He made life miserable for the Lakers, exploding for 21 points and 20 rebounds in 41 minutes off the bench as the Mavericks beat the Lakers, 106-94, in Game 3 of the National Basketball Assn. Andre Heard led Binghamton( 2- 4) with 17 points, while Troy Hailey added 16 The lead changed 14 times in the second half. The first three years, the series was played in Oklahoma; it moved west to Fresno for the first time in 1980. The Cardinals( 7- 3) hardly played their best game, shooting just 37 percent from the field against the Aggies( 5- 9) in the game named after Louisville coach Rick Pitino' s brother- in- law, who died in the terrorists attack on the World Trade Center on Sept 11, 2001. But we didn' t get the job done, and Baylor did " With the score tied at 16, Baylor put together a 10- 0 run for a 26- 16 lead with just over three minutes left in the first half.

Bob Charles shot a tournament-record, seven-under-par 63 to take the first-round lead in the $300,000 Commemorative senior tournament at Scarborough-on-Hudson, N. Y. Though he didn't throw 66-feet as he had hoped, Carter, usually a perfectionist, was satisfied with the victory. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn( AP- Cameron Robinson rebounded teammate James Poindexter' s missed 3- point attempt and put back the layup with just. NEW YORK( AP- Memphis coach John Calipari was hoping to have a close game to try and figure out his young squad. 24 AP) earned its second shutout of the season with a 34- 0 victory over North Carolina on Saturday.

Niagara closed the first half on a 14- 4 run for a 34- 24 halftime lead. Colorado( 8- 4, 0- 1) was without six- foot- 9 junior center Julius Ashby, who was averaging 9 9 points and a team- high 7. The Bobcats played without starting center Al Beye, who suffered a knee injury at practice Tuesday. He kept it up at Welsh- Ryan Arena, going 7- of- 9 from the field, including 4- of- 5 on 3- pointers, and finished with 20 points. At 36, he is a five-time Gold Glove winner and an 11-time All-Star. LOS ANGELES( AP- Jessica Morrow is becoming a force on the court and that' s good news for Baylor.

Associated PressPHILADELPHIA( AP- Tyler Bernardini scored 23 points, including the last nine for Penn as the Quakers defeated Elon 67- 64 Thursday. Grant played well for most of the first set and stayed on serve until Leach broke him at 6-5 to win the first set, 7-5. Valencia High School's Michele Granger, whose team struggled in Orange League play, opened the playoffs in determined fashion by pitching her fourth perfect game of the season against Glendora Friday in the first round of 3-A competition Host Valencia won, 1-0. Given an opportunity against Nashville' s largest school, TSU gave the Commodores all they could handle " We knew we were going to take their best shot " Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said " This was their shot to beat the big boys on the block, and they came in and gave it a great effort " After squandering the lead, the Tigers were left to wonder what might have been " I told our team we lost the game when we had them down and didn' t bury them " Tennessee State coach Cy Alexander said " This was the best game we' ve played all year, and this was against a top- 20 team " Alex Gordon finished with 16 points for Vanderbilt, and A J Ogilvy added 14. Kim Yu Sun, president of North Korea's Olympic Committee, said in a letter that Samaranch had no standing invitation to visit Pyongyang, the nation's capital. There' s no one out there on offense that can say they played a good game as far as I' m concerned " Iowa State avoided being shut out for the first time in 136 games when JaMaine Billups returned an interception off reserve Paul Thompson 77 yards for a touchdown with 10: 48 left The Cyclones' celebration was short lived.

But if past performances are any indication, Borrego Springs will have to wait. CHICAGO — At 10:30 Wednesday morning, wearing a uniform for the first time since his incident with umpire Dave Pallone April 30, Pete Rose emerged from the Cincinnati Reds' dugout at Wrigley Field, waved to Chicago Cubs Manager Don Zimmer and yelled, "It still fits" Rose's 30-day suspension for shoving Pallone"15 days a shove" Rose said-ended Wednesday But the struggle of his injury-riddled team did not. Kafka completed 14 of 24 passes for 158 yards and had an interception, and that was just enough for the Wildcats to prevail. Roberts scored 13 points and Dayton overcame 35- percent shooting to take a 31- 21 halftime lead.

She penetrated and found Appel and Pedersen at every opportunity. We have a lot of guys who aren't used to this kind of pressure. John (Spider) Salley pulled into the parking lot in his 1962 Thunderbird convertible-the one with the paper cutout of Magic Johnson, webbed by a giant spider, on the rear window-at 7:45 p. m for a 9 o'clock game Rick Mahorn's black Jeep rolled in around 15 minutes later They were fashionably late for the last tango in Pontiac Preparation for a must game is a sore subject in Detroit. 21 AP) in the quarterfinals Wednesday on the strength of Sherry McCracklin' s 15 points and 12 boards and a 15- 1 game- ending run. Smith' s last 3- pointer gave the Bulldogs( 11- 4, 3- 2 Southern Conference) their first lead since the opening minutes at 71- 69 with 1: 34 left. Davenport scored five points in a 10- 0 run that gave Ohio State a 30- 21 lead. The Golden Gophers had reached the regional semifinals in each of the past three seasons.

Moore connected with Austin Pettis for a 10- yard touchdown midway through the second quarter and the two- point conversion put Boise State up 8- 0. It was North Carolina' s biggest victory margin against a ranked opponent since beating Florida State 103- 55 in January 1998 " We' re extremely happy with what went on " coach Roy Williams said " and I' m extremely impressed with my team " The Terrapins led by five with about 9 minutes left in the first half, but nothing went right after that. 5 rebounds per game in her last four contests, while Wiggins has played only 43 minutes in that stretch because of injuries. "But Terry's got something in mind by starting me, that's for sure" Whatever it might be, O'Reilly wouldn't tell reporters.