Wednesday State Sports Briefs: Bucks can't hold third quarter lead
Wisconsin Sports-- The Denver Nuggets needed a last-minute surge to beat the Milwaukee Bucks last night, 112-104 in Colorado.
DENVER - The Denver Nuggets needed a last-minute surge to beat the Milwaukee Bucks last night, 112-104 in Colorado.
The Bucks led by 15 at the half, and by seven after the third period. Milwaukee was still up by seven in the closing minutes, when Denver finished the game with a 19-4 run. Guards Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis committed three key turnovers during that stretch. Coach Jim Boylan said the Nuggets used a fast, switching defense by its smaller players – and it caused problems for his team. Boylan said he wanted to stay with a big and punishing lineup – but they had to re-adjust as the game slipped away. The loss ruined a career night by Bucks’ veteran center Samuel Dalembert. He made his first nine shots on his way to a career-high 35 points, with 12 rebounds. Ty Lawson and Danilo Gallinari each scored 22 for Denver, which has now won seven straight for the first time in over two years. It was also the Nuggets’ sixth consecutive home victory. The Bucks got a scare with 4:41 left when their shot-blocking leader Larry Sanders fell hard on his back and right hip, while challenging a dunk shot. He was helped off the court, and he said afterward that X-rays turned up quote, “nothing severe.” Milwaukee dropped to three games above .500 with the loss. The Bucks play at Utah tonight.
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Donald Driver will take his bows today, as hundreds of Green Bay Packers fans and dignitaries will attend his retirement ceremony. More than a-thousand fans waited for hours in the cold last Friday to snap up free tickets at the Lambeau Box Office. They were gone in 13 minutes. The 38-year-old Driver leaves as the Packers’ all-time leader in catches and receiving yards over a 14-year NFL career, all with Green Bay. Driver first announced his retirement last Thursday, after the Packers stopped just short of saying they wouldn’t bring him back in 2013. He said it allows him to leave on his own terms. And while Driver said he could have played somewhere else this fall, he owes it to Packer Nation to retire after wearing only the storied green-and-gold. Marketing agent Brian Lammi indicates that Driver may be too busy to un-retire at training camp time, like Brett Favre did twice after leaving Green Bay. Lammi said he and Driver have had talks about broadcast opportunities in both sports and other entertainment – and there’s a good chance he’ll be hosting some kind of national show. Lammi calls it the beginning of Driver’s next career.
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Aaron Rodgers says he’s ready to “heal things up” with Brett Favre and “move forward.” The two appeared together during last weekend’s NFL Honors show – and while their exchange look awkward, Rodgers said it was scripted that way, and there was really nothing awkward about it. On his final Milwaukee radio show of the season yesterday, Rodgers said it didn’t take much for him to accept an invitation from the show’s producers to appear with Favre. Rodgers said he didn’t want to say much about their past – but as Favre heads to the Hall-of-Fame and gets his Number-Four retired, Rodgers said it’s time for the healing process to begin. Rodgers said it was important that Favre be recognized for all of his achievements in Green Bay, and he hopes last weekend’s show is a start toward making it happen. The two have had a cold relationship since Rodgers replaced Favre as the Packers’ starting quarterback in 2008 – when Favre tried to un-retire and ended up leaving for the New York Jets. In the years that followed, Favre was accused of giving the Detroit Lions inside information about the Packer offense – and Favre once said Rodgers lucked into his situation with teammates that grew during Favre’s watch. Rodgers stayed quiet and diplomatic, at least publicly.
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His agent says Charles Woodson wants to stay with the Green Bay Packers – even though the numbers are against him. The 36-year-old veteran was moved to safety this year in Green Bay’s base defense. But the team didn’t get to see much of him there, because he sat out about half the season with his second broken collarbone. It would very expensive the Packers to keep Woodson. He’s scheduled to get a roster bonus of $2.5 million dollars come July, with a base salary of $6.5 million next season. With incentives, the Packers could end up paying Woodson over $10-million dollars. Agent Carl Poston says it’s worth it. Poston admits Woodson is quote, “not what he was, but he’s much more valuable than most defensive players, period.” Poston also said the Packers have not said anything yet about bringing Woodson back. And in the agent’s view, no news is good news. It’s likely that the Packers will make a decision on Woodson before the league year begins on March 12th. The team is about to face some big financial pressures as it attempts to reach new deals with Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, and B.J. Raji.
