GREEN BAY, Wis. – After playing five consecutive games away from TItletown to start the year, the Green Bay men's basketball team will start a three-game home stand tomorrow that opens with a clash against former Horizon League rival UIC.

Saturday, November 26 – Green Bay, Wis. – KRESS CENTER
UIC (4-2, 0-0 MVC) vs. Green Bay (0-5, 0-0 HL)
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The long-time rivals will meet for the 109^th time on Saturday evening, which is the most the Phoenix has played a single opponent. Green Bay owns a 65-43 record against UIC, including an impressive 36-15 at home. GB has defeated UIC in 8 of the last 10 home meetings. Both squads last met on February 24, 2022, when the Flames won a close game 81-77 in Chicago.

The Flames, who were in the Horizon League from 1994-2022 (Midwestern Collegiate Conference from 1994-2001), officially joined the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1.

ABOUT THE FLAMES
UIC is off to a solid 4-2 start and is coming into tomorrow's matchup on a two-game win streak with wins over Stonehill and Holy Cross. Luke Yaklich is in his third year as the Flames' head coach and owns a 27-31 record.

OFFSEASON RECAP
A lot happened during the 2022 offseason. Let's get you caught up:
April 14 - Garren Davis and Amari Jedkins are added to the roster.
May 6 - Clarence Cummings III and Zae Blake join the roster.
May 23 - Brock Heffner and Davin Zeigler join the roster.
June 6 - Jack Rose joins Green Bay.
June 29 - Adam Owens is named Director of Basketball Operations.
July 8 - Phoenix alum Keifer Sykes, Carrington Love, and Steven Baker participate in the Summerfest Alumni Charity Challenge.
July 14 - The National Association of Basketball Coaches tabs Green Bay as a recipient of the Team Academic Excellence award.
July 18 - Nearly 160 Green Bay men's basketball supporters enjoy a successful Swing and Swish Golf Outing with the team.
August 16 - The complete 2022-23 schedule is unveiled.
October 11 - the program participates in the inaugural Phoenix Phan Night.

LAST MATCHUP
The Phoenix fell to Utah Valley 79-56 on Sunday in the final game of the Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic. Green Bay was paced by Clarence Cummings, who scored 16 points while recording two rebounds and an assist.

WHAT'S UP BRO?
Zane and Donavan Short, products of Denmark, Wis., and Denmark High School, officially joined the team during the offseason. Donavan, the younger of the two brothers, committed to Green Bay on Nov. 12, 2021, while Zane joined in the offseason.

MAKE WAY FOR MEYER
Sophomore Cade Meyer is off to a good start this season. He is shooting 50.0-percent on 16-of-32 from the floor and is 15-of-25 (60 percent) inside the arc. Meyer is coming off a strong 2021-22 campaign in which he was named Horizon League Freshman of the Week once and was tabbed to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team.

KEEPING IT LOCAL
Head coach Will Ryan has amassed a total of eight players on the 2022-23 roster that are from Wisconsin. Ryan's 2021-22 squad also featured eight players from in-state, which was the highest total of in-state players since the 2009-10 season when there were seven players as such under Tod Kowalczyk.

SWISS ARMY NATE
Junior guard Nate Jenkins showed off his versatility against Queens on November 18. The Delafield, Wis. native played the most minutes of any Phoenix (30) and was one of four GB players to tally eight points while collecting a team-leading five rebounds, five assists, one block, and one steal.

WHAT DO YOU ZAE?
Sophomore guard Zae Blake has made the most of his opportunities in the first five games of the season. The Washington, D.C. native averages 20 minutes per game and has shot 66.7-percent from the floor (18-of-27), 66.7-percent from deep (6-of-9), and averages a team-leading 9.8 points per contest. Against Wisconsin, he finished with a team-leading 15 points, shooting 5-for-5 in 26 minutes of action. Blake is a key piece of Green Bay's bench, which is fourth in the Horizon League in points scored.

NEW PHOENIX FACES
Green Bay welcomes 10 new players for the 2022-23 season.

TRANSFERS
Garren Davis (6-4, G | Clarendon College)
Clarence Cummings III (6-5, F | State College of Florida)
Zae Blake (6-1, G | Southwest Mississippi CC)
Brock Heffner (6-8, F | Hawaii)
Davin Zeigler (6-3, G | Indian Hills CC)
Ryan Wade (6-2, G | Central Michigan)

TRUE FRESHMEN
Donavan Short (6-10, C | Denmark, Wis.)
Amari Jedkins (6-7, F | Racine, Wis.)
Jack Rose (6-5, G | Bristol, Wis.)

PRESEASON #HLMBB POLL
Pl. Team (1st-place votes) – Pts.
T1. Purdue Fort Wayne (17) - 394
T1. Northern Kentucky (15) - 394
3. Wright State (3) - 329
4. Oakland (2) - 321
5. Youngstown State (1) - 291
6. Detroit Mercy (2) - 268
7. Cleveland State - 188
8. Robert Morris - 163
9. Milwaukee - 132
10. Green Bay - 111
11. IUPUI - 49

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