4/04/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up
NCAA Womens NCAA Tournament: South Carolina beat Connecticut 64-59 in the NCAA Women’s Tournament Championship. This is the Gamecocks second Championship. They won their first in 2017. Aliyah Boston had 34 rebounds throughout the tournament and got the tournament MOP (Most Outstanding Player) award. Boston scored 11 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Destanni Henderson finished with 26 points in the Gamecock win.
NCAA Championship: North Carolina versus Kansas tonight in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tip-off is 9:20pm on TBS.
PGA: Tiger Woods says it is a game time situation for the Masters this week in Augusta, Georgia. It has been 14 months since his motor vehicle accident that severely injured his leg.
NHL Last Night: Red Wings defeat the Senators 5-2
Panthers beat Sabres 5-3
Islanders takes care of the Devils 4-3
Coyotes beat the Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime
Rangers defeat the Flyers 4-3 in a shootout
Wild take care of the Capitals 5-1
Golden Knights nip the Canucks 3-2 in overtime
Oilers dispose of the Ducks 6-1
Kraken pulling down the Stars 4-1
Tonight: Bruins and Blue Jackets 7pm
Maple Leafs versus the Lightning 7:30pm
Coyotes at Blues 8pm
Kings hosting the Flames 10:30pm
NBA Last Night: Mavericks beat the Bucks 118-112
Wizards fell hard to the Celtics 144-102
The Lakers lost to the Nuggets 129-118. LeBron James did not Play. Anthony Davis finished with 28 points and Russell Westbrook had 27 points for the Lakers. Nikola Jokic ended the game with 38 points and 18 rebounds for Denver. This is the Lakers sixth straight loss.
Pistons defeat the Pacers 121-117
76ers beat the Cavaliers 112-108
Magic falls to the Knicks 118-88
Heat and Raptors 114-109
Suns lost to the Thunder 117-96
Timberwolves defeated the Rockets 139-132
Trail Blazers cannot handle the Spurs 113-92
Warriors beat the Kings 109-90
Clippers put down the Pelicans 119-100
Tonight: No Games tonight
NASCAR Cup Series: #11 Denny Hamlin in his FedEx Express Toyota made a late comeback (four laps left) and took the checkered flag in the Toyota Owners 400 at the Richmond Raceway. The #4 Ford of Kevin Harvick came in second and #24 Chevrolet driven by William Byron finished in third. The race time was 3 Hours 4 minutes and 43 seconds. The average speed of the race was 97.447 mph. Next up is the Blue-Emo Maximum Pain Relief 400 at the Martinsville Speedway. The race is on Saturday April 9, at 7:30pm.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Thursday April 7, flag drops 8pm at the Martinsville Speedway. FS1 and MRN will have your coverage.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Martinsville Speedway Friday April 8, 7:30pm
Varsity Boys Baseball: Whiteville travels to Pender on Tuesday. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:30pm and the pre-game coverage starts at 7:15pm on Kool-FM. You can catch the away game updates on Kool 103.9-FM radio and streaming at www.Kool1039Radio.com
– Vinny Pagano is the Sports Editor for Columbus County News and Sports Director for WTXY Kool 103.9FM & AM1540. Join Vinny every Saturday morning at 10:30am on WTXY AM1540 & KOOL 103.9FM for “In The Sports Zone”, a weekly sports talk podcast, covering the world of professional, college, semi-pro and the local sports world. In The Sports Zone is also available on Spotify, and other Podcast sites. Local Sports stories, as well as questions and comments can be submitted to Vinny at [email protected]
