Associated PressMACOMB, Ill( AP- Forward Billy Pettiford scored a game- high 16 points and George Hill added 15 as IUPUI defeated Western Illinois 64- 47 on Saturday night. And even the senior right-hander could not help laughing at a couple of the pitches she threw in the late innings of the Thousand Oaks High softball team's Southern Section 4-A Division first-round playoff game Thursday against Ventura. Garcia also had five assists and seven rebounds " It was good for us " Pitino said " We got to work against a 1- 3- 1( zone defense, we got to work on our zone offense, which was very effective. Antoine Agudio was the fourth Hofstra player in double figures with 11 points. The Lady Owls( 1- 1) elected to play North Carolina' s frenetic tempo, but they couldn' t keep pace " Running is part of our game, and we just did the best we could with it " Kennesaw State coach Colby Tilley said " Our biggest problem is that we couldn' t match up with their height. With Pool on the bench after picking up her third foul early in the second half, Walker led a comeback by the Wolverines. If Bobby Czyz beats Dennis Andries in Atlantic City May 22, he says, he's been promised a light-heavyweight title fight with Virgil Hill, if Hill beats Ramzi Hassan on the June 6 Hearns-Barkley undercard at the Las Vegas Hilton.
Winning pitcher David Stevens (6-2) bounced a single through the middle that scored teammate Mike Morris, sending the game into extra innings. Valerio missed the free throw, but Toback grabbed the rebound, which led to Coppola' s game- winning basket. By that time, DePaul had 11 " I don' t think that we panicked " Smith said " I just think that they played very hard in the second half. They turned a game that was tight at halftime- Florida led 40- 38- into a laugher over the final 20 minutes. Victor Adeyanju returned a Boyd fumble 4 yards for a touchdown just 61 seconds into the second half, but Kentucky scored the next 21 points, as Boyd threw touchdown passes of 19 yards to Scott Mitchell and 12 yards to Glenn Holt. At halftime, VanDerveer urged her players to be more aggressive defensively, and the Cardinal opened the second half with a 19- 7 run " I think the run at the beginning of the second half gave us confidence and maybe shook their confidence a little bit " VanDerveer said Wiggins played a big role in the comeback. RADFORD, Va( AP- Dan Ross had 30 points and 13 rebounds to lead Radford to a 95- 85 win over East Tennessee State Tuesday night.
Her two victories accounted for 20 of CSUN's 29 points as the Lady Matadors finished ninth in the women's scoring The men's team also placed ninth, scoring 38 points Abilene Christian University swept both team titles. Track officials report that all 16,058 reserved grandstand seats have been sold, and a crowd of more than 75,000 is expected for Sunday's finale. The Terrapins have won 19 straight over two seasons, the nation' s longest current winning streak. The Rockets are no Trojans, but Pryor and the Buckeyes got the confidence- boosting performance they needed. ASU will no longer have to answer questions about how it' s bearing up under a long skid " It feels great to finally win " guard Antwi Atuahene said " We haven' t won a game since Christmas " Actually, they hadn' t won since Dec 21, when they beat North Carolina A& T 71- 66 Since then, ASU has hung in there with good teams and bad Three nights earlier, the Sun Devils had chased No 5 UCLA to the wire before losing 67- 61 ASU' s last five losses had come by six or fewer points. The Falcons outrebounded the Chippewas 46- 34 and outscored them on points in the paint 36- 16. The Gophers had taken a 58- 57 lead on two free throws by Ashley Ellis- Milan with 3 5 seconds left.
The Lakers scored just 35 points in the last two quarters, a team playoff low for a half. The Wildcats led 30- 29 early in the second half before a 13- 0 run over eight minutes put the game out of reach. Anytime you play a team at this level and only score 13 points, you' re not going to give yourself much of a chance " Delaware State abandoned its deliberate style in the second half. Only once more did Tennessee get as close as three- Nicky Anosike' s jumper with 12: 51 left made it 41- 38- and Latta led the Tar Heels' response by scoring seven points during a 9- 2 spurt that pushed the lead to 10 points.
New Mexico led 33- 20 at halftime, with Briody leading the way with 12 points. I had to keep myself in the game" Although no pitcher had started as a designated hitter, several have batted since the rule was adopted. Not only did the baseball team have its problems, but the basketball program struggled, too, and Costic planned to play both sports in high school. The Angels' four East Coast victories, in review: Angels 5, Yankees 4-The Angels are down, 4-3, and down to their last out before Downing lunges and pings a two-run home run off the left-field foul pole, a home run Downing maligned as "a weak fly ball" Angels 2, Orioles 1-The Angels manage one run through nine innings against Mike Boddicker, winless in his last 13 decisions, and score the go-ahead run on a 10th-inning double-play grounder when Baltimore's interim manager, Elrod Hendricks, oddly decides to play his infield back. He plays like that, can' t nobody stop him " Although Horford said he' s ready to make the jump to the NBA, he added that he hadn' t thought much about the future " We' re just enjoying this right now and I' m enjoying this " he said " There' s been no talk about that.
