Sports Roundup: Michigan beats OSU

Michigan at Ohio State

Michigan Wolverines beat Ohio State 70-60.   It was their first win in Columbus in 11 years.  Ohio State had a 4 point lead at the half, but Michigan turned it up in the second half. Nik Stauskas led U-of-M with 15 points, Derrick Walton junior added 13 and Zak Irvin had 10.  The 15^th ranked Wolverines are 18-6 and are atop the Big Ten at 10-2.

Michigan hosts Wisconsin on Sunday.

MSU hosts Northwestern tomorrow night.

In the MAC tonight… Western Michigan hosts Akron, Eastern heads to Ball State and Central Michigan will play at Northern Illinois.

Pistons

The Detroit Pistons have won three in-a-row and host Cleveland tonight. Both teams have new coaches and three game winning streaks.

Olympics

There are six medal events on Wednesday at the Sochi Olympics.  Earlier today in Curling the USA Men 9, Denmark 5.  USA women’s hockey team plays Canada this morning and Kelly Clark of the US leads in the Ladies Halfpipe qualifications, going on this morning.

Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland were both declared winners in the women’s downhill when they finished with identical times. Lara Gut of Switzerland won the bronze.    Two favorites, Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany and Julia Mancuso of the U.S., were out of contention. Mancuso was eighth.

U.S. speedskater Shani Davis will try to become the first American man to win the same event in three straight Winter Olympics when he goes in the men's 1,000 meters.

Five other sports were awarding gold medals on Day 6 of the Olympics: figure skating pairs, luge, Nordic combined, snowboarding and speed skating.

Boys Basketball
Lakeview 71, Loy Norrix 49. Jake Bivens had 20, Donnie Ernsberger scored 18.

Battle Creek Central 44, Sturgis 38.  David Templeton with eight points to lead the Bearcats in scoring.

This Friday night on the radio…..Battle Creek Central at Lakeview.
Harper Creek 70, Gull Lake 64.    Kyhlen Watkins had 16 and Travon Johnson 15. Harper Creek is two games behind Battle Creek Central in the SMAC East.
St. Philip stays undefeated with a 64-36 win over Tekonsha.  Hunter Haley with 11 points.

Maple Valley 47, Pennfield 44.

Athens 48, (at) Reading 41  Jonah Harris had 14

Bellevue 60, Camden-Frontier 29  Ethan Bloch had 18.
Climax-Scotts 83, Burr Oak 70  Dallas Froberg had 25
Schoolcraft 53, Delton Kellogg 47

Galesburg-Augusta 71, Constantine 42  Austin Douglas with 20 points and 10 rebounds
Coldwater 38, Marshall 35

Calhoun Christian 48, Coldwater Pansophia 32  Cameron Hiscock had 17 points and 16 rebounds.
Homer 57, Union City 30

Marshall Academy 46, Will Carleton Academy 41  Justin Evans had 16 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals.

Olivet 66, Hackett 38

Girls Basketball
B.C. Central 49, Sturgis 38  Ka-Leah Ryan had 20 points
Gull Lake 71,  Harper Creek 28  Mackenzie Latt had 20.
Athens 59, Quincy 23  Allysha Beal and Allison Fuller both scored 13 points

Calhoun Christian 60, Coldwater Pansophia 9: Claire Tribbett had 15

Marshall 56, Coldwater 39  Tierra Orban with 12.
Olivet 68, Kalamazoo Hackett 24  Hayley Walkowski scored 26 points with nine steals and seven rebounds.

Marshall Academy 40, Will Carleton Academy 31  Elaina Hoyt scored 12

Tigers

Tigers' pitcher Justin Verlander expects to be ready for the beginning of the season after undergoing core muscle surgery in the offseason. Monday, he threw 20 pitches off the mound in Lakeland, Florida as he continues his rehab and reported no problems yesterday following another session. Verlander says he doesn't expect to be ready for the start of Grapefruit League play in two weeks, but believes he could pitch in five games this spring.  Detroit Tigers pitchers and catchers report for camp Friday….just two days from now.

Lions Suh’s New Agent: Jay-Z

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is teaming up with Jay-Z to help him with a potential contract extension.   Suh recently fired his agents.  Jay-Z currently has several sports stars on his roster of clients, including Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, Thunder forward Kevin Durant, Giants receiver Victor Cruz and Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano.  Suh will make 12.55-million-dollars in 2014, but will count for more than 22-million toward the Lions' cap number. Signing an extension is the likeliest option to get the cap hit down to a more reasonable figure.

High Schooler With Down Syndrome Hits Four Three-Pointers in Two Minutes

18-year-old Kevin Grow has been the manager for Bensalem High in Philadelphia 's basketball team for the past four years.  He never played on the team, because he has Down syndrome.  In the last game of the season, the team had a huge lead at the end, so the coach put Kevin in for two minutes.  And in two minutes he drained FOUR three-pointers, including one at the buzzer, and scored a total of 14 points. He ended up being the top scorer for the game.