Sunday State Sports Briefs: Marquette back to winning as they upend LSU

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MILWAUKEE - Marquette hit 24-of-25 free throws and needed just about every one in a narrow 84-80 home victory over LSU.

Davante Garden put the nail in the Tigers’ coffin by hitting six straight free throws in the final 36 seconds. He came off the Golden Eagle bench to score 19, while Junior Cadougan and Vander Blue each had 17. The win was the 15th straight at home for coach Buzz Williams’ team and it was a step in the right direction toward forgetting last week’s 49-47 upset loss to UW-Green Bay. Andre Stinger nailed six three-pointers and led the Tigers with 20 points. Louisiana State cut the difference to a bucket at 78-76 with about 40 seconds left, but they couldn’t make it all the way back. Marquette’s win in the non-conference game gives the Eagles an 8-3 record.

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Alec Brown scored the first seven points for UW-Green Bay and ended up with 19 points in a 72-55 win over South Dakota. The Phoenix were hot from the field, hitting almost 57 percent. With the Coyotes leading 17-11 half-way through the first half, the Phoenix went on a 24-8 run and put the game out of reach. Keifer Sykes added 17 points and eight assists for the winners, who improved their record to 5-7. Trevor Gruis led South Dakota scoring with 18 points.

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The Green Bay Packers need to beat Tennessee today, then win again to have a chance for a first-round bye in the NFL playoffs. The Packers clinched the NFC North title by beating the Bears last week. Last year Green Bay got the first-round bye, then was promptly knocked in an upset loss to the New York Giants. That doesn’t mean the Pack isn’t wanting a bye again this year. The starters got a lot of time off at the end of the 2011 season and that isn’t going to happen this time. The Packers bring a 10-4 record into today’s game against a Titan crew which is playing much better recently.

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It’s called addressing your biggest weakness. The addition of left-handed relief pitcher Tom Gorzelanny is aimed at bolstering the Milwaukee Brewers’ bullpen, the worst in the major leagues last year. Gorzelanny’s career statistics aren’t eye-popping, but he was nearly invincible in the second half of last season, compiling an earned run average of 1.33 for the Washington Nationals. The Brewers got him for $5.7 million, a $300,000 signing bonus plus salaries of $2.6 million next season and $2.8 million in 2014. The lefty also pitched for the Pirates and Cubs. He hopes to beef up a Milwaukee bullpen which set a franchise record with 29 blown saves in 2012.

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SCORES

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

--Division III Men

UW-River Falls 57, Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 54

UW-Whitewater 75, Edgewood 48

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MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE

Milwaukee 6, Baltimore 5

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Wisconsin boys' high school basketball scores

Brookfield Central 70, Hartland Arrowhead 66

Fort Atkinson 49, Middleton 45

Germantown 80, East Troy 36

Janesville Parker 79, Waukesha South 76

Markesan 53, Dodgeland 27

Milwaukee Bay View 74, Milwaukee Destiny 68

Milwaukee Madison 77, Milwaukee Academy of Science 74

Oshkosh West 50, Milwaukee South 40

Racine J.I. Case 68, Appleton West 50

Watertown 54, Oak Creek 42

Waukesha West 68, Milwaukee Bradley Tech 62

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Girls' high school basketball

Appleton Xavier 33, Green Bay Southwest 28

Beloit Memorial 67, Madison East 55

Brookfield Academy 47, Milwaukee Hamilton 43

De Pere 52, Algoma 46

Germantown 66, Hartland Arrowhead 60

Milwaukee Hope Christian 39, Milwaukee University 29

Janesville Parker 50, Madison West 43

Madison La Follette 54, Janesville Craig 42

Menominee 68, Marinette St. Thomas Aquinas/Lena 10

Milwaukee Bradley Tech 65, Milwaukee University School 47

Milwaukee Riverside 87, Milwaukee Rufus King 59

Racine Park 63, Union Grove 54

Stevens Point 39, DeForest 32

Sun Prairie 63, Madison Memorial 24

Verona 37, Middleton 22

Whitefish Bay Dominican 46, Whitefish Bay 39

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Boys' high school hockey

Chequamegon/Phillips 3, Eau Claire North 0

De Pere/West De Pere 5, Kingsford, Michigan 3

Eau Claire Memorial 7, Superior 2

Fond du Lac St. Mary's Springs 5, Brookfield 2

Green Bay United 8, Fox Cities 2

Greendale 4, Waukesha 3

Hudson 3, St. Paul Academy-Mounds Park, Minn. 2

Monona Grove 5, Tomah 2

Somerset 5, Minnehaha Academy, Minn. 3

Stevens Point Pacelli 11, Sparta 2

Sun Prairie 5, Onalaska 3

Verona 3, Middleton 1

Whitefish Bay 4, Mequon Homestead 1

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Girls' high school hockey

USM 7, Fond Du Lac 1

Burnett County Blizzard 6, Chippewa Falls 3

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