Jan. 3, 2008

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DETROIT - For the 20th straight season the Green Bay women's basketball team started the Horizon League season with a win, as the Phoenix defeated Detroit 79-58 Thursday night at Calihan Hall. The victory, Green Bay's fifth straight, moves the Phoenix to 9-3 on the season while Detroit falls to 2-9.

Senior guard Kayla Groh led all scorers with a career-high 24 points, eclipsing her previous best of 22 points set against Detroit two seasons ago. Groh tallied 14 of the team's first 26 points, making her first 7 shots, including four field goals and a trio of free throws. She finished with just one miss, a three-pointer, while going 6-6 at the line.

Juniors Rachel Porath and Erin Templin also reached double figures in the win with 13 and 10 points, respectively. The Phoenix, among the nation's leaders in three-point percentage, kept pace from downtown going 8-15 from long range.

Green Bay led by as much as 13 points in the first half before settling on an 11-point lead at the break. Then, for the second straight outing an early second half rally boosted the Phoenix, as the team scored the first 10 points to take a 21-point advantage.

Detroit pulled within 10 points in the half, but the Phoenix held the Titans without a field goal for a six-minute stretch to keep a 20-point lead the rest of the way.

Green Bay owned a 21-6 advantage at the free throw line as the Phoenix had just 11 personal fouls in the game.

Detroit was led by Sandi Brown's team-best 11 points. The Titans posted seven blocked shots in the contest.

Green Bay will wrap up the first weekend of Horizon League action Saturday when the Phoenix takes on Wright State at noon in Dayton, Ohio.