NCAAMBKB – Men’s College Basketball
Last Night
Michigan State 63, Iowa 61
(1) Purdue 75, Michigan 70
Michigan State 63, Iowa 61 – Michigan State edges Iowa 63-61 with late buckets
Tyler Walker and Jaden Akins hit big baskets down the stretch and Michigan State defeated Iowa 63-61. Walker came back onto the floor after leaving for a few minutes with a foot injury and immediately hit a long 2-pointer for a 61-59 lead with 1:24 remaining. A half-minute later, Akins sank a short jumper for Michigan State’s largest lead. Akins finished with 12 points, Walker and Mady Sissoko had 10 points each with Sissoko pulling down 10 rebounds for the Spartans. Joey Hauser had three 3-pointers and 11 points and Malik Hall returned after a three-game absence to score 11. Ahron Ulis scored a career-high 17 points, Filip Rebraca had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Kris Murray, averaging over 21 points per game, had 11 for Iowa.
(1) Purdue 75, Michigan 70 – Zach Edey has 19 points, No. 1 Purdue beats Michigan 75-70
Zach Edey had 15 of his 19 points in the first half and Fletcher Loyer finished with 17 points to help No. 1 Purdue hold off Michigan 75-70 on Thursday night. The Boilermakers had a 15-0 run to go ahead 41-28 lead in the first half after there were 10 lead changes and four ties, but they couldn’t pull away. The Wolverines were without standout freshman Jett Howard, who missed the game with an ankle injury, and hung around until the final seconds. Joey Baker made a 3-pointer with 5.9 seconds left to pull Michigan within three points. Hunter Dickinson scored 21, Kobe Bufkin had 16 points and Baker added 11 points for the Wolverines, who have lost four of their last six games.
Saturday
Louisville at Notre Dame, 12:00 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at Miami (OH), 3:30 p.m.
Western Michigan at Central Michigan, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday
Michigan at Penn State, 12:00 p.m. WSJM 12:00
Michigan State at (1) Purdue, 12:00 Cosy 11:00
NFL – National Football League – Conference Championships
Sunday
San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:00 p.m.
Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs, 6:30 p.m.
NFL – Panthers hire Frank Reich over Steve Wilks as head coach
The Carolina Panthers have hired Frank Reich as their new head coach following an extensive search. The 61-year-old Reich joins the Panthers after spending the past four-plus seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, where he went 40-33-1 as head coach before being fired on Nov. 7. The Colts went to the playoffs twice as a wild-card team under Reich. For Reich, the hire represents a return to Carolina, where he spent one season as the team’s quarterback and started the franchise’s inaugural game in 1995. He was chosen over candidates including Steve Wilks, who served as the team’s defensive coordinator before being promoted to interim coach.
NFL – Ex-Lions, Liberty linebacker Jessie Lemonier dead at 25
Outside linebacker Jessie Lemonier, who appeared in seven games for the Detroit Lions in 2021 in a brief NFL career highlighted by a sack of Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, has died. He was 25. The Lions disclosed his death in a statement Thursday, adding they confirmed it with his family. They did not provide any details. Lemonier was signed to the Lions practice squad before the 2022 season, days before being released by the Los Angeles Chargers. He had 17 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks, with the other half coming against Arizona on Dec. 19, 2021.
NCAAWBKB – Women’s College Basketball
Last Night
(10) Maryland 72, (13) Michigan 64
(7) Notre Dame 70, (24) Florida State 47
Saturday
Toledo at Eastern Michigan, 1:00 p.m.
Central Michigan at Miami (OH), 1:00 p.m.
Western Michigan at Kent State, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday
(7) Notre Dame at (20) NC State, 3:00 p.m.
(13) Michigan at Minnesota, 3:00 p.m.
Michigan State at (22) Illinois, 6:00 p.m.
NHL – NHL – National Hockey League
Last Night
Detroit Red Wings 4, Montreal Canadiens 3 – OT
Chicago Blackhawks 5, Calgary Flames 1
Red Wings 4, Canadiens 3 – OT – Robby Fabbri scores in OT, Red Wings beat Canadiens 4-3
Robby Fabbri scored at 2:36 of overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. Michael Rasmussen set up Fabbri with a pass through the crease. Rasmussen, Jonatan Berggren and Oskar Sunqvist also scored to help the Red Wings improve to 21-18-8. Moritz Seider had three assists, and Ville Husso made 20 saves. Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored twice and had an assist for Montreal. Michael Pezzetta added a goal and an assist, and Jake Allen made 38 saves. The Canadiens dropped to 20-25-4.
Blackhawks 5, Flames 1 – Stauber wins again, Blackhawks beat Flames 5-1
Rookie goaltender Jaxson Stauber made it two wins in two career starts by stopping 34 shots and leading the Chicago Blackhawks to a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames. Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk, Jason Dickinson, Sam Lafferty and Connor Murphy scored for Chicago, which entered last in the NHL standings. Max Domi had an assist, extending his point streak to four games. Jonathan Huberdeau scored for the Flames, who are sitting outside a playoff spot in the Western Conference after winning the Pacific Division last year. Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves for Calgary but is 0-3-1 in his last four decisions. It was the 10th time this season Markstrom received no more than one goal of support.
Tonight
Detroit at NY Islanders, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday
Chicago at Edmonton, 10:00 p.m.
NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Detroit Pistons 130, Brooklyn Nets 122
Charlotte Hornets 111, Chicago Bulls 96
Pistons 130, Nets 122 – Pistons beat Nets, first win in Brooklyn in almost 5 years
Saddiq Bey scored 25 points and the Detroit Pistons won in Brooklyn for the first time in nearly five years, beating the Nets 130-122. Alec Burks added 20 for the Pistons, who snapped a four-game losing streak and were playing for the first time since giving up 150 points in a loss to Milwaukee on Monday. They took advantage of a short-handed Nets team playing the second night of a back-to-back to win at Barclays Center for the first time since April 1, 2018, ending a six-game skid. They had lost seven in a row overall to the Nets. Kyrie Irving scored 40 points for the Nets, his fifth straight with 30 or more.
Hornets 111, Bulls 96 – Rozier, Plumlee lead Hornets past Bulls 111-96
Terry Rozier scored 28 points, Mason Plumlee added 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Chicago Bulls 111-96. Gordon Hayward added 17 points, and LaMelo Ball returned from a three-game absence due to a sprained ankle and wrist injury and chipped in with 15 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to overcome horrible 2-for-15 shooting from the field. DeMar DeRozan had 28 points for the Bulls, while Zach LaVine finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, but was quiet in the second half. Patrick Williams had 15 points, but Chicago’s three-game win streak came to an end.
Tonight
Milwaukee at Indiana, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday
Houston at Detroit, 7:00 p.m.
Chicago at Orlando, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday
Indiana at Memphis, 6:00 p.m.
MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Saturday
Women’s Basketball
Kellogg Community College at Lake Michigan College, 1:00 p.m.
Lansing Community College at Southwestern Michigan, 1:00 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
Kellogg Community College at Lake Michigan College, 3:00 p.m.
Lansing Community College at Southwestern Michigan, 3:00 p.m.
ECHL – ECHL Hockey League
Tonight
Toledo at Kalamazoo, 7:00 p.m.
AHL – American Hockey League
Saturday
Grand Rapids at Milwaukee, 7:00 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Basketball
SMAC
Lakeshore at Portage Central, Postponed
St. Joseph 77, Battle Creek Central 47
- St. Joe jumped out to an early and fast start and kept building on the early lead on the way to a 77-47 blowout win over Battle Creek Central. Chase Sanders had 17 points for the Bears, including 4 three pointers, Matt Lanier had 11 points and Kai Wyngarden had 10. The win improves the Bears record to 7-3. Ke’Marion Tucker had 16 for Battle Creek Central.
Mattawan 50, Portage Northern 49
Battle Creek Lakeview 53, Kalamazoo Central 52
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 52, Gull Lake 49
Girls Basketball
BCS
Michigan Lutheran 34, Our Lady of the Lake 26
SAC
Bridgman 33, Coloma 10
Southwest 10
Bloomingdale 36, Bangor 29
Decatur 47, Comstock 35
Cassopolis 46, Centreville, 29
White Pigeon 38, Marcellus 29
Hartford at Lawrence, Cancelled
Tonight (Weather Permitting)
Boys Basketball
BCS
Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 7:00 p.m.
New Buffalo at Countryside, 7:30 p.m.
Eau Claire at Covert, 6:00 p.m.
River Valley at Howardsville Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Lakeland
Benton Harbor at Buchanan, 5:30 p.m.
Brandywine at Berrien Springs, 7:00 p.m.
Wolverine
Plainwell at Edwardsburg, 7:15 p.m.
Three Rivers at Niles, 7:15 p.m.
Paw Paw at Sturgis, 7:15 p.m.
Otsego at Vicksburg, 7:15 p.m.
Southwest 10
Bloomingdale at Bangor, 7:30 p.m.
Centreville at Cassopolis, 7:30 p.m.
Comstock at Decatur, 7:30 p.m.
Lawrence at Hartford, 7:30 p.m.
White Pigeon at Marcellus, 7:30 p.m.
SAC
South Haven at Allegan, 7:30 p.m.
Bridgman at Coloma, 7:30 p.m.
Fennville at Watervliet, 7:30 p.m.
Saugatuck at Gobles, 7:30 p.m.
Schoolcraft at Constantine, 7:30 p.m.
Galesburg-Augusta at Delton-Kellogg, 7:30 p.m.
Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Parchment at Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:30 p.m.
Holland Black River at Martin, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
SMAC
Battle Creek Central at St. Joseph, 7:00 p.m.
Portage Central at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m.
Mattawan at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo Central at B. C. Lakeview, 7:00 p.m.
Gull Lake at Loy Norrix, 7:00 p.m.
Lakeland
Benton Harbor at Buchanan, 7:00 p.m.
Brandywine at Berrien Springs, 5:30 p.m.
Wolverine
Plainwell at Edwardsburg, 6:00 p.m.
Three Rivers at Niles, 6:00 p.m.
Paw Paw at Sturgis, 6:00 p.m.
Otsego at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m.
BCS
River Valley at Howardsville Christian, 6:00 p.m.
SAC
Fennville at Watervliet, 6:00 p.m.
Saugatuck at Gobles, 6:00 p.m.
Schoolcraft at Constantine, 6:00 p.m.
Galesburg-Augusta at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m.
Lawton at Kalamazoo Christian, 6:00 p.m.
Parchment at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:00 p.m.
Holland Black River at Martin, 6:00 p.m.
Southwest 10
Lawrence at Hartford, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday
Boys Basketball
St. Joseph at Dowagiac, 2:00 p.m.
Lakeshore at Brownstown Woodhaven, 3:00 p.m.
Brandywine at Coloma, 6:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
New Buffalo at Bridgman, 2:30 p.m.
Allegan at Lawton, 1:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Greater Berrien County Invitational at St. Joseph, 10:00 p.m.
St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Benton Harbor, Cassopolis, Coloma, Constantine, Decatur, Dowagiac, Marcellus, Paw Paw, South Haven, Watervliet, Berrien Springs, Buchanan, Edwardsburg, Brandywine, New Buffalo, Niles, River Valley, Lawton, Caledonia
