Looking for its first four-game winning streak since December of 2015, the Milwaukee men's basketball team opens Horizon League play Saturday with the final game of the 2018 portion of the season slate. The Panthers will look to keep momentum going in the matchup against the Phoenix, which will be available on FOX Sports Wisconsin, with Wayne Larrivee and Justin Lettenberger on the broadcast from UWM Panther Arena, starting at 7 p.m. The contest will also have live statistics available and will be carried on WISN AM 1130 with Scott Warras on the call. All links are posted on the MKE website.

Fans can keep the holiday cheer rolling at the game by picking up a Panther Value Pack (4 tickets, 4 Panther Hats, 4 slices of Ian's Pizza, & 4 sodas for $85). Those of age can also enjoy $3 beers. Go to the Milwaukee Ticket page on the website for the link to purchase the value pack.

LOOKING AT THE PHOENIX
Fourth-year head coach Linc Darner led a very young roster to a 13-20 record a season ago (7-11 in league play), earning the squad a fifth-place landing spot in the preseason poll for 2018-19. So far this winter, the Phoenix have been a bit up-and-down, posting five wins over the first eight games of the year before a recent stretch that sees them enter conference play on a three-game slide (80-75 at Evansville Dec. 22/104-83 at Michigan State Dec. 16/86-65 at Creighton Dec. 14). The team is the only league member to average over 80 points per game (they top the chart at 84.2 ppg, ranking No. 22 in the NCAA), while also leading the way in turnover margin (+4.5) and currently ranking 11th in the nation in total steals. Three players average double-figures, led by Sandy Cohen at 15.7 per contest. JayQuan McCloud (13.1 ppg) and ShanQuan Hemphill (12.2 ppg) join Cohen on that list.

SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game will be the 63rd meeting between the in-state rivals and Green Bay holds a 37-25 edge in the all-time series (32-25 at the NCAA DI level) that dates back to 1971. The Phoenix have certainly had the upper hand of late, winning seven of the past nine - including five in a row at one point - but the Panthers posted a lopsided victory in the most recent matchup, a 76-58 win at home in February of last season.

LAST GAME
Vance Johnson scored the go-ahead basket with 6.2 seconds remaining and the Milwaukee men's basketball team held Western Michigan scoreless over the final 2:25 of the contest to claim a 67-66 comeback victory Saturday afternoon at University Arena.
 
The Panthers (5-8) scored the final six points of the day to edge the Broncos (5-7), with Johnson's late rebound and putback giving Milwaukee its only lead of the second half.
 
Johnson finished with 14 points and five rebounds, going a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. His tosses from the charity stripe with 42.3 seconds left brought the Panthers back within one and continued the late surge. Darius Roy led the offense with 18 points, adding six rebounds on an afternoon where he hit 4-of-5 from three-point range. Bryce Barnes continues to play well, joining them in double-figures with 12 points while also adding six rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block.

LEAGUE LIFTOFF
Milwaukee starts league play in search of its sixth win in its last 11 league openers. MKE had won five-straight before losing at Detroit in the opener in 2012-13. Overall, the Panthers are looking for their 11th win in their last 18 league lid-lifters. In all, since joining the MCC/Horizon League, Milwaukee is 13-11 in league openers.

BACK ON THE FOX FAMILY
The Panthers made their FOX Sports Wisconsin debut against Drake Dec. 6, the first of four men's home contests which will be broadcast live on the statewide network (road games at North Dakota - on FOX Sports Wisconsin Plus - and Northern Kentucky will also air). The Milwaukee Athletic Department announced the new agreement back last year. The agreement again calls for a minimum of five games to be aired this year, with the potential for more in future years of the deal.
 
Rush Media Company will handle production of all the games, with a distribution agreement in place with FOX Sports Wisconsin for the airing of the contests. FOX Sports Wisconsin is an affiliate of FOX Sports and the television home to the Milwaukee Brewers and Milwaukee Bucks. The regional sports network also televises select college and high school sports and nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming every year. The network reaches more than 1.5 million homes statewide and provides live streaming content via the FOX Sports GO app.

