Area Sports
State Volleyball action begins this week. On Thursday is when it all kicks off. In Class A, Mount Vernon/Plankinton remains in the fight. They are the No. 5 seed in the state tournament and will face No. 4 seed Dakota Valley on Thursday at 12:45pm in the Denny Sanford Premier Center.
Dakota Wesleyan
Tiger basketball continues again this Wednesday with more Great Plains Athletic Conference action. They’ll be back home in the Worlds Only Corn Palace. DWU will host the Northwestern Red Raiders with the women beginning at 6pm and the men will play after.
The men’s wrestling team will get back to the mats on Wednesday. They’ll be competing in the GPAC Duals starting at 7pm.
NBA
More NBA action again today with just a pair of games being played on National TV. Then tomorrow it’ll be six NBA Cup – Group Play games with just two on TNT. Games include the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Boston Celtics at 6pm on TNT, the Charlotte Hornets at the Brooklyn Nets at 6:30pm, the Denver Nuggets at the Memphis Grizzlies at 7pm, the New Orleans Pelicans at the Dallas Mavericks at 7:30pm, the Oklahoma City Thunder at the San Antonio Spurs at 8:30pm on TNT and the Utah Jazz at the Los Angeles Lakers at 9pm. Your Minnesota Timberwolves, who are coming off a 120-117 win over Phoenix last night, won’t play again until Thursday when they travel to Toronto to play the Raptors.
NFL
It’s Monday Night Football tonight. A Texas showdown! The Houston Texans will be on the road taking on the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. The game will begin at 7:15pm on ESPN/ABC.