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The Marquette University women’s basketball team was crushed at third-ranked Connecticut last night, 94-37. The Golden Eagles opened the game with a three-pointer from Chelsie Butler – but they only made five other shots for the remainder of the first half, and they were down 62-17 at the break. UConn led by as many as 58 in the second half. The Huskies out-shot Marquette 63-to-25 percent, and they out-rebounded the Eagles 43-31. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis made her first eight shots for Connecticut. She scored 24, including five three-pointers. Freshman Brooklyn Pumroy led Marquette in scoring with 11. UConn improved to 21-1 overall, and 8-1 in the Big East. Marquette fell to 3-6 in the conference and 11-11 overall. They’re now 0-8 lifetime against UConn. The Eagles’ next game is on Sunday at Villanova.
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The Milwaukee Wave indoor soccer team has signed a high school and college standout from Hartford. James Weber scored 173 career goals at Hartford Union High. He also played at UW-Green Bay, and in Sweden for two years.
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University of Wisconsin sophomore Ivy Martin has been named the Big Ten women’s swimmer of the week. Martin broke a 15-year-old school record in the 100-yard freestyle with 49-point-75 seconds at last weekend’s Big Ten Quad Duals. She also set a new UW Natatorium record in the 50-freestyle with a time of 22.32. Those two events were among five in which Martin took first. She has helped three UW relay teams to victories in the 200-yard event, the 200-medley, and the 400-relay. UW's women's team won two out three duals at the meet to finish the regular season with an 8-7 overall record, 4-3 in the Big Ten. The Big Ten meet will be from Feb. 20-22 at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center in Minneapolis.
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UW-Milwaukee will induct five former athletes into its Hall-of-Fame this weekend. They are women’s basketball standout Maria Viall – two-time Horizon League soccer player-of-the-year Antou Jallow – women’s soccer player Josha Krueger Kruvand, and track-and-field athletes Jerry Stern and Nick Gretz. Gretz was the league’s track athlete of the year in 2007. Viall was twice named the league’s basketball player-of-the-year, and she was UWM’s all-time Division I leader in both scoring and rebounding. All five athletes will be honored in a ceremony on Saturday at the Milwaukee Athletic Club.
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Concordia-Mequon has clinched the North Division women’s basketball title in the Northern Athletics Conference. The Falcons improved to 14-2 in league play with a 67-54 victory over Marian University last night. Junior forward Kate Luethe scored her one-thousandth career point for Concordia. She had 17 points and 13 rebounds against Marian.
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UW-Milwaukee has confirmed its three previously-reported finalists for the athletic director’s opening. School officials are expected to talk further with the candidates, and all three will hold public forums on campus next week. UW-Whitewater athletic director Paul Plinske will have his session next Tuesday. Illinois-Chicago AD Paul Schmidt will be at UWM next Wednesday. And executive senior AD Amanda Braun of Northeastern will have her forum a week from Friday.
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Matt Waech of the Milwaukee School of Engineering is the men’s indoor track-and-field athlete of the week in the Northern Athletics Conference. Waech, a junior, set a new school record in the pole vault last Saturday at the Parkside Classic. He won the event with a vault of four-point-three-oh meters. Waech also won the 600-meter dash. Kamile Udrenaite of Concordia-Chicago was named the top women’s athlete. Also, Tim Morgan of Edgewood is the NAC’s first men’s tennis player-of-the-week for the season. He won both his singles and doubles matches against Dubuque.
