‘Jazz’ shines again
By TENAJH SWEETING
If the New York Yankees’ spring training is any indication, Major League Baseball (MLB) pro Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr will be a force to be reckoned with at second base for the upcoming MLB season.
Chisholm Jr smashed his second homer of the Yankees spring training
yesterday in the team’s 9-7 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies at the BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida.
The Bronx Bombers had control of the game through three innings with a three-run lead.
“Jazz” entered the scoring barrage early for New York. He sent Phillies pitcher Taijuan Walker’s fastball 387 feet to the right centre field for his second homer of the Yankees spring training.
Chisholm’s two-run shot allowed Yankees’ left fielder Jasson Dominiguez to score and put the Yanks in charge 3-0 at the top of the third. He was involved in the action again at the top of the fourth inning. He singled to right field which put Dominguez in the position to score his
second run and helped first baseman Cody Bellinger to move to third base.
The Yankees were in the driver’s seat eight runs to none at the top of the sixth inning before a five-run seventh inning by the Phillies shifted the score 9-7 to close out the matchup.
‘Jazz’ had a solid game against the Phillies. He finished batting 2-for-3 with a homer, one run scored and 3RBIs (runs batted in).
This was Chisholm’s second game with a home run during the Yankees Spring Training run. He went yard in New York’s 6-5 loss against the St Louis Cardinals earlier this month. He connected on a fastball from Cardinals pitcher Andre Callante to put the Yankees ahead 2-1 at the top of the third inning in that game.
Chisholm Jr is batting .173 with two homers, seven runs scored and six RBIs during the 15 games played for the Yankees Spring Training.
With the 2025 MLB season just a week away, ‘Jazz’ seems poised to have another great season.
This time around the versatile baseball pro will be making his return to second base for the first time since his tenure with the Marlins. He will move to his natural position after playing at the “hot corner” in his first season with the Yankees.
Despite it being the first time he played at the position in his career, the 27-year-old turned some heads in his new role last season. He had arguably the best statistical output of his career in the Big
Apple. He played in 46 games for the Yankees and batted .273 with 48 hits, 11 homers, 23 RBIs and 18 stolen bases.
Additionally, he played in 147 games, the most of his career, and batted .256 with career highs of 74 runs, 24 homers, 73 RBIs and 40 stolen bases.
He closed out last season with a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series but made history as the second Bahamian to make it to that stage and the first Bahamian to hit a homerun at the World Series.
As for MLB Spring Training, the Yankees will take on the Baltimore Orioles tonight at 8:05pm at the Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida.
The 2025 MLB Season begins on March 27.
By TENAJH SWEETING Tribune
AS the Golden State Warriors’ playoff push continues in the Western Conference, Grand Bahamian National Basketball Association (NBA) pro Chavano “Buddy” Hield has put up some steady numbers off the bench. Hield led the bench unit in scoring on Tuesday night in the Dubs 104-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at the Chase Centre in San Francisco, California. He scored 15 points and pulled down six rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench. He shot 5-for-7 from the field and nailed four threes in the contest.
The Warriors, who played without the services of star point guard Stephen Curry, handed the Bucks their second straight loss and improved to 40-29 (win/loss record) on the season for the sixth seed in the Western Conference.
Jimmy Butler III, who was acquired from the Miami Heat at the trade deadline, led all scorers with 24 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in 37 minutes.
Brandin Podziemski returned from injury and was slotted in the starting unit to replace Curry. He pitched in 17 points to pair with seven rebounds and shot 60 per cent from the
SHANNON HANNA II SET TO COMPETE AT NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pennsylvania, from March 20-22 at the Wells Fargo Centre.
BAHAMIAN wres-
tler Shannon Hanna II is making his presence felt on the collegiate scene for the Campbell University Fighting Camels. The 24-year-old collegiate wrestler is gearing up to compete at the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) DI Men’s Wrestling Championships in Philadelphia,
It is Hanna’s third time qualifying for the wrestling showdown since earning the first qualification of his collegiate career during the 2021-22 season.
The Campbell University graduate student will compete as the number 17 seed and will open the tournament against Lock Haven University’s Wyatt Henson
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TRACK NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH all of the schools having completed their track and field championships, the focus of attention will now switch to the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s National High School Track and Field Championships. Under the theme: “Breaking Limits,
March
Achieving Greatness,” the three-day event is all set to be held from Thursday (today) to Saturday at the original Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium with athletes with special disabilities competing in their own categories along with the various age group competition.
