by GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – The Green Bay women’s basketball concluded its non-conference slate this evening, welcoming Dayton to the Kress Events Center for a mid-week matchup. The Phoenix (10-2) never trailed in the contest and worked its way to a 68-52 victory over the Flyers (7-4), a team that advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The victory was the 10th on the season for Green Bay and its seventh consecutive.
The Phoenix owned only a two-point advantage at the conclusion of the first quarter, 19-17, and was forced to pick up the pace in the second. Green Bay outscored the flyers 20-13 in the tail end of the first half to own a 39-30 advantage heading into the locker room.
At the half, Green Bay had received scoring production from seven of the 10 players that saw the floor, with six of them tallying five points or more. The Phoenix was led by the duo of Allie LeClaire and Lexi Weitzer, who had each tallied seven first-half points.
The second half saw more of the same from the Phoenix, outscoring the Flyers in both the third and fourth quarters. Green Bay received 9 second-half points from Tesha Buck (Mdewakanton Sioux), bringing the junior’s final point total to 15 on 5-of-6 shooting from long range in 16 minutes.
Sophomore Jessica Lindstrom shined for the Phoenix through her rebounding efforts, as the forward pulled down 15 rebounds and logged six points in 38 minutes. The 15-rebound performance from Lindstrom was the first from a Phoenix player since Feb. 8, 2012 when Julie Wojita tallied 15 boards against Youngstown State.
LeClaire finished in double figures for Green Bay, scoring 11 points on 5-for-13 shooting in 32 minutes. The sophomore guard also doled out four assists on the evening.
Nine of the 10 players to take the floor for Green Bay this evening tallied baskets.
Green Bay will now turn its focus to Horizon League Play, when the team opens the league slate and 2016 this Friday against in-state rival Milwaukee at the Klotsche Center at 2 p.m.
