Following a rare February weekend off, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team returns to action with a Wednesday contest at UIC. The Panthers knocked off the Flames in overtime back in January and will be looking for their first season sweep in the series since the 2006-07 campaign. The game is also vital in the league standings as both teams will come in tied for seventh place at 4-8, just a game out of fifth place. Tip time is set for 7 p.m.

LOOKING AT UIC
The Flames are coming off a successful 2013-14 campaign where they went 26-9 and claimed the Women's Basketball Invitational title. This season, the team checks in at 14-11 overall and tied with UWM at 4-8 in league play. The team has hit a tough patch, dropping three in a row and five of six. UIC is led by player of the year candidate Ruvanna Campbell, who is first in the Horizon League in rebounding (14.4 rpg) and fourth in scoring (17.4 ppg). Head coach Regina Miller won her 300th career game against Oakland Jan. 17 and is in her 20th year as an NCAA Division I head coach.

SERIES HISTORY
The Panthers lead all-time, 27-20, after claiming that 64-63 overtime victory at the Klotsche Center back in January. The Flames have dominated of late, winning six of the past eight, including a season sweep a year ago. Milwaukee fell 79-54 on the road and 84-70 at home a year ago.

LAST GAME
Freshman Jenny Linder scored a career-high 25 points to put her team in position for a victory, but Youngstown State scored the final 11 points of the night to send UWM to a heartbreaking 79-73 loss Thursday at the Klotsche Center.
 
Senior Ashley Green put up a double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds before fouling out with 3:04 left in the contest. Junior Jaleesa Armstrong was also in double-figures with 11. The Panthers (8-16, 4-8 Horizon League) erased a 10-point second-half advantage the Penguins (18-7, 7-5 Horizon League) held and were up by five, at 73-68, when Green picked up her fifth. It was all YSU from there, scoring the final 11 points of the game to escape with the victory.

FRESHMAN FIRE
Freshman Jenny Lindner has found her scoring touch of late. After scoring 16 of her team-high 18 points in the second half against Green Bay Feb. 14, she came out the next game against Youngstown State Feb. 19 and established a season high with 25 points, breaking her former high of 19. That total now ranks as the third-highest scoring output for a freshman in school history.
1. Courtney Lindfors: 35 points (11/16/10)
2. Traci Edwards: 28 (2/25/06)
T3. Lindner: 25 (2/19/15)
T3. Maria Viall: 25 (12/17/00 & 3/1/01)

In addition, her five made 3's was one off the school freshman mark of six set by Angela Rodriguez back on 12/1/10 against Bradley. She has now finished 13 games in double-figures - the most for a UWM freshman since Ashley Green accomplished the feat 17 times back in 2011-12.

BOARDED UP
Senior Ashley Green tied a school mark with her work on the rebounding front against Youngstown State Feb. 19. Of her game-high 14 boards, 10 came on the offensive end to equal the school mark. Only Traci Edwards (10 on 1/26/06) and Maria Viall (10 on 1/23/03) had reached the offensive double-figure plateau prior.

UNPRECEDENTED
In the history of the Milwaukee women's basketball program, no player has ever reached the combined overall statistical level of 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists in a career. Traci Edwards (2,340 pts/1,193 reb/230 ast from 2005-09) came close, as did Jen Gregor (1,385/468/434 from 1993-97) and Lindsay Laur (1,404/791/223 from 2007-11). Ashley Green has the opportunity to become the first. Heading into play Wednesday, the super senior has accumulated 1,546 points, 736 rebounds and 237 assists, needing just 13 more dimes to become the initial player to accomplish the impressive feat. If she gets there, she would be the 17th women's player in Horizon League history to reach that level and the only active member of the club (Wright State's Kim Demmings is also a member but is out with injury).

