Mississippi( 5- 4) won their third consecutive contest as Tommie Eddie added 11 points and Kendrick Fox and Todd Abernethy scored 10 each Bobby Dixon led Troy( 1- 7) with 13 points. "That stigma or perception that the Oilers are an open-ice offensive team (should be) a thing of the past, as far as I'm concerned" Bruin Coach Terry O'Reilly said. He didn' t score in the second half until he tipped in his own miss to tie the game at 45 with 3: 48 remaining. Winthrop( 6- 5) got 13 points from Antwon Harris followed by Michael Jenkins with 12 and Chris Gaynor with 11. Cathy Lewis hit a two-out single in the top of the 10th inning to drive in Westie Grey as Saugus High defeated Notre Dame, 1-0, in the first round of the Southern Section 2-A Division softball playoffs at Notre Dame. Still, Herrion expected a more competitive performance " We have been playing good basketball " he said " What' s disappointing is we' ve played with these guys in the past " Despite the comfortable edge, Pitino remained feisty.
One of the best parts of playing with the Sooners, she said, is that they are talented in many areas. But the Buckeyes held the duo to just six points " We have some pretty good shooters, but you didn' t get to see that today " Selvig said. With Purdue leading 54- 50 with just under seven minutes left to play, Gearlds, who led her team with 23 points, sank two technical shots then nailed a 3- pointer to lead the Boilermakers( No 13 ESPN/ USA Today, No. Wallace scored the game-winning goal with 10 seconds remaining in the Comets' 5-4 victory over the Sockers in the first game of the Western Division finals. But Allen corralled Kilian on the next play " Their defense really came out to play tonight " said Tulsa center Derek Warehime " We really were not able to get anything rolling on offense " Kilian hit Jermaine Landrum with a short touchdown pass in the first half that was wiped out by an ineligible receiver penalty. Stubblefield caught 14 passes Saturday against Indiana and now has 309 Davis caught six Saturday. But Iowa State quickly got the ball to Stinson, who came around a screen on the left wing and made his fifth 3- pointer to put the Cyclones up 80- 79 " I just think he has a tremendous amount of confidence in himself " Morgan said " I just think he has a huge, huge heart.
"That car flipped around so fast, it scared the hell out of me. Charlotte shot just 35 percent, including hitting only 8 of 32 shots in the second half. They endured an 18- 2 run by the Gophers that created a 15- point deficit midway through the second half. He used his size to his advantage " Davidson scored 15 first- half points on 7- for- 8 shooting from the field, and Shelton also had 15 points. Somebody has to" Laker Notes The Lakers have lost four games in the playoffs-three to Utah, one to Dallas-which is one more than they lost in 18 postseason games last season.
Kentucky' s 24- point second quarter was its best since the Wildcats scored 28 points in the third quarter against Florida in the fifth game of the 2002 season, a span of 21 games. Michael Stevenson of Morse is ranked third in the 400 (47. 22, but he is behind two formidable athletes in Quincy Watts of Woodland Hills Taft (46. 67) and Travis Hannah of Hawthorne (46. 84. . 13 " I think we' re confident that this is a team we can beat " Coble said " You just have to come in here and play a near- perfect game to win " Coble' s 24- point performance was one short of his career high. 5 rebounds, came up with seemingly every key rebound or basket while also slowing Mosby- who finished with 26 points but had just nine on 3- for- 15 shooting after halftime " I felt kind of sick, but this is it, so I had to suck it up " Whittington said. 17 AP) beat South Dakota State 65- 60 on Friday night in the GW Thanksgiving Classic.
Smith said the plan was to keep the ball out of Lavender' s hands " Lavender is very strong, so we kind of sagged off the other posts and dared them to beat us " she said " With[ Lavender, we just had to body- up on her and be real physical " Bjork made a 3- pointer to give the Illini a 54- 43 lead with just over seven minutes to play, but Packer scored 11 points in four minutes, including a 3- pointer that cut Illinois' lead to 58- 54 " Marscilla is that kind of streak player who can get unconscious and score a lot of points in a short amount of time " Foster said. Guess what? Our pitching fails and our hitters come through" The opening five hitters in El Toro's lineup were hitting . 429 or better in the playoffs and they continued their hot hitting Tuesday. Sullivan broke a tackle and went 55 yards for the game' s winning score He had two catches for 82 yards. The Wildcats drove deep into Michigan territory three times in the first half but had just two field goals and a blocked field- goal attempt to show for it. LAS VEGAS( AP- Pepperdine' s Michael Gerrity scored 19 points, Tashaan Forehan- Kelly added 18 and the Waves shot 68 percent in the second half Thursday afternoon to beat UNLV 75- 61.
