But Packer made two free throws with just under 9 seconds left and Tamarah Riley added a free throw to close the scoring. FRESNO, Calif( AP- On a day the Sun Devils were dissatisfied with their typically impeccable defense, Arizona State' s offense came through. "I never had anybody show me how to catch and throw the ball properly before" Roger Craig: The acquisition of Brett Butler was supposed to provide a set lineup, but the San Francisco manager used 22 lineups through 40 games in an attempt to snap the Giants out of their offensive slump. But the Huskies overwhelmed West Virginia after Yinka Sanni, the Mountaineers' main inside presence, went to the bench with her second foul. "And he was the key to our serving" Glendale (17-4, the Central League runner-up, jumped to a 9-2 lead in the first game. Towson came within 13- 7 four minutes into the game, but never got closer. "Given the right deal, I don't consider anybody on our club untouchable" Port said.
Point guard Daniel Gibson and LaMarcus Aldridge, a 6- foot- 10 forward, were McDonald' s High School All- Americans last season and were the first pair of freshmen to start for Texas since 1986 Gibson scored 11 points and had five assists. The Lady Tigers( 6- 1, the SEC champions who have been to the NCAA Final Four the last two seasons, were coming off a 64- 60 loss Tuesday night at No 15 Baylor. "If a field looks good, it says something about your program" he reasoned. Mike Chapman (5-3) gained the victory with relief help from Powell. Then Coastal had a 10- 2 run to take its first lead of the half 55- 51. Thatcher described the incidents in West Germany as "a disgrace to civilized society. scored 14 points and Deji Akindele had a double- double as Chicago State beat IUPUI 71- 63 on Saturday.
Having sustained it through the regular season, Mayne will take his streak into the postseason today, when 11th-ranked Fullerton (37-16) plays Missouri (41-20) in the first round of the NCAA South Regional at Starkville, Miss. Georgia( 4- 2) broke a 26- 26 tie with seven minutes left in the first half on a shot from Sherill Baker, and extended the lead to 40- 32 five minutes later when Darrah scored from the right wing. Heavner had been intercepted just twice in the Wildcats' first five games. He added two more baskets and had two assists during the run. Princeton has played worse: The Tigers lost 41- 21 to Monmouth on Dec 14 before a 61- 42 defeat at Wake Forest last Saturday. Less than two weeks after blowing a 17- point lead in a loss to Iowa, Minnesota turned to its post players to maintain a similar edge and hold off Wisconsin in Sunday' s 71- 53 victory.
Tulane was unable to get more than one first down in its first two offensive series and Kemp was sacked three times, ensuring good field position for the Hurricane' s wide- open, no- huddle attack. Auburn' s offensive line blasted spacious holes for the Tigers' tailbacks. 29, 1983 " People didn' t look past Pacific " VanDerveer said after Stanford' s first game in two weeks " We came out and played " Stanford forward T' Nae Thiel, who has started 55 games over the past two years, made her season debut after missing the first five games with a stress fracture in her left foot. STILLWATER, Okla( AP- Oklahoma State got the blowout it needed to get its Big 12 title defense back on track.
The two combined to hit 6 of New Mexico' s 7 3- pointers in the game. Nevada now has its best record at this point in the season since the 1945- 46 team started 21- 4. Jenna Green led the Gauchos( 4- 7) with 13 points and nine rebounds Franey scored 12 Spartans coach Joanne P McCallie earned her 300th career victory. Despite the slow start, the Longhorns outshot the Yellow Jackets by 17 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3- point range. Bashir Mason hit a pair of free throws to put the Dragons up by one with only 36 seconds to go. The Commodores came in as the SEC' s top shooting team, hitting 50.
She also blocked a Kaus shot and jumped out of bounds to save a loose ball " The energy came at just the right moment and we went on the long streak. All- American Candice Wiggins missed the game with a sprained ankle, but freshman backcourt partner JJ Hones led Stanford( 14- 3, 7- 0) with a season- high 17 points. LOS ANGELES( AP- Noelle Quinn scored 24 points Wednesday night to lead No 23 UCLA to a 92- 54 win over UC Irvine at Pauley Pavilion. From there, the Tigers grabbed the momentum and outscored the Gamecocks 9- 1 Mays was key during the stretch. The Gophers finished fourth in the Big Ten and enter the tournament as the No 4 seed.
