TUCSON, Ariz( AP- Add Jawaan McClellan to the list of talented guards to play for Arizona. We got beat by a really, really, really good basketball team " Bethel, a transfer from Georgetown, had only eight points in each of the first two games, deferring along with everyone else to Hodge. Besides Millsap, who also added 11 rebounds, center Wayne Powell had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulldogs, who have won five out of their last six. Travis Sarver had a 29- yard scoring run in the third quarter for Slippery Rock. We purposely got off the beaten path and found ourselves in a time warp with people who live and work with few modern conveniences. Rutgers did not take its first lead until Farmer' s 3- pointer made it 26- 24 with 18: 24 remaining, but the Scarlet Knights led for the remainder of the game.
It was Slaney's first 3,000 race since she set the record Sept 8, 1985 in Rome. Kemena Brooks added 10 off the bench for the Spartans, who shot just 35 percent( 18- of- 51) from the field and missed 11- of- 19 free throws. Sycamores coach Royce Waltman, a former Indiana assistant under Bob Knight, called time- out and Indiana State got itself righted Schnitker started the comeback by hitting a 3- pointer. A postseason tournament of any kind would destroy the present bowl structure, executives of the games argue, and reduce the glut of bowl games that have multiplied to the point where teams with 6-5 and 7-4 records earn another $500,000 each by playing once more. Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said it' s going to take a while for his young players to get used to Big Ten competition. Megan Darrah and Ashley Houts scored 13 apiece for Georgia( 21- 5, 8- 3 Southeastern Conference, which used an early 19- 0 run to put the Gamecocks in a catchup mode from which they never recovered. Kansas State( 23- 6) will face top- seeded and sixth- ranked Baylor in Saturday' s championship game Baylor defeated No 14 Texas Tech 58- 57 in the other semifinal.
Inman returned to the Rutgers lineup after missing the UConn game to attend his grandmother' s funeral. The Tigers quickly erased the deficit as Fowles and Chaney mercilessly squeezed Ole Miss, scoring the first 18 points in the 20- 5 run, mostly on short- range jumpers and layups. Hawaii is 9- 9 overall and 5- 6 in the Western Athletic Conference Louisiana Tech is 14- 6 and 10- 2. We're hitting in every event and we are where we want to be" Larsen said "We're ahead of schedule because of the discus. Cheryl Longeway Kennedy High School Position: Pitcher Height, Class: 5-2, Fr. Peterson apparently needed stitches in his forehead in the third quarter after he hit it on the back of a teammate' s helmet while celebrating a big play.
After the second 3 made it 6- 0 about 40 seconds after the opening tip, Goestenkors said her piece and Duke got to 6- 5 on a 3- pointer by Smith. He was most happy when he met Leonard Stokes outside the locker room. Navy outscored Lafayette 11- 4 to open the second half, opening a 49- 38 lead that the Midshipmen steadily pushed higher. After Garrison scored inside to give the Terps an 82- 79 lead with 32 seconds left, Singletary hit a tying 3- pointer. Once the Leonard and Hagler debacles were put behind him, he resumed. Y( AP- James Smith and Jared Jordan each scored 24 points to lead Marist to a 98- 88 overtime victory against Siena on Saturday, giving the Red Foxes their first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season title.
Manhattan led 45- 39 at halftime and held a 13- point advantage in the second half before Canisius mounted a late 11- 5 run to close within a point on Popofski' s 3- pointer with 1: 26 remaining. The Wildcats also were forced to punt seven times, committed two turnovers and turned the ball over on downs once. Maxiell had missed all five 3- point attempts he had taken in his first 127 games with Cincinnati. The Ducks' Cathrine Kraayeveld led all scorers with 20 points, while Forristall added 10. She trotted off for a breather with 10: 14 to play in the game to a roaring ovation and a 57- 40 UConn lead " The fans are great here " Houston said " Just chanting your name and chanting the team' s name and being involved with the game from beginning to end " The picture of confidence on the floor, Houston acknowledged being " scared to death " of the college game before the preseason " I read about different freshmen being the leading scorers on their team and I used to just wonder to myself how do they do that and what does it take " she said " Right now I' m starting to figure it out " The Huskies led by as many as 20 down the stretch, and their solid defense gave the Longhorns little chance of catching up Houston had three of UConn' s six blocks.
