It was just the second meeting between the schools, with Penn an 89- 62 winner last season. The Cardinal overwhelmed the undermanned Waves, who dressed just eight players " I thought we played well for 18 minutes and then it went bad for us " Pepperdine coach Julie Rousseau said " We aren' t deep but that' s a reality we are familiar with. After a timeout, Berglin made back- to- back 3s to spark the Phoenix on a 15- 2 that sealed the contest. Combined, McKrieth and Harris shot 65 percent from the floor and pulled down almost half their team' s rebounds. "It's good for the game" Boyer spent 16 years in the majors, with stops in Kansas City, New York and Atlanta. The Monarchs led most of the first half thanks to a 25- 9 run that started with them trailing 7- 1 and ended with five minutes left in the half. PHILADELPHIA( SportsTicker- Cynthia Jordan scored 26 points as No.
record being played at 33, but that was enough to kill the Pistons. Bynum, who scored 23 in the second half, finished 10- for- 21 from the field and 10- for- 12 at the line. The game featured two of the best post players in the country in Fowles and Vaughn, who were constantly battling inside " It' s the most physical matchup I' ve seen in my 11 years of coaching " Chancellor said The two have a mutual respect for each other. On the play before the touchdown, Pittman fumbled the ball away to the Hoosiers. It used to be that professional tennis players, such as Ivan Lendl, fought their toughest battles on the tennis court These days, though, the world's No. Mason was 12- 10 in two seasons at Kent State( 1986- 87) and is the last Golden Flashes coach with consecutive winning records in the Mid- American Conference " I' ve got a lot of great memories from the two years I was here " Mason said " A lot of the players who were on the team in' 86 and' 87 are back tonight I' m a little ticked at them.
Reggie Harrell, who last season year became TCU' s first 1, 000- yard receiver, had two touchdowns among his five catches for 95 yards. Early in the fourth quarter, Chris Balseiro brought Arkansas back to within two with a 35- yard field goal. Tasmin Mitchell had three baskets during that time after coming down with offensive rebounds " Everything wasn' t going well for me " said Tasmin Mitchell, who committed seven turnovers " I helped the team with my rebounding I crashed the offensive boards I didn' t feel up to par because of the turnovers. Associated PressHUNTINGTON, W. When he finally got rolling, a broken finger sidelined him for two months This year Dunston is off to a solid start. Gans, 31, a stand-up boxer, was a 10-7 favorite over Nelson, 24, a brawler from Copenhagen. With Addai suffering from cramps, Hester filled in on the Tigers' second touchdown drive of the quarter.
Enderle then guided the Vandals on an 11- play drive to finish the game. Harris scored 16 points in the first half, hitting four 3- pointers against the Longhorns' zone defense Texas led 38- 33 at halftime. If there's any one thing that affected us, it was their ability to do whatever they want on defense tactically, but as soon as we step up the aggressiveness, we get the b. s call. A few months back, linebacker Wilber Marshall's $6-million contract rang in loud and clear, but the next sound you hear may be a crash, as in another defending Super Bowl champion finding pavement. OK, so maybe the ball has not been flying over fences with any regularity Big deal This is still one tough Dominican. McCoughtry was 14- of- 26 from the field and 13- of- 16 from the line Her foul shots with 1: 37 left gave her the record.
NORFOLK, Va( AP- T J Jordan scored 16 points and Old Dominion( No 15 ESPN/ USA Today, No. But I do remember the last two " UCLA coach Ben Howland also dwelled on recent matchups with the Cardinal " When I finished watching the tape from last year I was embarrassed with our effort " Howland said " I am so much happier with where we are now than a year ago " UCLA( 11- 1) opened the game with an 18- 1 run, capped by a jumper from Ryan Wright with 14: 23 to play Stanford never got back within single digits. After being chastised by coach Billy Gillispie for being too meek at times, the Wildcats showed some fight against the Golden Eagles. "You would like to think that the real Mike Witt does not walk eight in his last start and six in this one while striking out one" Angel General Manager Mike Port said "If anything, you'd expect the reverse. Taliek Brown went 1- of- 2 on the ensuing free throws to extend the UConn margin to three points, but it would be the Huskies' last lead. HANOVER, N.
