The Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team put the bow on a solid non-conference schedule with a 63-57 victory over the Big Ten’s Northwestern Wildcats in a Tuesday afternoon matinee at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
Green Bay, ranked 21st in the AP poll and up one spot to number 23 in the Coaches Poll, got 22 points from senior Allie LeClaire and 14 from Caitlyn Hibner to improve to 10-1 on the season. Their only loss came to third ranked Mississippi State and they’ve beaten two teams ranked in the top 25. It’s the best non-conference start to a season since 2011-12.
Green Bay will get a break over Christmas before opening Horizon League play against maybe their most formidable challenger at Wright State in Dayton on December 28.