The Ministry of Sports in conjunction with the
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JASRADO “Jazz” Chisholm Jr in action in Yankees spring training. (AP)
Quest To Repeat
Shohei Ohtani seemingly has done it all since joining Major League Baseball Could repeating as world champion be next?
Twenty-nine other teams will be tr ying to dethrone his Los Angeles Dodgers, who fexed their fnancial might again during the ofseason hoping to become the frst repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees.
Blake Snell and prized rookie Roki Sasaki joined a pitching staf headed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto Ohtani and the Dodgers have been the key to boosting Asian audiences for MLB games, starting this season in Tokyo afer they opened last season against San Diego in Seoul South Korea.
“We’d normally spread things among the teams a little diferently, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said “We felt like we had a unique opportunity with a unique person and are tr ying to do ever ything we can to capitalize on it
MLB increased revenue to a record $12.1 billion last year up from $11.6 billion in 2023. Attendance increased 0.9% to an average of 29,568, the highest since 2017 and the frst increase in consecutive years since 2011-12, and Manfred predicts MLB will top 70 million total for the third straight year Te Dodgers’ fve-game World Series win over the Yankees averaged 15.81 million viewers, the Fall Classic s high since 2017.
Tree of the four League Championship Series teams were among the biggest spenders: Te Dodgers were second in payroll and luxur y tax at $374 million, trailing only the New York Mets at $430 million and $400,000 ahead of the Yankees.
At the bottom, the Athletics spent just $66 million during their last year in Oakland and the increased disparity has led to renewed talk of owners seeking a salar y cap when the current fve-year labor contract expires afer the 2026 season.
Tere s no reason for us to be focused on collective bargaining Manfred said We haven t even formulated a bargaining position ” Mets owner Steve Cohen, fush with his hedge fund fortune, made the biggest ofseason move when he lured outfelder Juan Soto from the Yankees with a record $765 million, 15-year contract.
“I’ll compete under any circumstance,” Cohen said “You tell me the rules, and I’ll compete against them ” Teams with lesser resources know payroll doesn t always equate with success through multiple playof rounds and player attrition as bodies buckle under data-driven maximum efort. Te only top spenders to win titles since the current luxur y tax started have been the 2020 Dodgers, 2018 B oston Red Sox and 2009 Yankees.
OH TAN I ’S TIMELIN E Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has said Ohtani could return to the mound in May, but he s been intentionally vague about the timeline as the team tries to set Ohtani up for a healthy 2025. He was limited to hitting only in 2024 following ofseason elbow surger y, then had surger y on his lef non-throwing shoulder afer the World Series. Ohtani slowed his work on the mound in the leadup to the Tokyo Series so he could concentrate on hitting
A S , R AYS P L AY IN G I N MIN O R L E AGU E PA RK S Te As lef the Oakland Coliseum, where they had played since moving from Kansas City for the 1968 season, and will spend at least three seasons at 14,000-capacity Sutter Health Park
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The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their win against the New York Yankees in Game 5 to win the World Series Oc t 30, 202
in West Sacramento before moving to a planned ballpark in Las Vegas.
Te ballpark is charming Manfred said I do think that fans are going to have an opportunity to see Major League Baseball all season long in a really intimate environment ” Te Tampa Bay Rays were forced from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg this season following damage caused by Hurricane Milton in October and will play home games across Tampa Bay at 11,000-capacity Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees’ spring training base
Te opportunity to play on the Tampa side could give insights into the Tampa Bay market as a whole that could be useful for the club moving for ward ” Manfred said B R O A D C AS T M AR
MLB will produce the local television broadcasts of Arizona, Cleveland, Colorado, Minnesota and San Diego this season as it moves toward tr ying to consolidate rights to as many teams as possible Cincinnati and Milwaukee had planned to join but withdrew and partnered with Main Street Sports Group the renamed Diamond networks that will televise nine clubs.
