ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (Interstat) — Green Bay used a decisive first-half run and a balanced offensive effort to defeat Loyola Chicago 82-48 in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game Saturday at the Resch Center. The Phoenix improved to 1-1. The Ramblers dropped to 1-1. Announced attendance was 1,866. Green Bay led 44-23 at halftime and maintained control through the second half. Loyola Chicago never led after the opening minutes.

The Ramblers opened the scoring on Md Ntambue’s layup, and Rosalie Mercille made a 3-pointer to tie the game at 5. Loyola Chicago briefly took an 8-5 lead on Brooklyn Vaughn’s free throw, but Green Bay answered with an 11-0 run. Kristina Ouimette made a turnaround jumper, Meghan Schultz converted a layup, and Maddy Skorupski added a layup and a free throw before two more layups from Skorupski and Schultz gave the Phoenix a 16-8 lead. Angela Le Faou hit a 3-pointer for Loyola Chicago, but Green Bay added five free throws from Skorupski, Ady Ketterhagen and Maren Westin before Mireia Jurado made two free throws for the Ramblers. Green Bay led 21-13 after one quarter. Le Faou opened the second quarter with another 3-pointer to cut the margin to 21-16. Schultz answered with a layup, and after Jurado scored for Loyola Chicago, Skorupski made two free throws and Ntambue hit a 3-pointer to bring the Ramblers within 25-21. Green Bay then took control. Ketterhagen made a layup and a free throw, Jasmine Perry scored for Loyola Chicago, and Ketterhagen added another free throw. Westin made a layup and a free throw, Ouimette scored inside, Schultz made a layup, Westin added another layup, Gracie Grzesk scored a layup, Schultz made two free throws and Schultz closed the half with a layup. Green Bay led 44-23 at halftime.

Maddy Skorupski of Green Bay had 14 points, seven assists, one rebound and one block in 27 minutes. Meghan Schultz of Green Bay had 16 points, two rebounds and one assist in 18 minutes. Maren Westin of Green Bay contributed eight points, six rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes. Kristina Ouimette of Green Bay scored 10 points with three rebounds in 19 minutes. Mireia Jurado of Loyola Chicago had 10 points, five rebounds and one assist in 34 minutes. Gabby Wilke of Loyola Chicago added nine points and two rebounds in 11 minutes. Gemma Wichmann of Loyola Chicago scored seven points with four rebounds in 15 minutes. Rosalie Mercille of Loyola Chicago had eight points and two rebounds in 18 minutes. Angela Le Faou of Loyola Chicago added six points, four rebounds and one block in 20 minutes. Ady Ketterhagen of Green Bay finished with eight points and one assist in 18 minutes.

Loyola Chicago tried to stay within reach early in the third quarter. Jurado scored inside for the Ramblers, but Green Bay answered with a 3-pointer from Ouimette and another from Mckenna Johnson. Jurado made a layup, but Schultz answered with a layup, and Jorey Buwalda and Mckenna Johnson added consecutive layups. Wilke made two layups for Loyola Chicago, but Mckenna Johnson made two free throws and Wichmann hit a 3-pointer for the Ramblers. Schultz made another layup, and Skorupski made two free throws to give Green Bay a 62-32 lead after three quarters. In the fourth quarter, Wilke made a 3-pointer for Loyola Chicago, and Mercille added two free throws. Skorupski made a layup and a free throw, Jurado made a jump shot and a layup, and Buwalda made two layups and a free throw. Westin made a free throw, Ketterhagen made two free throws, Lillie Johnson made two free throws and a layup, Wichmann made two free throws, Julianna Ouimette made two free throws, Mercille made a late 3-pointer and Sophie Lahti closed the scoring with a layup. The Phoenix’s largest lead was 34 points.

Loyola Chicago shot 16 of 49 from the floor, 7 of 24 from 3-point range and 9 of 10 from the free-throw line. Green Bay shot 26 of 55 from the floor, 3 of 13 from beyond the arc and 27 of 31 from the free-throw line. Each team had six offensive rebounds. Green Bay recorded 10 assists, three blocks and six turnovers. Loyola Chicago had two assists and 23 turnovers. The Ramblers scored 48 points from 71 possessions for an offensive rating of 67.8. The Phoenix scored 82 points from 70 possessions for an offensive rating of 117.6.

Loyola Chicago was coming off a 73-71 win over Wright State in its previous game. Green Bay had lost 76-60 at Duke in its previous game. Loyola Chicago’s upcoming schedule includes home games against Arkansas State, Milwaukee, DePaul, Valparaiso, Richmond, Illinois-Chicago and Northwestern, along with road games at Illinois State, Western Illinois and Iowa State. Green Bay is scheduled to visit Illinois State, Northern Iowa, Robert Morris, Youngstown State and Utah, and host Wisconsin, Texas, Eastern Illinois, Wis.-Stout and Wis. Lutheran.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Green Bay 68, Loyola Chicago 58, and Interstat’s ELO system had given Green Bay a 92.6 percent probability to win before the game.