BIG MILESTONE
Senior Ashley Green needed just six points to reach 1,500 in her career heading into play against Valparaiso Feb. 12. Her 17-foot fastbreak jumper at the 8:38 mark of the first gave her 1,500 on the head in her illustrious career, making her just the sixth Milwaukee player to reach that plateau in program history.

PACKING THEM IN
Milwaukee held its second annual "School Day with the Panthers" in conjunction with its game against Oakland Feb. 6 and, once again, the crowd did not disappoint. The announced sellout of 3,500 at the Klotsche Center (the facility's current capacity) tied for the third-largest attendance figure in UWM women's basketball history, trailing only the 4,137 that witnessed a contest against Green Bay in February of 2002 and 3,689 against UIC in January of 2002.

SUPER FROSH
Freshmen Kelsey Cunningham and Cree Hammond each chipped in with career highs in points at YSU Jan. 31. Cunningham netted 11 points (previous best was five), grabbing three boards while adding two steals and two assists. Hammond also finished with 11 (topping her former high of six), adding four rebounds in just 13 minutes on the court.

DOUBLE DOWN
Jenny Lindner posted her first career double-double with 10 points and a season-high 11 rebounds at Cleveland State Jan. 29. It marked the first double-double for a UWM freshman since Ashley Green recorded 14 points and 14 boards against Loyola on March 3 of the 2011-12 campaign.

THEY NOTICED
Ashley Green was honored by the Horizon League as its Player of the Week Jan. 26 after averaging 29.5 points/9.5 rebounds/3.5 steals on 57 percent shooting in two games. She was also named the College Sports Madness league player of the week as well as its National High-Major Player of the Week. The Horizon League honor is the first of Green's career and the first for UWM since February of last season.

THE BIG 1-0-0
Green made her 100th career start at Cleveland State Jan. 29, becoming just the seventh player in program history to make 100 or more. She will have the chance to approach the top three the rest of the way (No. 4 is currently 108 starts). Green also became the eighth player in program history to grab 700 rebounds, doing so against Oakland Feb. 6.

ABOUT THAT SCORING AVERAGE
Now that we are well past the halfway point of the season, it's time to take a look at where senior Ashley Green can finish with her 19.7 point-per-game scoring average. At her current rate, only two other players in program history have ever averaged more per game (or close) over the course of any season. Traci Edwards (first place at 20.6 ppg in 2007-08 and second at 20.5 ppg in 2006-07) and Jen Greger (19.7 ppg in 1996-97) are the only two players with her on the list.

30-PLUS RARE IN THE RECORD BOOK
Green netted 31 points against Oakland Feb. 6, the fourth time this season she has finished with 30-or-more in a game (31 vs. Valpo; 36 vs. NDSU; 30 vs. ND). That equals the school record of four such games in one campaign, first accomplished in 2007-08 by Traci Edwards (45, 35, 30, 30).

NOT A GREENHORN
Ashley Green is making this scoring thing look easy as a senior. Over the course of her first three years in a Panther uniform, Green crossed the 20-plus plateau on eight occasions, including a pair of 30-plus point outings. This season alone, she has finished with 20-or-more points 11 times, including four outings over 30. She has paced the team in scoring 14 of 24 times and has led or tied for the team lead in rebounding in 18 of 24 outings as well.

IT'S AN OLD HABIT
The Panthers have turned it up from three-point range recently, but have always been a threat from long distance. In fact, the team has a long history of making three's headed into 2014-15. Milwaukee has made at least one three-pointer in every game dating back to an 0-for-4 showing from long-distance against Marquette back on November 26, 2002. That makes 383 games in a row heading into the game against the Flames. It's a ways to go for the NCAA record, however, which is held by Canisius at 510 in a row (1994-2011). The Horizon League record was halted three years ago when Loyola came up empty at 446. Cleveland State held the record previously - which was also the NCAA mark at the time - at 408 (1992-2007). For comparison, the NBA's longest streak is the Dallas Mavericks at 1,108 in a row.

