GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay women's basketball team is turning its attention to the Saint Louis Billikens, who they welcome to the Kress Center Saturday afternoon. GB will seek to keep the momentum going, winning three of the last five games, including Wednesday night's tilt against UIC.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay (6-3, 1-0 HL) vs. Saint Louis (5-6, 0-0 A10)
4:00 CST | Game Notes | Tickets
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ON THE CALL
Saturday's contest will stream live on ESPN+, on watchespn.com, and in the ESPN App, available for free on iOS and Android. Play-by-play personality Ted Stefaniak will be joined by analyst Kati Coleman. WDUZ The Fan will carry the game on 107.5 FM, with Brian Kuklinski will have the play-by-play on WDUZ The Fan 1400 AM and 95.5 FM.
 
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
Head Coach Rebecca Tillett is in her second season with Saint Louis following a record of 17-18 and an Atlantic 10 Conference tournament championship in 2022-23. She helped guide Saint Louis to an appearance in the NCAA Division I tournament in her first season with the Billikens. The leading scorer for Saint Louis is Kyla McMakin, who averages 16.9 per game accompanied by leading the team in three-point percentage at 40.9%. Tierra Simon is the team's leader in rebounds with 7.9 boards per game and blocks with 1.3 per game. Saint Louis is currently the second-highest scoring team in the Atlantic 10 Conference scoring nearly 76 points a game while also allowing the second most points each game as a team while boasting a 4-2 record at home this season. Despite a 3-1 start, the Billikens are 0-2 on the road and have dropped five of their last seven contests to sit at 5-6. The Billikens sit third in the conference in field goal percentage with 43.6% and second in assists per game with 15.27.
 
HISTORY VS SAINT LOUIS
Green Bay has only faced the Saint Louis Billikens once before. The first and only time the two teams met before Saturday's matchup was last season in St. Louis, with the Phoenix coming out on top by a score of 73-70. Five Phoenix reached double figures in the victory.

OFFSEASON TRANSACTIONS
April 11: Green Bay adds Natalie Andersen from the transfer portal.
July 5: 11 players are tabbed to the Horizon League 2023 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
July 5: Jada Patterson is named Director of Operations & Content Creator.
July 20: Patrick Bowlin is promoted to Assistant Coach.
August 1: The WBCA ranks GB sixth in the nation in GPA for the 2022-23 season.
August 9: The 2023-24 non-conference schedule is released.
August 22: Horizon League unveils conference schedule.
August 29: Megan Vogel is promoted to Associate Head Coach and Sarah Bronk is promoted to Assistant Head Coach.
September 27: Megan Pingel is named Assistant Coach.
October 18: Horizon League selects Green Bay to finish first in the Under Armour Preseason Poll.

WELCOME TO TITLETOWN
The Phoenix boasts a trio of true freshmen (Maren Westin, Sophie Lahti, and Meghan Schultz) and one transfer (Natalie Andersen, IUPUI). Westin and Andersen are guards, while Lahti and Schultz bring height to the forward position. Schultz stands at six feet, four inches, surpassing Kendall Renard as the tallest player on the team. The Phoenix once again boasts a roster of mostly homegrown talent. Of the 13 players on the roster, 10 are from the Dairyland. Only Westin (Becker, Minn.), Lahti (Pine City, Minn.), and Jenna Guyer (Circle Pines, Minn.) are not from Wisconsin.

Mr. 800
Head Coach Kevin Borseth made history Wednesday night, becoming the 20th head coach in NCAA women's basketball history, and the 16th in the Division I landscape, to collect 800 career wins. Green Bay escaped the UIC Flames with a 64-56 victory at the Kress Center. Borseth began his career in 1987 with Division II institution Michigan Tech, winning a whopping 225 contests in 11 seasons. The 2023 Horizon League Coach of the Year also needs just 13 more wins to get his 500th win as the head coach of the Phoenix. Additionally, Borseth is 26 wins shy of 600 victories in the Division I landscape.

WINNING WAYS
Green Bay has started the 2023-24 campaign 5-0 against winning teams. The Phoenix took care of business of Illinois State, No. 22-ranked Creighton, No. 23-ranked Washington State, and Milwaukee, all of who had an above-.500 record when facing GB. Green Bay went 9-3 against winning teams last season.

MAKIN' MADDY
Maddy Schreiber has been a big part of Green Bay's early-season success, scoring at least 12 points in five of the first nine contests, including four straight prior to the UIC game. In those five games, GB's record is 3-2. She chipped in with 12 points in the upset win over then No. 23-ranked Washington State, 14 points in the upset victory over then No. 22-ranked Creighton, and poured in a career-high 23 points in the win over Milwaukee on November 30.

THE NUMBER OF THE DAY IS 11
The Phoenix have been part of numerous games this year where the contest was decided by 11 or more points. In 2022-23, GB was 21-2 in such games and has started this season 5-1 in the same category. Green Bay lost to Northern Iowa by 11 in the season opener before beating Illinois State by 26, No. 22-ranked Creighton by 12, UMass by 33, No. 23-ranked Washington State by 11, and Milwaukee by 23 in the Horizon League opener on November 30.

STEALING THE SHOW
Bailey Butler put on a defensive clinic in Green Bay's big win over in-state rival Milwaukee on November 30. She racked up five steals, the most since Natalie McNeal tallied six in the Horizon League Championship Game last March. Butler is the only Phoenix to have recorded 10 or more steals (20 total, 2.2 SPG). Natalie McNeal and Cassie Schiltz are the next closest to Butler with eight steals. Seven Phoenix have tallied five or more steals.

LEAN MEAN REBOUNDING MACHINE
Natalie McNeal has been crashing the boards hard this season, pacing the squad with 5.7 rebounds per game. The fourth-year player from Germantown, Wisconsin is in her second season as a Phoenix after spending her first two collegiate years with Saint Louis, who Green Bay faces today. Her 5.7 RPG is currently on pace for a career-high. Her previous high was 5.3 RPG with the Billikens during the 2021-22 season. McNeal grabbed five rebounds during the win over UIC Wednesday night.

JOINING THE RANKS
Green Bay is receiving votes for the third consecutive week in the AP Top-25 poll. GB tallied three votes in the Dec. 11 poll, tied with Penn State, Mississippi State, and Davidson. The Phoenix boasts wins over Washington State, who currently has 23 votes, and Creighton, who is ranked 20th in the country.

GB IN THE AP POLL
It's been several years since the Phoenix was ranked in the Top 25, despite a lengthy history of being in the poll. Green Bay was last ranked inside the top 25 during the 2017-18 season, ranking as high as 19th before ending the season 22nd. GB was also among the best in the country during the 2016-17, 2014-15, 2012-13, 2011-12, 2010-11, 2009-10, 2006-07, 2004-05, and 2002-03 seasons. The Phoenix's highest ever ranking was 2011-12 where GB was ranked as high as ninth, before finishing the season in tenth.

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