In Brief: Oakland beats UWGB in OT
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Allen David Mukeba Jr.’s 23 points helped Oakland defeat Green Bay 87-84 in overtime on Saturday.
Mukeba had 11 rebounds for the Golden Grizzlies (14-17, 11-9 Horizon League).
D.Q. Cole scored 21 points while going 6 of 10 from the floor, including 4 for 7 from 3-point range, and 5 for 6 from the line and added five rebounds and seven assists.
Tuburu Niavalurua shot 5 of 11 from the field and 4 for 8 from the line to finish with 14 points, while adding seven rebounds.
Marcus Hall led the Phoenix (4-27, 2-18) in scoring, finishing with 25 points.
Jeremiah Johnson added 18 points for Green Bay.
Iron Mountain graduate Foster Wonders had 12 points, four rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes of action.
HIGHSMITH WINS THE COGNIZANT
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Joe Highsmith had to make a nervy par putt just to make the cut in the Cognizant Classic.
Two days later the lefty from Washington state had the lowest weekend score at PGA National and is headed to the Masters.
Highsmith shot 64-64 on the weekend and rallied from a four-shot deficit for a two-shot victory.
It’s the second week in a row for a first-time winner on the PGA Tour.
Jake Knapp was trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner in tournament history.
That ended when it took two tries to blast out of the water, leading to triple bogey.
ILLINOIS ROLLS PAST MICHIGAN
DETROIT (AP) — Tre White had 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead Illinois to a 93-73 rout of No. 15 Michigan 93-73.
Kylan Boswell and Kasparas Jakucionis each scored 17 points for the Illini who have beaten Michigan nine straight times.
The Illini struggled to make shots throughout.
But its 19 offensive rebounds led to 30 second-chance points.
Vladislav Golden had 22 points on 11-of-15 shooting for the Wolverines, who lost for the second time in four games.
Michigan’s other four starters scored 28 points on 11-of-29 shooting.






