GREEN BAY — One of the all-time greats in Phoenix basketball history was honored Saturday night before the team’s exhibition game against Bradley.
Keifer Sykes, who played for UW-Green Bay from 2011 to 2015 and is the school’s second all-time leading scorer and a two-time Horizon League Player of the Year, had his No. 24 retired and hung up in the rafters of the Kress Center.
“It feels surreal," said Sykes. "I just feel overwhelmed with love. Overwhelmed with joy. It means a lot for my family. It means a lot for the community here. I feel like I always wanted to be a hero up here for the youth, for this city. To get this accomplishment, to get this moment, it means a lot to me.”
Sykes’ career with the Phoenix on the court may be long over, but now he is the team’s general manager and st