After the Knights came within one at 55- 54, Rice hit another basket with 22 seconds left that gave the Owls the cushion they needed. Ridden by Aaron Gryder, favored Masterful Advocate covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:41 3/5 and paid $6. 60, $3. 40 and $2. 60. Mullen promised at least two quarterbacks would play and stayed true to his word( a third came in for mop- up duty. Varem made one of two free throws for a 58- all tie with 41 seconds left. Abbey was 13- for- 22 for 174 yards and Turner had six catches for 93 yards and two scores. Twice a day he walks across the street and feeds the birds with the stale bread they save for him in the hotel kitchen. NASHVILLE, Tenn — The Western Room is dead tonight The long bar is sprinkled with maybe 10 people.
Despite the lopsided score, Kentucky outrebounded Tennessee 40- 24. Quaintance also added 18 points for the Dolphins, who also got 14 points from Kimbrough and 12 from Cool. Associated PressBIRMINGHAM, Ala- DeWanna Bonner scored a game- high 29 points to lead No. Gay made four 3- pointers and was 9- for- 10 from the free throw line. The Blue Devils( 20- 4, 10- 4 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won 18 of the last 19 games in the series, including nine straight at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Until Hearns went down, some might have looked at the awful cuts over Barkley's eyes and thought maybe boxing should be banned after all Barkley seemed in trouble even before he started bleeding. Northern Iowa then drove the length of the court and Jacobson nailed a 3 as the clock expired to give the Panthers the win.
Rachael Ziemann' s three- pointer with 51 seconds remaining cut the lead to 56- 51. Rhoden, given a three-run cushion in the first inning, went five innings, giving up a run and five hits. fastball was an asset that far outweighed Abbott's defensive liabilities, if there are any. Monica Peterson led Maine with 12 points, and Ashley Underwood added 10. But when Wright and Law finally got it going offensively, the Wildcats couldn' t keep up. Other notable South Bay performers are Inglewood's Marcus Purifoy in the 4-A 300 intermediate hurdles and Torrance's DeeAnne Call (100 and 300 low hurdles) and Jennifer Tully in the long jump and triple jump.
Jason Harris added 13 points, two steals and two blocks for the Hornets( 9- 3, who are 3- 0 at home. 12 Minnesota bounce back from a demoralizing loss and beat Purdue 71- 49 on Sunday " We left her. "I don't think about home runs" McGwire said after getting his eighth game-winning RBI "All I wanted to do in the eighth was move Parker to third I'm paid more to drive in runs than hit home runs. Suminski made three 3- pointers in the first five minutes of the game as the Cardinal jumped out to a 16- 8 lead. Nelson and Barrett, who pulled down six rebounds, were the only Central Michigan players in double figures. In contrast to the hot, muggy weather Saturday, temperatures fell as much as 20 degrees by Monday throughout the county. Green hit one of his four 3- pointers to cap an 8- 0 run in the second half to extend the Bobcats' lead to 42- 28.
Freshman Rajon Rondo scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half of a victory strikingly similar to Kentucky' s 60- 58 win last month at Louisville in which the out- of- sync Wildcats trailed by 16 " The only similarity I can draw is, we weren' t focused early " Kentucky coach Tubby Smith said " It' s a sign of a team with heart, when you can win like we did " Ole Miss had the ball trailing 51- 50 in the final moments, but Kendrick Fox missed a 3- pointer with 19 seconds to play and Kentucky' s Patrick Sparks hit two free throws to extend the Wildcats' lead to three. But the Lady Hornets came out strong Sunday, using a suffocating defense to stay within range of Vanderbilt most of the way " We were not going to use the airport situation as an excuse " Delaware State coach Ed Davis said " We were here, and we came to play " Vanderbilt struggled the entire first half, leading 28- 24 at the intermission. The loss snapped a four- game winning streak for the Blue Demons( 12- 5, 4- 2. Associated PressPHILADELPHIA( AP- Brian Grandieri scored 17 points, hitting all eight of his shots, and Ibrahim Jaaber had 15 points and seven assists as Penn defeated Columbia 73- 54 Friday night. OKLAHOMA CITY( AP- Facing an upset, a veteran Oklahoma State team got a boost of energy from a freshman.
Betsy Rietema scored 11 points and Tamra Braun 10 to lead Valparaiso( 5- 5. That group included Horton and Lester Abram, two juniors who returned after missing much of last season. 7 percent in the second period, but the Spiders also shot poorly and couldn' t capitalize. Although he never reached the end zone, his 32 carries went a long way toward setting up all three Oklahoma scores, two short field goals and a 6- yard touchdown by Kejuan Jones with 8: 07 left " I' m just glad he' s on our team " said Sooners receiver Mark Clayton. KANSAS CITY, Mo( AP- Terrell Everett seems to be in the right place at the right time whenever Oklahoma needs him. Mike LaValliere doubled to center off John Dopson, and Mike Diaz singled home John Cangelosi, who had run for LaValliere The 2-1 win snapped the Pirates' three-game losing streak.
"These kids haven't been intimidated" Said San Fernando Coach Steve Marden: "We just didn't hit the ball well at all. The seventh- seeded Hoyas( 17- 11) had to win to have any chance at an at- large berth in the NCAA tournament. "Coach (Joe Gibbs) doesn't like controversy, bless his little heart" Williams said the other day, not about to cause any. If the Lakers let Roy Tarpley and the rest of the Maverick maintenance crew clean the glass backboards the way they did in a 106-94 Dallas win Friday night at Reunion Arena, they'll have a deadlocked series on their hands come sundown Sunday. He and Ascot promoter Chris Agajanian will be at Sunday's finale, reminiscing with former winners dating back to Joe Leonard, who won the first race in 1957 on a Harley-Davidson. Humphrey fired the ball the length of the court and it bounced off the front of the rim as time expired At the final horn, Turner was mobbed by her teammates.
It' s not about moral victories, but I saw some things today that I haven' t seen in the last three weeks " UConn was coming off wins over No 3 North Carolina and No 20 Notre Dame, but did not play with the same intensity. I wouldn't be upset at Riley, I'd be upset at me for allowing it to happen. Down by two at the half, Canisius( 1- 1) stormed back with a 22- 4 run capped by a Harris jumper to take a 52- 38 lead with less than nine minutes remaining. Muhammad Ali told Wallace Matthews of Newsday he's picking Michael Spinks to dethrone Mike Tyson "Spinks hits hard enough" Ali said. After Stoudamire' s fourth 3- pointer, in five attempts, put Arizona up 33- 31, Marquette scored the last 10 of the half, capped by Novak' s off- balance bank shot at the buzzer to go up 41- 33 Marquette was without its No. Boise State defeated Northern Colorado 73- 59 to win the Wingate Inn Classic. But Golden Knights running back Dontavius Wilcox scored twice in the final 4: 19, including a go- ahead 4- yard run with 45 seconds to play, apparently giving coach George O' Leary his first victory at UCF.
Michigan State finished with 17 steals, the third most in tourney history. "We didn't play the way we did to get here" Miami Coach Ron Fraser said. Natasha Williams had 12 points and two blocks for DePaul( 16- 5, 5- 3 Big East. Oakland has won nine of its last 10 games, and the victory increased its American League West lead to 11 games. It' s never easy to play Holy Cross, especially up here ". Charlotte led by as many as 27 points in the second half " We don' t have the talent of our opponents in a very tough conference and against a tough nonconference schedule " Andruzzi said " but you can' t beat up the kids for that " I think it bothers others around here more.