PUT ME BACK IN COACH
Since returning from injury and being put back into the starting lineup at North Dakota Dec. 9, Bryce Barnes has emerged as a real threat on the offensive end. Coming into that game against the Fighting Hawks, Barnes had recorded just 12 points over the first six games. He went for a season-high 16 in that contest (6-13 FG/3-5 3FG) and has averaged 10.8 ppg over his next four games, helping Milwaukee to a 3-1 record in that span.

A-MAZ-ING A-BRAM
After sitting out last season due to transfer regulations, DeAndre Abram has done quick work making a name for himself on the team and across the Horizon League. After posting his fourth and fifth double-doubles of the season against UMKC Dec. 13 and Wisconsin Lutheran Dec. 16, Abram was named the Horizon League Player of the Week as well as the College Sports Madness HL Player of the Week. The conference award marks the first for a Panther since December of 2015 (Jordan Johnson). The five double-doubles on the season currently sits second in the Horizon League, just one behind the six that Loudon Love of Wright State and Drew McDonald of Northern Kentucky top the charts with.

MR. CONSISTENT
Since the Drake game Dec. 6, Vance Johnson has upped his play considerably and been one of the most consistent pieces of the MKE roster. In those five games, Johnson has averaged 14.2 points and 6.6 rebounds, coming through with the game-winning rebound and basket at Western Michigan Dec. 22.

15 FEET DOWN TO A SCIENCE
In addition, Johnson has been perfect from the line in that span, hitting 100 percent of his last 25 free throws, to get him up to 90.6 (29-32) on the season. For comparison, a year ago, the steady senior hit at 69.2 percent (36-52) from the charity stripe. At 25 in a row from the line, he is the first Panther to connect on at least 20 straight from the charity stripe since Matt Tiby hit 20 in a row from late February to early March of 2014. The school record is 32, accomplished by Jordan Aaron from Dec. 12, 2012 to Feb. 1, 2013 over the course of a season in which he hit 86.4 percent (95-of-110) of his free throws.

PROBABLY IMPROBABLE; BUT NOT
Down nine points with 2:45 to play, things looked a bit bleak for the Panthers before pulling off the improbable victory over UMKC Dec. 13. As crazy as it sounds, the team has had a pair of similar finishes in just the past two seasons. A year ago, Milwaukee erased a 19-point first-half lead against Elon, but also closed the game on a 12-2 run (over the final 6:01) to earn the buzzer-beating 72-71 victory. Two seasons ago, the team closed regulation on a 13-4 spree against Youngstown State (over the final 6:32 on 1/22/17) to force overtime, eventually winning 94-85 in the extra period. Not quite as extreme, but the Panthers held Western Michigan without a point the final 2:25 and scored the final six points to win, 67-66, Dec. 22.

MAKING THE FREE ONES COUNT
It may be early in the season yet, but the Panthers are one of the better teams in the country (currently up to seventh/Incarnate Word leads at .802) and tops in the Horizon League with their .779 (173-of-222) free throw percentage. There's lots of games left, but the school record checks in at the .772 (554-718) clip set back in 2015-16. In addition, the team has converted at 80 percent or better in FIVE games in a row (.900 WMU/.917 WLC/.846 UMKC/.889 UND/.875 Drake) for the first time in program history. The last time a streak like that had even hit four in a row was December of 2005 (.833 Wisconsin Dec. 15/.860 Green Bay Dec. 17/.833 Oakland Dec. 21/.857 Wyoming Dec. 27). In fact, the closest similar all-time streak was a nine-game stretch by the 1999-2000 team in which they hit 75 percent or better  from the line (but were only over 80 percent in three of the nine contests). Among the individual Horizon League leaders, team-leader Vance Johnson (.906) sits first and Darius Roy (.884) is right behind in fourth, while Carson Warren-Newsome (.857) is tied for fifth.

NO HOLDING BACK
A look at the non-conference schedule shows just how challenging the road has been for the Panthers. Heading into league play, the win-loss record of the teams MKE had played so far in 2018-19 came in at a combined 87-57, a winning percentage of .614. Included in that ledger was Buffalo (11-1 and as high as #14/#15), Cincinnati (11-2), Drake (10-2) and Boston College (9-2).

