Cleveland, OH
Undermanned GB men's hoops drops 17th straight at Cleveland State
CLEVELAND, OH. (WLUK) – Green bay men’s basketball came into Saturday losers of 16 straight and were missing key starters in a visit to conference leading Cleveland State.
Not only did Phoenix keep it competitive, they would lead in the 1st half on multiple occasions.
Over 10 minutes in jumped ahead 14-13 after two of Yonatan Levy’s game high 19 points.
By far Green Bay got their most bench production of the season which including a game-tying three from Ben Tweedy with a little over a minute of the 1st half remaining. Following possession took a 2pt advantage after Levy found a cutting Preston Ruedinger.
Ultimately Phoenix trailed by just 1 at intermission 34-33 and would keep it close nearly to the end, down just 64-62 with 5:30 left.
Vikings pulled away in the final stretch to win 81-66, but still was a good fight from the undermanned Phoenix against top team in conference standings Cleveland State.