You' re going to have bad games " The Tar Heels were outrebounded, 49- 43, for the first time this season and their 67 points were a season low- as was their margin of victory. Gabrielle Richards had 23 points and 13 points for Oregon( 12- 7, 3- 6. Saint Mary' s win early last month was the Bulldogs' first league loss in more than a year. SAC, and Stanton had enjoyed such success at the Walnut campus while at Long Beach that teammates nicknamed him Sac "Today will be different" Stanton said "Yeah, sure" Nordquist replied "No" Stanton insisted "Today will be different" Stanton was right.

But the Bearcats couldn' t stretch it and quickly found themselves trailing 88- 83 after Williams fouled Basden on a 3- point attempt. The Hokies, who came in with five wins in six games, fell to 0- 5 against ranked teams this season. Thomas finished with 14 points, and was the only starter to play more than 20 minutes " I think it was good for us " Thomas said " We played together, and we got to work on our offense and different defenses and that is going to get us ready " Freshman Tina Charles had 12 points and eight rebounds, Kalana Greene added 11 points and Brittany Hunter had 10 for the Huskies. But the Frogs couldn' t maintain that momentum " We knew how big a game this was " Santee said " This could have really helped us out. The crosstown rivals are familiar foes in February, when they play in the Beanpot with Boston University and Harvard for the area' s college hockey bragging rights. Allyssa DeHaan, a 6- foot- 9 freshman, had seven points and nine rebounds " They could put a lot of height in there " Kilburn- Steveskey said " But people are going to hit some shots against you The key is not to get deflated. Baskets by Cox and Wiggins, and two free throws by Andre Hazel helped San Francisco regain control.

"Things that happened last season won't happen again, because of Dick Pole" Maddux said. While Texas hit eight 3- pointers in building a 45- 37 halftime lead, Baylor did everything it could to keep up, hitting four. "He's going to go around you, or he's going to hurt you" Simpson said his teammate rarely chooses subtlety. BOSTON — Mark Messier doesn't always look as if he'd just as soon rip your head off as shake your hand. Portland struggled against the pressure, committing three quick turnovers while San Francisco went on an 11- 0 run to take a 53- 43 lead. 1 seed " Tennessee( 18- 2, 5- 0 Southeastern Conference) handed the Commodores( 17- 3, 4- 1) their first loss at home this season but the 12th straight in the series.

Adeduntan started the first run with a 3- pointer and capped it with a short jumper to put Florida State up 26- 16 with just over 11 minutes left. Louis Cardinals took the division, the pennant and darn near the Series. Clark' s 3- point play capped a 7- 0 run that brought the Cougars within 16- 15. Taylor Richards led Utah State( 1- 8) with 21 points on 7- of- 10 shooting, but she had 10 turnovers Texas A& M scored 32 points off 26 Utah State turnovers. Qualifying for the championship flight is set for July 11 and match play will continue throughout the week.

"You guys (reporters) probably thought we were going to get swept" left fielder Kirk Gibson said "I had confidence. "That showed me I just couldn't go out and play every day" Chieffo said. A 3- pointer by Asheley Harkins with 5: 55 remaining ended the Bobcat rally and Kent State pulled away by making 6- of- 10 free throws the rest of the way. I' m really proud of how we did on the road " Briann January scored 20 points and Kayli Murphy had 12 rebounds for Arizona State( 11- 7, 5- 2, which lost to California( No 9 ESPN/ USA Today, No. "At best, the race will be dull" For what it's worth, a much smaller but similarly futuristic New Zealand boat, the one featured in this column recently, was blown away by a stock Hobie 21 as a prelude to this week's Ultimate Yacht Race competition at Corpus Christi, Tex. McNamara began the night averaging a team- high 16 points per game " If I struggle and get double- doubles, I hope that' s the story of the season " said McNamara, who scored 11 points and dished out 10 assists for his first double- double this season and third of his career " If I can still be productive and help the team win, then I' ll take a bad night shooting any night, as long as we get the win " Syracuse, which staged a stunning rally to beat Manhattan in overtime on Wednesday, didn' t need any late- game heroics to beat the Horned Frogs( 1- 5.