Salem X-Tra Mile Club meets

SALEM — The Salem X-Tra Mile Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the high school cafeteria.

Waking up with the Phantoms

YOUNGSTOWN – The Youngstown Phantoms used two goals from Cooper Simpson, a record-setting goal from Ryan Rucinski, and 22 stops from Tobias Trejbal to down the Muskegon Lumberjacks, 5-1, Wednesday morning in from of more than 5,300 area children at the annual School Day game at the Covelli Centre.

“Maybe we should play all of our games at 10:30,” Phantoms coach Ryan Ward said.

Rucinski scored a power play goal in the second period to give the Phantoms a 3-0 lead. Rucinski’s goal was his 16th of the season on the power play, setting a team record.

Youngstown will travel to Green Bay to play the Gamblers on Friday and Saturday.

Bucks handle Cavaliers

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kevin Porter Jr. had 20 points, Ryan Rollins added 18 and the Milwaukee Bucks held off the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 118-116 on Wednesday night for their fifth victory in six games.

The Cavaliers appeared to tie it on Jarrett Allen’s basket underneath at the buzzer, but it was ruled that time had expired. Allen had 27 points and 11 rebounds.

leveland was without James Harden after he broke his right thumb Tuesday night in a home victory over New York. Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley also sat out, with Mitchell nursing a strained right groin. Giannis Antetokounmpo missed his 13th consecutive game for the Bucks because of a strained right calf.

Jaylon Tyson pulled the Cavaliers to 116-114 with two free throws. After Milwaukee’s Kyle Kuzma missed a 3-pointer, Dennis Schroder scored from the right side of the lane to tie it 116 with 35.6 seconds left. Porter hit a free-throw line jumper to put the Bucks up 118-116 with 20.2 seconds remaining.

Schroder, acquired from Sacramento on Feb. 1, had 26 points, his most in nine games with the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers will play at Detroit on Friday night.

Milwaukee downs Youngstown State

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Stevie Elam’s 19 points helped Milwaukee defeat Youngstown State 78-65 on Wednesday.

Elam also had eight rebounds and four steals for the Panthers (12-19, 8-12 Horizon League). Aaron Franklin added 17 points while going 6 of 7 and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line and had 11 rebounds. Chandler Jackson had 14 points and went 6 of 8 from the field.

Cris Carroll led the way for the Penguins (15-15, 8-11) with 13 points. Rich Rolf added 11 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and two blocks for Youngstown State.

Okorie, Stanford beat Pitt

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Ebuka Okorie scored 34 points, his sixth 30-point game of the season, and Stanford rallied in the second half to defeat Pittsburgh 75-67 on Wednesday. The Cardinal (17-11, 6-9 ACC) shot 50% from the field and overcame a 34-32 halftime deficit behind a 28-point second half from Okorie. He added six rebounds, six assists and three steals while going 9 for 9 from the free-throw line.

Pitt (10-18, 3-12) was led by Cameron Corhen’s 22 points and eight rebounds.