GREEN BAY—Rahmon Fletcher had 29 points, five assists and four steals as Wisconsin-Green Bay beat Loyola 90-69 Thursday night.Fletcher hit 11 of 19 field goals and 4 of 7 from 3-point range. Troy Cotton added 17 points for the Phoenix (7-2, 1-0 Horizon League), including 3 of 4 3-pointers and all four of his free throws.Bryquis Perine had 12 points and six assists for the Phoenix, including two 3-pointers. In all, Green Bay hit 11 of 21 (52 percent) from behind the 3-point line. Marcus Thomas came off the bench and led the Ramblers (4-2, 0-1) with 13 points, including three 3s. Terrance Hill and Geoff McCammon added 11 points each, and Walt Gibler had 10.Green Bay outrebounded Loyola 43-32 and hit 33 of 64 from the field (52 percent).The Ramblers made 27 of 65 field goals (42 percent) and 8 of 26 3-pointers (31 percent).

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MILWAUKEE—Tony Meier and Ricky Franklin scored 14 points each to lead Wisconsin-Milwaukee past UIC 57-52 Thursday night in the Horizon League opener for both schools.Wisconsin-Milwaukee trailed early in the second half before going on a 10-0 run to take the lead for good. UIC got as close as 46-44 with 5:27 to play but the Panthers scored the next seven points and weren’t threatened after that.The Panthers (6-2) won despite a poor shooting night that saw them make just 29 percent of their shots, and 15 percent (4 of 26) from 3-point range.Kris Harris led all players with 15 points for the Flames (1-4). Brad Birton scored 10 and Jeremy Buttell grabbed 13 rebounds for UIC, which shot 35 percent.