NEW YORK( AP- Jason Forte was 6- of- 10 from 3- point range and scored 25 points to lead Brown to its first win of the season, 76- 60 over Wagner on Tuesday night. Andre Ingram scored 22 for American( 13- 8, 6- 3, including making one of two free throws with 4 8 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 57. But they stranded 10 baserunners on a day when the wind was blowing out at 15 m. p. h in cozy Wrigley Field Walk held the Cubs to seven singles and a double He had five strikeouts. Rutgers quarterback Ryan Hart led a 92- yard touchdown drive in the third quarter and connected with Tres Moses on a 13- yard touchdown pass. Wecker made 9- of- 16 shots and Laurie Koehn added 11 points for the Wildcats( 8- 2. Georgia State( 11- 12, 8- 7) had its three- game winning streak snapped and lost for the third time in its last four home games.
Tulane receivers consistently got behind the Memphis defense, but Ricard, who completed 10 of 22 passes in the half, could not connect " I thought our receivers did a good job of getting down the field, in the first half especially " Scelfo said " We just missed them. Clavijo, who had given the Sockers one of their many leads late in the fourth quarter, scored his game-winner after receiving a pass from Jacques Ladouceur down the left sideline. SAN DIEGO — The Sockers finally built a lead the rules said they weren't allowed to give away Wednesday night and put an end to a game that was looking for a spark all night but never found it. Christensen' s new offensive scheme paid off immediately as Wyoming marched 88 yards in eight plays and scored on its first possession on freshman Alvester Alexander' s 44- yard touchdown run It was Alexander' s first collegiate carry. O'Neill, seemingly waiting for a curveball on a 3-and-1 count, jumped on the pitch and sent it over the 360-foot sign in right field "I was kind of pitching around O'Neill" Hershiser said "But he's a good hitter. With its starting five back, the Terps scored the first six points and led by as much as 15 when Langhorne scored with 2: 52 left and put Maryland up 38- 23. 3 AP) exhibited plenty of both Tuesday night in routing Princeton 83- 35. Old Dominion' s advantage was only 63- 61 with 3: 20 left on the clock before the Monarchs ran off eight straight points to put the contest out of reach " ODU made the plays down the stretch " said James Madison coach Kenny Brooks " We got offensive rebounds but we weren' t able to stick them back in.
Washington' s a good team and we didn' t have any fight in us today " In the first half, Washington led 19- 2 after O' Neill scored on a driving layup for the Huskies with 7: 19 gone. MISSOULA, Mont( AP- Sophomore Mandy Morales scored 30 points and was named MVP Friday as the University of Montana defeated Wyoming 79- 72 and won the Lady Griz Holiday Classic championship Morales averaged 24 5 points, 6 5 assists and 4. C( AP- This wasn' t the start Duke coach Gail Goestenkors wanted, and it had nothing to do with the final score. Norvell' s final catch of the game, with 6: 26 remaining in the third quarter, broke Draylon Galloway' s mark of 173. DePaul trimmed West Virginia' s lead to 56- 51 with 12: 17 remaining on a 3- pointer by Rachel Carney, which capped the Blue Demons' 12- 3 run. Their disputes have led to two New York Supreme Court battles.
Quinn said he provided SDSU with several alternative dates but that the schools could not agree on one that was suitable. The Commodores( 24- 5, 10- 4) continue to struggle against their in- state rivals, losing for the 13th straight time despite enjoying their best season so far under coach Melanie Balcomb. Kevin Olesiak added 11 points for the Spartans( 5- 4, including their last four points of the game after Fordham had closed within 54- 52. Also, the Sockers blew a 3-1 fourth-quarter lead at home in Game 2 of the Western Division semifinals against Tacoma, giving up the tying goal with just 21 seconds remaining in regulation and losing, 4-3, in overtime. Whitley and Wanisha Smith each had 11 for Duke, which played its last road conference game. Larkins had 22 points and eight rebounds to help North Carolina beat North Carolina State 79- 70 on Sunday, giving the Tar Heels' their 14th win in 16 meetings.
2 percent of their shots after the break and scored just 10 points over the frame' s first 14 minutes Robert Benton led the Privateers with 18 points Nikero Barbes and Gerard Danzy each added 6 points. The All- Big 12 guard scored 10 points to give Oklahoma State its first lead of the second half at 54- 53 with just over 3 minutes left, then followed Danielle Gant' s three- point play and breakaway layup with her improbable 3- pointer " Mighty Mouse nailed that 3 in front of Coach Budke and he just willed that thing in " Texas A& M coach Gary Blair said " That was one of the most incredible shots " After two free throws by Franklin with 22 seconds left, Riley got another chance. An illegal chop block backed the Wildcats up to their own 4- yard line, but Banks got open over the middle and hooked up with Carson Coffman for a 64- yard catch- and- run. The Aggies( 13- 6, 1- 4, the defending Big 12 co- champions and preseason favorites, suffered their most lopsided loss of the season. George Washington never got closer than 10 in the last 13 minutes, even when Parker went to the bench with four fouls and 7: 48 to play. Colorado turned the ball over before crossing midcourt after calling two timeouts. Yari Escalera was the only other Buffalo to score in double figures; she had 13 points.
