Batista, who had never before scored more than 10 points in a game, received more playing time because Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga' s leading scorer, was hampered by an ankle injury and in foul trouble " I knew that Ronny was kind of doubtful for tonight and I had to prepare myself mentally to step up at the right times " Batista said. It upsets me a little that two one- loss teams will go to the BCS championship game and we' ll be left out. In fact, he was trailing, 2-1, when Alan Ashby came out of a deep slump to deliver a two-run single in the sixth. Mike Davis singled home Guerrero with two out and Rick Dempsey doubled in two runs Pittsburgh went ahead, 4-3, in the fifth. New Orleans shot 58 percent in the win over the Bulldogs( 2- 9. Dan[ Grunfeld] was giving me a lot of nice passes and I was able to convert today " Grunfeld had 16 points, seven rebounds and a game- high six assists " With Dan, Matt and Chris[ Hernandez] on the floor, guys like Taj will have open looks. FRESNO, Calif( AP- Ashley Walker had 31 points and a career- high 23 rebounds in No.
He was cramping up and was dead tired, but Jon just focused on what he was doing" Leach will leave for Europe on June 7 to play in a tournament. Leak gladly took advantage of the confusion, picking wide- open receivers at will and hitting his first nine passes. On a team that led the MISL in goals with 294 this season, Mitchell-the Comets' most valuable player this season-fits right in, a scorer playing with a scoring machine. Play had not resumed following Simpson's goal when the electricity failed at 9:32 p. m, EDT, and emergency power was turned on. BOSTON — On the night the lights went out in Boston Garden, the dim hopes of the Boston Bruins remained flickering for at least another 48 hours.
Peterson scored seven points including a 3- pointer during the stretch Drake led 47- 42 at halftime. Central scored its final run in the top of the sixth on a triple by Acosta and a single by Martin. Hillary Scott added nine points and eight assists for the Bobcats. Alexander Oliver squeezed in a free throw in the final seconds to bolster the win. One Preakness starter, Sorry About That, will run on an anti-bleeding medication because he bled in his last start. Was it the girls' 1,600-meter relay team from Corona del Mar, now the county record holder? Was it Edison's Kaleaph Carter, who after finishing runner-up for the past two years finally won a state shotput title? Or could it have been Garden Grove hurdler Anthony Hale, who just delighted in that fact that he took part in something wonderful? Whatever their results, many Orange County athletes and coaches came away pleased.
6 percent shooting, including 2- of- 22 from 3- point range, to win its seventh straight game. Almond took the pitch back from Sherron Moore and hit Anthony Perine over the middle for the 40- yard TD " We came to this game holding nothing back " said Perine, who had four receptions for 101 yards The game, originally scheduled for Sept. Oklahoma State scored eight of the next nine points to regain control and made 10 of 13 free throws down the stretch to stay safely ahead. Strom scored nine of her career- high 29 points in the final 2: 18 and Penn State held on after blowing most of a 20- point lead to beat Iowa( No 17 ESPN/ USA Today; No 18 AP) 77- 71 Thursday night. LSU turned the ball over a school record- low three times all game while racking up 24 assists.
Rondo finished 7- of- 10 from the field as Kentucky shot 50 percent( 24- of- 48. Marcus Landry hit a 3- pointer from the corner at the 2- minute mark, putting the game out of reach. Which was also past media-appearance time, and past practice time. But surviving the grind of the tour and the weight of high expectations is more mental than physical In this respect, the experts are encouraged "What I expect out of Andre, I've already seen" says Gorman. That was our one go free, get- out- of- jail card " LSU ended its scoring drought when Augustus made a layup with 14: 51 remaining.
Later, a steal and a fast- break layup by Natalie Jones put Arizona up by six points with 1: 48 left and Washington State could not overcome the deficit. The Chancellors rallied for three in the fourth inning to snap a 1-1 tie. Green was shooting way out, Mychal Thompson was running the floor and dunking at will, Kareem was sprinting along. Moore scored 15 points, while Vernon Hamilton had 12 and Shawan Robinson added 11 for the Tigers, who need just one more win to be eligible for the NIT Al Thorton led Florida State with 15 points.
