Last Night vs. UWGB

[PantherLou]

Another quality win. In some ways, one of the best efforts of the season. UWGB made a solid effort to keep Page from establishing an inside presence. McCants had an off night as well. However the efforts of our other players was fantastic, especially Kadima. He really stepped up when we needed some points.

Again, Joah Tucker made a number of huge plays that just don't show up in the stat sheet. Chris Hill had a positive impact as well. His 6 straight FT's down the stretch really made it tough for GB to make up ground, considering our struggles from the field during that stretch.

Anyway, a great win, 10-0 sure sounds nice, but 11-0 would be better! Joe Lunardi, from ESPN, says we can start thinking about a possible At-Large bid .

Nice to meet some of you guys as well. Lets have some beers next time.

[johnjaymilwaukee]

Box Score: UWM 81, UW-Green Bay 70
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Kadima on offensive for UWM

By DAN MANOYAN
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Posted: Jan. 31, 2004

Kalombo Kadima won his spot in UW-Milwaukee's starting lineup with his defense, but it was on the offensive end that he gained the respect of UW-Green Bay on Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Arena.

The Panthers, 10-0 in the Horizon League, opened still more daylight between themselves and the pack with an 81-70 victory over the previously second-place Phoenix. Green Bay gambled that it could leave Kadima open on offense, doubling down on Dylan Page, the Horizon League's leading scorer.

But Kadima, who entered the game averaging just 5.3 points per game, foiled the strategy with 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 4 of 4 from beyond the three-point arc.


DAN MANOYAN's coverage continues at:

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From the Feb. 1, 2004 editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel



Wis.-Milwaukee 81, Wis.-Green Bay 70

Jan 31, 11:25 PM (ET)

By ARNIE STAPLETON

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Senior Kalombo Kadima scored a career-best 22 points and Wisconsin-Milwaukee remained unbeaten in the Horizon League with an 81-70 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay on Saturday night.

The Panthers (15-5) improved to 10-0 in league play, sweeping the Phoenix (13-7, 7-3), who fell into third place in the conference race.

Dylan Page and Joah Tucker each added 14 points and the Panthers sank 13 of 15 foul shots in the final 6½ minutes. Mike King led the Phoenix with 15 points.


ARNIE STAPLETON's Associated Press coverage continues in newspapers nationwide and at:

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or at:

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College basketball: UWGB men fall into third

By Rob Demovsky
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MILWAUKEE — Say goodbye, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball fans, to UW-Milwaukee.

Consider the Panthers as good as gone from the rest of the pack in the Horizon League.

There’s little chance anyone — especially UWGB — will catch the first-place, unbeaten Panthers.


Rob Demovsky's coverage continues at:

www.greenbaypressgazette.com/sports/archive/sports_14479374.shtml

Gannett Wisconsin Online



Kadima Leads Panthers Past Green Bay
Senior tosses in career-high 22 points[/color]

Jan. 31, 2004

MILWAUKEE - Senior Kalombo Kadima scored a career-high 22 points to help the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee overcome off-nights by each of its top-three scorers in claiming a key 81-70 win over UW-Green Bay Saturday night in front of a record-setting crowd of 8,703 at the U.S. Cellular Arena.

With the win, the Panthers (15-5, 10-0) maintained a two-game lead on second-place Wright State while extending their lead over the Phoenix (13-7, 7-3) to three games.

UWM led by as many as 11 points early in the second half only to see Green Bay tie the game at 48 with 10:36 remaining. But the Panthers did not wilt down the stretch, rebuilding the lead to eight at 65-57 with 4:30 left before never letting the Phoenix closer than four points.


The uwmpanthers.com coverage continues at:

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Men's Basketball



January 31, 2004
MEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS AT UWM, 81-70[/b]

The UW-Green Bay men's basketball team mounted a steady second-half rally that ultimately fell short in an 81-70 loss to UW-Milwaukee at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee Saturday night. The announced attendance of 8,703 was the largest regular season crowd in UWM history.

The Panthers maintain their perfect 10-0 league record with the win and improve to 15-5 overall. UW-Green Bay drops to 13-7 overall, 7-3 in conference play.

After suffering 15 turnovers in the first half, the Phoenix fell behind, 36-26, at halftime. UWM's Kalombo Kadima powered the Panthers early on with 15 of his game-high 22 points at the break.


The Phoenix Athletics coverage continues at:

www.uwgb.edu/athletics/mbb/013104.html

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[admin]

Great game vs. UWGB. If we can win thursday against UIC we'll be getting into a pretty definite lock for first place granted we don't flatten out against the bottom feeders at home.

The crowd was pretty loud, but as expected, unorganized given the fact that 4,000+ bandwagon fans attended (nothing wrong with that). I suspect a decent turnout against Wright State on saturday. Bracket Buster however should be a sell out, and if you're planning on buying good seats for the game I would do so earlier than the normal routine for big games.

It was good to meet the band members, Pantherlou, Nips and others. The halftime meeting was complicated due to the overwhelming amount of fans in the side wing areas. If we were to meet again I would change it to before a game, rather than dealing with the large crowds at US Cellular.

The first UIC bus is already full and they are quickly filling up another. We need a HUGE turnout down at Chitown if we want to make it our homecourt. They never have a good turnout nor a student section, so if we are there in quality numbers we'll easily make it Klotsche South. The bus leaves thursday at 4:00, cost $20.00. Every bus trip I have attended has been an absolute blast...you will regret not attending.

GO MILWAUKEE!

Later,
UWMfreak

[pnthr97]

Freak, I hate to burst your bubble, but you need to stay somewhat realistic with your expectations of crowd size. First, other than a student section, isn't just about every crowd at a basketball disorganized? Second, don't get your hopes up with future attendance. Getting more than 5,000 for Wright State would be a huge accomplishment. For BB Saturday, a crowd of more than 7,500 would be amazing. Expecting a sellout simply isn't realistic.

Looking forward to the pairings...
1 hr, 10 min to go!

[admin]

My thoughts on the sell out for bracket buster are as follows:

1. Students were turned away early because they missed the bus at the dorms. Plus, "ESPN" alone will attract more students than the GB game.

2. MU plays Tulane on ESPN Plus at 12:00. Assuming that we are after that game, we'll get a lot of crossover fans and general basketball fans walking next door to watch our game. That I think will be the tilt.

Maybe not...but we're just getting hot and the UWM community is just barely starting to react to our success. We only need 3,000 more to get the sell out.

The student section was unorganized, we were all out of sync through the whole game. It was impossible to start any thing as the other half was starting something completely opposite and vice versa. As the guys from the band stated earlier, we need to retry the hand out idea to pass out to new student fans. Wright State might be the time to test it out again.

Later,
UWMfreak