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Bucks hold off Pelicans for 4th straight win

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Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 38 points, Khris Middleton added 31 and Donte DiVincenzo added a career high 24 as the Milwaukee Bucks held off the New Orleans Pelicans 129-125 on Thursday night at Fiserv Forum.

Zion Williamson scored 34 points and Brandon Ingram added 23 for the Pelicans, who had won two straight.

The Pelicans took a 125-124 lead with 2:01 to play in the fourth quarter, then didn’t score again.  The game was tight most of the way, featuring 15 ties and 23 lead changes.

The Bucks finished the first half of their season in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 20-13 record.

The game had plenty of offense and both teams shot well.  The Bucks made 54.2% of their field goal tries, while the Pelicans converted on 50%.

The Bucks return to action on Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers at Fiserv Forum.

 

WIAA Girls State Basketball Champions Underway

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Wisconsin Rapids Assumption captured the WIAA girls Division 5 State Basketball Championship on Thursday night at the La Crosse Center.  Assumption (16-8) knocked off Three Lakes (20-6) 55-48 for the title.

Assumption advanced to the championship game by beating McDonell Catholic 46-43 in the D-5 semifinals.  Three Lakes advanced with a 51-48 win over Black Hawk.

Day two of the championships features Division 3 and Division 4 action. [Read more…]

Wisconsin Volleyball Pauses Team Activities

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The top-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team will pause all team-related activities for at least 14 days due to a number of COVID-19 cases within the Badgers program.

“For the safety of our student-athletes, we are pausing all team activities,” UW head coach Kelly Sheffield said.  “Our athletes are taking all necessary precautions to keep everyone in the program safe.  We’re really looking forward to resuming team activities when appropriate.”

The Badgers were scheduled to face 4th ranked Nebraska in a Friday-Saturday series at the UW Fieldhouse this weekend.  That series, as well as the March 5-6 series against Iowa have both been postponed.

 

Big Ten Changes Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament Dates

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The Big Ten Conference made it official, announcing a change in dates for the 2021 Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament on Thursday.

The tournament was scheduled from March 18-20 and has been moved up to March 14-16.  The tournament will take place as previously planned at Compton Family Ice Arena on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame.

The decision to change the dates of the tournament was made in order to ease compression between the regular season and postseason tournaments in the interest of the health and safety of student-athletes, coaches and officials.

The tournament includes Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Penn State.  It will consist of six games, with three games on Sunday, two games on Monday and the championship game on Tuesday.

All six games will be carried live on BTN.

 

Marquette earns non-conference win at North Carolina (AUDIO)

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Steve Wojciechowski

Marquette didn’t even have last nights game at North Carolina scheduled until last Saturday.  They’re glad they went through with it, knocking off the Tarheels 83-70 in Chapel Hill.

Marquette (11-12) freshman Dawson Garcia led all scorers with 24 points and chipped in 11 boards for his third career double-double.

The Golden Eagles led by as many as 18 points in the first half,  thanks to 50% shooting (17-of-34) from the field.  Garcia led the way with 16 points in the first 20 minutes.

North Carolina fell to 14-8 with the loss.

Marquette returns to action on Saturday when they travel to Connecticut for a 1:30 p.m. CT tip.

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski on the win :22

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski said there was a lot of upside in scheduling this game :21

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski says it’s a good night for his team :16

Bucks extend win streak to three

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Giannis Antetokounmpo led seven Milwaukee players in double figures with 37 points as the Bucks knocked off the Minnesota Timberwolves 139-112 on Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum.  Giannis added eight rebounds and eight assists.

The Timberwolves lost their fifth straight in new coach Chris Finch’s debut.  They’ve lost nine of their last 10 games to fall to an NBA-worst 7-25.

The Bucks shot 53.5% from the field overall and made 20 of 42 from 3-point range (47.6%).  Bryn Forbes added 23 points off the bench and hit five of nine from distance.

Both teams scored at a brisk pace in the opening quarter with the Bucks leading 38-36 after one period.  But the Bucks defense improved in [Read more…]

Antetokounmpo, Middleton lead Bucks past Kings

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The Milwaukee Bucks extended their win streak to two games, knocking off the Sacramento Kings 128-115 on Sunday night at Fiserv Forum.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 38 points and Khris Middleton added 32.

