But just when the Wildcats looked to put the game away after getting a fumble deep in Texas territory, the momentum turned on Roberson' s fumble " It was down there for the knockout " Roberson said " I just fumbled the ball. Auburn( 14- 11, 5- 7) is the only SEC team to come within 10 points of LSU, also losing 57- 52 in Baton Rouge. After the Seminoles fought back into the game, Grier helped the Gophers pull away in the second half with another spurt, scoring seven points in 1: 40 to build a 59- 47 lead with 11: 30 remaining. Figuring that Harper couldn't hurt them outside, the Lakers left him open and concentrated on defending forward Mark Aguirre (26 points) and the Mavericks' inside game The strategy, however, backfired "Harper was sensational, but you can't leave him free. Tim Henry had 23 points for the Bengals, including 5 of 8 from beyond the arc Slim Millien, who led Idaho State last year with 11. He said he did not know if all the original cities would remain in the league. After the shot clock ran out on the Volunteers( 9- 7, 2- 2, Powell scored inside and was fouled by his former high school teammate, Major Wingate.
Higgins also gave DePaul' s Quemont Greer a technical- his fourth foul- for talking trash after a second- half dunk. After losing the opener of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series to the Lakers by 19 points, the Jazz have won two straight games to take a 2-1 lead over the defending NBA champions in the series, which resumes today "I'm surprised but not excited I'll be excited if we win the series" Malone said "We can't celebrate yet Sunday is the biggest game of the season If we go back to L. A with a 3-1 lead, that will be a tremendous advantage for us. The Wildcats would love to reach the NIT- the tournament Illinois is trying to avoid. South Carolina won its fifth straight season opener while Vanderbilt lost its seventh consecutive opening game and 14th straight SEC opener.
But after clearing the streets of women and children and Laker big men, the Mavericks blasted a hole in the Laker aura of invincibility-and their own inferiority complex-by outrebounding the Lakers, 52-33, in Game 3. 13 Texas Tech( 17- 4, 8- 2, a team tied for the conference lead The Lady Raiders beat Texas 79- 62 in Lubbock on Jan. Now both these teams will be facing elimination Saturday when Game 7 is played at the San Diego Sports Arena at 7:35. "Now both teams will have the same pressure Saturday" The Sockers, who defeated the Comets, 7-1, in Game 5 last Saturday, seemed to scoff at the pressure Wednesday. The Cavaliers, led by sophomore Pat Bryant's 14 steals in 15 tries, have stolen 41 bases in 49 attempts. I thought of him as a two-way player" Clements has tried to snare Wallace for some time.
Oakland held the Warriors scoreless for more than seven minutes during a 16- 0 first- half run that put them ahead 19- 6. Coach Kim Mulkey said an MRI exam would be performed on Sunday on the 5- 10 junior, who had been averaging 12 6 points and 6. Last year' s team went 17- 14 and lost to Villanova in the first round. "You haven't seen the real Mavericks" forward Sam Perkins said. "Cathy did something she hasn't done all year" Coach Ron Hilton said. 4 seconds remaining to give the 49ers a 35- 25 lead at the break.
Associated PressNEW YORK( AP- Lamont Hamilton scored 20 points as St. Sylvia Mosqueda, of Cal State Los Angeles, who won the 10,000 Wednesday night, exchanged the lead with Oregon's Annette Hand in the 5,000 until the final nine laps. With the clock winding down, Coleman drove the right side of the lane, made a double- pump move on Derrick Roberts in mid- air and got the ball to roll in off the rim. Fincher has anchored UConn' s defense all season and dismissed talk this week that the game, featuring two potent offenses, was going to be a shootout. It legitimizes our program " said Sumlin, who had gone 5- 0 against OSU as an assistant coach at Oklahoma " There' s no doubt that one win does not make a season.
"If we had pulled this out, we would have had a lot of lady luck" Lorraine Maynez, a freshman whose . 355 average leads the Bruins, drove in UCLA's first run and scored the second herself. Dennis Brown, a free-lance writer who contributes frequently to The Times, accompanied his wife, Debbie, an assistant coach, on the trip. March 2 at San Diego-The Sockers completed the sweep with a 5-3 victory in front of 6,677, but there wasn't much cause for celebration. The loss by Evansville( 11- 15, 5- 12) offset a career night for Lucious Wagner who finished with a game- high 24 points for the Purple Aces, which shot 65 percent from the field. When the comeback was complete, Michigan had its 12th straight home win, dating to its loss against Iowa on Oct 4, 2003. 7 percent of its shots from the field and 13- of- 25 free throws Pittsburgh outrebounded East Carolina 44- 34.
