Without Turbin' s run, the Aggies gained less than 250 yards on the Utes, who were missing their top pass rusher as Koa Misi sat out with a bad back. John' s( 22- 8) stayed step- for- step with Maryland behind quick guard Kia Wright' s great play and outside shooting by Tara Walker and Greeba Barlow Maryland outrebounded St. 3 percent for the game( 25- for- 67) and committed 22 turnovers as Southern California mixed in a triangle- and- 2 defense, something the coaching staff laid out for the players about two hours before the game in a ballroom in the midtown hotel they were staying in " Considering we had no poise against Kansas 48 hours before I' m proud of this team " Southern California coach Tim Floyd said " We played with more of a purpose on the defensive end. Kibwe Trim had 19 points and Ryon Howard contributed 17 for the Pioneers. Seton Hall( 7- 1) used a late first half run to race ahead 35- 31 at intermission after trading shots with the visiting Peacocks throughout After two free throws from Darrell Lampley gave St.

Two hours after placing second in the discus at 186-feet 2-inches, Carter won the shot with a mark he recorded in Friday's preliminaries, 64-0 1/2 It ranks him fourth nationally. Northern Colorado remained close, pulling to within 45- 44 with 8: 55 left in the game before Smith took over. 5 percent( 8- for- 61) from the field overall, including a 3- for- 16 performance from the 3- point line. The victory snapped the Cardinal' s three- game losing streak to the Cougars, all at Stanford Stadium.

If we don' t play with the intelligence and intensity we have to, there' s going to be some long nights for us " The Buckeyes( 9- 0) are one of only 10 Division I teams without a loss Two more fell by the wayside on Wednesday night. The first time the states met was in Tulsa at the new Oral Roberts University baseball facility And Oral Roberts threw out the first ball. Canseco, the major league leader with 14 homers, stood and watched as his shot disappear into the left-field stands. Catcher Jeff Champ, a 33rd-round pick in last week's draft, signed with the Baltimore Orioles, and shortstop Steve Montejano, who was not selected in the draft, signed a free-agent contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He struck out a season-high 8 batters, but still did not seem to have his best stuff. Now his front row pictures will be artistically perfect" Sullivan's car looks like a gold and green beer can, while Mears' and Unser's cars are canary yellow. He scored 10 points on 4- of- 5 shooting, while his teammates went 9- for- 27, to help the Boilermakers take a 35- 34 lead " We knew he had the hot hand and we just want to ride those players in that situation " Booker said " We did just that " It was more of the same in the second half, with Kiefer becoming the aggressor on the offensive end, going right at the IPFW front line, either converting layups or getting to the free- throw line " Something I haven' t been doing very well is finishing, and I did that today " Kiefer said He got some help in the second half from Booker.

Causey hit a 3- pointer with 54 seconds left and, after a missed free throw by Chalmers, added a basket with 32 seconds left to cut the Kansas lead to 67- 64. She was 5- of- 24 from the field, 1- of- 10 in the second half " They did a tremendous job on Shay " Trakh said " They shadowed her, they got after her, they did a tremendous defensive job on Shay Murphy " The Trojans held a 33- 17 rebounding advantage in the first half, but missed 28 of their 39 shots and trailed 31- 27 at the break. But they( the shots) were open, and Chelsea got me the ball " The Lady Bears put together a 15- 2 run early in the second half and pushed their lead to 63- 34 with just under 13 minutes remaining. Mostly, however, they talk about Chieffo's demeanor, which is as consistent as his chipping. It crept slowly forward, inhaling the white dots like a real-life Pac-Man gone mad. Yet all Texas coach Rick Barnes wanted to talk about was how badly the Longhorns( No 5 ESPN/ USA Today, No 4 AP) played defense. 23 AP) beat North Carolina- Asheville 92- 63 on Wednesday night " Never, ever in the history of Michigan State University " Izzo said when asked when he last saw that assist- to- turnover ratio " No insult to Earvin( Johnson, Scott( Skiles, Eric( Snow) or Mateen( Cleaves, but that is a pretty impressive stat " And I thought some of the assists were pretty good ones " Good enough to help Paul Davis, Kelvin Torbert, Alan Anderson and Shannon Brown shoot a combined 66. Last year at Oklahoma City in the American Assn, he won two games in relief, then was brought up to the Rangers on June 25 Once again he wasn't impressive He was 2-7 with an ERA of 4. 13.

There was also an unsportsmanlike conduct call that gave Virginia new life in Tech territory and a defensive offsides call that ruined a third- down stop, both in the fourth quarter. Eugene Harvey had 20 points and Brian Laing added 17 to lead the Pirates( 8- 3 John Garcia had 16 points off the bench for Seton Hall J J. LSU then scored 24 straight points before Brittney Vaughn made two free throws for Arkansas with 5: 10 to play. Perhaps the writing on the wall was clearly visible before the event even started Or more accurately, the writing on the buses. The combination allowed Indiana to roll to its second win in five games.

They finally scored in the closing minutes on a 5- yard pass to Earvin Taylor " We moved the ball decently at times " Franchione said " we just didn' t hold onto it long enough to do what we needed " The Vols hit 10 wins for the eighth time under Fulmer. At the old age of 23, Gooden is a rather different pitcher, and a far different person, than the K kid who, in Manager Davey Johnson's words, "was great at 19 and unbelieveable at 20. Utah' s 21- 0 lead, the largest deficit the Tide faced all season, stood until Tiffin hit a 52- yard field goal on the first play of the second quarter. 9 George Washington is to have success in the conference tournament, which begins on March 2 in Cincinnati, and the NCAA Tournament, they' ll have to improve " We have some weaknesses that we have to clean up " said coach Joe McKeown " We played small a lot today, and that hurt us " George Washington( 25- 2, 14- 0 Atlantic 10) clinched its sixth straight Atlantic 10 regular season title. That was hard for us to handle " Undaunted by a 2- for- 12 shooting performance in the Terrapins' last game at Wake Forest, a 2- for- 9 effort at Virginia Tech on Jan 23 and a 1- for- 7 outing at Virginia on Jan. A double by Brian Downing and a run-scoring single by Wally Joyner accounted for run No 2. Phillip Scott had 10 points for Prairie View( 3- 7, which shot 27 percent and had 31 turnovers leading to 36 Texas points.