Wednesday State Sports Roundup: Lakers pull away in the fourth to defeat Milwaukee

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LOS ANGELES - The Milwaukee Bucks lost to a surging Lakers team in Los Angeles last night, 104-88.

Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard each scored 31 points, as LA won its second straight after a six-game losing streak. Lakers’ coach Mike D’Antoni had Bryant cover point guard Brandon Jennings – and Jennings said it was tightest full-court defense he’s faced as a pro. He only hit four shots in 14 attempts, and was limited to 12 points after averaging almost 25 in his last previous four games. The Bucks were down by six going into the fourth quarter, when the Lakers pulled away with a 21-to-7 run. The Bucks were out-shot 50-to-36 percent, and lost despite pulling down eight more rebounds than LA. Monta Ellis scored 17 for Milwaukee, which is 1-1 on its current road trip and 3-2 under new coach Jim Boylan.

The Bucks remain above .500 overall at 19-18. They’re slipping in the Central Division race, at four games behind Indiana. But the Bucks do have a four-game cushion at the moment for the eighth-and-final playoff spot in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, and they’re just a game behind Boston for the No. 7 slot. The Bucks’ next game is tomorrow night at Phoenix.

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It’s been nine years since the Milwaukee Bucks have had an NBA All-Star – and Jim Boylan hopes his fellow coaches will consider guards Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis. Boylan says both players have put up good numbers this season, and both deserve to get votes. Coaches will select the reserves for the All-Star Game after the Eastern and Western Conference starters are announced tomorrow night. The fans vote for the starters – and former Marquette guard Dwayne Wade of Miami is among the leaders for the Eastern Conference guards. Ellis is sixth in the fan voting at that spot, and Jennings is 10th. Both average around 18 points and five assists per game – and both have been shooting in the neighborhood of 40-percent. The Bucks have a winning record at the moment, which could help their cause. The last Milwaukee All-Star was Michael Redd in 2004. This year’s All-Star Game will be played in Houston on February 17th.

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The Marquette University women's basketball team won their first Big East Conference game last night, 56-53 at Seton Hall. The game was tied with 1:28 left when Arlesia Morse made a lay-up to put the Golden Eagles up by two. And she made a trio of free throws down the stretch to help Marquette seal its victory. Morse and Katherine Plouffe both scored 13, as the Eagles dominated the boards with a 38-to-27 rebounding edge. Brittany Morris scored a game-high 18 points for Seton Hall, which dropped to 2-2 in the Big East and 7-10 overall. Marquette improved to 1-2 in the conference and 9-7 overall. They’ll play at Pittsburgh on Saturday.

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The Marquette men’s basketball team will try to go 4-0 in the Big East tonight, when it hosts Seton Hall. The 25th-ranked Golden Eagles are 12-3 overall – and they’ve won 18 straight at the Bradley Center, dating back to December of 2011. Point guard Junior Cadougan is listed as probable for tonight. He injured an ankle last Saturday in Marquette’s overtime win at Pittsburgh, and sophomore Derrick Wilson filled in. Seton Hall comes in at 1-3 in the conference, and 12-5 overall. The Pirates have lost three straight games, after falling to Providence by 12 points last Sunday. Junior swingman Fuquan Edwin led the Pirates with 17 points in that game – and he’s 31 away from scoring a-thousand for his career. Marquette hopes to go 4-0 in conference play for the first time in four years, and only the fourth time since 1989 when the Eagles first had a league affiliation.

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The UW-Stevens Point men's basketball team will try to extend their two-game lead in the WIAC tonight. The Pointers – ranked seventh in the country by D3hoops.com – will host UW-Platteville. Stevens Point is 7-0 in league play. Stout, Whitewater, and La Crosse are all at 5-2. The 15th-ranked Warhawks host Oshkosh this evening, while Stout entertains La Crosse. Also, Superior plays at River Falls. On the women’s side, Whitewater has the WIAC lead at 6-1. Oshkosh, Stevens Point, and Superior are all a game back at 5-2. No.24 ranked Whitewater plays at Oshkosh this evening. The 15th-ranked Pointers are at Platteville. Superior hosts River Falls, and Stout plays at La Crosse.

