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WSJM Sports February 16, 2022

High School Basketball

Last night

Boys

Benton Harbor 87, Kalamazoo Central 86 (2 OT)

River Valley 69, Howardsville Christian 50

Saugatuck 57, Martin 46

Watervliet 42, Lawton 29

Coloma 56, Gobles 33

Parchment 49, Galesburg Augusta 30

Constantine 48, Delton Kellogg 43

Mattawan 54, Sturgis 48

St. Joseph 65, Berrien Springs 51

New Buffalo 84, Lake Michigan Catholic 58

Eau Claire 82, Countryside Academy 57

Marcellus 47, Bangor 43

Hartford 72, Decatur 60

Cassopolis 74, Bloomingdale 48

Centreville 48, Comstock 45

Girls

Watervliet 52, Lawton 34

Kalamazoo Central 79, Benton Harbor 22

Allegan 35, South Haven 32

Charlotte 54, Paw Paw 44

Portage Central 42, Three Rivers 39

Michigan Lutheran 55, Lawrence 24

Edwardsburg 58, Buchanan 35

Saugatuck 56, Martin 35

Gobles 30, Coloma 20

Galesburg-Augusta 31, Parchment 22

Kalamazoo Christian 40, Kalamazoo Hackett 36

Constantine 50, Delton Kellogg 48

Plainwell 48, Portage Northern 43

Lakeshore 44, Bridgman 25

Lake Michigan Catholic 51, Andrews Academy 40

Marcellus 46, Bangor 18

Hartford 47, Decatur 33

Bloomingdale 56, Cassopolis 49

Centreville 62, Comstock 42

Mendon 35, White Pigeon 12

NBA

Last night

Milwaukee Bucks 128, Indiana Pacers 119

Tonight

Detroit Pistons @ Boston Celtics 7:30 pm

Sacramento Kings @ Chicago Bulls 8 pm

Bucks Beat Pacers

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a season-high 50 points, two off his career best, and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the skidding Indiana Pacers 128-119. The Bucks swept the four-game season series from the Pacers and have won eight straight against their Central Division foe. Antetokounmpo, who didn't play in Milwaukee's loss to Portland on Monday night because of a sore left ankle, showed no ill effects. He set a career high with his seventh 40-point game of the season and scored 50 for the first time since the memorable title-clinching game in the NBA Finals last season, which gave the Bucks their first championship in 50 years. Milwaukee bounced back after consecutive double-digit losses to hand Indiana its seventh consecutive defeat.

NCAA Basketball

Last night

Penn State Nittany Lions 62, #19 Michigan State Spartans 58

Eastern Michigan 75, Central Michigan 70

Western Michigan 61, Akron 57 (OT)

Penn State Upsets Spartans

Seth Lundy hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:37 remaining and finished with 17 points as Penn State beat No. 19 Michigan State 62-58. John Harrar had 16 points and 16 rebounds, and Jalen Pickett added 10 points for the Nittany Lions, who beat a ranked team for the first time under first-year coach Micah Shrewsberry. Julius Marble II scored 14 points and Max Christie had 10 for the Spartans, who led by as many as 14 points with just over 13 minutes remaining.

NCAA Football

Irish Hire New Football Assistant

Former Miami coach Al Golden is joining Notre Dame after a stint in the NFL to become defensive coordinator under new Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman. A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Golden had reached an agreement with the school on a multiyear contract. Golden went 32-25 in four-plus seasons as Miami's head coach from 2011-15. He was at Temple before that, where he helped turn around a languishing program in five seasons. He spent the last two seasons as linebackers coach for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Olympics

Hall, Goepper Are 1-2 In Slopestyle

The United States is off to a good start to Wednesday's Olympic schedule at Beijing.

 

 

This week, we spotlight St. Joe, Lake Michigan Catholic, Lakeshore, Michigan Lutheran, and Benton Harbor Girls' Basketball...

 

 

Joe Borenstein and Jordan Jensen on the call as the Bears battled the Wildcats on 2/10/22.

Academic Challenge - Match #2 from Thurs. Feb. 10, 2021. South Haven vs Lawrence.

Academic Challenge from Thurs. Feb. 10, 2021. Lakeshore vs Coloma. One of these two teams scores 300 points!!

