DURHAM, N.C. – The Green Bay women's basketball team is opening its season tomorrow against Duke on the road at Cameron Indoor Stadium, before returning home to the Kress Events Center for the 2026-27 season opener against Loyola Chicago on Saturday, November 7.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay Phoenix vs #4 Duke Blue Devils – Durham, N.C.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026
6:00 PM CST
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Loyola Chicago Ramblers vs Green Bay Phoenix – Green Bay, Wis.
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026
6:00 PM CST
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ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS
Duke has reached the NCAA March Madness Elite Eight each of the past two seasons on top of an ACC regular season title in 2025-26. It is just the second time in school history Green Bay women's basketball has played at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Toby Fournier was the team's leading scorer from a year ago, averaging 17.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.

AT THE TOP
The Green Bay women's basketball team was selected No. 1 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 preseason rankings. The Phoenix received 14 first place votes, edging out Princeton with seven, James Madison with five, Fairfield with two, and UC San Diego with one.
 
HOMEGROWN
Green Bay is a team of homegrown players, with 10 of their 16 rostered players being from Wisconsin. Five of those 10 are newcomers to the Phoenix, including three freshmen, Kyrin Lile from Elkhorn, and Ady & Riley Ketterhagen from Oostburg, and two transfers, McKenna Johnson from Wilmot and Jorey Buwalda from Randolph.
 
PHOENIX FAMILY
Two pairs of sisters will be rostered in Green Bay together this season. The freshman duo of twins Ady and Riley Ketterhagen, each recruited out of Oostburg High School, and Julianna and her younger sister Kristina Ouimette each return to the program. Green Bay and Lindenwood are the two programs in the country with two pairs of sisters.
 
KARIUS ERA
After becoming the first person in Horizon League history to win Player of the Year (2011) and Coach of the Year (2026), Karius inked an extension that will keep her at the helm of the Phoenix through the 2034-35 season. Entering her third season as head coach, Karius has a record of 54-15 in her time with GB, and a Horizon League record of 36-4.
 
ROSTER RELOAD
Green Bay graduated five seniors, who accounted for 48.5-percent of their points from a season ago. Karius' new-look roster features three transfers and four freshmen, the largest class of incoming freshmen for the Phoenix since 2021. Karius additionally brought in two new members to her coaching staff, adding Cambridge native Carley Neumann after stints at Sioux Falls, Presentation College, and her alma mater St. Cloud St., and former Phoenix player Cassie Schiltz after a year-long stint at UW-Oshkosh as assistant coaches.
 
HORIZON LEAGUE AWARDS
The Horizon League announced the #HLWBB Preseason All-League Awards and the Preseason Poll. Green Bay was picked to finish first in the league by the league's coaches. Meghan Schultz made the Preseason First Team cut. In addition, three Green Bay players occupied spots on the Second Team, featuring a returning Maddy Skorupski, Jorey Buwalda, and Elisa Mevius.
 
HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
In 2025-26, for the second straight season, the Phoenix won the Horizon League Regular Season AND Tournament Championship. Green Bay has also won the regular-season title three out of the last four years, and the tournament title in the last three seasons.
 
NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
Green Bay is in elite company of teams that have 20+ NCAA Tournament Appearances in the past 30 years. The complete list of teams: UConn, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Stanford, Texas, Louisville, Baylor, LSU, North Carolina, Georgia, Iowa State, Maryland, Iowa, Purdue, NC State, Vanderbilt, Michigan St., Florida St., DePaul, Duke, and Green Bay.
 
NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT
Green Bay ranked in the top 50 nationally last year in multiple categories. The Phoenix were 11th per game in assist/turnover ratio (1.33), 17th in assists per game (17.3), 31st in fewest turnovers per game (13.0), 44th in defensive rebounds per game (27.8), 48th in field goal percentage allowed (37.5 percent), 47th in scoring defense (59.1), and 43rd in field goal percentage (44.54 percent).
 
ALL-LEAGUE MEGHAN SCHULTZ
Meghan Schultz was selected to the Horizon League All-League First Team in the conference's preseason poll, being named to the All-League Third Team last season in her first season as a starter. The 6-4 center averaged 12.5 points and 4.3 rebounds last season, while tallying two double-doubles across her 34 starts. Schultz scored 20+ points six times a year ago, highlighted by a 26-point outing against North Dakota on Nov. 11, 2025.
 
SENIOR STAR POWER
Skorupski has earned All-League Second Team honors twice in her career, including in her first year at Green Bay last season, where she averaged 11.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 2.1 steals per game. She ranked second in assists and third in steals in the league, while also being named to the 2025-26 All-Tournament Team. Jorey Buwalda was named to the HL All-League Third Team last season with Milwaukee, posting averages of 12.1 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, both leading the Panthers. A previous Horizon League Freshman of the Year in 2023-24, the Randolph, Wis. native recorded nine double-doubles last season and added 23 double-digit scoring performances in 31 games. Elisa Mevius played 30 games in the past two seasons for the Oregon Ducks. Mevius was off to a strong start in 2025-26 through two games, averaging 12.5 points on 57.9-percent from the field before a season-ending injury. Before her time at Oregon, Mevius played at Siena, averaging 11.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 3.3 steals per game across two seasons, as well as earning MAAC Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2023-24. On top of her collegiate success, Mevius won the gold medal representing Germany in the Women's 3x3 Basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

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