Still no word, though, on whether defensive coordinator Bo Pelini will soon leave to become head coach at Nebraska as has been rumored " I' m not really talking about that right now " Pelini said. Deke Thompson had 15 points and Anthony Shavies 14 for the Bears. 2 status behind Fuhr, Moog asked to be traded last fall, and when the Oilers failed to grant his request, he left to join the Canadian Olympic team He was traded to the Bruins 2 1/2 months ago. Kennedy' s 3- point play and Paris Horne' s field goal reduced Miami' s lead to 52- 43 with 5: 17 remaining. It was an ugly win " Omari Westley scored 20 points and Percell Coles had 15- all on 3- pointers- for the Vikings( 2- 1, who won just eight games last season but more then held their own against one of the nation' s elite programs in just their third game under coach Mike Garland, a former Michigan State assistant " We knew we could take them " Westley said " We knew it wasn' t far- fetched. The Tar Heels led 63- 36 at halftime, shooting 23- for- 34( 68 percent) and getting contributions from nine players.
South Carolina emerged from an error- filled first half- the teams combined for six turnovers- with a 6- 0 lead thanks to two second- quarter field goals by Brown. Marquette closed the gap to two with Currie on the bench as James scored six points and DePaul suddenly went cold, missing seven of its first eight shots. Ohio( 10- 7, 5- 4 Mid- American Conference, which improved to 8- 0 at home this season, trailed 66- 61 with 4: 44 left but scored 11 of the final 14 points. Hanie also ran for a touchdown during Colorado State' s 21- point fourth quarter against the Utah reserves. His defense and experience added depth to a Cardinals team that desperately needs another inside presence. Teammate Ashley Clark had eight rebounds " UConn was just big and there was a lack of confidence on our part " Boeglin said " You have to respect who you play, but not fear them.
COLLEGE PARK, Md( AP- Crystal Langhorne had 16 points and 17 rebounds, and an injured Shay Doron sparked a late surge that carried Maryland past Virginia 63- 60 Thursday night. It took the Eagles 23 seconds to drive 66 yards in four plays for the winning score. I don' t know why because they are a heck of a team " The Huskies trailed by as many as 24 points, 57- 33, five minutes into the second half on a layup by Francis. NIKKI LEWIS CANYON INFIELDER Lewis, a senior second baseman, batted . 373 to lead all Canyon hitters. I made it too interesting at the end, but guys came through. The Rebels had no one in double figures, with Bam Doyne and Mike Smith the team' s high scorers with 7 points each. She gradually increased her workload until a team doctor cleared her to play Wednesday morning.
"I went from living hand-to-mouth to being completely on the other side of the fence. He followed that by grabbing a missed 3 by Redick in the air and slamming it down " Once he catches the ball down on the low post, there are very few people who are going to stop those broad shoulders from going to the hole " UIC coach Jimmy Collins said. "She definitely would have been on the winning 1,600 relay team that I coached. "He was only able to come back because I made mistakes" Among those reaching the quarterfinals were top-seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia and ninth-seeded Andre Agassi. Marcus Rhodes scored 12 points and Michael Rembert had 10 for the Redhawks, who overcame an 11- point first- half deficit. Notre Dame( 16- 7, 8- 5 Big East) held off a late run by Providence, which narrowed a seven point deficit to one in the final two minutes, then forced a Notre Dame turnover with four seconds remaining.
"We've played a lot better games than this in the past and lost We seemed in slow motion at times. This turned out to be the end of the playing career and beginning of the coaching career of Mike Shanahan, who lost a kidney, but could have lost so much more. The back wheel ran over his ankle and heel, breaking both and pinning his leg under the car for 20 minutes until he could be lifted out But that was only the major accident. The Gophers were the first Big Ten team to play at Kent State.
CHAPEL HILL, N. Vachon predicted that Wayne McBean and Mark Fitzpatrick, the Kings' top two picks in last year's draft, would have a "big impact" on the Kings next season. After Saturday' s win over La Salle, Hawks coach Phil Martelli wrote the scores of the Dayton victories on the locker room blackboard. In fact, the top five in the order-Carey Hess, Valerie Van Kirk, Charis Monroe, Val Douglas and Missy Coombes-managed only four hits altogether in the series, and Douglas had two of them "Our pitching is going to give up a run or two We needed our offense to get it back" Garman said.
