The 2024-25 season for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball team ended Tuesday night as they lost to the Oakland Grizzlies 96-72 in the Horizon League Tournament.

The loss ended the first season for head coach Doug Gottlieb, whose team finished 4-28 and suffered the second-fewest wins in the 56-year history of the program. 

Oakland controlled the game from the start and took a 47-34 lead into halftime.

The second half saw the Grizzlies pull away and finish off the Phoenix with a convincing 24-point margin.

Green Bay was led by Jeremiah Johnson, who scored 21 points and pulled down nine rebounds.  C.J. O’Hara added 15 more,e and Marcus Hall chipped in 11, but it was not enough.

Green Bay (4-28) will now try to rebuild a young roster and see where the portal takes them in the offseason.  Oakland will now advance in the Horizon League Tournament by playing the Milwaukee  Panthers on Thursday in Milwaukee.