#HLWBB Results -- January 7th
Green Bay 68, Wright State 59
Milwaukee 84, Detroit 68
Green Bay Pushes Past Wright State with Balanced Attack-- Box Score
DAYTON, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – A balanced attack that featured five players in double figures helped push the Green Bay women’s basketball team to a 68-59 victory over Wright State in its Horizon League opener on Wednesday night at the Nutter Center.
The Phoenix (11-3, 1-0 HL) wanted nothing more to erase the memories of last year’s defeat on its home floor to the Raiders (11-4, 0-1 HL), and did just that with a huge road victory to open conference play. Green Bay is now a perfect 27-0 in conference openers during the Division I era and has won 26 of the last 27 meetings with Wright State.
Senior point guard Megan Lukan took a vicious shot to her upper body in the first half, but that didn’t stop her from outputting her best performance of the season. Lukan finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, a near triple double and another resilient effort that Phoenix fans have grown accustomed to seeing. Read more
Women Fall to Green Bay in League Opener-- Box Score
The Wright State women's basketball team led by seven midway through the first half, only to see Green Bay end the period on a 25-11 run and go on to a 68-59 decision in the Horizon League opener for both teams Wednesday night at WSU's Nutter Center.
A three by Breanna Stucke gave the Raiders the early lead and the margin grew to 14-7 following another three at the 11:30 mark, this time from Abby Jump. The Phoenix, however, scored 10 straight points to reclaim the advantage at 17-14 and went up 23-19 on a Tesha Buck three.
WSU answered with a 6-1 burst, five coming from Tay'ler Mingo, to go up 25-24 with 1:58 remaining in the first half, only to see Green Bay tally the final eight points of the period, the final six on two more Buck three-pointers, to make it 32-25 at the half. Read more
Panthers Lead From Start To Finish In Win At Detroit-- Box Score
DETROIT, Mich. - Junior Jaleesa Armstrong scored 23 points and added 10 assists for a double-double to lead the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team to an 84-68 victory over the University of Detroit Wednesday evening at Calihan Hall.
The Panthers (5-8, 1-0 Horizon League) never trailed against the Titans (5-9, 0-1 Horizon League) in setting season highs with 84 points scored and 52.5 percent shooting from the field to claim a win in the first conference game of the year.
"I felt like this past week and a half, we really took the time to do the little things at practices. Tonight we played team basketball," Milwaukee head coach Kyle Rechlicz said. "If we can continue to work the ball and hit shots, it's going to be a great year." Read more
Titans Fall To Hot Shooting Milwaukee Squad In Horizon League Opener-- Box Score
DETROIT (1/7/15) – Redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds and sophomore Haleigh Ristovski each had a team-high 18 points, but Milwaukee nailed 15 triples as the Titans fell, 84-68, in the Horizon League opener for both squads on Wednesday.
Ristovski also had a team-high seven rebounds and four assists, while Reynolds handed out five assists with six rebounds and two steals. Senior Brie Wilcox added a career-high 12 points and freshman Darianne Seward scored 10 points with three boards and three helpers.
The Titans (5-9, 0-1 HL) were down by as many as 15 in the first half, but a three by Reynolds to start the second stanza had UDM down by just 1, 43-42. A three by Milwaukee (5-8, 1-0 HL) pushed its lead back to four, but two free throws from Wilcox trimmed that deficit down to just two, 46-44, with 18:53 left. Read more
Tags: Detroit Mercy - Women's Basketball · Green Bay - Women's Basketball · Horizon League - Women's Basketball · Milwaukee - Women's Basketball · Wright State - Women's Basketball
