MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee continues its three-game road trip with a visit to Dayton, Ohio to take on the Wright State Raiders on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 3:00 p.m. (CT). The Panthers will look to sweep the season series from Wright State after winning 75-50 at the Klotsche Center earlier this month.
 
Milwaukee's audio stream will also be available on the Black & Gold Network, as Matt Menzl returns for his ninth season with the program. Fans can also find the audio stream on the 'Varsity Network' App (available in the App Store & Google Play). All links, including live stats and the link to video on ESPN+, provided by Wright State, can be found on MKEPanthers.com.
 
THE MATCHUP
Saturday, Jan. 25 – Milwaukee at Wright State | Nutter Center | Dayton, Ohio | 3:00 pm (CT)
 
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QUICK NOTES
» Looking to bounce back after Thursday's loss at Northern Kentucky, the Milwaukee Panthers will visit the Wright State Raiders on Saturday afternoon in search of its first season sweep of WSU since the 2019-20 season. Tip-off at the Nutter Center is slated for 3:00 p.m. (CT).
» Milwaukee fell to Northern Kentucky on Thursday evening by a 66-62 score at Truist Arena. Jorey Buwalda led the way with a career-best tying 20-point effort, while Kamy Peppler was also in double figures with a 12-point night.
» Wright State also enters Saturday's game off a loss on Thursday, that to the Green Bay Phoenix by a score of 75-62. In the loss, the Raiders got 12 points from Claire Henson and 10 from Makiya Miller. WSU was outrebounded 41-27 and had only 22 field goal makes to the 28 field goals made by Green Bay.
» Milwaukee won the matchup earlier this season against Wright State at the Klotsche Center, recording a 75-50 victory over the Raiders. Three Panthers scored in double figures including an 18-point effort by Kacee Baumhower. Defensively, Milwaukee was tough on the Raider offense as WSU made just 26.0 percent of its attempts from the field and 14.3 percent from three.
» In matchups as Division I opponents, the series has been even with Wright State holding a slim 36-34 win advantage including three of the last five matchups. The Panthers are 14-22 in games played in Dayton against the Raiders, with their last win coming on Jan. 7, 2023, a 72-61 victory.

LOOKING AT WRIGHT STATE
After winning their first two games in Horizon League play with back-to-back victories against Detroit Mercy and Youngstown State at home, the Raiders have dropped their next two games at IU Indy and at home against Green Bay and are now 4-16 overall and are 2-8 in Horizon League contests.

The Raiders are on a stretch of six games out of eight in the friendly confines of the Nutter Center, where the team has all four of their wins this year. Wright State is 0-9 on the road and 0-2 in neutral site contests in 2024-25.

Two players are in the top-25 in scoring for Wright State this season with Claire Henson and Amaya Staton averaging just over 10 points per game this season. As a team, Wright State is sixth in the league with 64.1 per game as a unit. However, the issue for the Raiders has been the defensive effort as WSU is last in the league as the team is allowing 73.2 points per game through their first 20.

Wright State has been susceptible to the three-point shot, allowing a league-worst 33.1 percent to their opponents. Milwaukee was one of those teams to have a good day from beyond the arc, knocking down a season-best 13 three-pointers against the Raiders, while it was also the most allowed by Wright State this season. Kacee Baumhower, Jada Donaldson, and Kamy Peppler each had three three-pointers against WSU on Jan. 2.

In the matchup earlier this season Staton led the way for Wright State with 18 points and 11 rebounds as she ended the game connecting on 8-of-16 from the field. Her 18 points are a season high, while she has since put together a dominant effort with 16 rebounds and seven blocks against Youngstown State in the team's win on Jan. 12.

The Raiders will look to erase their season-worst .260 field goal percentage against the Panthers earlier this month, the team has not won a game when shooting under .382 this season.

UP NEXT
The Panthers will wrap-up their three-game road trip on Wednesday evening, when the Panthers visit the IU Indy Jaguars for their first meeting of 2024-25. The game will begin at 5:30 p.m. (CT) at The Jungle on the IU Indy campus. MKE heads home for three-straight at the Klotsche Center beginning with Cleveland State on Feb. 1.

BUWALDA WITH A NEW CAREER HIGH
Jorey Buwalda had a career-best eight field goal makes in the team's matchup at Northern Kentucky on Jan. 23, eclipsing her previous career-high of six set back on Nov. 23, 2023, against Mississippi Valley State. During both contests, she scored a career-best 20 points.

BACK-AND-FORTH IN THE PAINT
Over the past five games, Milwaukee has alternated games in which it has scored 40 or more points in the paint. The run began with 42 points at home against Northern Kentucky, before another 42-point effort at home against Oakland, Milwaukee hit 40 again in the paint against the Norse on the road on Jan. 23.