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University of Wisconsin men’s hockey defenseman John Ramage has been named the WCHA’s defensive player-of-the-week. He scored the game-winning goals last Friday and Saturday, when the Badgers swept Minnesota State on the road for the first time. Ramage, a senior captain, had seven shots on goal during the series with a rating of plus-three. He was also a big part of the Badgers’ penalty-killing units, which fought off 11-of-12 power play attempts.

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Three women’s basketball teams are tied for first in the Northern Athletics Conference North Division – and two of them will square off against each other tonight. Concordia-Mequon will host Edgewood. Both are 8-2 in league play, along with Alverno. Maranatha Baptist is a game-and-a-half back in fourth. Wisconsin Lutheran has a three-game lead over Benedictine in the South Division. Lutheran is 7-0 in the NAC, and will host Dominican this evening. Also, Marian plays at Milwaukee School of Engineering. In the CCIW, Carthage will play a men’s-and-women’s double-header at Elmhurst.

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Felicia Carlson of Beloit College has been named the women’s indoor track athlete of the week in the Midwest Conference. Carlson, a sophomore, set a new Beloit record in the 55-meters, winning it in seven-point-four-three seconds at the Carthage Private Schools’ Invite last weekend. She also won the 200-meters. Joe Puntoriero of Knox College is the honored men’s track athlete.

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Jordan Petersen of UW-Eau Claire and Sam Barber of Stevens Point are the men’s-and-women’s basketball players of the week in the WIAC. Petersen, a senior guard, averaged 14-and-a-half points and five-and-a-half rebounds in a pair of conference victories for Eau Claire last week. He also had three assists in each game. Barber, a senior guard, scored 33 points in 25 minutes in Stevens Point’s 88-57 win at UW-Stout. And she had 25 points and seven rebounds against La Crosse with four blocked shots. The WIAC also recognized Stephen Hanko and Mikayla Beuch, both of La Crosse, in swimming – Andrew Janny and Tessa Kahring, both of La Crosse, in diving – Megan Love of Whitewater and Brittany DeZiel of Stout in gymnastics – Adam Cardwell of River Falls in men’s hockey – and Izzy Balsiger of La Crosse in wrestling.

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Four Milwaukee Brewers remain eligible for salary arbitration – and unless they agree to new contracts, they’ll be exchange salary proposals with the team on Friday. The four players are outfielder Carlos Gomez, starter Marco Estrada, closer John Axford, and newly-acquired reliever Burke Badenhop. Most players reach new contract agreements before their arbitration hearings begin in February. Any unresolved matters will go to a three-person arbitration panel – and they’ll choose either the team’s offer or the player’s request.

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The Milwaukee Brewers have already sold a million tickets for their games at Miller Park this year. Chief Operating Officer Rick Schlesinger said today that sales for a variety of season ticket packages sent the Brewers past the one-million mark on the second-earliest date in the team’s 44-year history. The earliest date for achieving the milestone was just over a year ago, on December 22nd of 2011. That was about two months after the Brewers came within two victories of making the World Series – and fans were still glowing over their successful 2011 campaign.

