Sports – Monday, February 16th, 2015

 

The Wisconsin Badger men’s basketball team blew out Illinois 68-49 on Sunday afternoon at the Kohl Center.
Frank Kaminsky had 23 points and 10 rebounds. 
Bronson Koenig added 15 and Nigel Hayes 14 as UW improved to a 23-2
record.  The Badgers will take an 11-1
league mark to Penn
State
on Wednesday
night.  You’ll hear the game on News-Talk
1450 KFIZ.

 

Valpo blew by Milwaukee
62-55 on Sunday afternoon in the Horizon League.  The Panthers were outscored 39-27 in the
second half to lose at home.  Steve
McWhorter and Matt Tiby each had 14 for UWM. 
The Panthers travel to UIC on Thursday.

 

The Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference 163-158 at
the NBA All-Star Game in Brooklyn on Sunday
night.  Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook was the games’s
MVP with 41 points.  That was one point
shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s All-Star Game record 42 points back in 1962.

 

Jeff Gordon won the pole for what he says will be his final
Daytona 500.  Dale Earnhardt, Jr, and
Denny Hamlin had their cars fail inspection after qualifying and will start at
the back of the pack for next Sunday’s race.

 

Brandt Snedeker won the Pebble-Beach Pro-Am on the PGA Tour
on Sunday.  That was three shots better
than Nick Watney.

 

We’ve got high school boys basketball tonight on KFIZ as St.
Mary’s Springs heads to Cedar Grove-Belgium for a non-conference tilt.  Coverage begins at 7:05pm with the Tim Cruz
Agency American Family Insurance Pregame Show. The tip is set for 7:30pm
presented by BCI Burke Company.  It
streams at kfiz.com and you can listen on your mobile via TuneIn Radio.

 

The brackets for the WIAA Girls Basketball Tournament are
set.  In Division One, Fond du Lac gets a #8 seed and will host #9
seed Appleton East on Tuesday, February 24th at 7pm. The winner
plays at #1 seed Appleton North on Friday, February 27th

 

In Division Three – November 24th – 7pm

#1 Laconia
– bye

#2 Winnebago Lutheran – bye

#6 Campbellsport @ #3 North Fond du Lac

#5 Kewaskum @ #4 Ripon

#7 New Holstein @ #2 Valders

#5 Chilton @ #4 Oostburg

#1 Waupun – Bye

#5 Mayville @ #4 Lomira

 

Division Four – November 24th – 7pm

#1 St. Mary’s Springs – bye

 

Division Five – November 24th – 7pm

#5 CWC @ #4 Oakfield