1/15/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
15 January 2024 Sports
Jordan Love threw for three touchdowns, Aaron Jones ran for three more and Darnell Savage returned an interception 64 yards for a score and the Green Bay Packers handed the Dallas Cowboys their first home loss since the 2022 opener in a 48-32 wild-card stunner Sunday.
Romeo Doubs had a career-high 151 yards receiving a week after being hospitalized with a chest injury as the Packers won Love’s postseason debut after finishing the regular season 6-2 to grab the NFC’s final playoff spot.
Green Bay (10-8) will visit top-seeded San Francisco in the divisional round next weekend.
Dak Prescott threw two interceptions before three mostly empty touchdown passes in another playoff flop for him and the No. 2 seed Cowboys (12-6).
Dallas had won its previous 16 regular-season home games, but now has allowed the most points in a game in the club’s postseason history. The previous high was 38.
The Cowboys, who haven’t reached an NFC championship since the most recent of their five Super Bowl titles 28 years ago, didn’t trail by more than eight points at AT&T Stadium this season before falling behind 27-0 in the first half.
The loss will raise questions about the future of Dallas coach Mike McCarthy after the Cowboys lost their playoff opener at home for the second time in three postseasons under the former Green Bay coach.
Doubs, who returned to the Green Bay sideline after his hospital trip before the end of last week’s 17-9 home victory over Chicago that secured a playoff spot, had 102 yards at halftime. It was seven more than the second-year player’s previous best.
First-half catches of 22, 26 and 39 yards helped get Love going, and the fourth-year QB finished 16 of 21 for 272 yards as the Packers scored touchdowns on six of their first seven offensive possessions in their highest-scoring game since 2014.
Jones rushed for 118 yards, putting him over the century mark in all four career games against the Cowboys with nine touchdowns.
The crowd under the retractable roof on a frigid day in the Dallas area had already been stone-cold silenced when Prescott tried to throw a slant to top receiver CeeDee Lamb.
Savage, who went without an interception in the regular season for the first time in his five-year career, stepped in front and run untouched for a 27-0 lead with 1:50 left before halftime.
Prescott finished 41 of 60 for 403 yards, with all three of his touchdowns to former Wisconsin Badgers tight end Jake Ferguson.
In the other playoff game Sunday Detroit hung on at home to beat be the Rams 24-23. It was the Lions first playoff win since 1991.
On Saturday Houston took care of the Browns 45-14 and Kansas City beat the Dolphins 26-7.
Today, Buffalo host Pittsburgh in a game that was scheduled for Sunday but because of weather conditions was moved to this afternoon at 2:00 C T.
Tonight Philadelphia is at Tampa Bay.
Damian Lillard swished a 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime to give the Milwaukee Bucks a stunning 143-142 win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
The Kings led by four late in overtime, but Brook Lopez made a 3-pointer from the corner to pull the Bucks to 141-140 with 11.5 seconds remaining. De’Aaron Fox made one of two free throws before Lillard received a pass, dribbled across half-court and sank the shot that gave the Bucks their 15th consecutive win over the Kings as the Fiserv Forum crowd erupted.
Lillard led the Bucks with 29 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double with 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists, Malik Beasley scored 23 points and Bobby Portis added 22.
The Bucks improved to 19-3 at home.
Fox finished with 32 points to lead the Kings, and Domantas Sabonis had his 10th triple-double of the season with 21 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds. Sabonis trails only Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, who has 12.
Milwaukee built a 12-point early in the fourth quarter but Sacramento fought back late to force overtime.
Kings coach Mike Brown stormed onto the court with 9:27 left in the fourth and began screaming at referee Intae Hwang and was immediately ejected while having to be restrained by Sacramento players. Malik Monk wrapped his arms around Brown and directed him off the court.
Antetokounmpo showed up on a late-afternoon injury report as being questionable with a right shoulder contusion but took the court for the 29th consecutive game. The two-time MVP has missed just one game this season, on Nov. 15 against Toronto.
The Bucks were without Khris Middleton, who rested his surgically repaired right knee as the Bucks played their third game in four days.
Milwaukee is at Cleveland on Wednesday night.
The Wisconsin Herd, NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, lost on the road to the Mexico City Capitanes 100-98. Weyen Gabriel powered the Herd with 21 points while Elijah Hughes added 14 points off the bench.
Mexico City’s top scorer was Justin Wright-Foreman with 21 points followed by Keneth Faried with a double-double of 20 points and 13 rebounds.
Mexico City also won Friday 102-100.
Max Klesmit scored a career-high 24 points and A.J. Storr added 14 to help No. 15 Wisconsin hold off Northwestern 71-63 on Saturday.
Wisconsin (13-3, 5-0) has won six straight games and is the only undefeated team in the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers’ 5-0 start in league play is the first since the 2007-08 season.
Klesmit shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range and 9 of 13 overall in the win.
Boo Buie scored 22 points, including 15 in the first half, for the Wildcats (12-4, 3-2). Brooks Barnhizer finished with 13 points for Northwestern. The Wildcats never led in the second half but tied the game twice with less than 4:12 left in the game.
Wisconsin led 67-63 with 1:19 left. The Wildcats were forced to foul in the final minute, and Chucky Hepburn and Storr combined for four free throws to seal the victory.
In the first half, Klesmit’s jumper at the 4:06 mark capped a 10-0 run that gave the Badgers a 29-19 lead with 4:06 remaining. Wisconsin led 32-25 at intermission.
Barnhizer scored two field goals early in the second half to keep Northwestern close.
Wisconsin is at Penn State on Tuesday.
Monmouth College 60, Ripon College 50. The Red Hawks fall to 4-12 on the season and are 2-5 in the conference.
UW-River Falls 79, UW-Oshkosh 76- The Titans drop to 7-8 and 0-4 in conference play.
The Ripon College women’s basketball beat Monmouth College 83-40. Ripon improves to 10-6 overall and 7- 0 in conference play.
UW-Oshkosh 69, UW-River Falls 55. The Titan women improve to 12-3 and 3-1 in the conference.
Boys and Girls Basketball 1/15
Boys:
Mayville at Ripon -7:15 tipoff on AM 1600/93.1 WRPN and the Ripon Channel
Omro at Berlin
New Berlin Eisenhower at Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Beaver Dam at Adams-Friendship
Sheboygan Christian at Saint Mary’s Springs
Freedom at Clintonville
Fox Valley Lutheran at Waupaca
Little Chute at Oconto Falls
Denmark at Wrightstown
Nekoosa at Athens
Hustisford at Wayland Academy
Montello at Palmyra-Eagle
Girls:
Manitowoc Lincoln at Appleton West
Oconto Falls at Southern Door
Pardeeville at Westfield
Wautoma at Princeton/Green Lake
Coleman at Lourdes Academy
Parkview at Cambria-Friesland
Montello at Palmyra-Eagle
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