The Eastern Conference finals resume here tonight with Game 5 and the Celtics and Pistons tied at 2 games apiece. Taylor, known primarily as a scorer, set a career high with eight assists- two of which keyed the decisive run. Then, after Texas Tech' s Alex Trlica and Webb traded field goals, Gordon took a pitch from Barmann and found Rideau alone at the goal line for a 24- 5 lead. Spartans quarterback Dale Rogers was 13- of- 27 for 146 yards and ran for a touchdown.
6 percent in the first half, missing 21 shots, and hit just 37 percent overall " We are an incredible defensive team " Chancellor said " Today we did not show a lot of poise offensively, but dug in and made our game about defense " Mississippi State started the second half hot, however, and tied the score 42- 42 on Alexis Rack' s 3- pointer after a 24- 12 run out of halftime " As soon as we scored, we got rolling " Rack said. The Cougars were scheduled to welcome Ohio State in their eighth consecutive season of playing a " home " game across the state at the Seattle Seahawks' stadium. Bradley began the game 3- for- 17 and trailed 37- 15 with 5: 22 to go in the half. Ever since I was little, I've always been lucky in athletic talent" During her freshman year, Maul decided to dive for the Santana swim team "I did it for fun" she said. The 1969 winner was the first driver to make a qualifying effort. INDIANAPOLIS — Rick Mears helped car owner Roger Penske celebrate his 20th anniversary at the Indianapolis 500 Saturday by smashing Indianapolis Motor Speedway qualifying records and leading an all-Penske front row for the May 29 race. She shot 9- of- 14 and easily got the better of the Wolfpack' s four- player post rotation to reach double figures in points and rebounds for the 16th time this season " Crystal' s been steady every game she comes out to play " Maryland coach Brenda Frese said " She continues just to progress and be solid as a rock, as she has all of the conference season " Leading scorer Shay Doron had another rough outing against NC State and finished with 10 points on 4- of- 12 shooting. Kansas State( 9- 5, 1- 0) led by nine at halftime, but had a sluggish start to the second half with eight turnovers and no points in the first 4: 58 and trailed by three points.
Colgate connected on 49 percent overall and 47 percent from 3- point range. "It's almost like proving yourself to yourself every day" Loyola's college crews prove themselves primarily on 2,000-meter courses, in eight-seat shells with four oars on each side and a coxswain who steers the craft. Jillian Robbins, the Conference USA player of the year, had 10 points and 12 rebounds. This Met rally began after Gooden fouled out to Marshall at first. Leach broke Grant's serve twice and ran him to exhaustion late in the match. PONTIAC, Mich.
The Gaels began 7- 0 in 1984- 85 en route to an NCAA berth and a 26- 5 record. It was the beginning of last school year that Roger Weems' family emigrated from South Korea to Southern California. Ferrum( 1- 6) led by as many as seven in the first half before VMI took the lead off Williams' free throw with 18 seconds left and Travis Holmes hit a 3- pointer at the buzzer to put the Keydets up 50- 46 at halftime. ATLANTA( AP- Haminn Quaintance scored 29 points and David Lee added 22 to lead Jacksonville to an 81- 67 victory over Georgia State on Friday.
He was an immediate star, making the all-star team his first year However, it wasn't an entirely pleasant experience. STORRS, Conn( AP- Connecticut' s big three came up big again. You can never discount the fact that more unusual things may happen" What could be more unusual than the Pistons trailing by 16 points in the second half of a game at the Garden-then storming back to outscore the Celtics, 35-14, over the next 13 minutes? What could be more unusual than Boston scoring four baskets in the fourth quarter of a playoff game at home?What could be more unusual than four players scoring Boston's first 90 points of a game and only five Celtics scoring in an entire game? What could be more unusual than Danny Ainge going 47 minutes without a point? What could be more unusual than the Celtics going 8 minutes 48 seconds of the second half without a basket? Crazy game, crazy series Detroit, down 50-34, soon was leading, 75-70. Bass was 8- of- 13 from the field, as was Antonio Hudson, who scored 20 for the Tigers( 5- 3. Although Dougan's Columbia never won a chance to defend the Cup, it did finish as runner-up to Intrepid in the 1967 trials. "The sport of track and field is so individual that when you do have a scoring meet, it's nice to have the whole team together pulling for each other" Veney learned to rap in the early 1970s while attending UCLA, where he made the All-Pac 8 track team three times.
