BADGERS UPSET NO. 3 PURDUE
Johnny Davis scored a career-high 37 points on Monday night to give No. 23 Wisconsin a 74-69 win at No. 3 Purdue.
The Badgers (11-2, 2-1 Big Ten), a 121⁄2-point underdog, used a late 16-5 run to take control and win its third straight. Brad Davison added 15 points, and Davis also had 14 rebounds.
Wisconsin hadn’t beat Purdue (13-2, 1-2) on its home court since 2014.
Purdue’s Zach Edey took advantage of his size by scoring 24 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, while Jaden Ivey added 14 points. But it wasn’t enough to extend Purdue’s 13game home winning streak or make it five straight. Purdue hadn’t lost since Dec. 9 at Rutgers.
Badgers coach Greg Gard stole a page right out of Purdue’s playbook by getting physical, winning inside and defending relentlessly. He gambled that the Badgers could overcome serious foul trouble in the second half and they did — barely.
More college basketball
Ben Mathurin scored 27 points, Christian Koloko added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 9 Arizona (12-1, 2-0 Pac-12) returned from an extended break to beat Washington (5-6, 0-1) 95-79 at home. Washington’s Terrell Brown Jr. had a nice night against his former team, scoring 28 points in the arena where he played last season.
• Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the rankings. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 firstplace votes for the third time in four weeks to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke.
• South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll despite experiencing
its first loss of the season last week. The Gamecocks (13-1, 1-1 SEC) fell to Missouri 70-69 in overtime Thursday on a last-second shot. South Carolina, which rebounded with a victory on Sunday, still received 22 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel to stay the top choice in the poll.
Sports and courts
Las Vegas Raiders rookie cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge shortly after the team returned from a road game in Indianapolis. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that dispatch received a call at about 4 a.m. about a driver asleep inside a vehicle parked on an exit ramp of a parking garage. Police made contact and Hobbs failed a field sobriety test and was booked at the Clark County Detention Center for a misdemeanor DUI.
Soccer
Ralf Rangnick fell to his first loss as Manchester United
manager after Joao Moutinho’s 82nd-minute strike earned Wolverhampton a 1-0 win in the English Premier League and a first victory at Old Trafford since 1980.
Kylian Mbappe scored a second-half hat trick as French Cup holder Paris Saint-Germain won at fourth-tier Vannes 4-0 to reach the last 16.
Winter sports
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin, who tested positive for coronavirus on Dec. 27, is returning to the women’s World Cup at a slalom today in Zagreb, Croatia. In an Instagram post, Shiffrin wrote “See you tomorrow, Zagreb,” signaling her return to the World Cup circuit where the next races are taking place.
The U.S. Olympic speedskating trials will be held without fans or media because of the surge in COVID-19 cases. U.S. Speedskating made the announcement, just two days before the start of the trials at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
Also
Outfielder Cameron Maybin, 34, who played nine games with the Mets last season and played with the Padres from 2011 to 2014, announced his retirement on Twitter.
The world’s top-ranked golfer will return to the scene of some of his most memorable triumphs later this month, as
Jon Rahm committed to play in the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open, the Century Club of San Diego announced.
Rombauer, winner of the 2021 Belmont Stakes, was retired, according to his owners and trainer Michael McCarthy.
Spain, Poland and Argentina remained perfect at the ATP Cup with 3-0 wins in their matches, their second consecutive victories in the team event at Sydney.
UNLV promoted interim Athletic Director Erick Harper to serve in the job full time. He had served as interim AD since
Desiree Reed-Francois left UNLV for Missouri in August.