Marquette coach Shaka Smart reminded his team before its game against unheralded St. Thomas (Minnesota) about the unusual results involving AP Top 25 teams a night earlier. Oso Ighodaro scored 21 points, Tyler Kolek had 12 points and 10 assists, and Marquette hung on to beat St. Thomas 84-79 on Thursday night in the Golden Eagles’ final game before opening Big East competition.
The 91st Crosstown Shootout that pits the Cincinnati Bearcats against the Xavier Musketeers in men's basketball was held on Saturday. This is such an anticipated event on the early winter sports calendar that it now has the purest of Cincinnati sponsors: Skyline Chili. Back in the day, when listening to clear-signal AM radio was a thing, I recall the wired-up Bill Cunningham talking about this .
Jun. 5—The Central Cass High School softball team has wound up back where many have come to expect the Squirrels to be: the Class B State Softball title game. "When I was a sophomore, we were back at this place and I was a little backup pitcher," Central Cass senior pitcher Aubree Lindstrom said. "It feels good to be out here (again)." The Squirrels went toe-to-toe with .