Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday 12/6/21
6 December 2021 Sports
Sports for December 6th
In the NFC North Sunday Detroit won its first game of the season as Jared Goff threw an 11-yard touchdown to Amon Ra St. Brown with 21 seconds left to lift Detroit to a 29-27 victory over Minnesota in an NFC matchup game in Detroit. Goff was 25-41 for 296 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. St. Brown caught 10 passes for 86 yards and a score with the other scoring passes going to T.J. Hockenson and Brock Wright. Jamaal Williams led the Lions in rushing with 71 yards on 17 carries. Minnesota’s Kurt Cousins was 30 of 40 for 340 yards and two touchdowns. Justin Jefferson caught 10 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown and K.J. Osborn caught the other touchdown pass. Alexander Mattison led the Vikings in rushing with 90 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown. Each team rushed for 100 total yards. The loss drops Minnesota to 5-7, damaging their playoff hopes. Detroit is 1-10-1.
Elsewhere in the division the Bears lost at home to Arizona 33-22. Quarterback Kyler Murray returned and completed 11 of 15 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed 10 times for 59 yards and two scores for the Cardinals. James Connor led Arizona rushing attack with 75 yards on 20 carries. Chicago’s Andy Dalton was 26 for 41 for 229 yards and two touchdowns but also threw four interceptions. David Montgomery led the Bears in rushing with 90 yards on 21 carries and a touchdown. Arizona improves to an NFC best 10-2 while the Bears fall to 4-8 and virtually eliminated themselves for any playoff hopes.
In Sunday Night Football Kansas City won at home over Denver 22-9. The Chiefs Patrick Mahomes was 15 of 29 for 184 yards and an interception. Mahomes also scored a rushing touchdown. Kansas City improves to 8-4 and gives them a one-game lead over the Los Angeles Chargers. Minnesota’s Teddy Bridgewater completed 22 of 40 passes for 257 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Javonte Williams gained 102 yards on 23 carries as the Broncos drop to 6-6 in the AFC West.
In Monday Night Football New England (8-4) plays at Buffalo (7-4) in a huge AFC East Division matchup.
After their bye week the Packers return today. Green Bay (9-3) hosts Chicago Sunday evening at Lambeau Field.
On the PGA Tour Viktor Hovland won the Hero Challenge by one stroke over Scottie Scheffler.
Men’s College Basketball (Sat.)
Wisconsin 89, Marquette 76. The Badgers, now 7-1, were led by Johnny Davis with 25 points and Brad Davison with 20. Marquette was led by Justin Lewis who had 14 points as the Golden Eagels drop to 7-2.
Ripon College 68, Illinois College 64-Owen Theune and Jaylen Mahone led Ripon with 14 points each. Ripon improves to 3-3 overall and 1-0 in the conference.
Womens’ College Basketball (Sat.)
Ripon College 79, Illinois College 66-Allison Leslie led Ripon with 23 points and Kiana Fall had 21. Ripon improves to 2-6 overall and 1-0 in the conference.
In the Big Ten Championship Game Saturday night in Indianapolis, #2 Michigan (12-1) manhandled #13 Iowa 1(10-3) 42-3. It was the first Big Ten Championship for the Wolverines since 2004 and it came after a 2-20 season when Michigan went 2-4 in the Big Ten. Michigan led 21-3 and it’s stiff defense stymied the Hawkeyes the entire game. Michigan’s win means they should receive a lot of consideration for inclusion in the Championship Series seeding’s for the top four teams.
In the SEC Championship Game Saturday #3 Alabama won at home over #1 Georgia 41-24. Both teams finished at 12-1. The win should vault the Crimson Tide into the top spot in the weekly ratings.
In the NBA Saturday night, the Milwaukee Bucks won at home over the Miami Heat 124-102, bouncing back from a loss Thursday night that snapped Milwaukee’s 8-game winning streak. Giannis Antetokonmpo sat out a second-straight game because of a calf muscle strain but it didn’t matter as Pat Connaughton led the Bucks with 23 points and Khris Middleton scored 22 to lead six players in double figures. Max Strus led the Heat with 25. Milwaukee improves to to 15-9 while Miami falls to 14-10. The Bucs host Cleveland on Monday.
Ben Roethlisberger privately has told former teammates and some within the organization that he expects this to be his final season playing quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, league sources told ESPN on Saturday. Roethlisberger has not made any such public proclamations, and likely won’t, since he doesn’t want the latter part of the season to be about him as Pittsburgh tries to make a playoff push.
But sources say he and those within the organization are now operating as if he is entering the final five games of his Hall of Fame career, with two of them fittingly coming against the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh’s opponent Sunday and in the final regular-season game. Roethlisberger is in the final year of his contract. He is 39 years old, turns 40 in March.
(Fri.) The Wisconsin Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, beat the Grand Rapids Gold 131-127. The Grand Rapids Gold led the majority of the game with only one lead change until the fourth quarter. In the last four minutes of the game there were six lead changes until Tremont Waters and Lindell Wigginton made two free throws each to seal the win for the Wisconsin Herd.
Tremont Waters set a team and career high earning 31 points. Lindell Wigginton had a season-high 27 points and Wenyen Gabriel recorded a season-high of 26 points. Wenyen Gabriel also had a team-high and personal season-high of 16 rebounds. The Herd posted a season-high 131 points.
Nik Stauskas led the Gold with 33 points and Lance Stephenson added 28 points. The Gold scored 127 points which is a season-high record for points scored against the Herd.
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