League play continues with nine games slated for Thursday and Saturday

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Horizon League conference season continues tonight beginning with three contests at 7pm ET.  All games can be seen live on the Horizon League Network.

No. 20 Green Bay (13-1, 2-0), which opened conference play with a 2-0 record for the seventh consecutive year, travels to Youngstown State for its first league road trip this season after picking up two wins at home last weekend.  The Phoenix beat Detroit, 69-62, on Friday before defeating Wright State, 75-57, on Sunday.

Youngstown State went 0-2 in the opening round of conference play, losing to Loyola (70-53) and UIC (74-61), falling to 2-11 overall.

Green Bay has won the last 10 games against YSU and is 22-1 overall in the series.  Tipoff between the Phoenix and the Penguins is set for 7:05pm ET.   

Tonight’s schedule begins with Butler at Wright State.  The Bulldogs (7-6 overall, 1-0 Horizon) lead the all-time series with Wright State 26-15, and have won five straight against the Raiders.

Butler defeated Valparaiso, 61-49, last week to kick off the conference season, while the Raiders (8-5, 1-1) split a pair of road games in Wisconsin, defeating Milwaukee (77-73), and falling to Green Bay (75-57).

Milwaukee will travel to Cleveland State to start its road trip to Ohio.  The Panthers have lost their last eight games and currently sit at 3-10 overall and 0-2 in league play after falling at home to Wright State and Detroit (90-76) last weekend.

The Vikings went 1-1 in conference play, moving to 8-5 overall, with a loss at UIC (65-59) and a win at Loyola (76-58).  In the series, Milwaukee leads 20-18, but CSU has won five of the last six contests.

Valparaiso (3-10, 0-1) continues its road swing with a trip to Detroit.  The Crusaders suffered a setback at Butler in their Horizon League opener last weekend, while the Titans (7-6) went 1-1 to open conference play, losing to Green Bay, 69-62, before defeating the Panthers.

Detroit holds a 6-4 all-time advantage over the Crusaders and has won the last three meetings, but Valpo holds a 3-2 all-time advantage in Detroit.     

UIC (7-6) will get the action rolling on Saturday as it visits neighbor Loyola (7-6) for a 1:30pm ET contest.  The Flames finished opening weekend at 2-0 in conference play after picking up wins at Cleveland State and Youngstown State, while Loyola went 1-1, defeating YSU but falling to the Raiders.    

Three contests are scheduled for 2pm ET Saturday as Butler travels to Detroit, Green Bay heads to Cleveland State and Wright State hosts Valparaiso.     

Also on Saturday, Milwaukee will travel to Youngstown State for a 4:35pm ET tipoff.