A couple of the Hawks wandered into the Illini' s stretching routine before tipoff, offering a prediction that the Eastern Shore guards would be responsible for a win. That' s exactly how it happened " I knew I had plenty of time " Dockery said " I had confidence in the shot and I knocked it down " He received the ball just over halfcourt, then took one quick dribble- one less than Laettner needed 13# 189; years ago- and launched his shot from the " Coach K Court " decal near the sideline. Harley hit four 3- pointers in a two- minute span to give Lafayette a 14- 11 lead with 14: 28 left in the first half. I thought Quianna did a tremendous job finding the open seams. Their chief competition should come from defending champion Harry Rudolph of La Jolla, and Phil Mickelson, who had the low round Monday (69, and Manny Zerman both of University of San Diego High School. . We have done everything to separate sports from politics" China is one of many Communist countries that will compete in Seoul Only the U. S. RUSTON, La( AP- For a while there, Louisiana Tech head coach Kurt Budke thought he might have to suit up.
His ensuing free throw gave Oklahoma a 59- 55 lead with 1: 56 to play " Once I got fouled, I just wanted to throw it up there and I prayed it' d go in " Bookout said. Sophomore pitcher Sean Henson pitched a complete-game five-hitter with 10 strikeouts and first baseman Tim Costic delivered a seventh-inning run-scoring double as Monroe-the only fourth-place team to play for the City title-concluded an improbable ride through the playoffs, beating San Fernando, 3-2, before a crowd estimated at 4,100. Though both teams held the lead several times during the first half, Utah State took a 44- 30 halftime edge behind 6- for- 9 shooting from behind the 3- point line. Fullerton played three scrimmages against local teams as it waited for the NCAA tournament to begin In two of those, he got at least one hit But in one, he went 0 for 5 "Just my luck" Mayne said, with more humor than sarcasm It was a chance to relax, but just a bit "I tried to put the same intensity into it" he said. The Tar Heels did all that despite a subpar offensive game from all- conference forward Erlana Larkins, who finished with four points on 2- for- 11 shooting. Jesyka Burks- Wiley had 17 points and 10 rebounds for third- seeded Boston University( 18- 12 Rachael Vanderwal added 13 points.
Lawrence McKenzie, who didn' t start for the second straight game, led the Gophers with 21 points. We sometimes get stagnant " Smith scored a season- high 29 points and had 13 rebounds to lead Utah( No 21 ESPN/ USA Today, No. But Jorgensen, who won the 1,600 and 3,200 last year, appeared to have regained her form at the Avocado League championships. It would be hard not to " Beggin said " But we took too long to get into our offense, and that' s something that falls on me ". South Carolina started fast with six 3- pointers in the game' s first 13 minutes, the last a floater by Kelley with 7: 16 remaining, to lead 28- 17. 6 seconds left before halftime when Raivio made two free throws.
Senior guard Tye Jackson, the Cougars' leading scorer, sat out with chronic inflammation in her left knee. That kept him upright and prevented him from having to move too much. The Mountaineers struggled to maintain drives against the only team currently ranked on their schedule. There's an adjective that best describes golfers with broken thumbs: hungry. Backup point guard Earl Calloway hurt his hip flexor in Friday night' s victory and sat out Monday. Uncharacteristically, the Blue Devils( 6- 0) needed every one of his plays against Killingsworth- and a hostile Indiana crowd- to stay perfect. After running 221. 565 earlier in the week and 220. 371 in practice Saturday morning, Andretti could average only 214. 692 in his official run Andretti ran a 217. 014 first lap, but fell off badly He could manage only 212. 761 for his fourth lap.
Brittney Dixon scored 10 points to lead Central Connecticut( 0- 1 Michigan State will face Boston College( No 17 ESPN/ USA Today, No 18 AP) in Sunday' s championship game. It was the first meeting between the teams since the 2006 NCAA Tournament, when Duke beat Connecticut in overtime for a spot in the Final Four. Colorado reduced Baylor' s lead to 34- 29 as Roby scored 13 first half points It was Baylor' s first conference win since Feb 25. COLLEGE STATION, Texas( AP- Three- point shooting was the star of Texas A& M' s 91- 63 win over Missouri on Saturday night, but Acie Law played a superb supporting role. As the field roared toward the start-finish line, seconds before the start, Cogan veered sharply to the right, bouncing off Foyt's car back across the track where he was rammed by the charging Mario Andretti.
