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Green Bay Goes for Perfect League Road Record at YSU

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Green Bay Goes for Perfect League Road Record at YSU

By: Joey Daniels (@GBPhoenixWBB)

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Looking to extend its six-game winning streak and remain perfect on the road in league play, the Green Bay women's basketball team will visit Youngstown State on Saturday evening at the Beeghly Center for a 3:30 p.m. CT tip-off.

Green Bay (23-4, 13-1 HL) opened up an 18-point halftime lead in its victory over Oakland on Thursday, avenging its defeat to the Golden Grizzlies earlier this season. That win clinched the outright Horizon League title for the Phoenix and improved its record on the road in conference to a perfect 7-0.

Youngstown State (19-7, 8-5 HL) is riding a four-game winning streak and currently sits in third-place in the league standings. The Penguins' Heidi Schlegel is coming off back-to-back 38 point performances and has won the last two Horizon League Player of the Week awards.

UPCOMING: 2015 Horizon League Tournament Central hosted by Green Bay 

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Green Bay is a perfect 18-0 this season when it holds its opponent to under 60 points. Only three times in its 14 conference games this season has the Phoenix allowed its opponent to reach the 60-point mark. Oakland finished with 55 points, marking the fifth time in the last six games Green Bay's opponents scored less than 60.

ROAD RAGE
With a win over the Penguins, Green Bay would finish with a perfect 8-0 record on the road during league play. It would mark the seventh time during the current run of 17-straight titles that the Phoenix has finished perfect away from home. Last season, the only loss Green Bay suffered on the road came at Youngstown State (66-57, Jan. 16, 2014).

LUKAN 500                                                                                                                                                         The fifth-year senior Megan Lukan has been the backbone of Green Bay basketball this season and continues to lead her team in both rebounding (5.1 RPG) and assists (5.0 APG). Lukan was able to reach two more milestones this season, scoring 200 points for the fourth time in her career while tallying 500 career assists. She ranks 17th in the NCAA in active career assists with 503 and is Green Bay's all-time Division I leader in that category.

DOUBLE DOWN
Both Mehryn Kraker (14 points) and Tesha Buck (15 points) reached double figures in the win over Oakland, marking the 20th and 17th time respectively they have done so. Buck reached double figures for the fifth-straight game and seventh overall in her last eight. Kraker has now scored 10 or more points in 10 of her last 11 games as well. Buck also registered a new career-high eight assists in the win at Oakland.

REMARKABLE RUN
During Green Bay's current stretch of 17-straight Horizon League championships, it has won at least 13 league games in 15 of those 17 seasons. With two more wins this season, the Phoenix could finish with one or fewer losses in league play for the 11th time during this remarkable run.

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The Phoenix cruised to a 66-43 win back on Jan. 10 in Green Bay, improving its all-time record against the Penguins to 30-3 (.909) while snapping a two-game losing skid in the process. YSU won both meetings last season, and was only 1-29 against Green Bay until those two wins.

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Players Mentioned

Megan Lukan

#14 Megan Lukan

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5' 7"
Freshman
Mehryn Kraker

#10 Mehryn Kraker

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6' 0"
Freshman
Tesha Buck

#2 Tesha Buck

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5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Megan Lukan

#14 Megan Lukan

5' 7"
Freshman
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Mehryn Kraker

#10 Mehryn Kraker

6' 0"
Freshman
F
Tesha Buck

#2 Tesha Buck

5' 11"
Freshman
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