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SCORES
In men’s college basketball…
Dayspring Bible 96, Maranatha Baptist 92
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In women’s college basketball…
Concordia-Mequon 67, Marian 54
Wisconsin Lutheran 69, Benedictine 42
Maranatha Baptist 65, Edgewood 49
Alverno 62, Milwaukee School of Engineering 42
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Wisconsin boys' high school basketball
Abbotsford 68, Spencer 54
Algoma 61, Oconto 56
Almond-Bancroft 57, Tigerton 29
Amherst 59, Shiocton 37
Appleton Xavier 65, Winneconne 62
Auburndale 47, Baraboo 37
Augusta 82, Greenwood 55
Bangor 66, Melrose-Mindoro 32
Barron 59, Baldwin-Woodville 39
Beaver Dam Wayland Academy 75, Milwaukee Heritage Christian 69
Belleville 63, Cambridge 61
Beloit Turner 62, Juda 41
Berlin 51, Waupaca 36
Bonduel 47, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 34
Brillion 57, Chilton 46
Brookfield Central 52, Brookfield East 47
Brown Deer 73, Saint Francis 68
Bruce 56, Flambeau 35
Burlington 49, Elkhorn 44
Cadott 48, Eau Claire Regis 45
Clinton 44, Oregon 42
Colfax 82, Chippewa Falls McDonell 36
Coulee Christian 67, Alma Center Lincoln 56
Crivitz 69, Florence 43
De Pere 75, Sheboygan South 51
De Soto 52, Wauzeka-Steuben 41
Deerfield 72, Dodgeland 45
Dodgeville 59, Iowa-Grant 55
Drummond 57, Solon Springs 37
Durand 81, Osseo-Fairchild 34
Elcho 42, Phelps 28
Elk Mound 62, Bloomer 48
Fall River 100, Madison Abundant Life 26
Fond du Lac St. Mary's Springs 71, North Fond du Lac 45
Franklin 50, Racine Washington Park 45
Frederic 59, St. Croix Falls 49
Freedom 56, Clintonville 45
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 69, Black River Falls 46
Germantown 84, Wisconsin Lutheran 51
Gillett 58, Coleman 21
Grafton 85, Milwaukee Tenor 11
Grantsburg 63, Cumberland 45
Green Bay NEW Lutheran 67, Kewaunee 49
Green Bay Notre Dame 53, Green Bay West 35
Green Bay Southwest 42, Ashwaubenon 39
Greendale 56, Milwaukee Pius XI 52
Greenfield 64, Cedarburg 63
Gresham 72, Menominee Indian 45
Hartland Arrowhead 60, Kettle Moraine 43
Holmen 66, La Crosse Logan 48
Hortonville 54, West De Pere 46
Hustisford 57, Johnson Creek 35
Iola-Scandinavia 59, Manawa 42
Kenosha St. Joseph 61, Kenosha Reuther 56
La Crosse Aquinas 77, Tomah 48
La Crosse Central 69, Sparta 35
La Farge 55, Kickapoo 46
Laconia 82, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 78, OT
Lake Mills 62, Watertown Luther Prep 51
Lakeside Lutheran 69, Columbus 62
Little Chute 41, Fox Valley Lutheran 36
Living Word Lutheran 50, Delafield St. John's Northwestern 48
Luck 58, Birchwood 35
Luxemburg-Casco 93, Oconto Falls 32
Manitowoc Lutheran 69, Menasha St. Mary's 52
Manitowoc Roncalli 75, Reedsville 46
Marion 71, Bowler 56
Markesan 46, Westfield 45
Marshall 75, New Glarus 44
Mauston 32, River Valley 30
Menomonie 61, New Richmond 46
Merrill 43, Antigo 34
Middleton 65, DeForest 56
Milton 47, Fort Atkinson 42
Milwaukee Academy of Science 73, Wisconsin Career Academy 23
Milwaukee Hamilton 57, Milwaukee Riverside 45
Milwaukee Rufus King 70, Milwaukee Career & Tech 47
Milwaukee Madison 60, Milwaukee Pulaski 49
Milwaukee University 63, Kenosha Christian Life 26
Milwaukee Vincent 74, Milwaukee Bradley Tech 55
Minong Northwood 45, Clear Lake 43
Monticello 52, Barneveld 34
Mosinee 51, Nekoosa 48
New Auburn 60, Cornell 56
New Berlin Eisenhower 59, Pewaukee 55
New Berlin West 79, Wauwatosa West 58
Niagara 58, Marinette St. Thomas Aquinas 40
North Crawford 61, Seneca 34
Northland Pines 59, Watersmeet, Mich. 44
Oak Creek 46, Kenosha Tremper 39
Omro 40, Mayville 39
Onalaska 57, River Falls 48
Oneida Nation 65, Lincoln Hills 42
