Sylmar, which finished second in the league, has made the playoffs in 19 consecutive years. Before that, the game was tied four times and the Waves led by four points as UConn struggled with its shooting, leading by 10 at the break UConn leads the series 3- 0. "If I had made a list of the organizations I'd like to play for, the Angels would have been very high on it" he said "And being the eighth player picked is an honor. But Lowry had a traditional three- point play, Ray a 3 and Lowry two free throws in an 8- 0 run that ended any thoughts of a comeback. He even took an elbow to the face in the second half that later required three stitches below his left eye and still sparked Texas' final push to the win " He' s terrific " Texas coach Rick Barnes said " He' s got a great feel. Associated PressITHACA, N. The Cardinals outrebounded the Wildcats 21- 8 in the first half, grabbing 13 offensive boards.
6 percent from the field and was 0- for- 16 from long range in the second half Smith and Wiggins each fouled out late. LOS ANGELES( AP- Lisa Willis had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead UCLA past Washington State 77- 50 Thursday night. The Trojans( 4- 3) maintained a double- digit lead for most of the second half, but Western Michigan( 6- 3) got within 10 points at 69- 59 before Stewart hit a key 3- pointer with 4: 50 remaining in the game " Lodrick had a great ballgame today " Saia said of the sophomore " He' s really bought into what were doing. His previous best was 24 points last season against East Tennessee State. What if it rained? "When I went through turn four on the first lap, it was the closest I've ever come to losing a car at Indianapolis. Less than two seconds separated first place (Scudamore) from fifth (Winkelman.
Howard got a 40- yard touchdown pass from Floyd Haigler to Willie Carter in its season opener. Dozier, a freshman reserve, scored nine points in the first half as the Tigers used 12 players before the break. Kansas State( 9- 2) won its fifth straight and improved to 67- 1 when scoring at least 70 points. Blair, who was averaging 12 points and 10 rebounds, sat out much of the first half because of foul trouble, and played 15 minutes of the second half with four fouls " We went small " Dixon said " Maybe that wasn' t the right thing to do " Fields went down at 15: 45 of the second half with an ankle injury. Dialls, who tied his career- high point total, and Rose scored 25 points apiece, while Leonard added 10.
San Francisco held a 32- 26 lead early in the second half before Marquette scored six straight points to pull to a 32- 32 tie. Two former Bay Area stars sat together alongside one baseline: Olympic gold medalist and former Stanford guard Jennifer Azzi and 1999 U S soccer World Cup winner Brandi Chastain. Rutgers was able to cut the deficit to five, but could get no closer before the break Montgomery had 14 and Charles added 10 in the first half. This is chauvinistic, of course, as well as thoroughly subjective. It was Lumpkin' s second TD of the season and extended the Hoosiers school record to five defensive touchdowns in a season For Purdue, it was merely a speed bump.
Asked about his future, Darnell referenced a quote from the movie " Forrest Gump " Life is a box of chocolates " Darnell said " I' ll open that box and see which cherries and chocolates come out " McGee finished 19- of- 31 passing for 164 yards and an interception, and ran for 34 yards on 10 carries. LAS VEGAS( AP- Jason Maxiell was simply dominant for Cincinnati. World record-holder Edwin Moses, making his first start of the year, won the 400-meter hurdles in 48. 38 seconds, second fastest time in the world this year, in the Tucson Elite track and field meet at the University of Arizona Andre Phillips of the World Class AC was a triple winner. Sam Houston came into the game converting just under 50 percent of third downs, but went just 1- for- 11 on third down against Northwestern. A Bennett layup cut the lead to 65- 62, but the Yellow Jackets could not get any closer. Its 30- game Big Ten and 27- game home winning streaks were snapped in a 62- 59 loss to No 2 Michigan State on Sunday.
