Wisconsin News and Sports
Greg Mays
Senior forward Greg Mays had a career high 34 points, 26 of the 34 by halftime to lead the Green Bay Phoenix to a
96-76 Horizon League victory over visiting Detroit (12-17, 5-9 HL) at the Resch Center.
Mays hit 8-of-12 field goal attempts and 10-of-12 at the free throw line in the opening 20 minutes, scoring 11-straight points during a 16-3 run to turn a 31-31 tie into a 47-34 lead at the half. He tied the Resch Center record for points in a half. [Read more…]
Keifer Sykes
Green Bay and Valparaiso are two of the three teams tied for the Horizon League lead. The Phoenix and Crusaders will hook up tonight in a first place battle in Indiana. The two teams share first place with Cleveland State entering play tonight.
Green Bay won the first matchup 51-50 on January 23 in Green Bay. The Phoenix held the Crusaders to 18.5% shooting from the field in the second half to rally from a 10-point first half deficit to pull out the win. Senior forward Greg Mays scored the eventual game-winning basket on a runner with 1:41 to play [Read more…]
Brian Wardle
Senior Keifer Sykes scored all 11 of his points in the second half, including the game winning jumper with 17-seconds left to play, leading the Green Bay Phoenix to a 63-62 win over the Youngstown State Penguins in Youngstown, Ohio.
Sykes spent much of the first half in the locker room, getting stitched up after receiving a cut above his eye.
Green Bay trailed 58-48 with 8:14 left to play, but the Phoenix defense held YSU to only four points and outscored the Penguins 15-4 to end the game. [Read more…]
Brian Wardle
After losing twice to Milwaukee last season, the Green Bay Phoenix swept the season series from the Panthers this season, winning 81-70 at the Resch Center in Green Bay last night.
The Phoenix (19-5, 8-2 Horizon League) moved back into a three-way tie atop the conference standings with Cleveland State and Valparaiso, with Oakland just a half-game back.
The Phoenix also improved to 11-0 at home this season, with games against Detroit, Cleveland State and Oakland remaining.
The Phoenix started fast, jumping out to a 29-6 lead and leading by as [Read more…]
Halfway through the Horizon League season, the home teams are holding serve. Visiting Green Bay (17-5, 6-2 HL) fell behind early and went on to lose to Cleveland State (13-10, 7-2 HL) 76-62. The loss snapped a five-game winning streak in the series for Green Bay.
The Vikings used a 16-0 run to turn a 9-8 lead into a 25-8 margin midway through the first half. Green Bay ended the half on a 13-7 run but still trailed 32-21 at halftime.
Green Bay scored the first six points of the second half to climb to within six points, but Cleveland State responded with a 9-0 run to go up 15 with 12:32 to play. [Read more…]
Greg Mays
Greg Mays jumper with 1:43 left to play would turn out to be the games final points. The Green Bay Phoenix survived from there, holding off the Crusaders of Valparaiso, 51-50 on Friday night at the Resch Center in Green Bay.
The Crusaders (18-4, 5-2 Horizon League) missed three shots down the stretch that would have given them the lead.
Keifer Sykes and Alfonzo McKinnie scored 11 points each to lead the Phoenix (17-4, 6-1). It’s the 10th straight win (10-0) at home for Green Bay this season.
At 6-1, the Phoenix stay in first place in the Horizon League standings, tied with Cleveland State. The Vikings knocked off Detroit 70-66. In that contest, Trey Lewis poured in 30 points and the host Vikings (12-9, 6-1) erased a nine-point deficit in the second half to down the Titans 10-11, 3-3).
Green Bay and Cleveland State will play the first of their 2-game series in Cleveland on Saturday, Jan. 31st.
AUDIO: GB Coach Brian Wardle says they did just enough down the stretch :15
AUDIO: Keifer Sykes on being in 1st place in the Horizon League :11
(VGreg Mays scored 20 points and Keifer Sykes added 19 points and nine assists to lead the Green Bay Phoenix to a 78-55 win over Illinois-Chicago at the Resch Center on Tuesday night. It’s the 9th straight home court victory for Green Bay.
Sykes has now scored in double figures in 32 straight Horizon League games and in 59 of the last 61.
Mays hit 10 of 15 shots from the field. Two of the ten were dunks, giving him 100 dunks in his Phoenix career.
Sykes season high nine assists moved him past Frank Nardi into fourth place on the schools all-time list with 474. The program’s all-time leader in free throws made 11 of 13 to reach 500 in his career (509).
The Phoenix ( 16-4, 5-1 HL) shot 50.9% from the field for the game and held UIC to 36.5% and 1 of 10 three-pointers.
Green Bay welcomes Valparaiso (18-3, 5-1) to the Resch Center on Friday in a battle for first place in the Horizon League.
Following is coach Brian Wardle’s post game press conference.
The Green Bay Phoenix saw their 5-game win streak come to an end on Thursday night, falling to the Oakland Golden Grizzlies 69-66 in overtime.
Senior Keifer Sykes led four Green Bay players in double figures with a team-high 19 points, but missed key moments due to foul trouble after two second-half charges.
Oakland (6-12, 2-2 HL) missed a shot with 14 seconds left, giving the Phoenix a chance to tie the game. But Green Bay (14-4, 3-1) couldn’t answer when Sykes missed a potential game-tying three-pointer with five seconds left.
Greg Mays added 15 points, Carrington Love 12 and Jordan Fouse had 11 points, eight rebounds and three steals for the Phoenix.
Green Bay returns to action Saturday afternoon at Detroit.
Keifer Sykes
Green Bay Phoenix senior point guard Keifer Sykes has been awarded two national player of the week honors. The point guard was named the Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week and the CollegeInsider.com Lou Henson National Player of the Week.
Earlier in the week, Sykes was named the Horizon League Player of the Week for the 12th time, extending his own league record.
In three games last week, Sykes averaged 28.7 points and shot 53.6 percent from the field as the Phoenix improved to 14-3 on the season and
3-0 in Horizon League play. Sykes also made 50 percent of his three-pointers (9 of 18) and added five rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.
Sykes impressive week leaves him with 1,809 career points, moving him into fourth place on Green Bay’s all-time scoring list.
Keifer Sykes
Green Bay Phoenix point guard Keifer Sykes extended his own league record by winning his 12th career Horizon League Player of the Week award.
Sykes poured in 86 points as Green Bay opened Horizon League play last week with three double-digit victories. The senior guard averaged 28.7 points in the three games, shooting 53.6% from the field (30-56), 50 percent from three-point range (9 of 18) and 81% from the free-throw line (17 of 21). Sykes also averaged five rebounds and 4.8 assists in the three games.
Sykes scored 28 points last Monday in a 79-55 win over Wright State. He scored 34 in a 79-63 victory at Milwaukee and 24 points in Sunday nights 82-67 win over Youngstown State.
Sykes now has 1,809 points in his career, moving him into fourth place on Green Bay’s all-time scoring list.