Terrific game by Sykes powers Phoenix to 8th straight win 

Visiting UW-Green Bay (13-3, 3-0 HL) needed overtime and a career-high 34 points from electric point guard Kiefer Sykes to beat UW-Milwaukee 93-86 in Horizon League action Sunday afternoon. Green Bay has won eight-straight games for the first time since a nine-game winning streak in 2003-04. The Phoenix came from seven points down with 3:39 to play to force OT. How good was Sykes, who also had eight rebounds and five assists? Plenty good, says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel game coverage.

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A record fifth player-of-the-week: It doesn’t mean he’s the best ever in Horizon League history, but it does mean, this year, that few in the conference are approaching the sort of performances that Kiefer Sykes is making routine for UW-Green Bay. With the season barely half-gone, Sykes matched a league record Monday by earning his fifth Horizon player-of-the-week award, and with nine in his three-year career he’s within one of the career mark of 10 set by former Detroit Titans star Rashad Phillips of the 1990s. Read more.