LOS ANGELES( AP- Camille LeNoir had 21 points and eight assists and Eshaya Murphy had 22 points and six rebounds as USC beat Washington State 75- 67 Saturday and snapped a two- game losing streak. Paschall, the nation' s top rusher in the Football Championship Subdivision, scored on a 91- yard run in the second quarter, which included a spinning leap over a Wagner defensive player. The Huskies opened the season with close road wins over Alabama and Florida State last weekend. Mickey was the only one able to disarm the man" Matsumoto also teaches the self-defense portion of a refresher class that all officers are required to take once a year. Texas senior guard Nina Norman scored a career- high 25 in her final home game for the Longhorns( 13- 14, 7- 9, who have lost seven of their last nine.
We're still gonna play our free and easy game, but you have to play half-court offense, too. Lakers 2, Mavericks 2. Mitchell scored 32 points, Antonio Hudson had 20, Tack Minor had 17 points and 10 assists, and Glen Davis added 15 and 11 rebounds. While Abdenour will attempt to exercise his healing touch, the Lakers are anticipating that the Pistons-who could have earned Eagle Scout membership for their good behavior in the first three games-may lay on the muscle tonight, out of desperation if not habit. Michigan State also announced that freshman center Idong Ibok will miss four to six weeks with a broke left hand, an injury sustained Friday in practice. They gave us things to work on " Nikki Blue scored a season- high 26 points, and Lisa Willis matched her season best with 25 points- including a career- high seven 3- pointers, one off the school record- for UCLA( 11- 6, 5- 3 Pac- 10.
Arkansas scored on its opening drive of the second half to cut the deficit to 14- 7 on Mallett' s 18- yard touchdown pass to Greg Childs, but the momentum was short- lived. Lewis scored three times with just 71 rushing yards to help the Aggies post a 42- 30 victory over the Wildcats in a Big 12 Conference battle. Hobbled Hunter Helping Huskies After a mediocre first half, Brittany Hunter- with her hobbling knee and in limited minutes- helped UConn pull away from ODU and piece together a win en route to the Elite Eight. The Zips held the Thundering Herd without a field goal in the last 4: 06 of the contest. Turnovers remain a concern for the Terrapins, who committed 19 as they played again without point guard Kristi Toliver. Indian shortstop Jay Bell, whose error in the first, had led to the run, made amends by driving in what proved to be the winning run with a single in the sixth. After scoring just nine points in the first quarter in Game 2 of their playoff series with the Boston Celtics, the Atlanta Hawks needed their star forward to lead them to a fast start.
YPSILANTI, Mich( AP- Craig Cashen and Carlos Medlock scored 15 points apiece to lead Eastern Michigan to a 67- 62 win over Tulsa on Thursday night. Running first into traffic on the line, Lundy suddenly emerged through a hole and headed 27 yards for the corner of the end zone. After a timeout, Erin Grant made a short jumper from inside the lane to tie the game at 53 with 31 seconds remaining But Wecker didn' t let the turnover bother her. Then, after Duke made a run to tie it, the Terrapins took control in the final five minutes for their second season sweep of the Blue Devils( 22- 8, 8- 7) in three years.
Vanderbilt relied on its defense to reach the regional semifinals Since Jan. The Bulldogs( 1- 0) will play Birmingham- Southern( 1- 0) in the second round on Friday night Birmingham- Southern beat Alabama A& M 79- 69 on Thursday. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va( AP- The Cavaliers are going into a break for exams, but coach Dave Leitao gave Friday' s performance a failing grade. "I've won (some open national age-group tournaments) that were probably bigger, but this was better because the guys are all older" Leach said. Idaho State has lost five of its last six heading into the start of its Big Sky Conference schedule on Thursday at Northern Colorado. We let up after that " Mike Cook added 12 points and Fields and DeJuan Blair had 10 each for Pitt, which is 8- 0 for the sixth consecutive season and has never lost to Duquesne in eight games as a ranked team. Dunston seems to have rid himself of the pressure that came from being a No 1 pick from New York.
