GREEN BAY, Wis. – The first of consecutive road tilts against programs from the Badger State, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies were defeated by the Green Bay Phoenix, 64-42, on Thursday, December 29.

Oakland is now back to an even .500 at 6-6 and 1-2 in Horizon League play, while the Phoenix improve to 9-3 and 2-1 in conference action.

Hitting five of her nine 3-point attempts, senior Breanne Beatty led the Golden Grizzlies with a career-high 21 points and eight rebounds.

Freshman point guard Brooke Daniels had eight points and a trio of Oakland players – graduate student Raquel Ferrer-Bernad and juniors Alexis Johnson and Linda van Schaik – finished with three.

Sophomore Maddy Schreiber paced Green Bay with 14 points and senior Sydney Levy tallied a double-double, registering 13 points and 11 boards.

This was only a three-point Phoenix lead, 32-29, at the halftime break, but the Golden Grizzlies struggled to continue to score the basketball in the second half, hitting just 14.7 percent (5-34) of their shots in the final 20 minutes.

Spearheaded by Beatty's eight and Ferrer-Bernad and van Schaik both pulling down six, Oakland handily won the rebounding battle Thursday, 49-36, but Green Bay more than doubled the Golden Grizzlies up on assists, 17-7.

UP NEXT
The back half of their Wisconsin tour, Oakland will take to the floor for the second time in three days when they battle the Milwaukee Panthers on Saturday, December 31, New Year's Eve, at 3 p.m.

Dispatching the Detroit Mercy Titans, 63-29, on Thursday, Milwaukee will enter play at 4-7 (2-1 Horizon League).