On Wednesday, the university retired the school' s longtime mascot, Chief Illinwek, which the NCAA had deemed an offensive use of American Indian imagery. Jarvis Bradley led the Cowboys with 21 points while Ford had 18, John Pichon 13, Troy Aaron 11 and Gonzales 10. The Crusaders cut the lead to just five points, 45- 40, with 10: 36 remaining in the game on a lay- up by Ron Howard, but the Chippewas hit their free throws down the stretch. Until 1983, fraternities were virtually non-existent at State University of New York at Albany. The Vols dominated Florida until the Gators started making a run late in the second half. 24 ESPN/ USA Today) Florida State rallied for a 71- 69 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Wake Forest. The Rainbow Warriors made a strong run in the second half by penetrating into the paint and tightening their own defense.

Same setup goes this time-except that the Pistons take heart in how close they came in 1987, and stick to the belief they were the better team in that series. "Right after Mauch left, George Hendrick instituted a kangaroo court, one of those things where everyone jokes around and has fun The players seem to be enjoying themselves The clubhouse is definitely looser this season Being an Angel is now the world's most perfect job. The bowl structure has worked perfectly the past two seasons. We can' t have that happen " Brown' s backcourt mate, Chelsi Welch, scored 12 points. Dawkins was 6- of- 10 from the field, including five 3- pointers.

So, though Woodbridge won the Pacific Coast League title outright this season, there is still an evenness to this rivalry "There's definitely some unfinished business" Crouch said And neither team wants to settle for a tie this year. He's hit three homers against us, but he has 12 others, so he's hitting them against somebody else, too" Atlanta 3, San Diego 1-Ken Oberkfell's run-scoring double with two out in the eighth inning broke a 1-1 tie and helped Tom Glavine to his second consecutive victory as the Braves won at San Diego. The Boilermakers made just 1 of 9 shots in the final four minutes. Lori Orme and Holly Teal of Rolling Hills High, the Bay League's co-champion team, have also qualified. The Hornets missed their first 12 shots didn' t get their first field goal until Terrence Parkes scored on a short jumper with 10: 33 left in the first half.

The teams then traded free throws for the rest of the game, and IPFW sealed the win by making four in the final minute. Eleven Ohio State players played at least five minutes and nine scored " They are an excellent team with a little bit of everything " Bass said " They have a shooter, a driver, a post player, rebounders, and they attack ". Taylor' s 3- pointer gave Wisconsin a 79- 75 lead with 33 seconds left. 5 percent in the second half to put away the Hokies( 13- 9, 0- 7 Atlantic Coast Conference. Xavier went on a 13- 2 run over the next four minutes to tie it at 52, with Suntana Granderson scoring two 3- pointers Amber Harris had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Xavier. You have to have a short term memory " For the first time in four games, Stringer went with most of her usual starters. Amateur in Jupiter Hills, Fla, where, despite making five birdies, he shot a first-round 84.

And attending doctors were kind enough to call the Red Sox clubhouse with frequent updates, which must have done wonders for Clemens' train of thought. She finished 41 3/4 lengths behind Risen Star in becoming the worst Belmont trailer since Minstrel Star ran almost 55 lengths behind Swale in a nine-horse race in 1984. Danielle Orsillo had 15 points for the Sun Devils, who have won three straight since losing to fourth- ranked Tennessee. Now his front row pictures will be artistically perfect" Sullivan's car looks like a gold and green beer can, while Mears' and Unser's cars are canary yellow. Tulsa went without a field goal for almost 10 minutes, but managed to trim the UCF lead to 32- 24 at halftime. Lindsay Biggs and Utahya Drye each scored 14 points for Virginia Tech( 14- 13, 1- 11. The Southern Section/Reebok/Round Table Masters high school track meet will be held tonight at Cerritos College, beginning at 6:30.

J- Essence Carson scored seven of her 21 points in the final 2: 38 to lift Rutgers to a 63- 57 win over Michigan State( No 21 ESPN/ USA Today, No 23 AP) on Sunday night. The 49ers scored the first basket of the game, but never led again. Mike Williams taught and coached for eight years at Corona del Mar, Fountain Valley, Ocean View and Troy high schools. Center James Donaldson, who made a superb defensive play against Laker forward James Worthy with three seconds left to preserve the Mavericks' 105-103 win over the Lakers Thursday night, said Dallas is overdue for a win at the Forum. LUBBOCK, Texas( AP- Jordan Murphree scored 14 points and Texas Tech( No 23 ESPN/ USA Today, No 25 AP) beat Tulane 77- 50 on Wednesday night. Pohlen' s 3- pointer gave Stanford a 31- 24 lead at the half.

Whisonant had 19 points, Joy Hollingsworth 13 and Kelsey Burns 11. The loss ended a history- making run for West Virginia( 21- 10, the first No 8 seed to ever reach the championship game. LAS VEGAS( AP- Illinois made good on coach Bruce Weber' s preseason prediction. 2 percent for her career, went 4- for- 7 from behind the three- point line and had a team high 20 points for Santa Clara. Here's a rundown of other playoff games today involving South Bay teams: San Fernando (12-6) at San Pedro (20-5, 3 p. m-San Pedro's top two pitchers-right-handers Joey Camello and Joey Miller-both got workouts on Wednesday in the Pirates' 10-9 win in nine innings over El Camino Real in an L. A City 4-A playoff opener.

Justin Fuehrmeyer added 19 points and Dale Lamberth chipped in 13 for the Bears. Hill returned to Wisconsin' s offense after sitting out two games and missing part of two others, running for 132 yards on 16 carries. Knew 'em when they was looking for work " he says, just warming up. Kalana Greene scored 20 points, Renee Montgomery had 14 and Charde Houston added 10 points, 15 rebounds and four steals for the Huskies( 29- 2, who led by as many as 37 in the second half They' ll face Rutgers( No 21 ESPN/ USA Today; No 19 AP, a 63- 55 winner over Marquette( No 19 ESPN/ USA Today; No 21 AP) in the second semifinal. Browning (5-3, gave up seven hits and three runs in five innings, including bases-empty homers by Jim Pankovits and Bill Doran.

Before that, Gattis was considered a front-runner for the top job at Cal State Long Beach, which ended up hiring Dave Snow away from Loyola Marymount. "He's thrown the ball well for us since Day 1 in spring training" Herzog said. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind( AP- Aya Traore and Purdue didn' t get caught looking ahead to a showdown with Ohio State. The Pirates briefly rallied to get within 10 on a dunk follow by Moussa Badiane, but Winthrop closed the half by outscoring East Carolina 13- 5. A traveling violation on Seth Colclasure gave UMKC the ball with 24 seconds left, and a drive by Day made it 78- 77 at the 18 4 mark Day fouled Loyd with 13 7 seconds left, sending Loyd to the line Loyd made his first free throw but missed the second. They had three blown layups, two by Falls and one by Kyle McAlarney.

They beat us pretty bad last year " Harvard' s Evan Harris said. New York 6, San Francisco 3-It took five meetings, but the Mets finally beat the Giants. But her team couldn' t take advantage of 17 steals and fell behind by 34 with 11: 30 left. Leconte is something of a latter-day musketeer himself, a daring player whose racket is his sword The only problem is he can stab himself. That' s the deal when a two will beat you, you assume that' s what' s going to happen.