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WRCO Evening Sports

WRCO Sports · Sat Jan 24, 2026

A sports update today is courtesy of the WRCOs sports boosters.

I'm Phil Neill, check out some notes on sports next.

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Today in high school basketball, Mount Horob over low-die 59-54 at a game played at

Pfizer Forum, and it was a win for Scholesberg over Belmont in Girls Basketball 59-38.

Stay in College Basketball, number 11 Illinois, over number 4 Purdue, by a score of 88-82,

number 7 Nebraska Beat Minnesota, 76-57, and number 10 Michigan State, a winner against

Maryland, 91-48.

Julian Strauer scored a season I-20 points, and the shorthand of Denver Nuggets built

a 23-point lead before hanging on to beat the slumping bucks, 102-100.

Denver led 86-63 with 10 and a half minutes left, Milwaukee cut Denver's lead to 99-97,

on Ryan Rollins' three-pointer with 29.3 seconds remaining.

Milwaukee's Yannis Anthony Cumpo thinks he will be out for an extended period after

hurting his right calf again after a similar injury already caused him to miss eight games

earlier this season.

Yannis had his right calf wrapped in the first half of a 102-100 loss to the Nuggets last

night.

Yannis didn't appear comfortable the rest of the night, and left for good with 34 seconds

remaining.

The two-time MVP said he expected to undergo an MRI on Saturday.

Denver's Aaron Gordon scored 13 points in the first half before sitting out the second

half with that right hamstring strain.

Brandon Miller scored 21 points as the shower of the Hornet Speed Washington, 119-115 today,

sending the wizards to their ninth straight loss.

Miles Bridges and Lamello Ball, each had 20 points, Con Caniple added 16 in the action

as the Hornets won consecutive games for the first time since early January.

The NBA game between the Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors has been postponed following

another fatal shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis.

The league announced the decision was made today to prioritize the safety and security of

the Minneapolis community after 37-year-old Alex Prety was killed in a confrontation with

officers on a street in a commercial district less than two miles from the Target Center,

the downtown arena where the Timberwolves play.

The game was rescheduled for Sunday afternoon.

The Timberwolves said Warriors are also scheduled to play on Monday night.

Green Bay Packer offensive tackle, Rashid Walker, has been arrested after police say he presented

a firearm for inspection without proper credentials at LaGuardia Airport.

Port Authority police said Walker was arrested Friday morning after they responded to a request

for a firearms check at LaGuardia's terminal C. Arthur Alayla is the lawyer representing

Walker.

Adela said his client voluntarily disclosed and unloaded secured firearm upon his arrival

at the airport.

He said Walker was arrested because his license was not valid in the state of New York.

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Mike McCarthy have reached a verbal agreement for McCarthy

to become the club's next head coach.

McCarthy, a Pittsburgh native, would replace Mike Tomlin, who surprised departure created

just the third job opening in Pittsburgh since 1969.

Tomlin stepped down earlier this month after his 19th season ended with a seventh straight

playoff loss.

McCarthy posted a 185, 123 and two record across 18 seasons.

13 with Green Bay and five with Dallas.

His resume includes a victory over the Steelers in the Super Bowl following the 2010 season.

St. John's rallied from a 16 point deficit in the second half to beat Xavier 88 83,

giving Rick Patino his 900th victory.

He also becomes the fourth coach in division one to reach this milestone, joining legends

like Mike Shashewski and Jim Bayheim.

The victory came at the expense of his son Richard who is coaching at Xavier.

Bryce Hopkins led St. John's with 18 points while trade color Carol that is scored a

career high 31 for Xavier Las Vegas Raiders are back on the clock and Heisman trophy winner

for Nando Mendoza is officially available Mendoza formally declared for the NFL draft.

And could be headed to the Raiders with a number one overall pick in April.

Mendoza led Indiana to a 16 and O's season and its first national championship with a 27-21

victory against Miami this week.

The junior completed 72% of his passes for 3,535 yards with 41 touchdowns and six interceptions.

The college football playoff will remain at 12 teams after the commissioners of the

southeastern conference and big 10 couldn't come up with a compromise for expansion.

The CFP Management Committee announced Friday the 12 team format would stay the same for

the 26-27 season.

That is a wrap on sports.

I am Filney.

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