Morning State Sports Briefs: UWGB wins league tournament quarterfinal game

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GREEN BAY - The UW-Green Bay women’s basketball team pounded Valparaiso 77-53 at home last night in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament.

Julie Wojta scored 17 points, and she had six steals to break Green Bay’s single-season record with 105. Ninth-seeded Valparaiso was down by nine when the top-seeded Phoenix pulled away with a 15-0 run midway through the second half. Tabitha Gerardot scored 19 points for the Crusaders, who ended their season at 10-and-21. Sarah Eichler scored 14 points for 10th-ranked Green Bay, which will host fourth-seeded Illinois-Chicago tomorrow night in the semi-finals of the league tournament. UIC advanced with a 66-53 win over Butler. Wright State will play Detroit in the other semifinal, which will also be played in Green Bay tomorrow evening.

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Marquette University's men's basketball team plays Louisville tonight in the quarterfinals of the Big East Conference men’s tourney in New York. The Golden Eagles had a double-bye, while Rick Pitino’s Cardinals made their tournament debut in last night’s second round with a 61-55 win over Seton Hall. Peyton Siva had 14 points and Kyle Kuric added 13, as seventh-seeded Louisville improved to 23-9 overall. Marquette has the Number-two seed at 25-6. Associate head coach Tony Benford said the Eagles have used the past four days to fine-tune their own game. Forward Jamil Wilson said the players also got some much-needed rest for their aches-and-pains. Marquette played Louisville at home on January 16th. The Eagles went down 18-to-2 before coming back and winning by nine.

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The Milwaukee Brewers won a 10-6 slug-fest over the Chicago White Sox yesterday in a Cactus League exhibition game in Glendale Arizona. Marco Estrada became the fifth Brewers’ starter to throw two scoreless innings so far this spring – and they haven’t given up a run yet. Estrada gave up three hits and struck out one. White Sox starter Jake Peavy gave up three runs on four hits in his two-inning start. Alex Gonzalez hit a two-run double off Peavy, and Norichika Aoki belted an RBI-triple. Aoki also singled in his first outfield start for Milwaukee. And Gonzalez also tripled and had four RBI’s on the day. The Brewers are now 2-1-and-1 at Spring Training. They’ll play the Cincinnati Reds this afternoon in Phoenix.

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The Milwaukee Admirals lost at Chicago last night, 5-2. Anton Rodin scored twice, as Milwaukee remains two points away from the eighth-and-final playoff spot in the American Hockey League’s Western Conference. Taylor Beck and Kevin Henderson scored for the Admirals. Goaltender Jeremy Smith ended a personal five-game winning streak, as Chicago improved to 6-4-0-1 against the Admirals this season.

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