Leading 33- 30 at the break, Oregon started the second half with an 18- 4 run to take a 51- 34 advantage with 10: 51 to play. Cooper was just being helpful, throwing out words to fill notebooks, but for a Laker to say it's a plus that they didn't get blown out is a plus for the rest of the basketball world. HONOLULU( AP- Chad Owens' hot hands helped keep Hawaii' s bowl hopes alive while ending Northwestern' s postseason chances. Morningside's mile relay team finished first in 3:17. 90, while Ferric Webster is the 2-A 400-meter champ, covering the distance in 48. 11 Eric Frazier was third in the 200 with a time of 21. 99. Gavin Grant threw down a two- handed slam in transition while being hit in the head by defender Cheick Diakite, then found a cutting Courtney Fells with a perfect pass for a layup. The Commodores' win gave the Southeastern Conference a two- game sweep over the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Russell Athletic Shootout Earlier Sunday, Georgia beat Florida State 70- 65. 23, and Summitt promised practice would center on defense " We' re living on the edge.
His emergence helped Oklahoma pick up a win it desperately needed after getting off to its worst start in conference play since Billy Tubbs' first season as coach here in 1980 " He hasn' t been the same kid since the concussion " Sampson said " We didn' t get him back until this week " The Sooners hadn' t won in three weeks, a four- game skid with an average margin of 18 points. But she didn' t get much help from her teammates- Kate Dessart Mager( 14) was the only other Villanova player in double figures and the Wildcats shot just 35 percent " We have to make jump shots to be successful " Villanova coach Harry Perretta said " If we don' t, you see what happens " North Carolina went 7- of- 9 from the free throw line down the stretch to secure the victory and finished 14- of- 18. And if there are children involved, the picture becomes more complicated. J( AP- Cameron Tyler scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Fairleigh Dickinson overcame a poor first half and rallied to beat Central Connecticut State 66- 60 on Saturday night. But Holt' s credits would not transfer and she ended up at Middle Tennessee. East Carolina lost its eighth consecutive game and was beaten for the 15th time in its last 16 outings. Amber Holt had six of the first 12 points in the second half, and Middle Tennessee pulled ahead on a basket by Givens with 15: 02 left.
On the very next play, Vanderbilt went with a curious call- a run out of the shotgun- and Jeff Jennings was wrapped up in the end zone by Danny Verdun Wheeler for a safety, pushing the Bulldogs' lead to 16- 0. Begley came into the game with 991 points and became the 32nd player in Penn( 11- 7, 4- 0) history to pass 1, 000. Pacific led the entire game, opening with a quick 10- 0 run and stretched its lead to 63- 43 on Maraker' s dunk and free throw with 13: 04 left. The latter pass put Kentucky ahead 48- 24 late in the third quarter. The Wolverines then marched 58 yards in six plays to take a 21- 17 lead. During the run, Waleskowski also sank four straight free throws, made a steal and grabbed a key rebound that led directly to another score. They spent most of the second half working the clock while their defense held Penn State in check until the fourth quarter " The offense was on fire in the first half " Carroll said " I thought Mark just set the tempo[ wide receiver] Damian Williams came through and the whole line really protected well so we had a chance to really get moving on these guys.
Henson, who earlier had struck out Alfredo Nevarez for the first out of the inning and retired Josh Bergara on a fly ball to right, induced Ortiz to pop out to third baseman John Langley to end the game San Fernando had tied the score, 2-2, in the fifth. HOUSTON- After rarely playing since missing three field goals in TCU' s only loss of the season, Peter LoCoco was shocked when called on late in the Houston Bowl. Travis Williams picked off Ainge' s tipped pass at the LSU 32 with 2: 05 left in the half Auburn wasn' t about to get conservative. Gracefully, even at 6-feet tall, she cuts left at the last moment and begins to rise. Jessica Davenport scored 24 points and Brandie Hoskins added 19 Saturday to lead the Buckeyes to a 77- 43 win over Cornell in the semifinals of the Buckeye Classic. Jason Johnson had 18 points and Carrio Bennett added 16 for South Carolina State( 3- 6, which made just 24 of 44 free throws and had its two- game winning streak snapped.
