The Cleveland Cavaliers continued to roll Sunday, procuring their sixth consecutive win with a 108-98 statement victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The game lived up to its billing: star players going at one another, highlights galore and trash talking. Cleveland once again did it with defense, forcing the Thunder into shooting 39 percent from […]
Ohio State beat Indiana 82-70 for first ranked win
January 26, 2015 by
After a tough win Thursday at Northwestern, Thad Matta was hesitant to say that Ohio State might be hitting its stride. Sunday afternoon, Matta was willing to grant that things are trending in that direction. Freshman D’Angelo Russell scored 22 points and added 10 assists for his second double-double of the season and the Buckeyes […]
Lady Buckeyes beat Purdue 79-71 in OT
January 26, 2015 by
Ohio State freshman Kelsey Mitchell scored 31 of her Mackey Arena record 37 points after halftime to lead to the Buckeyes to a 79-71 overtime victory over Purdue Sunday afternoon. The win is the second-straight for the Buckeyes who improve to 13-7 overall and 5-3 in the conference. Mitchell struggled from the floor in the […]
Buckeyes beat Northwestern 69-67
January 23, 2015 by
Freshman D’Angelo Russell scored a career-high 33 points, and Ohio State overcame an early deficit to beat Northwestern 69-67 in the Big Ten on Thursday. Russell’s 3-pointer with 3:34 to play snapped a 60-all tie, which answered the 3-pointer of Northwestern’s JerShon Cobb that created the deadlock. Russell’s sixth 3-pointer of the night made it […]
Cavaliers beat Jazz 106-92 for 4th straight
January 22, 2015 by
There weren’t any late-game heroics from Utah’s Gordon Hayward this time. The Cleveland Cavaliers raced away from the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night at Quicken Loans Arena, 106-92, extending their winning streak to four. The rout started early as the Cavs stormed out to an 11-point advantage after one quarter, 31-20. Cleveland’s Big Three — […]
Jets whip Blue Jackets 4-0
January 22, 2015 by
It started on the wrong foot for the Blue Jackets Wednesday night, and it didn’t get much better after that. The first two Winnipeg Jets shots resulted in goals, and before the game was 10 minutes old, Columbus was down 2-0 at MTS Centre to a team that had won four straight coming into tonight […]
Indoor soccer league seeks middle & high school players
January 20, 2015 by
A Marion soccer association is running a winter indoor soccer (Futsal) program. Modified FIFA Futsal rules will be followed. Teams are organizing now and play begins late January. Games will be played on Saturday afternoons in the gym at the Marion Christian Center on Richland Road. It is coed and teams can be all boys, […]
Cavaliers defense picks up in 108-94 win over Bulls
January 20, 2015 by
Make it three wins in a row as the Cavaliers produced one of their better defensive performances of the season in routing the Chicago Bulls 108-94 on Monday night at The Q on Martin Luther King Night. If this was an Eastern Conference Finals preview, Chicago (27-16) can’t like its chances. Cleveland (22-20) dominated with […]
Blue Jackets beat Wild 3-1
January 20, 2015 by
The Blue Jackets played a strong, composed road game on Saturday night in Boston. Tonight in St. Paul, they took it one step further. In what was perhaps one of their best road efforts of the season, the Blue Jackets put the clamps on a Minnesota Wild team coming off back-to-back victories and trying to […]
Lady Buckeyes beat Penn State 69-60
January 19, 2015 by
Ohio State got 21 points from freshman Kelsey Mitchell and a double-double from fellow freshman Alexa Hart to outlast Penn State 69-60 on Sunday afternoon at Value City Arena. The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Buckeyes who improve to 12-7 on the year and 4-3 in the B1G. One game after hitting […]
