(GREEN BAY ATHLETICS) GREEN BAY, Wis. – Ben Tweedy poured in a career-high 27 points on Sunday to help lead the Green Bay men’s basketball team over the Wright State Raiders 79-68. The win snapped a 21-game losing streak for the Phoenix and is the first Horizon League win of the season.
Tweedy’s full line was 27 points, seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Marcus Hall added 15 points, seven rebounds, and five assists, while Preston Ruedinger had 14 points and Ryan Wade had 11.Green Bay shared the ball well in Sunday’s game, racking up 16 assists on 23 made field goals. On the defensive side, Green Bay held Wright State shooters to just 39.3 percent from the field, including 26.3 percent from three-point range. Solomon Callaghan led the Raiders with 21 points on the day.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Green Bay fell behind by double digits early, with Wright State marching out to a 15-4 lead by the 12-minute mark. Green Bay responded however, thanks in large part to Tweedy, who spearheaded a 12-0 Phoenix run with nine points of his own in a three-minute stretch. After a Raiders bucket broke the streak, GB again went on a 9-0 run, this time capped off by a C.J. O’Hara layup to give them a 25-17 lead with 6:34 to go. GB would maintain that lead for the rest of the half and enter halftime up 37-31.
Green Bay expanded that lead at the start of the second half to 12 after a Preston Ruedinger jumper made it 46-34 with 14:31 to go. The Raiders responded and cut the GB lead to two at 52-50 after a Brandon Noel made three pointer with 9:15 to go. That was as close as the visitors got, as GB rained threes down the stretch and secured the 79-68 victory.
GAME NOTES
» The Phoenix shot well from three point range, knocking down seven of 16 long range attempts (43.8 percent).
» Wright State had the advantage on the boards, 37-31.
» Green Bay won the turnover battle, forcing 16 Raiders turnovers to GB’s 12.
» Green Bay held Wright State’s leading scorer, Brandon Noel, to 14 points and six rebounds.
» Green Bay shot 44.2 percent from the field and 43.8 percent from three.
» GB made a season-high 26 shots from the free throw line.
UP NEXT
The Phoenix will hit the road next weekend with Robert Morris on Friday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. before Youngstown State on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m.
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