She became the fourth player in Big Ten history to reach 1, 000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 steals for her career. Michigan State restored its nine- point advantage with five points in a row by Shimek late in the first half and never trailed again The Spartans led 38- 32 at the intermission. Arrington ran for 188 yards and a score for the Bears, who fell behind 27- 14 in the second quarter. They led 52- 36 at halftime and Saint Mary' s was unable to pull any closer in the second half. Painter was selected to replace Keady after this, his 25th year at Purdue. That can be a strength or a weakness " Foster said " We didn' t do a good job of understanding it " The Huskies were without their second- leading scorer and rebounder, Andrea Plouffe, a 6- foot- 2 junior who was out with tendinitis in her knees.
of the fourth-quarter ride of Larry Bird? On a warm, muggy Sunday afternoon in Boston Garden, with the red-shirted Atlanta Hawks shaking the Boston Celtics right down to the foundations of their proud tradition, Larry Bird came through again. Running back Chris Perry scored the Wolverines' first touchdown on a 5- yard run eight minutes into the game. PHILADELPHIA( AP- Sylvia Fowles made quite an impression on three- time Olympian Dawn Staley. "The mount of energy and the amount of difficulty, the challenge of amateur skating is so fulfilling, there's nothing that can be as challenging as the moment when you go on ice and say, 'I've gotta do it' It's the most risk-taking thing you'll ever do. The Gauchos( 4- 4) were led by Cameron Goettsche, who scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half He also had seven rebounds and two blocked shots. He had at least two hits in each and is 16 for 24, having scored 6 runs and driven in 6 others.
With the Lady Raiders leading 51- 44 early in the second half, Michigan beat Texas Tech to three straight offensive rebounds. You could see it as soon as the tipoff, as the score zipped to 2-zip, 4-zip, 6-zip, 8-zip, 10-zip, 12-zip. 14 seed " I didn' t see the kinds of things I should have seen " she said " We were just rusty, but I don' t want to use our legs as an excuse. In the 2-A division: Mission Viejo 2, Alemany 0-Jenny Heidt (10-1) threw a two-hitter, striking out five, to lead host Mission Viejo (19-7. FRESNO, Calif( AP- Ja' Vance Coleman scored 15 points and Mustafa Al- Sayyad added 14 points and 10 rebounds as Fresno State defeated San Jose State 63- 56 on Sunday in a battle of cold- shooting teams. But in the second half we just kept going to him down there and he had a lot of success " Earnest Shelton had 12 of his 19 points in the second half for Alabama " He played great tonight for not feeling well " Shelton said of Davis Kennedy Winston added 18 points for the Tide. He' ll try to exploit you " The Huskies were also exploited by their own soft defense and sloppy ball handling.
Still, the coach came away from the game somewhat unsatisfied with LSU' s effort on the offensive end " We had missed so many shots in the first half, how come we did not retrieve more offensive boards? A lot of coaches can live with missed shots if they' re good shots, and I didn' t think we took a lot of bad shots. Stevens and opposing pitcher Brent Smith (4-3) staged a wonderful pitching duel into extra innings Smith struck out 10 batters and allowed only 6 hits Stevens struck out 6 and gave up 8 hits "Both pitched their hearts out" Link said "That was the only league game that Brent lost You have to credit La Habra. Texas- San Antonio( 2- 1, starting two freshmen and a sophomore, was led by Andre Owens' 15 points Gabe Bernard came off the bench to score 11 points. The Friars would get within 13 with 11: 40 to play on Catherine Bove' s layup, but UConn quickly countered with an 8- 0 run over the next two minutes and cruised the rest of the way " This game was indicative of our level of talent versus theirs " UConn coach Geno Auriemma said " We started the game exactly the way I wanted to ". Michigan pulled within eight points with four minutes left in the second half on Carly Benson' s driving layup. His two free throws cut the lead to 51- 49 with 1: 23 remaining. What he feels is the intense void that nearly all top-level athletes drop into upon retirement.
Eastern shot 53 percent from the field, made 15- of- 19 free throws and connected on nine shots from 3- point range. All drove new Penske PC-17s developed by Nigel Bennett at the team factory in Poole, England. CHICAGO( AP- Jenna Rubino scored 13 of her team- high 18 points in the first half as DePaul( No 13 ESPN/ USA Today; No 11 AP) beat Wisconsin- Green Bay 86- 62 Saturday night Khara Smith had 10 points and 12 rebounds for DePaul( 8- 1 Allie Quigley added 15 points for the winners. Bogut kept spinning around whoever was defending him for easy layups " We' ve got a great offense " said Jackson, who was 4- for- 4 from 3- point range " It' s just a cut offense and it cuts you up. Cyndi Valentin led Indiana with 21 points and Whitney Thomas added 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers Second- seeded Purdue( 24- 5) advanced to play No 5 Ohio State in Monday' s final at Conseco Fieldhouse The top- seeded Buckeyes defeated No 16 Michigan State 68- 64 in Sunday' s early game. Vermont( 5- 5) used solid defense and hot shooting in a 20- 0 run midway through the first half. Ryan Leaf, the bad- boy quarterback who played for the Chargers for three seasons, was perhaps the biggest bust in NFL history " I tried to block that stuff out " Leaf said " I' m not trying to pay attention to the crowd too much, I' m focused on the team.
