SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- Cade Meyer and Brock Heffner combined to score 38 total points, but the Green Bay men's basketball team fell to the St. Thomas Tommies 82-61 on the road Tuesday.
 
Meyer led the way for the Phoenix with 24 points and seven rebounds. Heffner added 14 points and Zae Blake added eight points and seven assists. 
 
Green Bay shot well from the field, shooting 26-for-50 (52.0-percent), but were outrebounded 38-22 in the contest leading to 18 second chance points for the Tommies.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tommies started the game with back-to-back three pointers in the first two possesions to take a quick 6-0 lead. Green Bay battled back early but quickly found themselves down 18-9 after a Tommies made jumper with 9:43 left in the half. That lead stayed the same for several minutes until the hosts finished the final five and a half minutes outscoring the Phoenix 16-7 to take a 42-24 heading into the break.
 
The Phoenix responded early in the second half with a 12-2 run that included six points from Meyer to cut the St. Thomas lead to eight at 44-36. The Tommies would eventually respond with 7-0 run of their own to take their lead back up to 15 with 10:27 to go. GB would never get closer than 13 the rest of the game as St. Thomas secured the 82-61 victory.
 
GAME NOTES
» Cade Meyer, Brock Heffner, and Zae Blake combined to account for 75 percent of the Phoenix points.
» The Phoenix were active in affecting shots on the defensive end, recording five blocks as a team.
» Meyer and Heffner were efficient from the field, finishing 9-for-14 and 6-for-10 from the field respectively.
» Green Bay got a game-high eight rebounds from Clarence Cummings III.
» The St. Thomas bench outscored Green Bay's 34-3.
 
UP NEXT
GB is heading west this weekend to take on a pair of Pac-12 opponents. They'll start the weekend with a matchup at Stanford on Friday at 7 p.m. before squaring off with Oregon State on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Phoenix plays its next six games away from home.
 
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