A delay and a power outage: UWGB men’s basketball forced to move game to Kress Center

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GREEN BAY – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball team dropped its 10th straight game Sunday in an 83-67 loss to Purdue Fort Wayne.

The Phoenix now stands at 2-13, but nobody can say it hasn’t been an eventful season.

It took another interesting twist when the game against PFW was supposed to be played at the Resch Center but instead had to be moved to the Kress Center because of a power outage before tip-off.

The 1 p.m. start initially was pushed back 20 minutes, but it soon became clear the arena was not going to be in working order to play the game.

PFW players loaded onto their bus and UWGB players got into their vehicles to make the 11.7-mile journey across town to the Kress for a game that was delayed 1 hour, 45 minutes.

UWGB previously changed the game time from 4 p.m. to 1 p.m. after the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings were flexed from a noon start to the 3:25 p.m. slot.

The hope of letting Phoenix fans attend the basketball game and still get home for the start of the football game didn’t work out so well.

“It has got to be hard for them, they bused in last night,” UWGB coach Doug Gottlieb said about PFW. “We moved the game time on them six days ago. I don’t think (PFW coach) Jon (Coffman) was happy about that. They had a charter to catch.

“It’s crazy, but this level of college basketball, stuff is going to go wrong.”

UWGB jumped out to a 5-0 lead, PFW responded by scoring the next 15, and the Phoenix never led again. It trailed by as much as 26 points with 8 minutes, 11 seconds remaining.

The Phoenix outshot the Mastodons 57.1% to 47.5% and outrebounded them 30-26. But it was the 17 turnovers by UWGB that led to 26 points and a 15-for-27 performance from 3-point range by PFW that helped shape the lopsided final.

“The biggest issue with our team is how we handle adversity, how we handle runs, how we handle miscommunications, how we handle travel stuff that goes wrong,” said Gottlieb, whose team plays seven of the next 10…

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Author : Green Bay Press-Gazette

Publish date : 2024-12-30 02:51:00

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