The Los Angeles born angler-she boasts of having caught giant black marlin off Australia's Great Barrier Reef and of fishing for most of her life in such exotic locations as Fiji, Japan, Guam and Samoa, to name just a few-had cashed in on her intuition. Louise Ann (Angel) Bowles decided to go fishing on her birthday recently for what she said was a very good reason. The Lady Vols routed Purdue 78- 52 in Tuesday' s other game, coach Pat Summitt' s 100th career win in the NCAA tourney Allen' s outburst wasn' t exactly by design. The Rebels knocked off their second straight ranked opponent with a 77- 74 victory over LSU( No 6 ESPN/ USA Today; No. Northwestern coach Beth Combs pinned the loss on a lack of heart[ Purdue] had a heart advantage today " she said " We are disappointed with our team today " The Wildcats had 28 turnovers to Purdue' s 15. A layup by Brower, free throws by Brower and Bell and a Carr 3- pointer kicked off a 15- 1 run to make it 51- 34 with 12: 32 left to play.
She was scheduled to have an X- ray, and VanDerveer didn' t expect to know more until Sunday. Valle Vista league rivals Covina and South Hills of West Covina played twice earlier this season, each easily winning at home. Nolan Ryan and three relievers pitched the Astros to a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday night at the Astrodome to continue the trend. Merideth Marsh, Caroline Williams and Carla Thomas each added 12 points, but couldn' t keep the Commodores from falling to 2- 2 against ranked teams Thomas, fourth in the SEC averaging 17 4 points per game, was 4- for- 11 from the field. SOUTH BEND, Ind( AP- Tyrone Willingham found a way to beat his former Stanford team for a third straight time This one, though, was nowhere near as easy.
IRVINE, Calif( AP- Aaron Fitzgerald had 25 points, six rebounds and four assists to lead UC Irvine to a 78- 70 victory over Santa Clara Tuesday night. The Bobcats held San Jose State scoreless the final 5: 49 of the half and rallied, with the help of six 3- pointers, to take a 35- 32 lead into the locker room. He has some bad games, and the first thing people question is whether he's hurt, whether he needs glasses and his eyes are going or any number of things. Georgia Southern kept the game close for most of the first half before Auburn went on a 8- 1 run to take a 36- 27 lead into the locker room.
Dave Smith (2-2, the third of four Houston pitchers, got the victory despite allowing the Giants to tie the game in the eighth. Tasha Humphrey led Georgia( 23- 9) with 27 points, but picked up her fourth foul with 8: 45 to play. Sails, also making his first start, rushed for 114 yards as part of the Cajuns' 533- yard attack. The youngster impressed the Reds' acting manager, Tommy Helms. Signed, sealed and soon to be delivered to UCLA on a full baseball scholarship, Wolfe, the Chancellors' leadoff hitter, is staring at a future as bright and promising as a leadoff single.
Trailing 7- 5, the Huskies went on a 17- 2 run with Hicks scoring six points and Plouffe adding four Washington led 33- 23 at halftime. "I'm not as sharp as I could be as I missed a month of training"EUGENE, Ore. Nathan Hawkins had 17 points and six rebounds, while Brian Burrell added 16 points for the Broncs( 5- 3 Burrell was 6- of- 9 from the field. Magic Johnson had the flu Thursday night, but the Lakers needed him desperately for several reasons Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was experiencing a shooting slump. "I'm not saying we're happy with it, but we're a member of this league and we must live with it" Bruin General Manager Harry Sinden said "The bylaw really told us what we had to do. Santana's 16-hit attack was led by left fielder John Barnhill, who went 4 for 5, and Newark, who had three hits and three runs batted in.
The Eagles made just 10 of 24 shots and led 24- 12 after one. After shooting 26 percent from 3- point range in the first eight Big Ten games, the Badgers are hitting 46 percent from behind the arc over their last five games " Offensively, they' ve got the whole package then " Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said " It' s a double- edged sword. 29 against Arizona State at- where else- home " We can' t believe all the hype, because the Pac- 10 is going to be tough " Roy said " We haven' t proven we can win on the road yet " It' s important we don' t believe the hype ". WOMEN'S TENNIS Missy Conn and Allison Kincaid of CSUN advanced to today's doubles semifinals of the NCAA Division II women's tennis championships at Sonoma State. They finished 11- of- 27 from 3- point range, that 40 percent mark better than their 38 percent overall shooting " The shots were going in, but we lost " Axton said. Schraeder went 6- for- 8 from the floor, 5- for- 7 from behind the 3- point arc.
They said, however, that they were examining ways to maintain the area's unique architecture. The agency action, which was applauded by nearly all the mall merchants, was an acknowledgement that the dream of attracting major department stores and throngs of shoppers had failed. The previous mark had been 39 by Auburn in 2002 " Hats off to LSU " Ole Miss coach Renee Ladner said " They were much better. Most of the male coaches have wives who can pick up the dry cleaning and go to the bank"Four-thirty in the morning. He gave up two runs in the first inning and three more in the fifth, leaving the game with the Angels trailing, 8-3. Krawczyk was asked what he learned from his first start. He even hit a 3- pointer during an 11- 0 run that gave Indiana its first lead of the game at 59- 58 The difference was, Redick had more help. Pete Eggers scored 17 points, including 7- of- 8 free- point shooting. Ahead 24- 14 midway through the third quarter, Texas drove 80 yards on 13 plays on its first possession of the second half with Young getting a touchdown on a 1- yard run to make it 31- 14.
