NCAA
UCONN 75 Purdue 60
The Huskies pulled away from Purdue in the second half on the way to a 75-60 win over the Boilermakers. The victory makes UConn the first team since Florida in 2006 and 2007 to win back-to-back men’s basketball national titles.
MLB
Milwaukee 8 Cincinnati 10
Elly De La Cruz went 3 for 4 with 2 long knocks. Graham Ashcraft gets the win for Cincy.
Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 4
Today’s local sports schedule
Softball
WHS host Shakamak
LHS host Princeton
BR at Shoals
Track
LHS at Forest Park
BR at Wood Memorial
ND hosts Lincoln, EC, WC and Rivet
Baseball
WHS hosts Mt Vernon
LHS at Wood Memorial
BR at Springs Valley
ND at Tecumseh
Golf
Loogootee is at North Knox, with ND, WRV
Tennis
Washington at South Knox
ND at Pike Central
Sports Headlines
In a story that came out of nowhere, John Calipari finalizing deal to leave Kentucky for Arkansas head coaching job
World No. 1 Nelly Korda won the T-Mobile Match Play to become the first player in 16 years to win four straight LPGA Tour starts. She’ll try to tie the record of five straight wins in two weeks at The Chevron Championship, the season’s first major.
At Wrestlemania Cody Rhodes defeats Roman Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universal title
Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco tossed a no-hitter last week then carried a no-no into the sixth inning on Sunday. In total, he went 44 outs before allowing a hit, the best start to a season since at least 1961
It’s looking like Tiger Woods will make his 26th Masters appearance this week. Woods, 46, flew to Augusta on Sunday and hit balls with his new caddie, Lance Bennett.
A week after kicking a 64-yard field goal as time expired, Jake Bates drilled a 62-yarder for the UFL’s Michigan Panthers. Prior to this season, the former kickoff specialist at Arkansas hadn’t attempted a field goal since high school.
Be A Good Sport
-Brian Emmons