Hampton wouldn' t let Bethune- Cookman( 4- 16, 2- 8) get closer than 16 in the second. And Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said she could have had an even bigger impact down the stretch " There was a sense of urgency with the way Courtney posted in the last 3 minutes, I promise you " Coale said " We missed her twice " Rush finished with 19 points, Erin Higgins had 14 and Kendra Moore added a career- best 13 for the Sooners Blue scored 20 of her 23 points in the second half for UCLA Quinn finished with 18 and Lisa Willis 13 for the Bruins. 11 AP) beat the Hoosiers 31- 17 Saturday " I don' t think we were entirely focused on the game " said Chris Perry, whose 112 yards rushing were tainted by two fumbles " I don' t think it was a hangover from the loss, but I don' t know what it was " Despite four turnovers, the Wolverines( 4- 1) led 31- 3 late in the fourth quarter. Give them credit " Texas A& M coach Gary Blair said of the Sooners. Wide receiver Jason Madkins caught six passes for 239 yards and one TD. Keisha Marvin (400) and Christina Ross and Rhonda Kennerson in the 800 round out the running corps. The CIF track and field divisional finals Saturday morning at Cerritos College mark a day of reckoning for 1,400 athletes. Associated PressEDS: Siena 80, Iona 76; CORRECTS records; EDITS ALBANY, N.
The Tigers held Kentucky to 37 yards on 36 rushes, constantly penetrating the line to harass Woodson and bury the runners " I could have played a lot better, but they are the No( 3) team in the nation and they showed why " Woodson said. He did not return " We think it' s a broken knee " Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury said " We' ll have to wait and see " However, ESPN' s Andy Katz reported after the game that Roberts escaped serious injury. The Eagles' lead dwindled to two points after he left, but they built it back up with nine straight points " I know how they play, so I felt I had an advantage with my quickness " Smith said " We just tried to get a big win. We' re not yet " Stephen McDowell had 14 points for Chattanooga, which fell to 5- 30 against its in- state adversary just two hours to its north. Freshman guard Antonio Kellogg then broke the frontcourt' s scoring dominance with a three- point play with 3: 47 to go J R. Friday was an off-day at the track as teams prepared for the endurance race that begins this afternoon.
But the Titans might have had a chance in this series had it not been for the deadness of their bats, particularly those of the top five hitters in the order. 7 seconds left to lift Robert Morris to a 31- 24 win over Stony Brook on Saturday. But leading 56- 50, senior Ali Mann scored inside and Horne, who doesn' t get as much attention as her teammates, made three straight baskets- one on a nifty left- handed layup- as Bowling Green regained control and pushed its lead to 66- 52 with 4: 17 remaining. Waner then started a 12- 0 run with a 3- pointer and the Blue Devils never trailed again. New York is 9-3 against the Cardinals this season, including 6-0 at New York. You guys (the media) do" Whatever, the facts are plain and were easily framed by Hawkins, who fell to 5-6 while his ERA rose to 3. 76.
Sophomore center LaMarcus Aldridge, who missed 15 games last season because of a hip injury, showed off his new, more muscular body with 19 points and 11 rebounds for his second career double- double " It feels good, but we have a long season, a long way to go " Aldridge said. During the regular season, Lane completed 146 of 221 passes for 1,877 yards. We broke some tackles and after that they were not going to catch us " Eagles freshman Ryan Ohliger kicked field goals of 44, 47 and 36 yards. With their top scorer and rebounder out, the Sooners fell behind by eight, but then rallied back within one again by the time she re- entered with 5: 14 left. Paris was 9- of- 11 from the field one game after tying a single- game school record with a 12- of- 13 shooting outing against UAPB. Dougherty came in, cleared the ball and San Diego was out of danger.
