GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay men's basketball team is hosting a pair of games this weekend at the Resch Center, with Cleveland State coming to town on Friday, and league-leaders Wright State making the trip to Green Bay on Sunday.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay (12-10, 7-4 HL) vs. Cleveland State (7-14, 3-7 HL)
Friday, January 30, 2026
6 p.m. CST
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay vs. Wright State
Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026
1 p.m. CST
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HEAD COACH DOUG GOTTLIEB
"The Resch is cool. You walk in, and they do a great job with the court. Not just in design, but when you have segment courts, sometimes they aren't put together that well. They do a really good job of putting it together. The guys like shooting here, playing here. It's cool. I mean, this is a really nice venue. For a school of our level, this is as good a venue as you are going to have in the country."
 
ABOUT CLEVELAND STATE
The Vikings are led by first-year Head Coach Rob Summers, who has CSU at a 7-14 record in 2025-26. The Vikings pulled off an 85-79 upset at first-place Wright State last Wednesday. Cleveland State leads the conference in three-point percentage, sinking 37.7 percent of its shots from distance. Dayan Nessah leads the team at 15.4 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Nessah led the Vikings at Wright State, scoring a season-high 31 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. Tre Beard averages 13.8 points per game and scored 18 points against WSU, knocking down four threes last Wednesday.
 
ABOUT WRIGHT STATE
The Raiders are 13-8 through 21 games and lead the Horizon League with an 8-2 conference record. Wright State deploys stout defense and an efficient offense. The team allows the fewest points of any team in the Horizon League at 72.2 points per game, while also leading the league with a 49.4 percent field goal percentage. Wright State is led by freshman guard Michael Cooper, who averages 15.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game. Three others score in double figures, with Michael Imariagbe averaging 12.1, TJ Burch averaging 10.9, and Solomon Callaghan averaging 10.1 points per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Green Bay men's basketball team returned to the win column Saturday afternoon, defeating Robert Morris 71–67 on the road. The Phoenix had three players score in double figures, led by C.J. O'Hara, who finished with 18 points. Caden Wilkins and Justin Allen each had 17 points, and Allen added a team-high nine rebounds. Green Bay shared the ball well in Saturday's game, racking up 19 assists on 27 made field goals. Individually, Marcus Hall and Preston Ruedinger both had five assists to lead the team.
 
PROTECT HOME COURT
Green Bay has had early success at home during the 2025-26 season, sitting at 6-2. Green Bay is also 2-1 in neutral-site contests. Green Bay is 4-7 on the road in 2025-26.
 
PHOENIX RISING
Green Bay sits at a record of 12-10 through 22 games. Last year at the same point, GB was 2-20. It took just nine games for the 2025-26 Phoenix to match the win total of the 2024-25 Phoenix. GB has already exceeded its Horizon League win total from a year ago quickly, having finished 2-18 in league play last year. The Phoenix is 7-4 through 11 Horizon League games.
 
MONEY MARCUS
Phoenix forward Marcus Hall is picking up where he left off last season. Through 19 games, Hall is averaging team-highs with 13.5 points and 5.4 rebounds in 34.0 minutes per game. Hall was named to the Horizon League Preseason First Team on October 8. He has scored in double figures in 12 of his 19 games this season, most recently featuring a 20-point outing at Youngstown State last Thursday.
 
O'MAZING O'HARA
C.J. O'Hara is in his second season at Green Bay and has started in all 22 games so far this season. O'Hara is second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.3 points, second on the team in rebounds at 4.5, and third on the team at 30.9 minutes per game. O'Hara has scored in double figures in 17 of his 22 starts, including a team-high 22 points at Youngstown last Thursday and a team-high 18-point outing at Robert Morris on Saturday.
 
PASSING PRESTON
Phoenix point guard Preston Ruedinger is one of the best passers in the Horizon League, sitting in third in the league at 5.2 assists per game. Ruedinger has started all 22 games so far and plays the most minutes per game on the team at 34.0, tied with Marcus Hall. Ruedinger made history with a career-high 13 assists vs UCSB on Dec. 17, the seventh-most in a game in program history.
 
JUSTIN CREDIBLE
Senior guard Justin Allen is a talented scorer, scoring 20+ points six times this season. Three of those six games came during the month of January. He has scored in double figures in six out of the last eight, and is third on the team, averaging 12.9 points per game.
 
YEAR TWO
Heading into the 2025-26 season, Doug Gottlieb enters his second year as the head coach of Green Bay men's basketball. Gottlieb, well-known for his broadcasting career, brings with him a wealth of experience as a player, commentator, analyst, and coach in the basketball world. Coach Gottlieb announced on Dec. 17, after GB's win over UCSB, that he will be taking a break from hosting The Gottlieb Show on Fox Sports Radio to focus on Phoenix basketball.
 
INTERNATIONAL TALENT
The 2025-26 Phoenix roster features players from two different foreign countries and 11 from different U.S. states. Maruan Cicic is from Montenegro, and Vukasin Todorovic is from Slovenia.
 
NEW ERA SAME RISE
After a season with 12 newcomers a season ago, the 2025-26 Green Bay roster will bring in 10 newcomers this year. Of GB's rostered players, six are returners, six are transfers, and four are true freshmen.
 
FAMILIAR FACES
Multiple returners will play large roles in the upcoming 2025-26 season, including Marcus Hall, Preston Ruedinger, Mac Wrecke, and C.J. O'Hara. Last season, Hall averaged 13.9, Ruedinger averaged 8.0, Wrecke averaged 6.1, and O'Hara averaged 4.0 points per game. Caden Wilkins and Brady Fitzgerald are the other two returners to the Phoenix squad.
 
OFFSEASON RECAP
August 21 – Keifer Sykes named as General Manager
August 27 – Keil Ganz named as an assistant coach
August 28 – Kerry Rupp named as an assistant coach
 
Over the summer, The Phoenix brought in four freshmen for the 2025-26 season: Keegan Van Kauwenberg, Vukasin Todorovic, Trey Schachter, and Maruan Cicic. Six transfers make their way to Green Bay this season, including Ramel Bethea, Josh Hines, Justin Allen, Dontrell Hewlett, Rob Stroud, and LeBron Thomas.
 
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