(GreenBayPhoenix.com) GREEN BAY – Six players scored in double figures and Green Bay ran past Youngstown State 102-92 on Thursday night at the Resch Center.
Green Bay (15-15, 10-7 HL) now sits in a tie with UIC for third place, and has clinched no lower than the No. 4 seed as well.
JayQuan McCloud who scored his 1000th career point poured in a game-high 23 points, had four assists and four rebounds. McCloud went a perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line, and iced the game away late in the game with those charity stripe makes. Kameron Hankerson added 17 points for the Phoenix while Amari Davis, manny Patterson, P.J. Pipes and Trevian Bell added 17, 15 14, 13 and 10 points, respectively.
Green Bay led by as many as 18 points in the game, before the Penguins made a late surge at coming back. Green bay shot 58.1 percent in the game and went 56.3 percent from three-point range. It’s the fifth time in the last nine games that Green Bay has shot 50 percent or better, and the team continues to lead the Horizon League in that category.
