1-23-25 THURSDAY MORNING SPORTS

Todd Walker reports
Cavs lose heartbreaker in Houston
ONU and Bluffton men lose, women win
Jets hire Glenn from the Lions
Golden set to return to Bengals coaching staff
CBJ wins as Fantili nets hat trick
Tribe upgrades bullpen

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the WYMA Sports desk. The Cavaliers were in Houston
last night and looked to be in good shape to
at least get to overtime. With two seconds to go
down one oh nine one oh seven, Darius Garland, a
ninety percent free throw shooter, went to the line for
three attempts following a flagrant foul. He missed the first two,

(00:21):
then made one to get the Calves within one and
then they had the ball, but they missed by Donovan
Mitchell at the buzzer. Meant Houston won at one oh
nine one oh eight. After the game, coach Kenny Atkinson
talked about his team coming back from thirteen down in
the fourth to nearly getting a win on the road.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
On the road, you could easily fold because they're there
athleticism and they're pounding you on the boards, they're getting
out in transition. We seem like we're running out of gas,
and then we found our reserve. We've we found that
reserve tank where we kind of turned things around. Obviously,
the defense in the fourth quarter, you know, again, really
proud of the guys for their effort on the road
against elite team.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
The Rockets had twenty offensive rebounds. The win keeps them
a half game in front of Memphis for the number
two spot in the West. The loss by the Calves
and an Oklahoma City win means the Thunder and the
Calves are tied for the best record in the NBA
at thirty six and seven. The Calves are six games
in front of the Celtics atop the Eastern Conference. Next

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up for the Calves a game in Philadelphia tomorrow night.
Turning to college basketball, just one ranked matchup last night,
Number thirteen Texas A and M one at number sixteen
Ole Miss sixty three sixty two. Winners last night included
number five Florida, Number seven Houston, and number twelve Kansas.

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Also number twenty Saint John's at home held off Xavier
in overtime seventy nine seventy one. That game was played
at Madison Square Garden. Checking scores around Ohio, three Ohio
Horizon League teams in action last night, two of them lost.
The only winner was Cleveland State. They defeated Detroit Mercy

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at home sixty five fifty. Youngstown State lost at home
to Robert Morris seventy two to seventy, and Wright State
also lost at home falling to Milwaukee ninety five seventy nine.
Two games in the Big Ten, Northwestern defeated Indiana seventy
nine to seventy in Evanston and USC one at Nebraska

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seventy eight seventy three. Local college basketball ONU and Bluffton
men and women each split their league contests. For the
ONU men, they lost at Heidelberg's seventy seven sixty nine
despite nineteen points from Ottoville's Will Miller. Plar Bears are
now nine and seven overall, three and six in the OAC.

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The women at home defeated Heidelberg sixty two thirty seven
for their sixth a straight. WINNU women are eleven and
five overall and seven to two in the OAC. As
for Bluffton, it was the same story. Men lost one.
The men fell at home to Mount Saint Joseph seventy
eight sixty five. Beavers fell to four and thirteen, while

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the women won an overtime on the road, beating Mount
Saint Joe sixty eight sixty six to improve to nine
to eight on the campaign. Some NFL news, the Jets
have selected Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as their new
head coach. The team drafted him in the first round
back in nineteen ninety four. Andy Espn says the Bengals

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are set to hire Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden
to take the same role with their team. He's been
the Irish de coordinator of the last three years. Golden
coached with the Bengals as linebackers coach before he took
the job in South Bend Hockey. The Blue Jackets rolled
in Toronto five to one. Adam Fantilly had a hat

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trick and he talked about how the Jackets are getting
it done, winners of seven of their last ten.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
Just a belief in our lockermaic wid plans, a solid unit,
sticking our system and just trusting each other, a lot
of trusting each other's abilities and trusting that we're all
going to be in the playing within the system. And
then we do that. I think we're a great team
and then we can beat anybody on any given night.
It's a special feel on coming to a locker.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
Room and have Jackets are back at it tomorrow night
at the Hurricanes, and the Guardians are bolstering their bullpen.
Espn says they've signed veteran reliever of Paul Seawall to
a one year deal. The thirty four year old had
sixteen saves with Arizona last season with eleven fifty WYMA Sports,
I'm Todd Walker.