SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KWSN.com) – Here’s your morning sports update for Monday, December 13, 2021.
– Mark Stone scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 6-4. Alex Goligoski, Mats Zuccarello, Nick Bjugstad and Marcus Foligno scored for the Wild. Cam Talbot stopped 30 shots. Vegas’ top line of Stone, Max PATCH-a-ready and Chandler Stephenson combined for 10 points as the Golden Knights won for the ninth time in 12 home games. The Wild have lost two in a row after winning eight straight.
– Aaron Rodgers threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns to continue his mastery of the NFL’s oldest rivalry as the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 45-30. The Packers scored the first 24 points of the second half to erase a 27-21 halftime deficit. Green Bay took a four-game lead over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North and moved closer to its third straight division title. Chicago has lost seven of eight. Rodgers has 61 TD passes against Chicago, the most all-time against the Bears and one more than his predecessor Brett Favre.
– Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a five-game losing streak with a 116-111 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night. Anthony Edwards added 24 points for Minnesota, which also ended an eight-game losing streak in Portland. The loss was Portland’s fifth straight.
– Minnesota women’s basketball fell to 13th-ranked Michigan tonight 73-61. Naz Hillmon scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half to help the Wolverines pull away. The Golden Gophers fall to 6-6 on the season.
– Conference play is getting closer for South Dakota’s basketball teams. The women have won four straight and are 7-4 on the year against a tough schedule. The men are 6-4 after an overtime win over Northern Arizona over the weekend. You can hear from head coaches Dawn Plitzuweit and Todd Lee tonight on the Coyote Report starting at 6 p.m. on 98.1 FM, AM 1230 and KWSN.com.
(Information from the Associated Press and Reuters was used in this report.)
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