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SCORES

Wisconsin boys' high school basketball

Abbotsford 62, Rib Lake 54

Altoona 63, Chippewa Falls McDonell 52

Ashland 51, Proctor, Minn. 36

Athens 63, Phillips 50

Augusta 62, Spencer 40

Baldwin-Woodville 44, Ellsworth 38

Bangor 68, Wonewoc-Center 55

Boscobel 72, De Soto 39

Boyceville 48, Plum City 27

Bruce 51, Minong Northwood 44

Burlington Catholic Central 52, Kenosha Reuther 40

Cashton 65, New Lisbon 63

Cedar Grove-Belgium 48, Random Lake 36

Clinton 56, Evansville 47

Clintonville 59, Weyauwega-Fremont 42

Cochrane-Fountain City 66, Alma Center Lincoln 37

Cornell 65, Lake Holcombe 57

Crandon 47, Three Lakes 43

Crivitz 69, Coleman 41

DeForest 70, Janesville Parker 53

Delafield St. John's Northwestern 74, Milwaukee University 33

Denmark 68, Freedom 46

Dodgeville 87, Darlington 50

East Troy 73, Orfordville Parkview 48

Eau Claire Regis 56, Thorp 27

Edgerton 52, Walworth Big Foot 44

Eleva-Strum 63, Alma/Pepin 44

Elk Mound 49, Elmwood 33

Fall Creek 41, Cadott 39

Fort Atkinson 59, Verona 48

Gillett 82, Lena 43

Glendale Nicolet 77, Wauwatosa West 55

Grace Christian 57, Wisconsin School for the Deaf 42

Grantsburg 69, Webster 16

Green Bay NEW Lutheran 73, Gibraltar 52

Green Bay Notre Dame 64, Sheboygan South 51

Greenwood 52, Colby 46

Hartford 62, Beaver Dam 60

Holmen 63, Sparta 41

Hortonville 59, Luxemburg-Casco 45

Howards Grove 60, Kohler 59

La Crescent, Minn. 47, Black River Falls 38

Lakeside Lutheran 73, Watertown Luther Prep 61

Laona 63, Elcho 43

Madison La Follette 59, Waunakee 51

Marathon 52, Wausau Newman 38

Marion 67, Menominee Indian 54

Marshfield 46, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 34

Marshfield Columbus 62, Loyal 61

Mayville 54, Kiel 45

McFarland 62, Beloit Turner 48

Menasha 57, Fox Valley Lutheran 55

Milwaukee Bay View 47, Milwaukee Riverside 44

Milwaukee Rufus King 78, Milwaukee North 57

Milwaukee Marquette 57, Racine Washington Park 29

Milwaukee Marshall/Juneau 62, Milwaukee Madison 59

Milwaukee Pulaski 66, Milwaukee Academy of Science 41

Milwaukee Vincent 63, Milwaukee South 43

Milwaukee Washington 68, West Allis Central 66

Mondovi 64, Saint Croix Central 51

Monroe 63, Janesville Craig 53

Necedah 63, Hillsboro 62

Neenah 63, Stevens Point 53

Neillsville 51, Gilman 34

New Auburn 70, Flambeau 45

New London 55, Oconto Falls 32

New Richmond 60, Osceola 54

Onalaska Luther 80, Arcadia 50

Oostburg 63, Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 36

Osseo-Fairchild 47, Stanley-Boyd 42

Owen-Withee 80, Granton 32

Ozaukee 72, Sheboygan County Christian 50

Palmyra-Eagle 51, Jefferson 34

Pardeeville 66, Dodgeland 30

Peshtigo 61, Niagara 33

Pittsville 50, Stratford 42

Plymouth 53, Port Washington 48

Port Edwards 48, Almond-Bancroft 42

Portage 61, Poynette 59

Prairie du Chien 61, Viroqua 40

Prairie Farm 56, Birchwood 29

Prentice 62, Chequamegon 44

Princeton-Green Lake 56, Westfield 42

Racine Prairie 53, Young Coggs Prep 51

Reedsburg 56, Baraboo 34

Ripon 83, Wautoma 37

Rosholt 66, Gresham 64

Royall 85, Brookwood 45

St. Francis 64, Milwaukee Tenor 32

Sauk Prairie 45, River Valley 42

Schofield D.C. Everest 61, Wausau West 31

Sevastopol 43, Oconto 41

Shawano 50, Marinette 28

Sheboygan Falls 78, Sheboygan Lutheran 53

Sheboygan North 67, Green Bay Southwest 47

Shell Lake 43, Solon Springs 42

Shorewood 75, Cedarburg 68

Slinger 67, West Bend West 37

Somerset 60, Durand 55

Southern Door 66, Kewaunee 49

Spring Valley 53, Glenwood City 43

Sturgeon Bay 62, Algoma 49

Suring 72, Marinette Thomas Aquinas 31

Two Rivers 65, Mishicot 19

Union Grove Christian 57, Eastbrook Academy 50

Watertown Maranatha Baptist 52, Menomonee Falls Calvary Baptist 32

Waukesha North 60, Brookfield Central 59

Wausau East 57, Merrill 49

West Bend East 53, Oconomowoc 46

West De Pere 66, Seymour 63

Whitehall 60, Independence 19

Whitewater 58, Brodhead 53

Wisconsin Dells 49, Mauston 38

Wisconsin Lutheran 67, Watertown 51

Wisconsin Valley Lutheran 49, Tri-County 21

Zion-Benton, Ill. 77, Kenosha Tremper 68

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Girls' high school basketball

