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 Heat, 107-103: Inside a packed, loud and energetic BMO Harris Bradley Center, 52 points from Giannis Antetokounmpo (28) and Greg Monroe (24) weren’t enough for Milwaukee to get past Miami. The Bucks dominated points in the paint (60 to 36) and fast-break scoring (25 to 12) but they made just 2 of 12 3-pointers, compared to the Heat’s 7-of-18 shooting from long range. Former Marquette star Dwyane Wade had 24 points for the visitors, while Chris Bosh added 20.
Panthers beat Phoenix, 95-94: Austin Arians and Matt Tiby scored 20 points apiece, and Milwaukee made more than twice as many free throws (23 of 33) as Green Bay (11 of 18), which lost despite shooting 63 percent from the field. Jordan Johnson had 17 points and Akeem Springs added 16 and made an important hustle play in the closing seconds to clinch the win at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
Marquette women beat St. John’s, 67-64: Facing the second-place Red Storm at the Al McGuire Center, freshmen Allazia Blockton and Natisha Hiedeman scored 15 and 14 points, respectively, to lead the Golden Eagles to the upset victory. It was young Marquette’s fourth straight win.
Saturday
Golden Eagles beat Bulldogs, 75-69: It was the Henry Ellenson show at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, as the freshman phenom scored a career-high 32 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had six blocks to help Marquette defeat Butler. Fellow freshman Traci Carter added 15 points off the bench for the Golden Eagles.
Milwaukee women beat Oakland, 77-64: Sierra Ford-Washington led all scorers with 24 points, her third contest in a row with at least 20, and the Panthers won at the Klotsche Center. It was their sixth win in seven games.
Admirals beat Griffins, 7-3: With a concert by country group Parmalee coming up afterward, Milwaukee gave its home crowd plenty to cheer about during the game, too. The Admirals scored 67 seconds into the contest, tied a season-high for goals and won at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in their only home game during the current 33-day stretch.
Wave beat Rampage, 7-6: With a thrilling overtime win over Cedar Rapids, Milwaukee clinched a playoff spot. Marcio Leite and Ian Bennett each had a hat trick at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
Sunday
Badgers beat Fighting Illini, 63-55: Playing well of late and riding a bit of momentum, Wisconsin went down to Champaign, Ill., and didn’t falter. Nigel Hayes scored a team-high 17, Bronson Koenig had 11 and Khalil Iverson added 10 important points as the Badgers won their fourth consecutive game.
Wisconsin women lose to Michigan State, 77-54: The Badgers only trailed 19-17 after the first quarter, but they wouldn’t get close again the rest of the game, as the No. 18 Spartans handed them their sixth straight loss. Nicole Bauman had 19 points for Wisconsin.
Marquette women beat Seton Hall, 89-82: After losing to the Pirates by 31 points on Jan. 3, the Golden Eagles got some vengeance and pulled off another major upset at the Al McGuire Center for their fifth victory in a row. Allazia Blockton again led the way, putting up her eighth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Wave lose to Silver Knights, 9-5: After coming back to tie the game 5-5 in the fourth quarter, Milwaukee collapsed and allowed four goals in the final 2-plus minutes to fall to Syracuse. The Silver Knights scored three late empty-net goals after the Wave pulled their goalkeeper at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.
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.