"When they gave me a 3-0 lead, I told myself this is not the time to get behind the hitters" Pico said "I'm not a power pitcher. Wiggins was 0- for- 3 from the field and did not score in the first half. Manhattan, playing its first road game of the season, shot 70 4 percent in the second half( 19- for- 27. This run came with a Rutgers team that became the lowest seed to reach the Final Four since 2004, when both fourth- seeded LSU and seventh- seeded Minnesota advanced that far. He made a rare exception Sunday, making a phone call to the man who hired him at Duke, former athletic director Tom Butters " I did talk to Tom " Krzyzewski said " to say thanks " Later, on a court that bears his name, Coach K became the sixth active coach to reach 700 victories, watching as Shelden Williams finished with 18 points and 15 rebounds to help the ninth- ranked Blue Devils beat Toledo 82- 54. He has driven in 14 runs in the last 14 games and has hit 6 home runs during the streak.
They were 13- of- 23 for the game after making 10 in the first half, leaving Charlotte( 5- 5) with few options on defense. Then on Minnesota' s next possession, McCarville fed April Calhoun for a no- look, backdoor pass and a shot that cut LSU' s lead to 47- 42. Butler was 9- of- 10 at the line, while Wright State hit 14- of- 18. SOUTHERN SECTION 4-A DIVISION Newbury Park 2, Santa Barbara 0-Sophomore Lea Lopez pitched a one-hitter, struck out 13 and walked one in the first-round game at Santa Barbara. They had two really good days of practice " I had a feeling we were going to play really good " Dylan Moseley scored 16 to lead the Bobcats. "I think the first game of the fifth set turned out to be more important than we realized.
Ali Mann, an All- MAC first- team selection, scored 14 and Amber Flynn 13 off the bench. The Fighting Irish committed a school record- low three turnovers but missed a whopping 48 shots from the field and went 1- for- 12 from 3- point range " We haven' t played this caliber team before. Decker, who attended Orange High, had a time of 2:02. 29 in 1974, but because it was run in age-group competition, it does not stand as a high school record. The Terrapins had four players in double figures, took a 43- 29 rebounding advantage and shot 56 percent after halftime as the Blue Devils( 19- 7, 8- 3) repeatedly tried to get back into the game after trailing by 14 points in the first half " They definitely had a kick in their step " Duke coach Joanne P McCallie said.
Although he can be precisely that at times, "he doesn't have to be totally intimidating" said Oiler assistant coach Ted Green. Jared Jensen added his own career- best 23 points for the Cougars( 5- 8) and BYU took advantage of a tired Santa Clara squad that was playing its third game in five days. The duo outrebounded TCU by themselves in the first half, pulling down 16 rebounds to the Lady Frogs' 13 " Those are special players and they' re special freshmen " TCU coach Jeff Mittie said of the twins " They don' t look like freshmen out there " TCU, which has lost to three Top 25 opponents in the last nine days, closed to within 12 points with just under six minutes remaining, but Courtney Paris answered with consecutive baskets inside. It was off the mark, but Williams was in perfect position underneath and softly put it back up " I was hoping Jeremy would have made it so we wouldn' t have to go through all that drama " Williams joked " I was looking up and just hoping my shot would go in " When the horn sounded, Ohio' s comeback season was complete and Bobcat players tackled each other as fans stormed the floor and began chants of " O- U' s dancing " It was the first overtime game in MAC final history, and a fitting conclusion to a season in which the distance between the league' s ninth- place and first- place teams was smaller than ever Six schools went 11- 7 during the regular season. Selvig, whose teams traditionally have been among the best in the nation in points allowed, are now among the top scoring teams " I don' t like giving up 67 points tonight " Selvig said " It' s not like we shut them out ".
