"Some of the best basketball I've ever seen or been a part of" Jones said of the final 12 minutes You needed a set of wings to play in this thing. Michigan State missed 15 of its first 20 shots and had five turnovers in the first 5 minutes. Expected to compete are 144 boys and 135 girls who qualified in an intra-divisional meet held last Saturday. So, how exactly did the UCLA men go about losing their opener, 5-4, in the round of 16 to Georgia before 4,257 in the NCAA team tournament on the other side of the country Saturday? The deciding point-once again-came at No 2 doubles And in a three-set match Georgia's T. J.
Georgia stayed in the game because of a 23- 14 edge in rebounding and Middle Tennessee' s 40 percent shooting. Between the games, all four teams stood on the court during a ceremony honoring Dixon, the late Army coach. Grunfeld, the son of Washington Wizards general manager Ernie Grunfeld, had two three- point plays in the run that started the second half and gave Stanford a 39- 25 lead. Brian Waters and Montell Watson each scored 13 for Elon( 5- 20, 3- 8, while Le' Vonn Jordan and Colin Wyatt added 11 points and six rebounds apiece. DeWanna Bonner missed a jumper that would have put Auburn ahead for the first time since the 11: 09 mark of the first half, and Texas A& M' s A' Quonesia Franklin hit a 3- pointer for a 60- 56 lead with 1: 35 remaining. "After the fifth or sixth inning I was really bearing down trying to get it. John Ferentz died at 84 after a long illness " I told the team on Tuesday, I wish they' d gotten to know my dad, you know " Ferentz said " Unfortunately because of his health, his last time out was 2000 But they' d have loved the guy.
The Brigham Young senior competes here every year in the Mountain West Conference tournament and participated in a handful of games in Denver when she was a high school player in nearby Colorado Springs. Maryland stormed back to take its final lead on Doron' s only 3 of the game, and Coleman had that basket to tie it for the last time. Last add Guerrero: Dodger Manager Tom Lasorda said he is not concerned that Guerrero, among the league's leading hitters at . 326, will lose his stroke during his enforced absence "He's taking a lot of batting practice" Lasorda said "He's hitting against live pitching Even if he didn't hit, I don't think it would hurt him. It was the latest dominant performance for the 6- foot- 6 center known as Big Syl, who has four double- doubles this season and has scored in double figures in all but one game " When you face a player that is 6- 6 and mobile like she is, it makes it very hard to defend " UNO coach Amy Champion said " She is one of the best centers in the country. Price had nine catches for 135 yards and McRae had three receptions for 93 yards. Ohio State came into the game ranked 109th in total offense of the 117 Division I- A teams, and didn' t move up " Offensively, I thought we improved as the day went on " Tressel said with a straight face.
Cutley had 11 rebounds and five assists, Frank Robinson scored 20 points and Marcus Crenshaw added 16 points for the Titans( 6- 2, who have won four of six games. The win secured Mississippi State' s fourth consecutive 20- win season and enhanced their hopes for an NCAA Tournament berth. 16 Syracuse on Friday night in the championship game of the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic on Friday night " They are young and eager just to be out there playing " Donovan said " There' s a lot of unselfishness with them " Florida( 4- 0) trailed 62- 60 with 6: 43 left before going on a 12- 0 run. The Wolf Pack, who jumped out to an 18- 9 lead to open the game, led 34- 25 at halftime. Marquetta Dickens added 15 points to help the Wolfpack( 19- 8, 8- 4 Atlantic Coast Conference) snap a seven- game losing streak against their instate rival.
This was as good as the Gophers- who are averaging about 61 points per game, second- to- last in the Big Ten- have been on offense in a long time. Dietz and Lehning scored all 12 of K- State' s points in the first overtime But Sisk hit a layup with 8. had the tip- in, too, but those are the bad breaks we' re suffering through " Minnesota' s starting center, Jeff Hagen, sprained his left knee late in the first half and did not return to the game. Jordan Carter' s layup concluded a 9- 0 run that got George Mason to within 21- 20 at 6: 28. Next week the Terriers will travel to Charleston to face Charleston Southern at 1: 30 p m. Ochs got his first touchdown pass, a 4- yarder to Levander Segars, with 6: 29 left in the half. Joseph' s shot 40 percent( 18- of- 45) and held Buffalo to 32 percent( 19- of- 60.
Portland State( 4- 10, 0- 1) led 19- 18 midway through the tight first half, but sophomore Tamara Guardipee scored inside for the Lady Griz and Rogers hit a 3- pointer to push the lead to 23- 19 Montana extended its lead to 44- 30 by halftime. After France and Doron converted three- point plays, Maryland was up 81- 72. Twenty-three points, on 7-of-12 shooting, 9 for 9 from the line, 7 rebounds, 11 assists And he played 42 of the 48 minutes. Tasmin Mitchell finished with 16 points, and Lazare had 12 points. It was their third straight game against a ranked opponent, following back- to- back losses against rival Purdue " They' re just a good team " Foster said in explaining his team' s difficulties putting the Hoosiers away " They came in at 13- 7, with a win at Kentucky and they beat Kansas. C( AP- Engin Atsur had 18 points, center Jordan Collins made a career- high three 3- pointers and scored 14 and North Carolina State dominated almost from the start to beat Virginia Tech 74- 54 Saturday.
The Utes also didn' t have much success on the perimeter, hitting just 4 of 21 3- pointers " We started settling for outside shots " Giacoletti said " If those don' t go in, we' ve got problems. Still, the Wolfpack had a chance for the go- ahead score, pushing to South Carolina' s 32 with about 4 minutes left. The Bobcats pulled within 17- 10 on a 22- yard field goal by Cochrane with 2: 29 left in the third. The Red Raiders could' ve let the clock run out without even taking a snap, but Cumbie threw into the end zone " I wish we would' ve caught the ball " Leach said, adding that he was practicing what he preaches to his team " I' ve spent a lot of time coaching our players to play hard, finish, score I don' t change gears on that.
In the meantime, Detroit has an NBA championship series to play-and may need someplace to play it. EAST LANSING, Mich( AP- Michigan State' s pressure defense and near- record crowd were too much for Michigan. "He just played too good for me today" said Leconte, who had only 54% of his first serves go in "When he plays the way he did, he makes me play bad. 17 Oklahoma 69- 63 on Saturday " There' s no greater opponent of postseason conference tournaments than I am, nor will there ever be " Knight said " But it' s here to be played, and we played right from the very beginning " Ronald Ross scored 28 points and Jarrius Jackson added 22 for the fourth- seeded Red Raiders, who led by as many as 11 points in the second half before top- seeded Oklahoma( 24- 7) made a late run. Kevin Reed had 18 points for the Black Bears( 10- 9, 5- 5 America East, who had lost three of four, while Joe Campbell added 14 and Mark Flavin 12. Colgate cut the lead back down to four on a 3 by Zidar, but rebounding and foul shooting iced the game for the Mountain Hawks.
