East Carolina would get its final scores of the day when Lauren Cochran hit two free throws with 3: 34 left in the game. I'll give him that much" Said Bassett: "We weren't surprised It was a challenge You don't dread it, you go out there and look forward to it. There are nine players, and that's what it takes to be a good team" The Athletics, who are batting . 321 with runners in scoring position, overtook the Yankees in the scoring race They have 237 runs, the Yankees 236. The 15- point margin of defeat was the largest of the season for the Lady Rebels( 12- 10, 2- 7. Every Penn basket in the second half was a layup until Jaaber hit a 3 that made it 55- 40 with 6: 40 left. The sellout crowd of 14,890 gasped, knowing full well what they were seeing Kevin McHale knew also. Cypress added another run in the fifth on a home run by Churchill, his ninth of the season, to cut the lead to 5-4.
He recovered, ran back on the court in time to field a pass and set up Okafor with 18 seconds left. Ohio State, which beat Toledo 38- 0 a week ago, had not posted consecutive shutouts since the second- ranked Buckeyes beat Minnesota 45- 0 and Illinois 48- 0 late in the 1996 season The Illini were in a helpful mood. Portland' s Darren Cooper had 14 points and Marcus Lewis had 10 for the Pilots. An infield out moved them into scoring position for Hodge, who tapped a curve from Gibbs into shallow center. The market was nonexistent, however, for a 6-foot-6, 225-pound forward/guard with 3 years left on a high-paying contract The Jazz are determined to move Tripucka this year. Beman, 50, the 1959 British Amateur champion, said he won't compete in Europe this summer, won't attempt to qualify for the U. S. 8 average, has posted 100- yard efforts in all nine games this season, a school record.
He finished fifth in the first 75-lap segment of the race, then was seventh in the 50-lap second segment. Gomes, who entered the contest as the league' s second leading scorer at 20. They just crushed us on the boards, and I think that was obviously the difference in the game " Another difference might have been Tennessee' s confidence level. After trailing 45- 38 midway through the second half, the Cougars tied it at 45 when Baynes hit a hook shot, a layup and a dunk, along with a free throw.
Roberts finished with 22 points and a season- high 20 rebounds to lead Mississippi State( No 24 ESPN/ USA Today, No. On defense, she was key in forcing Arkansas into eight turnovers in the second half- twice what the Lady Razorbacks had given up before intermission- with four crucial steals. WSU' s defense frustrated the Vandals all evening, forcing six fumbles, recovering three and turning two touchdowns. PISCATAWAY, N. It was recovered in the end zone by Notre Dame safety Quentin Burrell for a touchback " When we come into the team meeting and look at the film, we' re going to be very ill " Michigan State coach John L Smith said " We' re going to be sick when we look at it.
He finished 30th at New South Wales and 18th in the Australian PGA and his thumb was feeling better. It helped us- and I' m sure it helps his confidence- that we have two solid tailbacks " Sandro Sciortino' s 31- yard field goal made it 24- 0 early in the second quarter, Penn State' s biggest deficit to start a game since Miami led 30- 0 in the 2001 season opener. ATLANTA( AP- For Georgia Tech, winning wasn' t enough. The Tar Heels led 10- 3 at the half, but the Deacons tied it on Marcus McGruder' s 12- yard interception return for a touchdown. Twenty-three individuals with scores above 223 also were eliminated.
21 Cal ended a 14- game losing streak to rival Stanford, beating the Cardinal( No 9 ESPN/ USA Today; No 8 AP) 72- 57 Sunday. A layup by Bingham with 14: 23 left made it 48- 46 and put Louisville( 1- 0) up for good. George Davis made Arkansas- Pine Bluff' s second basket of the half with just under 10 minutes remaining " I think we are making strides defensively " senior guard Dominique Kirk said " We had one stretch in the first half where we let down a little bit. It' s one of those things " With one matchup against a Top Ten opponent out of the way, North Carolina can turn its attention to Saturday' s game at No 4 Wake Forest. Jacksonville is 1- 1 in the Atlantic Sun after beating North Florida and losing to Florida Atlantic in a three- day stretch earlier this month.
Both stars were in the game by the midpoint of the half, and Adams' fast- break layup with 7: 46 left cut Houston' s lead to 24- 11. Davis built its 21- 7 lead on a 70- yard pass from Grant to Jesse Oliva, a 3- yard run by Nelson Doris and a 10- yard run by Grant. Andrea Bills had 10 points and set a career- high with 21 rebounds. However, Boyd overthrew Derek Abney on fourth down with 16 seconds to go and the Gamecocks held on. Josh Gomes led Eastern Illinois with 17 pointsStan Januska hit back- to- back 3- pointers to put Morehead State( 1- 7, 0- 4) ahead 40- 37 with 11: 09 remaining. The Fighting Illini have won five straight in the annual neutral- site game.
But the format was changed when the Soviets couldn't find enough big guys to bring, so there were six bouts in the welterweight, light-middleweight, middleweight, and light-heavyweight divisions. He also missed six weeks of the season in drug rehabilitation. Boggan and JamesOn Curry each scored 16 and Kenny Cooper added 10 for the Cowboys, who appeared hesitant against Missouri' s pressing defense " We went through a period of time where we quit attacking " Cowboys coach Sean Sutton said " When a team presses and they do it all the time, they can sense when a team gets passive. The Panthers, in the Top 10 earlier this season, will settle for a Continental Tire Bowl matchup against Virginia in what will be regarded as a disappointing season for a team that never did figure out how to stop the run. He said he believes in judicial restraint but had not been questioned about his ideology during the Justice Department investigation that led to his nomination Gordon Thompson Jr. Another year, another Southern Section boys' volleyball title for Loyola.
