Calendulas-with their daisy-like yellow, gold or orange flowers-are a boon to the California gardener who wants color during the winter There is not a great deal of choice, though. Those should be easy shots " Hosley said " Nobody is contesting them It was disappointing when you miss them. Dairese Gary finished with 12 points and Roman Martinez added 11 for New Mexico( 12- 2, which held off two late rallies by Hawaii( 3- 8. But Troy got stuck in the mud at Spartan Stadium, unable to move the ball effectively or stop the Huskies' rushing attack " Sometimes you start fast, and then run into bumps in the road " Betterson said " We were having success, but the condition of the field took its toll on us " Haldi and the Huskies overcame more than Troy' s vaunted defense, which was among the national leaders in several statistical categories.

There' s a lot of things she can do and that makes her a tough matchup " San Jose State( 10- 12, 5- 6) had no answer for Ray- Boyd, who is averaging 23 4 points in her last five games. 15 AP) a 28- 17 lead with a 4- yard TD toss to Miquelle Henderson. I want to align myself with a young team and see the potential of winning. After New Mexico took a 25- 24 lead on a pair of baskets by Granger, Wyoming responded with an 11- 0 run and a 35- 25 lead.

Le' Vonn Jordan scored 10 points and Chris Chalko tallied 10 off the bench Simon Harris posted eight rebounds The Mountaineers led 36- 29 at the break on 35 7 percent shooting. RALEIGH, N C( AP- An incredibly stingy defense. Waner' s block " was a perfect 10 on my scale " Bales said. Mountain Empire (19-4) and Bishop's (19-3) will meet in the 1-A title game at Helix at 10 a. m.

John' s then began chipping away, using a 10- 2 run to pull to 46- 29 on Mason' s putback with 9: 35 to go " What we talked about at halftime was playing with more pride and more urgency and getting through those screens " Roberts said " We did compete much harder in the second half. Jones scored on a naked bootleg from the 2- loping at least 30 yards laterally as he ran for the left corner pylon. The Lady Bulldogs scored the next six points, taking a 43- 30 lead on Houts' s 3- pointer with 12: 25 left. Morehead State( 7- 7, 1- 2 Ohio Valley Conference) scored its first basket of the second half with 10: 05 left on a Chad McKnight free throw. Memphis fell to 0- 3 against opponents from BCS conferences this season and is 2- 13 since 2001 " We' re pretty good at throwing it and catching it. Leading scorer Lindsey Pluimer was held to seven points on 3- for- 12 shooting. With her team leading 15- 11 midway through the first half, Niemann sparked the 10- 0 run by hitting two 3s.

At 6- 1, Pepperdine is off to its best start since the 1985- 86 campaign, when it began 7- 1. He was 5- of- 16 from the field " That' s the most pressure I' ve felt in any game this season " Bruce said of Texas Tech' s defense " I couldn' t take a step without Ross being right beside me ". If only somebody could guarantee Larry Bird that he would get his shooting touch back, Bird might guarantee that the Celtics might survive this struggle with the Pistons. Swarts' son, Buzz, who began surfing with his father at age 10, called him "a classic, recognizable by almost any surfer. And I wasn't" So what, then, is the Angels' problem? Candelaria shook his head. After Young, Trent Plaisted scored 13 points and had seven rebounds for BYU Rose added 12 points and Lee Cummard 10.

But just the fact that he's around is good to see" The arm strength of former Bear quarterback Steve Fuller was impossible to ignore. Nick Young got 16 of his 18 points in the second half and USC shot 10- for- 18 from behind the arc Saturday night in an 82- 71 victory. Watch Patrick, wearing her flashy red track shoes, run toward the high jump bar. LSU travels to Austin, Texas, on Sunday to take on eighth- ranked Baylor in the State Farm Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic Arizona State will play San Diego in its home opener Nov 20 LSU trailed for only the first 46 seconds. They then hit 17 of 25 shots in the second half( 68 percent) to win pulling away " In the second half, we did a really nice job offensively moving the ball and sharing the ball " Duke' s Gail Goestenkors said " I think that showed in our shooting percentage in the second half " Gay left the court briefly after suffering a muscle spasm and taking a tumble at the start of the second half She returned within 10 minutes. Manning' s Heisman Trophy candidacy certainly didn' t take a hit, and even though Florida isn' t what it used to be, Ole Miss certainly had reason to feel good, especially after last week' s 49- 45 loss to Texas Tech " It' s great to have this kind of victory " receiver Bill Flowers said " It' s more of a moral victory for us. The Titans have lost more games (18) than any year since 1980, when Fullerton was 30-25 in the first year of the program's existence "It's a change" Van Kirk said "It's frustrating You're used to winning all the time.

Thompson on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "This team goes as well as Kareem goes He's always been the MVP out there He's like Linus' security blanket for this team". But the Spartans then showed their ability at the free throw line. COLLEGE PARK, Md( AP- It didn' t take long for Maryland to find out that defending its Atlantic Coast Conference title won' t be easy The Terrapins( No 19 ESPN/ USA Today, No. He then played fall baseball for the first time and allowed just four runs in 50 innings By winter, he was nearing the top of every scout's chart.

After 33 years, the last San Jose Mile will be held on the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds' mile dirt oval before it is paved for Winston Cup stock car racing. "There's no question that the presence of Fashanu up front has made other teams key on him" Britton said. All season, this Memphis team from lightly regarded Conference USA played along with Calipari' s us- against- the- world theme. "Never seen 'em that flat" Too bad they didn't go that flat against the Mavericks, eh, pardner? "Yes, sir" Carter said "But, I still want 'em to win the conference. But since she has been at Serra, she has played volleyball and basketball and high jumped. Part of the reason the Tigers had the ball for only 21: 36 was they scored so quickly, with five scoring drives of 3: 14 or less. But I told the guys at halftime that this would only make us tougher.

Devereaux Peters added 14 points, Brittany Mallory had 12 and Ashley Barlow 10 Achter led Bowling Green( 6- 1) with 20 points. The interception came two plays later " As soon as I saw him go up for the ball I knew it wasn' t going to be dropped " coach Bob Stoops said " He doesn' t drop balls " Leaf was booed when he came in for Oregon' s third possession of the game, and again when a scoreboard graphic noted that he was Ryan Leaf' s younger brother. Redick- who hit nine 3s against the Longhorns- went 9- for- 15 overall and 5- for- 9 from behind the arc " We tried a box- and- one, we tried three different people in man- to- man and we tried some zone and nothing[ worked " Valparaiso coach Homer Drew said " He' s an outstanding shooter. A 20- 3 run, highlighted by three 3- pointers by Watts and one by Pierce Hibma, made it 63- 40 with 9: 28 left. In a throwback to his early days, Ryan gave up four hits, walked three, hit a batter and committed a balk. C( AP- Wyatt Sexton grew up a Florida State fan, a proud supporter of the team his father once quarterbacked.