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Post by thetruth on Dec 2, 2022 8:32:18 GMT -6
This also marks our first four-game winning streak since December of 2015. That was Rob Jeter's final year. Here are some stats since then: LaVall Jordan had two 3-game winning streaks in his lone season. Patrick Baldwin had seven 3-game winning streaks in his five years. He had ZERO three-game winning streaks last year. We won two games in a row four times last season. |
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Post by swany24 on Dec 2, 2022 11:15:08 GMT -6
Will Ryan is now 13-49 in his first two-plus years at Green Bay. The attendance tonight at the Resch Center was 1,217. He's got to be gone soon, right? He's going to be lucky to win 3 games this year with that team. Heck, I think Wisconsin Lutheran HS or Pewaukee could take them. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Dec 2, 2022 11:26:32 GMT -6
Will Ryan is now 13-49 in his first two-plus years at Green Bay. The attendance tonight at the Resch Center was 1,217. He's got to be gone soon, right? He's going to be lucky to win 3 games this year with that team. Heck, I think Wisconsin Lutheran HS or Pewaukee could take them. He's got three years left on a six-year deal and GB will pay the last installment of the Darner buyout in April. My guess is that Will's got at least one more year after this one. |
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Post by Cactus Panther on Dec 2, 2022 17:15:35 GMT -6
Balanced effort leads UW-Milwaukee past UW-Green Bay in Horizon League opener
Todd Rosiak
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bart Lundy's first taste of UW-Milwaukee's in-state rivalry with Horizon League opponent UW-Green Bay was awfully sweet.
The Panthers had five players finish with double-digit points and shot 54.5% en route to a convincing 81-67 victory over the Phoenix in the teams' conference lid-lifter at the Resch Center on Thursday night.
Ahmad Rand led the way with 13 points, Markeith Browning II and Jalen Johnson scored 12, Justin Thomas 11 and Keon Edwards had 10 as UWM (6-3) won its fourth game in a six-day span.
UWGB, meanwhile, fell to 0-7 in dropping its fifth straight game to the Panthers.
Eleven players scored for UWM, which opened a double-digit lead by halftime, shot 50% or better from the field for the third time in four games and set a new season high by hitting 15 of 17 free throws (88.2%).
Runs of 12-0 and 11-1 midway through the second half helped put the game away.
The Panthers also did a better job of taking care of the basketball by committing 13 turnovers for the second time in three games.
"Good win," Lundy said. "Anytime you can get a road win, it's a good win. We got a lot of contributions from a lot of guys. We came out a little sluggish and a lot of guys came off the bench and gave us a good spark -- Jalen Johnson, Keon Edwards, Moses (Bol) was really good.
"Then Ahmad Rand was an absolute monster in the second half."
UWM will seek to make it five straight victories and a 2-0 start in the Horizon League when it hosts IUPUI at 7 p.m. Saturday at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
Here are takeaways from the night:
Ahmad Rand can be a force for Panthers
Lundy was very high on the impact Rand, a 6-foot-8 senior transfer from Oregon State, could make coming into the season.
After nine games, Rand is proving his coach correct -- and then some.
The senior forward played only 15 minutes against UWGB but still managed to lead the Panthers in scoring, rebounding (six) and blocked shots (four), giving the overmatched Phoenix all it could handle and more in the lane.
Rand hit 6 of 8 shots -- including three more highlight-reel dunks -- to up his field-goal percentage to a ridiculous 74% for the season (37 for 50) and his scoring average to 9.7, good for second on the team.
He also ranks third in rebounding at 3.9 and is blocking 2.2 shots per game despite averaging just 15 minutes per game.
"He's doing it on both ends but really, his biggest impact is defensively," Lundy said. "Between he and (7-1) Moses in the first half, Green Bay got really skittish about going to the rim, and I thought that helped us pressure them a little more on the perimeter.
"I'm trying to get them more minutes as I figure out the rotation. I've got to play Jalen and Moses and Ahmad, two of them together at times. Ahmad needs more than 15 minutes, that's for sure."