The first important hit was provided by Griffin, who despite hitting just . 162 continued his inexplicable knack for delivering in bases-loaded situations. Bennett missed only one of his six shots from the field, hitting four 3- pointers and adding seven rebounds. Jahmal Fenner had a 76- yard punt return late in the game, and Palmer passed to Jayson Boyd in the end zone, but the 8- yard play was nullified by an offensive pass interference on Boyd, and the Miners settled for a 33- yard field goal by Bryce Benekos. Louis Cardinals: "I have a darn good job with the Cardinals, but please don't ask me what I do" Trivia Answer: Both are natives of Canada. "Legs, legs, legs" -CLIFFORD RAY,describing the Lakers after the first two games of last season's NBA finals "The legs are always the first to go" -Old baseball axiom. By the time Stefanie Clark slashed through the lane to score with 4: 48 left in the half, the Sun Devils led 26- 23 " It' s tough because you want to close the door on a team when you get up like that " Washington coach June Daugherty said " They answered right back with their transition game " Washington closed the half on a 8- 2 run and Cheri Craddock' s 18- footer with 5 seconds left gave the Huskies a 35- 34 halftime lead. Texas State scored the first 12 points after halftime to take a 60- 53 lead The Bobcats still led 82- 76 with 9: 06 left.
5 percent for the season but also were 7- for- 16 in their last game against Robert Morris. So it was not an idle statement Friday when the coach said that Senior would finish second at best in the section championships May 28 And to whom? Patrick Henry's Phil Smith A guy who could not crack the two-minute mark a year ago. He also held Lawrence Hill, Stanford' s leading scorer, scoreless with 10 missed field goals. Elizabeth Robertson and Kayla Melson each added 14 points for the Lady Rebels( 8- 8, 2- 1 Southeastern Conference. Five teams were in contention for three playoff slots and the conference crown with about two weeks left. Len Dykstra of the New York Mets completed the Whitey Herzog Cycle, hitting a single, double, triple and then having his bat confiscated. and qualified by lapping Indianapolis Motor Speedway at an average of 208. 526 m. p. h.
The Tigers faked a 46- yard field goal late in the quarter, with Jackson running 12 yards to the Miami 17. Offensively, we moved the ball between the 20- yard lines quite a bit but just couldn' t get the ball in the end zone " LSU led 17- 3 at halftime after Josh Jasper drilled a career- long 52- yard field goal as time expired. Ole Miss shot 32 percent and was just 2- of- 5 from the line, having little success around the basket against Davis and Jermareo Davidson " They were going to have to score over us rather than around us " Alabama coach Mark Gottfried said " We were very active defensively We were moving our feet Our hands were moving. TEMPE, Ariz( AP- Kylan Loney scored 15 points to lead Arizona State( No 24 ESPN/ USA Today, No 21 AP) past California 66- 57 on Sunday in Pac- 10 play. Barclay' s 2- yard score late in the first half put the Demon Deacons ahead to stay, though Wake Forest had to hold off a Duke rally in the final 90 seconds to seal it.
Fullerton's next game is at 5:30 PDT today, again against Mississippi State. Sutton shook up his starting lineup, giving guard Tyler Hatch- a former walk- on- his first career start and replacing center Kenny Cooper with Monds, who had come off the bench in the Cowboys' previous nine games. He was really attacking the glass " Crawford picked off a steal, drove for a layup and converted a three- point play for the Wildcats with 14: 36 left. Against Ole Miss' overwhelming quickness, however, the Sooners found a response by playing their two biggest players together- Paris and her twin sister Ashley. 15, 2004 " Obviously, we' re very excited " Tech coach MaChelle Joseph said " I thought our defense was a little surprise, throwing a lot of different looks at them " Marissa Coleman led Maryland( 21- 3, 5- 3) with 17 points. John Reimold scored 23 points and Josh Almanson had 14 for Bowling Green( 12- 7, 6- 3. "You'd go in there and here was this young guy who's got this big smile.
