GREEN BAY, Wis. - March starts here! The Green Bay women's basketball team will battle Purdue Fort Wayne for the number one seed on Saturday afternoon at the Kress Center. The regular season finale is set for a 1 p.m. tipoff.

It is anticipated to be by far the largest crowd of the season. Fans are highly encouraged to be in their seats by 12:45 and remain in their seats following the contest for special senior day and parent day celebrations. Additionally, season ticket holders will be recognized. A special gift for season ticket holders can be picked up at the ticket office.

The first 250 kids will receive a replica game jersey as part of the Make-A-Wish Game, presented by Bergstrom Automotive.

Pregame festivities will include Maddy Schreiber receiving a commemorative ball after scoring her 1,000th career point last Saturday. Maggie Arrozal, a 2009 graduate of UW-Green Bay, will perform the National Anthem.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay Phoenix (25-5, 18-1 HL) vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (23-6, 18-1 HL)
Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Kress Center
1:00 PM CST | Game Notes | History | Tickets
Follow the action: Watch (ESPN+) | Listen (Mixlr) | Live Stats

WITH THE CALL
Saturday's contest will be streaming live on ESPN+, at watchespn.com, and in the ESPN App, free to download on mobile devices. Ted Stefaniak (play-by-play) will be joined by Phoenix women's basketball alumna Kati Coleman (analyst). Fans can also listen to the game live on the audio platform Mixlr.

ABOUT THE MASTODONS
Purdue Fort Wayne is knotted with Green Bay at the top of the Horizon League standings. The Mastodons and Phoenix are statistically the two best three-point shooting teams and two of the top three offensive and defensive scoring teams in the HL. Lauren Ross is the primary scoring threat from PFW, averaging 16.1 points per game. Sydney Freeman is one of PFW's most active players on both ends of the hardwood, pacing PFW in assists (2.5 APG) and steals (1.97 SPG). After making the Horizon League Semifinals last season, head coach Maria Marchesano (13th season, 4th at PFW) has her team locked into a top-two seed. Marchesano is 67-59 at PFW and 207-170 overall.

Green Bay is 12-1 against Purdue Fort Wayne, having won the first 12 meetings. GB has scored 62 or more points in all but one meeting. In its dozen wins against the Mastodons, the Green and White has won by at least six all but one time. The Phoenix is 3-0 when hosting Purdue Fort Wayne with an average margin of victory of +15.0. GB last hosted PFW on 1/1/24, a 72-46 victory. In the previous matchup between PFW and GB (12/7/24, a 66-67 loss for GB), Natalie McNeal was out with an injury. Jasmine Kondrakiewicz led the Phoenix with 20 points, while Maddy Schreiber added 14. Bailey Butler and Cassie Schiltz tallied nine points apiece. Maren Westin also had eight points.

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1. JUST KEEP WINNING
Green Bay's 18-game winning streak is the longest since the 2012-13 season, when the Phoenix rattled off a whopping 24 consecutive victories. GB had a 13-game winning streak in 2022-23 and 2015-16, which was surpassed on February 8 versus Robert Morris. GB's 18-game winning streak is currently tied for the third-longest in the country.

2. CASH MONEY CASS
Cassie Schiltz is tied with Jasmine Kondrakiewicz for the most games played in program history (146). Her five made threes against Oakland tied the most she's converted in a single game this season (1/2/25). She is tied for the third-most threes (190) in program history and is six away from tying for the second-most. Schiltz is four assists from 300 career and currently owns Green Bay's career free throw percentage (88.46).

3. GENKE HAS BEEN GREAT
Callie Genke is 13th in the country in three-point percentage (44.8), which is also a career-high. She currently has a career-high in field goal percentage (48.7), free-throw percentage (83.3), and points per game (9.1). The win last Saturday against Milwaukee was the 100th win she's been part of in her career.

4. NEW YEAR, SAME RESULTS
Green Bay polished off an undefeated month of January (9-0), the first perfect January since the 2017-18 season (8-0). GB won nine games between November and December combined. The Green and White also had three different Players of the Week in January: Schiltz, (Jan. 6), McNeal (Jan. 13), and most recently Kondrakiewicz (Jan. 27). GB has had five different weeks this season, featuring four different players, where the program represents the Player of the Week. GB also had a perfect February (7-0), the first since the 2022-23 season (8-0).

5. SHARP-SHOOTIN' SCHREIBER
Maddy Schreiber eclipsed 1,000 career points after splashing a pair of free throws against Milwaukee last Saturday. Playing seven games off of the bench since her return from injury on January 30, Schreiber has scored eight or more points in the last seven contests, including 18 against the Panthers last Saturday. Maddy has 175 career assists to pair with 375 career rebounds. She also boasts a career-best 12.45 points per game and 43.06 percent from beyond the arc. She earned Horizon League Player of the Week honors this week after her efforts against Cleveland State and Milwaukee last week.

This is an abbreviated version of the game notes. Click here to view full notes (PDF).

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