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MLB s national contracts with Fox and Turner Sports expire afer the 2028 season and ESPN is terminating its deal afer 2025, three years early We ve literally had a really signifcant number of interested parties and they’re going to have to sort themselves out a little bit before I could give you a good feel for timeline Manfred said
Afer lim
iting defensive shifs for the 2023 season, ofense has remained near record lows. Last s year batting average of .2433 was higher in the post-1900 era than only .237 in 1968, .239 in 1908, .242 in 1967 and .2427 in 2022. Tere were just seven qualifed .300 hitters, the second-fewest above only the six in 1968. Tere were 55 in 1999. Fourseam fastballs averaged a record 94.3 mph last year, up from 91.9 mph when tracking began in 2008.
The Red
Shohei Ohtani
Shannon Hanna II set to compete at the NCAA Wrestling Championships
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this morning. If successful, Hanna will advance to compete tonight against the University of Nebraska’s Brock Hardy or his opponent which will be either Lorenzo Frezza or Nash Singleton.
Hanna secured his third bid to the NCAA Wrestling Championships alongside teammate Levi Hopkins at the 2025 Southern Conference Wrestling Championship hosted in Asheville, North Carolina earlier this month.
He placed second in the 141-pound weight class with a 3-1 win/loss record.
The 2024 U23 Pan-Am bronze medallist won the quarterfinals 22-8 against the Virginia Military Institute’s Wayne Rold.
Hanna then knocked off Aldo Hernandez, of Appalachian State University, 14-4 in the semifinals.
He lost against the second-seeded Todd Carter in the finals 3-2 beforing clinching his third victory of the tournament over Bellarmine University’s AJ Rallo 4-2 for second place and an NCAA qualification.
The 5-foot-8 141 pound wrestler is going into the
NCAA DI Wrestling Championships with a few accolades under his belt.
He capped off the regular season with a 22-7 win/ loss record which included a fourth place finish at the Southern Scuffle and a second place finish at the Franklin & Marshall Open. Hanna will now face Henson in the first round. The latter has won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) individual title and is also wrestling in his third NCAA Championship. He has a 1-4 at this level, came second at the USA U23 Team Trials and played a crucial role in helping the USA to win gold at the U23 Pan-American Championships. As for the Bahamian wrestler, he previously competed at the NCAA Championships in 2022 and 2023 before taking a redshirt year last season.
While competing overseas, Hanna claimed bronze at the 2024 Seniors PanAmerican Championships and at the U23 Pan-Am Championships in the 65kg weight class.
The NCAA Wrestling Championship prelims are scheduled to begin at noon today.
MARIO FORD BASEBALL CAMP HIGHLIGHTS SPORTS CALENDAR
IMPACTING THE YOUTH: The Mario Ford Baseball Camp continues to service the youth between ages 4-15 every Saturday at the Windsor Park. As the programme expands, the development camp continues to experience growth every weekend with newcomers and seasoned players alike learning baseball skills.
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Ministry of Education and the Bahamas Assocation of Athletic Associations will be staging the event, which is expected to attract competitors from throughout the archipelago.
While the competition is slated to get underway at 9am on Thursday, the official opening ceremonies is set for 6pm. Competition will resume at 9am on Friday and wrap up on Saturday, starting at the same time. Admission is $65 for a three-day VIP pass, while a single VIP pass will be $25. General admission will be $5, the finish line access will be $12 and the home stretch access is $10 per day. SuperClubs Breezes is the official sponsor.
FAST TRACK ATHLETICS CLUB SPRING FLING
INVITATIONAL THE Fast Track Athletics Club is scheduled to hold its 4th annual Spring Fling at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex May 16-17. The event is open to competitors from throughout The Bahamas. The action is slated to begin at 5pm on Friday, May 16 and at 10am on Saturday, May 16. It promises to provide fast competition, perfect prep for championship season and an unmatched island atmosphere in Grand Bahama.
The entry fee is $5 for children and $10 for adults. For more information on the meet, persons can email fasttrackmanagement00@ gmail.com
TRACK BAAC
ELECTIONS
THE Bahamas Athletic Association of Coaches is scheduled to hold their annual general meeting and election of officers on Saturday in the Situation Room at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, starting at 8am.
The following have been nominated for the various positions: President - Daron Lightbourne and Bernard Newbold. 1st Vice
and Dionne Britton.
SHANNON Hanna II is all set to compete at the NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Pacers rally past Mavericks 135-131
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
— Pascal Siakam scored 29 points, Bennedict Mathurin scored 16 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and the Indiana Pacers rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final six minutes to beat the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 135-131 on Wednesday night.
