GREEN BAY, Wis. – The long-awaited opener for the Green Bay men's basketball team is just a day away, with the Phoenix set to open the season on the road tomorrow at Oklahoma State at 8 p.m.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay (0-0) at Oklahoma State (0-0)
Monday, November 4 | Gallagher-Iba Arena
8:00 PM CST | Game Notes
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ABOUT THE COWBOYS
Oklahoma State head coach Steve Lutz is in his first season at the helm of the Cowboys. He spent one year at Western Kentucky and two years at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The Cowboys finished last season with a 12-20 overall record and 4-14 in the Big 12, tying for 13^th a season ago.

Bryce Thompson is the returning leading scorer for Oklahoma State, averaging 11.6 points per game last year. The other two returners from last season are sophomores Connor Dow and Jamyron Keller.

The Cowboys bring in 12 transfers and two freshmen, including Patrick Suemnick a Denmark high school graduate, and transfer from West Virginia. Other key transfers include Arturo Dean from FIU who averaged 13.4 points per game last season and Davonte Davis who played in 132 games and started in 85 of them in the past four seasons for Arkansas, averaging 8.5 points per game in his career.

OFFSEASON RECAP
A lot happened during the 2024 offseason:

May 12 – Sundance Wicks named Wyoming head men's basketball coach
May 14 - Doug Gottlieb is named the 10^th head coach in Green Bay men's basketball history.
June 6 – The rest of the coaching staff is announced, consisting of Aerick Sanders, Damon Archibald, Dennis Harrington, and Kaden LeCapitaine, joining Jordan McCabe.
The Phoenix bring in eight freshmen for the 2024-25 season: Ayden Goll, Jeremiah Johnson, Ben Tweedy, Bennett Basich, C.J. O'Hara, Brady Fitzgerald, Caden Wilkens, and Roee Oselka.
Five transfers make their way to Green Bay this season including, Donovan Santoro, Anthony Roy, Muodubem Muoneke, Isaiah Miranda, and Mouhamadou Cisse.

EXHIBITION SEASON
Green Bay won their lone exhibition game on Thursday, Oct. 24 against St. Norbert (D-III) 102-73.

ROY RETURNS
After a stint at NAIA Langston University, where he was named an NAIA All-American First-Teamer, Anthony Roy will return to the D1 floor this season. Roy previously played for New Mexico State as a sophomore, where he averaged 10.3 points and pulled in 2.8 rebounds per game in 16 games. During his junior season at Langston, Roy averaged 18.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per game and was named Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-SAC, and NAIA All-Tournament Team.

INTERNATIONAL TALENT
The 2024-25 Phoenix roster features players from four countries and eight states. Ben Tweedy is from Australia, Roee Oselka is from Israel, and Mouhamadou Cisse is from Senegal.

TOP 10 TURNAROUND
After a 3-29 season in 2022-23 Green Bay bounced back with an 18-14 record a season ago in head coach Sundance Wicks' lone season with the Phoenix. That 15.0 game turnaround is tied for the 10^th-best turnaround in NCAA Division I history.

GOTTLIEB RETURNS
Doug Gottlieb returns to Gallagher-Iba Arena after a stellar playing career as a Cowboy from 1997-2000. In his first season at OSU, Gottlieb was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and conference newcomer of the year, breaking OSU's single-season assist average. The following season Gottlieb was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, and led the country in assists, only the second Cowboy to lead the nation in a statistical category. Gottlieb finished out his senior season second in the nation in assists, while ultimately leading Oklahoma State to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament.

NEW LOOK ROSTER
The Phoenix underwent a roster transformation this past off-season. Of GB's rostered players, five are returners, five are transfers, and eight are incoming freshmen.

FAMILIAR FACES
Multiple returners will play large roles in the upcoming 2024-25 season, including Foster Wonders, Preston Ruedinger, and Marcus Hall. Last season, Ruedinger averaged 8.4, Wonders averaged 7.8, and Hall averaged 6.4 points per game. Mac Wrecke and Ryan Wade are the other two returners and will be featured in Coach Gottlieb's rotation.

PRESEASON #HLMBB POLL
PL. TEAM (1^st PLACE VOTES) – PTS.
T1. Milwaukee (15) – 421
T1. Purdue Fort Wayne (14) – 421
3. Northern Kentucky (4) – 389
4. Oakland (5) – 345
5. Wright State (4) – 315
6. Youngstown State (1) – 272
7. Cleveland State – 252
8. Green Bay – 171
9. Robert Morris – 148
10. IU Indianapolis (1) – 91
11. Detroit Mercy – 79

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