VANCE GETTING BUSY
The play of Vance Johnson continues to more and more productive and was capped off recently with his first double-double in a Panther uniform at North Dakota Dec. 9. His 13 points against the Fighting Hawks back in November established his MKE high, but his most recent outing against UND was superb. He finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds, hitting 7-12 from the floor while leading the team in rebounds (10) and assists (3). That followed a 12-point showing against Drake Dec. 6, a game in which he also added eight rebounds. Johnson currently leads the team in field-goal percentage (.495) and scored 17 points (8-for-8 from the line) in just 23 minutes against Wisconsin Lutheran Dec. 16.

INSTANT OFFENSE
Not only did Jake Wright go off for a career-high 23 points in the win against Albany Nov. 23, but he opened the night scoring the first 12 points on 3's, sinking a total of 5 triples while Milwaukee raced off to a 19-9 start on the scoreboard. That topped his former career-best of 22 points set against IPFW (12/9/17). It also equaled his career mark of seven made 3's in a game, something the sharpshooter has accomplished two other times in his collegiate career - but hasn't been done by a Panther since Jordan Aaron made seven against UMKC back in November of 2013 (33 points/7-of-10 3FG's). It also marked the most 3's in a single night for a Panther since Avery Smith connected on eight (8-of-12) in his 36-point performance against Oakland back on Dec. 2, 2006.

FOWL SHOTS
The Panthers opened up the week of Thanksgiving with a steady trip to the foul line against LIU Brooklyn Nov. 20, finishing the night with a hefty 33 makes in 41 attempts from the charity stripe. That impressive effort marked a tie for the seventh-most made free throws in a game in school history, with the 41 tries tied for ninth. The last time a Panther team made more than 33 was against Loyola (34 on 3/3/09) and the last time more were attempted was against Central Michigan (42 on 12/19/07). Most impressive? The team went a perfect 10-for-10 from the line in the overtime period.

Despite the loss to Drake Dec. 6, the Panthers did manage to make an impressive 21-of-24 free throw attempts (87.5 percent), including 17-of-18 in the second half. That marks the best percentage for the team in a game with more than 20 makes from the free throw line since connecting on 20-of-21 (95.2 percent) in a season-opening 71-58 victory against Denver back on Nov. 13, 2015.

QUICK READJUSTMENT
Darius Roy set a new career-high in points scored for the fourth time in the first five games of the year when he poured in 27 against LIU Brooklyn Nov. 20. Roy played at the NCAA Division I level as a freshman, so the level of competition is nothing new to him. However, his transition back into it has been pretty seamless - leading the team in scoring in each of the first three games of 2018-19 (and now seven times overall) while resetting his NCAA-highs in points scored each time. He did it again against the Blackbirds, going 7-of-11 from the floor and 11-of-12 from the line. His prior best coming into 2018-19 as a freshman was 9 points against Oglethorpe back on Dec. 7, 2016. In his debut in the opener at Boston College Nov. 6, Roy led the way with 15. In the home opener against North Dakota Nov. 10, Roy poured in 18 and added six assists and four steals. He then topped that with 19 points at FIU Nov. 13.

A CHANCE FOR FIRST IMPRESSIONS
The roster features 15 players overall, with only Bryce Barnes, Vance Johnson, Carson Warren-Newsome and Tyler Behrendt on the active roster a year ago (DeAndre Abram was also on the roster, but was sitting out due to transfer regulations). So, the newcomers will have plenty of opportunity to shine in 2018-19. A look at the numbers shows the team will be among the least-experienced, in terms of NCAA DI action, in the country.

FEWEST RETURNING LETTERWINNERS
1 - Chattanooga
2 - UNC Asheville
2 - Drake
3 - MILWAUKEE
3 - Nicholls
3 - Duquesne
3 - Baylor
3 - Detroit Mercy
3 - Little Rock

FEWEST RETURNING MINUTES
7.0% - Mount Saint Mary's
7.9% - UNC Asheville
10.6% - Idaho
11.2% - Wichita State
15.2% - Middle Tennessee
15.2% - Chattanooga
16.5% - Oakland
17.4% - Drake
23.2% - Detroit Mercy
23.7% - MILWAUKEE
26.3% - Nicholls

NOT UNPRECEDENTED
It had been quite some time since the Panthers had played a home-and-home in the same season against someone outside of the Horizon League, which is what they finished up doing against North Dakota when the road game gets played Dec. 9 (the two squads also squared off Nov. 10). While pretty rare in the schedule, it is not unprecedented - the last occasion was back in 2002-03, when the Panthers and Mississippi Valley State battled on a pair of occasions, with MKE coming out on top both times (77-75 home/83-75 away).