Milwaukee has only had four games this season with at least 40 points in the paint, including a season-best 44 in the season opener at St. Thomas. The Panthers have reached 30 or more points in a game on seven occasions this year.

TEN OR FEWER
After the team's loss to Northern Kentucky on Jan. 23, Milwaukee is now 0-10 in games decided by 10 or fewer points, including four overtime losses.

ALL-TIME IN ASSISTS
Kamy Peppler has a total of 364 assists, currently placing her fifth on the all-time list in Panther history. She is currently 66 behind fourth place, occupied by Angela Rodriguez with 430. The all-time mark in Panther history is held by Pam Bartnik, who finished her career with 469 assists from 1990-94.

With her seven assists on Jan. 16 vs. Oakland, Peppler crossed over the 100-assist plateau for the season, accomplishing the feat in each of her three seasons at Milwaukee. Should Peppler hold onto her team lead, she will become the first Panther since Jen Greger to lead the team for three consecutive seasons with 100+ assists, Greger had 129 in 1994-95, 109 in 1995-96, and 123 in 1996-97.

JOINING THE 100 STEAL CLUB
With four steals to tie her career high on Jan. 16 vs. Oakland, Kamy Peppler reached the 100-steal mark for her career. To break into the top-10, Peppler will need another 34 steals this season, as the 10th place occupant is Maria Viall with 137 career steals. The all-time leader is Pam Bartnik with 268 steals in a Panther career.

TOPS IN THE HORIZON
Three Panthers are leading the way in the Horizon League in several statistical categories entering play this weekend. Kamy Peppler leads the HL in both assists (111) and assists per game (5.3), while Anna Lutz is third in the league lead in both blocks (23) and fourth in blocks per game (1.1).

Kacee Baumhower is among the league leaders in field goal attempts with 232, field goals made (86), free throws made (57), free throws attempted (71), and points scored (266).

DOUBLE-DIGIT GETTERS
This season, Milwaukee has had 46 instances of players scoring double digits in a game including Anna Lutz (13) and Kacee Baumhower (12) leading the team. Kamy Peppler has accomplished double digits in points nine times in 2024-25.

The Panthers have also had four double-digit scoring efforts Jorey Buwalda and three from Jada Donaldson. Payton Rechlicz has done so twice, and both Kallie Peppler and Izzy Pugh reaching double digits once each this season.

CAREER DAY FOR LUTZ VS. OAKLAND
On Jan. 16 vs. Oakland, Anna Lutz had a career afternoon as she finished the game with 30 points on 13 field goal makes. Her 30-point performance were the 40th occurrence in Milwaukee basketball history, and first since former teammate Kendall Nead had 38 points against McNeese State on Nov. 17, 2023. Her 13 field goal makes is also tied for sixth in program history in a single game.

In five career games against Oakland, Lutz has shot 33-of-44 (75.0 percent) from the field, 7-of-12 (58.3 percent) from three, and has 73 points and 23 rebounds when facing the Golden Grizzlies.

DONALDSON'S ATR
Jada Donaldson with a 2.50 assist/turnover ratio in 2023-24 finished 17th in Division I in assist/turnover ratio. This season, she has a has a 1.16 assist/turnover ratio and has a career mark of 1.85 assists to turnovers, with 231 assists and 125 turnovers in 124 career games.

Milwaukee is currently fifth in the Horizon League as a team with a 0.84 assist/turnover ratio in 2024-25.

RECENT STRETCH FOR 24
Since Nov. 28, Jada Donaldson had been shooting at a high efficiency, scoring 38-of-80 from the field (47.5 percent) and 18-of-40 from three (45.0 percent).

Overall, this season, Donaldson has made 53-of-122 from the field (43.4 percent) and 25-of-59 from three (42.4 percent).

PEPPLER'S DOUBLE DOUBLES
Against Carroll, American, and Wright State, Kamy Peppler recorded the first three double-doubles of her career. While double-doubles are common among points and rebounds, Peppler's came with points and assists; 11 points/10 assists vs. Carroll, 14 points/10 assists vs. American, 11 points/11 assists vs. Wright State.

It was the first time that a Panther had a points-assists double-double since Jaleesa Armstrong had 23 points and 10 assists at Detroit Mercy on Jan. 7, 2015. With her 11-assist effort against Wright State on Jan. 2, she becomes just the second different player to have a points/assists double-double with more than 10 assists, Pam Bartnik had a 14-point/13-assist double-double in the 1992-93 season, and a 12-point/14-assist double-double on in 1993-94.

Peppler is now tied for second in single-season points/assists double-doubles with Angela Rodriguez, who had three during the 2013-14 season. The record is currently four held by Bartnik during the 1993-94 campaign.

PUTTING UP THE POINTS
Kacee Baumhower has been putting up large point totals for the Panthers with 20+ point performances in five contests this season.