He is especially impressive because he clocked the 8:59 just 2 1/2 hours after running a 1,600 in 4:10. 4, the state's second-fastest time. It didn't help matters that in Game 3, the Sockers blew a 6-2 lead in the fourth quarter and lost, 7-6, in overtime. The 6-4, 195-pound Jan virtually had given up hope of receiving an offer from a Pacific 10 Conference school when Arizona contacted him last month, weeks after most Division I players had signed. But South Dakota State( 0- 1, given an opportunity to open a lead, committed four turnovers and went 1- of- 4 from the field during that early stretch. Ali Mann' s two free throws with 18: 38 remaining ended the 7- 0 run that started the second half and gave the Falcons a 33- 23 lead.
Moler, who had three runs batted in, gave up just four hits and didn't walk a batter in five innings. Jones, top-seeded at 105. 5 pounds, went through Thursday night's semifinals on a bye. Now consider the odd case of Tod Murphy, who holds the Irvine career scoring mark with 1,778 points. Luckily, he missed the free throw and we got the win " Texas coach Rick Barnes said he thought Buckman had fouled Crawford before he was in the act of shooting " I looked at coach' s face and I was like' God, what' d I do " Buckman said. Batista played in his first game for Gonzaga after missing the first two while the NCAA investigated his junior college career. It got me pumped, got me motivated to go back and play " The Tigers have won their five league games by an average of nearly 26 points and appear to be on a collision course with No 2 Tennessee on Feb 14 that could determine SEC supremacy.
Two weeks ago, the league and its players association, the NBAPA, agreed in principle to a new six-year collective-bargaining agreement that, among other things, reduced the NBA draft to three rounds this June and only two in subsequent years, continued the salary cap that limits a team's payroll and altered the guidelines of the right of first refusal. Gerald Young walked to open the ninth, stole his league-leading 31st base and moved to third on a sacrifice by Billy Hatcher. "Bitching, fighting, blaming the coach, it's typical of San Diego" Koutsoukos said. Ninth- ranked Rutgers clinched the regular- season championship with a 51- 39 win over Villanova Tuesday night The Irish beat Seton Hall.
Lynch came back less than two hours later to finish second (38. 77) in the 300-meter hurdles to Garden Grove's Anthony Hale, who won in 38. 13. "You don't expect to win a game, 10-2, against Clemens, but he really had nothing to do with it" Clancy said after beating Boston for the first time since 1984. Jessica Slack scored 17 and Cherie Mills 12 for the Pirates( 4- 7. Sparked by Kelenna Azubuike, Kentucky scored the next 11 points. In the first half, West Virginia made 15- of- 26 field goals and seven of 11 3- pointers. Vivian Stringer subbed for all five of her starters only about 2 1/ 2 minutes into the second half and Cal answered with a 9- 2 spurt to go ahead by 18, 40- 22 Kia Vaughn approached Stringer to go back into the game.
Copeland scored a career- high 25 points in his return to the city where he played high school ball, including several key shots as Colorado withstood every run in the second half and beat Richmond 75- 69. Payne also pulled down 10 rebounds for the Tigers, who dominated the boards 55- 32. But on this night, nothing could stop them- not the Sooners or the officials " Oklahoma' s a great team " White said " I think we were just a little bit hungrier than they were ". "I got through the first 200 at a fast pace, and I knew the others would have to come out and get me" No one answered that challenge, as McGhee lagged behind in second place at 50. 07 seconds. He was ordered to rest until his medication stabilized his blood pressure, so he handed over control to assistant Kevin Mouton for Thursday' s game against Arizona State.
The exact point that Esperanza High School seized control of its Southern Section 5-A semifinal playoff game against Beverly Hills on Tuesday was debatable. It was from there that Gwynn, a career . 422 hitter entering the game against Browning, asked Browning if the pitch he hit was a strike. 14 Gonzaga last month in Alaska before losing 74- 71 " I' m proud of our guys " Hilltoppers coach Darrin Horn said " I think this game and the Gonzaga game should leave no doubt, even without a win, we belong playing with those caliber of teams- without question " Even with lots of Tennessee orange, Hilltopper red filled up a good share of the seats, with most of the 18, 010 fans who bought tickets for the doubleheader sticking around for the late game JaJuan Smith led Tennessee with 19 points. When I got my hit, I was just trying to keep us from getting embarrassed" Life in the Big Leagues Dept: Backup catcher Mark Parent is adjusting well in his first major league season. Borda connected on scoring passes of 13 yards to Adam Kovacs and 3 yards to Adam Bergen in the fourth quarter. Fifth- seeded Nevada( 13- 16) shot 50 percent from the field and 90 9 percent from the free- throw line to beat No 4 seed San Jose State( 13- 15. Tarpley grabbed a team-record 11 offensive rebounds, one more than the entire Laker team, as the Mavericks built a 25-10 edge on the offensive boards.