11 AP) continue its mastery of Dayton with a 70- 57 victory over the Flyers on Friday night. Massachusetts never got closer than 22 points to Miami' s lead after that. 1 percent in the first half, while the Lancers shot just 29 percent, missing their first 11 field goal attempts. Leading 52- 50 with eight minutes left, the Eagles scored the next eight points, including 3- pointer by Ingram and a three- point play by Billbe to go ahead 60- 50 with just over six minutes left. The Buckeyes, who were led by substitute forward and future coaching Hall of Famer Bob Knight' s 15 points, went on to win their only national championship that season behind Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. Lisa Karcic and Tia Grant each scored 10 points and Jackie Adamshick had 13 rebounds to lead the Wildcats( 3- 4.
Cam Newton added a 63- yard fumble return for the Paladins, who have won their first two games by a combined 97- 17 Nelson was 23- of- 44 for 213 yards for Samford He also led the Bulldogs in rushing with 58 yards. EL PASO, Texas( AP- Curtis Marshall had 18 points and seven rebounds and Texas Tech' s defense shut down Texas- El Paso in a 72- 57 victory Saturday night. It' s going to be a heck of a race " Mata- Real bruised his left shoulder sometime in the first half and iced it after the game " Hopefully, it' s nothing more serious " Howland said. A pair of Dee Davis free throws with 1: 20 left gave Vanderbilt a 77- 66 lead. Bobby Schwartz of Costa Mesa won the four-lap scratch main event Friday in front of 5,163 in the weekly speedway program at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.
Not exactly a pit, although ugliness is in the eye of the beholder. It was the second loss in a three games for the Lobos, who were routed by then- No 13 Arizona State 67- 49 on Sunday. And how did they win it? About the only way feasible-on a 10th-inning RBI double by Wynegar, the man who played Mickey Owen for a night and dropped the third strike that allowed Boston's Dwight Evans to score the game-tying run in the bottom of the eighth But before that, there was more, so much more. His image has definitely been tarnished by the mediocre showing of his party.
Butler led Oregon State with 18 points and Mandy Close scored 13. I' ve always thought Herb Sendek has done a great job, and he' ll continue to do so if everybody keeps supporting him " Atsur had four 3s- all in the first half- as the Wolfpack made 11- of- 28 from beyond the arc. Juan Agosto and Dave Smith shut off the Pirates in the last two innings. The Jaguars( 3- 6) were led by Mario Jointer, who was 8- of- 12 for a game- high 21 points. Christian Moody, a walk- on starter, then made two free throws to give Kansas a 61- 59 lead with 2: 49 left and start a 9- 2 run that extinguished Vermont' s bid for what would have been one of the great upsets in school history.
Stallone based it on Muhammad Ali's title defense against an unknown named Chuck Wepner But it's nothing new Joe Louis had his Bum-of-the-Month Club a half-century ago They can't all be Ali-Frazier or Leonard-Hagler. The victory extended the Padres' winning streak to a season-high six games and raised their record to 11-6 under McKeon. 'Gene shouldn't be starting, Gene shouldn't be playing as many minutes as he is' He's the kind of player who's had to prove himself at every level because he doesn't do the kinds of things people appreciate"The other thing I've liked is that Gene is a very realistic person. The Crimson Tide managed to stay competitive through most of the first five minutes, but no longer. Gerrell Thomas added 14 points and 13 rebounds, reserve Deividas Petravicius had 13 points, and Colby Bargeman had 10 rebounds as well as six points.
And while it took more than 100 years for them to meet on the field, their first was a doozy. Florida, which gave coach Carolyn Peck her first SEC tournament win Thursday night, shot just 32 percent for the game Sha Brooks scored 22 points for the Gators( 21- 8. Quinton Young led FAU( 3- 12, 3- 5) with 21 points while Mike Bell added 20 points and 10 rebounds. Bowles' catch nevertheless easily surpassed the current women's 80-pound-test line record, a 674-pound blue caught in 1978 off Waikiki, and even the women's all-tackle record, a 737-pounder caught off the Kona Coast in 1981. Their opponent? Oklahoma has the inside track after beating Missouri in the Big 12 championship game.