Oshkosh Lourdes 60, Cambria-Friesland 44
Ozaukee 47, Howards Grove 45
Pardeeville 54, Princeton/Green Lake 41
Pecatonica 61, Argyle 38
Peshtigo 57, Wausaukee 32
Phillips 68, Winter 47
Potosi 54, Cassville 49
Poynette 55, Lodi 41
Prairie du Chien 44, Decorah, Iowa 32
Prairie Farm 58, Cameron 55
Prescott 54, St. Croix Central 29
Pulaski 64, Sheboygan Falls 39
Racine J.I. Case 90, Kenosha Indian Trail 56
Racine William Horlick 51, Kenosha Bradford 37
Racine Lutheran 54, Burlington Catholic Central 50
Racine Prairie 53, Milwaukee Thomas More 43
Randolph 56, Montello 41
Rhinelander 58, Marshfield 47
Rio 66, Oakfield 49
River Ridge 65, Benton 45
Rosholt 59, Planfield Tri-County 40
Schofield D.C. Everest 51, Appleton North 46
Seymour 71, New London 51
Shawano 53, Denmark 40
Sheboygan North 85, Green Bay East 67
Shullsburg 36, Belmont 30
Somers Shoreland Lutheran 60, Greendale Martin Luther 35
Southern Door 72, Gibraltar 43
South Wayne Black Hawk 53, Albany 46
Spooner 50, Glenwood City 44
Stanley-Boyd 62, Lake Holcombe 43
Stevens Point Pacelli 69, Weyauwega-Fremont 47
Sturgeon Bay 62, Sevastopol 30
Suring 70, Lena 27
Sussex Hamilton 49, Menomonee Falls 46
Tomahawk 50, Crandon 39
Turtle Lake 65, Shell Lake 49
Union Grove 55, Waterford 30
University Lake School 57, Grace Christian 44
Verona 71, Reedsburg 64
Waukesha Catholic Memorial 79, Muskego 77
Waukesha West 63, Waukesha South 51
Waunakee 52, Portage 47
Waupun Central Wisconsin Christian 98, Oshkosh Valley Christian 44
West Allis Central 51, Milwaukee Marquette 46
West Allis Hale 57, Wauwatosa East 55
Westosha Central 55, Lake Geneva Badger 53
Whitefish Bay 73, Milwaukee Messmer 51
Whitefish Bay Dominican 59, Racine St. Catherine's 46
Whitnall 62, Cudahy 45
Wild Rose 71, Port Edwards 64
Williams Bay Faith Christian 69, Milwaukee Salam School 48
Wilmot Union 67, Delavan-Darien 49
Winnebago Lutheran 54, Lomira 49
Wisconsin Heights 53, Waterloo 44
Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 67, Wautoma 47
Wrightstown 61, Mishicot 40
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Girls' high school basketball
Algoma 42, Pulaski 33
Alma Center Lincoln 47, Blair-Taylor 38
Appleton East 48, Menasha 40
Appleton North 31, Kimberly 29
Arcadia 70, Onalaska Luther 61
Argyle 53, Highland 30
Augusta 39, Spencer 36
Baldwin-Woodville 48, Amery 24
Baraboo 62, Portage 37
Bay Port 47, Wausau West 42
Beaver Dam 73, Watertown 33
Boyceville 53, Spring Valley 40
Brodhead 63, Evansville 29
Brookfield Central 64, Brookfield East 42
Brookwood 49, De Soto 25
Cameron 71, Prairie Farm 31
Colby 60, Greenwood 39
Cuba City 76, Hazel Green Southwestern 46
Darlington 62, Iowa-Grant 22
De Pere 49, Sheboygan South 26
East Troy 81, Clinton 59
Eau Claire Regis 57, Osseo-Fairchild 45
Edgerton 59, Beloit Turner 37
Flambeau 49, Bruce 26
Franklin 83, Racine Washington Park 59
Gilmanton 46, Independence 43
Grantsburg 59, Shell Lake 53
Green Bay Notre Dame 77, Green Bay West 21
Green Bay Southwest 47, Ashwaubenon 25
Gresham 54, Menominee Indian 52
Hortonville 54, West De Pere 26
Iola-Scandinavia 39, Manawa 30
Ironwood, Mich. defeated Mercer, forfeit
Jefferson 51, Walworth Big Foot 40
Kenosha Bradford 43, Racine William Horlick 41
Kenosha Christian Life 45, Milwaukee University 36
Kettle Moraine 56, Hartland Arrowhead 46
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 64, Milwaukee Lutheran 58
La Crosse Aquinas 34, Tomah 17
La Crosse Central 38, Sparta 28
Lake Geneva Badger 52, Elkhorn 35
La Crosse Logan 39, Holmen 36
Lakeside Lutheran 47, Winnebago Lutheran 39
Lodi 41, River Valley 35
Loyal 64, Granton 19
Luck 50, Birchwood 8
Luxemburg-Casco 58, Oconto Falls 55
