Jillian Harmon earned her second straight start on the wing for Stanford, giving the team more size and a strong rebounding presence. Twice the Scarlet Knights held leads of 11 points, the second coming when Michelle Campbell scored inside to put Rutgers up 19- 8 with 12: 56 to go But the Spartans refused to back down. Akin Akingbala and Olu Babalola also had 10 points apiace for the Tigers( 5- 1, who shot 51 9 percent from the field. Indian shortstop Jay Bell, whose error in the first, had led to the run, made amends by driving in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the sixth. Montana opened the second half with an 11- 0 run to take a 43- 21 lead, the first of three times they led by as many as 22 points. NORMAN, Okla( AP- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops will be perfectly pleased to settle for 151 yards passing from Jason White in game after game, as long as the modest stats come with victories. Anderson, who finished one point shy of his career high, was 5- of- 14 from 3- point range.
It's an interesting time in our little sojourn here" Graves hopes to have some answers this week. His 18-foot blown-alcohol hydroplane, Shot in the Dark, was among 197 boats competing in 16 classes Drag boats are the hot rods of water sports. Carolina won every game by double digits, something that hasn' t happened since Duke did it in 2001. But certainly we did not play very well in our opinion " Ivan McFarlin added 14 points and JamesOn Curry scored 12 for Oklahoma State, which returns four starters from last year' s Final Four team that finished 31- 4 and won the Big 12 Conference.
Also, Campbell threw a 53- yard scoring pass to Devin Aromashodu- putting the Tigers ahead to stay late in the third quarter- after an interference penalty on Roshaun Fellows extended the drive. But if one person got out of it, it could be a precedent" A story in Saturday's editions of The Times incorrectly reported that a high school recruit who is released from a letter of intent may go to another school without penalty National Collegiate Athletic Assn. He played real well, but we doubled off him and left him open. "And to be fourth-best over millions, I'm not disappointed" Newport Harbor's Jim Geerlings knew the feeling. STANFORD, Calif( AP- The most- hyped women' s basketball game ever between California and Stanford played out the same way as most of the previous meetings between the Bay Area rivals: a Cardinal blowout. The 400 field at the June 5 Pepsi Invitational at UCLA should be one of the best in the world this year. It already was an unusual game, played in a fog that resulted from high temperatures in the building.
Oregon State coach LaVonda Wagner was asked afterward about how daunting the task is to stop Stanford' s talented post players " Pretty difficult " Wagner said and left it at that. Frye, who didn' t even take a shot in the first half, scored the next six points on two free throws and two 15- footers and Arizona led for good 77- 73 with 5: 15 to go. Fears, a freshman point guard, connected on 5 of 8 shots from the field in his first career start. The Bluejays( 9- 1, who won their third game of the week, are off until they open Missouri Valley Conference play next Saturday at home against Illinois State. Illinois won its 25th straight Big Ten game and 21st in a row at Assembly Hall. He was 2- for- 9 from the field and never looked comfortable in his 28 minutes " We knew he would play we just didn' t know how much " Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury said of Roberts " He hasn' t practiced and we couldn' t expect that much out of him but he still gets us 12 rebounds It' s his presence out there that helps the team He missed some chippies he normally makes.
7 seconds left and Iowa State' s last- second shot rimmed out to lift No. The pass went backward for a lateral and Justin Glenn picked it up for the Huskies. Rock and McLinden helped give the USA the momentum in Game 3 with the Americans leading, 11-10. But a 3- point play and a 3- point basket, both by Carney, pushed the Tigers' lead back to 10 " The things we worked on in practice, we did in the game " Calipari said " We executed They really concentrated. They traded punts and Ohio State won the field position battle and took the lead in the third quarter.
Each team was in the bonus the final 11 minutes, but Wake Forest failed to capitalize. We knew we were going to have to play to the best of our ability to even play with them. UConn went nearly 11 minutes without a field goal and nine minutes without a point. Malone said the experience against the best teams in college basketball is paying off. 5 percent from the field in the first half and Notre Dame shot 46 2 percent. When this is done, and the Pistons have won the title, you can still come home for dinner Bring some Spago We'll feed the dog. . All 12 Blue Devils played at least 12 minutes apiece " It' s one thing to get some playing time.
The Broncos( 3- 2) had a chance to win in regulation, but Brody Angley' s fade away jumper with 2 seconds left ricocheted off the rim. Downing approaches baseball with the mind-set of a hockey goon or a defensive tackle, or a man trying to outswim a shark. 20 AP) on Saturday " Those were daggers " said teammate Deron Williams, who hit two key 3- pointers to ignite a 10- 0 run early in the second half that erased a one- point Wisconsin lead and put the Illini( 25- 0, 11- 0 Big Ten) in control " These guys got me the ball in good position " Brown said looking at Williams and Luther Head, who led the Illini with 26 points " I just set my feet and took a couple of shots " The Illini tied the school record with their 25th consecutive win. But Kevin Rogus was fouled on Harvard' s next trip downcourt and made the second of two free throws to give Harvard their final margin. Coleman used her strength and size to do a great job on her " Jantel Lavender had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Buckeyes.