The Lady Tigers overcame a career- high 33 points by Georgia' s Tasha Humphrey, the SEC freshman of the year " Last night, I started late " Johnson said " My intention here was to start early " Augustus and Johnson made sure LSU didn' t have to sweat out the ending as it did Friday against Alabama when the officials had to consult a TV replay before changing Alabama' s tying 3- pointer to a 2- point goal in the 60- 59 win. Early, we were getting those, and then they started not to fall ". That's nothing against Pete, but we've got a better team this year" The Dodgers earned the series split by knocking around Houston ace Mike Scott Wednesday night and by scoring four runs, including three in the fifth inning, off Nolan Ryan (5-4) Thursday. The Cavaliers announced Wednesday that forward Jason Clark, who started 12 games, would miss the rest of the season for academic reasons. But Gordon managed to get the ball up and down for a bogey and held off Solomon the rest of the way Solomon finished second, two shots behind at 73-74-147. If we don't block, we automatically fail" Cornerback LeRoy Irvin, who only days ago seemed a 100-to-1 shot to answer a minicamp roll call, bounced through workouts Tuesday with an apparent renewed lust for life and the Rams. Realizing early in the game in front of 6,620 hometown fans at Dudy Nole Field that the Bulldog batters were not having as much trouble as he would like, Garcia went to a new pitch-a cut fastball that he hadn't used all year.
The race, which had been scheduled to start at 7 a. m, didn't start until 8:02. Kevin Hammack scored 16 to lead the Bulldogs( 10- 4, 2- 2, who made 4- of- 15 from 3- point range. BOSTON( AP- Craig Smith hit a 12- foot jumper as time expired as Boston College came back from an 18 point deficit to beat Kent State 67- 65 on Wednesday night. Casey Clausen, a four- year starter playing in his final game for the Volunteers, threw for 384 yards- just nine off his career high- and had two touchdown passes. KANSAS CITY, Mo( AP- Takia Starks scored a game- high 18 points to lead Texas A& M( No 12 ESPN/ USA Today, No.
Three other Western Carolina( 2- 5) players also scored in double figures. That gave Tulane a 52- 48 lead and came one play after UAB' s Reggie Lindsey- who had 108 yards on kickoff and punt returns- uncharacteristically mishandled a punt with a little more than five minutes left to give Tulane new life. At that point, Clemson had outgained Georgia Tech 319- 91 in total yards since falling behind 24- 0. It likely would have made little difference because UConn was just warming up Over the next six minutes, it built a 15- point lead.
No team has beaten Kentucky in six straight " Everyone just stepped it up a little more, and you definitely need to do that when playing in front of a great crowd like( Kentucky' s, here at a historical place " Florida guard Taurean Green said. KNOXVILLE, Tenn( AP- Losing is rare at Tennessee, and poor defense and rebounding even rarer. ESPN news servicesLEXINGTON, Ky( ESPN news services- A big win for Kentucky might have been a season- killer for Mississippi State. Tarpley, a 7-foot forward/center who became the first reserve in NBA history to finish among the league's rebounding leaders, was relentless on the boards as the Mavericks outrebounded the Lakers for the third straight game, 52-33.
Swindell became the first nine-game winner in the major leagues Tuesday night at Chicago when he pitched a strong eight innings in the Indians' 4-3 victory over the White Sox. But Syracuse made 12 of 29 3- point attempts while Providence hit just 4 of 22 3- pointers. Sims had his third double- double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Bulldogs usually play one home game each season away from campus and have won all three games they have played in Jackson since Stansbury became coach in 1998. Nina Norman scored 18 points and Heather Schreiber added 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Texas to a 97- 46 victory in the opening round Friday of the Rainbow Wahine Classic " It took us a while to use our height advantage and really settle down " Longhorns coach Jody Conradt said. Jefferson scored two consecutive three- point plays, and Javier Mojica and Tristan Blackwood added threes to build Central lead to 67- 56.
