Now Tennessee has two weeks to prepare for a trip to Florida on Sept. Stephen Sir led the Lumberjacks( 12- 11, 7- 5) with 22 points, going 7- for- 12 from 3- point range. A Koehn 3- pointer ended the Nebraska run, and Kansas State added another pair of baskets to open the lead to 21 and put the game away. "Some of the best basketball I've ever seen or been a part of" Jones said of the final 12 minutes You needed a set of wings to play in this thing.
The results showed Friday night, as DeWitt came off the bench to score a career- high 22 points to help the No 3 Tar Heels beat Wake Forest 91- 57. Courman with 1: 51 left in the third quarter, but Richmond took advantage of two more interceptions to add a 27- yard field goal by Radford and a 1- yard Vaughan TD run. "I felt like I should have been there (competing, but it just wasn't possible" Maul said. 7 seconds remaining Thursday to lift Montana State to a 67- 64 win over Sacramento State. Jay Jackson scored 19 points and Darryl Dora had 12, but the Red Raiders lost their second straight game and fourth in their last five " We had way too many turnovers " Tech coach Bob Knight said " It was a huge difference in the game " Arkansas scored the game' s first eight points and led by as many as 11 in the first half. Self benched his starters for one long stretch in the second half as the game turned into a blowout and the Wildcats pounced on every mistake with one big shot after another " Villanova exposed us " Self said.
Walker Russell led Jacksonville State with 24 points and six assists Anthony Wilson followed with 15 and Dorein Brown had 10 Jonathon Modica earned a technical foul in the second. The Tar Heels answered with a 16- 2 spurt that put them back ahead, but looked to be in trouble when Latta limped off the court and went to the locker room after scoring the last bucket in that stretch. Thomas plunged in for a 6- 0 lead, and Mosley added a 1- yard score later in the half for a 12- 7 Mean Green advantage. "We've got to say we like the bowl structure as it is, but have we ever explored that (a playoff, can you do a playoff in the bowl structure? It's a big issue" One reason bowl executives fear a playoff is that any type of championship game will cut into the money spent on the bowls by television, advertisers, and fans. Ocean View (16-13) will play Buena in Thursday's quarterfinals. . Thank goodness I quit smoking, so I could hold my breath for four laps. "You always think you can do it" said Fullerton's elated coach, Martin Luczaj, after his team stormed the field in wild celebration.
Darren Collison tied his career high with 17 points and the Bruins capitalized on Stewart' s impulsiveness by scoring five straight points to win 70- 65 Wednesday night. White' s size and athleticism was too much for Purdue underneath as he hit a short jumper and two layups to give the Hoosiers control after a wild finish to the first overtime period. 19 Nebraska for a 16- 15 win Saturday " Once I saw that he was open, I just had to let it go " said Taylor, who was hit just after he released the ball. Baylor( 2- 5, 0- 4) has lost 11 straight Big 12 games since coach Guy Morriss won his conference debut over Colorado last October. Longhorns point guard Carla Cortijo had nine turnovers " A lot of kids start the ball game thinking about how many points they' re going to score " Blair said " Our kids start out thinking how many points they can stop " For the Longhorns, a once- promising season under first- year coach Gail Goestenkors is in a nosedive.
The Eagles pulled down 13 more rebounds than the Terriers and shot 51. Associated PressCHARLESTON, S. Crystal Langhorne had 19 points and 15 rebounds and Marissa Coleman added 18 points and 12 rebounds as No. Terrance Hunt scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds for the Hornets( 4- 11 They also got 26 points off the bench. Associated PressOREM, Utah( AP- Jeremiah Dominguez had 19 points to lead Portland State to a 60- 53 overtime win over Utah Valley State on Saturday night. Boston University was led by Rashad Bell with 16 points and Chaz Carr who had 14 Kevin Gardner added eight points and seven boards. Pierce Hibma hit four 3- pointers for Creighton in the second half, including three straight in under two minutes Ajay Calvin led the Bulldogs with 19 points Young added 12 for Drake, which led 32- 30 at halftime.
Kellogg finished the day completing 20- of- 35 passes for 191 yards. Jason Stevenson scored on a 2- yard run to cap a 66- yard La Salle drive that made the score 14- 13 with 3: 53 remaining in the first half. He walked on the field stiff- legged- clearly, it wasn' t even a close call whether or not he would play- and watched the game from the sideline wearing his No 1 jersey. The win was the 12th in the last 13 games for the Aggies, who now lead the Big 12 Conference.
On Thursday night, more than 12, 000 loud and raucous fans came out to see the seventh- ranked Cougars, who easily routed The Citadel 67- 45, improving to 10- 0 for the first time in 16 years. "Some of the best basketball I've ever seen or been a part of" Jones said of the final 12 minutes You needed a set of wings to play in this thing. Tech opened up a 10- point lead with five minutes left in the first half but Longwood( 0- 2) scored six unanswered points to tie the score at 41 at the half. It's hard for an old guy like me (Tinley is 31) to go that fast" The cycle sprint may have taken enough out of Tinley to prevent him from passing MacNaughton in the run event late in the race. Of the eight questions asked of them, two elicited revealing responses on the changing face of high school coaching. Y( AP- Yassin Idbihi scored a career- high 28 points, including a pair of clutch free throws, as Buffalo rallied for a 98- 90 win over Bowling Green Tuesday. AUSTIN, Texas( AP- It was fitting that the play that keyed fifth- ranked Texas' win over No 10 Georgia came at the defensive end for the Longhorns.
MALIBU, Calif( AP- Glen McGowan and Yakhouba Diawara scored 22 points apiece and Alex Acker added 21 as Pepperdine beat San Diego 83- 67 in the West Coast Conference opener for both teams Friday night at Firestone Fieldhouse. A 13th-round draft choice out of high school in 1984, Pico worked his way through the Cub farm system He finally matured in triple A this spring. With seven 3- pointers, Goldwire moved into sixth place in school history with 185 for his career. But Bell had eight points, including two three- point plays, in a 10- 3 run that put the Tar Heels ahead 58- 51.