there is a big disparity in talent between who we had on the floor and who[ UMBC coach] Phil[ Stern] had on the floor " UMBC managed to stay close at 29- 20, but UConn ended the half with a 12- 0 run and scored the first nine points of the second half. Ashworth, a junior first-baseman, ends the regular season hitting . 532 with 37 hits, scored 29 runs and had 29 RBIs. Associated PressOLEAN, N. Associated PressLOS ANGELES- Arizona State talked about reaching the Final Four before beginning the NCAA Tournament The Sun Devils barely made it out of the first round. Alex Barnett had 13 points, and Marlon Sanders 11 for Dartmouth( 7- 13 2- 5, which last defeated Penn on Feb 8, 1997. To be sure, Murray lets his players know-vehemently-how to improve as baseball players That is an inevitable part of coaching. But Illinois is the best team we' ve ever played in all my years of doing this, including your national champions and Final Four teams.
Billy Pettiford had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Jaguars( 8- 2 LeRoy Nobles had 13 and Jon Avery 11 IUPUI led 36- 35 at the break and extended its lead with 55 6 percent field- goal shooting in the second half The Jaguars shot 24 of 28( 85. The Badgers opened up a 24- point lead on an inside basket by Greg Stiemsma with 8: 53 remaining in the game. I don' t want to put pressure on Herb, but they look like a Sweet 16 or an Elite Eight team ". And, to cap off a seven-run inning, third amigo Pedro Guerrero finally got hold of a honron, and hit that sucker muy lejos, lemme tell ya Very far. Michigan broke things open in the second half with an 11- 3 run and held a double- digit lead for the rest of the game.
6 percent on the way to a 39- 36 halftime lead, but didn' t go to the free- throw line and committed three straight careless turnovers late in the half that allowed Arizona to come back. MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa( AP- Robert Morris showed Sunday that its depth extends beyond top players Sade Logan and Chinata Nesbit. But the win against Oklahoma State( 14- 3, 2- 2) was Oklahoma' s 23rd straight victory against Big 12 Conference opponents- including a conference championship game last season in which the Sooners turned it over 32 times " It does matter to me, our valuing the basketball, because I think at the end of the day it may determine who gets to go to( the Final Four in) Cleveland and who doesn' t. We wanted to come out and show people what we' re about " The Colonials had won 19 straight games before losing to Saint Joseph' s 57- 55 in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 tournament. In the season opener for both teams, Stanford finished with its largest margin of victory in the Silicon Valley' s rivalry game since winning 44- 0 in 1972. Miller finished with 12 points " I' m not crazy about us taking so many threes, but when you are open and keep making them, you accept it " North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell said " Any time you get an ACC win on the road, that' s big " North Carolina made 10 three- pointers in the first half and led 50- 23.
Carlos Powell, who scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds, had eight points in the run. Todd Mortensen completed 35- of- 57 passes, both school records, for 331 yards and one touchdown. Charlie Villanueva added 15 points for UConn, which holds a 55- 2 edge over in- state opponents under Calhoun. She has this amazing hook shot " Stanford shot 52 percent from the field and held Washington State to 33 percent. I had tears in my eyes " The Black Knights had a chance to cut into a 21- point deficit in the third quarter, but Mike Viti lost a fumble on the Navy 1. Tiffin' s first- quarter field goals gave him 105 points for the season, the most for an Alabama kicker.
San Diego( 3- 2) broke a three- game losing streak in the crosstown rivalry. The Mariners beat Richard Dotson, who had won his first five decisions Dotson was given shabby treatment by his teammates In 6 innings, he gave up all 6 runs, but only 2 were earned. When somebody said it, we believed we were going to get that stop and they weren' t going to get any closer " Erlana Larkins scored 15 points for the Tar Heels, who jumped out to a seven- point lead when La' Tangela Atkinson stole an errant pass from Harris and made a layup 6: 11 in. Marlon Pompey ended the spurt with a short jumper, giving A& M its first lead at 32- 31 and rousing the school- record crowd of 13, 151. Kellen Allen had 16 points for the Blackbirds( 2- 2, 1- 0 Northeast Conference. Trevino and the relay from second baseman Luis Alicea arrived at the plate at the same time, but Trevino knocked the ball loose. She got up within a neck of us, a head of us, and we stayed the last eighth of a mile like that.
The Bulldogs had more turnovers( nine) than field goals( seven) and scored only two baskets in the final 11: 39 of the first half " Our defense is getting better, and we' re starting to get the system down and trust one another on the defensive end " Bayless said. Conner is scheduled to sail it in its first sea trial today, moderate wind permitting. "Our guys appeared a bit nervous at the start, but once we got past that first few minutes, it seemed our nerves were gone" Socker Coach Ron Newman said. Basketball was the sport in Murray's childhood, circa late 1940s early '50s, in Scottsbluff, Neb-a town of about 12,000. Slaughter made 12 of 14 free throws, all in the second half The Aztecs shot just 38.
