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 Rockets, 102-98: Milwaukee was down by 12 points in the fourth quarter and went on a 14-4 run to make it a close game, but still came up short in Houston. Khris Middleton and Greg Monroe both scored 21 points for the Bucks, but the team only made 3 of 14 3-point attempts while Rockets star James Harden's 30 points and eight assists were too much to overcome.
Marquette women beat Providence, 105-75: The Golden Eagles set a season high for points and had seven players in double figures in the rout of the Friars at the Al McGuire Center. Marquette ran away with the game in the second quarter, when they outscored Providence, 34-18.
Admirals lose to Monsters, 2-1: After the game was tied 1-1 in regulation, Lake Erie’s Michael Chaput scored the winning goal in overtime. Admirals goalie Marek Mazanec made 21 saves in the loss.
Saturday
Bucks lose to Pelicans, 116-99: In the final contest of a four-game road trip, Milwaukee was treated to a 3-point clinic in the Big Easy, as New Orleans hit 17 of 31 long-range attempts. The Bucks again were again co-led in scoring by Khris Middleton and Greg Monroe, both of whom had 22 points, but Ryan Anderson’s 23 points (including six 3-pointers) off the bench were too much.
Panthers beat Detroit, 83-80: Sporting a new blond hairdo, junior point guard Jordan Johnson scored a game-high 25 points to help defeat Detroit at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Johnson made 7 of 10 shots, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, and had six assists and four rebounds. Matt Tiby added 14 points and eight rebounds.
Wisconsin women lose to Minnesota, 84-77: In a rivalry game at the Kohl Center in Madison, the Gophers maintained a lead that at one point was as many as 23 points and beat the Badgers for the eighth straight time.
UW-Milwaukee women beat Northern Kentucky, 86-60: The Panthers took an early lead, never let up and got an easy victory in Highland Heights, Ky., for their fifth straight win. Sophomore forward Steph Kostowicz scored a career-high 23 points.
Admirals beat Monsters, 1-0: In the rematch in Lake Erie, Milwaukee goalie Marek Mazanec made 19 saves and got the shutout, bailing out the low-scoring offense for the win. Defenseman Stefan Elliott scored the game’s only goal on a power play in the second period.
Sunday
Golden Eagles beat Red Storm, 78-73: Marquette was sloppy and struggled against last-placed St. John’s but managed to hang on for a narrow win in Queens, N.Y. The Golden Eagles led by 20 points in the second half, but they had a hard time with the St. John’s press and were only up by two with six minutes left. Thanks to Duane Wilson's 17 points and Henry Ellenson's 16 points and 18 rebounds, however, Marquette prevailed.
Marquette women beat Creighton, 79-72: Four freshmen scored 67 of the Golden Eagles’ 79 points in the win at the Al McGuire Center. Allazia Blockton led the way with 21 points, all of which came in the second half.
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.
