Hays: Green Bay closes in on another title

Leading by two points with just 21 seconds remaining, freshman Mehryn Kraker hit a big three from the corner to help ice a big road win for the Phoenix, 53-49 at Valparaiso on Saturday night. Green Bay stays in first with two games left, at 11-3 in the conference and 18-8 overall. The late-season Phoenix surge prompted a column mention by lead ESPN.com reporter Graham Hays, who wrote “This was the season the rest of the Horizon League was supposed to get even. Instead, with two rounds left in the regular season, those teams find themselves in the familiar position of struggling to stay even with the Phoenix.” Read more, scroll to the end of the column.