GREEN BAY, Wis. – It's a gameday edition of Phoenix Weekly, presented by Capital Credit Union! The GB women's basketball team hosts Youngstown State tonight at the Kress Center at 7 p.m., while the men took care of business against IUPUI yesterday. Let's take a peek back at the last week and look forward to the next.
WEEK IN REVIEW
SOFTBALL
Green Bay Softball released the complete 2024 schedule on January 5. Head coach Sara Kubuske enters her fourth season at the helm of the Phoenix and will look to lead the team to their third-straight Horizon League Tournament appearance for the first time since 2014-16.
The Phoenix will have a new-looking roster for the 2024 season, with 12 newcomers and 11 returners. The new Phoenix consists of 10 freshmen and two transfers. To view the complete 2024 schedule, click this link.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Head Coach Julie Grutzner added three transfers to the 2024 roster late last week, bringing in Becca Stoeckmann, Evelyn Wysong, and Hanna Arvay. Wysong and Arvay come from Stetson, while Stoeckmann comes to Titletown from Memphis. She is also a native of Hartford, Wisconsin. To see the full release, click here.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Green Bay men's basketball team took two of their three contests in the last week, including victories over Detroit Mercy last Thursday and the aforementioned win over IUPUI yesterday. The Phoenix bench dominated against the Titans, scoring 43 of the teams' 69 points. GB also cleaned up well on the glass, finishing the game with a 45-23 edge on the boards in the 69-51 win.
GB's four-game win streak came to an end in a close loss to Oakland on Saturday, 73-79. Oakland was able to build a lead from the start of the game that would get as large as seven after a Chris Conway dunk with 7:49 remaining in the first half. Oakland outscored the visitors 8-1 the rest of the way to secure the win.
The Phoenix responded on Wednesday in a standalone game in Indianapolis, defeating IUPUI 68-58. DJ Douglas Jr. powered the Phoenix to victory with a career-high 26 points. Noah Reynolds added 19 points and six assists, and Elijah Jones had his third double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Green Bay maintained momentum after intermission, starting the half with a 14-6 run capped off by a Jones three-pointer to give them a 43-35 advantage with 14:56 to go in the game.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Bailey Butler was otherworldly in an 86-56 blowout win over Northern Kentucky last Friday night. She scored a career-high 20 points (her previous career-high, 17 points, also came against the Norse), while five others reached double figures. Butler scored seven of GB's 19 points in the quarter, helping Green Bay to a 46-18 halftime lead. GB didn't slow down after the break, and Butler earned her new career-high in points with a long three-pointer, extending Green Bay's lead to 59-26 with 5:29 left in the third quarter. The Phoenix cruised the rest of the way, leading by no fewer than 27 en route to an 86-56 victory.
GB extended its winning streak to seven with a victory over Wright State on Sunday. Maddy Schreiber tallied her second career 20-point game, while Natalie McNeal scored 11 of her 15 points in the first quarter and Cassie Schiltz notched her first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
A LOOK AHEAD
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The Phoenix has just one game this week, a home game versus Cleveland State. Fans are reminded that the game has been moved to a noon tipoff. The Vikings play at Milwaukee Friday night and sit just a half-game back of the Phoenix in the Horizon League standings. CSU's Tristan Enaruna is fifth in the HL in scoring at 17.4 PPG, just two spots behind GB's Noah Reynolds.
NORDIC SKI
Green Bay will partake in the 7.5 Skate at the NMU CCSA Invite in Ishpeming, Michigan this Saturday. The team will also participate in the 15K Classic on Sunday.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
The Green Bay women's basketball team will ride a seven-game winning streak heading into this weekend's pair of games at the Kress Center. GB will host Youngstown State tomorrow night before welcoming Robert Morris to Titletown on Saturday afternoon. Both games will be streamed live on ESPN+, on watchespn.com, and in the ESPN App. Get your tickets here for the YSU game, or click here for tickets to the RMU game on Saturday.
OTHER HAPPENINGS
Green Bay Athletics named Greg Bintz the Graduate Assistant for Athletics Communications last Thursday. In his role, Bintz will oversee media relations for seven of Green Bay's 14 programs, including women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's golf, and men's and women's swimming and diving. A recent graduate of UW-Green Bay, Bintz was hired in November 2020 to help with the broadcast production of basketball games on ESPN+ during the COVID-19 season. He also shared play-by-play duties for three seasons, covering Green Bay volleyball, men's and women's soccer, and softball. In October 2021, he became the athletics communications intern before becoming the Coordinator of Athletics Communications in the spring of 2022.
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Fly With the Phoenix was named the official NIL collective of the Green Bay Phoenix last week Tuesday. Started in 2022, 'Fly with the Phoenix' was established by dedicated former student-athletes, alumni, and local business professionals to provide Green Bay student-athletes with name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities. This partnership will bring a collaboration between the Green Bay Athletic Department and 'Fly with the Phoenix'. Fans attending home athletic events will notice additional marketing efforts to help promote the relationship and how fans can get involved. View the different tiers of membership opportunities here and learn more about the Fly with the Phoenix collective here.
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