Oral Roberts( 22- 6, 12- 3 Mid- Continent) overcame a sluggish start and a 40- 35 halftime deficit with a dominating performance on the boards, outrebounding the Crusaders 26- 11 in the second half for a 41- 26 advantage in the game. The Midshipmen have won four straight and six of the last seven games against Army to take a one- game lead in the overall series at 50- 49- 7. After 33 years, the last San Jose Mile will be held on the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds' mile dirt oval before it is paved for Winston Cup stock car racing. Ja' Vance Coleman nailed a 3- pointer as time expired and the Bulldogs took a 35- 26 lead into the locker room. The Badgers were WNIT runners- up in 1999 and won the tournament in 2000.
After a 41- 6 win over Stanford on Saturday, they started smelling roses J J. But we did make our share of mistakes " The game was played before a crowd of 85, 521. Conradt rested all her starters with Texas leading 64- 27 with 15 minutes left. I thought I could get away with two bowls of cereal, but I couldn' t. The win was the Catamounts( 2- 1) second straight after a narrow loss at top- ranked Kansas in the season opener. The momentum carried them to within seven points with 13: 23 to go, but Texas pulled ahead 61- 43 behind its defense and seven points from Heather Schreiber.
What he basically brought to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway here is neatness, orderliness, cleanliness. But his first pitch to the next batter, left fielder Keith Moreland, was wild, allowing Gwynn to advance to second. But BYU finally caught a break when Lawrence Bady fumbled and the Cougars recovered at the 22 to set up Curtis Brown' s 2- yard touchdown run at the end of the first quarter. That' s what he' s supposed to do for us " Calhoun said " That' s one of his jobs for us " Josh Boone added a career- high 20 points and dominated inside with 14 rebounds for the Huskies( 5- 1. The Terrapins lost in the 1994 championship game and went 1- 2 in 2000.
"You can't have all the same players getting taken to the cleaners. Rowland, who led Saint Mary' s with 18 points, said he knew it was only a matter of time for the Zags to make a run in the second half " Morrison made a couple of baskets and got them going " Rowland said " We had some lapses " It came down to we let them get back in it too easy " Saint Mary' s coach Randy Bennett said " We didn' t do a good job of handling their press " Saint Mary' s led most of the game until a late 12- 3 run by the Bulldogs gave them a 65- 59 lead they did not relinquish. "He's one of the best streak hitters around, and he gets everything in the outfield He fits in perfectly in our lineup". AUBURN, Ala( AP- Freshman Ruth Ketcham scored 26 points to lead No 14 Auburn to a 99- 47 win over Colgate on Wednesday night. COLLEGE PARK, Md( AP- Balanced scoring Precision passing Solid defense. Dave Parker and Dave Henderson had two-run doubles, and Jose Canseco hit a home run estimated at 456 feet, leading the Athletics to an 8-5 victory.
Later, he added a putback to make it 47- 46, and Chris McCray gave the Terps their first lead of the second half with a layup. Davison, a senior right-hander, improved to 17-0 for the season and 47-5 in his four-year career. BASKETBALL Games against UC Santa Barbara, North Texas State and Loyola Marymount-all teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament in March-highlight the University of San Diego's 1988-89 men's basketball schedule, which was announced Thursday. San Diego Section Commissioner Kendall Webb confirmed Thursday that he has ruled that the 800-meter time run by Mount Miguel's Mark Senior at the Golden West Invitational in Sacramento last weekend will not be considered a section record "It was (run out) of season" Webb said. -Gary Bowden led Canyon to the Southern Section 4-A wrestling championship two seasons ago, only to have a father ask the Anaheim Unified School District to fire him because the father thought his son should have been on varsity instead of junior varsity.
Close, who played almost every minute for the 15th time, leads the Pac- 10 in minutes played, averaging 37 1 Anita Rivera and Butler are also in the top 10 Westerberg, at 26. She finished with two points on 1- for- 6 shooting before fouling out in 18 minutes. And the Maverick offense seemed impotent as the Lakers took command of the game. Clair handed the rod over to Steve Crawford, 19, who was on his fifth fishing trip to these waters. Patrick Britton scored 11 points for Rice, which won despite being outrebounded 60- 34. Josh Mayo scored 16 points and dished out eight assists for UIC T J Gray added 16 points, and Robert Bush chipped in 12.
We did what we wanted " Stanford won its ninth straight since losing to then- No 2 Connecticut on Nov 22. Collins then hit a 3 to start a 9- 0 run by the Mountaineers, and the closest the Friars got the rest of the way was 15 points. Troutman scored 13 of his 18 points in the first half, but his five second- half points came in succession during a 32- second flurry that upped Pitt' s lead to 75- 61 with 5: 13 remaining. What was Black thinking as Parker lunged over her to score the game- winner' God, don' t let her score " Black said " But she did, and usually there is a double team coming It wasn' t there. Presbyterian( 1- 16, down by 29 early in the second half, was led by Bryan Bostic with 21 points.
If he decides to join that team, he will be occupied through the summer and will miss what probably would have been a half-season at double-A Wichita "I don't know what I'm going to do I'm weighing both sides of it" Benes said. During a sloppy first half by both teams, the Broncos looked like they were ready to give Purdue a scare. We just had to get to their shooters " When it didn' t work out that way, the points came almost easily for Indiana. This is Pitt' s most inexperienced team since former coach Ben Howland took over a reeling program in 1999. It was a big win against a terrific team " And a struggling Pitt team, too. Zvereva was seeded 13th but along the way she picked up a lot of respect by eliminating second-seeded Martina Navratilova.
