GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay men's basketball team will open their season at the Kress Center tomorrow night when they welcome Indiana State for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
 
PEPSI TIP-OFF SERIES
Green Bay has partnered with Pepsi to introduce the Pepsi Tip-Off Series. The series includes special ticket pricing for both home-openers for men's and women's basketball this season. Below are the rates for Tuesday's men's basketball opener against Indiana State, and Saturday, Nov. 13 women's opener against North Dakota State.
 
Pepsi Tip-Off Series ticket specials include:
$15 Adult Zone A tickets
$10 Adult Zone B/C tickets
$5 Youth tickets for ALL zones
 
Tickets can be purchased online or at the Kress Center.
 
Tuesday, November 9, 7 p.m. – KRESS CENTER
Indiana State vs. Green Bay
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SCOUTING THE SYCAMORES
The Sycamores are coming off a 2020-21 season where they finished 15-10 overall and 11-7 in Missouri Valley Conference play. Indiana State was the No. 4 seed, and fell to Loyola in the MVC quarterfinals, 65-49. Indiana State found a groove down the stretch last year, winning 11 of their last 14 games after starting the season 4-7.
 
Indiana State returns three starters from their 2020-21 squad, Tyreke Key, Cooper Neese, and Julian Larry. Unfortunately for the Sycamores, it was announced Monday morning that Key, their leading scorer a season ago, will have season-ending surgery to correct a shoulder instability issue.
 
LAST MATCHUP
The Phoenix played host the last time these two matched up, exactly three years ago, Nov. 9, 2018. GB found itself with a possession of tying the game late, but the visiting Sycamores made their final seven free throws to ice a 78-74 win at the Kress Center. The Phoenix trailed by as many as 13 before coming back to within one with a minute to play.

AROUND THE HORIZON
Nine of the 12 Horizon League teams are opening their regular season schedule tomorrow:

• IUPUI vs. Butler | Indianapolis, Ind. | 5:45 p.m. CT
• UIC vs. Dayton | Dayton, Ohio | 6:00 p.m. CT
• Oakland vs. West Virginia | Morgantown, W.V. | 6:00 p.m. CT
• Wheeling vs. Northern Kentucky | Highland Heights, Ky. | 6:00 p.m. CT
• Lake Erie vs. Wright State | Dayton, Ohio | 6:00 p.m. CT
• Earlham vs. Purdue Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, Ind. | 6:30 p.m. CT
• Indiana State vs. Green Bay | Green Bay, Wis. | 7:00 p.m. CT
• Milwaukee vs. North Dakota | Grand Forks, N.D. | 7:00 p.m. CT
• Cleveland State vs. BYU | Provo, Utah | 8:00 p.m. CT

FRESH FACES
GB welcomes a total of eight new members to the 2021-22 squad, including five transfers.
 
Mitch Listau, a 6-4 guard, is one of those aforementioned transfers, coming to the Phoenix after appearing in 50 games for Belmont the past two seasons. In 2020-21 with the Bruins, Listau shot 35-percent from three and 42-percent from the field.
 
Randy Tucker, a 6-4 guard, spent the past two seasons with the Vincennes Trailblazers - one of the nation's top junior college programs. During his time at Vincennes, Tucker led the Blazers to a 45-12 record, including two appearances in the NJCAA Men's National Tournament. He finished his career with 404 points, 179 rebounds, and 68 assists in 42 starts.
 
Donovan Ivory, a 6-6 guard hailing from Kaukauna, Wis., comes to the Phoenix following a season with Boise State. As a senior at Kaukauna, Ivory was named first-team all-state by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association and an honorable mention by the Associated Press after averaging 20.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals, and 1.8 assists.
 
Forward Tutu Majok (6-8) is the fourth transfer GB added in the offseason. The Cairo, Egypt joins the Phoenix from Bossier Parish Community College where he averaged 10.5 points and 10.4 rebounds in 20 games.
 
The final transfer on the squad is guard Nate Jenkins (6-2), who spent the last two years at Iowa State. Jenkins saw action in 10 games last season for the Cyclones. He prepped at Kettle Moraine High School where he averaged 17.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.7 steals as a senior for the Laser.
 
The Phoenix also welcome three true freshmen to the 2021-22 team, Kamari McGee, Cade Meyer, and Brayden Dailey. McGee, a native of Racine, Wis. prepped at Racine St. Catherine's, whom he led to the 2020 WIAA State Championship. Meyer prepped at Monroe Highschool, where he earned an All-State Honorable Mention nod. Dailey, a Cuba City native, was a three-time WBCA D4 First Team All-State selection.
 
RETURNING LEADERS
Green Bay returns four players that earned starts in the 2020-21 season, highlighted by Horizon League All-Freshman team selection Lucas Stieber as well as Emmanuel Ansong.
 
Last season Stieber was tasked with helping direct the Phoenix offense and ranked seventh in the Horizon League with 4.2 assists per game. The guard played in all 24 games for Green Bay and graced the starting lineup 17 times. Stieber also made a name for himself defensively, leading the team with 20 blocks and finishing fifth in the league with 1.0 blocks per game.
 
Ansong saw action in 19 games for the Phoenix last season, with seven starts along the way. The forward averaged 10.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, and .95 steals in an average of 25.8 minutes per game.
 
Japannah Kellogg III and Ryan Claflin will also look to make large contributions this season after earning starts last year. 

MASK POLICY
Fans who plan to attend tomorrow's game at the Kress Center are required to wear a mask per campus policy.

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