Downing approaches baseball with the mind-set of a hockey goon or a defensive tackle, or a man trying to outswim a shark. Chang finished the night 22- of- 43 passing and hasn' t thrown an interception in 159 pass attempts this season. The time before that-1913-304 didn't win it, 304 only got you in a three-way playoff. She scored five points during a 15- 2 run over the first 9 1/ 2 minutes of the second half after the Utes trailed 26- 24 at the break. Associated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky- Angel McCoughtry scored 29 points to lead four players in double figures as Louisville( No 19 ESPN/ USA Today, No 17 AP) cruised to an 86- 68 win over DePaul on Saturday. Still, he towed me for about five minutes" It was one ride Maas didn't mind. .
Larry said she " will go on record as probably one of the greatest ones to play our game. What is does for Downing, 37, is send him off to the ballpark with a head of steam He needs to come to work agitated, aggressive, angry He cannot hit with that detached precision of Rod Carew. Trevino and the relay from second baseman Luis Alicea arrived at the plate at the same time, but Trevino knocked the ball loose. Tarpley, a 7-foot forward/center who became the first reserve in NBA history to finish among the league's rebounding leaders, was relentless on the boards as the Mavericks outrebounded the Lakers for the third straight game, 52-33. Leak who became the Gators' starter after last year' s Tennessee game, rebounded from an interception in the first quarter to finish 22- for- 31 for 286 yards and three touchdowns. 10 AP) rallied to beat South Florida 66- 65 on Wednesday night " I just felt unstoppable " Pondexter said Pondexter' s jumper gave the Scarlet Knights a 66- 64 lead. It barely grazed the rim as the horn sounded " The kids did what we wanted them to do all day " Landers said " When you do that good a job and mess up at the end, it hurts It' s not that our kids didn' t play well They just didn' t finish " Humphrey had a huge game.
CARBONDALE, Ill( AP- Bryan Mullins scored 24 points and Southern Illinois spoiled Saint Mary' s first game as a ranked team in 18 years with a 71- 56 victory over the 24th- ranked Gaels on Tuesday night. The Cardinal scored the first five points and led 39- 29 at halftime. Hawaii pulled to within one late in the game, but Lawrence hit a 3- pointer with the shot clock winding down and Paris Horne came up with a steal and breakaway dunk to put St John' s ahead 65- 59 with 35 seconds remaining. Bassirou Dieng added 12 points and 12 rebounds while Chris Berry had 11 rebounds for St Francis( 1- 6. Miami( 19- 11) suffered its first loss in 14 home games this season Mason finished with a game- high 22 points Corey Santee led the Horned Frogs with 18 points. Associated PressMORAGA, Calif( AP- Omar Samhan scored six straight during a key second- half stretch and finished with 19 points and a career- high 16 rebounds after a slow start, and Saint Mary' s remained unbeaten by handing Seton Hall its first loss with an 85- 70 victory Saturday.
Freshman guard Craig Moore scored a career- high 12 points, hitting 4- of- 7 3- pointers, and grabbed a game- high eight rebounds for the Wildcats( 6- 4 Senior forward Vedran Vukusic scored 11. Baseball has dominated their lives to the extent that Candy Rojas often reads a rule book or other baseball material before turning her light off at night. LSU joins UConn, Tennessee and Louisiana Tech as the only school to make four straight Final Fours " This is more special " Fowles said " It' s more special because our team really came together. Shulman said if the Mocs could have kept it closer, they wouldn' t have fallen short of " doing something special " I was disappointed he didn' t sweat through his suit " Shulman said " We didn' t make him sweat enough " Tennessee was outrebounded for the fourth game this season, and it almost cost them. Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore( AP- Nik Raivio scored 15 points and Sherrard Watson added 14 as Portland outlasted Northern Colorado for a 70- 63 victory on Friday.
Then after Western Kentucky cut things to 55- 42 on Kenzie Rich' s second straight 3- pointer, McCants scored the next seven points to regain control for the Tar Heels. How bad a slump? Well, pictures of Kareem's skyhook were being printed on the sides of milk cartons. LOUIS( AP- Kevin Lisch scored 26 points and Ian Vouyoukas added a season- high 19, sparking Saint Louis to a 78- 68 Atlantic 10 Conference victory Wednesday over Richmond. The junior center finished the game with 2, 012 career points and trails Phylesha Whaley, Molly McGuire and LaNeisha Caufield on the school scoring list. SPOKANE, Wash( AP- A season that started for Pepperdine with humble beginnings turned into a championship campaign " I just wanted to step back and watch these young women celebrate; celebrate perseverance and that' s really what they did, they persevered " coach Julie Rousseau said after Pepperdine' s 71- 67 upset of top- seeded Santa Clara earned the Waves an NCAA Tournament bid.
