Oakland Hands Green Bay First League Loss

#HLMBB Scoreboard (Jan. 15)
Oakland 69, Green Bay 66

Kahlil Felder scored 20 points and dished out 10 assists and Oakland held off Green Bay for a 69-66 win on Thursday night, handing the Phoenix their first lost in Horizon League play.

Green Bay's Turner Botz forced a steal and fed Keifer Sykes to pull the Phoenix within 69-66 with 48 seconds left. Oakland ran the clock down, called a timeout, and Tommie McCune missed a jumper with 14 seconds remaining to leave the door open for the Phoenix.

But Green Bay (14-4, 3-1 Horizon League) couldn't answer when Sykes missed a potential game-tying 3 with 5 seconds left.

Corey Petros scored 12 points and Tommie McCune added 11 for Oakland (6-12, 2-2).

Sykes scored 19 points to lead four Green Bay players in double figures. Senior Greg Mays finished with 15 points, his fourth-straight double figure effort. Junior Carrington Love scored 12 points and junior Jordan Fouse added 11 points, eight rebounds and three steals for the Phoenix. The Phoenix shot 14 of 20 from the line and just 2 of 14 from beyond the arc.