GREEN BAY, Wis. – At long last, the regular season home opener has arrived for the Green Bay women's basketball team as they get set to face the Marist Red Foxes tomorrow at 1 p.m. Marist will make the trip to Green Bay from Poughkeepsie, New York.

Saturday, November 12 – Green Bay, Wis. – KRESS CENTER
Marist (0-2, 0-0 MAAC) vs. Green Bay (0-1, 0-0 HL)
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The Phoenix is 0-1 in the lone game they played against Marist on December 15, 2019. In the 72-60 loss, Franke Wurtz paced GB with 16 points while Lyndsey Robson played all 40 minutes and tallied 15 points. Saturday's contest will mark the first time Marist has visited Green Bay.

ABOUT THE RED FOXES
Brian Giorgis, a legendary coach in college women's basketball history, enters Saturday with a 451-187 record as he enters his 21^st season with the Red Foxes.

Marist has started the season with a pair of losses after hosting Villanova and Penn. Villanova came to Poughkeepsie on opening night, and beat the Red Foxes 60-38. Penn bested Marist on November 10 65-61. Zaria Shazer is the main point of attack for the team, leading the Red Foxes in points (15.0 ppg), rebounds (8.0 rpg), and assists (2.5 apg). Kiara Fisher and Kendall Krick are also averaging in double figures, pouring in 11.5 points per game each.

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 MATCHUP
Green Bay opened up the 2022-23 campaign with an 80-67 loss at Drake. Cassie Schiltz, Tatum Koenig, and Jenna Guyer finished in double digits while Koenig, Schiltz, and Maddy Schreiber racked up five rebounds each.

TOUGH TATUM
Transfer guard Tatum Koenig made an immediate impact in her first game as a Phoenix, leading the team with 13 points. Koenig shot 4-7 from the field, including 3-4 from beyond the arc and 2-2 at the charity stripe.

SUCCESS FOR KB IN GB
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 has a 767-303 overall record. 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.

WIN FROM WITHIN
Head coach Kevin Borseth has garnered a plethora of talent from the state of Wisconsin. This season, 13 of the 15 players are from Wisconsin. Jenna Guyer (Circle Pines, Minn.) and Tatum Koenig (West Branch, Iowa) are the only players not originally from the dairyland.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
Natalie McNeal and Brehna Evans, whom 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 an incredible amount of 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). In the loss at Drake, Green Bay was a perfect 8-for-8 from the line, led by Cassie Schiltz who went 4-4.

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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