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USA Today
20-03-2025
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- USA Today
Alabama Women's Basketball 2024-25 Opponent Preview: Green Bay Phoenix
Alabama Women's Basketball 2024-25 Opponent Preview: Green Bay Phoenix For the third consecutive season, the Alabama Crimson Tide are back in the 2025 women's NCAA Tournament, this time as a No. 5 seed, their highest since the 1998-99 season. To begin the NCAA Tournament as well, Alabama will be in action this upcoming Saturday for a first round matchup against the No. 12 in Regional 2 - Birmingham, the Green Bay Phoenix. A team that Alabama has never played head-to-head, Green Bay is coming off one of the top seasons in program history, and, as a 12-seed, could certainly give the Crimson Tide some problems in this first round matchup. Here are a few things you need to know about Alabama's first round women's NCAA Tournament appearance, the Green Bay Phoenix. Green Bay Phoenix 2024-25 Team Overview Conference: Horizon Horizon Arena: Kress Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin Kress Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin 2024-25 Record: 29-5 overall (19-1 in Horizon) 29-5 overall (19-1 in Horizon) Ranking: Unranked in AP Poll, Unranked in Coaches Poll Unranked in AP Poll, Unranked in Coaches Poll NCAA Tournament Seed: No. 12 Green Bay comes into the NCAA Tournament as both the regular season and tournament champion of the Horizon League, with the Phoenix also owning a 29-5 overall record this year that included a 19-1 mark in conference play. Making their second March Madness appearance in as many seasons, the Phoenix also enter the NCAA Tournament as one of the hottest teams in the nation, currently riding a 22-game winning streak. Green Bay Phoenix 2024-25 Coaching Staff Head Coach: Kayla Karius Kayla Karius Assistant Coach: Sarah Bronk Sarah Bronk Assistant Coach: Kate Peterson Abiad Kate Peterson Abiad Assistant Coach: Liz Oswald Liz Oswald Assistant Coach: Shay Frederick Leading the Green Bay women's basketball program into the NCAA Tournament is Kayla Karius, who is in her first year as head coach of the Phoenix. Prior to Green Bay, Karius was the head coach for two seasons at South Dakota. Green Bay Phoenix 2024-25 Stats PPG: 68.4 (No. 112 in NCAA) 68.4 (No. 112 in NCAA) PPG Allowed: 55.8 (No. 17 in NCAA) 55.8 (No. 17 in NCAA) FG%: 43.8 43.8 2P%: 48 48 3P%: 35.1 35.1 FT%: 78.3 78.3 RPG: 34.4 34.4 APG: 17.7 17.7 SPG: 7.2 7.2 BPG: 1.9 Statistically, Green Bay's women's team is one of the nation's best in points allowed to opponents per game, ranking No. 17 nationally by allowing only 55.8, while also averaging 68.4 themselves. Green Bay also ranks Top 15 nationally in both assists per game and free throw percentage at 17.7 and 78.3%, respectively, while also ranking No. 39 in the nation with a combined 35.1% three-point percentage. Green Bay Phoenix 2024-25 Players to Know Natalie McNeal, Guard - Senior - Senior Maddy Schreiber, Guard/Forward - Senior - Senior Jasmine Kondrakiewicz, Forward - Senior - Senior Cassie Schiltz, Guard - Senior - Senior Callie Genke, Guard - Senior In conclusion, Green Bay is a very experienced team that has five seniors as their top leading scorers, headlined by guard Natalie McNeal at 14.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. The Phoenix also have one other player averaging in double figures in guard/forward Maddy Schreiber, who sits at 12.7 points and 3.6 rebounds per game this season.
USA Today
17-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Alabama basketball's March Madness opponent is Green Bay to open NCAA Tournament bracket
Alabama basketball's March Madness opponent is Green Bay to open NCAA Tournament bracket After a strong regular season, the Alabama Crimson Tide are once again dancing in the women's NCAA Tournament. Yes, for the third consecutive season, the Crimson Tide are set to make a NCAA Tournament appearance coming off a regular season in which Alabama posted a 23-8 overall record, as well as a 10-6 mark in SEC play. This is also one of the highest win totals of the Kristy Curry era at Alabama so far, as well as the top offense that currently ranks No. 20 nationally at 78.4 points per game. As to who Alabama will play, the Crimson Tide will face the Green Bay Phoenix in the first round, an opponent whom the Crimson Tide have never played head-to-head. When it comes to seeding, Alabama comes in as the No. 5 seed in Regional 2 - Birmingham, while the Phoenix are seeded No. 12 in the region. A region of the bracket headlined by one-seed South Carolina, Alabama and Green Bay will play Saturday, March 22 at 1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, with the game set to take place from XFINITY Center in College Park, Maryland. Led by first-year head coach Kayla Karius, Green Bay is making their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance coming off a season in which they went 29-5 overall, while also winning the Horizon League regular season title at 19-1. The Phoenix also won the Horizon League tournament, and have one of the nation's top scoring defenses, ranking No. 18 at only 55.8 points per game allowed.