SOPHOMORE SURGE
Carson Warren-Newsome continues to be a bright spot in the early-season offense. In the home opener against North Dakota Nov. 10, he finished with 12 points - all coming in a 92-second span in the second half when he buried four straight 3-pointers. Against FIU Nov. 13, he chipped in 10 points and added a career-high 7 rebounds. Then, at Cincinnati Nov. 16, Warren-Newsome got the call in the starting lineup and put together the best outing of his young collegiate career - finishing with a career-high 18 points (topping the 16 he scored against Green Bay last season) while adding six rebounds and a career-best 7 assists. He finished 4-for-4 from long range against the Bearcats.

He waited all of one game to top that, going for another new career high against LIU Brooklyn Nov. 20. He finished that night with 21 points, making 5-of-8 field goals - including a game-tying circus layup following a steal to force overtime with just 13.8 seconds remaining - and 11-of-12 from the free throw line.

A trip of 3,600 miles didn't slow Warren-Newsome down either, as he reset his career-high for a third time this season against #21/#20 Buffalo Nov. 30, filling it up for 26 points off the bench. He finished 9-of-18 from the field and 6-of-6 from the line, adding four rebounds and a pair of steals. He nearly became just the second Panther to score 30-or-more points off the bench in the past 12 years.

A DASH OF JAMAR
Freshman Jamar Madge made the most of his opportunities in Northern Ireland, seeing valuable time on the court after limited minutes over his first three appearances. In 13 minutes against nationally-ranked Buffalo Nov. 30, Madge scored the first five points of his college career, going 3-for-3 from the line while adding three rebounds. The next day against Stephen F. Austin, he netted four points - including his first 3-pointer of the year - in seven minutes on the court.

WIL THE THRIL
Wil Sessoms showed off his potential at FIU Nov. 13, putting in a very productive output on the court. Once he subbed into the game, he sparked the Panthers to a halftime lead with nine points and four rebounds in just seven minutes prior to intermission. His line at the end of the night yielded a near double-double, finishing with 17 points/9 rebounds, shooting an efficient 7-of-9 from the floor and doing it all in just 16 minutes of playing time.

He posted a similar line against LIU Brooklyn Nov. 20, finishing with 13 points and 9 boards in 24 minutes of play (5-of-9 from the floor).

DeANDRE DOUBLE-DOUBLE
It didn't take long for DeAndre Abram to record his first double-double as a Panther, scoring 12 points and grabbing a dozen rebounds against North Dakota in the home opener Nov. 10. It also marked the second of his career, with his first coming in a 27 point/10 rebound outing against Wagner back on Dec. 22, 2015.

At two games, Abram's statline is the quickest double-double for an MKE newcomer since James Haarsma went for 15 points and 12 rebounds in his second game in uniform back in the 2011-12 campaign (vs. Northern Illinois, Nov. 14, 2011).

He followed that up with another in his third outing, going for 11 points and 15 rebounds against FIU Nov. 13. He was at it again against Albany Nov. 23, posting a 13 points/12 rebound effort.
 
AND WE'RE OFF
A couple of different looks to the season opener, which saw Milwaukee playing its opening game of the season on the road for the first time in three years. The team is now 17-12 in season openers since returning to the NCAA Division I ranks full-time in 1990-91 following the loss to Boston College (a victory over La Crosse a year ago had marked three in a row in season openers). In all, the team has now posted a 4-11 mark in season openers played away from home. More impressively, the Panthers are 24-4 in that same span in home openers, claiming wins in 17 of the past 18 (13 in a row at one point).

MORE TV TIME
The Milwaukee Athletic Department announced a partnership with My24 Sports to air games during the 2018-19 Milwaukee basketball season.

WVTV My24 Milwaukee provides entertainment programming and local sports broadcasts in Milwaukee and nearby communities. The Panthers are now part of a My24 Sports lineup that includes the Milwaukee Admirals and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. The partnership will allow My24 Sports to carry four select Milwaukee Panthers games live starting November 10th with the men's home opener against North Dakota that wrapped up Homecoming Week festivities. The other men's game will be Jan. 5 vs. Youngstown State.

