Green Bay to Open League Tourney Play at Valpo

Official Green Bay game notes

Rahmon Fletcher was named to the Horizon League's All-Newcomer Team.

March 3, 2008

Green Bay (15-14, 9-9) at Valparaiso (19-12, 9-9)
Horizon League Tournament • First Round
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 • 7:05 p.m. CT
Athletics-Recreation Center • Valparaiso, Ind.

GAME DAY INFORMATION
Television: None

Videostreaming: www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv
Available free of charge

Radio: SportsRadio 107.5 & 1400 The Fan
Chris Roth (play-by-play) will call the game on the Phoenix Sports Radio Network. The broadcast is also available online at uwgbathletics.com through Stretch Internet.

WHAT TO KNOW
Green Bay All Time vs. Valparaiso
• Green Bay owns a 20-13 all-time record against the Crusaders in a series that began in 1982.
• The two schools were rivals in the Association of Mid-Continent Universities from 1982-90 and in the Mid-Continent Conference from 1991-94.
• The Phoenix is 6-9 all time at Valparaiso.
• Prior to this season, the two teams had not met since Dec. 22, 1998, a 77-50 Green Bay home win.
• Green Bay has won nine of the last 12, 12 of the last 16 and 16 of the past 22 contests.
• The two teams split the season series, with each team winning on its home court.
• Valpo picked up an 82-73 home win over the Phoenix on Jan. 12.

The Last Meeting with Valparaiso
• Green Bay erased a 16-point second-half deficit to defeat Valparaiso 76-71 in overtime at the Resch Center on Feb. 7.
• It was Green Bay's ninth straight contest determined by single digits.
• It was the first overtime game played by Green Bay since February of 2006.
• Terry Evans led the Phoenix with 16 points, which tied a career high for the fourth time in five games, and hauled down 12 rebounds in the contest for his second double-double of the season.
• Rahmon Fletcher scored all 14 of his points in the second half.

League Tournament History
• The Phoenix has reached the semifinals of the past three Horizon League Tournaments (2005, 2006, 2007).
• Green Bay owns a 13-12 all-time record in the HL Tournament.
• Green Bay is 3-5 in Horizon League tourneys under Tod Kowalczyk.
• The Phoenix last won a conference tournament championship in the 1995 campaign.

Beating the Buzzer and Excelling in Extra Time
• Green Bay won two games in the month of February on shots with under three seconds to play in regulation and also was victorious in a pair of overtime tilts during the final month of the season.
• At Detroit on Feb. 2, Cordero Barkley's lay-up with 2.4 ticks left gave Green Bay a 66-64 win.
• Against UIC on Feb. 28, Troy Cotton drained a 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds remaining in a 76-73 home victory.
• The Phoenix has also won a pair of games that went into overtime. • Green Bay's overtime wins were over Valparaiso, 76-71, on Feb. 7 and versus Loyola, 71-66, on March 1. Both games took place at the Resch Center.

The Race to 1,000
• Green Bay assistant coach Dale Race will be on the sidelines for his 1,000th career game Tuesday when Green Bay plays Valparaiso.
• Race began his coaching career at Milton College in 1972. He is a member of the UW-Oshkosh, Milton College and Minnesota-Duluth Halls of Fame.