Women's Basketball 1/28/2021 12:03:00 PM

Green Bay Hosts IUPUI on Friday, Saturday at the Kress Center

GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) --- In a rematch of the 2020 Horizon League Tournament Championship, Green Bay will take the hardwood against IUPUI on Friday, Saturday at the Kress Center. Both games will be played at 1 p.m. on each day. Unfortunately due to technical and health issues, neither game will be live video streamed on ESPN+. Fans can follow the games by listening live to WDUZ The Fan with Matt Pauley on the call or by following live stats.

GAME INFORMATION - Friday
vs IUPUI // January 29, 2021
Kress Center // Tipoff at 1PM
NOTE: No live ESPN video stream will be available due to both technical and health issues. The Green Bay Athletics Department exhausted all viable options to stream the games up until the final hours. Due to Horizon League and ESPN contractual obligations, all games must be live streamed through that platform, not another entity.

GAME INFORMATION - Saturday
vs IUPUI // January 30, 2021
Kress Center // Tipoff at 1PM
NOTE: No live ESPN video stream will be available due to both technical and health issues. The Green Bay Athletics Department exhausted all viable options to stream the games up until the final hours. Due to Horizon League and ESPN contractual obligations, all games must be live streamed through that platform, not another entity.

BALANCED ATTACK
Eight different members of the Phoenix have registered double-digit scoring efforts this season. Caitlyn Hibner leads the team with eight this year and 31 in her career.

ROBSON ROLLING
Lyndsey Robson tied her career high at Purdue Fort Wayne with 18 points on Jan. 15 and followed that performance up with 10 points on Saturday. She has scored in double figures six times this season which included a stretch of four-straight games, the longest of her career.

HELLO, 2021!
Although the season got off to a rocky start for the Phoenix, GB responded well in the new year and rattled off seven-straight league wins with only one loss.

DROPPING DIMES
The Phoenix offense was firing on all cylinders in Rochester, as GB tallied over 20 assists in both games against Oakland. Green Bay doled out a season-high 23 assists in the first matchup and surpassed that total in game two with 25. The Phoenix has had at least 15 assists in six matchups this season, all of which have come in the New Year.

LEANING ON LEVY
Sydney Levy donned the Green and White for the first time in her career at Oakland and did not disappoint, reaching double figures in both games and averaging 14.0 PPG on the weekend. Levy shot 57.9% (11-19) from the floor and 40% (4-10) from long range in two games. Levy followed that up with her career high in a Phoenix uniform, scoring 16 points at Purdue Fort Wayne.

PINGEL RUNNING POINT
Meghan Pingel ranks third in the HL in assists per game with 4.2 and leads the entire league in assist/turnover ratio at 1.8. She also leads the team in minutes per game (31.6).

BLOCK PARTY
Freshman Jasmine Kondrakiewicz registered a career-high four blocks in Green Bay's overtime contest at Oakland, aiding in the 78-76 Phoenix victory. She also leads the team in blocks on the season with 10.

LEVY LEAVING THE BENCH
Transfer Sydney Levy is now immediately eligible after the NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to grant a blanket waiver allowing all Division-I transfers to play immediately this year. Levy is a transfer from Milwaukee.

MID-MAJOR POLL MATCHUPS
The Phoenix won its first pairing with a team in the mid-major poll, defeating Drake, 69-61, who currently ranks 20th. Most recently, Green Bay fell in back-to-back games with league-foe Milwaukee, who ranks 10th.

STEALING THE ROCK
Although it came in a losing effort, the Green Bay women's basketball team tallied a season-high 17 steals and forced 25 Bison turnovers in game one at North Dakota State. Meghan Pingel led the way with four steals, followed closely by freshmen Jasmine Kondrakiewicz and Ellie Foster who tallied three apiece.