Lindsay Biggs, Utahya Drye and Brittany Lewis led the Hokies( 5- 1) with eight points apiece Drye had a game- high seven rebounds. When you're going as fast as we were, they're not going to hurt you, but they're a heck of a distraction" Rahal did not qualify Saturday because on one attempt his car would not start and on the other a fuel line cable broke during a run in which he was averaging 212 m. p. h. Torey Thomas, in his first start since suffering a separated shoulder on Jan. Miles was fouled with 19 seconds to go and he hit the second for the 81- 79 lead. "El Cordobes had so much publicity, you couldn't get to the seats" she remembers "I saw his charisma, his bravery turn on the crowd And I saw the music, the fear, the laughter.
The Vols sported all- orange uniforms for the first time since 1999 and led 7- 6 at halftime. That turned into two points for Ohio State when a high snap slipped through the hands of punter Billy O' Malley for a safety with 9: 03 left in the third. And who was it suggesting the the Lakers had been, uh, not as manly as possible in response to Piston violence? How about Pat Riley? And Magic Johnson? Riley accused Detroit's Adrian Dantley of "head-hunting" and Rick Mahorn of a forearm smashing to the back of A. C Green's head. LOS ANGELES( AP- Mike Efevberha scored 33 points in just 28 minutes to lead five players in double figures in Cal State Northridge' s 117- 55 non- conference victory Thursday against Hope, an NAIA school. The last time San Jose finished a season with fewer than 20 losses was in 1999- 2000 season when they were 15- 15. It was the Tigers' second big home loss in the last two weeks Wake Forest won at Littlejohn 103- 68 on Jan 8 No one on Clemson could get going.
In addition to his 24 points, Gomez grabbed seven rebounds and became the 14th player in Tulane' s history to notch more than 1, 000 points and 500 rebounds. Bucknell certainly had Villanova' s attention thanks to wins over Pittsburgh and Saint Joseph' s " In our little Villanova world, this was a good accomplishment for us- to get up and not take possessions off " said coach Jay Wright, who played at Bucknell and was co- captain of the 1982- 83 team. The freshman, who was 2- of- 15 this season behind the arc, took the pass on the left wing right in front of Clemson' s bench and buried the 22- footer to break a four- game losing streak in the in- state rivalry. Conway will compete in the 100 and 200 meters, then come right back with the mile relay team He's run a 10. 61 in the 100 and 21. 22 in the 200 Conway will have to run past tough competition. Nik Caner- Medley added 12 and Virginia Beach native John Gilchrist had 11 points, seven assists and six rebounds for the Terrapins despite being lustily booed most every time he touched the ball. Associated PressLINCOLN, Neb( AP- Aleks Maric hit five of six free throws in the final 47 seconds to lead Nebraska to an 82- 77 overtime win over Missouri Saturday Maric' s first pair of free throws broke a 75- 75 tie.
Guess who took the shot? Bird accepted a pass from Johnson beyond the three-point line just in front of the Atlanta bench. Redick and Daniel Ewing each had 20 points and Duke turned up the defensive pressure in the second half to beat the Skyhawks 88- 46 Saturday night in the opener for both teams. And, as is their custom, the Angels once more saved the worst for last. The Mets opened their first trip West by losing three games at San Francisco.
Randolph completed 25 of 39 passes for 293 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for another. Spicer shot 4- of- 5 from the field and was 8- of- 10 in free throw attempts. He considered attending Fullerton, although never very seriously, and he vaguely knows a few Titan players "Earlier in my career, there would have been more emotion. Georgia' s Jonas Hayes, who had 20 points, sank a pair from the line to make it 74- 73. But North Florida( 1- 4) went on an 8- 1 run in the next 3 minutes, cutting the margin to 74- 71 on Derrick Scott' s reverse lay- up with less than 1 minute to play That was as close as the Ospreys would get. But, the thing is, they looked slow, too" Both teams seemed disinterested, and the fans who stayed away obviously felt that way, too.
The freshman guard sealed Wednesday night' s victory by hitting six straight free throws down the stretch " Unfortunately, we fell kind of short to go to the Big Dance, so now it' s just time to win the NIT " Washington said. At the end, it didn' t go very well " Hill said " We had a very, very good season going and we didn' t finish the way we wanted to. "I'm not superstitious" said Clipper General Manager Elgin Baylor, who will represent the club at the NBA's big spin. Chattanooga stayed close by hitting 8- of- 22 from 3- point range. Milwaukee never could mount a run as Wisconsin pushed the lead to 10 just before half when Hughes again found Flowers for a layup in the final minute and Hughes scored an easy bucket of his own just before the buzzer The two coaches share a lengthy history. He finished with 12 points and surpassed the 1, 000- point mark for his career. Burt finished with seven points, six rebounds and five assists.
The Retrievers never cut the lead into single digits in the second. In the first NAIA championship meet on the West Coast since 1958, when it was held in San Diego, the Cougars all but wrapped up the title after the second day, when they had a 55-point lead over Wisconsin Parkside. -Partially recovered, he joined the Continental Basketball League's Albany Patroons, who were in the middle of a season that ended with the best record (48-6) in the history of professional basketball and the CBA championship. This time, the feeling was even worse- since the Hokies' party was on the Hurricanes' home field " I' m so high, I' m above the clouds right now " Humes said " It just feels so good ACC champions ". He capped a four- play, 61- yard drive with a 2- yard run to counter Northeastern' s first score, also picking up 36 yards on a run.
