Women's Basketball Weekly Release #17

Release Horizon League · @HorizonLeague · March 12, 2010

HORIZON LEAGUE TEAM NOTES

#1 SEED -- GREEN BAY PHOENIX (27-3 overall, 15-3 HL)

Green Bay advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Speedway Horizon League Championship with a 72-48 win over #9 Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Green Bay has won nine consecutive games overall and 27 straight at the Kress Events Center.

The Phoenix own a 47-4 (.922) all-time record against Cleveland State.

Green Bay has captured at least a share of 12 straight Horizon League regular-season titles. The streak ranks as the longest in the nation.

The Phoenix has clinched an 11th consecutive 20+ win season and also assured itself of a 33rd straight winning campaign.

Green Bay finished off a 34-game regular-season winning streak and 35-game regular-season conference winning streak earlier this season. Both were all-time Horizon League records.

The Phoenix started 16-0 this season -- the school's best start in its 36-year history.

UWGB became the first team in Horizon League history to go undefeated (11-0) in regular-season non-conference affairs.

#2 SEED -- BUTLER BULLDOGS (22-8 overall, 14-4 HL)

Butler advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Speedway Horizon League Championship with a 70-57 win over #7 Wright State on Wednesday.

Butler has won 13 of its last 15 games overall and six straight away from Hinkle Fieldhouse.

The Bulldogs own a 24-31 (.436) all-time record against Detroit.

Butler's 22 wins mark its most since the 1997-98 campaign. That squad went 25-6.

Butler tied its school record for conference wins (14) for a second straight year.

The Bulldogs have clinched their third consecutive 20-win season and fifth straight winning campaign.

#3 SEED -- DETROIT TITANS (17-13 overall, 14-4 HL)

Detroit advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Speedway Horizon League Championship with a 75-62 win over #6 Loyola on Wednesday.

Detroit has won 16 of its last 20 games overall and four of its last five away from Calihan Hall.

The Titans own a 31-24 (.564) all-time record against Butler.

Detroit has improved from a No. 8 seed in 2009 to a No. 3 seed in 2010. The Titans have also exceeded expectations after being picked No. 8 in the preseason poll.

The Titans occupied first place in the standings 15 games into the conference slate. It was the latest UDM had been atop the Horizon League standings since 1997.

#4 SEED -- CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (17-13 overall, 11-7 HL)

Cleveland State advanced to the semifinals of the 2010 Speedway Horizon League Championship with a 78-72 win over #5 UIC on Wednesday.

Cleveland State has won five of its last six games overall and two of its last three away from the Wolstein Center.

The Vikings own a 4-47 (.078) all-time record against Green Bay.

Cleveland State was the last team to knock off Green Bay on its home floor. The Vikings rolled to a 90-66 victory over the Phoenix in the 2008 tournament semifinals.

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