Star middle distance runner Nikki Hiltz, a Paris 2024 Olympian, needed to pass one runner and hold off another in the final 10 meters if the 31-year-old Aptos native was to keep an impressive win streak alive.
Santa Cruz saw Wisconsin’s Stephen Thompson make a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds left, and the Warriors were edged by the Herd, 112-110, in the teams’ NBA G League game at Kaiser Permanente Arena on Friday night.
Santa Cruz’s Nat Young advanced to the Round of 32 of Friday at the World Surf League’s Western Australia Margaret River Pro, event No. 5 on the Championship Tour.