Rand also provided the play of the game when, with 7 minutes 21 seconds remaining, he took an alley-oop pass from Kentrell Pullian in the lane, leaned in and then slammed it through the rim while being fouled.
He then knocked down the free throw to complete the three-point play.
UWM's Jalen Johnson helps turn the tide
Whereas much of Rand's game is spectacular and based on his freaky leaping ability, junior forward Jalen Johnson's is more reminiscent of what you might see in a noon pickup game at the YMCA.
He measures 6-foot-7 and 230 pounds, but the bulk of his game is based on deft moves in the lane as he utilizes both hands well and excels on short jump hooks and putbacks.
Johnson played three seasons at Alabama A&M before transferring to UWM, averaging 16 points on 47.2% shooting and pulling down 7.3 rebounds in 2021-22.
"Savvy, has great hands, makes free throws," is how Lundy described Johnson's game. He's averaging 8.1 points on 50% shooting and 2.3 rebounds in 13.9 minutes per game so far this season.
And he's done all his damage off the bench as the only player of Lundy's top eight who is yet to make a start.
"He's a tough kid. And with his build you wouldn't think he's a good defender. But he's a really good defender -- he just understands angles and when to help, how much to help. He's been really good for us.
"Moses has been awesome too. He affects everything. He had a good game tonight and he needs minutes, too. A lot to figure out."
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Post by reginaldkdwight on Dec 3, 2022 8:38:02 GMT -6
Will Ryan is now 13-49 in his first two-plus years at Green Bay. The attendance tonight at the Resch Center was 1,217. Is he ever going to learn that Dad’s offense doesn’t work with inferior personnel? Dads offense barely works in general. |
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Post by Petes on Dec 3, 2022 12:14:14 GMT -6
Is he ever going to learn that Dad’s offense doesn’t work with inferior personnel? Dads offense barely works in general. Ha that’s funny. Bo Ryan’s offense worked so poorly that they had the #1 offense in the country his last full season coaching and #4 the year before. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Dec 3, 2022 12:24:11 GMT -6
I feel that for whatever reason the situation can be summed up as follows: the apple fell far from the tree.
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Post by Spirit of Bruce on Dec 3, 2022 13:36:44 GMT -6
I feel that for whatever reason the situation can be summed up as follows: the apple fell far from the tree. I would argue that perhaps he should have toiled in D-III for a while like his old man and built his chops there. Obviously not ready to lead a D-I program. |
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Post by nickpanther on Dec 3, 2022 14:13:50 GMT -6
Dad was an all time great Hall of Fame coach. Young Will is.. um... NOT a HOF level coach. Or a great coach. or even a good coach. Hell I'd be blunt and say he;s not even mediocre.
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Post by Spirit of Bruce on Dec 3, 2022 14:51:29 GMT -6
Dad was an all time great Hall of Fame coach. Young Will is.. um... NOT a HOF level coach. Or a great coach. or even a good coach. Hell I'd be blunt and say he;s not even mediocre. We certainly know a sh*tty coach when we see one! We've had two of the worst in Cobb and Fraudwin. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Dec 3, 2022 15:03:29 GMT -6
Dad was an all time great Hall of Fame coach. Young Will is.. um... NOT a HOF level coach. Or a great coach. or even a good coach. Hell I'd be blunt and say he;s not even mediocre. We certainly know a sh*tty coach when we see one! We've had two of the worst in Cobb and Fraudwin. AND a third in Ray Swetalla! |
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Post by ghostofpbj on Dec 3, 2022 15:19:43 GMT -6
Dad was an all time great Hall of Fame coach. Young Will is.. um... NOT a HOF level coach. Or a great coach. or even a good coach. Hell I'd be blunt and say he;s not even mediocre. We certainly know a sh*tty coach when we see one! We've had two of the worst in Cobb and Fraudwin. To make matters worse they signed him to an awful contract. They will be in purgatory for a while yet. Good thing for us though! |
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