Only twice in Greg McDermott’s 18-year career as a head coach at the Division 1 level has a team of his ever allowed four consecutive opponents to shoot 50 percent or better from the field. On Friday night, his current players made sure they weren’t the first group to let it happen five straight times as they held Green Bay to a season-low 35 percent shooting in an 86-65 win at the CHI Health Center Omaha.
Sophomore sharpshooters Mitch Ballock, who led the team in scoring with 19 points, and Ty-Shon Alexander — who didn’t finish too far off that pace with 17 of his own — combined to go 8 for 15 from behind the 3-point line while helping to hold the Phoenix to 5 for 22 shooting from deep as a team.