Every Thursday, we send out the great OnMilwaukee Weekend Preview filled with awesome things to do. Some of those awesome things are sports-related; many are not. So every Monday, we recap what happened in the world of Wisconsin sports while you were out doing all those other awesome weekend things.
Friday
Bucks lose to Pistons, 102-95: Milwaukee shot 30 percent in the second half, was bullied by Detroit big man Andre Drummond (17 points, 23 rebounds) and saw Jerryd Bayless leave with an ankle sprain in the road loss.
Saturday
Bucks beat Knicks, 106-91: On Star Wars Night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee used the force of Jabari Parker (season-high 17 points on strong jams and sweet jumpers), while Michael Carter-Williams (20 points) and O.J.Mayo (17 points) bolstered a backcourt missing three injured players.
Badgers beat Owls, 76-60: Wisconsin got 18 points and 12 rebounds from Nigel Hayes, plus 17 points from Bronson Koenig, and used a 19-2 run in the first half to fly past Temple in Madison.
Golden Eagles beat Black Bears, 104-67: Hot-shooting Marquette topped the 100-point mark for the first time since 2013, as freshman phenom Henry Ellenson scored a career-high 23 points and Luke Fischer added 21 in the home win against Maine.
UW-Whitewater beat UW-Oshkosh, 31-29: In a NCAA Division III quarterfinal playoff game, the mighty Warhawks avenged their only loss of the regular season and ended the Titans’ year in Oshkosh, advancing to face Mount Union in the semifinals.
Admirals beat Wolves, 3-2: Milwaukee gave up a two-goal lead in the third period, but goalie Juuse Saros stopped Chicago in the shootout to win in Rosemont, Ill.
Sunday
Badgers headed to Holiday Bowl: The Wisconsin football team (9-3 regular-season record) accepted an invitation to play in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30 in San Diego, where it will face USC (8-5).
Admirals beat Stars, 5-2: In just his second game since signing with Milwaukee, Matt White had two goals and an assist to help his new team beat Texas in the annual Teddy Bear Toss at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Wave beat Ambush, 5-2: Milwaukee dominated for three quarters against St. Louis, only being outscored in the second period, as Max Ferdinand led the way in the matinee at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
Marquette women 77, Wisconsin 61: The Golden Eagles took a commanding 20-2 lead at the Al McGuire Center, with four players scoring in double figures, and ended the rival Badgers’ three-game winning streak in the instate series.
Born in Milwaukee but a product of Shorewood High School (go ‘Hounds!) and Northwestern University (go ‘Cats!), Jimmy never knew the schoolboy bliss of cheering for a winning football, basketball or baseball team. So he ditched being a fan in order to cover sports professionally - occasionally objectively, always passionately. He's lived in Chicago, New York and Dallas, but now resides again in his beloved Brew City and is an ardent attacker of the notorious Milwaukee Inferiority Complex.
After interning at print publications like Birds and Blooms (official motto: "America's #1 backyard birding and gardening magazine!"), Sports Illustrated (unofficial motto: "Subscribe and save up to 90% off the cover price!") and The Dallas Morning News (a newspaper!), Jimmy worked for web outlets like CBSSports.com, where he was a Packers beat reporter, and FOX Sports Wisconsin, where he managed digital content. He's a proponent and frequent user of em dashes, parenthetical asides, descriptive appositives and, really, anything that makes his sentences longer and more needlessly complex.
Jimmy appreciates references to late '90s Brewers and Bucks players and is the curator of the unofficial John Jaha Hall of Fame. He also enjoys running, biking and soccer, but isn't too annoying about them. He writes about sports - both mainstream and unconventional - and non-sports, including history, music, food, art and even golf (just kidding!), and welcomes reader suggestions for off-the-beaten-path story ideas.
