Jai Lewis and Tony Skinn scored 20 points each George Mason( 5- 4, while Lamar Butler had 13 and Gabe Norwood 11. Appel' s putback with 11: 49 left gave Stanford a 59- 29 lead. DENTON, Texas( AP- Jerry Nichols scored 21 points and Dewarick Spencer scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half as Arkansas State rallied past North Texas 73- 70 Saturday night. "I figure the guy who makes the most trips (to the bathroom) will be the most fired up, the guy who'll get the ball" The Tigers' record in the playoffs is not quite as sparkling as Marden would like, but he insists that having the door slammed in his face beats watching games from the stands. East Carolina( 2- 9) managed only seven first downs and just 140 total yards in losing its fourth straight. The Bison were coming off an impressive 83- 69 win over Colorado State before beating Bucknell.
Winthrop committed 31 turnovers, and had 13 field goals on 28- percent shooting. It was a heads-up play" Moog, the former Oiler who was an improbable starter since Rejean Lemelin started the previous 11 playoff games for the Bruins, played well against his former teammates, stopping 20 shots Disenchanted in Edmonton with his No. The Red Raiders fell to 1- 2 in this holiday season showcase. Howard( 2- 6) had five players in double figures and made 7- of- 18 3- point attempts Mercer( 1- 6) was just 1- of- 11 behind the arc. Villanova led 34- 17 at the break and Scottie Reynolds opened the second half with a 3- pointer to start Cincinnati' s misery all over again Villanova should enjoy this one while it can. He had four singles, scored a run, drove in a run and lifted his major league-leading average to . 396. Jeff Varem led the Cougars with 15 points and eight rebounds.
Blue Demon players said they didn' t know they shot so well in the first half " Some days your shots are falling and sometimes they' re not. The Crips and Bloods stayed away from Cox, for reasons he is not quite sure of "I never had the desire to hang with gangs" he said. California bettered its win total from last season with the victory Oregon State has tied its win total from last season. The 15- point margin surpassed an 11- point deficit the Blue Devils faced earlier this season against Penn State " I always wanted to play against Duke, for the longest time " Ingram said " I wanted to come out and play hard for 40 minutes " The lead still was 11 before the Blue Devils rallied. Welch, now with the Oakland Athletics, was backed by a 14-hit attack and improved his record to 7-2 with an 11-3 victory.
We would both have been in the NIT anyway had that not changed, and this is better because we' ve been able to play on home courts ". Wiggins threw up the ball as the buzzer expired, joining her teammates in a group hug. "Basically, the people we rely on failed to come through" Garman said. Tyeisha Brown led Sacramento State( 3- 6) with eight points. Montana made 5- of- 6 free throws down the stretch to seal the win. scored 18 points and Soliver added 17 the Gaels, who other loss was to No 18 Kentucky.
The Mountaineers took the lead midway through the first half on Cole' s 3- pointer, then closed with a 17- 4 run that made it 31- 18 by halftime. After Memphis tied the game at 28- 28 on an 11- yard TD run by DeAngelo Williams with 1: 37 left, UAB' s Reggie Lindsey took the ensuing kickoff about 2 yards deep in the end zone. The Expos made Laker the highest draft choice from the Valley area when they selected him in the sixth round. She started her scoring streak midway in the second half with a steal and an easy fastbreak layup. The price tag for the Warriors was steep-Washburn was paid $700,000 and his failure to develop forced the club to undertake a massive facelift this season.
Turner galloped for 167 yards and two touchdowns and Cook had two scores and 100 yards on the ground for the Racers( 4- 4, 3- 2 Ohio Valley Conference Murray State finished with 481 yards of total offense. New Orleans led 34- 23 at halftime on 48 percent shooting in the first half and kept up the pace in the second half with 39 percent shooting. But on third- and- 2 at the Buckeyes 16 and 9 seconds to go, McCoy threw perhaps his worst pass of the season. Durant, who came in averaging 30 points and 13 rebounds in Big 12 games, scored seven quick points. Jolene Anderson scored 27 points for Wisconsin but made a critical mistake late in overtime.
Meanwhile, the Tar Heels went a stunning 9: 03 without a basket. The game was the 15th anniversary of Auriemma' s 100th career victory, which came against Iowa State on Dec 31, 1991. Wheeler was the only other player for Arizona to score in double figures and made a team season- high five steals. Brunner had 18 points and Horner chipped in 12 as Iowa' s five- game winning streak ended in painful fashion. But Hagen, Minnesota' s most experienced player, also committed six turnovers and said the Gophers would learn a lesson from the close call " We can' t just come out like we did and expect the name on our chest to win us games " Hagen said " We have to take better care of the ball- we can' t have our big guy with six turnovers. Ron Darling (5-3, though he needed help from two relievers, had another solid performance. It was tied 15- 15 with 7: 52 left in the first half, but UAB closed the half with a 20- 4 run to take a 35- 19 lead at intermission.
