UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 8, 2026) – At the Wes Leonard Heart Team Never Forgotten basketball doubleheader in Fennville’s Morehead Gymnasium yesterday, Saugatuck’s girls won, 67-28, and Fennville’s boys were triumphant, 66-39.
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Hope swept a pair of games at Alma yesterday. In the women’s opener, Sydney Vis had 19 points with 11 rebounds as the Flying Dutch prevailed, 69-62. In the men’s nightcap, Orion Yant had 17 points and Parker Hovey added 16 as the Flying Dutchmen were victorious, 80-48. On Wednesday evening, the Flying Dutchmen are at Trine, while the Flying Dutch host Hardin-Simmons at DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland.
Grand Valley State was swept in a pair of games by Wayne State in Detroit yesterday. Taylor Thompson had 19 points, but the Warriors needed two free throws from Jaci Tubergen with three seconds left to win the women’s opener, 78-77. Jordan Briggs had 27 points, including a jumper with 22 seconds left that put WSU ahead to stay, as the hosts took the men’s nightcap, 70-68. GVSU’s teams welcome Roosevelt to the Fieldhouse Arena in Allendale on Thursday evening.
In state major-college basketball on Saturday, these results:
- Michigan State 85, Illinois 82 (overtime)
- Texas State 77, Western Michigan 61
- Louisiana 85, Central Michigan 80
- Appalachian State 65, Eastern Michigan 60
- Green Bay 76, Detroit Mercy 63
This afternoon, Michigan is at Ohio State.
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Jamal Murray’s 28-point, 11-assist performance helped the visiting Denver Nuggets subdue the Bulls at the United Center last night, 136-120. Chicago faces the Nets in Brooklyn tomorrow evening.
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Sebastian Cossa stopped 38 shots as the Griffins topped the Checkers in Charlotte last night, 5-2. Grand Rapids entertains the Texas Stars at Van Andel Arena on Friday evening.
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David Ruddy came off of the bench to score 26 points, but Raptors 905 needed two free throws from Olivier Sarr with less than three seconds left to edge the visiting Gold in Mississauga yesterday, 125-124. Grand Rapids meets the Windy City Bulls in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates on Wednesday evening.
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Pro Volleyball Federation play has the Grand Rapids Rise take on the Pulse in Dallas this afternoon.
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