but I know better " While never falling behind by more than nine points, LSU trailed from the opening minute until 8: 50 remained in the game. In that case, there would be no September event, and Sail America might have another problem: how to keep the defense exclusively the province of Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes syndicate. If we didn' t, I' d be telling you something a lot different ". 15 " We just couldn' t stop their penetration " the first time, he said " We wanted to make them shoot over us and try to beat us from outside " The Yellow Jackets shot 48 percent, including 62 percent in the second half, but were outscored in the paint 38- 26 and outrebounded 32- 30 " Our guys wanted it " Gillen said " We were very hungry today " Reynolds said he felt the improved play was boosted by a solid effort in a 93- 75 loss at No. But Williams, in his first season as coach at his alma mater, couldn' t look past the woeful shooting and what he called a " pathetic " defensive effort " We didn' t play basketball the way we' re capable of playing " Williams said " We didn' t have any intensity We didn' t have the concentration. State took control a few minutes later with an 11- 0 run, which began with a layup by Marquetta Dickens for a 52- 46 lead with 11: 52 left. Braeuer led Wichita State( 5- 4) with 14 points and five assists, and DJ Durle added 10 points.
FORT WAYNE, Ind( AP- Antoine Hood scored 12 points and Nick Welch and Caleb Buchanan added 10 each as Air Force beat Indiana- Purdue- Fort Wayne 58- 39 Friday night. San Antonio lost a 16-6 finale to Golden West and Cerritos dumped Pasadena, 13-2, that El Camino was assured a berth in the regionals and Cerritos and Golden West berths in the first round Mt. The Tigers, who beat Texas Tech in their previous game, failed to record back- to- back wins over South Division foes for the first time since the 2005- 06 season. Most South Bay high schools were realigned into two leagues several months ago after the Palos Verdes school board voted to close Miraleste because of decreasing enrollment in the district. But the Hawthorne High School boys track team is taking the laid-back approach as it goes after a fifth state championship in six years. Associated PressEVANSTON, Ill- Stefan Demos kicked a 49- yard field goal in the closing seconds, and Northwestern escaped with a 27- 24 victory over Eastern Michigan after blowing a 21- point lead Saturday. Associated PressLOGAN, Utah( AP- Jaycee Carroll scored 25 points while tying a school record 283 career 3- pointers to lead Utah State to a 71- 65 win over Santa Clara on Saturday night.
The Tigers( 12- 0 Big West) made 66 percent of their shots from the floor and 61 5 percent of their 3- point attempts. Chatsworth High batted around twice in the second inning of its City Section 4-A Division playoff opener Wednesday against visiting Gardena Eighteen batters came to the plate, 13 runners scored. But that's just infantile bleacher rooting-an image from a past that's not going to return And Gooden knows it. Coupled with a 104- 72 win over Florida A& M on Saturday, Michigan State had its highest two- game scoring output since consecutive 107- point games against Iowa and Northwestern in February 1964. With two out, Albert Torres, who batted a school-record . 514 this season, singled and stole second. She also turned the ball over a game- high six times, contributing to the Gophers' 17 turnovers " It has to start from the outside in " Portland said of the Lady Lions' defensive effort " We were very concerned about their 3- point shooting and I think we did a super job on that tonight " Jess Strom finished with 19 points, including a school- record 15- of- 15 effort from the free- throw line for the Lady Lions( 13- 7, 8- 1.
LSU controlled the game early, building a 25- 15 lead behind Fowles' 11 first- half points. Trailing 44- 26, Central Michigan opened the second half by forcing four Michigan turnovers and holding the Wolverines to 1- for- 7 shooting from the field to pull to within 47- 36 with 13: 33 remaining Watson sparked the run with 7 points. Ivory Latta scored 27 points and the top- seeded Tar Heels used an early 25- 0 run Sunday night to beat Coppin State 97- 62 in the Tempe Regional. The Blue Raiders( 3- 3) opened the season by nearly knocking off Maryland but lost 80- 76. UConn( 2- 0) scored 16 fourth- quarter points to erase a 20- 6 deficit and win its seventh straight game dating to last season.
Hatchell, who recently was named chairman of the Bowl Assn, comprised of representatives from each of the 18 NCAA-sanctioned postseason bowl games, knows the satisfaction with the bowl system will last only as long as it produces a national championship game. The Mustangs( 12- 10, 4- 5 Big West) held a 50- 43 lead at halftime and pushed the lead to double digits early in the second half, handing the Anteaters( 11- 15, 5- 7) their 11th loss in 13 road games UC Irvine was led by Mark Kelley' s 18 points Patrick Sanders added 16 points. "This is a dream come true" Martin said after winning the triple jump with an effort of 46 feet, 8 inches. 9 seconds left, Cerasoli broke the Mountaineers' back with a long 3- pointer with 23 7 seconds to go. The Chanticleers( 9- 14, 6- 5 Big South Conference) won their second straight game as four players scored in double figures. "Whit has had every opportunity, and not done it" Dobson said. "All Barbara wanted to do was play Eileen again" Marv Hoover, Troy coach, said "That's all she talked about.
