College Basketball

INDIANAPOLIS– Micah Parrish has been Nike® #HLMBB Freshman of the Week honors as the Horizon League announced its men’s basketball weekly awards on Monday. Parrish averaged 12.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in a pair of Metro Series wins over Detroit Mercy, including Saturday’s game-wining bucket. Parrish scored a career-best 18 points to lead the Golden Grizzlies, going 70 percent…

BEASTS IN THE BACKCOURTWith league officially underway, Green Bay ispleased with the performance of its guardsthrough the first six games. Josh Jeffersonand Amari Davis both rank inside the top 10 inscoring, with PJ Pipes also landing in the top Lucas Stieber is coming off the bench andproviding quality minutes as well, ranking secondin the conference…

Over the years when the Green Bay Phoenix and the Wright State Raiders get together, you never know what type of game it would be, slow down or uptempo. The Phoenix can be tough either way. Under Dick Bennett (85-95), Mike Heideman (95-2002) and Ted Kowalczyk (2002-2010) Green Bay would slow the tempo down and…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) — Green Bay is headed to Dayton, Ohio, over the Holiday weekend, as the Phoenix is set to take the court at the Nutter Center for games on Saturday, Sunday with Horizon League Preseason favorite Wright State. GAME INFORMATIONSaturday at Wright State // December 26, 2020Nutter Center // Tipoff at 3PMWatch Live…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) — Green Bay men’s basketball forward Emmanuel Ansong had his NCAA waiver request officially granted on Tuesday, receiving immediate eligibility to play this season for the Phoenix. Ansong didn’t technically qualify for the blanket waiver the NCAA Division I council approved recently, as he transferred from a Division II institution with the waiver only…

Bret Bielema (courtesy NY Giants) Illinois Native Returns to Big Ten as 26th Head Coach in Illini Program History CHAMPAIGN, IL – The University of Illinois and UI Director of Athletics Josh Whitman reached out to a native son today when naming Bret Bielema as the 26th Fighting Illini Head Football Coach in the 132-year history of…

SATURDAY’S GAME: Miami begins a three-game, five-day stretch when the RedHawks travel to Bradley for an 8 p.m. (ET) game on Saturday, Dec. 19. This is just the second road game for the RedHawks.  ABOUT BRADLEY: The Braves enter Saturday’s game with a 5-2 mark and are coming off an 83-60 win against Jackson State on Thursday…

Rice’s defense intercepted five Grant Wells passes and held Marshall’s high-scoring offense to just 245 yards of offense as the Owls earned its first victory over a ranked opponent since 1997, shutting out the 15th-ranked Thundering Herd, 20-0. After the teams traded possessions to start the game, Treshawn Chamberlain picked up Rice’s first interception of the game,…

Taevion Kinsey Jarrod West DAYTON, Ohio – On a night senior guard Jarrod West made history, Marshall men’s basketball (2-0) came back from a 13-point first-half deficit to down Wright State (0-1), 80-64, in its first road game of the 2020-21 season in Dayton on Thursday night at the Nutter Center. West made history early in the first…

This will be the third all-time meeting between the Herd and Raiders GAME 2 | MARSHALL (1-0, 0-0 C-USA) at WRIGHT STATE (0-0, 0-0 HORIZON)Thursday, Dec. 3 | 7:00 p.m.  Nutter Center | Dayton, OhioMarshall Game Notes HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Herd men’s hoops travels to Dayton to take on the Wright State Raiders for its first…

Kinsey and West earn all-preseason honors, Herd picked third HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall men’s basketball senior guard Jarrod West and junior guard Taevion Kinsey were named to the Preseason All-Conference USA Team as the Herd was tabbed to finish third in the C-USA Coaches’ Preseason Poll as announced by the league office on Wednesday. Both the preseason team and poll…