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Phoenix Receives Highest AP Poll Ranking in Program History at No. 15

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Phoenix Receives Highest AP Poll Ranking in Program History at No. 15

GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - After scoring a season-high and Kress Center-record 93 points in its dominant 93-57 win over Butler Saturday in front of a sellout crowd, the Green Bay (27-1, 16-0 HL) women's basketball team received its highest ranking in program history at No. 15 in this week's Associated Press Top 25 Poll. The Phoenix moved up two spots this week after being ranked No. 17 the past two weeks.

Green Bay's previous highest ranking in the AP Poll was 16th on Jan. 13, 2003. Last week the Phoenix received the program's highest ranking in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll at No. 13. The new Coaches Top 25 Poll will be released on Tuesday.

Green Bay ranks in the nation's top 10 in eight of the 18 statistical categories including, second in won-lost percentage (96.4) and assists per game (20.2), third in both free-throw percentage (78.9) and turnover margin (8.46), fourth in scoring defense (51.6), sixth in assist turnover ratio (1.25), seventh in scoring margin (22.2) and 10th in steals per game (12.6).

The Phoenix will wrap up regular-season play on the road at Wright State (17-10, 10-6 HL) Thursday, Mar. 3 at 7 p.m. followed by its regular-season finale on Saturday, Mar. 5 at Detroit (12-15, 6-10 HL) at 1 p.m. Green Bay will host its quarterfinal game of the Horizon League tournament Wednesday, Mar. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Kress Events Center.

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