GREEN BAY, Wis. – David Douglas Jr. and the Green Bay men's basketball team put on a show for over 3,500 Green Bay area elementary students at the Resch Center Thursday afternoon. Douglas led the Phoenix (15-9, 10-3) on the offensive end, going for 20 points, with 17 of those coming in the second half en route to a 79-56 - win over IUPUI to maintain first place in the Horizon League. The official attendance at the game was 5,490, which is the largest since 6,019 people came to watch the Phoenix take on Oakland on February 28, 2015.
Noah Reynolds was just behind Douglas with 19 points and four assists, and Rich Byhre helped out with 13 points.
Led by Marcus Hall's four offensive rebounds, Green Bay did a great job crashing the offensive glass, pulling down 12 boards that resulted in 15 second chance points.
The Green Bay defense was effective at taking away the ball in Thursday's game, forcing 21 IUPUI turnovers while committing just eight of their own. Those takeaways turned into 25 points on the other end of the floor.
HOW IT HAPPENED
IUPUI had it going in the first half, shooting 57.7 percent from the floor and 40.0 percent from three. The Jaguars used that shooting to build a 34-30 advantage before the Phoenix outscored them in the final two minutes, 6-0, to take a 36-34 lead into the locker room. Reynolds was key to keeping Green Bay afloat in the half, scoring 17 in the frame.
The second half was a different story from the jump. Douglas and Clarence Cummings III provided a spark to start the second half and outscored the Jaguars 17-6 themselves in the first eight minutes of the second half. GB had a 53-40 lead with 11:54 in the game, and kept the pedal to the floor, not letting IUPUI get any closer the rest of the way. Green Bay finished with their largest lead of the day after a made Cummings jumper extended the lead to 23 at 79-56.
GAME NOTES
» Green Bay found success from beyond the arc, knocking down 11 of their 31 (35.5 percent) of their shots from deep.
» Douglas has cored 20+ points for the second game straight and the third time in the last four games.
» Green Bay tallied 16 total assists to just eight turnovers.
» The Green Bay bench outscored IUPUI's 35-13.
» Green Bay has double digit HL wins for the first time since the 2019-20 season.
» GB has won 10 of its last 12.
» Green Bay got five rebounds from both Hall and
Elijah Jones.
COMING UP
Green Bay will have the rest of the weekend off and return to action next Thursday on the road at Robert Morris. The Phoenix and Colonials will tip off at 6 p.m. Following, GB will showdown with Youngstown State, who is currently tied for second place in the HL with an 8-3 league record.
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