Penguins stumble against Green Bay

Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis.

Brennan Cougill and Keifer Sykes each recorded double-doubles Tuesday night to lead Green Bay to a 71-65 win over Youngstown State.

Both players scored 17 points, while Cougill grabbed 11 rebounds and Sykes had 10 assists for the Phoenix (11-14, 7-8 Horizon). Alec Brown added 14 points and nine rebounds.

Steve Baker added 11 points for Green Bay, making three 3-pointers. The Phoenix shot 61 percent in the second half and finished the game at 44 percent from the field.

Blake Allen had 23 points to lead the Penguins (14-12, 9-7). Kendrick Perry scored 17 points for Youngstown State.

Milwaukee 86, Cleveland State 84

MILWAUKEE

Tony Meier made two free throws with 1.1 seconds remaining to give Milwaukee the victory against Cleveland State.

Meier, who scored 15 points, was fouled on a 3-point attempt. He made the first two shots but missed the third for the Panthers (16-12, 9-7 Horizon League).

James Haarsma had 25 points and made five 3-point shots for Milwaukee. Paris Gulley added 17 points, Kyle Kelm 13 and Kaylon Williams 12.

Trevon Harmon scored 27 points and Jeremy Montgomery 15 for the Vikings (20-7, 10-5), who rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit but could not prevent their conference regular-season title hopes from taking a hit.

Valparaiso (19-9, 12-4) defeated Illinois-Chicago on Tuesday and holds the tiebreaker over Cleveland State. The Crusaders can clinch first place by beating Loyola Chicago on Feb. 21.

Milwaukee made 33 of 40 free-throw attempts; Cleveland State was 20 of 24. Charlie Lee had 14 points and Anton Grady 10 for the Vikings, who shot 28 of 46 (60.9 percent) from the field.

Valparaiso 74, Illinois-Chicago 65

VALPARAISO, Ind.

Richie Edwards had 19 points and Matt Kenney added 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks as Valparaiso heated up after halftime.

Kevin Van Wijk scored 11 points for the Crusaders (19-9, 12-4 Horizon League), who in the second half shot 13 of 18 (72.2 percent) from the floor and made 8 of 9 3-point attempts.

Gary Talton and Hayden Humes scored 15 points each for the Flames (7-18, 3-12).

Valpo trailed 37-27 at halftime. Darrin Williams had 13 points and seven rebounds for Illinois-Chicago.