Ayer' s hook shot with 1: 47 left gave Loyola Marymount a 50- 49 lead, the Lions' first lead since they went up 2- 0 to open the game. "You can throw fastballs and watch them go" Until two were out in the eighth, the White Sox, losers in eight of their last nine games, had only four hits and an unearned run. Cook, East Carolina' s leading scorer, ignited the 18- 5 run with nine points on a variety of strong drives to the basket. STANFORD, Calif( AP- Trent Edwards threw two touchdown passes to two- sport athlete Evan Moore, and Kenneth Tolon rushed for two scores in Stanford' s 43- 3 victory over San Jose State on Saturday night. The Volunteers( 12- 14, 5- 8 Southeastern Conference) got a much- needed victory to help embattled coach Buzz Peterson although it was only their second win in the last nine games And they had to work hard for it at the end. They trimmed off another point before UNCG went on a 12- 3 run during the next four minutes. Louis 7, Houston 4-Although the Cardinals won the pennant last season, catcher Tony Pena was not one of the stars.
and the more that we can play at this level in this kind of atmosphere, it' s only going to help us in the future " At first, Wyoming had no answer for Oregon State, a team on which all five starters are at least 5- foot- 11. Last week, Surico was named the team's most valuable pitcher by his teammates. The Lady Raiders also led in rebounds, 43- 23, and assists, 25- 8. Rush was 12- of- 20 from the field, 8- of- 12 from behind the arc and a perfect 6- of- 6 from the free- throw line. It was that kind of a night for Walters and the Lobos, who ended Utah' s 18- game winning streak with a 65- 54 win Monday night " I think he gave them the[ Michael] Jordan pose after he hit the bank " said New Mexico coach Ritchie McKay " He was phenomenal tonight " Walters hit 7 of 11 shots, had 9 rebounds and 3 steals as the Lobos( 20- 6, 7- 4 Mountain West) used tenacious defense and strong rebounding to win for the sixth time in seven games.
troops " because I think it extends to that phase of it " You have to have some internal leadership " he said " I questioned our effort and whether or not we have the will to win " There were plenty of positives for UConn, however. Sterling Williams and Jason Okrzesik each scored 12 points, Nikola Baran had 11 points and Jeff Ryan added 10 for Northwestern( 5- 4, which jumped out to a 25- 5 lead in head coach Bill Carmody' s 100th career win. John' s went nearly eight minutes without a field goal during the stretch. I get tired of people saying she can' t win the big game " Monique Currie, who came back for a fifth year to try to win a title, scored 22 points for Duke, and Bales had 19 points and 12 rebounds.
South Carolina scored the first three baskets of the second half to cut Tennessee' s 23- point lead to 37- 20. Aguirre, however, tried to downplay the importance of his injury"That had nothing to do with it. Alexis Gray- Lawson, one of Cal' s four sensational freshmen, scored eight straight for the Bears during one first- half stretch and they led 12- 4 early before an 11- 2 run by Stanford, including the final five by Wiggins. "I guess I didn't know how really good (Williams) was" Geerlings said. Glasauer scored all seven of her points in the early Wildcat run " We just didn' t push the tempo and they made their shots " Buckeyes coach Jim Foster said " We were walking the ball up and we were slow with our actions " Foster quickly went to his bench to insert Wilburn, who scored 11 of her 15 points in the first half to spark Ohio State " Kim is a real force coming into the game as a change of pace player " Foster said " We' ve got a lot of players who can come off the bench with energy " The Buckeyes used their quickness to turn up the defensive pressure, forcing Northwestern into 18 first- half turnovers. Erin Grant led Texas Tech( 5- 7, 0- 1) with 12 points, while LaToya Davis pulled down a season- high 15 rebounds, 13 of them in the second half. DePaul freshman Erin Carney tallied her first double- double with 22 points and 16 rebounds.
The state Department of Fish and Game reminds anglers that ocean sportfishing regulations must be observed. 11 because of a strained knee, came off the bench and scored a team- high 18 points, leading four players in double figures " Eric' s been dinged up and didn' t make it through a full practice " coach Bob Huggins said " If you don' t make it through a full practice, you don' t start. Welch (6-2) went the distance for the first time in nine starts to win his fifth in a row. Spann, a junior tailback, scored on runs of 7 and 3 yards plus a 20- yard reception from quarterback Chandler Harnish before a Huskie Stadium crowd of 21, 437.
So, for the present at least, the women share the record at 12. 61, which is gratifying to Bob Kersee inasmuch as he's Jackie's husband and also coaches Devers as a member of the UCLA women's track team. Scoring any way they wanted to, on pull- up jumpers or by repeatedly pounding the ball inside, the Tar Heels led 24- 4 with 15: 23 left in the half and reached the 50- point mark with nearly three minutes left before halftime " We didn' t take anyone lightly " Little said " Everybody wanted to come out and play with intensity and we did that. We just didn' t execute down the stretch " The Sooners scored six straight points to stretch the lead to 60- 52, with Godbold grabbing a rebound and hitting a jumper in the lane with 2: 33 left. "James, you know we've been talking about trades" Wetzel said. In other first-round games: Banning 11, Birmingham 0-The Harbor League champion eliminated Birmingham and next plays top-seeded El Camino Real. Forbes nearly brought the shooting slump to a merciful end with about 3 minutes to go, the ball rolling tantalizingly around the rim before popping out. The Bruins had another potential scoring chance in the second period, but Joshua Moore picked off Craft' s long pass at the Kansas State 19- yard line.