He has a tremendous future" The fact that Anderson, who bats and throws left-handed, is with Boston this year is somewhat of a surprise Most people figured he would get another year in the minors. Clemson tied things at 49- all with 11: 43 left and eventually led 52- 51. Jessica Davenport, Ohio State' s leading scorer with an 18. The Panthers were coming off a 54- 27 decision over Buffalo in which they allowed 500 yards yet still won by 27. I guess I have sort of a love-hate relationship about the track.
The Lakers' leading scorer off the bench during the regular season, Thompson has shot . 143 against the Pistons, missing 6 of 7 shots, and is averaging just 3 points and 3. 5 rebounds in the series. The Bruins were held scoreless for a span of nearly 6# 189; minutes, but the Wolf Pack didn' t take advantage, getting only five points for an 8- 4 lead. Reesing closed out the first half by floating a pass to Opurum out of the backfield for a 12- yard score that put Kansas up 21- 14. Stanford shot 54 percent in the opening half " Certainly we dug ourselves a hole early in the game " Cal coach Ben Braun said' We regrouped and came back with a lot of heart and intensity " The Bears started the game 2- for- 12 to 8- of- 11 for Stanford, which jumped out to a 20- 4 lead before Cal began to get into its offense. Kindyll Dorsey hit a short jumper to start the decisive spurt and a three- point play by Droesch gave BC a commanding 57- 44 lead with eight minutes left. Williams, a senior, is the only California high school runner to break nine minutes this season.
That's high school stuff, of course, one guy taking the blame for a loss But maybe that's what the Lakers need now. 24 AP) locker room following a 77- 54 win over Canisius on Saturday " He didn' t even address it We all got a chance to give him a hug. LAS VEGAS( AP- Louis Amundson had 22 points and 21 rebounds to lead Nevada- Las Vegas past Hawaii 67- 61 Tuesday night. Budinger' s rebound basket and a pair of free throws from Williams closed the Wildcats to 52- 51 with 12: 18 to go " This ended up being a great college basketball game " Kent said " It was a game of runs back and forth. Crystal Langhorne scored 14 points and Kalika France added 13 for the Terrapins, who have won six straight against their crosstown foes.
"We knew that (Melendrez) was a junk pitcher, and we practiced against hitting junk the day before the game" Jo Ann Byrd, Corona coach, said. Texas turned the Lady Mavs' 24 turnovers into 25 points " We' ve been working a lot on defense " Schreiber said " We were determined to show coach we' ve improved ". A trio of bicyclists intervened and, unintentionally, led the lead pack five blocks off course. He's a good hitter-he leads all active players in hits, doesn't he? He's really been a big help to us.
What is does for Downing, 37, is send him off to the ballpark with a head of steam He needs to come to work agitated, aggressive, angry He cannot hit with that detached precision of Rod Carew. The 49ers, who also got 17 from Jibril Hodges, led the high- scoring game 46- 42 at halftime. It was the 14th win in the last 16 road games for the Athletics, who lead the West by eight games Lansford is a big reason for the Athletics' success He has been especially productive in the last five games. Ball State made 18- of- 28 free throws in the second period, shooting 70 percent for the game from the stripe. They shot just 19 percent from the floor, including 10 percent in the second half, were outrebounded 45- 36 and made just 1 of 12 from 3- point range It all added up to a 54- 31 loss at Purdue( No 22 ESPN/ USA Today; No.
The Warriors went up 54- 37 on Sensley' s 3- pointer with 15: 36 to play, but San Jose State scored the next 14 points. Hand' s hot hand lightened the load for All- America center Courtney Paris, who needed a season- low 22 minutes to extend her streak of double- doubles to 97 straight with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Farmar and Shipp combined to score the Bruins' last 11 points " The four freshmen did a great job. Florida State makes its first road appearance next Saturday for a date with No 9 Brigham Young. Jordan said a police officer saw a Boston and Maine Railroad worker acting suspiciously near a transformer storage room, although Jordan would not say if the worker had been interviewed.
"He's been through a lot the last few days, and after the sixth I asked him for one more inning" McNamara said. But they lost Williams, their leading rusher and the Big Ten' s top passer a year ago, on the game' s first series. Douglas- Roberts made two free throws with 33 seconds left in regulation- the Tigers were 1- for- 8 from the line before that- to give Memphis a 54- 51 lead. 4, 1999 " I thought, for the most part, for 40 minutes we played some very good basketball " UAB head coach Mike Anderson said " It was all predicated from our defense Of course, we made shots. They were 6- of- 30 shooting in the first half, including 0- of- 8 from 3- point range. As a result, the 12th- ranked Wolfpack stayed unbeaten- barely.
