GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Wrapping up a challenging stretch of 10 road games in 12 games overall, the Green Bay men's basketball team will visit Detroit (Thursday, Feb. 11) and Oakland (Saturday, Feb. 13) this weekend to conclude its road portion of the Horizon League schedule. Following this weekend's games in the Detroit area, the Phoenix will have played 17 of its 26 games this year away from home.
TIP-OFF at Detroit: Thursday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. CT
TIP-OFF at Oakland: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2 p.m. CT
LOCATION: Calihan Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Athletics Center O'rena (Rochester, Mich.)
SERIES RECORD:
at Detroit: After the two teams played a thrilling 115-108 OT game back on Jan. 25 at the Resch Center, Green Bay improved to 26-24 all-time against the Titans. The Phoenix has now won six-straight against Detroit, but is 10-12 in Calihan Hall overall. Jan. 25 Recap: full game story click here.
at Oakland: The Golden Grizzlies cut Green Bay's all-time lead in the series to 6-5 overall after its 111-95 win back on Jan. 23 in Green Bay. The Phoenix has won three of the last five meetings overall and is 2-3 all-time at the O'rena. Jan. 23 Recap: For the full game story click here.
WATCH/LISTEN: Both games will be streamed live on ESPN3 (at DET / at OAK). The game can also be heard on WNFL with Matt Menzl on the call. Fans can also follow live stats for both games (at DET / at OAK).
UP NEXT: Green Bay will finally return to the Resch Center on Monday, Feb. 15 when its hosts Milwaukee, starting a stretch of five-straight home games to conclude the 2015-16 regular season. The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. for Bud Light Night ($2 24 oz. Bud Light).
GREEN BAY GAME NOTES: Detroit (PDF) | Oakland (PDF)
OPPONENT GAME NOTES: Detroit (PDF) | Oakland (PDF)
FASTBREAK POINTS
NCAA STATS RANKINGS
1st – Free Throws Attempted (710)
2nd – Total Steals (238)
3rd – Points Per Game (85.4)
4th– Steals Per Game (9.9)
5th – Turnover Margin (+4.9)
5th – Turnovers Forced Per Game (17.5)
- By the conclusion of this weekend, Green Bay will have played 17 road contests this season, the second most road games of any Division I school in the nation, behind only IUPUI's 18 (Summit League). *This calculation excludes MEAC and SWAC schools.
- Senior forward Jordan Fouse has accrued 238 steals in his career as a Phoenix, surpassing the previous recorder-holder Terry Evans (2005-09) for most all-time.
- Fouse is approaching the Horizon League record for most steals in a career, set by Youngstown State's Kendrick Perry (2010-14) with 246.
- Among all active Division I players, Fouse is second in career steals behind Texas A&M's Alex Caruso (251).
- Fouse also ranks inside the top-10 among all-active D-I rebounding leaders for his career, with 935, and trails Dennis Woelffer (947) for first all-time on Green Bay's rebound chart.
- With 969 points as of Feb. 10, Fouse is just 31 points away from becoming the 28th player in program history to record 1,000 career points. On Jan. 19, fellow senior Carrington Love became the 27th player to do so after scoring a team-high 20 points against Chicago State.
- As a team, Green Bay has recorded 238 steals this season, second most in the NCAA, tying last year's team for the second-most in a single season by a Phoenix squad in program history.
- Green Bay's Hall of Fame bound 1993-94 team holds the school record with 249.
- Love has 62 steals this year, which ranks fifth in the NCAA in steals per game (2.58), and is seven away from setting the single-season record (prev. 68, Jordan Fouse, 2013-14).
- Both Fouse and Love have played 122 career games in Green Bay uniforms, which is tied for the 10th most in a career.
- Fouse has not only played but started all 122 games since arriving on campus, and is four starts away from setting the all-time mark, currently held by Keifer Sykes and Alec Brown (125).
- As a team, Green Bay's 85.4 PPG average would rank as the third-highest in program history while blowing away the 2013-14 squad (74.3 PPG) for the highest average in the school's Division I era.
- The Phoenix has attempted an NCAA-best 710 free throws this season, and needs to average 16.6 over its remaining seven regular season games to eclipse the program record set by the 1970-71 team (826).
- Green Bay's 60 points scored last Saturday against Wright State was the fewest it has scored in a game this season.
- The Phoenix also committed a season-high 18 turnovers while forcing just 11, marking the first game all season it has committed more turnovers than its opponent.
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