Associated Press
Anchorage, Alaska -- Keifer Sykes scored 23 points, including a perfect 12-for-12 from the line, to lead Green Bay over Pepperdine 97-89 Thursday in the Great Alaska Shootout.
Green Bay (3-1) had five players in double figures, with Alec Brown chipping in 21.
Pepperdine's Brendan Lane led all scorers with 26 points.
Green Bay held 1-point halftime lead, and was down by one at 16:53 of the second half when Sykes buried a 3-pointer to take the lead. The Phoenix then went on a 9-0 run and held Pepperdine (4-2) scoreless for 5:01. After a David Jesperson layup for the Waves, Green Bay went on another 8-point run to take a commanding 13-point advantage.
The Phoenix weren't done though, extending their lead to as much as 17 before Pepperdine turned things into a free-throw shooting contest late in the game. Green Bay made 17-of-18 from the line inside 2 minutes. Sykes was a perfect 12-for-12 on the night.
Greg Mays matched his career-high with 18 points, going 8-of-13 from the floor and adding three blocks. Entering the night as the NCAA leader in blocks, Green Bay finished with 11, as Mays, Brown and Jordan Fouse all had three.
Carrington Love and Vincent Garrett came off the bench to post 14 and 11 points, respectively. Combined with Kenneth Lowe's five-point effort, the Green Bay bench outscored Pepperdine, 30-16.
The Phoenix will play either Harvard or Denver at 12 a.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 30.
