2/5/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
5 February 2024 Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Lauri Markkanen scored 21 points to lead the Utah Jazz to a 123-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.
Collin Sexton scored 19 points to help the Jazz snap a three-game losing streak. John Collins added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Keyonte George had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 33 points, 13 assists, and seven rebounds. Bobby Portis added 27 points and Malik Beasley had 16. Damian Lillard added 12 points, six assists, and a season-high two blocks as Milwaukee played without starters Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton.
The Bucks scored 19 points off 16 Utah turnovers and did not give up a point off a turnover until late in the third quarter.
After trailing by 19 points, Utah erased the deficit in the fourth quarter. Kelly Olynyk and Markkanen made back-to-back 3-pointers to start a 19-3 run that put the Jazz up 104-102 with 6:26 left. Markkanen capped the rally with a second go-ahead 3-pointer.
Milwaukee briefly retook a one-point lead on a layup from Antetokounmpo before the Jazz pulled away for good. Utah scored on six straight possessions — bookended by baskets from George — to extend its lead to 123-108 with less than a minute left.
The Jazz outscored the Bucks 40-13 in the fourth quarter.
The Bucks are at Phoenix on Tuesday night.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 48 points and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame a 25-point deficit for their first victory under coach Doc Rivers, beating the Dallas Mavericks 129-117 on Saturday night.
The Bucks, who lost their first two with Rivers on the bench after the midseason firing of first-year coach Adrian Griffin, started the rally with a 15-0 run in the final two minutes of the first half to get within five.
Damian Lillard scored 30 points in the second-biggest comeback victory this season for Milwaukee, which trailed Portland by 26 in a November win. Antetokounmpo also had 10 assists.
Luka Doncic had 40 points and 11 assists for the Mavericks, who had their biggest blown lead in a loss this season.
The AFC won the flag football game, 50-34, but came up short overall in the Pro Bowl Games thanks to the NFC winning the events, 30-9, on Thursday and Sunday.
Purdue’s inside-outside combination of Zach Edey and Braden Smith is a tough matchup for the Boilermakers’ opponents.
Even the strongest ones. Smith scored 19 points and Edey joined another exclusive club as the second-ranked Boilermakers beat No. 6 Wisconsin 75-69 on Sunday for their seventh consecutive victory. Purdue is 6-0 this season against teams that were ranked 11th or higher at the time of the game.
Lance Jones scored 20 points for Purdue (21-2, 10-2), which took the lead for good midway through the first half and extended its Big Ten lead to 1½ games.
Wisconsin (16-6, 8-3) lost its second straight as it prepares for a two-game trip to Michigan and Rutgers.
Edey had 18 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots. The 7-foot-4 center has 201 career blocks, joining Patrick Ewing and David Robinson as the only players in NCAA history to combine 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 200 blocks while shooting at least 60% from the field.
Edey has scored at least 10 points in an NCAA-leading 74 straight games. Edey broke Rick Mount’s 54-year-old school record for consecutive double-figure scoring games on Wednesday by going for 30 points in a 105-96 overtime victory over Northwestern.
Tyler Wahl led Wisconsin with a season-high 20 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.
This marked the sixth consecutive Purdue-Wisconsin game to be decided by six points or fewer. The teams meet again March 10 at Purdue.
Purdue took the lead for good midway through the first half and extended the margin to 10 with about 14 1/2 minutes remaining.
Wahl converted an offensive rebound off his own missed 3-point attempt to cut Purdue’s lead to 59-57 with 4:46 left. Edey then missed the front end of a one-and-one opportunity for the second time in the second half, but Mason Gillis got the offensive rebound to set up Jones’ driving layup with 4:15 remaining.
Wisconsin trailed 66-61 when Chucky Hepburn got a midcourt steal with 1½ minutes left, but the Badgers couldn’t convert the turnover into points. Jones then made a driving layup attempt with 59 seconds left to give Purdue all the breathing room it would need.
Wisconsin at Michigan on Wednesday.
On the men’s PGA Tour, the fourth round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am was postponed Sunday because of inclimate weather in California and will be held today, weather permitting.
Wyndom Clark shot a course record 60, shooting a -12 under par Saturday. Clark holds a one-shot lead over Ludvig Åberg.
Clark’s record round may be enough to give him his third PGA TOUR title if the tournament cannot resume. Clark also won last year’s Wells Fargo Championship and U.S. Open.
The Wisconsin Herd beat the Westchester Knicks 128-120 to sweep their two-game series Saturday.
Marques Bolden powered the Herd with a double-double of 25 points and 17 rebounds while Alex Antetokounmpo added a career-high 23 off the bench. Wenyen Gabriel posted a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds. Every active Herd player scored in double digits tonight.
The Westchester Knicks’ top scorer was De’Vion Harmon with 30 points followed by Obadiah Noel with 28 points.
The Herd will hit the road to take on the Long Island Nets on Feb.7 with tip-off set for 6:00 CST.
