(GREENBAYPHOENIX.COM) INDIANAPOLIS – The Green Bay women’s basketball team is slated to finish second in the Horizon League, as defending champion IUPUI was dubbed preseason favorite with all 12 first-place votes.
Caitlyn Hibner is the lone honoree for Green Bay ahead of the 2020-21 campaign, earning a second-team nod from the conference. Hibner finished as a third-team member a season ago after averaging 9.6 PPG and collecting 7.4 RPG.
It marks the first time in over a decade the Phoenix women were not selected by the conference as preseason favorites. The last time Green Bay wasn’t favored to win the league was in the 2007-08 season, when the team finished 17-1 in conference play and 26-6 overall.
Green Bay edged out Wright State by two points in the poll, finishing with 120 to the Raiders’ 118.
Horizon League play is scheduled to begin on Saturday, Dec. 12, with all 12 teams in action. The 2021 Horizon League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship is scheduled to culminate at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis.
Below is a complete list of the #HLWBB Preseason Poll along with voting results for the league’s first and second preseason teams (alphabetical order by school). The preseason poll and teams were voted on by the league’s head coaches.
2020-21 #HLWBB Preseason Poll
Pl. Team – Pts. (First-place votes)
1. IUPUI – 144 (12)
2. Green Bay – 120
3. Wright State – 118
4. Northern Kentucky – 105
5. Robert Morris – 88
6. Youngstown State – 84
7. Milwaukee – 76
8. Cleveland State – 64
9. Oakland – 54
10. Detroit Mercy – 38
11. Purdue Fort Wayne – 24
12. UIC – 21
#HLWBB Preseason Player of the Year
Macee Williams, IUPUI
Preseason All-Horizon League First Team (alphabetical order by school)
Mariah White, Cleveland State
Macee Williams, IUPUI
Ally Niece, Northern Kentucky
Angel Baker, Wright State
Chelsea Olson, Youngstown State
Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team (alphabetical order by school)
Caitlyn Hibner, Green Bay
Rachel McLimore, IUPUI
Brandi Bisping, Milwaukee
Kahlaijah Dean, Oakland
Shamarre Hale, Wright State
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