C( AP- Senior guard Matt McKillop scored eight points in a 14- 3 run to rally Davidson to a 66- 63 win over Massachusetts Tuesday at Belk Arena. Brent Holder came off the bench to score 16 points for the Bobcats. Eric Taylor had 14 points to lead Cornell, while Lenny Collins scored 10 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Sabonis, who is from the Lithuanian town of Kaunas, closer to Scandinavia than Moscow, was progressing well until the night of Aug 23, when he slipped and fell on the stairs in his home He ruptured the tendon again and even tore open his skin. Memphis led 39- 37 after an intense first half that saw 16 lead changes and five ties. They need Jack Nicholson and Dyan Cannon, the stereo superstars They need Ali and Tyson They need the Laker Girls. When Allison added a short jumper to make it 13- 8, Coale called timeout.
Presbyterian( 1- 14) trailed 38- 26 at halftime and worked its way back into the game with an effective 2- 3 zone defense that limited San Jose State to seven second- half field goals. Hones scored a career- high 23 points- then laid down on the giant NCAA logo at midcourt after the final buzzer as her teammates piled on. Brent Musburger seems to have toned down his act a bit, but the problem with Thursday night's CBS telecast was a hyperactive director. Associated PressBATON ROUGE, La- One of LSU' s more impressive defensive showings of the season wasn' t enough to stop Candace Parker Parker had 27 points and 13 rebounds to help Tennessee( No 3 ESPN/ USA Today; No. Glenn Turner sealed UCSB' s win by rebounding the second shot and making two free throws with 0 9 on the clock. Associated PressROCK HILL, S.
The Raiders answered with six straight points as they move out to a 30- 26 halftime lead. The Longhorns ended the contest with 11 steals and had 22 points off 24 turnovers by the Lady Broncs Despite shooting 37. Giles tied a school record by making all nine of his shots in the first half as the Jayhawks( 2- 2) took a 46- 29 lead. 5 seconds remaining gave the 25th- ranked Cavaliers a 79- 77 victory over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night " I don' t know how we won Luckily, J R. Not bad, huh? "Back when we had front-running teams, we'd be happy to come back from this trip one game under . 500" said Angel designated hitter Brian Downing, giving his memory a workout. The Volunteers( 8- 1) struggled most of the game to pull away from the Bisons( 5- 5, who had the lead in the first half and trailed by only two early in the second. The Quakers went on a 26- 6 run at the start of the second half, sparked by four 3- point shots by Begley to build a 59- 31 lead with 10: 50 to play.
But when Dougan presented a bid to enter Columbia-the 1958 Cup defender-in the 1964 trials, the New York YC sent a gracious invitation. The unseeded Spiders beat second- seeded Appalachian State in the quarterfinals before knocking off third- seeded Northern Iowa( 12- 3, which was seeking its second trip to the championship game in four years " A lot of people said you guys don' t belong here " first- year Richmond coach Mike London said " I think we belong In the first three rounds we played conference champions. There's always a game the next day" Dave Cochrane is becoming a man of many positions with the Calgary Cannons, the Seattle Mariners' triple-A team in the Pacific Coast League. When she wasn' t hurting Minnesota on offense, she was intimidating it on defense. But the defense made the difference " I thought we had a tough time getting in sync offensively, but that was a credit to Maryland " Hokies coach Beth Dunkenberger said " Maryland' s defense was much improved.
Reserve Natalie Gramblin had seven points to lead the Terriers, coached by North Carolina graduate Edgar Farmer Jr, who was a video coordinator for UNC' s 1994 women' s national championship team " This game is a little bit like a family reunion " Farmer said " I purposely want this tough road environment for our team I want us to learn from it ". The Athletics have won 22 of their last 26 games to take a solid grip on first place in the West. "They say anything can happen in a tiebreaker and for us it did" But the end result did not dampen Allison's opinion of Dickmann's performance "That was just a super performance" he said. But the time Hose spent away from the track team was not wasted His workouts by himself added to his legend. Riverside officials announced the crowd as more than 75,000 for the final stock car race in the track's history, making it the largest in the track's 31-year existence.
He hit Kevin Grayson on an 80- yard scoring pass to open the scoring with 6: 15 left in the first quarter and found Joe Stewart on a 12- yard touchdown pass with 25 seconds left in the third Grayson finished with seven catches for 121 yards. But they can't figure out how to beat the San Francisco Giants. "He helped me regain my confidence and he taught me a lot about pitching He worked with me on my breaking pitch. 4 UConn( 1- 1) was without freshman point guard Ketia Swanier for most of the second half- she left with a concussion after getting elbowed by a teammate- and finished with 28 turnovers " I think it was our fault " Huskies guard Ann Strother said " We just gave the ball away " The Huskies hadn' t dropped a game this early since losing their opener nine years ago. Rhoden, given a three-run cushion in the first inning, went five innings, giving up a run and five hits.
Champion, who had 46 points and 22 rebounds his first two games, crashed to the floor after his only basket at the 18: 55 mark of the first half. Va- Rasheed Marshall told a teammmate at the start of the season he thought he would break Donovan McNabb' s Big East rushing record for quarterbacks- against Syracuse Marshall was right on the mark. Clemson had a seven- point lead with 5: 08 left, but the Hokies( 15- 11, 7- 8) went on a 10- 2 run to take a 59- 58 lead with 1: 31 remaining. He once flew to Minnesota to talk to Wallace and the Strikers about a possible trade. Wolfpack coach Herb Sendek said sound, relentless defense had more to do with dictating the tone of the game than sluggish offense " Somebody else who says the milk box is half full will say' Coach, can you remember a game where two teams dug in, guarded every cut and every screen and every bounce of the ball with the tenacity they did tonight, Sendek said " There wasn' t anything out there by either team that wasn' t challenged " Adam Haluska led Iowa with 18 points, including consecutive baskets down the stretch " The thing I' m pleased about is you can shoot 29 percent, you can turn it over 19 times, and beat a ranked opponent " said Iowa coach Steve Alford " It was a slugfest by both teams that couldn' t make a shot " Cedric Simmons led the Wolfpack( 5- 1) with 13 points, 13 rebounds and a career- high six blocked shots Evtimov added eight points on 3- of- 12 shooting.
