Afternoon state sports briefs: Bucks finally back in action

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MILWAUKEE - It’s been almost three weeks since the Milwaukee Bucks won back-to-back games. But if they can beat San Antonio tonight, Milwaukee would have its first two-game winning streak since December 23rd.

The Bucks were supposed to play in Atlanta last night, but that game was postponed due to the intense winter storm in Georgia. Except for the travel, it gave the Bucks’ walking wounded an extra day to recover – including center Andrew Bogut, who missed Saturday night’s win at New Jersey with a viral infection. He’s expected to return tonight, but point guard Brandon Jennings remains out with a broken left foot. He’s due to return in a few days, but Jennings has missed 10 games with his injury. The Bucks will play the final game of their annual two-game set against the Spurs. San Antonio beat Milwaukee 92-to-90 in Texas on December 15th, when Manu Ginobili hit a jumper at the buzzer for the victory. The Spurs are 32-6, with three straight wins after a pair of losses. The Bucks are 14-21.

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The UW-Green Bay women’s basketball team will host Loyola tonight. The Phoenix are ranked 23rd in the AP poll with an overall record of 15-1. Green Bay is 4-0 in the Horizon League for the seventh year in a row. And they’ve beaten Loyola 19 straight times at home. The Ramblers are 2-1 in the conference and 8-6 overall. They’ve made at least one three-pointer in 408 straight games dating back to 1996. Green Bay is shooting 80-percent from the free-throw line. That’s the best in the nation. The Phoenix are also third in turnover margin at plus-nine.

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The WIAC has a full basketball schedule this evening. On the men’s side, 12th-ranked UW-River Falls is the only unbeaten team in conference play at 6-0. The Falcons host La Crosse. Ninth-ranked Stevens Point is at Platteville. Whitewater plays at Oshkosh. And Eau Claire is at home against Superior. On the women’s side, eighth-ranked Stevens Point is 5-0 in league play, and Whitewater is second at 4-1. The Pointers host Platteville tonight. No.12 Whitewater is at home against Oshkosh. Superior hosts Eau Claire. And the River Falls women are at La Crosse.

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Five men’s contests are on tonight’s schedule in the Northern Athletics Conference. The Milwaukee School of Engineering plays at Concordia-Chicago. Marian travels to Lakeland. And Madison Edgewood hosts Wisconsin Lutheran. MSOE is tied with Rockford, Benedictine, and Dominican for the South Division lead. All are 3-2. North Division leader Concordia-Mequon is off tonight. They’re 6-0. There’s one other men’s contest this evening. Carthage is at Elmhurst in the CCIW. And there’s one non-conference game involving Wisconsin women’s small college teams. Silver Lake travels to Fond du Lac to play Marian.

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Carthage guard Steve Djurickovic has been named the men’s basketball player-of-the-week in the College Conference of Wisconsin and Illinois. It’s the 13th time Djurickovic has won the weekly honor, which sets a new league record. The senior had 27 points, including five three-pointers, in a Carthage win over Illinois Wesleyan. And Djurickovic scored 19 in a loss to Wheaton. He moved into fifth place this week on the CCIW’s all-time career scoring list with 22-hundred-74 points. Among the players he passed on the list was Jack Sikma of Illinois Wesleyan, who went on to star with the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle Super-Sonics in the NBA.

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Jake Voeltz and Tiffany Gregorich, both of UW-River Falls, are the WIAC’s basketball players-of-the-week. Voeltz, a senior forward, had a career-high 28 points to go with 12 rebounds and three blocked shots in River Falls’ overtime victory at Whitewater. Voeltz also had 12 points and six boards against Stout. Gregorich, a junior guard, had a career-high 31 points in a loss to Whitewater. And she had 21 points and eight rebounds in a victory over Stout. The WIAC also recognized Robb Haider of Stout in men’s hockey, Mike Schmitz of La Crosse in wrestling, and Naomi DeLara of Stout and Katie Thompson of Whitewater in gymnastics.

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Wisconsin men’s hockey center Craig Smith is the WCHA’s offensive player-of-the-week. The sophomore center had three goals and three assists in a two-game home sweep over Canisius last weekend. Smith is now tied for the WCHA scoring lead with 31 points, and he’s tied for the Wisconsin lead in goals with 13.

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Glen Dworsky of Ripon has been named the men’s swimmer-of-the-week in the Midwest Conference. And Angela Illgen of Carroll received the women’s honor. Both are freshmen. Dworsky won the 50-yard freestyle and 100-backstroke as Ripon defeated Carroll last weekend. He was also part of the winning 200-yard medley relay team, and the 200-freestyle team. Illgen won the 500 and 16-hundred-50-yard freestyle events at the same meet.

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SCORES

Wisconsin boys' high school basketball...