In the locker room, Auriemma told his squad that they were too reliant on Charles in the opening 20 minutes " We tried to beat LSU with one player in the first half " Auriemma said " You can' t beat a good team on the road, especially as good a team as LSU, unless three or four people are able to contribute and I thought that' s what happened in the second half " UConn surged into the lead with an 11- 0 run to open the second half. Redfield spent exactly one week as an Angel, appearing in one game and going hitless in two at-bats. Ed Pimm also went into the wall but did not appear to be injured. That was a huge, huge win for us " In a ragged first half, Duke shot 28 percent and Purdue 25 percent. Before Dougan, no one from the West Coast had entered a boat for an America's Cup race The New York YC had many fine yachts and many fine sailors It wasn't looking for outside help. Mitch Johnson replaced Goods in the starting lineup and delivered with a career- high 12 points and no turnovers while running the offense " That' s the closest to a complete game that we can have at this time of year " Johnson said " There' s room for improvement But considering the fact that we lost Anthony That took us out of rhythm for the next game and a half. The visiting Ospreys( 2- 24, 0- 15, in only their second season as a Division I club, lost their 14th straight game.
Jackie McFarland led in scoring for Colorado with 23 points and seven rebounds. After Adepoju failed on a 3- pointer from the top of the key with 17 seconds remaining, Olsen missed two free throws with 14 seconds left. La Salle took its biggest lead of the game, 69- 61, with 4: 32 remaining. That and Swogger' s ability to make crucial completions in the fourth quarter were the difference " We really lacked concentration when we had them in long yardage situation and we gave up some big plays in coverage " said New Mexico coach Rocky Long. In addition to Omoruyi, the 49ers had two players in double- digits.
That keeps the other team on its heels " The effort backed up the slogan that coach Melanie Balcomb has adopted for this year' s team, an effort to reduce expectations for a lineup that features four freshmen and six sophomores " The key is we built confidence and trust " she said " We wanted to go into the next game with momentum. In the last five minutes of the first half, the Tar Heels began to close the gap with six straight points, capped by DeGraffenreid' s floater in the lane that cut the score to 42- 32 " I knew we weren' t playing our game and all we needed to do was chip away at their lead little by little " Pringle said " We had a goal to get it to 10 by halftime and we did that " Breland' s jumper after she pounced on a loose ball in the lane cut Louisville' s lead to 46- 37 at halftime " You find out what you' re made if when your back' s against the wall " Hatchell said " It was tough out there and they didn' t turn their backs They charged harder I think that' s what makes us a great team ". Ryan left for the Badgers after two years in Milwaukee, but he laid the foundation for the Panthers' rise to the upper echelon of mid- majors under Bruce Pearl, who led the Panthers to the NCAA round of 16 in 2005. Ibekwe scored 11 points on 5- for- 5 shooting to put the Terrapins up 13- 8 with 6 minutes elapsed.
Darby finished with 92 yards rushing on five carries for the Bears( 2- 1. Thornton led the Tigers( 7- 4) and scored LSU' s last five points in the final five minutes. Tennessee outrebounded LSU 44- 35, including 22- 7 on the offensive boards " We didn' t win the war on the boards " LSU coach Pokey Chatman said " But we won the war in the paint That' s a stat we always look at. Minnesota' s solid play in the closing minutes wasted a strong effort by the Nittany Lions, who wiped out an early 13- point lead to go up 68- 67 on Brianne O' Rourke' s free throw with 2: 37 remaining.
Erlana Larkins had 11 rebounds but managed only five points " Defense has been our bread and butter all year " Fowles said " We knew if we came out here and played defense, our offense would pick up. But Fitzpatrick has been watched by scouts all season; representatives from the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots were there on Saturday to see if he is ready for the NFL " I' d love to do it if I get the opportunity " Fitzpatrick said " I' m going to play football until they tell me to stop " Yale punter Tyson Crawford struggled on his first two kicks and outkicked his coverage on his third, early in the second quarter. But there he was at times, standing on the mound after a third out, waiting for the next Angel batter to take his place at the plate. With the Dodgers losing, the Astros increased their lead in the West to 1 1/2 games, taking 2 of 3 from the Cardinals.
