GREEN BAY, WIS. – The Green Bay men's basketball team will look to get back in the win column this Wednesday when they open the Horizon League season on the road at IU Indy. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. CT.
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay (2-6) vs. IU Indy (4-5)
Wednesday, December 4
5:30 PM CST | Game Notes
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ABOUT THE JAGUARS
IU Indy is off to a 4-5 start, and is coming off a 106-49 win vs Trinity Christian College (Ill.) on Saturday, Nov. 30. The Jaguars average 79.2 points per game while giving up just 69.9 points per game. Three of the Jaguars' four wins have come against non-division I opponents.
IU Indy and Green Bay are both teams that rely largely on the three ball for offense. The Jags make 10.4 threes per game, the 29th-most in the country. IU Indy is led by Paul Zilinskas, who averages 19.0 points per game, the third-most in the Horizon League. Zilinskas is a lethal shooter, putting in 44.3-percent of his three point attempts. Another key offensive piece for IUI is Jarvis Walker, who averages 14.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in a team-high 30.6 minutes.
HISTORY VS IU INDY
Green Bay is 10-9 all-time against IU Indy, with the series stretching back all the way to the 1976-77 season. GB took the last matchup between the two teams on Feb. 1, 2024, by a score of 79-56. The previous meeting at IU Indianapolis was on January 10, 2024, which saw the Phoenix emerge victorious with a 68-58 victory over the Jaguars. Green Bay has won the last two games and six of the last seven. The Phoenix is 4-4 on the road against the Jaguars.
LAST TIME OUT
The Green Bay men's basketball team dropped a home game on Saturday to Campbell, losing 72-66. Anthony Roy led the Phoenix with 20 points and nine rebounds. Marcus Hall added 13 points. Campbell had four players reach double figures headlined by Jasin Sinani's 22 points, while also having eight rebounds. Green Bay mounted a second half comeback after being down 21 but ultimately fell to the Fighting Camels.
ROY RETURNS
After a stint at NAIA Langston University, where he was named an NAIA All-American First Teamer, Anthony Roy has returned to the Division I floor with Green Bay. After eight games back in Division I, Roy has averaged 27.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game. He also shoots 50.4 percent from the floor and 44.3 percent from three. Roy is sending waves throughout the country, simultaneously leading all NCAA DI players in points per game and in three-pointers made per game with 4.87, as well as leading the nation in three-point attempts per game with 11.0. Roy has scored 30+ points in four out of the last six games.
LIKE A WRECKE-ING BALL
Redshirt freshman Mac Wrecke has had his best two career games in the past two games. After a career-high eight points against Ohio State on Nov. 25, he scored seven points and pulled down five rebounds in 24 minutes.
MONEY MARCUS
After a Horizon League All-Freshman Team selection a season ago, Phoenix forward Marcus Hall has been outstanding to start the 2024-25 Season. Hall is currently averaging 14.0 points and 4.8 rebounds in 34.3 minutes per game while shooting 44.0-percent from the floor and 35.4-percent from three point range.
LET IT FLY
The Phoenix offense is predicated in large part on the three-ball. Green Bay is 22nd in the country in three-point attempts with 30.1, and 36th in the country in three-point makes per game with 10.1.
INTERNATIONAL TALENT
The 2024-25 Phoenix roster features players from three foreign countries and eight different U.S. states. Ben Tweedy is from Australia, Roee Oselka is from Israel, and Mouhamadou Cissé is from Senegal.
TOP 10 TURNAROUND
After a program-low 3-29 season in 2022-23, Green Bay bounced back with a resilient 18-14 record a season ago in head coach Sundance Wicks' lone season with the Phoenix, jumping from last in the Horizon League to third. That 15.0 game turnaround is tied for the 10th-best turnaround in NCAA Division I history.
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.
OFFSEASON RECAP
A lot happened during the 2024 offseason. Let's get you caught up:
May 12 – Sundance Wicks named Wyoming head men's basketball coach
May 14 - Doug Gottlieb is named the 10th 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.
Over the summer - The Phoenix brings 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 Cissé.
PRESEASON #HLMBB POLL
PL. TEAM (1st 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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