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2/27/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday

27 February 2023 Sports


Monday Sports

From Wayne Mausser

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence couldn’t prevent the Milwaukee Bucks from extending the longest winning streak in the NBA this season.

Jrue Holiday scored 33 points and produced a critical steal, Brook Lopez made a tiebreaking layup with 24.8 seconds left and the Bucks edged the Phoenix Suns 104-101 on Sunday for their 14th consecutive victory.

The rematch of the 2021 NBA Finals didn’t include either Antetokounmpo or new Suns superstar Kevin Durant, but it still featured 14 lead changes and plenty of late drama.

Durant has yet to appear in a game for the Suns and hasn’t played since Jan. 8 because of a sprained right medial collateral ligament. Antetokounmpo was out with a bruised right quadriceps after leaving in the first quarter of the Bucks’ 128-99 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday.

Holiday led all scorers, while Lopez had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Khris Middleton added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Devin Booker scored 24 points, Deandre Ayton had 22 and Chris Paul added 18 for Phoenix. Ayton also had 11 rebounds.

Kobe Bufkin scored 28 points, Hunter Dickinson had 23, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer that sent the game into overtime, and Michigan outlasted Wisconsin 87-79 on Sunday.

The Badgers kept chipping away at a 35-27 halftime deficit and eventually took a 61-59 lead on a driving layup by Max Klesmit with 3:06 remaining in regulation. There were two ties and three lead changes in the final 2:19, the last tie coming on Dickinson’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

There were two ties and three lead changes early in overtime before Michigan took control with 10-0 run in which Bufkin and Dug McDaniel both scored four points.

McDaniel finished with 20 points for the Wolverines (17-12, 11-7 Big Ten). Dickinson added 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double in the last seven games and was 9 for 13 from the field. Bufkin had eight rebounds.

Wisconsin freshman Connor Essegian had 24 points. Max Klesmit had 19 points, including 5-of-8 3-point shooting, and Tyler Wahl had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Steven Crowl scored 14 points for the Badgers (16-12, 9-9).

The Wolverines made eight of their last nine shots, including eight in a row, as they turned a 20-16 deficit into a 35-27 halftime lead. Dickinson scored 10 points in the run and led Michigan with 12 points in the first half.

Michigan wraps up the regular season with road games against Illinois on Thursday and No. 17 Indiana on Sunday.

Wisconsin hosts No. 5 Purdue on Thursday and finishes at Minnesota on Sunday.

UW-Oshkosh will have to sweat it out on Monday to find out their NCAA Tournament fate. Meanwhile, St. Norbert is on their way to the big dance for the tenth time in program history.

The Green Knights claiming the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference automatic bid for the first time since joining the conference following a 71-59 win over Wisconsin Lutheran. SNC battled back from a nine-point halftime deficit behind a big second half from Carter Gebler, who had 16 of his 20 points in the final twenty minutes.

It’s the eighth time St. Norbert has reached the Division III Tournament under head coach Gary Grzesk.

UW-Oshkosh entered Sunday’s match-up with UW-Whitewater on a twelve game winning streak of their own, and need just one more victory to sweep the regular season and tournament titles. The Titans fell behind early and were able to close the gap in the second half to just five points after a shot from behind the arc by Will Mahoney.  Whitewater won 92-79.

Mahoney’s 16 points off the bench matched Kimberly alum Levi Borchert for UWO’s team high on Sunday, but was not enough to best Whitewater.

All five starters for the Warhawks scored at least 14 points. Including Trevon Chislom, who had a game high 29 points in Whitewater’s 92-79 victory.

The tournament field will be revealed during the NCAA Selection Show on Monday at 12 p.m.

Illinois College 72, Ripon College 66-Ryan Steffes led the Red Hawks with 14 points while David DeValk and Luke Meinholz had 12 each.  Ripon drops to  14-12.

The Ripon College women’s basketball team lost to Knox College 64-61 Saturday in the Midwest Conference championship game.  Skylar Brescia led Ripon with 18 points and three of her teammates were in double figures.  Ripon advanced to the championship game after beating Illinois College 87-75 on Firday.

UW-Whitewater 65, UW-Oshkosh 57 in the WIAC women’s semifinal game on Saturday.

In Cactus League play Sunday, the Brewers lost a pair of split-squad games, 11-4 to the A’s and 12-6 to the Rockies. The Brewers play the Royals this afternoon with the first pitch at 2:05 CST.


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