Oklahoma( 29- 4) won its third tournament title in five seasons despite a season- high 32 turnovers " I' m so proud of our kids. It tied, then broke, the Cal State Fullerton record of 23 games It kept increasing, and it continues still. Texas A& M was just 5- of- 9 from the charity stripe " I don' t know if I like it " Tisdale said of her late shooting " But if I make them, I like it " Baylor would not have been in the game if not for Young' s offense. Kentucky extended its lead to 13 points, but Georgia whittled it to six before Sparks nailed a 3- pointer in front of Georgia coach Dennis Felton as time expired in the half, giving the Wildcats a 29- 20 lead. The Bruins have lost three straight after winning their first five conference games " They were getting on a roll inside so we decided to focus inside " Willis said " Then they were kicking it out and hitting all their shots. Gibson then sandwiched two 3- pointers around a driving layup and Sydmill Harris hit another 3- pointer to quickly regain the lead for Texas. The Huskies played Stanford and Duke at the Paradise Jam on a neutral court, but hadn' t faced a top 10 team on the road this season.
Nobody plays perfect but I just try to get better " Southern California often had three freshmen on the court, sometimes with two sophomores " We' ve got to get playing quicker, playing faster " Floyd said " We' re trying to match other people' s poise. Associated PressCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas( AP- Kevin Perkins and Chris Daniels each scored 16 points Monday to help Texas A& M- Corpus Christi break a four- game slide with a 70- 55 victory over Detroit. Kovalenko finished with 13 points and eight rebounds, and Robinson had 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists. They didn' t demand the ball and when they got it, they didn' t make plays " Turiaf, who had averaged 20 points in Gonzaga' s first 10 games, had 10 points in 18 minutes.
The first noticeable sign of weakness came in the second inning, when Howard Johnson launched a home run over the right-field fence. 2 North Carolina cruised to a 95- 36 win " We were a little sluggish at first, but we got it going some after the timeout " Hatchell said " They were really milking the clock, so we switched from zone pressure to full court man- to- man. While harassing New Orleans with five steals, several deflections and general hustle, White added 15 points and six assists as LSU( No 9 ESPN/ USA Today, No. Stanford' s Jillian Harmon came off the bench to get 15 points and eight rebounds, and Brooke Smith had 14 points. Dwight Thorne scored eight points in the final three minutes of the first half as Colorado built a 38- 21 lead. Walk's batting average was just . 045 before he started against the Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh.
Wyoming pulled ahead 12- 6 on baskets by Leven, Williams and Daaron Brown. Ta' Shia Walker led Michigan with 16 points and nine rebounds, making her first six shots before missing the final four " I thought our kids played hard and our defense kept us in the game " Cheryl Burnett said " Our strategy going in was to stop their post play, which I don' t think we did a good job of and to stop[ Megan] Duffy, which we did a very good job of " The Irish outrebounded the Wolverines 54- 33. Esperanza still had runners on first and third with Saunders (batting . 494) coming to the plate. In a 60- second span, Vaden picked up his fourth and fifth fouls while running into a back pick and charging after an offensive rebound He finished 5 of 13 from the three- point line. It was a sloppy game with each team turning the ball over 18 times. Brooks' throw to the plate was behind Kruk, and the Padres tied the game at 1-1. MIAMI- Tasha Humphrey celebrated her birthday in dramatic fashion, helping her nationally ranked team get a hard- fought win.
Daniel Fountain scored 14 points and Temi Soyebo, who played his last home game, had 13 for the Seahawks( 7- 21, 4- 14 Colonial Athletic Association. I said' Make them catch you' His 34- yard quick- kick punt proved to be a big one. 8 AP) to an 84- 58 win over the Friars on Wednesday night " We knew coming into the game we had some advantages, obviously " Turner said " It was just important to play like we wanted to play and not worry about matchups or anything like that " With her strong baseline moves, Turner was a handful for any defender. 5 Boston College, which beat West Virginia 62- 50 on Tuesday.
I mixed up my pitches and tried to keep everything down" Two of the Cincinnati hits were by Dave Collins. Sunday's Grade I Gamely Handicap at Hollywood Park provided all sorts of reactions from all sorts of people. With the score 66- 64, Hamilton stepped up for Holy Cross, hitting a 3- pointer and making a pair of steals on Colgate' s next two possessions, ending the threat. Associated PressSTARKVILLE, Miss( AP- Matt Flynn was average in his first game as LSU' s No 1 quarterback.
