Associated PressIRVINE, Calif( AP- Kevin Bland had 14 points and a career- high 12 rebounds to lead UC Irvine to a 72- 59 victory over San Francisco on Saturday night. Rodney Webb and Quinton Young each scored 23 points to lead the Owls, who also got 22 points and 10 rebounds from Bell. I think that' s good " Weber said " It shows we can play different styles We defended so well. He broke the streak with a 3- pointer, then fed Vincent Grier for an alley- oop dunk to tie the game at 36. He finished 19- for- 28 for a career- high 207 yards, but with his passes not connecting, the Orange couldn' t come back against the Seminoles defense. Francis with 19 points after scoring 23 against Pitt last season. In the 4-A division, Fullerton (20-7) will play host to Covina (22-5) and Canyon will play host to Ventura (20-6-1.
"To me, it won't be any difference, it can't be any difference" said Booker, who married McKeon's daughter, Kristi, seven years ago and had just lately pitched well enough for the public to finally stop using that against him. Appleby missed his first attempt, an 18- footer in the opening moments. Marks completed 18 of 26 passes for 194 yards on the day, and caught a 9- yard pass from Holiday on a trick play. Sharon Edmunds was second in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles, and DeeDee Wheeler garnered a third in the 100 and a fifth in the 200. After an exchange of field goals, Eric Hayes hit a 3- pointer and Landon Milbourne made two foul shots to spark a 9- 2 run that gave the Terrapins a 52- 49 lead. The last two games we' ve kind of been at that magic level " Brandon Rush added 21 points on 8- for- 10 shooting and Sherron Collins had 14 for Kansas( 21- 4, 8- 2 Big 12, which won for the first time in three tries at Mizzou Arena three days after beating Kansas State by 27 points.
Y( AP- Bobby Bowden probably has seen more than enough of dome football for his liking. Nova refused to buckle under Pitt' s stepped- up second- half defense, and the outcome was in doubt until about six minutes remained. Candace Parker had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Zolman added 16 points and six assists to lead Tennessee( No 9 ESPN/ USA Today, No 8 AP) over Auburn 77- 45 in Friday' s quarterfinals. Robby Thompson then blooped a single into shallow left that a hard-charging Moreland could not catch. male skater, said he was somewhat surprised, adding: "They're not really changing the sport but modernizing it to keep pace with sports around it.
A day of intermittent rain left the Spartan Stadium field slick and soaked, and though more than 21, 000 tickets were distributed, no more than 5, 000 fans braved the miserable conditions. But Cartier Martin squandered an opportunity to tie it when he stepped out of bounds while driving baseline. Northeastern surged, cutting the lead to two points twice, the last time when Barea converted two free throws to bring Northeastern within 59- 57 with 7: 28 left. Sidney Spencer scored all nine of her points during the spurt, and Parker had five. Of course, Windward (19-6) rarely had to worry about anyone other than Hillman And Hillman, it seemed, rarely worried about Windward "Bobby's a complete hitter" Zalin said "He reads everything, every block He's a very smart hitter He'll hit over a block, off a block or use a block.
With that, the race lost a name but not necessarily a world-class competitor. Had it not been for a basket by Aquisha Cahoe with 26 seconds to go, Connecticut would have had three players all outscore Rutgers in the opening 20 minutes. A 21- 2 second- half scoring run that included a pair of 3- pointers by James put Marquette up 56- 22 and ended any hopes the Flyers had of mounting a comeback Marquette wasted little time establishing its dominance. Bryan Randall added a rushing score for the Hokies( 7- 2, 4- 1 Atlantic Coast Conference, who have won five straight games.
PULLMAN, Wash( AP- Washington State University junior Keisha Moore led the Cougars to a 68- 63 victory over the Oregon State University Beavers Saturday at Friel Court, scoring a career- high 17 points. Rajon Rondo scored 12 points for Kentucky, while Patrick Sparks added six points and seven assists Kentucky outrebounded Georgia State 44- 31. Miller: Cool- Hand Matt Matt Barkley was a cool customer in USC' s defeat of San Jose State on Saturday, prompting coach Pete Carroll to insist his young QB is not your typical freshman, writes Ted Miller. Latta scored 18 points to help the second- ranked Tar Heels beat top- ranked Duke 77- 65, giving North Carolina the Atlantic Coast Conference regular- season title and a likely return to the top of the national rankings. But not too many in Stillwater, Okla, where the Oklahoma State team, including Coach Mike Holder, does aerobics three times a week at 6:30 a. m. The Mets might have the league's worst record if they had to face Krukow and the Giants more often.
