NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Chicago Bulls 100, Detroit Pistons 86
Indiana Pacers 109, Miami Heat 106 – OT
Bulls 100, Pistons 86 – Markkanen, solid defense lead Bulls over Pistons 100-86
Lauri Markkanen had 16 points and eight rebounds and the Chicago Bulls used a strong defensive performance for a 100-86 win over the Detroit Pistons. Zach LaVine added 18 points for the Bulls, who had lost two straight. Daniel Galford added eight points and 11 rebounds for Chicago. Detroit shot 16% from 3-point range. Jerami Grant led the Pistons with 26 points, but it wasn’t enough for a third straight victory. Rookie Saddiq Bey, who averaged 24.0 points in Detroit’s wins over the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets. didn’t score until hitting a meaningless 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Pacers 109, Heat 106 – OT – Holiday’s 3-pointers in OT help Pacers to win over Heat
Justin Holiday scored 15 points and hit consecutive 3-pointers in overtime to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 109-106 victory over the Miami Heat. Myles Turner finished with 16 points and five blocks. Doug McDermott scored 15 points and Domantas Sabonis had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers, who swept their two-game series in Miami. The Pacers erased a 103-98 Heat lead on Holliday’s conversions from beyond the arc. Malcolm Brogdon added another 3-pointer, increasing Indiana’s lead to 107-103. Miami rallied from a 94-87 deficit in the final 4:26 of regulation and tied it at 98 on Jimmy Butler’s first of two free with throws with 15 seconds remaining. Butler missed the second attempt.
Tonight
Utah Jazz at Chicago Bulls, 9:00 p.m.
Indiana Pacers at Milwaukee Bucks, 9:00 p.m.
NCAAMBB – 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament – Indianapolis
Yesterday
Second Round
Loyola Chicago 71, Illinois 58
Oregon St. 80, Oklahoma St. 70
Syracuse 75, West Virginia 72
Houston 63, Rutgers 60
Baylor 76, Wisconsin 63
Villanova 84, North Texas 61
Arkansas 68, Texas Tech 66
Oral Roberts 81, Florida 78
Today
Follow the tournament on News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM
East Regional – Second Round
#1 Michigan vs. #8 LSU, 7:10 p.m.
News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:30 p.m. (U of M feed)
#4 Florida St. vs. #5 Colorado, 7:45 p.m.
#11 UCLA vs. #14 Abilene Christian, 5:15 p.m.
#2 Alabama vs. #10 Maryland, 8:45 p.m.
West Regional – Second Round
#1 Gonzaga vs. #8 Oklahoma, 2:40 p.m.
#5 Creighton vs. #13 Ohio, 6:10 p.m.
#3 Kansas vs. #6 Southern Cal, 9:40 p.m.
#2 Iowa vs. #7 Oregon, 12:10 p.m.
NCAAHKY – North Dakota seeded No. 1 overall in NCAA hockey
North Dakota was seeded No. 1 overall Sunday for the NCAA hockey tournament, and Boston College, Minnesota and Wisconsin also earned top seeds. National Collegiate Hockey Conference champion North Dakota will open Friday night in Fargo, North Dakota, against No. 4 American International. The regional winners will advance to the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh on April 8 and 10. Michigan is the 2 seed in the Fargo Region and will face Minnesota-Duluth Friday at 4:00. Notre Dame is the 4th seed in the Albany Region and will face 2nd overall seed Boston College, Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Of the 16 teams in the NCAA hockey tournament, there are four Big Ten teams. Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Notre Dame.
NCAAWBB – 2021 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament – San Antonio
Yesterday
Oklahoma St. 84, Wake Forest 61
South Carolina 79, Mercer 53
Oregon St. 83, Florida St. 59
Georgia Tech 54, Stephen F. Austin 52, OT
NC State 79, NC A&T 58
Syracuse 72, S. Dakota St. 55
Iowa 87, Cent. Michigan 72
Kentucky 71, Idaho St. 63
Michigan 87, Florida Gulf Coast 66
Tennessee 87, Middle Tennessee 62
Virginia Tech 70, Marquette 63
Baylor 101, Jackson St. 52
Michigan 87, Florida Gulf Coast 66 – Brown leads Michigan to 87-66 win over Florida Gulf Coast
Leigha Brown scored 28 points, including 17 straight for sixth-seeded Michigan at one point, and the Wolverines beat 11th-seed Florida Gulf Coast 87-66 in a first-round game of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Michigan will play Tennessee in the second round on Tuesday. It’s the third straight NCAAs that the Wolverines have reached the second round. The win snapped the Eagles’ 25-game winning streak which was the second longest in the nation, trailing only California Baptist’s 27-game run.
