The Lobos shot 38 percent from the field, hitting 21- of- 55. The Bruins( 11- 3, 5- 0 Pac- 10) extended their winning streak to five games with their third straight victory over the Huskies. Parrish rushed for a career high 229 yards and two touchdowns and James Kilian threw two scoring passes, leading Tulsa past San Jose State 34- 24 Saturday " I just respond and play well and help our offense do well so we can all be in sync " Parrish said " We wanted to win this game and we want to send our seniors out proudly with hopefully one more win " The Golden Hurricane( 3- 8, 2- 5 WAC) moved out of last place tie in the league and handed the Spartans their sixth straight defeat. After timeouts by each team, Duke inbounded the ball with 4. Rajon Rondo scored 25 points, setting a career high for the fourth time this season, and the Wildcats( No 22 ESPN/ USA Today, No.

Then with two out in the third, Brett hit a pitch from Edwin Nunez (1-3) about 440 feet to straightaway center for his 10th home run of the year. It worked out so well, the Mavericks lost by 22 points in Game 2. Currie drove for a layup, and Latta and Foley traded 3- pointers before Currie again went to the line, making two more to bring Duke within five. He led three straight scoring drives that, combined, covered 222 yards in 19 plays and only took 5: 24. The Badgers won the first matchup between the teams 72- 69 on Jan. we' re better than that " Walvius said " One thing our team is working to understand is a little more of a sense of urgency, a little more aggressiveness without hurrying " South Carolina stayed close to Vanderbilt early on before a shooting funk put the Gamecocks behind. Providence( 12- 7, 2- 4 Big East) led 77- 76 when Ellis drove the lane, untouched, and banked in a layup.

First baseman Clem Melendez is batting . 468 and is a two-time all-league selection Shawn Bowen (5-0, 2. 64) will start for Chatsworth Cleveland (7-12) vs Sylmar (12-10) At Sylmar 3 p. m. Hartford went on a 7- 2 run with 11: 15 remaining in the game to pull within 13 points. Nothing was easy about that game " Tenuta' s team did show some fight after falling behind. Paulus gave the Orange a 17- 0 lead with a pretty 66- yard scoring pass to Williams, faking a handoff to Donte Davis and hitting Williams in stride at the Wildcats 20.

Massachusetts shot 41 percent( 26- of- 63) overall and was 18- of- 29 at the free throw line. Battle and Jordan combined for 13 points during the game- turning span. I haven' t been a head coach for very long, but I could see that " The first task is to get past the novelty of missing Huggins, who coached the Bearcats for the last 16 seasons. The Nittany Lions missed nine consecutive shots and at one point in the second half was 6 of 31 from the field.

DAYTON, Ohio( AP- Shan Foster scored 11 of his 19 points over the final 6: 11, and Vanderbilt took advantage of Dayton' s cold shooting in the closing minutes to win 63- 60 Friday night. He was thought of as a relief pitcher and even though he was 7-0 for Toronto in 1985 before an elbow injury, he wasn't all that impressive. Giddens' bucket gave Kansas a nine- point lead- after trailing by eight at halftime, got the crowd screaming and sent the Jayhawks rolling to a 73- 61 victory over their archrival Monday night " I was sitting on the bench but I was yelling my lungs out " said Wayne Simien, who had 22 points and eight rebounds " That was huge " Kansas( 17- 1, 7- 0 Big 12) shot just 36 percent in the first half and fell behind 36- 28 but hit 70 percent in the first 15 minutes, 30 seconds of the second half while handing the reeling Tigers( 10- 11, 2- 6) their seventh loss in eight games. Perkins said Johnson, who checked him on defense, forced him to set up farther away from the basket than he normally likes to "I couldn't set up like I wanted to" Perkins said "I was just out of place I just couldn't get the rotation on my shots Maverick forward Roy Tarpley, the NBA's No. Veney is known as an innovator for his training and motivational methods. It was the first game against La Salle for Penn coach Fran Dunphy since turning down an offer to return to his alma mater after Billy Hahn resigned amid rape allegations against three former players. What a great job, what is he, 19- and- 5 as a starter and that' s something special " The Cardinals( 10- 1, 8- 0 Conference USA, the nation' s highest scoring team, are averaging over 50 points a game " That' s great, and I think you said the right thing and that' s' team " Petrino said " Because we get scores from our special teams, our defense today.

Nothing is certain-that's why they play the games after all-but the U. S. Brenner, formerly of UCLA, finished third in last year's World Championships. The Cougars outshot the Boilermakers throughout, finishing 50 percent from 3- point range and 83 3 percent from the stripe Purdue shot just 29 2 percent from beyond the arc, and 45 5 percent on free throws. 26 in Seattle, then could meet again in the Pac- 10 tournament " We' re definitely going to get them back when we go back to Seattle " Simmons said " There is no doubt about it in my mind ".

The final first- half TD came on a 3- yard pass from Tuitama to Terrell Turner with nine seconds to play, the last of the 35 second- quarter points for Arizona. Derek Raivio opened the second half with two free throws for Funn' s technical and Gonzaga never trailed again. "He had pretty good stuff and pretty good control, but mostly he had a competitive spirit" Brock said. Also scoring in double digits were James Barrett with 13 points and Ryan Bright with 11. Amber Metoyer led Tech with 13 points and nine rebounds while Shan Moore and Jokierra Sneed each added 12 points. And after a half, it looked the celebration would be festive.

We have no comment" Layden emerged from the Jazz dressing room about 45 minutes after the conclusion of the game and shook his head when reporters asked him for a comment. The Cal State Fullerton baseball team, which is awaiting an expected bid to the NCAA regionals, has scheduled three public scrimmages at Titan Field. 5 LSU routed Samford 86- 38 in the opening round of the Preseason WNIT on Friday night. Tarpley's 11 offensive rebounds, however, were one more than the entire Laker team had Friday. "I knew he was going to show up and play, but I told him that when he got a little tired to give me a signal, and he did.

Jefferson said he didn' t find out until after the game " I' m not sure if my guys listen to me or not " Heath said with a laugh. He finished with 240 yards on 18 for 31 passing with one touchdown. I'm going to learn how to play games with the critics the crafty way the movies do. Another 3- point shot by Thomas with 59 seconds to go sent the game into overtime. Crump' s absence was quite a blow for the Vols, considering Auburn has the smallest Division I lineup.

Anybody who hits a home run for the Oakland Athletics becomes a member of the Bash Club and gives an elbow bash to teammates. I didn' t think that would happen " Wake Forest rallied in the closing minutes of the second half, cutting the Terrapins' lead to seven points four times in a six- minute span, and pulling within 74- 69 on L D Williams' 3- pointer with 30 6 seconds left. Winthrop was led by Craig Bradshaw, who tied his career high with 19 points and his season high with eight rebounds Kinsey added 16 points and Balkman 12 for the Gamecocks Winthrop, which lost 60- 57 at Alabama on Dec. The anticipated matchup between Parker and Fowles- the expected top two picks in the WNBA draft Wednesday- also got off to a slow start as they combined to miss nine of their first 11 shots The two guarded each other for parts of the first half. "We had the two games on at the same time and were advancing each frame by frame.