But they charge through the nose here, and although Port spent most of Sunday's game-which the Angels lost, 9-2-talking shop with New York Yankee General Manager Lou Piniella, he came away the same way the Angels did on the field: Empty-handed. 20 AP) on Saturday to make the Southeastern Conference championship game for the second straight year. No one other than Massey or Harris scored for the Wildcats in the second half until Justin Williams dunked with 1: 04 left. Otherwise the day's feature race might have been Antelope Al Franken vs.
Tristen Taylor of Taft is in a three-way tie at 75 with Geoff Shackelford of Palisades and Gerald Wong of Eagle Rock. 9 percent for the game# 8226& nbsp; The win was UNC' s 101st in the NCAA tournament- the most all- time- ESPN Stats and Information North Carolina simply had too much talent " They played a great game and are playing extremely well " Villanova coach Jay Wright said " They' ve got all the pieces, and we have great respect for them. That won't matter come June, however, when the professional baseball draft is held. It was Navy' s first win this season over a Division I opponent with a winning record. The Fighting Irish( 13- 2, 2- 1) never had an answer for Adamshick in the first half or Dessart Mager in the second. Pitcher Ken Howell, rehabilitating from shoulder surgery, reported to Dodger trainers some stiffness developed after his last start Tuesday night in Bakersfield.
DeWitt Maxwell, who scored eight of his 10 points in the second half, scored on a rebound follow with 2: 10 to play and Gai got his 10th block with a rejection of a shot by Paul Johnson Sogadzi tied the game at 69 with floater with 1: 35 to go. Takia Starks added 10 points for Texas A& M and made a jumper with 2: 09 that gave the Aggies a 53- 43 " They came out really intense in the second half " Texas Arlington' s Tojjinay Thompson said " We didn' t know how strong they were going to come out, and they came out a little stronger than us " It is the first time since 1994 that the Aggies have advanced past the first round " It' s been a long time for this program at Texas A& M " Aggies coach Gary Blair said " Everybody says we play an ugly style of basketball at times, but we find a way to win and that' s what you saw " The two Texas schools, which hadn' t met since 2002, are just a three- hour drive apart and are in the tournament' s Dallas Regional, but played 1, 400 miles away at Southern California' s Galen Center Arlington was just 14- for- 65( 21. Turek had 10 for the Cornhuskers who failed to score 50 points for the second consecutive game. After winning four in a row to get into the running for a first- round bye in the A10 tournament, Saint Joseph' s( 17- 12, 9- 6) has lost its last two games on the road.
McCauley tossed up a fadeaway hook shot that bounced on the rim before dropping through. I think I' m getting better at that " The win came at a price for the Longhorns( 13- 3, 2- 1 Big 12, who play host to No 6 Oklahoma State on Monday. Indeed, all such ratings on a scale of 1 to 10 are subjective. The previous highest largest margin of victory for BC was 52 points against Niagara on Dec 21 Anna Steg had eight points to lead Longwood( 6- 13. DAYTON, Ohio( AP- Brian Roberts scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half to help Dayton pull away from Central Michigan in a 61- 36 victory on Wednesday night. The Golden Eagles( 19- 12) led most of the way by shooting 60 4 percent to 34 9 percent for the visitors, seeded No 6. The most-serious trouble occurred Saturday in Stuttgart, when British fans ran amok after the English team had lost its first game to Ireland, 1-0 Mobs of Britons roamed through the streets, tearing up bars.
El Dorado stormed back with a 10-run inning in the bottom of the fourth and went on to win, 14-12. Darius Washington' s 3- pointer started a 17- 2 run that put the Tigers in their comfort zone. HBO is busy lining up a Magic-Isiah undercard match for Atlantic City even as we speak OK, so it wasn't that big a deal There was no bloodshed No broken noses It wasn't even a fistfight, to be perfectly honest More like a slam dance. Then again, you can try the current season cruise on the Badship Angel. "They had a lot of baserunners" said Walk (7-4) after pitching his first complete game this season and his first shutout since last August. Their assignment for the next week, Bethe said, was to strike up a conversation with a total stranger.
BATON ROUGE, La( AP- Alley Broussard bailed out LSU with the best game a Tigers running back has ever had. A crowd of 40,700 showed up on a warm summer evening as the Inglewood track celebrated its 50th anniversary. Though he plays in Gretzky's shadow, Messier, 27, is regarded as perhaps the best 2-way player in all of hockey. 4 seconds remaining, to lift Montana State to a 57- 55 upset of league- leading Northern Arizona Saturday afternoon. Then, near the 2- minute mark, Knight made a back cut in the lane and grabbed a bounce pass from McCoy for a shot- clock beating layup and a 73- 62 Minnesota lead. SOUTH BEND, Ind( AP- Notre Dame found a familiar way to make its problems go away- beat Michigan " Anytime you knock off a top- 10 team it is a big win. The Pioneers( 3- 6, whose largest lead was two points early in the first half, shot 44 percent in the first half and 45 percent overall.
Air Force knocked off Cal the last time the Bears were ranked in 2002 and another upset appeared to be brewing when the Falcons were within seven points at halftime. They' d done it before, winning four games in four days in 2001 to capture the Big Ten title and the conference' s automatic bid. Seven years later, Bill Ficker, a Newport Beach architect and a former world champion in the Star Class, would become the first West Coast skipper to defend the America's Cup. Bayless, a freshman point guard, made six free throws in the final 31 seconds of overtime, and the Wildcats( No 24 ESPN/ USA Today, No. Regan was 2 for 3, including a fourth-inning, two-out double. The Vandals also blew a chance to cut Hawaii' s lead just before the half when Willie Sipoloa fumbled on the Warriors' 5 Bernal- Wood had nine receptions for 139 yards for Idaho. Battle finished 7- of- 14 from the field- including three 3- pointers- and 5- of- 7 from the foul line.
The Aggies, who were 15- 1 against the MEAC during the regular season, won the teams' only other meeting 61- 50 on Jan 14 in Greensboro " Our minds were never on the WNIT. Arizona State (56-11) and Cal (40-23) play the first game at 2:10 p. m PST. The 10th- ranked Bears( 25- 6) advanced to a second- round game Monday night against the winner of Saturday' s final game in Tucson between Florida and New Mexico " With the intensity of the NCAA Tournament, you can' t always expect a blowout " Young said Abiola Wabara added 12 points Jessica Morrow and Chameka Scott scored 10 for the Bears. After the Colonials' game- opening run, Morgan State began hitting outside shots.