He has sullied and almost destroyed a reputation that he had built up over 45 years" Sitting at a desk in his Belmont Park office one morning this week, Stephens said: "You know what they call him around here, don't you? They call him 'Cryin' Klein' and they've even got T-shirts that say that. Blue Devils leading scorer Tristan Blackwood, who was scoreless during the early going, hit a 3 later in the half and set up one from Seymore, as Central went up 43- 12 with 3: 14 to go. Clark, the San Francisco Giants' first baseman, broke in with a bang in 1986 and has had two big seasons. The Seahawks made it to the semifinals before losing to Thousand Oaks. Determined to keep the momentum, they came out firing in the second half and quickly built the lead to 21 points " That' s what we were thinking " Miles said " There have been games this year where we' d be up by 15 points and then we' d let a team back in We can' t be like that.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind( AP- Sharon Versyp' s emotions were working overtime. All it means to me is, watch out, Clemo" The Comet players agree. Not exactly a pit, although ugliness is in the eye of the beholder. The rioters began to throw bricks, stones and bottles at the police and retiring players, smashed windows and set fire to a police car. Kyle Schlicher' s 25- yard field goal made it 16- 10 " We did some good things, but obviously we did some things that weren' t so good " Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said " Michigan played a huge role in that They' re an aggressive, opportunistic defense ". Nobody on the Alabama bench forgot about last year' s meeting in Tuscaloosa when Mississippi State clinched its first outright SEC title since the 1960s with an 82- 81 overtime victory.
Kragthorpe wasn' t asking for perfection, just a basic grasp of his system and the Cardinals certainly had that The early returns were promising. Associated PressFARMVILLE, Va( AP- Clayton Morgan scored 20 points, Maurice Sumter had 19 and Longwood used an 11- 3 second- half run to pull away and beat Liberty 76- 70 Thursday night. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind( AP- Lindsay Wisdom- Hylton scored a career- high 19 points and Katie Gearlds added 19 points and six assists to lead Purdue( No 23 ESPN/ USA Today, No 24 AP) to a 79- 75 victory over No 22 Iowa on Sunday. Grice- Mullen, who finished the season with 85 receptions for 1, 228 yards, had five receptions for 114 yards and all three TDs in the first half His first score was a 63- yard catch, tying the game at 7. The Redhawks shot 12- of- 23( 52 percent) from the floor in the second half and held the Sycamores to 6- of- 25( 24 percent) shooting.
1-rated team a better game than they'll see all playoff" Sunny Hills Coach Cathy Williams said. Steve Barnes and Uhegwu opened the spurt with consecutive 3- pointers. Anytime you can get out there and be the difference, that' s awesome " The Bulldogs celebrated near the center of the field, while several Arizona State players collapsed on their side of the line. Toliver said she felt a little like New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady, just organizing and distributing, and smiling the entire night. Burrell scored six points during the spurt, including a short jumper inside the lane with three seconds remaining that tied it at 29- all at the half.
Aisha Jefferson had nine points and five assists for Michigan State, which rallied from a 17- 15 deficit to lead 36- 20 at halftime. Portland State never got closer to nine points after that, the last time at 67- 58 on a 3- pointer by Jake Schroeder with 4: 09 left. The Oriental teams consisted only of men who had been picked from hundreds of clubs Most were subsidized by their governments. Her defender, Jackson, picked two quick fouls and left for the half with just 5 minutes gone- no points or rebounds- and the Lady Longhorns down 8- 6 Texas got quicker as a result and Tech just went cold. I can say that " Anderson, the Big Ten Conference' s leading scorer, got 18 of her points in the second half. Marscilla Packer added 12 points for the Buckeyes( 20- 6, 11- 4.
Associated PressDES MOINES, Iowa( AP- Nate Funk scored 21 points and Dane Watts added 16 to lead Creighton past Drake 67- 62 Saturday. After a 61- yard pass play from Dlugolecki to Robert Ortiz put the Aztecs at the Michigan 12- yard line, Michael Franklin took a pitch, then fired a halfback pass to Jeff Webb in the corner of the end zone to make it 17- 14. The Bruins played without starting point guard and Wooden Award candidate Jordan Farmar who had a sprained ankle, and center Michael Fey, who started 27 of 29 games last season and was out with a bruised shoulder. Northwestern opened the game shooting 50 percent, despite five missed layups. In fact, the Tigers hadn' t even won at Coleman Coliseum since then " It' s fun to just win a game, but it' s even bigger when it' s one of your rivals and you go in their house and beat them " Auburn' s Frank Tolbert said.
