The Green Bay Phoenix men’s and women’s basketball teams opened up Horizon League play Thursday night with both teams facing their in-state rivals, the Milwaukee Panthers. Milwaukee went two for two. At the Resch Center, the Panther men defeated Green Bay 81-67. A 14-3 run late in the first half put Milwaukee up 10 at the break and they steadily pulled away for the win. Ahmad Rand led the Panthers with 13. Cade Meyer topped the Phoenix with 19 points while Brock Heffner and Randy Tucker each contributed 12. Milwaukee improves to 6-3 with a 1-0 start in conference play while the Phoenix drop to 0-7, 0-1 on the season.
Down in Milwaukee, a strong third quarter put the Phoenix up 49-44 heading into the final 10 minutes but they would manage only one field goal, a three point hit from Callie Genke in the 4th quarter, getting outscored 15-3 as the Lady Panthers scored a 59-52 victory. Megan Walsted led with 15 points while Emma Wittmershaus had a 14 point, 11 rebound double double lifting Milwaukee to 3-4 overall record. GB (3-3, 0-1) got 10 points from Maddie Schreiber and 9 each from Bailey Butler and Halie Oskey.
Next up for the Lady Phoenix, a trip to Indianapolis on Saturday to face IUPUI while the men host the Jaguars at the Resch Center with an 11:00 AM tip off on Monday, December 5.