HITTING THE BIG TIME
The game against Wright State Jan. 14 at UWM Milwaukee Panther Arena was the 11th all-time for the women's basketball team at the downtown facility. It marked the first time since the 2002-03 season that the team played their twice in one campaign. The team is now 6-5 all-time in those contests, also defeating Eastern Illinois 72-63 back on Dec. 10. The last game prior to this season? A 60-51 win over Loyola on February 18, 2010.

DISHING AND DRIVING
The points/assists double-double that junior Jaleesa Armstrong recorded Jan. 7 at Detroit is rare in the history of the Milwaukee basketball program. Since becoming an NCAA Division I program in 1990-91, the Panthers have played just over 1,100 games all time. Her 23/10 effort marked just the 12th time a player has recorded a double-double consisting of points and assists in that span (roughly 1.1 percent of the time). She also tied a 15-year old school record in the process, in the category of the most three-pointers made in a game without a miss. She made a perfect 5-of-5, equaling the mark set by Daryl Schaffeld back in February of 1999.

SYD THE KYD
Sydney Howard is in the middle of a breakthrough junior campaign and her performance in the month of December was noteworthy. In six games (four starts), Howard averaged 7.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game and reset her career-high for points in a game twice, including 14 against IPFW Dec. 28. She shot 51.9 percent from the field (14-27), 55.6 percent on 3's (5-9), playing 25.7 minutes and had 11 assists compared to four turnovers. Coming into the season, she was averaging 1.8 points, 1.1 rebounds and 10.5 minutes per contest.

IT WAS CLICKING
The offense was playing well against Valparaiso Jan. 21, setting a season high with 90 points scored and with its 53 percent shooting from the floor. The 90 points eclipsed the 84 that Milwaukee scored at Detroit Jan. 7 and marked the first time at 90-or-more in 20 games, a 90-78 victory over Cleveland State on Feb. 23 of last season.

NOT A SWAN SONG
Junior Jordyn Swan played a key role in the win over Valpo Jan. 21, setting a new career high with 19 points. That bettered the 16 she scored earlier this season and she did it in just 15 minutes of playing time. In addition to the 19 points, she set a career-best with 11 made free throws - including a 4-4 effort in the final 30 seconds to ice it - and also grabbed seven rebounds.

START LOOKING AT ME SWAN
Finally 100 percent healthy, junior Jordyn Swan has been emerging as a go-to player this season. She has started 20 of 24 games and is averaging career-highs with 7.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. In fact, coming into this season, she had accumulated 58 career points and 20 career rebounds - this season alone she now has 185 points and 91 boards.

ROYAL WORK IN KC
Not to be overlooked against UMKC Dec. 2, but the Panthers did one of their best-ever jobs of taking care of the ball. The team ended up with just eight turnovers against the Kangaroos, just one off the school record-low of seven in a game (It's the sixth game in program history with eight).

ON FIRE
Ashley Green's scoring output in the early portion of the season was impressive. In fact, the 89 she netted in the first three games of the campaign marked the third-highest three-game output in school history. Only Traci Edwards had more: 94 (42/30/22) in 2006-07 and 92 (45/20/27) in 2007-08.

I'LL TAKE GREEN FOR 20, ALEX
Ashley Green scored at least 20-or-more points four times in a row to open the 2014-15 campaign - with the streak coming to an end against Mizzou - just one off of Traci Edwards' school-record streak of five (which she did four times).

THROWING THEM INTO THE MIX
Steph Kostowicz became the third freshman (joining Kelsey Cunningham and Jenny Lindner) to earn her first start this season, cracking the lineup against Marquette Nov. 26. She responded with 12 points and four rebounds, making 8-of-12 attempts from the free throw line.

IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREEN
Ashley Green became just the second player in program history to score 30-or-more points in back-to-back games (66 total points Nov. 16 and Nov. 18), joining Traci Edwards (72 in consecutive games in January of 2007) on the short list. Edwards' two-game tally included outings of 42 and 30 points.

