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CHICAGO( AP- Allie Quigley had 26 points and eight assists to lead No verizion wireless center . The Black Knights lost their 16th straight game in their new coach' s debut Saturday, getting routed by Stefan LeFors and Louisville 52- 21 on Saturday " Obviously I wasn' t pleased with the result, there' s no question about that " said Ross, who' s won a national title and coached in a Super Bowl " Our season isn' t one game# 133; We' ll build on what we' ve got and get better " LeFors went 18- for- 24 passes for 270 yards for the Cardinals( 2- 0 " I was happy with the way we came out and got the game started " Louisville coach Bobby Petrino said " We wanted to make a point of coming in and throwing the football and moving it around vorizon phones . You don't smile at Coach Pat Riley's comical comment that the flu was a blessing in disguise, because it made you lighter and faster "No" you say vorizon . The roster- depleted Hurricanes, which dressed only seven scholarship players, stayed within striking distance throughout the game verison wierless . Stan Williams? He'd dig you a hole" One story concerns Hall of Famer Dizzy Dean He watched as a hitter dug in at the plate "Dig it deep" Dean supposedly yelled from the mound. "It's something you dream about if you have three cars" Penske said of his team's accomplishment, "but the execution is almost impossible" Sullivan averaged 216. 214 m. p. h. Rutgers took a 4- 0 lead and never looked back as Syracuse was overwhelmed by the defensive pressure by the Scarlet Knights.
Florida State beat a top- 25 team for the first time in six tries this season- eliminating another storied program after taking out Old Dominion in its opener " I don' t think it was nerves or anything that got to us " Wiggins said " They just kept making the shots, and we didn' t get it done " Wiggins had 19 points, five assists and five rebounds for the seven- time defending Pac- 10 champions, Jayne Appel added 14 points and eight rebounds before fouling out, but Stanford shot 4- for- 18 from 3- point range to fall short in a season when expectations were to reach the school' s first Final Four since 1997 . The Lady Bears upped the margin to 21- 6 with just under 12 minutes remaining virizon wireless phones . He made two 3- pointers and scored 12 points in a 16- 6 run that gave the Cowboys a 94- 77 run with 4: 45 remaining verizen phone . The Islanders' two other games this season have been against Vanderbilt, which was ranked 17th at the time, and defending national champion Baylor- the nation' s No 5 team . Lopez had a 73 and finished second, three strokes back. All week long, Morris Hatalsky talked about how much fun he was having at the Kemper Open Sunday, it wasn't much fun. The Redhawks( 1- 1) also started slowly in the second half, going down by 17 when IPFW' s Tyler Best hit a layup to make the score 44- 27 with 17: 53 remaining. Georgia Tech( 4- 4) already had lost to UNC- Greensboro and Winthrop, and they trailed the Panthers 40- 32 after going nearly 5 minutes without a point to start the second half.