The Pacers retook the lead with 14.7 seconds left when Siakam stole the ball and a wide open Andrew Nembhard knocked down a 3-pointer to make it 131130. Indiana closed it out at the free-throw line.
Nembhard finished with 22 points and eight assists while Tyrese Haliburton sat out with a back injury. Mathurin also had seven rebounds.
The Pacers have won four of their last five games and now lead Milwaukee by one game for the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. (backslash)
ROCKETS 116, MAGIC 108
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jalen Green scored 26 points, Alperen Sengun had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and Houston extended their winning streak to a season-best eight games, beating Orlando. Fred VanVleet added 19 points for the Rockets, who maintained their second-place position in the Western Conference, ahead of — among others — the surging Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors. Paolo Banchero
led Orlando with 31 points. Franz Wagner added 20 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Magic, and reserve Goga Bitadze had 19 points and eight rebounds.
PISTONS 116, HEAT 113
MIAMI (AP) — Cade Cunningham banked in a 3-pointer with less than a second remaining, giving Detroit a win over Miami and sending the Heat to their ninth consecutive loss. Cunningham had his ninth triple-double of the season — 25 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists for the Pistons, who trailed for most of the second half and never led by more than two until the final second. Bam Adebayo finished with 30
points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Heat, who are stuck in their longest losing streak since an 11-game slide during the 2007-08 season. Miami was ahead 93-88 going into the fourth quarter and led by eight in the final period. The Heat lost for the NBA-leading 12th time this season when holding a lead at any point in the fourth.
PELICANS 119, TIMBERWOLVES 115
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Zion Williamson scored 29 points and CJ McCollum added 18 for New Orleans as the Pelicans surprised Minnesota a win. The Timberwolves have lost two straight after winning eight in a row.
Minnesota is in a battle with Golden State for the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference. Wednesday’s loss drops Minnesota a full game behind the Warriors. After trailing 43-32 in the second quarter, the Pelicans went on a 14-0 run to take a 46-43 lead. The two teams went back and forth for most of the rest of the game but Minnesota never could establish a comfortable lead against the Pelicans.
Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 29 points. Julius Randle added 17 and Mike Conley scored 16.
SPURS 120, KNICKS 105
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sandro Mamukelashvili was 13 of 14 from the field, including 7 for 7 on
3-pointers, for a career-high 34 points and San Antonio upended New York. Stephon Castle added 22 points as San Antonio won for the third time in eight games.
Chris Paul added 12 points and nine assists. Karl-Anthony Towns had 32 points and nine rebounds to lead New York while OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges added 14 points each. The Knicks are 3-3 since Jalen Brunson suffered a sprained right ankle.
The Spurs had their most inspiring victory since losing Victor Wembanyama (blood clot in right shoulder) and De’Aaron Fox (left pinkie surgery) to season-ending injuries.
Hawks rout Hornets to sweep four-game season series
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
(AP) — Trae Young scored 31 points, Dyson Daniels added 22 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and the Atlanta Hawks clobbered the short-handed Charlotte Hornets 134-102 on Tuesday night to sweep the four-game season series.
Zaccharie Risacher knocked down four 3s in the second half to finish with 21 points for the Hawks, who snapped a two-game skid.
DaQuan Jeffries and Seth Curry each had 19 points for Charlotte, which played without LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges.
The Hawks led 70-57 at halftime, then Risacher hit four 3s in the third quarter — including three on three consecutive possessions — to quickly push the lead to 26. Atlanta’s lead ballooned to 100-65 late in the third quarter after Young hit a deep 3.
CELTICS 104, NETS 96
BOSTON (AP) — Baylor Scheierman scored 13 of his career-high 20 points in the fourth quarter, Kristaps Porzingis had 25 points and 13 rebounds and Boston beat Brooklyn. Scheierman took advantage of some bonus playing time as the Celtics rested injured stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown against the struggling Nets. Boston still had plenty down the stretch to hold off Brooklyn, which couldn’t stop Scheierman’s second-half surge. After beating the buzzer at the end of the third with a 3-pointer that put Boston up 71-70, Scheierman hit three more from beyond the arc in the fourth before leaving to a standing ovation with about four minutes left. Scheierman, a rookie out of Creighton, had never scored more than 15 points before Tuesday. Derrick White scored 18 points, Jrue Holiday had 12 points and eight assists and Payton Pritchard added 10 points for Boston, which won its third straight. D’Angelo Russell led Brooklyn with 18 points. Ziaire Williams scored 15 and Cameron Johnson and Trendon Watford added 11 points apiece.