Iowa 87, CMU 72 – Clark shines in her NCAA Tournament debut, Iowa eases by CMU
Freshman Caitlin Clark, the nation’s leading scorer, had 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, Monika Czinano also scored 23 points, and No. 5 seed Iowa beat 12th-seeded Central Michigan 87-72 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Clark was held to two points in the third quarter but teammate McKenna Warnock, who was scoreless in the first half, scored 11 straight Iowa points — capped by a 3-pointer to give the Hawkeyes a 63-52 lead. Clark scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to start Iowa’s 8-3 run to build an 18-point lead. Micaela Kelly finished with 23 points in 27 minutes for Central Michigan.
WVU 77, Lehigh 53 – Gondrezick leads No. 17 WVa women past Lehigh 77-53
Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick scored 26 points, Esmery Martinez had a double-double and 17th-ranked West Virginia used a couple of big runs to race past Lehigh 77-53 in the opening round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers, the four-seed in the Hemisfair Region, closed the third quarter with 16 straight points to ensure a meeting with fifth-seeded Georgia Tech on Tuesday. Kirsten Deans scored 19 points with eight rebounds and five assists for West Virginia and Martinez scored 16 points with 11 rebounds, both shooting 7-of-10 from the field. Emma Grothaus scored 14 points for the Mountain Hawks.
Today
Alamo Region – First Round
Missouri St. (21-2) vs. UC Davis (13-2), 7:30 p.m.
Arkansas (19-8) vs. Wright St. (18-7), 2 p.m.
Oregon (13-8) vs. South Dakota (19-5), 10 p.m.
Georgia (20-6) vs. Drexel (14-8), Noon
Northwestern (15-8) vs. UCF (16-4), 4 p.m.
Louisville (23-3) vs. Marist (18-3), 8 p.m.
Hemisfair Region – First Round
UCLA (16-5) vs. Wyoming (14-9), 10 p.m.
Texas (18-9) vs. Bradley (17-11), 8 p.m.
Alabama (16-9) vs. North Carolina (13-10), Noon
Maryland (24-2) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (17-6), 4 p.m.
Mercado Region – First Round
Gonzaga (23-3) vs. Belmont (20-5), 4 p.m.
Indiana (18-5) vs. VCU (16-10), 2 p.m.
Rutgers (14-4) vs. BYU (18-5), Noon
Arizona (16-5) vs. Stony Brook (15-5), 2 p.m.
Iowa St. (16-10) vs. Michigan St. (15-8), 6 p.m.
Texas A&M (23-2) vs. Troy (22-5), 6 p.m.
NCAAWBB – Difference in COVID testing has Stanford coach, others upset
Add COVID-19 testing to the differences between the women’s and men’s tournaments that has coaches and players unhappy in Texas about what they say is a growing list of inequities. The NCAA has run 8,015 tests through Saturday with only one confirmed positive at the women’s tournament using daily antigen testing. The men are using daily PCR tests, considered more accurate. A few false positives at the women’s tournament have been quickly retested using the PCR test. Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer and Setsuko Ishiyama, the Cardinal’s director of women’s basketball, issued a statement Saturday night expressing their displeasure at “evidence of blatant sexism” that is “purposeful and hurtful” leaving them feeling betrayed by the NCAA.
MLB – Spring Training
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Chicago Cubs 11, Cincinnati Reds 6
Chicago White Sox 4, Arizona Diamondbacks 4 – TIE
Today
San Francisco Giants at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles Angels, 4:10 p.m.
Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays, 6:37 p.m.