“I thought individually they were good, and they had good moments together,” said Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer.  “I thought our defense set the table and we were able to get out and both of them were able to be in attack mode.”

Antetokounmpo made 19 of 24 free throws and added 18 rebounds to lead the Bucks to their ninth straight win against the Kings.

The Bucks scored the first eight points of the third quarter to go up by 22 and led 99-82 heading into the fourth.

Sacramento pulled within 12 points early in the fourth before the Bucks pulled away.  Kings guard Tyrese Haliburton, who played his high school basketball at Oshkosh [Read more…]

Number-21 Wisconsin ends two-game slide (AUDIO)

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The No. 21 Wisconsin Badgers ended a two-game losing streak, knocking off the Northwestern Wildcats 68-51 in Evanston on Sunday night.

Micah Potter scored 19 points, D’Mitrik Trice added 13, Jonathan Davis and Brad Davison added 12 points each and Tyler Wahl had 10 points as the Badgers (16-8, 10-7 Big Ten) bounced back from a pair of deflating losses to Michigan and Iowa in the last week.  UW extended its win streak to six in their series with Northwestern.

Northwestern (6-14, 3-13) got 19 points from Boo Buie, but its 13th straight game.

The Badgers had a 31-15 point advantage off the bench and outrebounded the Wildcats 35-30.

The Badgers have now reached 10 Big Ten victories for the 18th time in the last 20 years.

The Badgers have three games left in the Big Ten regular season, starting with a home game against Illinois on Saturday afternoon.  The Badgers lost 75-60 to Illinois back on Feb. 6.  UW will then close out the regular season with road games against Purdue and Iowa.

AUDIO: Greg Gard said it was a good team win :19

AUDIO: Micah Potter said Sunday’s improvement means nothing if they can’t carry it forward :18

AUDIO: Micah Potter credits a team meeting for bringing them closer together :20

Badgers tie Notre Dame, take 4 of 6 points on the weekend

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Ty Pelton-Byce scored the game tying goal with 26.8 seconds left in regulation as the 5th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (15-8-1, 13-6-0-0-1-1 Big Ten) skated to a 5-5 overtime tie against Notre Dame (11-12-1, 8-10-1-2-2-1 Big Ten).  The Fighting Irish claimed the extra point in the shootout.

The Badgers blew a 3-1 lead before eventually settling for the overtime tie.

Wisconsin got two goals and two assists from Pelton-Byce.  Cole Caufield, Linus Weissbach and Roman Ahcan also added scoring tallies for the Badgers.  Caufield’s goal is his 19th of the season, which leads the nation.

Wisconsin is now 13-0-1 when leading after two periods.

The Badgers beat the Irish 4-2 on Friday and grabbed four-points on the weekend.

The Badgers wrap up their home stand next weekend with a series against Ohio State on Feb. 26-27.  Games are scheduled for 7 p.m. CT on Friday and 4 p.m. CT on Saturday.

 

Bucks losing streak reaches five games

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Giannis Antetokounmpo – File Photo / Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Norman Powell matched a season high with 29 points and Pascal Siakam added 27 to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 110-96 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night at Fiserv Forum.  The Bucks losing streak extended to five years, their longest streak since the 2017 season.

Powell hit 9 of 12 from the field overall, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range and 7 of 8 at the free throw line.  It’s the second win in three nights for the Raptors over the Bucks.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 23 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Bucks, before fouling out late in the game.  Donte DiVincenzo added 14 points, Khris Middleton had 13, Brook Lopez 12 and Bryn Forbes had 11.

The Bucks trailed by as many as 23 points before closing the gap to 10 but couldn’t get any closer.

The Bucks host the Oklahoma City Thunder at Fiserv Forum on Friday night.  They fell to the Thunder 114-109 in Oklahoma City on Sunday.

Giannis is All-Star starter

Before the game, Giannis Antetokounmpo was named an All-Star Game starter for the fifth straight season.