Carlos Villareal led Hope( 0- 5) with 15 points, and 5- foot- 7 Joey Kinnard added 13 points. Gretzky, who also won the Conn Smythe in 1985 when the Oilers won their second championship, established two more NHL records, including most assists in the playoffs (31 in 19 games) and most in the final series (10. The Highlanders couldn' t convert scoring opportunities down the stretch, finishing with a shooting percentage of 29. They also connected on a 20- yard score to put the Tribe ahead 14- 0. "They wouldn't let me bat, because I wasn't a very good hitter" Although Arias has learned how to hit, pitching has been his strength. The lead reached 39- 17 early in the second half on a layup by Langhorne.
"We felt we needed more speed on our fourth line, and he certainly gives us that because he's got great legs" Oiler co-Coach John Muckler said Acton also has scored two important goals. Walters, a guard playing with the confidence and quickness that marked his freshman season two years ago, is a huge reason the Lobos are off to their best start in six years after Sunday' s 82- 74 win over Duquesne on the final day of the NABC Classic. While Trevino enjoyed a rare starring role, the Astros' Billy Hatcher had a big weekend. Maria Cordero added 15 points, Shaunte Smith had 14 points and a career- high 17 rebounds and Danielle Green scored 13 for Oklahoma State( 21- 4, 9- 3 Big 12) Smith had the latest in a string of strong performances since the start of February After averaging 6. Associated PressATHENS, Ga( AP- Georgia, playing its first conference game since losing Mike Mercer for the season, relied on balanced scoring to beat Auburn 86- 79 on Saturday. Sylmar, which finished second in the league, has made the playoffs in 19 consecutive years. Chris Devine scored 13 points and led UCSB with nine rebounds.
It was Stanford' s largest deficit of the season " We got hesitant down the stretch " said Sun Devils coach Charli Turner Thorne, who played under VanDerveer at Stanford " We had a few too many turnovers and that' s disappointing but we' re working on it " The Cardinal rallied to within 36- 34 before Danielle Orsillo converted a rare four- point play. Defensively our intensity just wasn' t there " It was hardly the way N C State wanted to follow a 63- 45 loss to St John' s in the finals of the Holiday Festival in New York. The Jackrabbits got within 67- 64 after Beran scored with 38 8 seconds remaining. Stout then hit the three 3s in the 14- 2 run that gave the Rams a 60- 50 lead with 1: 09 left.
Williams, a senior, is the only California high school runner to break nine minutes this season. Sylvia Fowles had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots, lifting LSU to a 56- 50 victory over top- seeded North Carolina on Monday night. Hey, the Lakers have lost before, right? Yes, but in this series, a trend is developing The Lakers are getting Lakered. Azubuike had a layup 20 seconds later to put Kentucky up 57- 56. Hilliard scored two more TDs early in the third quarter, on runs of 30 and 2 yards to put Montana up 42- 0. "Somebody else is going to have to come hard to top that" There weren't many people in the Forum Saturday who came any earlier than Magic Johnson, who walked in the door with the janitorial crew and in the same frame of mind: He was there to clean up the mess left by the Lakers' 28-point loss in Game 6. Mariah Dunham started the run with a free throw, then Karel scored a layup to cut the deficit to 58- 56.
Looking at the overall regional setup, I think they did a pretty good job of making them all very competitive" Snow said he had "no complaint" about being sent to Oklahoma "It has the No 1-ranked team playing at home I see it as a real challenge I'm looking forward to it. Mario Soto (3-6, who shut out the Giants early this season, gave up seven runs in two innings Clark's homer was his 15th and Maldonado's his seventh The Giants scored three runs in the first inning Robby Thompson singled with one out, and Clark walked. FORT WORTH, Texas( AP- Nile Murry had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead TCU past South Florida 70- 53 on Wednesday night. SPARTANBURG, S. Amber Holt added 14 points and Krystle Horton had 12 for the Blue Raiders( 14- 3, 6- 0 Sun Belt. Hatalsky blew a four-shot lead in the final 11 holes but pulled out the victory with a 4-foot par putt on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Tom Kite "I didn't enjoy today at all" Hatalsky said. Louisiana Tech coach Kurt Budke said his team couldn' t overcome its mistakes in the second half " It was definitely a tale of two halves " he said " Us with 13 turnovers in the second half and them getting to shoot 20 free throws was huge in the second half " Dupree had a game- high 11 rebounds, getting eight on the defensive end Hairston finished with 15 points and Bowens added 13.
PULLMAN, Wash( AP- Washington State sophomore Josh Akognon scored a career- high 22 points in his first collegiate start Saturday to lead the Cougars past UC Riverside 86- 55 in both teams' season opener. The Cardinal won both regular- season games by a combined 76 points " I think they can win it all " fifth- year Cal coach Caren Horstmeyer said. Costner had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Atsur had all 12 of his points in the second half for the Wolfpack, who beat the Tar Heels for the first time since 2003 " We probably won' t even have to go to class " Grant said, laughing Lowe was hired to win these types of games. The tournament will be making its second appearance in Southern California.
5 percent( 15- 24) in the second half and increased their lead to 22 points on a basket by Boylan with 3: 33 left. They then stretched their lead to 27 points, their largest of the game, on a pair of free throws by Curry. Allen added 16 points, including a pair of 3- pointers in the second half, and Megan Duffy had 15 and Courtney LaVere added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Irish( 3- 0. Ohio State missed four shots and turned the ball over five times in that span and its only point came on a free throw by Velimir Radinovic, who missed three other foul shots in the run " Our defense did not give up the easy baskets which was critical and we did a good job of keeping the ball out of the post " Fisher said " We shot well from the 3- point line and that, too, was critical " Stokes tied the school record when he hit his fourth 3 that made it 68- 48 with 6: 13 to play The Aztecs had 13 3s in 25 attempts against UNLV on Jan 24, 2001.
Canyon 2, Foothill 1 (9 innings-Tina French's bases-loaded single with one out in the ninth gave Canyon (18-8-1, 7-2-1) the lead at Foothill. The Eagles beat Hueneme in the 1979 4-A championship game, again in the second round of the 1986 3-A playoffs and earlier this year, 11-1, in the San Luis Obispo Tournament. Cincinnati 7, Chicago 2-The way things had been going for the past two years, Mario Soto was wondering if he would ever win 100 games. "He's been winning easily the last few weeks, but he just hasn't had the competition to run real fast.