A DEFENSIVE BAKERS DOZEN
The 13 points Milwaukee held Bowling Green to in the first half of the Nov. 22 contest was nearly unprecedented. The tiny tally was just one point off the school record of 12 accomplished in the first half against Wagner way back in December of 1997.

HIGH-SCORING HALF
The 50-point first half against North Dakota Nov. 18 marked the first time UWM hit the half-century plateau as a team since netting 53 in the second half of an 82-69 victory over Chicago State Nov. 16, 2010.

BEST EVER
Ashley Green's 36 points against NDSU Nov. 16 were the most-ever for a Milwaukee player in a season opener, topping the 30 that Traci Edwards netted in the initial game of the 2007-08 campaign. It was also a marked improvement in season openers for Green personally. She finished with three points as a junior against Wisconsin, five against Chicago State as sophomore and did not score in her freshman debut off the bench.

SETTING THE BAR HIGH
Ashley Green has been a starter since early in her freshman campaign and has already accumulated a lengthy resume when it comes to personal statistical highlights. She one-upped all of that in just one performance in the season opener, setting new career-highs in both points scored and rebounds. Her 36 points topped her former best of 33 that she scored against Bradley December 4, 2012. Meanwhile, the 15 rebounds eclipsed her former career-best of 14, accomplished twice prior. In addition, she also tied her collegiate-best with the 13 made field goals.

FILLING IT UP
That 36-point effort from Ashley Green tied for the fourth-highest single-game scoring effort in program history.
1. 45 points, Traci Edwards, 2/21/08
2. 42, Edwards, 1/20/07
3. 38, Andrea Filipek, 1/23/99
4. 36, now accomplished four times

JUST ANOTHER GAME
After averaging 17.1 points per game as a senior in high school, freshman Jenny Lindner picked it right up on the collegiate level with 12 points and seven rebounds in her UWM debut against NDSU Nov. 16. The 12-point effort marks the most for a Milwaukee freshman in a season opener since Angela Rodriguez finished with 16 points in the 2010 opener against Oklahoma.

PRESEASON PUBLICITY
Senior Ashley Green was named to the Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team in the league's annual preseason poll of head coaches, media members and sports information directors.

NEW-LOOK PANTHERS
Milwaukee will have an interesting look to the roster this season after graduating three senior starters from a year ago. The roster features five players who were on the team in 2013-14 and seven newcomers. Among the new faces are a pair of transfers (one will be sitting out per NCAA regulations), a senior playing her first season of collegiate hoops and four true freshmen all looking to make a good first impression.

TIME TO STEP UP
The situation allows the Panthers an opportunity for new players to step up or returning players to expand their roles from last season. The team returns just 30.7 percent of its scoring (608 of 2,081 total points) and 36.9 percent of rebounding (370 of 1,004 total individual rebounds). When you break it down further, senior Ashley Green accounts for 70 percent of that returning point total and 55 percent of the boards.

FOR OPENERS
The Panthers now hold an 8-17 record in season-openers at the NCAA Division I level (dating back to 1990-91) after topping North Dakota State. A year ago, Milwaukee fell to the Wisconsin Badgers by a score of 85-60 at the Klotsche Center in the season opener. Head coach Kyle Rechlicz is now 2-1 in openers, as UWM ran away with an 82-58 win over Chicago State in Rechlicz's debut contest two years ago.

FOR OPENERS: PART II
Taking the win-loss record a step further, the Panthers are now 13-12 in home openers over the same time period after falling to Bowling Green Nov. 22.

MORE THAN A GREEN THUMB
One look at the career statistics of senior Ashley Green show an impressive trajectory. In each season at UWM, she has increased both her scoring average and her rebounding average and will look to continue the trend over her final campaign. As a freshman in 2011-12, Green averaged 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds. She upped that to 11.6 ppg and 6.2 rpg and then followed that up with a junior season where she contributed 14.2 ppg and 6.7 rpg.

