GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Green Bay (12-11, 6-5 HL) begins a February schedule which includes six out of eight games on the road with a contest at in-state rival Milwaukee (12-11, 7-5 HL) on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.. The game against the Panthers starts a three-game road trip for head coach Brian Wardle and his young Phoenix team, who are a half-game behind Milwaukee in the Horizon League standings.

The game will be nationally televised by ESPNU with Jim Barbar and Dave Kaplan on the call. To access live stats for Saturday's game, click here. The game will also be carried in the Green Bay area on WDUZ The Fan. An internet stream of the broadcast with Matt Menzl handling the play-by-play duties and Andrew Gavin as the color analyst will also be available on thefan1075.com.

In the first meeting between the two teams this season, Green Bay led by as many as 18 points and held on for a 69-64 victory at the Resch Center. Milwaukee native Bryquis Perine, who will be returning to play a college game in his hometown for the last time, scored 17 points in that game on Jan. 8.

Green Bay will be hoping to carry over momentum from a successful month of January. The Phoenix was 6-3 in the month, including an 85-74 victory over Detroit this past Sunday. Senior Rahmon Fletcher (Kansas City, Mo.) tied a season-high with 24 points in that game for the Phoenix, whose three losses in January came by just 11 combined points. Fletcher is averaging 16.6 points per game this season, good for third in the Horizon League.

Milwaukee has won three-straight games entering Saturday's nationally televised contest on ESPNU. The Panthers most recently won two close games at U.S. Cellular Arena, beating Detroit and Wright State last weekend.

Anthony Hill leads the Panthers in scoring (13.6 ppg) but made just 2-for-14 shots in the first meeting between the two squads.

PHOENIX NOTES

• INSIDE THE SERIES: Green Bay leads the all-time series with the Panthers 26-18, including two-straight victories. The Phoenix is 9-11 in 20 meetings in Milwaukee, with its last road win in the series coming with a 77-75 overtime victory on Jan. 9, 2009.
• THE LAST MEETING: The Phoenix used a 20-3 run midway through the second half to stretch a three-point halftime lead into an 18-point edge as Green Bay posted a 69-64 win over Milwaukee on Jan. 8. Senior guards Bryquis Perine (17) and Rahmon Fletcher (13) scored 30 points in the game against the Panthers.
• MILWAUKEE'S BEST: Perine, a Milwaukee native who attended Vincent High School, has fared well this season in games against teams from his hometown. The southpaw scored 21 points at Marquette on Nov. 17, 2010 and then tallied a team-high 17 points in the January win over Milwaukee.
• TOP-10 OF ALL-TIME: Fletcher continues to work his way up the Green Bay scoring chart. On pace to finish his career in fifth place all-time, Fletcher is currently in seventh place on the scoring ledger. He has 1,558 career points and is the fourth active Horizon League player with 1,500 career points, joining Butler's Matt Howard, Cleveland State's Norris Cole and Wright State's Vaughn Duggins.
• RECORD BREAKER: Freshman Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) totaled seven blocks last weekend, including six against Wright State last Friday, to break the single-season block record at Green Bay. The freshman has 51 blocks this season, averaging 2.2 per game, and broke the record previously shared by Larry Hill (1991-92) and Terry Evans (2006-07). The 7-foot-1 freshman also holds the school records for block in a game, blocks in a game at the Resch Center and blocks in a season by a freshman.
• CONNECTIONS: Including Perine as a Milwaukee native, there are numerous connections between the two programs and cities. Junior Jarvis Williams is also a Milwaukee native and attended Bradley Tech. Williams also played with Milwaukee's Kaylon Williams at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, where Green Bay assistant coach Jimmie Foster coached Jarvis and recruited Kaylon. Foster is a Milwaukee native who played his high school basketball at Rufus King High School. Finally, Green Bay head coach Brian Wardle and assistant coach Brian Barone played their college basketball in Milwaukee at Marquette. Milwaukee head coach Rob Jeter was an assistant coach at Marquette for on season while Wardle was a player.

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