GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Women’s basketball team has returned home as Horizon League Champions once again following a tough 57-49 victory over Youngstown State.
Local Five was at the Kress Center Tuesday night as the Phoenix returned home to some family and friends who were there to greet and celebrate with the players as they stepped off the bus, of course, with the Horizon League trophy in hand.
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The Horizon League Player of the Year, Senior Jenna Guyer, led all players in the Horizon League Championship Game, finishing with 21 points. With the trophy in hand and the net worn around her neck, Guyer called the feeling of the moment “Surreal.”
I definitely believed in our team that we, we would do it. So, it’s just like cool to see that fulfilled and to put all that we had out on the court today and come home, be welcomed here, and just this feeling to be back in the Kress is awesome.
Jenna Guyer, Horizon League Player of the Year
After some much due for celebration, the team will refocus and turn its attention to the upcoming NCAA March Madness Tournament. This is the 19th Horizon League Championship the Phoenix have won in the last 29 years, and it is the team’s third consecutive trip to “The Big Dance.’
Green Bay will learn its official seeding and first-round opponent on Sunday.
