Tuesday’s Sports

Monday Morning hoops in the Field House

NFL

Monday

Seahawks (7-7) 20 – Eagles (10-4) 17

Pete Carroll had his hat on backward, reveling in a thrilling win that marked the end of the longest losing streak of his tenure as Seattle’s head coach.

NBA

Monday

Thunder (17-8) 116 – Grizzlies (6-19) 97

Nuggets (18-10) 130 – Mavericks (16-10) 104

Denver’s strategy against the Mavericks was simple. Keep pushing the pace. The Nuggets held a 31-11 advantage in fast-break points and won 130 – 104.

Tuesday

Grizzlies (6-19) at New Orleans Pelicans (16-11) at 6:30 pm TNT

Spurs (4-21) at Milwaukee Bucks (19-6) at 7:00 pm

NHL

Monday

Stars (18-8-4) 4 – Kraken (10-14-9) 3

Matt Duchene scored twice and assisted on Thomas Harley’s goal 2:16 into overtime that gave the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Monday night.

Thursday

Canucks (21-90-2) at Dallas Stars (18-8-4) at 7:00 pm ESPN+

COLLEGE

For the second straight week, the Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s basketball team hosts Monday Morning hoops in the Field House, this week welcoming Arlington Baptist in the final game before the two-week Holiday break. Four school records fell in the 130-53 win for the Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s basketball team on Monday morning over Arlington Baptist in the Field House. The Lions have won two in a row and three of their last four to move to 6-6 on the season. Monday’s game was an exhibition contest for Arlington Baptist. The Lions next compete on January 1, at TCU to close out non-conference play. Tip-off in Fort Worth is 3:00 pm on New Year’s Day.

HIGH SCHOOL

On Friday morning, the head coaching job for one of the top football programs in the Dallas area became available. According to Matt Stepp of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, Marcus Shavers announced his resignation after six seasons. McKinney ISD haired Shavers in February 2018 and recorded a record of 38-30 in his six seasons there. Shavers released a statement on McKinney High School’s Football Twitter account.