Brown, who gave up a career as a wide receiver for the Rams to return to track, closed fast in the 100 meters but was beaten by Brian Cooper. 13 Notre Dame beat Arkansas State 77- 54 on Saturday in a Gray Division semifinal game in the Duel in the Desert Notre Dame( 7- 1) will play No 22 Utah for the Gray Division title Sunday Arkansas State( 5- 4) will face No 23 North Carolina State in the third- place game. I don' t think we' re taking for granted that we won the Big 12 It' s a great conference and we' re proud of that But at the same time, we' re not done. Juston Stearns had 11 points for UC Davis, all in the second half.
Georgia went more than 8 minutes in the second half without scoring and Alabama outscored the Bulldogs 21- 2 in the first 10 minutes after halftime. Levinson was a member of the racing commission in 1980, when the body listened to three days of testimony before allowing Codex's victory in the Preakness to stand. Steve Danley had 15 points and Ibby Jaaber 13 for Penn( 1- 2, while Sean Brooks had 13 points and Jeremiah King 11 for the Dragons( 0- 1. Winning Colors and Stevens were knocked around at least eight times in the Pimlico race by the Stephens-trained Forty Niner, with the 3-year-old filly settling for third place behind Risen Star and Brian's Time. Garland added 21, Vincent James had 12 and Reid Augst had 10.
On the next play, Richardson scored and it was 17- 7 with 1: 35 to go in the half. Oakland was only 14- for- 28 from the foul line but kept the score respectable with 59 1 percent shooting from the field in the second half. C( AP- Ray Bristow hit his first five shots from the field and scored 16 first- half points to help UNC Greensboro beat Elon 69- 60 Tuesday night. Of the five men the Padres got in the deal, only Abner is on the current big-league roster.
The Tigers( 7- 0) appeared to come out flat after Saturday' s 19 point win over South Carolina. But Tolbert, the lone senior on the roster, picked up the slack by going 10 of 16 from the floor. He won the battle and brought aboard the whopper of the week, a 44-pound white sea bass. A newer Cowboy hotshot is freshman outfielder Jeremy Burnitz, hitting . 423 with 14 homers.
Parran sank two free throws for a 67- 60 lead with 53 seconds left Oppland drilled a 3- pointer with 43 seconds left. But he was the first winner Thursday at a neighborhood bar and lots of people had wanted to inspect it, so "I passed the thing around and when it come back, it (the panel) was scratched off" Habbershaw said. Although the $109,300 Dixie Handicap was switched to the dirt from the turf because of rain, and lengthened by a furlong to 1 5/8 miles, Kadial, a California shipper who had run mostly on grass, was the wire-to-wire 7-length winner under Stevens. C( AP- Eric Williams figures it' s going to take time for No. Jeff Hawkins added 19 points for the Jayhawks, including consecutive 3- pointers that pushed the lead to 71- 55 Santee led TCU with 19 points, while Nucleus Smith had 13. Norman was a freshman when Texas went to the Final Four in 2003 " I' m proud of this team " she said " We still have a chance to make the NCAAs ".
And Northwestern didn' t exactly have a fearsome secondary like Wisconsin or Michigan The Wildcats came into the game allowing a whopping 269. "There hasn't been any big effort to change things"Every year, we gripe about it" Mack added. "To be in as deep as 90-plus pitches and have to get a hitter like Mattingly out, well that's a feat" Connors said. They turned this series into a one-game affair after trailing, 3-1, in games and appearing to be down for the count after Game 4 last week.
The purple- clad student section didn' t appreciate the Cougars' deliberate, slowdown tactics, chanting " Boring, boring, boring " in the second half Washington came into the game averaging 89. That was the difference " Freshman Sharnee Zoll led the sixth- seeded Cavaliers with a career- high 20 points on 8- for- 14 shooting, and LaTonya Blue added 16 points. Villanova( 3- 2, 0- 2) marched 89 yards in 10 plays capped by a 21- yard pass from Marvin Burroughs to John Dieser. Alesha Robertson scored six in a row for Tech to quickly push the lead back up to 58- 44 with four minutes left. Also contributing for Montana State( 0- 10) were Jenny Heringer with nine, and Whitney Connolly with seven. The Seahawks( 8- 3) have won three straight and seven of their last eight. It's just that the Titans thought the hard part was on the field.