Madison Edgewood 42, Stoughton 39
Marion 48, Bowler 33
Marshfield 77, Rhinelander 47
Menominee, Mich. 45, Marinette 35
Mequon Homestead 42, Greenfield 39
Milton 44, Fort Atkinson 28
Milwaukee Bradley Technical 94, Milwaukee Hamilton 34
Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels 47, West Allis Central 22
Milwaukee Rufus King 71, Milwaukee Washington 47
Milwaukee Marshall/Juneau 50, Milwaukee Bay View/Lifelong Learning 23
Milwaukee Pius XI 70, Greendale 26
Milwaukee Pulaski/Arts 52, Milwaukee South 41
Milwaukee School of Languages 62, Milwaukee Ronald Reagan 22
Minong Northwood 40, Clayton 33
Mondovi 52, Elk Mound 40
Monona Grove 64, Monroe 31
Mukwonago 56, Waukesha North 40
Muskego 59, Waukesha Catholic Memorial 44
Nekoosa 51, Adams-Friendship 43
New Berlin Eisenhower 59, Pewaukee 33
New Berlin West 42, Wauwatosa West 26
New London 65, Seymour 40
Northland Pines 63, Niagara 27
Oak Creek 66, Kenosha Tremper 24
Oconomowoc 46, Hartford Union 35
Onalaska 30, West Salem 23
Oneida Nation 51, Sevastopol 27
Oshkosh West 44, Fond du Lac 34
Owen-Withee 65, Gilman 26
Palmyra-Eagle 44, McFarland 38
Phelps 41, Elcho 40
Phillips 52, Winter 47
Plum City 41, Glenwood City 33
Plymouth 63, Campbellsport 47
Racine J.I. Case 80, Kenosha Indian Trail 45
Racine Prairie 54, Somers Shoreland Lutheran 50
Random Lake 39, Howards Grove 27
Reedsburg 52, Sauk Prairie 41
River Ridge 41, Lancaster 38
Sheboygan Lutheran 54, Ozaukee 48
Sheboygan North 59, Green Bay East 18
South Milwaukee 42, Shorewood 39
St. Croix Falls 70, Frederic 42
Stanley-Boyd 49, Cadott 31
Stevens Point 43, Eau Claire Memorial 33
Sturgeon Bay 51, Mishicot 27
Suring 56, Laona 35
Sussex Hamilton 48, Menomonee Falls 37
Tigerton 54, Almond-Bancroft 25
Plainfield Tri-County 58, Rosholt 57
Two Rivers 55, Kiel 50
Unity 64, Webster 33
Verona 40, Madison Memorial 35
Wabeno 28, Florence 25
Waterford 38, Union Grove 29
Waukesha West 35, Waukesha South 21
Waunakee 52, DeForest 50
Waupun 40, Kewaskum 37
Wausau East 51, Tomahawk 38
Wausau Newman 84, Edgar 46
Wauwatosa East 57, West Allis Nathan Hale 41
West Bend East 37, West Bend West 36
Westby 52, Viroqua 13
Weyauwega-Fremont 55, Stevens Point Pacelli 38
Whitewater 62, Orfordville Parkview 21
Whitnall 63, Cudahy 44
Wisconsin Lutheran 57, Slinger 45
Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 63, Stratford 38
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 69, Bonduel 39
Woodbury, Minn. 59, Hudson 32
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Boys' high school hockey
Chequamegon/Phillips 2, Hayward 0
Eau Claire Memorial 6, Rice Lake 3
Fond du Lac 5, Bay Port 3
Hudson 5, River Falls 3
La Crosse 6, Sparta/Mauston 3
La Crosse Aquinas 6, Tomah 2
Madison Memorial 4, Janesville 0
McFarland 4, Oregon 2
Middleton 4, Madison West 0
Milwaukee Marquette 4, Mequon Homestead 3
Milwaukee University 5, Stoughton 1
Mosinee 2, Antigo 1
New Richmond 7, Baldwin-Woodville 0
Northland Pines 11, Lakeland 1
Onalaska 4, La Crescent-Houston, Minn. 1
Sun Prairie 9, Madison LaFollette/East 0
Superior 7, Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl Minn. 1
Tomahawk 7, Rhinelander 5
Verona 7, Beloit Memorial 1
Waupaca 12, Medford 1
Wausau West 6, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 2
West Salem 7, Wisconsin Dells/Reedsburg 1
Burnett County Blizzard 9, Pine City/Rush City, Minn. 4
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Girls' high school hockey
Central Wisconsin 5, Lake Geneva Badger 1
Fond Du Lac 5, Fox Cities 3
St. Croix Valley Fusion 2, Eau Claire Stars 0
Sun Prairie 2, Icebergs 1
Superior 3, Chippewa Falls 2
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