Volume 3

Vol.3 March 8, 2025

30-20-20

On Saturday March 1st, Nikola Jocik recorded the 1st ever 30-20-20 game in NBA history. It came in the Nuggets 149-141 OT win versus the Suns. Jokic had 31 points, 21 rebounds, and 22 assists. His 22 assist mark is the NBA record for a center. It was Jokic’s 29th triple-double this season. It was also his seventh time this year with 15 points, 15 rebounds, and 15 assists, tying the NBA record held by Oscar Robertson.

Trade, Release, Retire

There were some big NFL moves this past week. The Raiders got Geno Smith for a 3rd round pick from the Seahawks. That trade reunited Smith and his former coach Pete Caroll. This past week Jonathan Allen, Gus Edwards, and Harold Landry, were all released. Another notable trade included the Bears getting Joe Thuney from the Chiefs for a 4th round pick.

Outside Hockey

On Saturday March 1st, in the NHL Stadium Series, the Blue Jackets and Red Wings played in Ohio Stadium. Despite a below freezing temperature, 94,751 fans attended and I can tell you first hand, it was a great game. The teams took the first period to adjust playing outside and no goals were scored. In the second period, the show got started as Denton Matechuyk scored making it 1-0 Columbus. The Red Wings responded soon after with a goal of their own by Alex DeBrincat. Columbus then took the lead back with a Dimitri Voronkov goal. 32 seconds later Matheiu Olivier scored, extending Columbus’s lead to 2. At the end of the 2nd period it was 3-1 Columbus. When the 3rd started Detroit showed everyone that they were not done. Patrick Kane found the back of the net at 3:34 to make it 3-2 Columbus. The clock kept ticking. With only 3:24 to play Detroit tied it Alex DeBrincat scored his second of the night. The Score was CBJ-3 DET-3. Just over a minute later a Justin Danforth goal gave Columbus the lead back. With a minute and a half to play, Detroit pulled their goalie. Columbus missed a few empty net chances but finally scored, ending the game with a score of CBJ-5 DET-3. The Star of the game was Columbus goalie Elvis Merzlinkis he stopped 43 shots from Detroit. The Red Wings out shot the Blue Jackets 46-21 shots on goal, but could not pick up a win.

Women’s Championship Basketball

The Women’s College basketball Conference Championships are all in full swing. There were a lot of great games. Ranked teams #24 Michigan State, #19 Alabama, #15 Maryland, and #18 Tennessee are all out of their conference tournaments already, losing to unranked teams. There were also many great battles between ranked teams. #10 Oklahoma beat #12 Kentucky 69-65 in the SEC conference Quarterfinals. #14 North Carolina beat #22 Florida State 60-56 in the ACC tournament quarterfinal. #16 West Virginia beat #20 Kansas State 73-69 in the Big 12 Quarterfinals. In the ACC only four teams remain with #6 Notre Dame against #11 Duke and #14 UNC against #7 NC State (both games on Saturday March 8th). In the Big 12, 4 ranked teams remain with #16 West Virginia playing #8 TCU and #21 Oklahoma State will play #17 Baylor today. The Big 10 Semifinals are today as well with #2 USC playing Michigan and #4 UCLA battling #13 Ohio State. Today is also the SEC Semifinals with #5 South Carolina versus #10 Oklahoma and #9 LSU versus #1 Texas. Today Lindenwood and Tennessee Tech will play for the first automatic bid in the OVC Conference Final. 

*Rankings are in the AP Poll not in the conference

Men’s Championship Basketball

The First Men’s automatic bid will be decided today Saturday March 8th.

The OVC final is between SIU Edwardsville and Southeast Missouri State.