GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay-Oakland and Green Bay-Detroit Mercy men's basketball games scheduled for Jan. 7 and Jan. 9 have been canceled due to COVID-19 implications resulting from positive tests within the Green Bay program.

Horizon League policy, vetted by multiple membership groups and approved by the Horizon League Council, states that contests that are canceled due to COVID-19 are to be considered forfeits unless deemed a no contest by the Commissioner. League policy authorizes the Commissioner to deem a cancellation a no-contest when the involved institution can demonstrate that extraordinary circumstances led to the cancellation. Given the surge in positive cases due to the Omicron variant, the Council agreed that a high volume of breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals is considered extraordinary.

Green Bay sought to deem the missed competitions as no contests since the team was unable field a team due to breakthrough cases among vaccinated student-athletes. Commissioner Julie Roe Lach granted the requested relief noting that Green Bay satisfied the extraordinary standard.

Green Bay's next game is on Jan. 13 when they host IUPUI, followed by UIC on Jan. 15. Both games will be played at the Resh Center.

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