Hampton, the Pac- 10 player of the year last season, shot 7- for- 17, missed all but one of her 10 free- throw tries and committed a turnover in crunch time " You have those days " Hampton said " This game is behind us and tomorrow will be better " Alexis Gray- Lawson made four free throws in the final 14 5 seconds to seal it and finished with 14 points. The Gators began the game with a 15- 2 run, ended the first half with a 14- 2 spurt and led by 32 at the break The second half wasn' t any closer. The win was the fourth straight for the Dragons, who will play Hofstra on Saturday in the CAA tournament quarterfinals. Another workout followed on Saturday, then the Tar Heels quickly went to work on USC( 1- 1 " It' s really tough, guys were really jet- lagged " May said " We had to do what we could do to get ourselves back on this time schedule.
He also said he would recommend MacKenzie for other jobs"He works well with kids, is a solid baseball fundamentalist and the students liked him" he said. Sacramento-bound: Parker and Ian Alsen of Granada Hills High will compete in the Golden West Invitational at Cal State Sacramento on Saturday. The Stags( 0- 4, undersized but persistent, kept the game close by forcing nine steals and hitting key 3- pointers. After Harper reached the 1, 000- point mark with a layup that made it 52- 35, Zellous made four straight baskets to spark a 9- 0 run that got the Panthers within 8 " It kind of happened " Harper said of reaching the milestone " and now I' m like' Dang, we' ve got to play defense " Minutes later, Harper sank two free throws and added a layup to give the Terps a 14- point cushion with 8: 49 to go.
20 AP) showed why they have dominated the Mid- American Conference for three seasons. Douby, who did not start the game in a lineup change, finished with 19 points on 7- of- 13 shooting and four steals. The Hurricanes officially share the conference title with West Virginia( 8- 4, 6- 1, but it' s Miami that' s heading to a big bowl- almost certainly the hometown Orange Bowl, where they last played during the 1994 season. 2 this week in the AP poll, its highest ranking since spending a month at No 2 in 1991. Virginia did not threaten again " The ACC is the best league in the country " Few said " Our guys dug themselves out of a hole and got a great win " Gonzaga is 7- 1 all- time against ACC teams, beating Maryland earlier this season and Georgia Tech last season. The Cardinals took the lead for good on a three- point play by Brian Johnson with 8: 48 to go There were 13 ties and lead changes in the first half. "I'm not saying we're happy with it, but we're a member of this league and we must live with it" Bruin General Manager Harry Sinden said "The bylaw really told us what we had to do.
Carson responded immediately with jumper with 26 seconds left. Hartford sealed the win with free throws, hitting 9- of- 10 from the line in the final 50 seconds. Tyrone Moss had 69 yards on seven carries and scored twice in the first quarter. But the Lady Vols finished the half with a 13- 2 spurt that included a steal and a layup by Parker and capped by Zolman' s first bucket, a 3- pointer, with 26 1 seconds left. Charleston Southern had just 11 field goals to that point and never got closer than the final margin thereafter.
The Tar Heels made five of their final seven shots and closed with a 7- 0 spurt " They scored a lot of easy layups that never allowed us to get back into out game plan " Davis said " Then, their defense stepped up at the end of the first half, and that extended into the start of the second half ". Thomas finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Commodores. Black also had five consecutive points, including a 3- point play, as Duke took a 71- 34 lead midway through the second half " I don' t think coming in we ever expected it to be an easy win " Black said " You always have to think that this team is going to come out extra hard. The Titans finished with a 52-20 record, the most losses of any Fullerton team since 1980, when Fullerton went 35-25 in the program's first year. 24 AP) came in shooting 47 percent from the field and averaging 77.
Earlier in the week, Hurricanes senior guard Albrey Grimsley quit the team " The team really responded to adversity and I was very proud of that " Meier said. Larkins' rebound basket boosted the lead to 66- 62 with 8: 40 to play Arizona State never got closer than four after that. Statham finished 22- for- 37 for 362 yards, and the Terrapins added 277 on the ground. Devin Smith led the Cavaliers with 24 points and Elton Brown had 19 and 15 rebounds, helping Virginia win the boards 38- 25.
