Johnson' s layup with 4: 39 to go put Davidson ahead 32- 14 and forced Snyder to call his third timeout of the half. Tough morning" On the morning of this game that meant so much, Earvin Johnson arrived at the arena at 9:15 for a 12:30 afternoon game He was antsy He was anxious This was his time, his place, his team, his game "I knew we weren't going to lose" Magic said. Borda, who finished 13- for- 20 for 248 yards, threw a 35- yard touchdown pass to Thompson on the first possession for Lehigh( 3- 1. Briscoe took up the slack in the absence of Taylor, finishing with seven catches for 101 yards. Georgia will play Florida International in the championship game of the tournament, while Florida State faces Hofstra in the consolation game.
We just have to think about this game when we' re in practice. They built an 18- point advantage in the first half before Longwood closed the gap. The Bruins led from start to finish with anchor man Henry Thomas opening up a 10-meter lead on the backstretch, then responding to a challenge from Florida's Mark Everett in the final stretch. He finished 4 yards rushing short of the Motor City Bowl record set by Northwestern' s Jason Wright against Bowling Green in 2003 " He' s got too much at stake to go back in there for 10 yards " West explained. But Jones got out of further trouble by getting first baseman Andres Galarraga to ground into a double play. That would be the Expos' lone run of the game And for a while it seemed as if it might be enough. LUBBOCK, Texas( AP- Cisti Greenwalt scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds for her eighth double- double of the season, and Texas Tech( No 14 ESPN/ USA Today, No 13 AP) defeated Missouri 75- 45 Wednesday night. Now both these teams will be facing elimination Saturday when Game 7 is played at the San Diego Sports Arena at 7:35.
Auburn could come no closer than three points as Newman scored six points in the final six minutes. This is a tough league to go undefeated in " LSU held Mississippi State without a point for the first 7: 53 on the way to an 11- 0 advantage and used another scoreless streak 7: 26 late in the second half to put the game away. The Bears managed to get the deficit down to 37- 28 when Christopher hit a 3- pointer in the final seconds of the half. The other ended on the Duquesne 48, a 9- play, 30- yard affair interrupted by halftime But for all that futility, Marist led for most of the game.
Chessani, who had doubled to left with one out, went home on Tony Cervantez's RBI single to center. . Greene was one of the last ones to leave, spending extra time frolicking with fans while gripping the game ball " I' m hanging onto that ball " he said " I' ll put it in my room somewhere " Maybe not. Louisville quarterback Justin Burke, making his first start since his senior year of high school, completed 17 of 31 passes for 223 yards and two interceptions. But the Boilermakers recovered from a woeful first half of 10- for- 28 shooting by hitting 15 of 31 in the second half Freeman was 9- for- 16 for the game. Ohio State' s offense- with every starter from last year' s national championship team back except for suspended tailback Maurice Clarett- had one of its worst days ever. They' re a very, very good team " Rose and Douglas- Roberts, especially.
Penn State' s own signal- caller, Daryll Clark, and do- it- all tailback Evan Royster provided the lesson. 6 AP, which knocked off three Top- 10 teams earlier this season, has three more games with ranked teams in the next two weeks " She is a Hall of Fame coach, she is a great coach " said Pondexter, who scored a season- high 19 points " She wants the best and expects the best " Michelle Campbell added 14 points for the Scarlet Knights, who used a relentless press to force 25 turnovers and send Providence to its 27th straight Big East Conference loss. Cleveland State, which lost its home opener to Florida A& M, trailed by 28 points at the half and quickly saw that margin spread after the break. He came out of the break wearing a protective mask, but soon took it off and showed no ill effects in leading the Badgers back in a physical game that came down to the final play.
Michigan State has not lost its first game of the season since 1976, a 81- 76 loss at Central Michigan. Collins also finished with 11 rebounds " My thing going into every game is rebounding as much as I can " Collins said " But we need to start stepping up and taking charges " Late in the first half, Miami built its first 20- point advantage and the Ospreys( 1- 9) never got any closer. LOS ANGELES( AP- Now that Southern California has a couple conference wins to its credit, the Trojans are looking to bigger and better things. FORT COLLINS, Colo( AP- Melissa Dennett scored 15 points and senior Msur Tor- Adbidye set or tied 10 personal bests including scoring 10 points as Colorado State posted a 75- 40 victory over Air Force in the final game of the regular season Saturday. In other 2-A quarterfinals: Castle Park 13, Hoover 6-Juan Beltran was 2 for 4 with 5 RBIs, and Juan Pena and Cesar Gutierrez each had 3 RBIs for Castle Park (24-4-1 Hoover finished 19-10. Paul Peterson was 21- of- 38 for a career- high 269 yards and one touchdown and A J.
ATLANTA( AP- Marquetta Dickens scored 17 points and Ashley Key added 16 to lead North Carolina State( No 24 ESPN/ USA Today, No. She was frustrated by Buena Park's wisp of a pitcher, Shannon Akau, who struck Granger out three times But Granger wasn't fazed. Junior tight end Jared Hicks also had a landmark game for Arkansas with the first two touchdowns of his career. We just did what we should be doing anyway " The loss snapped a seven- game winning streak for Georgia( 12- 4, 2- 1. Marsh sent the game into the second overtime by putting back her own miss with a second left to tie the score at 63. After Williams, the top contenders are the five Southern Section entrants: Scott Hempel of Walnut, David Scudamore of Palos Verdes, Lavelle, Rodriguez and Winkelman.
23 AP) had a stunning 59- 56 win over Iowa in the Big Ten semifinals Saturday, sending the Badgers to the floor in celebration. By the second round that afternoon, the greens had dried and become treacherous And Park's putter failed him "It became very tough to putt down there" Kohlmeier said "His putts were just sliding off the cups. The Warhawks kept the pressure on Denver and held them without a field goal for a four minute span, while forcing a pair of turnovers. The Bison, who lost their seventh straight, saw a seven- point lead evaporate in the final 4: 31 of the half.
That' s when you' re playing your best basketball and that' s what we did tonight " Ole Miss hit just 14 of 55 shots( 25 5 percent) and was 4- of- 24 on 3- pointers. Tech missed its first eight shots and turned the ball over four times in the first 7: 32 of the game. ATHENS, Ohio( AP- Sonny Troutman scored 15 points and Mychal Green added 14 to lead Ohio past San Francisco 81- 66 Monday night. Henry is not the only Orange County coach who, for a variety of reasons, felt his job conditions left no option other than a new career. For now, the Longhorns are relieved to know they can play some pretty good basketball without him if needed.