Justin Gray added 14 points and was one of five Wake Forest players in double figures Alexander Harper had 17 points to lead the Rams( 1- 1. Ashley Earley added 22 points and six rebounds for the Commodores( 12- 2 Natasha Brackett led Auburn( 9- 5) with 18 points. Porterie suffered a neck injury on the play and did not return. Holy Cross got on the board when Steven Silva, culminating an 11- play, 76- yard drive, ran four yards to cut the lead to 21- 7. Sabrina Gregory scored 17 points, and Danielle Burgin and Wendy Stywalt added 12 each for the 49ers( 17- 9, 8- 3, who had only one field goal in the final 6 minutes as their school- record 22- game home winning streak was snapped " Whenever you beat somebody in February that hasn' t lost a home game all year, that' s a good sign " McKeown said. Conover, who barely lifts his knees in his short, quick stride, showed both mettle and speed late in the trials race. SAN FRANCISCO — Little-known marathoner Mark Conover was about to have his car repossessed. She' s really got good hands, she reads well when the rebound comes off and she' s so strong physically " Jerri Taylor added 15 points for Xavier( 2- 1.
He's got the longest stride I've seen on a horse in a long time, and he covers a lot of ground with no effort" Those who had handicapped the six-horse Belmont as a three-horse race-Risen Star, Winning Colors and Brian's Time-were two horses off. Associated PressOXFORD, Ohio- Quarterback Chris Nickson rushed for a career- high 166 yards and two touchdowns and passed for another TD to lead Vanderbilt to a 34- 13 victory over Miami of Ohio in the season opener for both teams Thursday night An interception and a punt return by D J. It was from there that Gwynn, a career . 422 hitter entering the game against Browning, asked Browning if the pitch he hit was a strike. Tony Bennett scored 16 points, while Zach Andrews and Lawrence Wright added 12 and 10, respectively Daniel Ruffin added nine points in the win. I think it put our team at a disadvantage early and we never recovered from that " Ronhovde' s 3 capped a 9- 0 run that put Iowa State ahead to stay at 31- 23.
But McGregor, Flanagan and Martinez he groomed from the minor leagues on up, rising with them They all hit the big time together, within about a year. The Aggies( 2- 2) had tied the game at 66- 66 with 16 seconds left on a 3- pointer by A' Quonesia Franklin. Oregon State cut the lead to 63- 56 with five minutes to play on a layup by Lucas, but Brooks followed with a layup and 3- pointer to put the Ducks back up 68- 56 with 4: 08 remaining. Finally, Thebert hit a one-out single in the seventh, stole second and scored on Pacheco's single up the middle.
And still he beat the Angels, 5-2, in front of a Bat Day audience of 46,598 fans, many of them there to watch baseball's Great One. ALBANY, N. (Piniella) had some ideas about our club and I had some ideas about his" said Port following the Angels' loss in front of 51,006 at Yankee Stadium. Jerodis Williams rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown, while Tersoo Uhaa added 49 yards on the ground and a score. Nick Schneiders scored 13 points for the Spartans( 2- 11, while Bobby Davis and Gabor Boros each contributed 11 and Mezie Uzochukwu had 10 points and 11 rebounds. But they don't do it by conference champions; they do it by strength of schedule and overall record.
Surry each contributed 15 points for the Dolphins( 10- 8, 6- 5 Atlantic Sun, who won for the fifth time in their last six games. For the third consecutive game, at least five players scored in double figures to help the Huskies rout Rhode Island 91- 43 on Saturday. With the victory, Memphis( 10- 1) continued its best start since 1985- 86, winning its seventh straight in the first game between a pair of Top 10 teams involving the Tigers in Memphis since 1985- 86. Six straight points, the last two on a pair of free throws by Augustus, pushed LSU back ahead and set up the wild finish. They were held scoreless over the final 5: 39 and Arizona State led 28- 19 at the break.
The San Luis Obispo runner and northern California native thinks his next big-game "trophy" could be gold, silver or bronze. CORVALLIS, Ore( AP- Sasa Cuic scored 14 points, all in the second half, and Oregon State withstood a Portland rally to beat the Pilots 66- 63 on Wednesday. UConn will play Indiana State, which beat Chattanooga 74- 53, in the second round on Monday. Oregon State( 10- 13, 3- 9) got as close as six late, but California made 11 of 12 foul shots in the final 1: 01 to put the game away " Tonight, I thought they did a good job of hassling and bothering our shooters " Oregon State coach LaVonda Wagner said " In the second half they came out and attacked us. I remember my dad taking my picture alongside one of the cars that year. After one last loss, Johnson was in a reflective mood " Just walking and talking to my team, sure- just thinking about what we could have done differently during the season " he said " I' m sure tonight, I' ll be thinking about what we could have done differently during this game " San Jose State took a 36- 21 lead with 1: 42 left in the half on back- to- back 3- pointers by Elam. "I was coaching at Big Bear High (in 1979-80) and a kid came up to me and said he thought he was a homosexual It was troubling him It shocked me.
