GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay women's basketball team will wrap up preseason action Wednesday night when they host the Michigan Tech Huskies at the Kress Center. GB last played Michigan Tech in an exhibition on October 24, 2019.
Wednesday, November 2 – Green Bay, Wis. – KRESS CENTER
Michigan Tech vs. Green Bay
7:00 PM | Tickets
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Yooper Night
Green Bay is 6-3 all-time against the Huskies in the regular season. Michigan Tech won three of the first four meetings, but the Phoenix has won the last five. GB is 6-1 at home versus MTU, and Wednesday's contest will mark the eighth time in 11 meetings the Phoenix is hosting Michigan Tech. The teams last met on December 7, 1985, a 71-49 win for the Phoenix in Green Bay.
ABOUT THE HUSKIES
Sam Clayton enters her fifth season at the helm of the Huskies program, boasting a a very good 70-39 record. Clayton, formerly Sam Hoyt, was a four-year letterwinner with the Huskies and graduated from Michigan Tech in 2013.
Michigan Tech returns their top seven scorers from a year ago, including D2CCA All-Region selection Ellie Mackay. Mackay led Michigan Tech last season with an average of 17.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. Alex Rondorf (12.2 ppg), Sara Dax (11.2 ppg), and Katelyn Meister (10.1 ppg) also averaged in double figures.
OFFSEASON RECAP
A lot happened during the 2022 offseason. Let's get you caught up:
April 4 - Tatum Koenig is added to the roster from Bradley.
April 22 - Natalie McNeal joins Green Bay from St. Louis.
June 21 - Supporters of green bay women's basketball enjoy a successful Prevea Fore Hoops Golf Classic with the team.
June 24 - Seven players make the Horizon League Spring Academic Honor Roll.
July 20 - GB lands in the top five of the WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll.
August 17 - The 2022-23 #HLWBB schedule is released.
September 22 - Brehna Evans is added to the roster from St. Cloud State.
October 21 - Joey Dotterweich is named the women's basketball play-by-play announcer.
LAST TIME OUT
The Phoenix hit the hardwood for the first time this season last week on October 26 in exhibition action against UW-Oshkosh. Green Bay took care of business against the Titans, 83-51.
A TOAST TO TWENTY
The 2022-23 season marks head coach Kevin Borseth's 36th season as a head coach and 20th with Green Bay. Borseth is an impressive 455-134 in his previous 19 years with the Phoenix and is 767-303 overall. Borseth coached for five years at Michigan from 2007-2012 but returned to Green Bay and has posted seven 20-win seasons since. The Phoenix has punched a ticket to 13 NCAA appearances under Borseth.
HOMEGROWN
Head coach Kevin Borseth has garnered a plethora of talent from the state of Wisconsin. This season, 13 of the 15 players on the roster are from Wisconsin. The two not originally from the dairyland are Jenna Guyer (Circle Pines, Minn.) and Tatum Koenig (West Branch, Iowa).
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
Natalie McNeal and Brehna Evans, who both transferred to Green Bay during the offseason, are local products. McNeal played high school basketball at Germantown, where she was a two-time All-State First Team member, and Evans played at West De Pere High School, just minutes from the Kress Center. Evans scored over 1,000 career points with the Phantoms and averaged 14.5 points per contest over her high school career.
FREE IS FOR ME
Last season, Green Bay had incredible success at the charity stripe. Four Phoenix players (Min. 13 attempts) had a free-throw percentage of 84.6-percent or higher. That success helped GB finish ninth in the nation in free-throw percentage last year (78.6-percent).
DEMOLITION DEFENSE
GB had a suffocating defense in 2021-22, allowing the fewest points per game in the Horizon League and 23rd in the nation (55.8 points per game). It was the fourth time in the last five years GB finished in the top 25 in scoring defense. The Phoenix was the no. 1 defense in 2017-18 (47.4 ppg) And no. 4 in 2018-19 (51.9 ppg).
NEW PHOENIX FACES
Green Bay welcomes three new members for the 2022-23 Season.
TRANSFERS
Tatum Koenig (5-7, G | Bradley)
Natalie McNeal (5-8, G | St. Louis)
Brehna Evans (5-8, G | St. Cloud State)
PRESEASON #HLWBB POLL
Pl. Team (1st-place votes) – Pts.
1. Youngstown State (8) - 118
2. Green Bay (2) - 106
3. Cleveland State (1) - 102
4. Northern Kentucky - 88
5. Milwaukee - 75
6. IUPUI - 67
7. Oakland - 47
8. Purdue Fort Wayne - 44
9. Robert Morris - 42
10. Wright State - 26
11. Detroit Mercy – 11
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