WARRIORS 104, BUCKS 93 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 24 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists and Golden State, playing without Stephen Curry, beat Milwaukee. Curry, who recently became the first player in NBA history to make 4,000 3-pointers, was given the night off for a mental and emotional break by Warriors coach Steve Kerr. Buddy Hield had 15 points and six rebounds off the bench to help the Warriors improve to 5-1 on a seven-game homestand. Brandin Podziemski started in place of Curry and had 17 points and seven rebounds. With 13 games remaining in the regular
CHARLOTTE Hornets guard Josh Green (10) passes against Atlanta Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Photo/Nell Redmond)
INDIANA Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard (2) shoots between Dallas Mavericks guard Max Christie (00) and forward P.J. Washington (25) during the second half in Indianapolis yesterday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
March Madness: Xavier rallies to beat Texas 86-80 in the First Four
By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio (AP)
— Marcus Foster scored 22 points and Zach Freemantle added 15 while overcoming foul trouble as Xavier rallied past Texas 86-80 in the First Four last night.
The Musketeers (22-11) erased a 13-point deficit in their biggest comeback win this season and advanced to play No. 6 seed Illinois on Friday night in a Midwest Region game at Milwaukee.
Tre Johnson led the Longhorns with 23 points in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 11 seeds.
Freemantle made two free throws to give Xavier an 82-79 lead with 1:09 left. Johnson missed a fadeaway jumper, and Dailyn Swain’s putback of Freemantle’s missed 3-pointer extended the margin to five. Freemantle’s dunk sealed the win.
The Longhorns (19-16) took advantage of early foul trouble for Xavier and got to the rim at will in the first half, scoring 26 of 47 points in the paint.
Freemantle, who averaged 19.8 points during the Musketeers’ seven-game winning streak to close the regular season, had two points and two fouls in the
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first half. He picked up his fourth foul with 7:10 left. Texas led 47-39 at halftime. It was the first time Xavier trailed at halftime
since a loss at Creighton on Jan. 29.
Jerome Hunter’s 3-pointer tied the score at 65 with eight minutes left.
A 3-pointer by Oklahoma transfer John Hugley put the Musketeers ahead 75-74 with 5:07 remaining in the game.
It was the fourth time since 1990 the teams met in the NCAA Tournament, with each school winning twice.
COACH BRYAN CLARKE JR AND COUGARS SET FOR NCAA TOURNAMENT
THE National Collegiate Athletic Assoication (NCAA) Division 1 men’s national basketball March Madness tournament has begun. And The Bahamas will have a son of the soil in Bryan Clarke Jr sitting on the University of Houston Cougar’s bench. His role with the Cougars is the sports performance assistant coach. The Cougars will be headed as the #1 seed and is set to play first-time qualifiers SIU-Edwardsville in Wichita, Kansas today. Their 211 wins since 2018-19 lead the nation, they are a top-three seed for the fifth
guard Jordan Pope (0) drives against Xavier guard Dayvion McKnight during the first half of a First Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament yesterday in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
COACH Bryan Clarke Jr, left and far right, and the Cougars (top) with their awards.
March Madness: Mount St. Mary’s beats American 83-72 in First Four to earn date with No. 1 Duke
By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio (AP)
— Dola Adebayo and Jedy
Cordilla each scored 22 points as Mount St. Mary’s defeated American University 83-72 in an NCAA Tournament matchup of No. 16 seeds at the First Four last night.
The Mountaineers (2312) earned a date with No. 1 seed Duke on Friday in an East Region game at Raleigh, North Carolina.
“Today when we walked out there for the national anthem, it was a little bit of a holy cow moment for me,” Mountaineers coach Donny Lind said. “Now to get to move on with this group and let them keep playing and to go down to Raleigh and play Duke is awesome. We’ve got to get ready and give them everything we’ve got.”