Gibson hit two early in the second, one from about 25 feet, and Buckman stepped out for another before Paulino finally found his range. Danielle has a lot of discipline" Leone is unique because she's the only high school girl in the area to perform the giant, a high-risk trick, on the uneven parallel bars. Kaylor was always the smallest player on his teams but he never came up short in ability. Missouri shot 54 percent from the field and held Texas A& M to 29 percent. Thursday's victory, before a Dodger Stadium crowd of 25,959, was the Dodgers' second straight after they had lost the first two games to the second-place Astros. Ajavon hit a 3- pointer, and Rutgers broke out to a 12- 2 lead in the first 5 minutes, sending the Rutgers cheering section to its feet.
She hit a 12- foot fadeaway after a timeout before Davenport hit four free throws to push the lead to 64- 53. The Bobcats( 5- 3) needed Jolleys efforts because of a depleted frontcourt. After his two nifty, 4- yard runs, the Gators looked like they would put the game away. He capped the Tar Heels' second possession of the second quarter with his scoring pass to White to make it 10- 0, before hooking up with Little shortly before halftime for the play of the game. Connecticut scored 25 of the half' s final 30 points and led 40- 24 at the break " We had been taking a lot of bad shots early, and turning the ball over " Greene said " When we settled into our sets, we played well.
Lever will not play in Thursday night's game, but Vincent's status was undetermined Dallas' bench outscored Denver's, 40-14. . Stanford won its fifth straight since its only loss, 81- 77 to second- ranked Connecticut in two overtimes Nov. Strickland' s 3 with 5: 50 left was followed by one 44 seconds later by Virginia native Kristi Toliver, allowing the Terrapins to pull away from a 56- all tie " It really took the stuffing out of us " Virginia coach Debbie Ryan said " They made those two 3s and it just seemed like a mountain for the team to climb " Maryland( 21- 1, 5- 0 Atlantic Coast Conference, playing without coach Brenda Frese because she is pregnant with twins and not allowed to travel, earned its 11th consecutive win. The Cougar girls whipped second-place Rio Mesa of Oxnard by 37 points. That came in 1987, with a team that featured outstanding talent such as John Alstrom (Stanford) and Hugh Foster (San Diego State. CORVALLIS, Oregon( Ticker- Derek Anderson helped give Oregon State another " Civil War " victory and possibly another bowl game appearance.
His first pass of the game was intercepted, and on Miami' s next drive, he overthrew a wide open Ryan Moore in the end zone. "It figures that Roger (Penske) would sandwich me between two yellow cars" Sullivan said "You know how color-coordinated Roger is about everything. Piper simply asked his team to compete with the Hoosiers- and for a half it did. In its next game, Cypress had to rally after trailing against El Camino, 8-4. Then, finally, they stood around while the Mets scored seven runs in the final three innings.
On third and 1 at the 24, he faked a handoff and sprinted straight up the middle for the touchdown The gasp from the partisan crowd was audible Navy called timeout to set up for the 2- point try. He took control in the last four or five minutes of the game " The win pushed Texas to 8- 0 for the second time in three seasons. But the Angels have been flim-flammed by Barrett before-he pulled the hidden-ball trick on them twice in 1985-and Saturday, the Angels thought he was trying to pull another fast one. Ford said he told his Colonels to seize an opportunity that may never come their way again in a conference where only the tournament champion is assured of an NCAA berth " I guarantee you if we win this game it moves to the very top without even questioning it, and it does This is my greatest sports achievement to this date. UCF( 5- 4) responded with a 10- 0 run to take a double- digit lead The Knights led by as many as 19 points in the second half. The Huskies tied the score at 41 on an offensive rebound tip- in by Williams with 1: 04 remaining in the opening half. Colorado State then reached Colorado' s 1- yard line with 30 seconds left and Marcus Houston was stuffed at the line on the next play.