This year, Webb and Farrell are hoping the championship experience pays off in the Bruins' drive toward a national title It has already paid dividends in their personal lives. for his four laps, and Unser, the four-time winner who will turn 49 on race day, came in at 215. 270. The junior guard missed the Tar Heels' season- opening loss to Santa Clara, but he was back and so was North Carolina' s defense in an 86- 50 victory over Brigham Young on Monday night in the opening round of the Maui Invitational " It felt great " said Felton, who had six points and seven assists " At Santa Clara I almost broke down in tears watching my teammates and I couldn' t help them out. Navy drove to the Tulane 11 late in the second quarter, but on third- and- 3 with no time- outs, the Midshipmen handed the ball to Marco Nelson, who was stopped for a 3- yard loss and time ran out before they could attempt a field goal. He turned it down because he did not feel he could do justice to the players as the coach of two major sports with overlapping seasons. Even in the first stock car ever held here, in 1958, winner Eddie Gray averaged 92. 840 m. p. h.
Dave Parker hit the only home run of the night for the Athletics, but they kept up relentless pressure on four Yankee pitchers. member nations already had taken the same step, and there was reason to believe that acceptance might eventually become universal But in subsequent years, few additional countries joined. Both Waad Hirmez and Jacques Ladouceur took big tumbles at midfield while chasing loose balls. He was 7- of- 8 from 3- point range and his seven 3s ties a record for most in a Big 12 game this season " The game plan definitely wasn' t to take threes " Wright said " But I hit a couple of them. Matthew Knight led Loyola with 20 points, while John Haywood added 13.
You' ve got to be able to turn the tide and fight adversity " Kragthorpe credited his defense for making stops when the game was on the line " When the ball' s rolling downhill with a lot of momentum and they' ve got it rolling, now we' ve got to find some way to hunker down and stop that big sucker from getting down the hill " Kragthorpe said " We did that. Gordon, playing in the same foursome, had just hacked his way out of a fairway bunker Solomon's ball, however, was still visible on the green. The Paladins( 7- 4) made 21 3- pointers, surpassing the previous mark of 14 against Davidson last season. She had an 0. 09 ERA and pitched six no-hitters-including one perfect game-and five one-hitters and was named the Sunset League's most valuable player She will attend Fresno State. The closest New Hampshire came was 50- 39 on a layup by Jermaine Anderson midway through the second half. Charde Houston scored 23 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as UConn( 24- 2, 13- 0 Big East) beat Pittsburgh 82- 68 Saturday to secure at least a share of its first Big East regular- season championship in three years " It means a lot " said Houston, who watched Rutgers take the title the past two seasons " Playing here at Connecticut, you want to win everything. The Wildcats' coach had been ejected after getting her second technical foul.
Matt Lipscomb of La Habra High School gave up the game-winning home run to take the loss. Moore, who was only 3- of- 11 from the field in the first half, scored 14 second- half points. The Tigers went more than 10{ minutes without a field goal in the second half, and their 52 point- total was the lowest of the season. Freshman Marshawn Lynch rushed for 122 yards on just nine carries, including a spectacular 55- yard touchdown run. A 3. 6 student who has made the honor role every year of high school, Lane has his choice of colleges He also has his choice of sports. He dove in for a 4- yard touchdown and Ryan Lux added a 41- yard field goal in the fourth quarter for insurance Lux also had a 28- yarder in the third quarter Washington nearly did it all for Temple in the first half. Jeff Lukas has been spending about half the year in New York, the other half in California, ever since, with occasional trips to Florida and the Midwest thrown in on behalf of the far-flung barn.
He' s the 29th Razorback to reach the 1, 000- point plateau. Central won despite the absence Obie Nwadike, its leading rebounder and second leading scorer, for almost the entire game. The kids tried the triangle- and- 2 and ran with it " The Trojans( 6- 3) were 19- for- 66 from the field( 28. C( AP- Brian Fisk scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lift Lipscomb to a 60- 56 win against Campbell on Wednesday.
The victory was his eighth in nine career decisions against the Cubs, and it ended the Pirates' three-game losing streak. Jared Tew scored three touchdowns and Tim Jefferson accounted for three more as the Falcons rolled to the largest margin of victory in school history in a 72- 0 rout. Associated PressNEWARK, N. 19 AP) to a 72- 68 victory overColorado( unranked ESPN/ USA Today, No 25 AP) on Wednesday night. Matt Kiefer scored 12 points and reserve Gary Ware had 12 points and six rebounds for the Boilermakers. With 23 seconds remaining, Janev converted two free throws, putting UNH up by seven.