Trailing Gordon by five shots, Solomon knocked one close from 136 yards away. Strawberry' s breakaway dunk with 9: 26 left brought the Terrapins into a 60- all tie. In her second game with the Sooners, she put herself among the school' s best in rebounding. Reserve Will Walker added 15 points for DePaul, which had six players score in double figures, while Mac Koshwal added 13 points and nine rebounds and Wesley Green and Jabari Currie both had 10 points. It allowed Salazar to score the winning run, and Trammell went to second and made it around on an infield hit and a fly ball.
It was a coach' s decision to fight back without me " Trouble was, the Terps had little fight against a Wake Forest team playing as if the game was nothing more than a tuneup for Saturday' s meeting with North Carolina. Florida Atlantic held a double- digit lead through most of the game before faltering and having to fight off the Golden Knights( 4- 2, who pulled within one point three times in the final 2: 45 DeAndre Rice came into the game averaging 23 3 points but was 0- for- 8 until 2: 11 left in the game. But after taking a 7-5 lead, the Cubs scored eight of the last nine points to win the match. The story reporting Bol's trade quoted a league source as saying about the Bullets: "I think they really want to change their team. I guess I didn't deserve to win" Phanco's self-criticism likely had to do with his 0-3 record against Potter this spring. Green, after defeating USC's Trisha Laux and Susanna Lee of BYU in straight sets to reach the semifinals on Tuesday, put an end to speculation Lowe was there to watch her play last week "No, he came to see our whole team play" she said.
For an inexperienced team like us, that can be deflating " None of Mosby' s shots were bigger than the one after Oklahoma State closed within 51- 48 on a 3- pointer by Maria Cordero with 6: 11 left. Dan Rodriguez was 4 for 5, scored 2 runs and had 2 RBIs, and Kenny Williams was 4 for 4, scored 2 runs and had 3 RBIs for Loara (11-12, 6-9) off four Katella pitchers. The 16-year-old left-hander finished the regular season with unimpressive statistics. Jack Fleck opened with a 76 a few years later and beat Hogan in a playoff. It was Nelson' s eighth double- double of the year and the 20th of his career. SANTA CLARA, Calif( AP- Alan Wiggins' 15- foot baseline jumper with six- tenths of a second remaining lifted San Francisco to a 62- 60 victory over Santa Clara on Thursday night. Matt Nelson led Colorado State( 9- 12, 1- 7) with 18 points and eight rebounds, his 19th- straight game in double figures.
DALLAS( AP- To clinch a victory, Texas Tech decided to jump on the back of LaToya Davis Perhaps Texas- Arlington should have tried that. Taylor made another timely 3- pointer with 1: 46 left to move the Badgers ahead 87- 83. The Tigers got their fourth- down stop when TCU, which had driven to the Clemson' s 24, passed up a field goal try for a straight- ahead carry by Joseph Turner that was stuffed by linebacker Kavell Conner with 11: 48 left in the second quarter. Martin threw for 249 yards and Jerome Felton scored two touchdowns to advance the Paladins to next Saturday' s semifinal game vs Appalachian State, a winner over Southern Illinois 38- 24. The Bears closed the period on an 11- 0 run to take a 33- 13 lead at the break " They are very athletic, very skilled " Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said " I think[ Angela] Tisdale is the pulse and the heart of this group. 3 point average by denying passes to her inside " We got whipped right down the middle " Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said, noting " the great presence that Fowles had " We didn' t have a post game consistently " Summitt said. In his rookie season, Washburn averaged just 10 minutes of playing time a game and 3. 4 points a contest.
Barea responded with a pair of free throws and Brown turned the ball over on the next possession as Northeastern sealed the victory. However, Hines knew another member of his team deserved a shot He offered him to one scout, who hesitated He tried elsewhere, with the same result Finally, he called Kansas City scout Rosey Gilhousen "I can remember his exact words" Hines said. Dodd redshirted at Penn State in 1999 and played on defense and special teams in all 11 games in 2000. The largest lead, 64- 47, for Morehead State came at 1: 25 left. Andretti, still smarting from his bitter experience last year, when he led 170 laps here before his engine quit, was indignant about the track conditions. I think that' s what it comes down to " said Chris Thomas, who was 1- of- 14 from the field and had five points " We didn' t do what we were capable of on the offensive end " Boeheim has a 300- 161 record in his 26th season in the conference.
Gregory scored 10 straight California points late in the second half to help the Bears maintain a comfortable lead. The Pirates' defense then got a stop, but- in what became a recurring theme of missed chances- Cook missed a layup off a long pass. Plancher' s second TD run and Delbert Alvarado' s 30- yard field goal extended USF' s lead to 26- 7 in the third quarter. It ended up looking like sheer genius " We went to four out, one in and we were able to get some good looks off of it " Paris said.
He also took the 3,200, joining Michelle DeCoux of Oakland Bishop O'Dowd and Angela Burnham as the only double winners DeCoux's 42. 16 in the 300 low hurdles is No 1 for the year. Devanei Hampton led Cal( 18- 6, 8- 5) with 25 points and 13 rebounds, but was just 3- of- 8 from the foul line. As Raines himself said, first on Bud Furillo's show on KFOX-FM, then at Dodger Stadium, "There's no secret about it" The implication in one story was that Raines could become available to the Dodgers, whose payroll is already more than $18 million, by June No way. On the Hokies' next series, Randall ran for 32 yards, then connected with Josh Morgan on a 51- yard TD with 3: 10 remaining.