NCAAMBKB – Men’s College Basketball

Last Night

Michigan 82, (3) Purdue 58

Ohio 81, Central Michigan 72

Michigan 82, (3) Purdue 58 – Michigan takes down No. 3 Purdue 82-58; Dickinson scores 22

Hunter Dickinson had 22 points to lead Michigan in a lopsided 82-58 win over No. 3 Purdue. Eli Brooks had 16 points, Moussa Diabate had 15 points and Caleb Houstan added 14 for the Wolverines. Jaden Ivey had 18 points, Trevion Williams had 12 and Zach Eden scored 10 for Purdue, which saw its six-game winning streak snapped. Purdue, which went into the game shooting 50.8% from the floor, shot only 44%. Michigan made 53% of shots from the floor. The Boilermakers had been making 41% of their 3-pointers but made only 4 as a team in 17 attempts. Dickinson had four 3-pointers for Michigan.

Ohio 81, CMU 72 – Vander Plas, Sears carry Ohio past Central Michigan 81-72

Ben Vander Plas had a season-high 24 points as Ohio beat Central Michigan 81-72. Mark Sears added 22 points for the Bobcats. Kevin Miller led the Chippewas on Thursday night with a season-high 25 points.

Saturday

Indiana at (17) Michigan State, 3:30 p.m.       Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 2:30

Ohio at Eastern Michigan, 3:30 p.m.

(16) Ohio State at Michigan, 6:00 p.m.           News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 5:30

Central Michigan at Western Michigan, 7:00 p.m.   

Notre Dame at Clemson, 7:00 p.m.

NFL – National Football League – Super Bowl

Sunday

Super Bowl LVI – SoFi Stadium – Inglewood, CA

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams, 6:30 p.m.

NFL – Bears' new OC Getsy tasked with getting most out of Fields

Luke Getsy faces a big job as he tries to get the most out of Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields and help turn around a struggling offense. That’s just one part of a major reboot in Chicago after a 6-11 season. The Bears have a new general manager and coach in Ryan Poles and Matt Eberflus. Getsy, defensive coordinator Alan Williams and special teams coordinator Richard Hightower were formally introduced on Thursday. Getsy comes from Green Bay, where he was the quarterbacks coach for the last three seasons.

NFL – Packers QB Aaron Rodgers earns 4th MVP award, 2nd in a row

A four-time MVP, three Super Bowl players and the beginning of a brother act. The Associated Press 2021 NFL awards had a bit of everything, starting with Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers becoming the fifth player to repeat as Most Valuable Player. Tennessee's Mike Vrabel is Coach of the Year, while Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow (Comeback Player) and receiver Ja'Marr Chase (Offensive Rookie) also got awards. So did Rams wideout Cooper Kupp (Offensive Player), Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt (Defensive Player), Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons (Defensive Rookie) and Dan Quinn.

NHL – National Hockey League

Saturday

Philadelphia Flyers at Detroit Red Wings, 12:00 p.m.

Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, 8:00 p.m.

NHL – Coyotes to use Arizona State's new hockey arena for 3 years

The Arizona Coyotes will use Arizona State’s new on-campus hockey arena for at least the next three years while the team looks for a permanent home. Arizona State’s arena will hold about 5,000 fans, easily making it the NHL’s smallest home venue. The Coyotes will begin there next season and the deal has an option for the 2025-26 season. The city of Glendale announced last year it would not renew the annual lease agreement at Gila River Arena for the 2021-22 season. The team has submitted a bid for a tract of land in Tempe in what could be a step toward a permanent home.

NBA – National Basketball Association

Last Night

Memphis Grizzlies 132, Detroit Pistons 107

Grizzlies 132, Pistons 107 – Morant, Adams lead Grizzlies to 132-107 rout of Pistons...

This week's Mid-West Family player of the week is Nate Necas, a Senior from Bridgman High School and a captain on the varsity basketball team.

Though Nate's a dynamic running back on the football field, and an impressive Center Fielder and Pitcher on the baseball diamond, last week he did something on the basketball court that only 3 other's wearing a Bridgman Bee jersey have ever accomplished: making 9 3-pointers in a single game.

In Bridgman's 67-25 win over Michigan Lutheran, Nate scored 27 points, including going 9-12 from behind the arc, grabbed 6 rebounds and nabbed 6 steals to help Bridgman get over the .500 mark this season.

In addition to being a 3 sport athlete, Nate maintains a 3.6 GPA in the classroom and hopes to continue playing baseball after he graduates this spring.

To hear more about Nate's impressive game, listen to his conversation with Jordan Jensen, below!