NFL – Bears sign former Broncos LB Attaochu to 2-year deal
The Chicago Bears signed former Denver Broncos linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu to a two-year contract. The team announced the deal Sunday night but financial terms were not disclosed. The 28-year-old Attaochu spent the last two seasons with the Broncos and had 8 1/2 sacks, including five last year, in 25 games. He was drafted by the Chargers in the second round in 2014 out of Georgia Tech. Attaochu has also spent times with the 49ers, Jets and Chiefs. The Broncos signed him in October 2019. Attaochu has 20 1/2 career sacks, 128 tackles, 31 tackles for loss and 41 quarterback hits.
NFL – CB Kyle Fuller signs with Broncos after being released by Bears
Former Chicago Bears All-Pro cornerback Kyle Fuller is reuniting with coach Vic Fangio in Denver.
Fuller quickly agreed to a one-year, $9.5 million contract with the Broncos on Saturday following his release from Chicago. Fuller was an All-Pro in 2018 when he tied for the NFL lead with seven interceptions. That was Fangio’s last season as Chicago’s defensive coordinator before he became head coach in Denver. Chicago replaced Fuller by signing cornerback Desmond Trufant to a one-year contract Saturday.
NASCAR – Six races, six different winners
Ryan Blaney became the sixth different winner in as many races to start NASCAR’s Cup season. Blaney surged to the front with nine laps to go after Kyle Larson’s dominant performance at Atlanta Motor Speedway fell apart on a fading set of tires. Larson easily won the first two stages and led 269 of 325 laps on the 1.54-mile trioval. But his tires failed him following his final pit stop with 56 laps to go, leading to a runner-up finish. Alex Bowman was third, followed by Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.
Golf – PGA – Jones wins in a rout
Matt Jones won the Honda Classic and is headed back to the Masters. Jones got his second career PGA Tour win Sunday, seven years after his first at the Houston Open. He finished the week at 12-under 268 and the five-shot margin over runner-up Brandon Hagy matched the Honda record. Jones started the week with a 9-under 61 that tied the course record at PGA National. He reclaimed the lead in the third round and kept it the whole way Sunday to finish off the win and secure his second Masters invitation.
FIFA – US scores late, beats Dominican 4-0 in Olympic qualifying
Jackson Yueill redirected Sebastian Salcedo’s cross for the go-ahead goal in the 60th minute, second-half substitute Hassani Dotson added a pair of goals and the United States beat the Dominican Republic 4-0 at Guadalajara, Mexico, in qualifying for the Olympic men’s soccer tournament. Djordje Mihailovic had a goal and two assists for the U.S., trying to reach the Olympics for the first time since 2012. In the second game of the doubleheader, Mexico played Costa Rica. A Mexico draw or win, would advance the U.S. to a qualification match on March 28.
MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Yesterday
Baseball
Lake Michigan College 12, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast 7
Softball
Oakland Community College 10, Lake Michigan College 7 – Game 1
Oakland Community College 12, Lake Michigan College 7 – Game 2
MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Girls Basketball – District Quarterfinals
Division 1 at Kalamazoo Central
Portage Central advances after Portage Northern withdraws
St. Joseph advances after Kalamazoo Loy Norrix withdraws
Division 2 at Benton Harbor
Lakeshore vs. Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m.
Division 2 at Dowagiac
Constantine vs. Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m.
Division 2 at Allegan
Parchment vs. Allegan, 7:00 p.m.
Division 2 at Battle Creek Harper Creek
Hillsdale vs. Battle Creek Harper Creek, 7:00 p.m.
Division 3 at Fennville
Fennville vs. Holland Black River, 7:00 p.m.
Division 3 at Hartford
Cassopolis vs. Bridgman, 7:00 p.m.
Division 3 at Bangor
Decatur vs. Bangor,7:00 p.m.
Division 3 at White Pigeon
Marcellus vs. Centreville, 7:00 p.m.
Division 3 at Galesburg-Augusta
Galesburg-Augusta vs. Delton-Kellogg, 5:00 p.m.
Comstock vs. Vermontville Maple-Valley, 7:00 p.m.
Division 4 at New Buffalo
Lake Michigan Catholic vs. Eau Claire, 6:00 p.m.
