Tag: women’s basketball

  • Green Bay women drop first league game

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    The 22nd-ranked Green Bay women’s basketball team fell 58-56 to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, Thursday night, Jan. 28. The loss is Green Bay’s first setback at home this season (8-1), while snapping its active 14-game winning streak dating back to Nov. 28. The Phoenix hosts Detroit (9-10, 5-3) at the Kress Center on Saturday. Tip-off…

  • Green Bay women have record-breaking performance

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    The Green Bay women’s basketball team held the UIC Flames to just 22 points (64-22) to pick up its 12th consecutive victory, while establishing a new Kress Center record for the fewest points allowed in a game.  The Phoenix women are tied for first place with Wright State in the Horizon League standings. They take…

  • Women put 10-game streak on the line, starting tonight

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    Having won 10-straight games, three against Horizon League competition, the Green Bay women’s basketball team returns to the Kress Center tonight hosting Valparaiso at 7 p.m. followed by a home game against UIC on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. The Phoenix has not lost a new year home opener in two decades — since…

  • Hoops and swimming at home this week

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    In case you missed it in Log Extra, Green Bay women’s basketball and swimming and diving are home beginning this Thursday. The basketball team looks for its 11th straight Thursday evening. For all the Green Bay Athletics’ news and tickets, www.greenbayphoenix.com.

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    Two top mid-majors to meet at Kress

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    The 9-2 Green Bay women’s basketball team, after a non-conference season of tough tests, faces perhaps its toughest at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 30) vs. the 7-3 Dayton Flyers. The Phoenix is ranked No. 10 in the latest NCAA RPI power rankings; the visitors are No. 14, despite key injuries following an Elite Eight season…

  • Women record big comeback to go 9-2

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    The Phoenix women’s basketball team is now 9-2 after Tuesday night’s thrilling, come-from-behind victory over a solid Belmont University team. Junior Mehryn Kraker was the key on offense with 22 points, most of them late, and freshman Jan Wellnitz provided a spark off the bench in the fourth quarter. Green Bay will have a week…

  • Phoenix women rout Wisconsin

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    The Green Bay women’s basketball team (6-2) posted a big win over the Big Ten’s Wisconsin Badgers at the Kohl Center Sunday afternoon. Double-digit scoring by Mehryn Kraker, Jessica Lindstrom, Allie LeClaire and Kaili Lukan gave the Phoenix a commanding 72-58 win. Next up: a 7 p.m. tip Wednesday (Dec. 16) vs. Loyola at the…

  • Soaring Phoenix will go for fourth straight

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    Green Bay will go for its fourth-straight win at 7 p.m. CST Monday (Nov. 30) when it plays on the road at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. On Saturday, Coach Linc Darner’s 3-3 Phoenix team rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half, winning 81-72 at Eastern Illinois.

  • Phoenix women go 1-2 at tough Virgin Islands tournament

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    The Green Bay women’s basketball team concluded play in the Paradise Jam Sunday night, dropping a close 54-43 decision to powerful Rutgers. Coach Kevin Borseth’s team had previously beaten Tulane and lost to Virginia in the tournament played in St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands. Green Bay will take a week off before returning to…

  • Women host SEC contender Vanderbilt (and James’ half-court shot makes ESPN)

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    As always, the Phoenix women’s basketball team gets some of America’s heavyweight programs to visit the Kress Events Center every year. This Saturday (Nov. 21), it’s nationally respected Vanderbilt, of the powerful SEC, tipping off against the Phoenix at 1 p.m.  As of this writing, we have no game preview to link to, but we…