ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Green Bay women's basketball team will look to make it two wins in a row as they head to St. Louis to take on the Billikens tomorrow night at Chaifetz Arena. GB defeated Marist last Saturday to improve to 1-1 on the year.
Friday, November 18 – St. Louis, Mo. – CHAIFETZ ARENA
Green Bay (1-1, 0-0 HL) vs. St. Louis (1-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10)
7:00 PM
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The Phoenix and Billikens will be meeting for the first time in their shared histories Friday night.
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
Rebecca Tillett is in her first season at the helm of the Billikens program. Offensively, St. Louis averages 69.0 points per contest through their first four games. Brooke Flowers and Julia Martinez are two key contributors on defense, with Flowers pulling down 8.8 rebounds per game and racking up 3.5 blocks per game. Martinez is coming off a season where she missed seven games due to injury and has posted an average of four steals per game.
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 the season with a loss at Drake but responded well with a blowout victory at home against Marist last Saturday. Hailey Oskey poured in 19 points, and the Phoenix outscored the Red Foxes 46-24 in the second half en route to a 74-45 win.
HOT-HANDED HAILEY
Senior guard Hailey Oskey has begun the 2022-23 season on a roll, landing in a three-way tie for first on the team with 11.5 points per game. Oskey also averages five rebounds and two assists per contest.
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 456-134 in his first 19 years with the Phoenix and has a 768-303 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. McNeal will face her former team on Friday, playing against St. Louis since coming to Green Bay.
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). Through the first two games, GB is seventh in free throw percentage (87.5-percent).
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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