Thomas Brown rushed for another 107 yards for Georgia( 6- 1, 3- 1 Southeastern Conference. Kalika France scored 14 of her 19 points in the second half for the Terps( 16- 5, 5- 4 Atlantic Coast Conference, who had a school record- tying 11 3- pointers France had four of the 3s. DeGraffenreid came off the bench and scored 12 points in 13 minutes of the first half. Owens rebounded after he was held scoreless for the first time in his collegiate career Wednesday when Houston lost 58- 51 at TCU. Several minutes into the half, Texas Tech sports information director Randy Farley went to look for him. On Friday night, the Aztecs snapped a 16-game regular-season losing streak in Hawaii with a 5-4 victory John Anderson was 3 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored. This season, she got to join in the celebration when the Ducks did it again.
"Other guys are intense in the sense that they're absorbed in the game, but outwardly and physically, nobody is as intense as Mess" Not many are as valuable to their teams, either. The Broncos were unable to successfully inbound the ball for the potential tying basket with 6. There were 10 lead changes and seven ties, including 29- 29 at halftime. Michigan scored more than 50 points for the first time since beating Indiana 58- 0 on Oct. In just his third at-bat on the varsity level, McDaniels, a freshman, taught senior pitcher Mike Wilson of La Quinta a lesson: No more fastballs. Rhode Island( 2- 2) cut the score to 14- 13 with 9: 13 left in the first half on Jason Ham' s 4- yard run.
Players who choose to declare for the draft must do so by Jan. 5 percent in the second half and outrebounded the smaller Gauchos 44- 25 while extending the nation' s third- longest win streak to 17 games. Singletary was called for a foul on the play, but as he was helped off the court, he shot a nasty glare in Gray' s direction Singletary, who averages 10 3 points and 4. Wofford carried the ball 52 times for 350 yards, while the Golden Bulls had just 26 yards on the ground. Bulger limped into the locker room with about three minutes left but returned for the finish.
Bogan added three 3- pointers and had 11 points " We' ve got to keep practicing and keep working together " Bogan said " We' ve got to keep depending on each other and good things will start to happen for us We can' t just get down on ourselves. Trey Johnson led Jackson State with 20 points, Grant Maxey 16, Kay Martinez and Darrion Griffin each had 13. Big South tournament games are held at the site of the higher seed, so Winthrop can host all the way through the title game on March 3. I kept weaving in and out, hoping they wouldn' t catch me " McKamey said " When I turned around the final time, I saw that he was five yards behind me, but I was running out of my endurance " The one play more than made up for an otherwise vanilla day for McKamey, who completed just 5 of 15 passes, none in the second half, for 40 yards. In addition, Williams ran both of these times virtually alone, winning the 3,200 by 14 seconds and the 1,600 by 9 seconds.
But, as is the case with most coaches, the sluggish first half was what stuck out in Mooney' s mind " I don' t think we played well in the first half " he said " We need to come out with the urgency, that energy and fire that is what Air Force basketball is. Green and the Lakers had done a good job of holding him in check in winning the next two games. He got just inside the 10 before he fumbled, and the ball rolled through the end zone for a touchback. Powe scored nine points in a 3: 54 span to help build Cal' s lead to as many as 11 with 6: 41 left in the first half. Undeterred by Ainge' s performance against Auburn, coach Phillip Fulmer started him again. "I don't have anything but good things to say about the way he played tonight" Sather said of Moog "He's always been a terrific goaltender.
Although team President Bill Sharman is retiring, the Lakers apparently do not want to give the appearance of a one-for-one substitution with Hazzard Buss was reluctant to say much about a possible deal "I think we should wait and see how this works out" he said. He probably didn' t have the same kind of feelings about his current team Thursday night. He's guaranteed $13. 5 million to fight heavyweight champion Mike Tyson June 27 in Atlantic City, N. J. Bucknell, which won the Patriot League tournament as the No. BATON ROUGE, La( AP- Sylvia Fowles encountered an opponent even taller than she is for a change.