Geoff Sprouse led American (22-13) with 18 points on six 3-pointers off the bench. Elijah Stephens scored 12. “This is going to hurt for a while, but I’m going to flip the page,” Eagles coach Duane Simpkins said. “We’ve got six very good freshmen coming in, and we’re going to start to develop a game plan of how to get better. We’ll be back.”
American leading scorer Matt Rogers injured his right knee four minutes into the game. Rogers attempted to play through the pain, but with
5:28 remaining in the first half he fell to the court, was helped off and did not return. Rogers, who averages 17 points per game, finished with seven points in eight minutes. He watched the second half from the bench on crutches.
“Yeah, I feel terrible for him,” Lind said. “His versatility really stood out, and his will. He plays really, really hard. He’s emotional
in a great way for their team.”
Both teams were shooting better than 60% and went a combined 8 of 19 from 3-point range through the first 10 minutes. Dallas Hobbs beat the buzzer with a 3 to put Mount St. Mary’s ahead 48-38 at halftime. Hobbs finished with 17 points. “I was nervous,” Hobbs said. “It’s safe to say this
was the biggest game I’ve played in in my life.” Mount St. Mary’s was missing leading 3-point shooter Carmelo Pacheco, who hasn’t played since breaking a finger in the regular-season finale. But the Mountaineers stayed hot from long range in the second half. Malcolm Dread’s 3-pointer put them ahead 64-51 with 11:26 left.
“Obviously, offense was clicking pretty well for us,” Lind said. “But credit to American. They battled the whole time, obviously with losing (Rogers) early, but they showed no letup.”
Mount St. Mary’s improved to 3-6 in the NCAA Tournament. Up next, the ACC champion Blue Devils. “It means a lot to the university,” Hobbs said. “As
far as playing Duke next, our mentality is the same thing, just going in and following the game plan, follow what Coach says, and hopefully go out there and get a win.” FAMILIAR FOES
It was the 71st meeting between the Washingtonarea schools. American won the previous four matchups and leads the series 37-34.
AMERICAN University head coach Duane Simpkins, right, comforts player Matt Rogers after an injury during the first half of a First Four college basketball game against Mount St. Mary’s in the NCAA Tournament yesterday in Dayton, Ohio.
(AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
UB Mingoes middle-distance runner Lhevinne Joseph crosses the finish line first in the Open men 800m.
Strong performances for Mingoes at the NPA Invitational
THE University of The Bahamas Mingoes men and women’s track and field team turned in strong performances at the 2nd Annual Noble Preparatory Track and Field Invitational on Saturday at the Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
UB saw a sweep in the Open men 800 metres race led by Lhevinne Joseph who came out on top. He clocked 1:56.75 to cross the finish line comfortably. Jackson Ozias finished second in a time of 2:03.14 and rounding out the top-three position after stopping the clock at 2:05.89 was William Minors.
“It was a season-best for me,” Joseph said. “I glad that was my team because it means I still got it. If I was able to train more for the 800m I would be able to run faster. It was a comfortable race for me.”
The field events saw UB finishing with the top-two positions in the Open men javelin throw event. Kendall Cooper held off Rashad Evans for the win with a throw of 47.15m (154-8 1/4). Evans had a strong day when he threw a personal best 45.98m (150-10 1/4).
Cooper said his throws could be better while Evans was happy to record two personal bests on the day.
Davia Musgrove leapt her way to a firstplace victory in the Open women long jump event with a best leap of 5.08m (16-8).
“It feels good to go over five metres,” Musgrove said. “The wind fluctuated a lot during my first two jumps, so my coach told me to adjust my run which helped me.”
Lauren Stuart took first place in the open women discus throw and was the only competitor in the open women shot put throw. Her best throw in the discus was 26.28m (86-2 3/4) and 8.06m (26-5 1/4) was her best toss in the shot put.
Freshman Samuel Corbin won the Open men shot put throw with a best throw 11.39m (37-4 1/2).
Marquell Newbold had a photo finish in the open women 200m dash. After the dust settled, she had to settle for a secondplace finish with a time of 25.57 seconds – just one-hundredth of a second behind the winner. Newbold’s teammates Malynte Clarke, Kendera Munroe and Katranel
Dean were third, fourth and fifth respectively. Clarke ran 25.66 seconds, Munroe clocked 26.25 and Dean stopped the clock at 26.92 seconds.