It's real satisfying" Conover's emergence as a competitive world-class runner was so sudden that it caught the commentators for the nationally televised race unprepared. In fact, he was trailing, 2-1, when Alan Ashby came out of a deep slump to deliver a two-run single in the sixth. After the last time, Spencer hit a 3 and Candace Parker scored to put Tennessee up 51- 42. The Black Bears shot 37 percent from the field, and made only two 3- pointers. Beman played in foreign tournaments in 1986 and '87, then played in the Legends of Golf in Austin, Tex, two weeks ago.
To put that in perspective: no one on the Aggies' roster had even been born yet and Gillispie was starting his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Southwest Texas State. Major Wingate and Stanley Asumnu each scored 12 points and Andre Patterson had 11, and Dane Bradshaw added 10 rebounds for Tennessee The Vols trailed 41- 29 after D J. After missing his first attempt, Lewis converted the second free throw to give UAB its margin of victory. What he feels is the intense void that nearly all top-level athletes drop into upon retirement. "It looked like it would be more fun to do track" Patrick said. Who's batting one through five, All-Americans" On Simi Valley's lineup, which includes Scott Sharts, a 15-homer man: "Maybe they'll come over here and bunt.
The first came in the top of the sixth after Santana's Darrin Forster hit a two-out triple to right. He took part in the pregame shootaround but was pulled from the lineup by coach Ben Braun. Dave Parker and Dave Henderson had two-run doubles, and Jose Canseco hit a home run estimated at 456 feet, leading the Athletics to an 8-5 victory. Corona del Mar's Jim Robbins, the 3-A champion, worked his way from a boxed-in seventh position during the mid-portion of the race to third, finishing in 4:10. 74, a career best by one second. The Lakers' leading scorer off the bench during the regular season, Thompson has shot . 143 against the Pistons, missing 6 of 7 shots, and is averaging just 3 points and 3. 5 rebounds in the series. The victory secured a spot for the Anteaters( 14- 12, 7- 10) in the Big West Conference tournament that begins March 9.
But the Hurricanes abandoned the passing game and tried to establish the run, a tactic that didn' t work. Creighton( 9- 3, 1- 1 Missouri Valley Conference) beat the Braves( 7- 2, 0- 1) for the eighth straight time and avoided losing three straight at home for the first time since February 1996. The teams each shot about 46 percent from the field, as Tulane went 23- of- 50 and Butler 23- of- 49, but the Bulldogs outshot the Green Wave from beyond the arc and from the free- throw line. The Irish tried to double team Charles in the post, but she frequently got the shot off before the second defender could arrive " Tina did a great job of turning away from the double teams in the first half " UConn coach Geno Auriemma said " We got it to her at just the right time and she got herself in great position " Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said her team' s couldn' t slow Charles " She was the difference " McGraw said " I think they went to her six times in a row and we were trying to get the top of the zone down to prevent the ball from getting into her, but we weren' t able to get that point across " With the score tied at 21 after Melissa D' Amico' s rebound basket with 11: 13 left in the first half, UConn( 19- 0, 6- 0 Big East) took control as the Irish( 15- 5, 3- 3) went 10: 52 without a field goal, going 0- for- 12 from the field during the run. UCLA won as freshman Janeene Vickers came from behind on the anchor leg in the last 30 meters, sprinting past runners from LSU and Arizona State. Amir Johnson' s led four Radford players in double figures with a game- high 23 points. A 3- pointer by Tasmin Mitchell with a little more than four minutes left in the first half completed the run and put LSU ahead 32- 19.