The last player to have at least five 20+ point scoring performances in a season was Kendall Nead in 2023-24, finishing the season with six. Kamy Peppler also had five 20+ point games, while Anna Lutz had four for the Panthers a year ago.

The last time a Panther had at least seven games of 20+ points in a game came back in 2016-17, when Milwaukee had both Jenny Lindner (eight times), and Steph Kostowicz (seven times) both reached 20+ points in a game seven-plus times that season.

PANTHERS FOR THREE
In early January, Iowa State had its NCAA Division I record-setting streak of 945 consecutive games with a three-point basket stopped by Texas Tech. With the Cyclones failing to convert, Milwaukee now takes over the third longest active streak in which it has made at least one three-point basket in 690 games.

All-Time Streaks
1. Iowa State – 945 (1995-2025)
2. Chattanooga – 793 (1999-Present) *
3. South Alabama – 745 (2000-Present) *
4. Dayton – 697 (2001-2024)
5. Milwaukee – 690 (2002-Present) *
* - Active Streak (through Jan. 23, 2025)

BALANCING THE FIRST AND SECOND HALVES
Overall, this season Milwaukee has been consistent in its shooting by making 39.8 percent (237-for-596) of its shots in the first half and 40.1 percent (224-for-550) in the second half. In overtime, the Panthers are 7-for-30 (23.3 percent).

DROUGHT FROM DISTANCE
After starting the season shooting 37.0 (30-for-81) percent from three over the first four games, the Panthers have struggled from distance the last 17 games connecting on just 28.2 percent (105-for-372).

The Panthers have had three halves this season with seven three-point makes including the second half against Robert Morris (Dec. 7), first half against Cleveland State (Dec. 29), and first half against Wright State (Jan. 2).

Milwaukee has been kept off the scoresheet from distance in two halves this season, the second half against Air Force (Nov. 28), and the second half against Youngstown State (Dec. 4).

IN OVERTIME
With the team's four overtime losses this season, Milwaukee is now 21-27 in all-time overtime games since joining the Division I level prior to the 1990-91 season. The Panthers have gone to overtime on three occasions in season openers, winning 84-77 over Parkside in 2019-20, and falling to Ball State by an 84-75 score to begin the 2021-22 campaign.

This season is the 13th time in program history that the Panthers have had multiple overtime games in one season, most recently during the 2020-21 season. With four games going beyond the allotted 40 minutes, the 2024-25 season has seen the most overtime games in one season in program history. The previous record was three set on six occasions (2008-09, 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 1999-2000, and 1996-97).

TEN FOR THREE
After accomplishing the deed of 10 three-point makes in a game just three times in 2023-24, the Panthers have already done so five times in 2024-25. Milwaukee knocked down 10 three against Carroll on Nov. 6, 11 in the Nov. 14 win over Valparaiso, another 10 against Northern Illinois on Nov. 24, 11 at Cleveland State on Dec. 29, and a season-best 13 against Wright State on Jan. 2. The team has reached double-digit threes 68 times since Kyle Rechlicz has taken over as head coach.

MAGIC NUMBER
In college basketball, there is no perfect recipe for a win but for Milwaukee, field goal percentage has been a pretty good baseline. Since 2016-17, Milwaukee is 112-43 (.723) when hitting at least 40 percent from the field. Bump that field goal percentage to 43 percent and the Panthers are 96-23 (.807).

When shooting under 40 percent, Milwaukee is 26-88 (.228).

KEEPING THE FOULS DOWN
Since the 2022-23 season, when Milwaukee has committed 11 fouls or fewer, the Panthers are 11-2. On the contrary, the Panthers are 8-26 when they have committed 18 or more fouls in a contest.

IN THE PAINT
In 2023-24, when Milwaukee scored more than 25 points in the paint the Panthers had a 12-7 record, while the team was 4-11 when scoring fewer than 25 points in the paint.

This year, the Panthers are 3-7 thus far on the season when scoring 25 or more points in the paint, narrowly reaching that plateau with 26 in the team's Nov. 14 win over Valparaiso. Milwaukee is 1-10 when scoring fewer than 25 points in the paint, with a season-low 11 against Green Bay on Dec. 11. The Panthers picked up the win over Wright State on Jan. 2 while scoring 24 points in the paint.

OFFENSIVE BOARDS TURNING INTO POINTS
Dating back to the 2022-23 season, the Panthers have pulled down double-digits in offensive rebounds in 32 of their 67 games and scored 632 second-chance points. Last season, the Panthers had a season-best 20 offensive rebounds against Viterbo and eclipsed that mark with 21 in the team's Nov. 4 matchup to open the 2024-25 season at St. Thomas.

BUWALDA BOARDS LED TO WINS
The Panthers finished the 2023-24 season with an 8-2 record in games when Jorey Buwalda was Milwaukee's leader in rebounding. She recorded double-digits in rebounds in four games this past season with the Panthers scoring wins in all four of those matchups.