AA ON HIS WAY
In his first game as a Panther, Amir Allen finished a basket short of a double-double (8 points) while collecting a team-high 11 rebounds. While Brock Stull was able to collect 10-plus rebounds in the opener two years ago (against MSOE), Allen's performance was the first outing of 10-or-more boards against an NCAA DI opponent in the season opener since Matt Tiby had 12 against Denver to open the slate in 2015-16. Allen is also the first Panthers to grab double-digit rebounds in his MKE debut since James Haarsma went for 17 in his first game in a Milwaukee uniform against Southwest Minnesota State November 12 of 2011.

BALDWIN'S YEAR-ONE RESUME
In his first season on the bench, Pat Baldwin led the Panthers to 16 victories, an improvement of five wins over the prior season while also finishing four spots higher in the final Horizon League regular season standings.

Included in that record was an impressive 17-point (73-56) victory over a Loyola Chicago team that finished the season ranked No. 7 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll, advanced to the Final Four and posted 32 wins including contests over No. 5 Florida, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 22 Miami and No. 24 Nevada. MKE also handed Iowa State its first loss in a home opener in 20 years when it upended the Cyclones, 74-56, in Baldwin's second official game as head coach.

In the classroom, the team was honored as part of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Public Recognition Awards for outstanding academic achievement. Milwaukee was one of just 35 men's basketball programs recognized nationwide and the only member of the Horizon League on the list after posting a perfect 1,000 four-year rate.

Five different school records were set over the course of the campaign, with Milwaukee advancing to the semifinals at Motor City Madness - the only league school to advance that far in each of the past two seasons.

THE PRICE IS WRIGHT
Newcomer Jake Wright brings plenty of experience at the NCAA Division I level, having spent two seasons at Miami (Ohio) after playing his freshman campaign at the Citadel. He brings a resume into the year that included 92 career games played (29 starts), 714 points and 192 made 3-pointers.

A deeper look shows Wright essentially serving as the senior DI member of the roster: In fact, in comparison, the three returning players for MKE (Bryce Barnes, Vance Johnson and Carson Warren-Newsome) had combined career totals of 127 games played, 35 starts, 275 rebounds and 667 points coming into the new campaign.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A CHANCE
Sitting at 7.7 points-per-game early in the season, Jake Wright can get to within striking distance of reaching the 1,000-point barrier in his college career. He heads into Saturday at 814.

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY
Courtney Brown, Jr., of Woodbury, Minnesota and C.J. Wilbourn of Normal, Ill., signed their National Letters of Intent.

Brown is a senior East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minn. He is coming off a junior campaign in which he scored 21.5 points-per-game (537 total) while leading the team to a 21-5 record. That comes off a sophomore season in which he tallied 19.6 a game. He chipped in 10 ppg as a freshman for the Raptors.
 
Wilbourn, a 6-foot-7 forward from Normal Community High School in Normal, Ill., averaged 11.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game last season. He hit 50 percent of his field-goal attempts, which included close to 40 percent from three-point range. He heads into a senior campaign that will be his third as a starter and fourth on the varsity. He added 28 blocks and 1.6 assists-per-game a year ago.

DEANDRE SET TO SOAR
After sitting out last season after transferring into the program, DeAndre Abram is set to embark on his Panther career. A veteran of two seasons at the NCAA Division I level with George Mason, Abram has scored 20 or more points in his NCAA career on a pair of occasions, with his collegiate-best coming when he piled up a double-double of 27 points and 10 rebounds against Wagner back in December of 2015. He entered 2018-19 with per-game averages of 5.9 points and 2.7 rebounds, making 14 starts in 41 games and had collected 112 rebounds and scored 242 points over his first two seasons. He filled the stat sheet with 15 points, 7 boards and 4 blocks in the exhibition and followed that with 9 points and 8 boards in the season opener at Boston College.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
Newcomer Bobby Arthur-Williams brings along quite the resume from his time in junior college. A year ago, he averaged 17.7 points and 10.7 rebounds per game at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla. He posted 20 double-doubles on the season, including 14 in his final 16 appearances overall.

