Green Bay Gets Close Win Over Wright State, 57-56

Filed under Game Recap on January 15th, 2012

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In Green Bay on January 14th the Phoenix edged the Raiders, 57-56, in conference action. It was a hard-fought battle in the first half, with Green Bay heading into halftime down 30-22. A solid surge in the second, however, put Wright State away at the end.

Some notes about this matchup: The Phoenix maintain a great home court advantage, and now that record is 7-1. A year ago Green Bay went 0-3 against Wright State. Going back the last four seasons, the Phoenix come out 4-6, with a record of 4-1 at Resch Center. Green Bay has a winning record over Wright State going back to 1980, 23-22.

Green Bay gained a big statistical advantage in defensive rebounding and also to a smaller extent in free throw shooting.

Green Bay pushed hard and won the rebounding battle with 23 defensive rebounds to only 18 by Wright State. Free throw shooting paid off in the scoring column, as the Phoenix nailed 26 points to five from the Raiders. Green Bay had a highlight performance in blocked shots, where it got 14 for the game and beat its 4.9 season average.

Keifer Sykes was the leading scorer for the Phoenix with 16 points in 33 minutes. Alec Brown came up with 11 big blocked shots.

WSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO B+ Julius Mays 36 15 4 2 3 0 5 B+ AJ Pacher 19 9 6 0 0 0 1 C+ John Balwigaire 14 3 0 2 1 0 0 C+ R. Arceneaux 36 11 2 3 2 0 6 C+ Armond Battle 28 5 6 0 1 0 0 C Matt Vest 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 C Johann Mpondo 21 4 3 0 0 0 0 C- Cole Darling 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 D Vance Hall 27 3 1 0 0 0 3

GB Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Alec Brown 34 9 8 1 0 11 3 B+ Keifer Sykes 33 16 6 2 1 0 5 B- Josh Humphrey 22 4 2 1 1 0 0 C+ Kam Cerroni 21 11 2 1 0 0 3 C+ Terry Johnson 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 C Steve Baker 28 5 2 1 2 0 3 C- Brennan Cougill 21 5 3 0 0 2 4 D+ Aaron Armstead 18 2 0 1 1 0 0 - Greg Mays 8 0 1 0 0 1 3

The Phoenix go to 7-10. With their record improving to 3-4 in the Horizon, they move into 7th place.

The Phoenix now set their sights on Cleveland State on the road on January 20th.

• The top two rebounders (Alec Brown and Keifer Sykes) accounted for 45.1% of the rebounds.
• The Phoenix have won 3 close games this season (a win by 5 or fewer points). Since 2006, Green Bay has won 29 close games.
• Our 14 blocks is the 1st best among all NCAA games this season.
• Keifer Sykes has 4 straight double-digit point games.
• This is the 8th game at home this season--GB has a 8.0 average scoring margin against opponents at home.

• Julius Mays has led the team in scoring 9 times in 20 games this season.
• The bench recorded more rebounds (13) than the starters (11).
• The Raiders have lost 4 times this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points. Since 2006, Wright State has lost 26 close games.
• AJ Pacher has led the team in rebounding 5 times in 20 games this season.
• This was the 3rd foul out of the season for Armond Battle.

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Tags: Keifer Sykes, Alec Brown