HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The Green Bay women's basketball offense was clicking Saturday afternoon, shooting 55.8-percent from the floor and 63.6-percent from three-point range en route to a 67-58 win at Northern Kentucky. With the win, GB snapped a 10-game NKU win streak dating back to Dec. 3. The Phoenix has now won three in a row and five of its last six.
The Phoenix (10-5, 6-3) was led by a season-high matching 22 points from Hailey Oskey, while Cassie Schiltz added 14 points and three rebounds.
Green Bay's defense held Northern Kentucky to 35.6-percent shooting from the field, including 20.7 percent from beyond the arc.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Northern Kentucky was able to establish themselves early, grabbing a 14-6 lead after a Norse made jumper with 3:19 left in the first. Green Bay responded and closed the quarter on a 5-0 run that included buckets from Jasmine Kondrakiewicz and Bailey Butler to narrow its deficit to 14-11.
NKU held serve, building a 25-20 advantage before Green Bay rattled off another run towards the end of the quarter. The Phoenix outscored the Norse 8-3 in the halves' final 3:20. Green Bay forced four Northern Kentucky turnovers in the period and turned them into six points.
Green Bay dominated the third quarter from start to finish, going 9-of-10 in the quarter to help them outscore the Norse 26-14 in the frame. Oskey was a force for the Phoenix, scoring 11 of her 22 points in the quarter. Sydney Levy punctuated GB's strong quarter with a buzzer-beating three to give them a 54-42 lead heading into the fourth.
Northern Kentucky battled back to make it interesting, eventually bringing it to a one-possession game with just under a minute to go. However, Schiltz had an answer, draining a turnaround post hook shot with :25 to put Green Bay up 63-58. From there, Oskey and Butler both drained a pair of free throws to put the game out of reach.
GAME NOTES
» The Phoenix was on fire all game, shooting season-highs from the field (55.8-percent) and three (63.6-percent).
» Oskey has scored 20+ points in back-to-back games and has also scored 10+ in six straight.
» Oskey shot 8-of-12 (66.7-percent) from the floor and 3-of-3 from three (100-percent).
» After her 14-point performance today, Schiltz is averaging 13.2 points over her last five games.
» Julia Hartwig gave the Phoenix a spark off the bench, scoring a career-high seven points on 2-of-2 shooting.
» GB shot a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line.
» The Green Bay bench outscored the Northern Kentucky bench 23-5.
» The Green Bay defense forced 19 turnovers, scoring 21 points off of them.
» NKU cleaned up on the boards, outrebounding GB 34-23.
» Green Bay got a team-high five rebounds from Maddy Schreiber.
COMING UP
GB will head home for a three-game in five-day stretch starting with Youngstown State on Thursday, Feb. 3. They'll close out the stretch with Robert Morris on Saturday, Feb. 5, and Milwaukee on Monday, Feb. 7. The Phoenix hasn't played a home game since a 71-67 win over Central Michigan on Dec. 20.
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