Arizona came in shooting 39 percent and improved slightly this time, to 43 3 percent( 29- of- 67. Colorado finished the half 11- of- 29 from the field, or 38 percent. Leon Buchanan led Morehead( 2- 6, 0- 2) with 13 points on 5 of 6 shooting. The Mission Viejo course ran into trouble, race officials said, when several temporary traffic signs were missing from key points of the course. It was curious that since Citius finished second in its class in last month's Newport-to-Ensenada race, owner Bill Wilson and his partners had refitted her with a taller mast and fractional rig, just like a 12-meter, and had bought a nearly new mainsail that Stars & Stripes had left over from its Fremantle inventory for $5,000. With the Cardinal pitching staff almost decimated, Herzog gave the 34-year-old left-hander a chance And McWilliams has made the most of it McWilliams pitched a two-hitter Wednesday at St Louis as the Cardinals trounced the Cincinnati Reds, 6-0. The Bruins overcame a 2-0 deficit, taking a 3-2 lead on a pair of second-period goals by rookie defenseman Glen Wesley, before Craig Simpson of the Oilers re-directed a shot by teammate Steve Smith into the net to tie the game with 3:23 left in the second period.
23 Texas A& M of the Big 12 and Arizona of the Pac- 10 " This was a statement game for us " Savoy said " No disrespect to North Carolina, but they didn' t know what they were getting into ". Reynolds' shot before the buzzer missed, the Rams( 2- 6) prevailed. 15, the three have been 68 percent of the offense " We just told everybody in front of the team' This is what we' re going to do " Auriemma said " These three guys, every time they' re open, they are going to get the ball. Geffen gave the Terriers their first lead with a 3- pointer that made it 11- 8 with 12: 39 left in the first half. California was hurt by turnovers, as it has been all season. The Cowgirls' ensuing inbounds pass went out of bounds and Baylor ran out the final few ticks " I thought Blackmon made a good, powerful drive in there and tried to finish or create something " Baylor coach Kim Mulkey- Robertson said " That' s what you hope for " Oklahoma State( 6- 11, 1- 6, which has beaten a Top 10 team at Gallagher- Iba Arena each of the past two seasons, was unhappy with the call against forward Destanie Sykes " Who calls a foul " said Nina Stone, who led Oklahoma State with 20 points " I' m sorry I' m sorry I don' t understand.
The Pirates( 14- 11, 12- 4 Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference) took advantage of 15 Howard( 5- 20, 2- 14) turnovers for 18 points They led the entire game. LSU coach Van Chancellor said the Lady Tigers effectively picked up the slack while Fowles was out. But Stanford started getting the ball inside to Smith and roared back with a 15- 2 run, tying it at 57. On the ride up to the green, I was thinking about a lot of things But mostly I was hoping like hell it did go in. Kaheaku- Enhada scored on a 1- yard run, Joey Bullen kicked a 39- yard field goal and Eric Kettani broke a 46- yard scoring run " We definitely had opportunities in the first half, but we turned the ball over " Niumatalolo said " I felt like we could have put the game away, or at least gotten some separation there " Kettani carried 12 times for 125 yards.
We utilized that and she showed everyone what she can she can " Or exactly what Stringer wanted when she inserted her with less than 12 minutes left, giving her some simple instructions: Post up low, use your strength and don' t take any finesse shots. He got his grades in order and won the starting quarterback job over Clark in camp, leading to Clark' s move to tailback. Duke held Bucknell to 20- for- 52 shooting and outrebounded the Bison 57- 32 Cheek and Black each had eight rebounds. Stewart, a sophomore averaging nearly 15 points, has scored 20 or more six times this season and eight in his career.