The frantic finish came after a bizarre moment with 15 seconds remaining. Cerritos, the San Gabriel League champion, is ranked eighth in the division 3-A DIVISION Saugus (18-7) vs. Loyola Marymount is among five teams in Stillwater that will try to beat host Oklahoma State-the nation's top-ranked team in one poll-and advance to next week's College World Series One team will advance from each of the eight regionals. And we had to take all those lessons that we learned and put it together, and we finally solved the puzzle at the most important time and that was now and that was today " The Scarlet Knights( 22- 8) won the Big East regular- season title the past two season only to watch the Huskies win the tournament title " This is so special " Stringer said " It was the first time that I cut down the nets. Dan Gurney, a sports car driver, won five of the first six, and Parnelli Jones, the Indianapolis 500 winner, won the other. "I just kind of like to lay in the weeds and do my job" he said.
Smith was 10- of- 30 for 93 yards and ran for 52 yards on nine carries. Associated PressSAN JOSE, Calif- Arizona State keeps referring to the " March mentality " It' s about doing all the little things down the stretch, wearing teams down and rising to a new level leading up to the NCAA Tournament- and the Sun Devils( No 7 ESPN/ USA Today; No. "I wanted to be rewarded monetarily for what I thought I was worth" he said. Gilbertson' s biggest complaint was that the passing game must improve when Pac- 10 play resumes next week against Oregon State " We' re just struggling to get any consistency and rhythm in our catches and passing game " he said " That' s frustrating, particularly when you know how much I love to throw the ball " Washington is off to its worst start in 35 years, and a look around sparsely attended Husky Stadium showed as much.
The Mean Green tried fronting Nicholson in the post but did a poor job of helping on the weak side, allowing him to hit 4- of- 9 shots for 10 points and grab eight rebounds by halftime. Jared Homan added 17 points for the Cyclones( 18- 10, who won for the 10th time in their last 12 games and will meet Texas Tech in Friday' s semifinals. Smith said if Georgia had made more free throws " we would be sitting here trying to explain a loss " The Bulldogs' tenacious defense negatively affected Kentucky, Sparks said " Georgia took us out of our game " Sparks said " They bugged us physically and we didn' t respond " Georgia jumped to a quick six- point lead, and with the Bulldogs ahead 9- 5, Smith benched all his starters just over 4 minutes into the game. That was against Clairemont, a team that finished second to last in the City Western League But Huddleston proved a sage. Lynn Patrick of Serra finished second in the high jump at the state championships. The 7- foot- 3 junior, whose previous career high was three points, was averaging only 8.
Terence Dials scored 20 points with Tony Stockman matching Sullinger' s 14 points for Ohio State, which led by as many as 28 points in the second half. It was 45- 27 at half and San Jose State never mustered any kind of a threat. Sherell Hobbs led Auburn with 20 points while Jordan Greenleaf added 12 DeWanna Bonner, the league' s No 2 scorer, managed just five points along with 10 rebounds. Iowa struck again 64 seconds before halftime on Miguel Merrick' s blocked punt.
Having hit . 266 last year, the Reds are now hitting . 246 and averaging 4 runs per game. Drake beat Detroit 69- 61 in the opener, the first basketball game played in the building. They realize they are going to be paying these players seven figures and want to get their money's worth" Most NBA teams want to avoid the kind of sitiuation the Warriors found themselves in with Washburn. "I don't anticipate us going into either of the two existing leagues" he said.
The pitcher-I think it was Nick Harsh-wound up, pitched, the guy fouled it off, and here comes a pineapple rolling across the infield "In the outfield, you're kind of safe. Drexel hit on 12 of 28 shots in the half, while Bucknell made only six of 29, including two of 14 from 3- point range, and missed on seven of eight from the foul line. Its only loss this season was 74- 67 at home to Ohio State last month. Olahyinka Sanni had 11 points and Chakhia Cole grabbed a game- high 11 boards. Tamika Butler had 15 points for Memphis( 2- 9, which lost its third straight and fifth of six. BATON ROUGE, La( AP- A weak opponent made LSU look like champs again Tigers coach Nick Saban wasn' t fooled. The Huskies lost their third straight, all by more than 17 points Six of their seven losses have been by at least 15.
