Green Bay 81, Parkside 32

It was all Green Bay in Tuesday's exhibition game, as freshman Alyssa Nelson led the Ranger offense with a career-high 10 points. The Phoenix has either won the regular season or a tournament championship in the Horizon League each year for the past 17 years.

HEAR FROM ASSISTANT COACH EICHLER

"It's not the result we wanted, but we put out a good product," first season assistant coach Sarah Eichler said. "It's a good gut check in the middle of the season to find out where we are and where we need to go."

Eichler was a standout player at Green Bay from 2009-13, becoming the 31st player in program history to record 1,000 points during her career along with multiple Horizon League awards.

FIRST HALF

In the first half, the Phoenix went on a 10-0 run, not allowing the Rangers to score until 6:49 when redshirt-junior Taylor Stephen was able to make a shot from behind the arc. Green Bay then had a 12-0 run, which was ended by a layup by Nelson at 3:31. The Rangers were able to bring the score to double digits at 29-11 as the first quarter expired. The Phoenix made an early jumper at 9:03 but freshman Hannah Plockelman was able to return with a jumper of her own at 8:39 in the second quarter. Following that basket, Green Bay held Parkside to 13 points until the final :24 seconds when Nelson drained a 3-pointer, bringing the score to 44-16 after a Phoenix 13-0 run. The Rangers were held to 16 points as the game went to halftime.

SECOND HALF

Green Bay continued to grow their lead in the third quarter, taking a 65-27 lead after three quarters. Reshirt-senior Asiah Lawson was able to score from behind the arc at 8:52, allowing Parkside to surpass 30 points in the game. The only other Ranger score in the fourth quarter was from senior Georgie Eishold at 7:49 making the score 67-32 before Green Bay went on a 14-0 run to end the game. The Phoenix defense held the Rangers to five points in the fourth quarter, making the final score 81-32.

STATWORTHY

Nelson led the Rangers with a career-high 10 points in the game, followed by Plockelman, Lawson and senior Georgie Eishold who all had five points. Plockelman led with four rebounds and sophomore Alisha Murphy had four assists.
WHAT'S NEXT

The Rangers will head out to Colorado to play two games over their holiday break. Parkside will face Colorado-Springs on Dec. 29 at 4 p.m and Western State on Dec. 30 at 2 p.m. The Rangers return to DeSimone on Jan. 3 to play Northwood at 5:30 p.m.