Kaiya Cambridge ran a personal best of 15.41 seconds in the open women 100m hurdles to place second.
Musgrove ran her first 100m dash for UB along with Nancy Joseph. Musgrove took third-place finish when she ran 13.04 seconds. Joseph ran 13.09 seconds.
UB had four runners in the open women 400m dash – Clarke, Newbold, Michal Bullard and Dean. Clarke was the first UB athlete across the finish line when she stopped the clock at 59.54 seconds to finish second overall. Newbold was third in 59.82 seconds. Bullard ran 1:00.48 to place fourth and Dean was fifth with a time of 1:03.36.
ON THE REPLAY: Mingoes sprinter William Minors powers through in the Open men 400 metres.
Photos by UB Athletics
UB Mingoes sprinter Jackson Ozias runs the Open men 400 metres.
UB Mingoes sprinter Marquell Newbold in action in the Open women 400m.
UB Mingoes sprinters Rashaa’d Farqhuarson (#535) and George Minnis (#544) compete in the Open men 100m.
UB Mingoes hurdler Kaiya Cambridge gets over the first hurdle in the Open women 100m hurdles.
UB Mingoes sprinter Malynte Clarke crosses the finish line first in the Open women 400m.
UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas Mingoes sprinters Michal Bullard (#515), Malynte Clarke (#518), Marquell Newbold (#527) and Katranel Dean (#521) on the home stretch of the Open women 400m at the 2nd Noble Preparatory Track and Field Meet on Saturday at the
Thomas A. Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
‘Buddy’ scores 15 off the bench to help Warriors win
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field. Meanwhile, Milwaukee had a tough shooting night. Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had 20 points to go with nine rebounds and seven assists but shot 5-for16 from the field. Former Wizards player Kyle Kuzma led the Bucks in scoring with a team-high 22 points, two boards and two assists in 37 minutes of action.
A dismal shooting performance by the Bucks had them playing catch up for almost the entire contest against the Warriors.
The Dubs took off early, earning a 15-6 lead after Podziemski drained a three off a Butler assist with 8:23 on the clock in the first.
Milwaukee gained some ground to shave the early deficit down to just 3 (2017) but ‘Buddy’ connected on a three to push the lead back to 7 (32-25) with 1:05 to go.
The Bucks trailed 32-27 headed into the second quarter. What once was
just a five-point lead at the end of one blossomed into a double-digit deficit once again in the second period. Butler made good on a close range two and extended the lead to 10 (3929) early in the quarter.
Golden State opened the second with a 10-2 run to create some space before ‘Buddy’ knocked down a pullup jumper at the 4:01 mark to shift the score to 52-35.
The Curry-less Warriors were in control of the ball game 58-44 at halftime after outscoring the Bucks 26-17 in the second period.
The Bucks came out of the locker rooms rejuvenated and used the long ball to get back into the game.
With the score at 62-46, Milwaukee got two threes from Kuzma and one from versatile big man Brook Lopez to chip into the Warriors advantage.
An unanswered 14-0 run placed the Bucks within 2 (62-60) but Draymond Green stopped the bleeding for the Warriors with a floater at the 5:46 mark.
The road team finally took the lead after point guard Damian Lillard connected on a three of his own at the halfway mark of the third period.
Despite the Bucks outscoring the Dubs 32-20 in the third quarter, the Warriors still led 78-76 with one to go. The Warriors threw
the final blow to neutralise Milwaukee in the fourth.
Hield hit his fourth and final three of the game which gave Golden State a 10-point cushion (86-76) and from that point the Bucks never regained their footing in the matchup.
The home team shot 41.6 per cent from the field while holding the road team to just 39.2 per cent shooting. The Dubs connected on 38.6 per cent of their threes while the Bucks struggled for 31.6 per cent shooting. Golden State obliterated the Bucks on the boards to win the rebound battle 52-34.
They also took advantage of their chances at the charity strike, making 23-of-26 free throws while the Bucks made just 19-of-27. The Warriors are scheduled to return to action tonight at 10pm against the Toronto Raptors at the Chase Centre.
GOLDEN State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, right, talks with Buddy Hield during the first half against the Milwaukee Bucks in San Francisco, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
MILWAUKEE Bucks guard Damian Lillard, right, shoots while defended by Buddy Hield during the second half. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)