PUSHING THE PACE
Head coach Pat Baldwin spoke at preseason media day about his desire to see his team push the ball offensively, with thoughts of possibly hitting the 100-point mark on a more regular basis a possibility. That may have been music to newcomer Darius Roy's ears, as he directed an offense last season at Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma, that put up 90.3 points-per-game. He led the nationally-ranked Cowboys to a 31-4 record and an appearance in the Elite Eight of the NJCAA National Basketball Tournament after earning the No. 12 national seed in the event. Roy started all 35 games, averaging 12.8 points, 5.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game, while shooting 48 percent from the floor, 41 percent from three-point range and 76 percent from the free throw line. He led the Panthers with 22 points off the bench in the exhibition win over CUW.

A DENT IN THE RECORD BOOK
Five different school records were set a year ago. Individual marks included career field-goal shooting percentage (Brett Prahl at .638 [261-409]) as well as a trio of rebounding marks set by Bryce Nze (season total, season average and offensive total). In addition to the solo efforts, the Panthers set a new program mark with 125 blocked shots - eclipsing the former mark of 118 set back in 2003-04. The squad also came within striking distance of a few others, finishing sixth in field goals made at 834 (record is 879) and fifth in field goals attempts at 1872 (1950).

GETTING TO 70
When the offense hit the 70-point barrier a season ago, the results were very positive at 11-5. Hitting shots always helps too, with the Panthers finishing 14-4 in games in which they shot 45 percent or better from the floor. A lead at the half proved just as valuable, with the Panthers posting a very solid 13-3 ledger when leading at intermission last season.

PANTHERS NOW ON DEMAND
The Panthers now have their own channel on the iHeartRadio platform. This gives fans the opportunity to listen to podcasts of Panther games that have been played, as well as podcasts of the "Panther Sports Report" after they are aired. It allows fans of Milwaukee basketball the opportunity to listen to these events on demand. The channel can be accessed at the following address:
www.iheart.com/podcast/uw-milwaukee-mens-basketball-28721732/

RAMBLING ON
The Panthers put on quite an impressive performance in the victory over Loyola Dec. 16 last season, claiming a 17-point win over a team that came into the game with a 10-1 record, ranked No. 3 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll that week and had just beaten No. 5 Florida earlier that month.

The defense limited the Ramblers to 38.5 percent (20-of-52) from the floor overall, and just 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from distance to a team that came in as one of the best three-point shooting teams in the country at 44.6 percent.

BALDWIN MADE IT LOOK EASY
A season ago, Milwaukee was 4-1 through five games, giving Pat Baldwin the best five-game start to an MKE head coaching career in the NCAA Division I history of the program. Going back through time (LaVall Jordan 2-3; Rob Jeter 3-2; Bruce Pearl 2-3; Bo Ryan 3-2; Ric Cobb 2-3; Steve Antrim 1-4), only Jeter and Ryan even reached three victories through their first five games.

It also marked the best five-game start since the Panthers went 5-0 to open the 2004-05 campaign. At 4-1, the start equaled the five-game marks of 2015-16, 2013-14 and 2011-12.

HE'S THE CHIEF
Former Milwaukee forward Demetrius Harris (2011-13) is once again on the active roster for the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, catching 12 passes in 12 games (3 starts) for 164 yards and three touchdowns this season. In fact, this is his fifth campaign with the Chiefs, having made 30 starts in 56 games over his first four seasons. Coming into 2018, Harris had caught 45 passes for 441 yards, including three touchdowns. The first Panther to play in the NFL since 1983, Harris played two seasons at Milwaukee and helped the team to a College Basketball Invitational appearance in 2012 before putting up 9.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg in 2012-13. The 6-foot-7 Harris made his NFL debut when he appeared in eight games as a tight end for the Chiefs in 2014 and hauled in three passes for 20 yards before suffering a season-ending foot injury during warm-ups against Buffalo in early November.

IT'S OUR HOUSE
Although the building is not new and has been the site to many historic basketball moments in Milwaukee history, this is Milwaukee's fifth season in an arena that bears its name - UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. In July of 2014, the University and Wisconsin Center District entered into a 10-year partnership that included naming rights to the facility formerly known as The MECCA and most recently, U.S. Cellular Arena.

UP NEXT
The Panthers remain at home, playing the second of three in a row at UWM Panther Arena Thursday when they host Cleveland State. Tip time against the Vikings is set for 7 p.m.