(GREEN BAY ATHLETICS) CINCINNATI – The Green Bay men’s basketball team fell in their first road game of the season at Cincinnati on Thursday night, 81-64. The loss moved the Phoenix to 1-1 on the year.
The Phoenix had three players finish in double-digits, led by Orlando Lovejoy, who finished with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Isaiah Sutherland went 4-of-4 from three-point range for 12 points, and Clarence Paiya scored 12 points off the bench.
Myles Colvin led the Bearcats with a 28-point performance on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor. Three others also scored in double figures for Cincinnati, with MJ Collins and Amani Lyles pouring in 14 each. Eric Mahaffey scored 11 off the bench.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Green Bay and Cincinnati spent the majority of the first half swapping the lead, before a Lovejoy layup gave GB a 20-19 lead. After, a Eric Mahaffey layup started a 10-2 run, giving Cincy a 29-22 lead. That lead remained intact for the hosts, as they stayed ahead at the break 40-32.
Green Bay cut it to six with a Lovejoy jumper with 17:21 to go, but that was as close as the Phoenix would get, as Cincinnati rattled off a 22-6 run to build a 67-46 lead. GB responded with a 7-0 run, finished off by Lovejoy’s jumper, to shrink the deficit to 67-53 with 4:01 to go in the contest. It was too little too late for GB, as the hosts closed it out 81-64.
GAME NOTES
» The Phoenix got a team-high four assists from Ahmere Carson.
» The Bearcats won the board battle 30-25.
» Green Bay got a team-high five rebounds from Aidan Hadaway.
COMING UP
Green Bay will continue the three-game road trip at St. Thomas on Sunday, Nov. 8, with tip-off schedule for 1 p.m. CST.
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