Chaney scored eight points in the first 7: 15 after the half, hitting a pair of 3- pointers and a layup as LSU extended a 12- point halftime lead to 18 points at 42- 24. The Bearkats led 37- 28 at halftime and built a 23- point lead with 9: 12 remaining in the game. A day after tying a tournament record with seven 3- pointers in an opening- round win over Colorado, Iowa State' s Heather Ezell broke it, scoring 26 points on eight 3- pointers before fouling out with 20 seconds left in the extra period With Ezell out, Iowa State turned to Lacey Her 3- pointer with 11 seconds left cut the lead to 64- 63. Associated PressNEW YORK( AP- Kyle Hines had 18 points and 10 rebounds as North Carolina- Greensboro held off Fordham 58- 54 on Saturday. Baylor went up 31- 13 when Emily Niemann canned a 3- footer with about five minutes to play. She also was irritated by a recent loss to Baylor and a bad first half in a road win at Kansas State " It really makes me mad, because everybody thinks that we don' t have what we have " Thompson said " I just took that to heart and said if I get my game together, then everybody else will " I came out, rebounded and that gave me a lot of energy and I just worked it into my jump shot.
Soon, everyone who follows Texas basketball could learn that these youngsters can really play " We' re getting there " Texas' Norman said " That' s why it was so good to see this ". They made 65 percent of their shots in the first 20 minutes and led 44- 17 at halftime. ATLANTA( AP- Even though the winning play was set up for Jarrett Jack, Will Bynum was an option and he made it count. Arizona, picked to contend for the conference title, reached the tournament championship game each of the past two years while Southern Cal, picked to finish seventh, lost in the first round in two of the previous three years The Wildcats lost their third in four games. The redshirt freshman, making his first start, led an Oregon ground attack that netted a season- best 217 yards " It' s exciting when you do something good for the team " he said.
A 3- pointer by Vedran Vukusic brought Northwestern within 52- 50 with 1: 11 remaining, and Vince Scott tied it at 53 on a 3- pointer with 44 seconds left. Orton completed three passes for 51 yards, including a 36- yard strike to Ray Williams. The two have been intertwined for more than 20 years, since Alford played for Knight at Indiana from 1983- 87. But Notre Dame made just one of 11 shots over the next 8 minutes, while the Huskies were 9- of- 14 from the field during that stretch.
Lisa Andrews and Maggie Fontana led the Crusaders with 10 points each. RANCHO SANTIAGO'S TOP PITCHERS NAME W-L ERA G SV IP H BB SO David Tellers 11-1 3. 77 14 0 93 109 21 54 Willie Navarrette 10-0 3. 73 14 0 98 98 26 55 Jack Bailey 7-3 6. 07 14 1 80 105 15 55 Tim MacNeil 5-1 3. 64 13 1 47 41 26 34. Three of UNO' s first 10 games were played on that campus and they played their first home game Saturday at the Alario Center, where the NBA' s New Orleans Hornets used to practice. Inman scored 21 points and Rutgers withstood a determined effort by visiting Delaware State to record a 49- 42 second- round win in the South Padre Island Invitational on Tuesday night. "Hopefully, for him it'll have a positive effect" Ciarelli said It did. Felton added another basket from long range and Scott made his fourth 3- pointer to give the Tar Heels a 35- 23 lead " Melvin is a player that' s not really known " Felton said " But Melvin is a great player who can shoot the ball, as you can see " North Carolina couldn' t get much going in the first, perhaps because of the lingering disappointment of a 119- 114 triple- overtime loss to Wake Forest on Dec 20. 4 Maryland end a 14- game losing streak to second- ranked Duke with a 78- 70 victory Saturday in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference women' s tournament.
LOUIS( AP- Top- ranked Illinois faced adversity for the first time this season. The Lobos' lead would have been larger if not for the Aggies' first interception of the season- by Shukree Shabazz- on a pass into the end zone by McKamey intended for Hank Baskett. The Leopards capped the scoring with Jonathan Hurt' s 5- yard touchdown run in the last two minutes. "I don't think you want to overdo it (the theatrics) but a little is OK" he said.
