Earley also had 12 rebounds for Vanderbilt( 14- 5, 3- 3 Southeastern Conference, and Abi Ramsey added 14 points. Plancher scored his second touchdown early in the third quarter, and the Bulls rolled from there. It would figure that Leary would be the pitcher when the Dodgers added a couple of new ways to avoid scoring runs-a pickoff at third base and a runner's interference at second base. It was the first men' s basketball game played at Agganis Arena. In the second quarter, Jimmy Wilson got his first career interception, picking off Murrietta, which led to Carpenter' s TD run " That first half was us basically shooting ourselves in the foot " Robinson said. When they were coming off the rim I was watching them and going for them " Natasha Vital added 13 points for the Bears.
7 seed, won for the second straight night after a season- ending four- game skid St. "I think everybody on the club knows it did something special tonight" That's one word for it. Branden Benson rushed for a game- high 79 yards for Princeton, while Jonathan Hurt led Lafayette with 54 rushing yards and Joe McCourt had 53. 7 seconds left to cut the lead to one, but George Washington inbounded the ball and avoided a foul to run out the clock. "I feel real lucky just to get in here" Burt said after finishing second with a time of 49. 1 seconds "A week ago, it looked like my season was over. With the game tied and 1: 03 left, Matee Ajavon scored a fast- break layup to give Rutgers a 58- 56 lead.
Princeton finished 1- for- 17 after making at least four in its previous 12 games " If you want to beat Duke on their home court, you' ve got to be perfect " Princeton coach Joe Scott said " We played Princeton basketball for maybe 20 of those 40 minutes, and that' s nowhere near good enough for this venue, against this team " Still, a 9- 1 run for the Tigers early in the second half cut Duke' s lead to 38- 31, and the margin was only nine a few minutes later when the Blue Devils took control. Ron Darling (5-3, though he needed help from two relievers, had another solid performance. After Arizona freshman Marcus Williams missed two free throws with 8. Perhaps having the pitchers throw in the lobby would have been a better idea.
ORU played well and we played poorly " Tulsa' s smallest second- half deficit was 40- 31 after Price' s conventional three- point play with 17: 40 left. Associated PressEL PASO, Texas( AP- Stefon Jackson scored 22 points and had 10 rebounds Wednesday night to help lead Texas- El Paso to an 85- 56 victory over SMU. The biggest deficit facing San Diego( 13- 10, 3- 5 West Coast) was when it trailed 64- 32 with just more than 17 minutes left in the game. In the second half, Vanderbilt took a 78- 42 lead with nine minutes left on a basket by Carla Thomas.
The Gators were leading 31- 7 and driving deep in Kentucky territory when Tebow was sacked by Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wyndham on a vicious but clean hit. The Buffaloes( 5- 4) clawed their way back in the game after being down by 20 points at halftime. They really pass to each other " Memphis coach John Calipari said " The last thing they say is' Man, are they deep' That' s the consensus everybody tells me " Memphis closed the first half with a 19- 5 run to erase a 21- 19 Houston lead The run helped Memphis carry a 38- 26 lead into halftime. We talked about that before coming out of the tunnel " Habel scored 12 points and Lorrenzo Wade 10 for the Aztecs, who' ve reeled off impressive home wins against Air Force, UNLV and BYU " We' ve beat three good teams here, all of them that we were looking up at when we played them, all of whom beat us at their place " Fisher said " They were wins at a time when all of them were saying' Boy, if we win, we can either hold the lead, get the lead or get close to the lead " SDSU won the Mountain West tournament last year to advance to the NCAA tournament, a route the Aztecs might have to follow again this year due to its inconsistent play early in the conference schedule. It was the fourth extra-inning game in a row at home for the Cubs.
There' s no free lunch- we all know that' s how it works- and today the check came. In the first, Portland State led 28- 27 with less than 2 minutes left before the Cougars scored the final eight points for a 35- 28 halftime lead Baynes had 12 points in the half Washington State leads the series 6- 0. Brad Glatthaar had a 22- yard touchdown run and Guidugli tossed TD passes to Doug Jones and Brent Celek. Sylvia Fowles added 17 points and seven rebounds for LSU, and Quianna Chaney had 11 points. Chris Ellis sacked Cantwell on the ensuing drive and knocked the ball loose Anderson recovered near midfield, and Vick did the rest. Winsome Frazier emerged from a deep shooting slump by scoring 20 points on Saturday night, setting up an 80- 74 victory over Xavier.
Now, for the first time since winning the Missouri Valley Conference in 1985, the Golden Hurricane are league champions. UConn closed the period on a 7- 0 run and had a 41- 30 lead at the break. Anthony Hale of Garden Grove ran a strong final 100 meters to win the 300-meter hurdles in 37. 89, improving his Southern Section 3-A winning time of 38. 13. The Wildcats then made four free throws in the final 26 seconds to seal it. After USC committed its 19th and final turnover, Thompson made another foul shot with 16 3 seconds remaining to complete the scoring.
"I need to see some pitching" He doesn't mind that the Class-A team is playing in a new stadium where the construction of the clubhouses has not been completed, and the players dress in trailers and shower at home "Shoot, I'm not proud" Flannery said "Remember, I'm a surfer. The Bearkats put the game away with a 25- 7 run that lasted more than eight minutes of the second half. The Blue Devils opened the first half with a 10- 3 run and never trailed, leading by as many as 31 points in the second half. Scott Reasoner scored 11 points and Nino Etienee added 10 for Texas Wesleyan Stephen F. But Wednesday night the Panthers' focus was squarely on Villanova, which was coming off a tough loss to Rutgers.
LSU built a five- point lead in the extra period, but it wasn' t enough to hold off the Wildcats and the weight of history. The USF team stormed to the south end zone to salute their fans as the final seconds ticked off the clock. But one of them, 7- foot center Marcus Campbell, didn' t play after pulling a calf muscle during a shootaround. The Hoosiers opened with a 41- 10 rout of Central Michigan " I can' t really describe the locker room and the energy right now " quarterback Matt LoVecchio said " You practice year- round and this makes it all worth it " LoVecchio threw for 71 yards and a score and BenJarvus Green- Ellis ran for 91 yards and another score to help the Hoosiers snap a 13- game road losing streak " I just knew we had to keep working hard and believing " safety Herana- Daze Jones " Something was eventually going to happen for us " Indiana had not defeated a ranked opponent on the road since Nov 10, 2001, when it beat No 23 Michigan State in East Lansing. Just a total win with no negatives to focus on " The 53- point win surpassed the previous school record, a 44- point win over Kentucky on Jan 16, 2003. The Governors scored 13 of their final 18 points from the line.
The top- seeded Terrapins beat Vanderbilt 80- 66 earlier Saturday night " We knew it was going to be a 40- minute game. It was light-hitting second baseman Johnny Paredes, not Tim Raines or Tim Wallach, who did most of the damage Paredes hit two singles, accounting for three runs. "If someone breaks a no-hitter, that is the kind of guy you want to do it "Give Browning credit He completed the other half of the deal. Williams and Mara Freshour each made a free throw in the final seconds, but the misses gave the Gators a chance to tie. Associated PressBILOXI, Miss( AP- Courtney Beasley scored a career- high 27 points to lead Southern Mississippi to an 80- 56 win over Louisiana Tech on Wednesday in the Gulf Coast Classic.