A 100-point scorer for the fourth time this season and the league's No. Denver scored its first points in nearly six minutes with a three from Tanner, then Payne hit his first three of the night to push the Warhawks lead to 11 points, 64- 53, with less than nine minutes to go. "I might as well try him" The experiment did not work at first, as Santiago grounded into a double play after Garry Templeton and John Kruk had walked to open the sixth. 1 minutes this season- and that is with Husky starters often getting plenty of second- half rest during all these blowouts over inferior competition. AMHERST, Mass( AP- Cynthia Jordan' s buzzer- beating 3- pointer gave No.
3 points a game, was held to 10 on 4- of- 13 shooting, matching her lowest output of the season. Penn State' s Mike Walker finally hit a 3- pointer to stop a 4: 24 scoring drought, but Illinois outscored Penn State 13- 8 from there and led 41- 25 at halftime. Moore, 22, is a senior at Occidental College who competes in the heptathlon and high jump. The Wildcats led by as many as 30, at 63- 33, in the second half before coach Deb Patterson went to her bench to rest her starters late in the game. The rooms are smaller than those in an average college dormitory, but everything is clean, and the restaurant serves good (read: American) food. The Bearcats went nine minutes without scoring during the Aggie run. The team' s second- leading scorer is likely to be out through the weekend " With B J.
The Rainbow Warriors trailed by two at the half before scoring the first seven points after the break. Saint Louis led by as many as nine points before Hawaii rallied. He pounded Edwards in the third quarter, knocking the freshman out of the game, and finished with seven tackles, six solo. Colgate( 1- 3, which missed 20 straight shots and committed nine turnovers during a 13- minute scoreless run, ended the streak on a basket by Gretchen Polinski at 3: 58 and trailed 33- 9. The Cougars scored first after Matt Moore was sacked and fumbled, forcing a punt. MINNEAPOLIS( AP- Winning comfortably with time running down, Minnesota was well on its way to another Big Ten victory Problem: Northwestern and T J Parker weren' t ready to concede.
Still, Maddux seemed about to escape when Alicea's grounder headed for second baseman Ryne Sandberg. The Cowboys had only one field goal in an eight- minute stretch in the second half but still managed to be down only 52- 50 with just less than four minutes remaining Byron Eaton' s layup with 3: 22 remaining tied it at 52. Before an astonished crowd of 26,039, Cutlass Reality, a 6-year-old longshot running in his 58th race, carried Chris McCarron to a memorable upset victory in the $300,000 Californian. NASHVILLE, Tenn( AP- Florida was about to blow another first- round game in the NCAA Tournament.
The victory moved Wilander halfway to a Grand Slam, because he also won the Australian Open in January Although he is still No. Charlotte narrowed the score to 82- 77 on a 3- pointer by De' Angelo Alexander and a basket by Withers. 8 seconds left, and Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt made an easy decision to pound the ball inside to her biggest star " We knew we wanted to go inside to[ Parker " Summitt said " When Candace is in the paint and demands the ball, she usually gets in pretty good position, but she has been more aggressive in getting to the rim and putting the ball on the floor. The lead changed 18 times Sunday and the score was tied seven times Erick Nsangou had 17 points for Fla. Shawan Robinson had five of Clemson' s seven 3- pointers and ended with 22 points. Texas- San Antonio went on a 15- 2 run to start the second half and led 40- 27 with 14: 18 remaining. "I don't think she's missed one of my games, and I try to get to hers" Anderson said.
The two wins were very different " Last year' s win against Arizona was one of those games like when you' re a little kid and hit a game- winning shot " Hernandez said " This was more serious. The Cardinals, who won only 4 of their first 16 games this season, reached . 500 with their victory at Chicago. While Daddy trained to fight Barkley, Natasha was "adopted" by 70-year-old Irving Rudd, longtime press agent who once was the Brooklyn Dodgers' publicity man. Ten days before the 1 1/2-mile finale of the American Triple Crown series, the sponsoring New York Racing Assn. Rachel Maenpaa led Indiana State with 23 points and six rebounds Longwood defeated Lipscomb 55- 53 in the consolation game.
All of them came in a 24- 8 run that opened up a 37- 15 lead. At UCLA, at that point in the match we'd probably be doing the same thing" The Bruins fared better than expected against the top half of the Bulldogs' singles lineup Farrow defeated Al Parker, 6-4, 7-6, at No 1 singles, and Brian Garrow, ranked No 40, rallied to defeat No 16 Stephen Enochs of Georgia, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, at No 2. West Virginia went 10- for- 18 from 3- point range, and got several easy layups off backdoor cuts and crisp passing. The Irish scored more than 90 points just once last season, a 93- 58 win over Miami on Feb 25.