Kam Jones scored a career-high 31 points, Tyler Kolek had 17 points and eight assists and No. 9 Marquette won its sixth straight game, 91-57 over Georgetown on Saturday.
Jones, Marquette’s third-leading scorer at 13.1 points per game, returned after missing Tuesday’s 85-80 win at Villanova with a sore right ankle. He shot 12 for 15 from the field, including 7 for 9 from 3-point distance.
Kolek, the player of the year last season in the Big East, had 15 points and six assists in the first half as the Golden Eagles went on a 16-0 run midway through the half, turning an 18-14 lead into a 34-14 advantage.
David Joplin scored 15 points and Oso Ighodaro added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Marquette (17-5, 8-3 Big East) forced 19 turnovers and outscored the Hoyas 35-5 in points off turnovers.
Rowan Brumbaugh scored 12 points to lead Georgetown (8-13, 1-9), which lost its sixth straight game. The 34-point loss is the largest home Big East defeat for the Hoyas.
Georgetown’s Jayden Epps entered the game as the leading scorer in the conference at 19.1 points per game, but was held without a field goal until just under seven minutes left. Epps finished with seven points.
Marquette has won six straight overall against the Hoyas and the last seven in Washington. The Golden Eagles shot 14 for 31 from long distance and led by as many as 42 points. Marquette won the season’s first meeting, 81-51 on Dec. 22.
With No. 13 Creighton’s loss to Butler on Friday night, the Golden Eagles sit alone in second place in the Big East at 8-3, two games behind top ranked UConn (10-1), which beat St. John’s 77-64 Saturday. Marquette and Connecticut meet for the first time this season on Feb. 17 in Hartford.
Marquette has the week off before hosting St. John’s on Saturday.
Ripon College won at home over Knox College Saturday on Senior Day, 72-69. The Red Hawks improve to 7-14 overall and 5-7 in the conference. Ripon plays at Cornell College on Wednesday.
UW-Oshkosh won at UW-Eau Claire 88-67. The Titans improve to 10-11 overall and in conference play. Oshkosh is at UW-Platteville on Wednesday.
The Ripon College women’s team lost at home to Knox College Saturday 78-71 to drop to 14-7 overall and 11-1 in the conference. Ripon is at Cornell College Wednesday.
UW-Oshkosh won at home over UW-Eau Claire on Senior Day 67-45. The hosts Platteville on Wednesday.
Denny Hamlin, who wasn’t even sure he’d be healed from offseason shoulder surgery in time to compete in the Clash at the Coliseum, won the Saturday night exhibition that NASCAR hurried into a one-day show to avoid a dangerous “Pineapple Express” storm headed toward California.
Hamlin, in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, started from the pole and led 59 of the 151 laps. But his teammate Ty Gibbs controlled a large portion of the race until a late caution set up a restart with 10 laps remaining.
Hamlin got the lead on the restart and was about to win until Gibbs crashed on the last lap to send the race into overtime. Hamlin then got a jump on reigning NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney, who needed a provisional to make the 23-car field, on the restart for the win.
Hamlin will now move on to the season-opening Daytona 500, where he will seek a fourth win in “The Great American Race.” Kyle Busch finished second in a Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, and Blaney rallied to lead Team Penske teammate Joey Logano to finishes of third and fourth.
Austin Cindric, their third teammate, missed the race after the field was set by speed instead of the scheduled heat races.
The top three finishers of the Clash received medals in an Olympic-style podium ceremony.
These days you might see and hear former hooper Brian Butch on the TV or radio calling Badgers games, but 21 years ago, he was balling out at Appleton West.
Friday night he was honored for it all as the Terrors retired his high school jersey.
Butch is the all-time leading scorer at West. He also was a two-time state AP player of the year, 2003 Wisconsin Mr. Basketball and a McDonalds All-American.
At Wisconsin, he led the Badgers to a Big Ten regular season and tourney title.
Boys and Girls Basketball Schedule 2/5/2024
Boys:
Laconia at Ripon-The game is on AM 1600/93/1 FM, WRPN and the Ripon Channel with the tip-off around 7:15.
Waupaca at Berlin
Green Bay East at Xavier
Luxemburg-Casco at Seymour
Winnebago Lutheran at Oakfield
Saint Mary’s Springs at Roncalli
North Fond du Lac at Valley Christian
Fond du Lac at Kaukauna
Shiocton at Clintonville
Oconto Falls at Denmark
Central Wisconsin Christian at Dodgeland
Lourdes Academy at Randolph
Winnebago Lutheran at Oakfield
Hustisford at St. Ambrose Academy
Washington County Home School at Wayland Academy
Madison Country Day at Cambria-Friesland
Wild Rose at Princeton/Green Lake
Marshall at Markesan
Girls:
Ozaukee at Kewaskum
West De Pere at New London
Seymour at Weyauwega-Fremont
North Fond du Lac at Campbellsport
Neenah at Appleton North
Kaukauna at Fond du Lac
Adams-Friendship at Wisconsin Dells
Cambria-Friesland at Madison Country Day
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