Basketball
Who’s Playing
PFW Mastodons @ Green Bay Phoenix
Current Records: PFW 9-5, Green Bay 2-12
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 2 p.m. ET
- Where: Resch Center — Green Bay, Wisconsin
- TV: ESPN Plus
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
What to Know
PFW is 7-2 against Green Bay since January of 2021, and they’ll have a chance to extend that success on Sunday. Both will face off in a Horizon League battle at 2:00 p.m. ET at Resch Center. Despite being away, the Mastodons are looking at a 8.5-point advantage in the spread.
PFW is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Michigan just ended the team’s four-game winning streak on Sunday. They took a serious blow against the Wolverines, falling 89-58. Having soared to a lofty 103 points in the game before, the Mastodons’ point total in this one was quite the letdown.
The losing side was boosted by Jalen Jackson, who went 10 for 17 en route to 27 points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in field goal percentage (58.8%).
PFW struggled to work together and finished the game with only six assists. That’s the fewest assists they’ve posted since back in December of 2023.
Meanwhile, Green Bay’s recent rough patch got a bit rougher last Saturday after their ninth straight defeat. They fell 72-62 to Drake.
Green Bay’s loss shouldn’t obscure the performances of Mac Wrecke, who went 6 for 10 en route to 19 points, and Preston Ruedinger, who went 6 for 8 en route to 14 points.
PFW’s defeat dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Green Bay, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12.
Keep an eye on the arc in Sunday’s matchup: PFW has made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having averaged 10.4 threes per game. However, it’s not like Green Bay struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 8.9. Given these competing strengths, it’ll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything came up roses for PFW against Green Bay in their previous matchup back in February, as the squad secured an 85-59 win. In that match, PFW amassed a halftime lead of 47-23, an impressive feat they’ll look to repeat on Sunday.
Odds
PFW is a big 8.5-point favorite against Green Bay, according to the latest college basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Mastodons as a 7.5-point favorite.
The over/under is 158.5 points.
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Series History
PFW has won 7 out of their last 9 games against Green Bay.
- Feb 23, 2024 – PFW 85 vs. Green Bay 59
- Nov 29, 2023 – PFW 75 vs. Green Bay 71
- Feb 25, 2023 – PFW 78 vs. Green Bay 61
- Jan 05, 2023 – PFW 79 vs. Green Bay 69
- Feb 18, 2022 – PFW 74 vs. Green Bay 55
- Feb 06, 2022 – PFW 71 vs. Green Bay 55
- Feb 25, 2021 – PFW 89 vs. Green Bay 84
- Jan 23, 2021 – Green Bay 87 vs. PFW 72
- Jan 22, 2021 – Green Bay 77 vs. PFW 59
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