Green Bay Women’s Basketball Defeats Wisconsin 81-76

McKenna Johnson scored 24 points to lead the Green Bay Phoenix to an 81-76 victory against the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday at the Kress Center.

Johnson shot 7-for-13 from three-point range to help secure win number two on the season for Green Bay. Those seven three-pointers tied for the second most by a women’s player in a single game, WLUK reported.

Elisa Mevius added 20 points in the matchup. Maddy Skroupski posted a stat line of 10 points, eight rebounds, 14 assists, and five steals.

Wisconsin never led during the contest. The Phoenix built a lead of as much as 20 points in the first half before holding off the late push.

Green Bay head coach Kayla Karius praised the visiting team for maintaining a regular series between the two in-state programs.

“I want to thank Coach Pingeton for willing to come here and play. I think it’s really great for the state of Wisconsin and women’s basketball and that hasn’t always been the case to have this matchup, specifically with the University of Wisconsin so for them to do a home and home series every year is so important and she recognizes that and I want to recognize her and thank her for coming because there’s so much great support.”

said Kayla Karius, head coach, told WLUK.

“The crowd of about 3,200 today, the Kress was rocking on both sides and it was just a great crowd and I think that’s what we need to do for our sport is to keep the excitement going.” Kayla Karius

Karius told WLUK.

Green Bay stands at 2-2 on the season following Saturday’s result. The team will return to the floor on Wednesday to host No. 6 Texas at the Kress Center with tip-off scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

“At the same time, we have a lot of goals out in front of us. This is a great win, it’s a win and now we have to learn from because we have another one on Wednesday.”

Karius told WLUK.