This year Milwaukee is 2-4 in games that Buwalda leads the team in rebounds, falling to Wisconsin, Northern Kentucky twice, and Purdue Fort Wayne, while defeating both American and Wright State.

HIGH SHOOTING PERCENTAGE, WRONG RESULT
Milwaukee shot 45.8 percent (27-of-59) from the field in the Jan. 4 loss to Northern Kentucky, the team's highest shooting percentage in a loss this season. It was the team's highest shooting percentage in a loss since last season, when the Panthers also shot 45.8 percent (22-of-48) at home against Oakland on Feb. 24, 2024.

LOW, LOW, LOW
After holding Central Michigan to just 26.2 percent from the field, Milwaukee's defense topped that performance on Jan. 2 against Wright State as the Raiders finished the game shooting 26.0 percent (19-for-73). The mark was the lowest since the Panthers' historic performance against Detroit Mercy on Dec. 29, 2022, where the Titans finished with a .175 shooting percentage (7-for-40).

Wright State also shot 4-of-28 from three, which was also a season-best by the Panther defense as WSU finished at 14.4 percent. Last season, Milwaukee held Robert Morris (Jan. 11) and Cleveland State (Feb. 17) to identical 2-for-19 performances (10.5 percent).

FREQUENT FLIER MILES
Since Milwaukee played three consecutive games at home from Nov. 6 through Nov. 14, the Panthers have played nine of its next 11 games away from home. In total the team will travel 9,123 miles beginning with the team's trip to Madison to take on Wisconsin on Nov. 17 and wrapping up with the team's trip to the Wolstein Center in Cleveland against Cleveland State on Dec. 29.

By comparison, the Panthers will travel an estimated approximately 2,978 miles the rest of the season, which includes trips to Purdue Fort Wayne, Northern Kentucky, Wright State, IU Indy, Detroit Mercy, Oakland, and Green Bay.

100s FOR THREE
Earlier this season, Kamy Peppler recorded the 100th three-pointer of her career with her second three-point make of three against Carroll on Nov. 6. Kacee Baumhower also scored her 100th career three-point make against Kansas State on Nov. 20.

FREE THROW FRENZY
Against Valparaiso on Nov. 14, the Panthers took 37 trips to the free throw line and converted 29.

It was the first time that Milwaukee made 29 free throws in a game since Dec. 30, 2006, when they made 29 against UIC at the Klotsche Center. It was the first time the Panthers took 37 free throw attempts in a game since the team also had 37 against Columbia at home on Nov. 16, 2018.

NINETY IN NON-OVERTIME
On Nov. 14 against Valparaiso, Milwaukee put 90 points on the scoreboard, which was the first time that the team had scored 90 points against a Division I opponent since last season's overtime win against Wright State on Jan. 26 (93-87).

The last time the Panthers scored 90 points in a regulation game against a Division I opponent was on Feb. 23, 2018, in a 90-45 win at home against Detroit Mercy.

50 BOARDS
After coming within five rebounds on three occasions in 2023-24, including a season-best 49 against Wright State on Jan. 26, the team posted 50 rebounds in the 2024-25 season opener against St. Thomas. It was the first time Milwaukee had 50 rebounds in a game since the team had 56 in a neutral site matchup against Boise State on Nov. 27, 2022.

CLOSING IN ON 500
Milwaukee currently has with 491 wins at the Division I level, dating back to its inaugural DI season in 1990-91. MA Kelling led the team with 57 wins over the first five year, while Jenny Sell won four games in 1995-96. Sandy Botham had 245 wins, while current head coach Kyle Rechlicz has added 185 to the all-time total.

YEAR 13 FOR RECHLICZ
Milwaukee is led by Kyle Rechlicz, who enters year 13 as the head coach of the Panthers and is the Horizon League's most veteran coach with the retirement of Green Bay's Kevin Borseth earlier this summer. Cleveland State's Chris Kielsmeier is second in the league beginning his tenure in 2018-19 (7th season in 2024-25).

GREEN GETS THE CALL
Milwaukee Athletics announced its Bud K. Haidet Hall of Fame Class for 2024. The list included Milwaukee basketball's Ashley Green, who played for the Panthers from 2011-15.

She finished her career with 1,653 points, which is currently fifth on the all-time scoring list. She is also one of just five Panthers in program history to finish their career with 1,000+ points and 500+ rebounds, finishing with 781 in her 119 career games. Green finished her career with 17 double-doubles, the eighth most in program history.

CHECK THAT DIAL
This season, Milwaukee has made the move to one of the leading audio providers in all of college sports with their audio-only streams now available online directly through the team's home website MKEPanthers.com, as well as on The Varsity Network. Fans can download 'Varsity Network' in the App Store on iOS devices and Google Play and search "Milwaukee" to find the live audio stream of Panther games.