The other ended at the Frogs 16 as Kyle Parker threw a fourth- down incompletion to the end zone with 1: 55 left. The Giants, who were held to 1 run and 8 hits in the first 2 g. The four- time national champion Huskies unveiled their 2003 NCAA title banner before the game, in front of the sellout crowd at Gampel Pavilion Taurasi, a senior, had a role in two of those banners. Nevertheless, it appears as if Green, too, is holdout material. "This should really make you want to play well" Carter also wrote a new Maverick fight song for today's game: "Look Out L. A, We're Going to Put It to Ya" Maverick rookies Jim Farmer and Steve Alford, assistant Coach Clifford Ray and Ronnie Carter, the owner's son, sang Carter's song for the team before practice "I'm nervous, excited and anxious" Carter said. He was a strong candidate to replace Dave Gorrie at Pepperdine, which ultimately chose Andy Lopez of Cal State Dominguez Hills. "I'd feel worse if I was fired by somebody with dignity, somebody credible, somebody I respect.
Tan White scored 23 points for Mississippi State( 1- 1, which made only 27 percent( 20- of- 73) of its shots and lost for just the fourth time in 55 non- conference home games under coach Sharon Fanning " We still do not communicate " Fanning said " We shoot very quickly. Jennifer Harris finished with 13 and Amanda Brown 12 for Penn State. Neal then added two foul shots to make it a three- point cushion. But he was sucking air, sitting on the hood of his old and rusty car No one was cheering. "Sam Jones, he'd knock you down for a week if you did something like that" Aaron said "He'd probably run over you with a car Back in those days, there were some mean pitchers. The first was a perfectly timed and thrown post pattern with Holmes beating strong safety Curtis Keyes by a step. Jamie Carey added 18 points for the Longhorns( 14- 7, 7- 3, who led by 19 at halftime and cruised to their fifth win in the last six games.
The Buckeyes gradually pulled away in the second half, with Davenport assisting on three baskets to help push the lead to 20. Dickmann, a sophomore pitcher, was 23-3 with an 0. 28 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 201 innings. They led 35- 34 at the break even though Davenport scored 15 points and had eight rebounds and the Buckeyes shot 55 percent from the field. The second half began with Beck booting a 20- yarder after the Jayhawks failed to make good on a first- and- goal from the 6 on their first possession. Coleman capped the first one with a 1- yard plunge to make it 10- 7, and after a three- and- out by the Wolfpack, the Seminoles needed to drive only 35 yards for the go- ahead score. 15 AP) to a 72- 65 victory over Georgia Tech on Thursday night. Lauren Lacey added 10 points and Sybil Dosty grabbed a game- high 12 rebounds.
Ivan Harris added 17 points- hitting all five of his 3- pointers in the second half- with Tony Stockman scoring 16 points and Terence Dials 11. The game feature numerous big runs, including a 16- 3 second- half spurt by Southern Illinois that gave the Salukis their largest lead at 48- 39. The X-rays of McCaskill's arm were negative, but that came as a surprise to McCaskill, Rojas, Dr Lewis Yocum and anybody in the stands who saw it happen McCaskill: "I honestly thought it was broken in half. Kristi Toliver had 10 assists, giving her 508 for her career, second on school list " The team that I' m playing with, and their ability to score, makes my job so much easier " said Toliver, a junior guard. Pittsburgh started three regulars from last season' s 31- win team, but it was Ramon who added a different twist to a team that relied on a physical defense while making three successive trips to the NCAA round of 16. "And if they make a mistake, they've got (goaltender Grant) Fuhr" Glen Sather, the Oilers' coach, said that he also had grown tired of the Oilers' Showtime image. State put together a 16- 3 run to close the gap to 63- 47 on a dunk from Jason Johnson with about 6 minutes left.
He threw the discus 186-feet 2-inches to take a lead into today's final. "You're 24 and there's nothing that powerful in your future, maybe never It's almost like losing your right arm It's a matter of telling yourself, 'Now deal with it Deal with life' Things go on, but you're different. Ray Graham scored on a 2- yard run for Pitt' s final points. And most Californians would rather battle it out with a few waves down at the beach.
