Now Conover is $50,000 richer, has a contract and an agent and is besieged by new friends and reporters who want to talk to the U. S Olympic men's marathon trials winner. Tennessee All- America forward Candace Parker was held to just nine points, breaking a streak of 33 straight games in double figures that dated back to last season. The lead reached 42- 19 on Frye' s inside basket with 1: 03 to play in the half Arizona led 42- 21 at the break. That was the difference " Rix got one final chance two minutes later, but his fourth- down pass from the FSU 27 soared over the head of Lome Sam with 1: 38 to go.
North Carolina jumped to a 14- 1 lead as the Tigers missed their first eight shots. But the Bruins made 18- of- 22 free throws after that to clinch the victory. It was the second straight stakes victory for the 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly over Behind The Scenes. We want to win the Pac- 10 outright " The Bruins tuned up by playing a team that uses a deliberate offensive approach similar to what Howland believes they' ll see at Stanford and again at California two days later " The Cal and Stanford trip is going to be extremely tough " Howland said " They have four NBA- caliber big men between them. "I was right there"BOSTON — Dennis Johnson made the last six points of an ulcer-maker of a basketball game Thursday night, winning Game 2 of the National Basketball Assn's Eastern Conference championship series for the Boston Celtics, 119-115, in double overtime, and tying their series with the Detroit Pistons at a win apiece OK So much for how the game was won Let's go back to how the game was saved The place: Boston Garden The time: 7 seconds left in the first overtime The score: 109-106, Detroit The ball: Boston's Roll the videotape Johnson in-bounds the ball He looks for Larry Bird.
The Angels' four East Coast victories, in review: Angels 5, Yankees 4-The Angels are down, 4-3, and down to their last out before Downing lunges and pings a two-run home run off the left-field foul pole, a home run Downing maligned as "a weak fly ball" Angels 2, Orioles 1-The Angels manage one run through nine innings against Mike Boddicker, winless in his last 13 decisions, and score the go-ahead run on a 10th-inning double-play grounder when Baltimore's interim manager, Elrod Hendricks, oddly decides to play his infield back. The loss is the third in a row for Texas( 15- 8, 3- 6) and drops its conference road mark to 0- 4. Dan Cage hit a runner in the lane as time expired in the first half. "They're the Hoosiers, they're Hickory High, they say the league doesn't want them to win, CBS doesn't want them to win. Said public address announcer Jack Payne: "It sounds, Brent, as if you'd better not run for office in Omaha"Call her a brave lady: Jackie Autry will field calls from Angel fans on Bob Rowe's "Angel Talk" on KMPC from 6 to 7 tonight.
He moves whole rooms with a gesture, raises or lowers the ceiling at will, rearranges his very own gym in chunks of beam and rafter until it is completed and roaring with his presence. Samaranch said earlier this week he would accept an invitation to visit the north to encourage the North Koreans to participate in Seoul, but he ruled out discussing North Korea's demand to co-host the Games. Then Diener scored on yet another layup with 3: 46 left to give the Blue Demons the 16- point lead. "When Ted told me that he thought he could also hire Bobby, I thought it was great" Tanner said "I thought we could work together. She not only pitched a two-hitter, she scored the winning run to lead Valencia over Buena Park, 2-0, in a nine-inning Southern Section 3-A quarterfinal. San Jose State managed just five free throws the rest of the half, however, and went into halftime trailing 33- 29 Graham finished with 13 points for San Jose State while C J Webster had 12 points and five assists.
When I don' t, that hurts my team " Louisville' s lead never dipped below 35 after the break. The victory was the fifth straight for the Bears( 7- 3, their longest winning streak since the 2001- 02 season. BC coach Frank Spaziani, a longtime assistant, improved to 3- 0. The first baseman owned a gut that spilled over his Bermuda shorts. An All-Southern Conference quarterback who is also rated as an outstanding prospect in football, he won the 100 and 200 and opened a lead while running the second leg of the 1,600 relay the Cougars would never relinquish Hannah took the 400.
3 Tennessee to an 85- 58 win over Alabama on Thursday night. Young wouldn' t score again until making a 3- pointer with 9: 05 left in the game to make it 57- 37. Guerrero probably will not come off the disabled list Monday, when he is first eligible. Ron Howard led Valparaiso with 17 points and Dan Oppland had 14. Douglass McLaughlin- Williams scored a career- high 21 points for Appalachian State and was 6- of- 6 shooting before missing a putback with 10# 189; minutes left. The Tar Heels won both regular- season meetings, including a 77- 68 victory at Duke last week " I think we' re looking forward to another opportunity to redeem ourselves " Goestenkers said.
Oliver Lafayette scored a career- high 30 points in the loss for Houston. But Wood made up for it with sharp bounce passes that led to easy buckets. The Huskies shot 49 percent against Purdue and outrebounded the Boilermakers 55- 34. Things just fell apart " Duke got off to another slow start. "I just put my head down and went as hard as I could" he said "I didn't look back until I could see the finish line. "I'll tell you what, I was scared to death going in" he said "I don't think our kids were, though". She finished with seven points, less than half her average of 18 1, and missed all nine of her shots in the second half.
The Owls jumped out to a quick 14- 4 lead less than five minutes in. "First blush tells you that any type of a playoff, even a championship game, just one championship game, kills the present bowl structure" he said. That set the stage for Merritt to give Richmond the lead with by missing the first but making the second of two free throws. Lafayette, which ended the season 9- 19, shot only 26 percent from the field, including only two of 16 three- point attempts, and had only 28 rebounds to Bucknell' s 46. Breaston, who had foot surgery in July, had 272 all- purpose yards on 49 yards receiving, 32 yards rushing and 191 yards on punt and kickoff returns " I think the bye week was great for him " Carr said " You saw an explosiveness that you have not seen this year. The Warriors tied the game at 21 with 28 seconds left in the half on Grice- Mullen' s second TD catch of the day, a 13 yarder.
It's a strange thing" Maybe the players know the secret, some mystical formula of decent talent and mysterious mental powers. The game was played before a sellout crowd of 6, 500 at the on- campus Pavilion. The Irish need one win in their final two games against Seton Hall and at St. 24 ESPN/ USA Today; Not ranked AP) went on a 28- 3 run to start the second half in routing Mississippi 90- 53 on Wednesday night. 11 AP) pulled away after halftime to beat Rhode Island 61- 45, giving the Colonials the best start in the program' s history.