Dartmouth took the lead back on a twisting layup by Pattman, who scored five points in a 7- 0 run that gave the Big Green a 47- 41 lead with 1: 31 to play. The Huskies took a 47- 20 lead into the half and went on an 16- 2 run after intermission. That' s when Atlanta Christian( 7- 9) rallied with a 20- 6 run over the next seven minutes, cutting the Bulldogs lead to 17 points. Felton swished in his final 3 and McCants later added one of his own to make it 71- 43 " I told the guys on the bench that Ray was making everything " May said " It couldn' t happen to a better person. To compensate for Palmer's chronic late-career undependability, Flanagan offered his Clydesdale's fortitude.
"And sinkers better watch it-if the bar comes down after you get stopped and the referees see it, that's good for a red light" Bud Mucci of Northridge, another referee, warned the contestants about their language. A team that Murray, a veteran of 28 years of coaching, calls his best. We' ve got to keep it going " It was Connecticut' s third road game of the season The Huskies lost at Massachusetts on Dec. Sac and Cerritos began the final day of the season one game behind El Camino.
They hit 6- of- 13 3- pointers to help open things up " I don' t think I remember a bad 3- point shot " Ohio State coach Jim Foster said " We would like to run, but they packed it in and took away the inside. We shut down once we got a big lead and you can' t do that against high- level basketball teams and expect to win " he said. Unable to determine what had happened, they called both coaches to midcourt and forced them to shake hands before resuming play. Should he drive in 100 runs, he will pass Duke Snider, Ducky Medwick and five other members of the Hall of Fame. The Mountaineers scored in five plays when Devon Moore ran 46 yards untouched for a TD and a 14- 0 lead. Still, it was disheartening for the Gophers to have kept the conference' s leading scorer down- only to watch someone else beat them so badly " When you have her at those numbers.
Eastern shot better than 47 percent from the floor in the first half but was hampered by 14 turnovers. With Harper ahead of the pack and going in for an uncontested layup, Cooper hacked the Dallas guard with his right hand, then put his left hand on the back of Harper's head and shoved him to the floor. "In fact, it was one of the lower conferences in that regard It was definitely a detriment to (SDSU". Much of the reason for that seems to be that Cochell is so much not Augie.
And when he opened up with time winding down in the third, he put Syracuse on its heels with a 24- yard completion to Craphonso Thorpe and a 12- yarder to Chauncey Stovall to set up Washington' s first score. The price tag for the Warriors was steep-Washburn was paid $700,000 and his failure to develop forced the club to undertake a massive facelift this season. Iona was 38- for- 50 from the free- throw line, while Marist made 24 of 35 attempts. He hit a pair of long- range 3s, banked in another basket and the Wildcats also got three field goals from Ivan Radenovic to jump out 21- 11 eight minutes into the game.
MALIBU, Calif( AP- Derek Raivio wasn' t afraid to take some big shot for Gonzaga. The Bears came back to tie the game with 5: 43 left in the game on a turnaround jumper by Kevin Rogers. Michael Bramos had 10 points and Peavy also added 10 rebounds for Miami, which shot 53 percent from the field for the game. "We wanted to bump him every time, even if it was 30 feet away from the basket, just to establish contact. Two days after Summitt publicly challenged her team to play harder, the Lady Vols responded with a dominant defensive effort, a crisper offense and a 78- 52 rout of host Purdue that gave Summitt the distinction of being the first coach in Division I basketball- men' s or women' s- to join the tourney' s 100- win club " I don' t think about numbers personally, but for the team, we' ve never not been to the Sweet 16 and I didn' t want this team to be the first that didn' t advance " Summitt said. Utah guard Julie Larsen scored 10 of her 13 points in the second half, all but one on 3- pointers.
