They were there to see if maybe McHale had been bound and gagged by Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn, or something equally diabolical. The Grizzlies also owned a 31- 21 rebounding edge, led by John Seyfert with seven rebounds to go with his nine points. Afleet, carrying 124 pounds including Gary Stahlbaum, was second by a half-length with Stacked Pack, with 110 pounds including Pat Day, another length back in third. Parker returned to the scene of one of her biggest moments and had 32 points and 10 rebounds in helping the No. Carr led the surge by burying 3- pointers on Boston' s first three possessions, and Shaun Wynn and Bryan Geffen each added 3- pointers as the Terriers went up 21- 5 midway through the first half. I just think I'm benefiting from them" Gwynn is one who says he hasn't really been helped "I used to use those, but I hurt my knees" he said.
Ohlde, 13- of- 17 from the floor, dominated the paint from the start. I saw a really big space between me and the defender " Coleman lost the ball out of bounds for Michigan before Farmar was fouled. An RBI single is as exciting as a home run to me" The Yankees took a 3-2 lead against Curt Young in the sixth when rookie Jay Buhner hit his first major league home run and Jack Clark followed with his 10th of the season. About 7,000 English and 22,000 Dutch fans are expected, and 2,300 officers will be on hand. .
PHILADELPHIA( AP- Jermaine Bucknor scored 18 points and Richmond ran off the last eight points of the game in defeating La Salle 78- 71 on Wednesday night. They' re a good shooting team " Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said " They have just been going through a slump. SOUTH BEND Ind( AP- Notre Dame frequently lives and dies by the 3 On Sunday, UCLA killed the Irish with 3' s. It was a quick Fresno homecoming for Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly, an assistant at Fresno State during his early coaching days from 1981- 86- nearly two decades before the$ 103 million Save Mart Center was built. Evans helped buy part of the city when the founder, who had no money to build it up, was ready to dump the whole production over the bluffs. Lefty had good teams that didn' t win it " Maryland will be facing the top- seeded Blue Devils, who will be trying for their record sixth consecutive tournament title.
C " I guess teams go through this all over the country when they play this kind of schedule " Izzo said of a 104- 72 rout over Florida A& M and 104- 46 win against Wisconsin- Green Bay " It has given us a false sense of security that, thank God, will end on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday " Michigan State( 3- 0) had every reason to feel secure about the outcome against the Colonels( 0- 3. It was the 21st victory in 22 games for Old Dominion, which has won an NCAA- record 16 CAA tournament championships. Wilson, unsigned and a free agent, is home in Seattle and says he won't report without a contract. "I was told they were going to throw a right-handed pitcher, and he changed it to a left-handed pitcher while we were taking batting practice.
Pigram' s assist total narrowly missed the team record of 19 set by Keith Jennings in 1991. Associated PressBUFFALO, N. Gabriel Ayald of Long Beach, fishing aboard the Southern Cal at Portuguese Bend, landed a chinook salmon that weighed in at 13 pounds. That was by design " We wanted them to shoot perimeter shots " Longhorns coach Rick Barnes said " We were basically trying to shrink the court on them " The strategy worked for 38 minutes.
Is that what has these ABAUSA aparatchniki so up-tight? After camp started, for instance, players were made unavailable to reporters for four days Meanwhile, they were free to have dinner with NBA suitors. Tom O'Malley, a former major leaguer with the Giants, A's and Rangers, broke up Ellsworth's bid with a home run Pawtucket won, 12-1. The Tide made 10 of its first 12 shots and finished the first half with five 3- pointers- nearly as many as the team averaged in its first 10 conference games. Tuesday morning, after the Sockers finished a short workout in Mission Valley, Veee slipped away from a couple of reporters by running the length of the field, lifting the net in one of the goals and sliding underneath it and out into the parking lot. "Keith isn't someone who will ask to come out, but I could see the shoulder was bothering him" Bowa said. It was the first time in 36 meetings that both teams were ranked.
Strawberry, who is 13 for 38 with 4 home runs and 9 RBIs against St. Takia Starks hit a career- high five 3- point shots and scored 23 points to lead A& M. Georgia( 8- 15 overall, 2- 10 Southeastern Conference) won for the first time since beating Vanderbilt on Jan 22. James Odoms added 12 points and Sam Dolan notched a career- high 12 points and grabbed a team- high nine rebounds in 16 minutes. And that won't be David Stern courtside, it'll be Don King ringside. just to get back to the old ways of what Iowa State rushing used to do, it' s great " center Luke Vander Sanden said. At least one voter said he was impressed " I' ve been voting them high " Georgia coach Mark Richt said " I think they are one of the best if not the best team in the country " The 108th meeting between the SEC' s oldest rivals was also the third time the Tigers and Bulldogs( 8- 2, 6- 2) were both ranked in the top 10 when they met.