Adams-Friendship 49, Mauston 37

Algoma 48, Two Rivers 36

Amherst 58, Wausau Newman 55

Antigo 57, Crandon 48

Appleton North 38, Green Bay Preble 36

Argyle 56, Juda 24

Auburndale 52, Iola-Scandinavia 33

Baldwin-Woodville 49, Ellsworth 36

Barneveld 62, Evansville 32

Berlin 48, Clintonville 30

Black River Falls 48, Eleva-Strum 35

Bowler 36, Tigerton 25

Brillion 38, Valders 30

Brookfield Academy 36, Milwaukee University 31

Brookwood 76, Necedah 17

Burlington 51, Kenosha Bradford 36

Cambridge 48, Belleville 43

Cameron 72, Spring Valley 27

Chippewa Falls 59, Altoona 27

Clayton 33, Turtle Lake 32

Cornell 48, Lake Holcombe 31

De Soto 40, North Crawford 14

Deerfield 60, Dodgeland 39

Dodgeville 73, Mount Horeb 61

Durand 54, Somerset 32

Eastbrook Academy 55, Union Grove Christian 46

Eau Claire Memorial 39, Medford 38

Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 55, Stockbridge 34

Fall River 55, Madison Abundant Life 20

Fennimore 53, Hazel Green Southwestern 41

Flambeau 81, New Auburn 11

Fond du Lac Springs 46, North Fond du Lac 31

Fort Atkinson 54, Edgerton 46

Fox Valley Lutheran 54, Freedom 39

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 54, Independence 26

Germantown 75, Waukesha South 51

Grantsburg 52, Webster 36

Green Bay Notre Dame 63, Sheboygan South 50

Green Bay Southwest 52, Sheboygan North 38

Greendale Martin Luther 41, Burlington Catholic Central 36

Hayward 37, Bloomer 28

Hortonville 57, Luxemburg-Casco 44

Ithaca 57, Kickapoo 30

Johnson Creek 42, Hustisford 36

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 68, Mayville 37

La Crosse Aquinas 41, La Crosse Central 37

Lake Country Lutheran 44, Living Word Lutheran 42

Lake Mills 57, Watertown Luther Prep 51

Lakeside Lutheran 57, Columbus 49

Little Chute 48, Ripon 20

Lodi 44, Poynette 27

Maple Northwestern 43, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 29

Marion 67, Menominee Indian 54

Markesan 54, Rio 19

Marshall 77, Waterloo 24

Marshfield 68, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 51

McFarland 43, Turner 37

Menasha St. Mary Central 50, Chilton 32

Mercer 53, Lac Courte Oreilles 23

Merrill 41, Wausau East 23

Milwaukee Heritage Christian 72, Milwaukee St. Joan Antida 22

Milwaukee Bay View 28, Milwaukee Saint Anthony 19

Milwaukee Rufus King 79, Milwaukee Bradley Technical 72

Milwaukee Marshall/Juneau 49, Milwaukee South 45

Milwaukee Pulaski/Arts 92, Milwaukee Reagan 15

Milwaukee Riverside 81, Milwaukee Hamilton 34

Milwaukee School of Languages 64, Milwaukee North 29

Milwaukee University 59, Milwaukee Destiny 37

Mishicot 41, Manitowoc Lutheran 38

Monona Grove 57, Sun Prairie 52

Monticello 55, Albany 24

