1/22/25 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday
22 January 2025 Sports
Aday Mara scored a career-high 22 points and UCLA held off No. 18 Wisconsin 85-83 on Tuesday night, snapping the Badgers’ seven-game winning streak. Sebastian Mack had 19 points and Tyler Bilodeau added 16 before fouling out with 1:40 remaining for the Bruins (13-6, 4-4 Big Ten).
Mara and Mack combined to score 13 straight points down the stretch. Mara, a 7-foot-3 sophomore, was 7 of 7 from the floor and 8 of 11 at the line.
John Tonje scored 24 points, making 6 of 7 3-pointers, to lead the Badgers (15-4, 5-3). John Blackwell added 23 points.
The Badgers closed to 81-80 on Blackwell’s 3-pointer with a minute remaining.
Mack got fouled, made the first and missed the second. Blackwell’s potential tying jumper in the paint was blocked by UCLA reserve William Kyle III.
Blackwell fouled out seconds later and Skyy Clark made two free throws for an 84-80 lead. After a timeout, Tonje hit a 3-pointer that left Wisconsin down 84-83 with 0.5 seconds left. The Badgers were forced to foul and Clark made the first and deliberately missed the second.
Wisconsin hosts Nebraska on Sunday.
Kam Jones scored 19 points and No. 10 Marquette forced 24 turnovers in a 76-59 victory over struggling Seton Hall on Tuesday night.
David Joplin added 12 points and Ben Gold had 11 as the Golden Eagles (16-3, 7-1 Big East) bounced back from a 59-57 loss to Xavier at home Saturday. Chase Ross made five of their 18 steals.
Marquette moved into a first-place conference tie with No. 20 St. John’s, which hosts Xavier on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Jones moved into fifth place on Marquette’s career scoring list with 1,754 points.
Isaiah Coleman led the Pirates with a career-high 27 points. Seton Hall (6-13, 1-7) has lost four straight and nine of 10. Prince Aligbe added 12 points.
Only a 2-0 lead for Seton Hall kept it from being a wire-to-wire win for the Golden Eagles.
Marquette is 16-1 when scoring at least 70 points. The Golden Eagles scored 23 points off Pirates turnovers. Marquette hosts Villanova on Friday.
Tonight, UW-Oshkosh is #17 UW-Stevens Point with the tipoff a 7:00.
In women’s college basketball tonight UW-Stevens Point is at undefeated UW-Oshkosh (16-0) with the tipoff at 7:00.
Ripon College is at Lawrence University with the tipoff at 5:30.
The Milwaukee Bucks begin a six-game road trip tonight against the Pelicans. Milwaukee is 24-17 and coming off four straight wins on their recent homestand. The Pelicans are 12-32. Tipoff is at 7:00.
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Sabathia was on 342 ballots and Wagner on 325, which was 29 more than the 296 needed for the required 75%.
The trio will be inducted into the Hall at Cooperstown on July 27 along with Dave Parker and Dick Allen, voted in last month by the classic era committee.
Mariano Rivera remained the only player to get 100% of the vote from the BBWAA, appearing on all 425 ballots in 2019. Derek Jeter was picked on 395 of 396 in 2020.
Carlos Beltrán fell 19 votes short of election with 277 and was followed by Andruw Jones with 261.
Suzuki came to Major League Baseball from Japan as a 27-year-old in 2001 and joined Fred Lynn in 1975 as the only players to win AL Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in the same season. He was a two-time AL batting champion and 10-time All-Star and Gold Glove outfielder, hitting .311 with 117 homers, 780 RBIs and 509 stolen bases with Seattle (2001-12, 2018-19), the New York Yankees (2012-14) and Miami (2015-17).
He’s perhaps the best contact hitter ever, with 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball and 3,089 in MLB, including a season-record 262 in 2004. His combined total of 4,367 exceeds Pete Rose’s MLB record of 4,256.
Sabathia was a six-time All-Star, won the 2007 AL Cy Young Award and a World Series title in 2009. He went 251-161 with a 3.74 ERA and 3,093 strikeouts, third among left-handers behind Randy Johnson and Steve Carlton, during 19 seasons with Cleveland (2001-08), Milwaukee (2008) and the New York Yankees (2009-19).
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs are the new official hot dogs at the home of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
The premium all-beef hot dog will be available at Fox Cities Stadium starting this year.
Fans can get their Nathan’s at all four concession stands and the two “Grab N’ Go” locations on the concourse. “We are excited to provide our fans with the quality and well-recognized product that Nathan’s Famous has to offer,” said Kyle Fargen, Timber Rattlers Corporate Partnership Manager. “We look forward hosting you out at the ballpark to enjoy a Nathan’s Famous Hot-dog with an ice-cold refreshment at Neuroscience Group Field.”
Nathan’s will be part of the popular Bang for Your Buck Nights at the ballpark. Sixteen-ounce Pepsi products, 16-ounce taps of domestic beers, and Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs are available for $2 during every Tuesday night home game during the 2025 season.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers open the 2025 season at home against the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Friday, April 4. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40pm CDT.
Tickets for the 2025 season are available online through timberrattlers.com, over the phone at (920) 733-4152, or in person at the Timber Rattlers Box Office located at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. The box office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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