Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 11/14/19
14 November 2019 Sports
Wisconsin made more 3-pointers in its game against McNeese than it did in its first two games of the season. But it took the Badgers one half to get going from long range. Brad Davison scored a game-high 24 points, Aleem Ford added a career-high 16 points and Wisconsin drained 10 3 pointers in its 83-63 win against McNeese on Wednesday night. As the Badgers (2-1) picked up their defense, the shots went in. Wisconsin shot a season-high 10 of 28 from beyond the arc. In the Badgers’ first two games, they shot 8 of 27 from long range. Brevin Pritzl scored 13 points in his first start in two seasons for the Badgers, who won their second straight. Kobe King, a sophomore wing who scored a career-high 18 points in the Badgers’ victory on Nov. 8 over Eastern Illinois, didn’t play on Wednesday after suffering a left-leg injury in practice on Monday. Forward Sha’Markus Kennedy scored 18 of his team-high 20 points in the first half and A.J. Lawson added 10 for the Cowboys (1-2). McNeese coach Heath Schroyer said Wisconsin adjusted after halftime and doubled- and triple-teamed Kennedy. The Cowboys did a good job containing Wisconsin big man Nate Reuvers in the first half. Reuvers, a 6-foot-11 junior who was often double teamed, scored 10 points in the win. D’Mitrik Trice had a pair of 3-point buckets, and Pritzl added another to increase the Badgers’ lead to start the second. Wisconsin strung together a 13-3 run that included five straight points from Ford, capped by a layup with 10:36 left to give Wisconsin a 69-52 lead. Walt McGrory, a reserve guard, scored a career-high nine points for Wisconsin. The Badgers scored 30 points off 18 McNeese State turnovers. The Badgers host Marquette on Sunday.
Koby McEwen scored a game-high 23 points and the Marquette Golden Eagles used a big second half to rally to a 65-55 win over the Purdue Boilermakers on Wednesday as part of the annual Gavitt Games between the Big Ten and Big East. Markus Howard added 18 points for Marquette (2-0), which outscored Purdue 40-17 in the second half to capture its first-ever victory against the Boilermakers. The Golden Eagles were 0-9 all-time against Purdue entering the night. Matt Hearms had 14 points to lead the Boilermakers (1-2) who dropped their second straight game after a season-opening victory against Green Bay. The Boilermakers scored the game’s first nine points and led by as many as 18. But after trailing 38-25 at halftime, Marquette opened the second half on a 29-14 run and took a 54-52 lead, its first of the night, on a layup by Sacar Anim with 4:43 to go.
The Green Bay men’s basketball team played their second road game of the season Wednesday night, and the result was the same as the first–a loss to a division 1 team, this time 93-78 to New Mexico. The Phoenix opened its’ season by losing at then-ranked Purdue. A home rout over Division 3 UW-Stout evened Green Bay’s record at 1-1. But playing in The Pit at the University of New Mexico Wednesday, the Phoenix could not hold up. The Phoenix took a 20-16 lead on a Trevian Bell 3-pointer. But the Lobos responded with a 19-6 run and never trailed again. Jaquan Lyle led the Lobos with 31 points. JayQuan McCloud led Green Bay with 20 points, PJ Pipes contributed 17. The Phoenix next game will be November 21st at Wisconsin.
In the NBA tonight, the Bucks host the Chicago Bulls Milwaukee is 7-3 and tied for third in the Eastern Conference with Miami. Boston is in first place with a 9-1 record followed by Toronto at 8-3.
The Milwaukee Bucks have assigned Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Dragan Bender to the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League. Antetokounmpo has appeared in one game for the Bucks this season while Bender has yet to play in a game for Milwaukee. Bender started the first two games of the season for the Herd and averaged 19.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, 1.0 assist and 1.0 steal in 29.9 minutes per game.
Both will be in uniform for the Herd tonight as it takes on the Capital City Go-Go
at Menominee Nation Arena. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. and tickets can be purchased by visiting www.wisconsinherd.com<http://www.wisconsinherd.com>.
In Thursday Night Football, Cleveland (3-6) hosts Pittsburgh (5-4).
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