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Round 1 District results and Wednesday matchups for Jackson area teams. Division 1 District 16 @ Holt Jackson 46 vs Northwest 50 Lansing Everett 62 vs. Mason 61 Wednesday 03/09 5:30 pm Lansing Everett 11-10 vs. Okemos

Playing without sophomore center Hunter Dickinson, graduate student DeVante’ Jones had 21 points and nine rebounds to help the University of Michigan men’s basketball team rally together on Sunday (March 6) to defeat No. 23 Ohio State,

Junior forward Malik Hall scored 17 points to lead four players in double figures as Michigan State opened up a 20-point halftime lead and held on to beat Maryland, 77-67, on Senior Day at the Breslin Center.

Jackson Area girls basketball results for the district finals from Friday night. Division 1 District 16 Western 47 vs. Holt 46 Western (21-1) advances to Regional 4 competition in Mattawan on Tuesday (03/08) against East Lansing (17-4).

Limited schedule of Jackson area boys basketball last night as most of the focus was on girls regional finals. Here are the results from boys games played last night. Cascades Conference New Lothrop 44 @ Hanover-Horton 67

The Red Wings gave another Stanley Cup contender all sort of fits Friday, but this time came up short. The Wings went into Tampa Friday and lost 3-1 to the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning. Read

Saddiq Bey scored 25 points, Cade Cunningham had 20 points and nine rebounds and the Detroit Pistons rallied to beat the Indiana Pacers 111-106 on Friday night. Marvin Bagley III added 18 points for Detroit. The Pistons

Score for Jackson area teams from last night (03/03) and a few games scheduled for tonight (03/04). Big 8 Conference/Cascades Conference Crossover Vandercook Lake 42 @ Concord 66 Napoleon 58 @ Jonesville 39 Hanover-Horton 46 @ Reading

Michigan State could not recover from a slow start, as the Spartans suffered an 80-69 loss at Ohio State on Thursday night at Value City Arena. Read More

Despite a double-double effort from Hunter Dickinson and four Wolverines in double figures, the University of Michigan men’s basketball team was unable to knock off No. 24 Iowa as the Wolverines fell, 82-71, on Senior Day Thursday