarkus Ferguson led UIC with 22 points
• GB hit its last 6 free throws
• GB will be making its first appearance in the tournament semifinals since 2015-16, when it won the tournament title

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