The Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team shared the ball and it helped them keep a share of the Horizon League lead with a comfortable 76-54 victory over the IUPUI Jaguars at the Kress Center Monday night. The Lady Phoenix raced out to a 27-10 lead after the first quarter and maintained the lead throughout. IUPUI could only stay within shouting distance by knocking down 10 three point baskets (in 38 attempts), but they made only six field goals from inside the arc as GB allowed the Jaguars to make just 26.7% of their shots overall. Defense has been their calling card as they rank among the nation’s best teams in field goal defense this year. On the offensive end, Green Bay has six players score between 9 and 16 points. Leading the balanced attack was Jenna Guyer with 16 off the bench. Sydney Levy added 14, Cassie Schiltz put up 12 with a team leading seven rebounds and Tatum Koenig scored 10. GB registered 24 assists on their 30 made baskets on the night. The win brings the Lady Phoenix back into a share of first in the Horizon at 10-2 with Cleveland State and Youngstown State with 8 conference games remaining. Green Bay is 17-4 overall and will hit the road this weekend with a date against Detroit Mercy on Friday.
Brooklyn Blackburn returned to the floor for the first time since December when she went down with an injury after only seven games, logging just over six minutes. Head Coach Kevin Borseth said he’s not sure of the timetable for two other injured players, Maddie Schreiber and Julia Hartwig but hopes to have them back before the regular season ends and the Horizon League conference tournament begins.
