Monday Sports 2/25/19
25 February 2019 Sports
Sports from Wayne Mausser
The State Wrestling Tournament ended Saturday in Madison. In Division 1, Hortonville’s Eric Barnett, who has been ranked #1 in the nation, won at 126.
Nationally ranked UW-Oshkosh is headed back to the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Championship. UW-Oshkosh (24-3) secured an automatic berth into the 64-team national tournament with a convincing 69-40 victory over UW-Whitewater during the title game of the WIAC Championship (presented by Culver’s) on Sunday (Feb. 24) in Kolf Sports Center.
The Titans, the top seed at the WIAC Championship, never trailed on the way to dethroning the Warhawks, the two-time defending league tournament winner. UW-Oshkosh scored 23 seconds into the contest held a 29-24 lead at intermission before outscoring second-seeded UW-Whitewater, 40-16, in the second half. A string of 16 unanswered points during a span of more than seven minutes provided UW-Oshkosh a 49-29 lead early in the fourth quarter.
UW-Whitewater (18-9) was held to its lowest scoring output since a 61-34 setback to UW-Eau Claire during the WIAC Championship semifinals Feb. 26, 2009. The 29-point loss is the Warhawks’ largest since an 87-58 decision against Illinois Wesleyan University on Jan. 2, 2010.
UW-Oshkosh, ranked 14th in the country by D3hoops.com, will learn its opponent and venue for the NCAA postseason tournament during an online selection show at 1:30 p.m. (central) Monday (Feb. 25). The Division III Women’s Basketball Championship commences with first round games Friday (March 1).
Wisconsin won at Northwestern 69-64 on Saturday. Ethan Happ led the Badgers in scoring with 14 points. Wisconsin plays at Indiana Tuesday night.
Dustin Johnson struggled early, caught a good break from behind a tree and then breezed to his sixth World Golf Championship title Sunday by closing with a 5-under 66 for a five-shot victory over Rory McIlroy in the Mexico Championship.
Johnson won for the 20th time on the PGA Tour, making him a lifetime member when he puts in 15 years on tour. In his 12th season, he is the 38th player in tour history to reach 20 wins.
In the NBA, Milwaukee plays at Chicago tonight. The Bucks have the best record in the league at 45-14 and lead the second-place Toronto Raptors by two games.
Too sick to start practice on Saturday, Brad Keselowski found the cure to what ailed him in Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Still suffering from the effects of stomach flu, Keselowski held off a charging — and frustrated — Martin Truex Jr. in the closing circuits of the 325-lap Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race and powered his No. 2 Team Penske Ford across the finish line .218 seconds ahead of Truex’s No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The victory was Keselowski’s first of the season and the first for the new Ford Mustang in the Cup series. The 2012 champion won for the second time at Atlanta and for the 60th in Roger Penske equipment (all series combined), breaking a tie with the late Mark Donohue.
The Brewers beat the Texas Rangers 10-1 yesterday in Cactus League play. Hernan Perez had a double and homer and drove in 7 runs. Josh Tomlin started and picked up the win.
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