MTU Women Outlast Minnesota-Duluth – Tuesday Sports Wrap

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High School
In high school hockey tonight…
– Houghton entertains Marquette.
– L’Anse plays at Jeffers. The pregame show will start around 6:40 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.

MTU
The MTU women’s basketball team pulled out a 79-70 overtime victory over Minnesota-Duluth last night. The Huskies led by eight after the third quarter, but the Bulldogs surged back in the fourth quarter. Tech took command of the extra period early on, and held on for the win. Hannah Stoll led MTU with 18 points. Lindsay Winter and Kelli Guy each added 17, and Winter pulled down 11 rebounds.

For the second straight week, Winter has been named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Division Player of the Week, after leading the Huskies to wins at Minnesota State-Moorhead and Minnesota-Crookston.

The Michigan Tech volleyball team is headed to the NCAA tournament. After a strong late run in the regular season, and a runner-up finish at the GLIAC tournament, the Huskies were awarded an at-large NCAA bid. They’re seeded eighth in the Midwest Region, and will open against top-seeded Lewis in the first round next week.

NBA
The Detroit Pistons struggled at both ends of the court, and lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-88 last night. The game was even more lopsided than the score indicated. Cleveland scored 101 points in the first three quarters, and led by 39 points before Detroit hit some baskets against the Cavaliers reserves in the final stanza. The Pistons will play at Oklahoma City Friday night.

NHL
The Detroit Red Wings host the Edmonton Oilers tomorrow night. Pregame coverage begins at 6:40 on 99.3 The Lift.

NFL
In last night’s NFL game, the Atlanta Falcons held off the Seattle Seahawks 34-31. If you played The Wolf Pro Football Challenge, you must have selected at least nine games correctly to be eligible to be our weekly winner. Remember, because of the holiday on Thursday, picks for next weekend must be turned in by noon tomorrow at one of our sponsors.

Green Bay Packers rookie running back Aaron Jones faces charges stemming from a traffic stop last month. Police in Green Bay pulled Jones over for speeding. They noticed an odor of marijuana, and saw that his eyes were bloodshot. Jones was arrested after he failed a sobriety test. Officers say he admitted to having smoked marijuana earlier in the day.

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