Seven years later, Bill Ficker, a Newport Beach architect and a former world champion in the Star Class, would become the first West Coast skipper to defend the America's Cup. Power told the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts last week "We're a balanced company. "They are hidden people because most of the attention has been paid to our sprinters. Jasmine Dana scored a career- high 18 points, including four 3- pointers, to lead Pacific( 1- 2 " North Carolina is simply unbelievable " Pacific coach Lynne Roberts said " They are most impressive in their ability to turn any mistake into instant points on the other end. The Mean Green had poor field position most of the game, thanks to three muffed kickoff returns, and didn' t score until Vizza hit Alex Lott on a 9- yard touchdown pass with 5 seconds left in the third quarter.
A 3- pointer from Vassallo with 26 seconds on the clock pulled Virginia Tech to within one shot of the win. They blew a 24- point first- half lead against the Jaspers and somehow managed to overcome an 11- point deficit in the final 2: 21 of regulation. There were still a few bad shots, but overall we did a much better job " TCU, which has won 10 of 12, shot 50 percent as the Cowgirls gave up a season- high 73 points " We focused more on us than what Wyoming did earlier " Ross said " We wanted to make the extra pass offensively and it worked " Wyoming( 19- 4, 7- 3) lost for the third time in four games after starting the season 18- 1, which is the school' s best ever start Dominique Sisk scored 16 points for Wyoming. Lemieux received 309 of a maximum 315 points in balloting by the Professional Hockey Writers Assn, to 185 for Gretzky, the Edmonton Oilers star. Kehoe finished second behind series leader George Holland of Kerman, Calif, in the sixth round Sunday in San Antonio, Tex. He was not allowed past the seventh innings in any of his six previous starts despite allowing more than three runs only once in that time.
"The mount of energy and the amount of difficulty, the challenge of amateur skating is so fulfilling, there's nothing that can be as challenging as the moment when you go on ice and say, 'I've gotta do it' It's the most risk-taking thing you'll ever do. Williamson is credited with a 100- yard return even though he was in his own end zone when he caught Alvin Cowan' s pass and took it the length of the field to give Harvard a 21- 0 lead. The Huskies( 18- 2, 7- 0) beat South Florida 77- 47 on Tuesday. 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.
The Tigers started the season with three easy wins over Savannah State, George Mason and St Mary' s, but struggled once the competition stiffened. Dave Parker hit the only home run of the night for the Athletics, but they kept up relentless pressure on four Yankee pitchers. Early in the game, a snap sailed over punter Greg Woidneck' s head and he had to scramble to get off a 20- yard punt. New Hampshire' s Chris Vetrano missed a go- ahead 3- pointer and his teammate Ioannis Karalis got the rebound But Cook stole the ball with 14 8 seconds remaining and was fouled Vetrano missed another 3- pointer in the closing seconds Cook finished with a game- high 25 points Ruffin had 18 points and seven rebounds.
The Huskies' shot at a comeback was further damaged when Berea got hurt after coming down on a Vermont player' s foot Berea pounded the floor in frustration Top- seeded Vermont shot 54 7 percent from the floor and 41. When UCLA fired him March 30, Hazzard had two years left on his contract. After Isaiah Swann sank two foul shots to bring the Seminoles to 43- 33, Ibekwe made a layup and Strawberry added a short jumper for a 14- point cushion. McCallie said " But anytime you hold a team to 45 points, that' s good " Stephanie Hawk led Gonzaga with 18 points and eight rebounds " Turnovers down the stretch hurt us " Gonzaga coach Kelly Graves said " We' re definitely a team that' s going to get a lot better ".
Leading 16- 13, the Nittany Lions had a chance to take control with nine minutes left. He possesses blazing speed, indicated by his 21. 60 in the 200. But Harden scored seven consecutive points, the final two on a driving layup while drawing a foul, to give the Sun Devils their largest lead to that point, 50- 35, with 7: 43 to play Both teams struggled from the floor in a sloppy first half. They made 10 of 21 3- pointers " They shot the ball great " Miami coach Frank Haith said " They were very sound and didn' t make many mistakes " It was another impressive showing by a Blue Devils team with just eight recruited scholarship players and four perimeter players in the starting lineup " We' re getting to our destination on a side street, not a superhighway " coach Mike Krzyzewski said " We know who we are.
