#HLWBB Comes Down to the Wire Saturday

#HLWBB Results -- January
Wright State 82, Cleveland State 65
Green Bay 75, Detroit 58
Milwaukee 64, UIC 63 (OT)
Oakland 85, Youngstown State 82

Women Pull Away to Defeat Cleveland State--Box Score
Down 12 early, the women's basketball team ended the first half on a 31-8 run and added a 24-6 burst in the second half to defeat Cleveland State 82-65 in Horizon League action Saturday afternoon at WSU's Nutter Center.

It was all Vikings in the early going as CSU jumped out to a 17-5 advantage just five minutes into the contes by hitting seven of their first eight shots, including threes from Kiersten Green and Cori Coleman.

Another Coleman triple made it 20-8 before Wright State started its comeback with seven straight points from Richelle van der Keijl.  After two Imani Gordon free throws broke that string, WSU followed with 13 unanswered points to go up 28-22 with 3:27 remaining in the first half. Read more

Coleman Breaks Three-Point Record As Vikings Fall To Wright State-- Box Score
FAIRBORN, Ohio – Senior Cori Coleman became the all-time leader in three-pointers made in Cleveland State history Saturday afternoon, as the Vikings fell to Wright State, 82-65. With the loss the Vikings are now 10-8 overall and 2-3 in Horizon League action, while the Raiders improve to 15-5 overall and 4-2 in league action.

Coleman finished the contest with five three-pointers, giving her 191 on her career. With the five three-pointers, she surpassed Erika Roudebush (1999-03) who previously held the record with 190 converted shots from behind-the-arc. Coleman is the first current Viking to own a record in the Cleveland State record book, while she is the first to claim a top spot since Shalonda Winton (2009-12).

Coleman led the Viking offense against Wright State, finishing with 23 points, her fourth 20-point game of the season. Alexis Eckles notched her fourth double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Imani Gordon was just shy of a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds. Read more

Green Bay Hits Program-Record 16 Three's to Down Detroit-- Box Score
DETROIT, Mich. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Tying the program record for most three-pointers made in a single game with 16, the Green Bay women’s basketball team cruised to a 75-58 victory over Detroit on Saturday afternoon at Calihan Hall to remain perfect in league play and secure its sixth-straight win.

Green Bay (15-3, 5-0 HL) started hot and never looked back in its second game of a four-game road trip, dominating Detroit (7-12, 2-4 HL) from start to finish. After grinding out a four-point win at Cleveland State on Thursday, the Phoenix was able to enjoy a blowout road win.

Four players registered double figures for the Phoenix, led by Mehryn Kraker and Tesha Buck who each finished with 15 points. Kraker enjoys playing in Calihan Hall, as she knocked down a new season-high five three-pointers in the game, giving her a total of 12 three-pointers made in her last two games at Detroit (made seven three-pointers last season). Read more

Strong Start By Green Bay Too Much For Detroit-- Box Score
DETROIT (1/24/2014) -- Senior Ellisha Crosby netted a game-high 17 points, but a quick start for Green Bay was too much to overcome as the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team fell, 75-58, on Saturday afternoon at historic Calihan Hall.

Crosby also had seven rebounds and three assists. Sophomore Haleigh Ristovski tallied 11 points, seven rebounds and a team-best five assists and freshman Nicole Urbanick had four 3-pointers and tied her season high with 12 points.

Green Bay (15-3, 5-0 HL) got off to a red-hot start as the Phoenix nailed six of their first eight three-point attempts and raced out to an 18-0 lead. Green Bay then led by as many as 22, 27-5, with 11:41 left in the first when the Titans (7-12, 2-4) got back in the game with a 10-0 spurt. Read more

Green Shines As Panthers Win Overtime Thriller-- Box Score
MILWAUKEE - Senior Ashley Green played the role of hero in the final seconds of regulation and overtime Saturday, leading the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team to a 64-63 victory over UIC this afternoon at the Klotsche Center.

"I couldn't have scripted a better game," Milwaukee head coach Kyle Rechlicz said. "It was exciting for the crowd to watch and exciting for our team to be able to play against such a high-caliber opponent and really lock into a defensive game plan and be successful with it. I love this team – I love their energy, I love how much they trust each other and our coaching staff and am really excited about us continuing this conference run."

Green scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, the final one deciding the outcome in overtime. Her offensive board and layup put the Panthers (7-11, 3-3 Horizon League) back ahead with 5.2 seconds on the clock and the Flames (12-6, 2-3 Horizon League) came up empty on their final possession to give Milwaukee the thrilling one-point victory on what was the 13th lead change of the day. Read more

Flames Fall in Overtime at Milwaukee, 64-63-- Box Score
MILWAUKEE – The UIC women’s basketball team (12-6, 2-3 HL) concluded its four-game road trip with a 64-63 overtime defeat Saturday at Milwaukee (7-11, 3-3 HL). Imani Moore’s steal and layup gave UIC a 63-62 lead with 25 seconds left but Ashley Green’s putback won it for the Panthers.

Milwaukee shot 60 percent in the first half and led 32-29 going into the locker room. The Flames then held the Panthers scoreless for 10:28 and led by as many as five early in the second half. Green’s free throws with six seconds remaining in regulation tied the score at 55-55 and Terri Bender’s last-second jumper missed the mark.

“We had a great opportunity to take control of the contest in the second half but could not execute offensively,” said UIC head coach Regina Miller. “We should win games in which we hold the opponent scoreless for over ten minutes. There were also many chances to put the game away late and we did not convert good looks. We will work to fix those offensive difficulties in time for Tuesday’s game with Valparaiso.” Read more

Oakland Captures Tough Win Over Youngstown State, 85-82-- Box Score
ROCHESTER, Mich. - Olivia Nash recorded a team-high 20 points and Peyton Apsey scored a career-high 17 points as the Oakland women's basketball team (9-9, 3-2 HL) defeated Youngstown State (14-4, 3-2 HL), 85-82, Saturday afternoon in the Athletics Center O'rena.

Nash tallied her fourth 20-point performance this season, while Apsey hit a career-best four 3-pointers including going 3-for-3 from behind the arc in the second half. Sinclair Russell netted 14 points for her second-straight double-figure game and Nola Anderson scored 13. Elena Popkey added 11 points with a team-high nine rebounds.

The Golden Grizzlies led by as many as 10 in the second half until Youngstown State went on a 11-0 run to take a one-point lead with 13:06 left on the clock. Both teams traded leads throughout the period until Popkey and Nash hit back-to-back three pointers with 1:49 remaining in regulation to go up 83-80. Amy Carlton would hit a pair of free throws in the final seconds to seal the win. Read more

Oakland Beats YSU in Final Minutes, 85-82-- Box Score
Rochester, Mich. -- Oakland outscored the Youngstown State women's basketball team 8-2 over the final 2:20 to defeat the Penguins 85-82 in a shootout at the Athletics Center O'Rena on Saturday afternoon.

YSU trailed by as many as 10 in the second half, but it scored 11 straight points and led by five with eight minutes left. The Penguins didn't trail again until the Golden Grizzlies hit back-to-back 3-pointers to go up 83-80 with 1:49 left. The teams traded two free throws, and Heidi Schlegel's 3-point attempt to tie the score at the buzzer hit the front of the rim.

Schlegel finished with 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists, and Nikki Arbanas made six 3-pointers in a 20-point effort. Latisha Walker was 7-of-8 from the field and finished with 14 points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes, and Indiya Benjamin added 10 points. Read more