National Basketball Association
Green Bay 75, Virginia 72
When: 5:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 7, 2013
Where: Resch Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Officials:
# Sean Hull, # Tim Kelly, # Jerry Heater
Attendance:
6491
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Green Bay 75, Virginia 72: Greg Mays scored a career-high 24 points to lead the host Phoenix over the Cavaliers.
Keifer Sykes turned in a 21-point, 10-assist performance for Green Bay (5-2), which won its second straight game. Carrington Love added 10 points off the bench for the Phoenix, who forced 14 turnovers and had 12 steals, led by Jordan Fouse's school-record eight.
Malcolm Brogdon's 17 points led the offense for Virginia (7-3), which had five players reach double figures. Anthony Gill and Joe Harris added 12 points apiece while Brogdon grabbed a team-high six rebounds.
Green Bay closed the first half on a 7-0 run to establish a 37-31 advantage at intermission. The Phoenix used an 11-0 burst after the break, led by a pair of 3-pointers from Love, to open up their biggest lead of the game at 48-35.
A 13-3 spurt pulled Virginia to within 63-62 with 4:01 remaining before the Cavaliers finally pulled even at 69 on five straight from Brogdon with 1:53 to play. Green Bay jumped back in front 73-69 with layups from Mays and Fouse on consecutive possessions and after a Justin Anderson 3-pointer pulled Virginia back to within 73-72, Sykes sank a pair of free throws and Anderson's desperation heave at the buzzer wouldn't fall.
GAME NOTEBOOK: One game removed from recording the fourth-worst field goal percentage in school history - 23.4 percent against Wisconsin - the Cavaliers more than doubled that, shooting 50 percent. ... Sykes has 20 or more points in six straight games for Green Bay. ... Phoenix G Vincent Garrett was held scoreless for the first time this season on 0-for-6 shooting.
Top Game Performances
Virginia |
|
Green Bay |
Malcolm Brogdon 17 |
Scoring |
Greg Mays 24 |
London Perrantes 4 |
Assists |
Keifer Sykes 10 |
Malcolm Brogdon 6 |
Rebounds |
Jordan Fouse 6 |
Akil Mitchell 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Greg Mays 7 |
Joe Harris 1 |
Steals |
Jordan Fouse 8 |
Justin Anderson 1 |
Blocks |
Alec Brown 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Virginia
|
72 |
50.0 |
5-17 |
21-27 |
11 |
28 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
Green Bay
|
75 |
51.0 |
7-14 |
16-21 |
18 |
18 |
2 |
12 |
8 |