Albany 52, Pecatonica 45

Algoma 66, Gibraltar 44

Almond-Bancroft 51, Bowler 48

Altoona 63, Chippewa Falls 55

Amherst 56, Bonduel 39

Antigo 53, Lakeland 46

Arcadia 62, Onalaska Luther 41

Baldwin-Woodville 53, St. Croix Central 49

Barneveld 66, Juda 41

Benton 47, Potosi 33

Blair-Taylor 35, Whitehall 18

Brookfield East 72, Oconomowoc 58

Cambridge 58, Columbus 53

Cassville 66, Highland 61

Clear Lake 61, Frederic 47

Cloquet, Minn. 57, Ashland 52

Cochrane-Fountain City 45, Alma-Pepin 25

Colby 62, Phillips 56

Crandon 73, White Lake 44

Cumberland 76, Cameron 51

Durand 52, Black River Falls 49

Eau Claire Memorial 55, Rice Lake 39

Eleva-Strum 48, Alma Center Lincoln 35

Fond du Lac 65, West Bend West 39

Fort Atkinson 49, Edgerton 48

Freedom 54, Appleton Xavier 46

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 69, Sparta 48

Gillett 52, Wausaukee 49, OT

Grantsburg 74, Turtle Lake 45

Green Bay NEW Lutheran 75, Sevastopol 44

Green Bay Notre Dame 55, Ashwaubenon 54

Hartland Arrowhead 64, Brookfield Central 54

Hillsboro 59, Brookwood 28

Hudson 53, Eau Claire North 34

Ithaca 62, Kickapoo 35

Kenosha Bradford 59, Lake Geneva Badger 39

Kiel 56, Howards Grove 47

Lake Holcombe 63, Prairie Farm 43

Lake Mills 55, Belleville 26

Laona 52, Wabeno 20

Little Chute 48, Winneconne 41

Lodi 64, Waterloo 55

Luck 58, Shell Lake 17

Marshall 70, Poynette 67

Marshfield 48, Rhinelander 33

McFarland 50, Stoughton 45

Medford 65, Mosinee 53

Melrose-Mindoro 59, Independence 46

Milwaukee Hamilton 57, Franklin 55

Milwaukee Pius XI 73, Milwaukee School of Languages 49

Monticello 56, Argyle 32

Mukwonago 68, Union Grove 57

New London 49, Denmark 36

New Richmond 69, Spooner 48

Oconto 50, Southern Door 47

Pardeeville 53, Waupun Central Wisconsin Christian 50

Peshtigo 73, Niagara 35

Plainfield Tri-County 41, Port Edwards 39

Prairie du Chien 74, Waukon, Iowa 47

Prentice 78, Greenwood 52

Racine J.I. Case 64, Racine Washington Park 47

Rio 61, Madison Abundant Life 41

River Ridge 64, Belmont 55

Royall 39, Wonewoc-Center 26

Schofield D.C. Everest 48, Adams-Friendship 24

Seneca 64, La Farge 34

Seymour 62, Kimberly 54

St. Croix Falls 56, Osceola 51

Sturgeon Bay 67, Kewaunee 43

Sun Prairie 67, Waukesha South 58

Superior 79, Duluth, Minn. Central 63

Three Lakes 54, Elcho 37

Tigerton 39, Menominee Indian 30

Tomahawk 42, Northland Pines 38

Unity 60, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 40

Waukesha North 51, Muskego 43

Wauwatosa West 60, Shorewood 42

Wauzeka 66, Weston 18

Webster 54, Birchwood 29

West De Pere 54, Shawano 30

Westosha Central 63, Delavan-Darien 56

Weyauwega-Fremont 70, Manawa 24

Whitnall 51, Pewaukee 45

Wild Rose 60, Gresham 22

Williams Bay 59, Johnson Creek 44

Wisconsin Rapids 58, Kaukauna 45

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Girls' high school basketball...

Amherst 50, Bonduel 30

Appleton East 58, Wausau West 47

Baraboo 59, Sauk Prairie 51

Berlin 47, Princeton 24

Boyceville 47, Spring Valley 20

Brillion 50, Mishicot 48

Brodhead 39, Belleville 37, OT

Brown Deer 38, Milwaukee Thomas More 34

Cameron 52, Clayton 44

Cassville 33, Boscobel 32

Clear Lake 66, Turtle Lake 57

Colfax 55, Elmwood 25

De Pere 43, Bay Port 37

DeForest 46, Waunakee 44

Durand 39, Amery 29

Eau Claire Regis 62, Osseo-Fairchild 39

Edgar 65, Northland Lutheran 37

Ellsworth 43, Somerset 38

Fall Creek 49, Eleva-Strum 23

Frederic 90, Solon Springs 24

Grafton 67, Hartford 45

Grantsburg 58, Cumberland 45

Green Bay Notre Dame 57, Menominee, Mich. 43

Greenwood 38, Owen-Withee 37

Iola-Scandinavia 56, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 35

Kettle Moraine 43, Watertown 37

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 44, Laconia 42

La Crosse Central 42, Prairie du Chien 38

Lake Holcombe 62, Prairie Farm 26

Lake Mills 50, Lodi 44

Lomira 69, Omro 38

Loyal 58, Gilman 33

Luck 59, Shell Lake 43

Markesan 37, Waupun 32

Mauston 40, Nekoosa 32

Menomonee Falls 63, Milwaukee Bay View 15

Mondovi 58, Elk Mound 38

Monroe 43, Stoughton 38

Muskego 53, Mukwonago 36

Neillsville 55, Marshfield Columbus 19

New Berlin Eisenhower 62, South Milwaukee 39

New Berlin West 57, Greendale 36

Osceola 56, St. Croix Central 36

Pewaukee 56, Whitnall 34

Portage 52, Oregon 41

River Falls 45, Prescott 40

Rosholt 43, Marion 37

Shullsburg 47, Warren, Ill. 29

South Wayne Black Hawk 56, Orfordville Parkview 44

Southern Door 62, Gillett 42

Spencer 53, Colby 36

Superior 58, Hermantown, Minn. 52

Thorp 44, Chippewa Falls McDonell 38

Tigerton 48, Menominee Indian 28

Union Grove Christian 51, Kenosha Reuther 49

Wausau Newman 68, Stratford 34

West Allis Central 50, Milwaukee Riverside 33

Weston 46, Wonewoc-Center 23

Weyauwega-Fremont 52, Manawa 28

Whitefish Bay Dominican 75, Waukesha Catholic Memorial 56

Wild Rose 42, Gresham 35

Winnebago Lutheran 57, North Fond du Lac 33

Wisconsin Dells 46, Adams-Friendship 28

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