FRESH PHOENIX FACES
The Green Bay women's basketball team welcomes five new faces to the roster this season, four freshmen (Caelan Givens, Ellie Foster, Kendall Renard and Jasmine Kondrakiewicz) and one transfer, Sydney Levy. A total of six members of the squad are seeing the floor for the first time at the collegiate level as Cassie Schiltz, Julia Hartwig and Brooklyn Blackburn are seeing minutes after redshirting last season.

LEAGUE LEADERS
Caitlyn Hibner ranks sixth in the Horizon League in scoring with 14.3 PPG. First is Cleveland State's Mariah White with 19.4 PPG.

FANTASTIC FRESHMAN
Kondrakiewicz made her first career start for Green Bay to open the season vs Drake, marking the first time since the 2013-14 season a true freshman graced the starting lineup for the Phoenix. Kondrakiewicz took advantage of the opportunity and scored 15 points in 20 minutes while shooting 50% (5-10) from the field. She also pulled down two rebounds, dished out one assist, logged one steal and recorded a block in her debut.

PRESEASON PICKS
The Green Bay women's basketball team is slated to finish second in the Horizon League, as defending champion IUPUI was dubbed preseason favorite with all 12 first-place votes. It marks the first time in over a decade the Phoenix women were not selected by the conference as preseason favorites. The last time Green Bay wasn't favored to win the league was in the 2007-08 season, when the team finished 17-1 in conference play and 26-6 overall.

HIBNER HEATING UP
Hibner logged the sixth double-double of her career this season and has already scored in double figures six times. She has surpassed 20 points three times and led the Phoenix in scoring in six games this season.

HIBNER HOPS ON SECOND TEAM
Caitlyn Hibner is the lone honoree for Green Bay ahead of the 2020-21 campaign, earning a second-team nod from the conference. Hibner finished as a third-team member a season ago after averaging 9.6 PPG and collecting 7.4 RPG.

WINNING TRADITION
Green Bay secured its 43rd-consecutive winning season last year and trails only Tennessee (46) for the longest active streak in the nation. During that span, GB also pieced together a stretch of 20-straight conference titles and made 18 NCAA tournament appearances. The Phoenix also secured its 20th-consecutive 20-plus win season in 2018- 19, a streak dating back to 1999-00.

WINNING....SINCE THE BEGINNING
The Green Bay women's basketball team is one of three division I women's basketball programs that has had a winning record every year since the NCAA took over administration of women's college athletics in the fall of 1981. Essentially, the Phoenix has never had a losing record in the NCAA era. The only two other programs to accomplish the same feat are Tennessee and Georgia.

WELCOME TO THE LEAGUE
The Horizon League added two institutions to the conference beginning this season in RMU and Purdue Fort Wayne. The colonials are coming off a NEC regular season title and are led by head coach Charlie Buscaglia. Head coach Niecee Nelson is at the helm for the Mastodons.

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Players Mentioned

#4 Caitlyn Hibner: G; 6' 0"; Junior

#14 Meghan Pingel: G; 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore

#25 Lyndsey Robson: G/F; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#45 Brooklyn Blackburn: F; 6' 0"; Redshirt Freshman

#35 Julia Hartwig: F; 6' 2"; Redshirt Freshman

#1 Cassie Schiltz: G; 5' 11"; Redshirt Freshman

#15 Kendall Renard: F; 6' 3"; Freshman

#21 Jasmine Kondrakiewicz: F; 6' 1"; Freshman

#2 Caelan Givens: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#3 Ellie Foster: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#24 Sydney Levy: G; 5' 8"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#4 Caitlyn Hibner
: 6' 0"; Junior
: G

#14 Meghan Pingel
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore
: G

#25 Lyndsey Robson
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: G/F

#45 Brooklyn Blackburn
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Freshman
: F

#35 Julia Hartwig
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Freshman
: F

#1 Cassie Schiltz
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Freshman
: G

#15 Kendall Renard
: 6' 3"; Freshman
: F

#21 Jasmine Kondrakiewicz
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: F

#2 Caelan Givens
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#3 Ellie Foster
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#24 Sydney Levy
: 5' 8"; Junior
: G