They had a lot of fans here " Tyrese Rice added 21 points, going 5- of- 8 from 3- point range for Boston College( 5- 0, which started 20- 0 last season. The Eagles shot 52 percent( 26- of- 50) from the field, compared to 34 percent( 18- of- 53) for the Buccaneers( 8- 22. I judge based on results, and we've had the best year we've ever had in our history And Frank has had an awful lot to do with that The organization is in support of Frank". I' ve gone through some adversity " Last year, for instance, Novak missed a conversion that would have tied a game against North Carolina State. Winning in Knoxville was not lost on Wright " This place is legendary " she said " They' ve had so many great players here that have made it to the WNBA and are in coaching. Sam Young had 23 points and five rebounds to counter Shawn James' 20 points, nine rebounds and five blocks for Duquesne( 6- 2, which never led but closed to within one point several times after falling behind 14- 0 in the opening 3 1/ 2 minutes " We came out and attacked them and played hard and went right at them, but we got away from that " Young said " They weren' t as good as we thought they' d be at the beginning, and they were trash talking a little bit. The Lady Monarchs, coming off an 88- 80 overtime loss to fifth- ranked North Carolina last week, were scrappy and aggressive, but couldn' t do enough defensively despite shooting 46 percent( 28- of- 61 Old Dominion was led by T J Jordan with 17 points.
They hurt themselves by going 14- of- 28 from the line, which Giacoletti said was his fault for having worn out his players. Keith Smith also had 15 points for Tech; he and Drew Washington had five rebounds each. Ibrahim Jaaber scored 22 points and Eric Osmundson had 12 for Penn( 4- 4, which was playing for the first time since Dec 8. The Hoosiers delivered with their scrappiest game in more than a year.
Then, after a holding penalty on Clemson' s Thomas Austin wiped out Kyle Parker' s 38- yard completion to Jacoby Ford, the Yellow Jackets got a chance to win it. "We knew the type of people we wanted right away" Quinn said "This is a unique place, it's not for everybody. Neitzel, Gray and Drew Naymick had 16 of the Spartans' first 18 points " For our standards, we were still kind of flat " Gray said " We should' ve been able to extend that lead When you get a team down, you' ve got to knock them out Our focus tonight was about a C- plus or B- minus. Bucknell beat Kansas in large part by limiting everyone but Big 12 player of the year Wayne Simien. Oklahoma had never led by more than four against the smaller, quicker home team until Ashley Paris hit one of two free throws to make it 62- 57 a moment earlier. Stanford has won 25 of 26 in the series " What can you say about Candice " Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said " She makes a lot happen for us " Kristin Iwanaga scored 11 points for the Bears( 9- 14, 3- 11, who were coming off an upset victory over Arizona but lost for the ninth time in 10 games. But the 49ers quickly found their stride, with Goldwire nailing a 3- pointer with 5: 56 remaining to cap a 21- 7 run and put Charlotte up 27- 19.
Al( Skinner) does a great job making sure his kids play with a sense they' re going to win all the time " Josh Boone dominated inside for UConn with 18 points and 15 boards, but it was the Eagles' frontcourt that would prevail on this night. 11 Washington " We could have made excuses and folded up the tent, but we came through with a much needed victory " Derrick Low led Washington State with a career- high 19 points. Iowa State( 6- 2) has beaten three straight ranked opponents at home, while Iowa( 7- 3) lost to the Cyclones for the third time in four games " Our goal was to go out there and really attack them " said Iowa State' s Will Blalock " This[ win] is number one right now " Horner had started 101 of the last 102 games for Iowa, but is out for up to five weeks after partially tearing the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the Hawkeyes' 67- 63 overtime loss to Northern Iowa Tuesday. Americans Bruce Kimball and Mike Wantuck placed first and second in men's platform diving, and Chen Xiaodan of China won the women's competition at Largo, Fla, in a dual meet won by the U. S team, 21-19. .
Buena Park, which finished third in the Freeway League, proved that its earlier playoff victories over third-seeded Crescenta Valley and Ocean League champion Culver City were no fluke. They have won 12 in a row since losing to Santa Clara in the opener, and they start the bulk of their Atlantic Coast Conference schedule Saturday against Maryland( No 23 ESPN/ USA Today, No 24 AP. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn( AP- Alphonso Pugh came off the bench to score 20 points and grab 12 rebounds to lead Chattanooga to a 72- 56 victory over North Texas on Wednesday night in the first round of the Dr Pepper Classic. Anderson couldn' t say enough about Whitney " He had too many moves and finished around the basket " Anderson said " He affected the shot every time you went to shoot " Seton Hall led 30- 22 after a first half that looked like the first of the season for both teams. She had played softball since she was seven, but the tryouts would have to wait. Flanagan, obviously pleased with the way his team defended the Sun Devils, offered a bold prediction by saying " I don' t think anyone else will hold them to 45 " The Sun Devils were led by Denson with 14 points and Kristen Kovesdy with 10 Guard Kylan Loney, the team' s leading scorer with 13 8 points per game failed to score. Brotzman also missed a 38- yard attempt " I knew a couple of those field goals were going to come back to haunt us " Petersen said " We were trying too many field goals One of them had to be a touchdown ".