Mukwonago 47, Brookfield Central 42

New Berlin Eisenhower 57, Franklin 41

New Glarus 52, Wisconsin Heights 39

New London 41, Oconto Falls 39

Oak Creek 55, Muskego 42

Oneida Nation 36, Gibraltar 30

Oshkosh Lourdes 59, Montello 35

Pewaukee 65, Shorewood 40

Platteville 65, Galena, Ill. 23

Plymouth 63, Howards Grove 38

Port Edwards 37, Almond-Bancroft 27

Prairie Farm 56, Birchwood 12

Prescott 29, Amery 28

Pulaski 55, Manitowoc Lincoln 37

Racine Prairie 67, Racine Lutheran 37

Racine St. Catherine's 44, Somers Shoreland Lutheran 32

Randolph 44, Waupun Central Wisconsin Christian 35

Random Lake 71, Milwaukee Academy of Science 21

Reedsburg 37, Tomah 18

Reedsville 46, Hilbert 42

Rice Lake 43, Ashland 37

River Ridge 52, Iowa-Grant 24

Riverdale 36, Highland 22

Rosholt 68, Gresham 23

Shawano 50, Marinette 28

Shell Lake 46, Clear Lake 25

South Milwaukee 46, Oconomowoc 45

South Shore 53, Minong Northwood 44

South Wayne Black Hawk 46, Pecatonica 37

Southern Door 48, Shiocton 38

Stoughton 78, Portage 64

Superior 79, Cloquet, Minn. 52

Unity 56, Luck 49

Waukesha Catholic Memorial 69, Watertown 48

Waukesha North 43, Wauwatosa East 32

Waukesha West 52, New Berlin West 38

Wausau West 56, D.C. Everest 44

Wauzeka-Steuben 43, Weston 31

West De Pere 48, Seymour 44

Westby 63, Melrose-Mindoro 42

Westfield Area 69, Wautoma 40

Whitefish Bay Dominican 46, Milwaukee Thomas More 37

Wild Rose 75, Tri-County 13

Winneconne 46, Campbellsport 28

Wisconsin Dells 56, Nekoosa 51

Wisconsin Lutheran 52, Union Grove 46

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 77, Mosinee 34

Wrightstown 44, Manitowoc Roncalli 34

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Appleton United 8, Waupun 1

Eau Claire Memorial 10, Eau Claire North 0

Eau Claire Regis/Chippewa Falls McDonell/Bloomer 2, Somerset 1

Green Bay Notre Dame 5, De Pere 2

Hartland Arrowhead 2, Milwaukee University 2, tie

Madison Edgewood 4, McFarland 0

Madison Memorial 6, Beloit Memorial 1

Madison West 7, Madison La Follette/East 0

Milwaukee Marquette 4, Janesville 1

Mosinee 7, Lakeland 2

New Richmond 3, Amery 0

Northland Pines 3, Tomahawk 0

Oshkosh 8, Neenah-Hortonville 4

Stevens Point Pacelli 10, Rhinelander 1

Superior 5, Hermantown, Minn. 4

Viroqua 9, Black River Falls 5

Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 3, La Crosse Aquinas 2

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Girls' high school hockey

Brookfield 4, Appleton United 3

Milwaukee University 5, Fox Cities 0

Moose Lake Area, Minn. 4, Superior 1

New Richmond vs. Eau Claire North/Memorial/Altonna, postponed

St. Croix Valley Fusion 2, Hayward/Spooner 0

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