CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Green Bay men's basketball team is hitting the road for a nonconference matchup versus the Northern Iowa Panthers on Tuesday, Nov. 10, followed by a home game versus the Viterbo V-Hawks on Friday, Nov. 13. Friday is GB's annual Education Day at the Kress Center.
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Green Bay Phoenix at Northern Iowa – Cedar Falls, Iowa
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026
7:00 PM CST
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Green Bay Phoenix vs. Viterbo – Green Bay, Wis.
Friday, Nov. 13, 2026
11:00 AM CST
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ABOUT THE PANTHERS
UNI is 1-1 on the season, after beating Cornell (IA) at home on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 106-70. Carson Vis led the way on both ends with 18 points, four rebounds, and two steals. Greyson Uelmen also added 17, after going 8-of-8 from the free throw line.  UNI fell on the road at Furman on Saturday. Vis leads the Panthers, averaging 17.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in 25.5 minutes per game. Greyson Uelman and Isaiah Johnson-Arigu also average 16.0 points per game. The Panthers are led by first-year head coach Kyle Green and have four players on the MVC Preseason Watchlist. This is the first meeting between Green Bay and UNI in 22 years.

ABOUT THE V-Hawks
The Viterbo V-Hawks are 0-5 on the season and will take on St. Ambrose (IA) before traveling to the Kress Center on Friday afternoon. Viterbo is led by Head Coach Wayne Wagner, who is the longest-tenured Men's Basketball coach in Viterbo V-Hawks history, going into his 28th season.

LAST TIME OUT
The Green Bay men's basketball team became just the second team to beat the St. Thomas Tommies at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena on Sunday afternoon, winning 76-67 and moving to 2-1 on the season.

The Phoenix had four players score in double figures, led by Ne'quan Brown, who had a career-high 17 points, five assists, and four blocks. Ahmere Carson tacked on 15 points and three steals, Marcus Hall had 12 points and two steals, and Orlando Lovejoy finished with 12 points, seven rebounds, and four assists.

WATCH US RISE
Third-year head coach Doug Gottlieb guided the Green Bay Phoenix to one of the best one-year turnarounds in the country last season, improving the team's win total by 14 games year over year. Over the summer, Gottlieb signed a contract extension with the Phoenix in June, inking him through the 2030-31 season. The 2026-27 Green Bay roster brings in 10 newcomers, with the Phoenix returning just six players from 2025-26. The GB roster includes eight transfers and two true freshmen.
 
IN FOR THE LONG 'HALL'
In the spring, Senior Marcus Hall announced his return to Green Bay for his senior season. The native of Schofield, Wis., committed out of D.C. Everest High School to play for the Phoenix for then-head coach Sundance Wicks, before being retained by Doug Gottlieb when he was hired as Head Coach in the spring of 2024. Hall was announced as a member of the Horizon League's Preseason All-League First Team in October, after averaging 13.9 points per game in each of his last two seasons.

OTHER RETURNERS
Green Bay's five other returners include Keegan Van Kauwenberg, Mac Wrecke, Maruan Cicic, Brady Fitzgerald, and LeBron Thomas. Four of them were members of the regular rotation for the 2025-26 team. LeBron Thomas will look to step into a bigger role this season, after the Phoenix graduated its All-League guard, Preston Ruedinger, last year. Ruedinger has joined the team as an Assistant Coach. Thomas appeared in 32 games, starting six. His Phoenix career-high was a 20-point performance on the road at IU Indy on Jan. 9, 2026, where he went a stellar 14-for-16 from the free throw line.
 
MEET AHMERE
Ahmere Carson led the Phoenix in scoring through three games of exhibition play, highlighted by a 29-point outburst against Marquette, 27 of which came in the first half. Carson went 5-of-6 from three, and 11-of-14 from the floor in 24 minutes. Carson scored 11 points while also bringing down a team-high nine rebounds and dishing three assists in the 79-71 win over Illinois in the final exhibition of the preseason. Carson was key in GB's win at St. Thomas, going for 12 points and five rebounds in 22 minutes.
 
BALLER BROWN
Junior guard Ne'quan Brown led Green Bay in his Phoenix debut against Lawrence with 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor while also going 4-for-5 from the free throw line in the win. Brown was even better in GB's win over St. Thomas on Sunday, finishing with 17 points to go with five rebounds, five assists, and four blocks.
 
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE(JOY)
A Graduate transfer from Detroit Mercy, Orlando Lovejoy was named to the Horizon League's All-League First Team and All-Defensive Team last season with the Titans. He averaged 16.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.7 steals per game in two seasons at Detroit, scoring double digits in 49 of his 61 starts for the Titans. In Lovejoy's lone exhibition start, he scored ten points in the eight-point victory over Illinois State, pulling down four rebounds and two assists for Green Bay. He had a season-high 16 points at Cincinnati.
 
HORIZON LEAGUE RISE
Green Bay was picked to finish third in the conference this year, with 367 points in the Horizon League Preseason Poll. Defending champions Wright State were picked to finish in first place by the league's coaches and media members. A year ago, Phoenix head coach Doug Gottlieb clinched Green Bay's first trip to Indianapolis in the Horizon League Quarterfinals since 2020, finishing with an 18-15 record in his second season. Gottlieb will welcome three new staff members to the sideline, including All-League point guard Preston Ruedinger and former SIUE Associate Head Coach Colin Schneider as Assistant Coaches. Phillip Pattison was also added as Director of Basketball Operations.
 
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