HOW THEY ROLL
The Panthers were at it again last season and it would have been more noticeable had they not been even better at it two years ago. The team once again finished close to the top of the record book for three-pointers made and attempted. Prior to Kyle Rechlicz's arrival, the most three's made was 212 and attempted was 586. The marks set in 2012-13 (255 of 726) smashed the old standards. Last year, the team finished at 241 makes and 733 attempts, both numbers ending in the top two all-time.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
The Panthers set a record for fewest turnovers per game in 2012-13 at 16.2 - an impressive total considering the record that they broke was the former standard of 17.3 set during the 2001-02 campaign (an improvement of over one per game). The new record did not last long, however, as UWM turned the ball over just 14.9 times per contest a year ago to shatter the record once again.

SELECT COMPANY
Senior Angela Rodriguez went over 1,500 career points at the end of last season to become just the fifth player to reach that level in a UWM career. She started the season in 17th place on the all-time list moved all the way up to No. 5 (1,564).

1,000/500
Ashley Green not only scores, but rebounds. She is just the fifth player to have recorded over 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career in UWM's NCAA Division I era. The rest of the list includes Traci Edwards (2,340 pts/1,193 reb), Maria Viall (1,867/971), Lindsay Laur (1,404/791) and Sami Tucker (1,172/774).

BIG-TIME HONOR
Angela Rodriguez was named Second-Team All-Horizon League last season, becoming the first Panther to earn postseason all-league honors since 2010-11. She also earned a spot on the Mexico National Team in October, one of 12 chosen to play on the squad.

SETTING THEM UP
Senior Angela Rodriguez broke the Milwaukee single-season record for assists against Wright State March 1 of last season. She went into the contest against the Raiders with 151, and her third of the day near the end of the first half in Dayton gave her 154 to break the mark of 153, set by Pam Bartnik during the 1993-94 campaign. She finished the season with 168.

MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF
Head coach Kyle Rechlicz was named the seventh coach in program history in May of 2012. She also got off to one of the best starts - becoming the first UWM coach to win three of her first five contests of her initial campaign. In her first season, Rechlicz was also one of the youngest coaches at the NCAA Division I level - just seven coaches had earlier birth years when the 2012-13 campaign began.

BE A HOOPS COUCH POTATO
Fans will have the opportunity to watch the Panthers all season long. The team will play five games on local broadcast television, once again returning to Time Warner Cable SportsChannel. Another 18 games will be carried live online on the Horizon League Network. For the Panthers' TWC SportsChannel contests, Bob Brainerd and former UWM great Maria Viall will once again be calling the action. Early season games will also be available on the SEC+ Network (Missouri) and the WAC Digital Network (UMKC).

HEAD TO THE BIG 920
Every Milwaukee regular-season game will once again be available on the radio and online via "The Big 920" on your AM dial. Scott Warras is back for his ninth season donning the headset. Fans can also catch Warras' call with the majority of the team's ESPN3 webcasts. A handful of games will be aired on WISN 1130 AM due to broadcast conflicts.

WELCOME
Head coach Kyle Rechlicz rounded out her staff in the offseason by hiring Ashlee McGee as an assistant coach and Scott Warras as the Director of Basketball Operations. Kelly Poster also begins her first season as the team's athletic trainer.

McGee comes to Milwaukee after most recently serving as the women's basketball assistant coach at Tennessee State University since the summer of 2012. Warras, the voice of the Panthers on radio broadcasts for the past eight seasons, joins the Milwaukee staff on a full-time basis and will work directly with Rechlicz on coordinating team travel, budget, practices and other program functions.

UP NEXT
The Panthers close out the month of February with "Senior Day" against Cleveland State Feb. 28. The contest is also UWM's "PINK OUT" day. Tip off is set for 2 p.m.