They had two chances to recover in the final seconds after Colgate turnovers, but Alvin Abreu missed on a drive with 6 seconds left. Instead, the home-court advantage reverts to Boston, winner of 16 of the last 31 NBA championships, and is stripped from Detroit, winner of zero NBA championships since moving here from Fort Wayne, Ind, in time for the 1957-58 season. Mark McAndrew paced Brown( 6- 14, 1- 4 Ivy) with 15 points and five rebounds. Associated PressHOUSTON( AP- Robert McKiver scored 20 points and Houston shot 80 percent from the free- throw line in a 67- 56 win over Toledo on Tuesday night. Bowling Green led 32- 21 at halftime after scoring the last 10 points of the first half and holding Eastern Michigan scoreless for the final 5: 05. SMALL FORWARD-Chris Morris would seem to have the early lead over Sean Elliott, who still has to rank as the favorite.
We didn' t use the game on Friday night to improve on " In their season- opening 119- 55 win over NC- Asheville, eight Red Raiders scored in double figures. He deserves it " Underwood and Tim Brown each caught a pair of touchdown passes and the Scarlet Knights( 7- 5, 5- 2) set a school- record for points in a Big East game, rolling up 671 yards of total offense and sending lowly Louisville( 5- 7, 1- 6) to its worst finish since 1997. Grant had to go three sets before he beat pesky Willy Quest of Long Beach Wilson, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, in the semifinal played earlier Saturday, and he had little left against Leach. Martinez started Sunday because first baseman John Kruk injured his right thumb diving for a ball Saturday night. But Bond drove for a layup and capped an 11- 1 surge by Missouri with a three- point play, opening a 66- 47 lead with 5: 08 left.
The previous record low was 14, set three times " The team[ Kentucky] played in Lexington is not the same team they played here " said Tasha Humphrey. Leemire Goldwire scored a career- high 26 points, including five in the first overtime period, to help rally the 49ers Goldmire, who came into the game averaging 7. Robinson scored on a goaltending call against Jeff Varem to put Stanford back in front 58- 57 with 52 seconds left. The only way to instill confidence is to tell them every time you are open- shoot it. Other than that, the Tigers offense sputtered and ended with only 14 net passing yards and minus 23 rushing yards. Almond went 17- of- 32 for 253 yards in his final college game. Another layup by Crone in the final seconds pushed the Bulldogs' advantage to 39- 28 at the break.
TUCSON, Ariz( AP- A vicious hit on one of their California teammates- and the crowd' s reaction to it- was enough to fire up the Bears( No 8 ESPN/ USA Today, No. Boston College set up for a final shot but Marshall' s fallaway jumper with 4 seconds left hit the side of the backboard The Buckeyes were unable to get off a shot after that Ress fouled out early in the first overtime. The pressure, naturally, has increased, but Mayne remains rather undistracted by his feat. All too well, Marshall remembers the 1985 Chicago Bears, who pinched pennies and nerves following their Super Bowl victory. Uche Echefu had 13 and Isaiah Swann and Ralph Mims scored 12 each Gavin Grant had 15 and Brandon Costner 14 for N C State. She did not attempt a shot in the second half, and it wasn' t needed " That just shows the type of player she is " said teammate Seimone Augustus, who often gets most of the attention as the leading scorer. He followed with a jumper to put the Highlanders ahead by two, but a layup by Sumter evened the score again.
LAWRENCE, Kan( AP- Crystal Kemp scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Kansas to a 70- 61 victory over Texas( No 24 ESPN/ USA Today, No. The Dukes( 12- 1) trailed only once, after Matthew Szczur' s 13- yard touchdown pass to Stephen Pimm out of the Wildcat formation with 6: 54 left. The Friars will face Pennsylvania on Thursday night at home in the second round. Gates, Louisville' s leading rusher in 2003, finished the 13- play march with a sweeping 5- yard run touchdown with 9: 43 left in the half. The Boilermakers continued widening their lead in the final period. We should be able to go under 4:50 running together" In the 3,200, her top competition figures to be state leader Rena Cervantes of Montebello (10:33. 91, Katy McCandless of Palo Alto Castilleja (10:34. 6 converted from a 2-mile) and Karen Hecox of South Hills (10:40. 37 Jorgensen's best this year is 10:36. 0. Brooks McKowen answered with two free throws for Northern Iowa.
Throw in the fact it was " Senior Night " and the Tar Heels' recent dominance in the series, and the Wolfpack had no shortage of inspiration " I just kept telling my teammates' It' s a special night, so let' s go hard and give it all we have because we' re playing for a special person " said senior Sasha Reaves, who had 11 points and eight rebounds " It meant a lot and I think we came out and showed that by the way we played " The Wolfpack responded with a terrific opening half, shooting 55 percent to build a 44- 18 lead shortly before halftime against a team that came in leading the country at 87 8 points per game. The state Department of Fish and Game reminds anglers that ocean sportfishing regulations must be observed. "Buck came to me and said, 'You all just get out there because I'm going to be pushing it' " said Scott, who hit his first seven shots and finished with a team-high 29 points. And when Bogut( 19 points, 16 rebounds) triggered a 9- 2 run that gave the Utes a 49- 48 lead with 3: 35 left- their first since midway through the first half- New Mexico responded Alfred Neale slammed home a miss for a 50- 49 lead. The result also was humbling- a fourth straight loss to Wisconsin and a seventh loss this season at Assembly Hall. AUSTIN, Texas( AP- The new kid on the Big 12 block had to take a few punches from the neighborhood bullies on her first trip around the league The second trip around is payback time Brittainey Raven scored 18 points and Texas stunned No.
UAPB' s Jason Frierson scored no points in 24 minutes on the floor, but pulled down 10 rebounds for the Golden Lions and was credited with four assists. On the first play, he hit Terrell Browden on a 27- yard touchdown pass for a 14- 3 lead. Mallary Gillespie' s consecutive 3- pointers for the Cougars gave them a 66- 51 lead and sealed the win BYU led 34- 27 at halftime. But Holy Cross responded with a 12- 2 run sparked by Torey Thomas and Simmons for a 50- 29 lead with 9: 34 left Army never got closer than 14 the rest of the way. The Dons and Pioneers played three times between 1946 and 1950, but this was the first meeting since. Ohio State led 23- 15 before closing the half on a 13- 4 run.
But Karic, who is from Yugoslavia, doesn't understand English too well, and reporters just had to find out what was what. That will tell us how well we are playing, I'm really looking forward to that"Broms usually plays at No 1. Y( AP- Chris Moore completed 5 of 7 passes for 195 yards and a score to lead Buffalo to a 48- 20 win over Central Florida on Saturday. Ernest Turner paced Maine( 7- 6, 2- 2) with a game- high 28 points. Mosby, who had only one basket to that point, scored six points during an 8- 2 response for Baylor while Paris took a brief rest. The victory broke Campbellsville' s 10- game winning streak, handing the Tigers their first loss of the season Merritt was 7- of- 8 on 3- pointers for Samford( 6- 4.
He pitched relief for three minor league teams in 1987 and the Brewers' Denver farm club bought him last October. Nash added 11 for the Beavers, who were coming off demoralizing losses to Washington, Washington State and Oregon " We viewed this as a must- win " said Oregon State guard Lamar Hurd " We felt like we were in a desperate situation. After Pettway' s basket, the Salukis inbounded to Sylvester Willis, who drew a midcourt foul by Chuck Davis That left SIU with 2 8 seconds for a final play. Fenner added 85 yards in 22 tires, including the touchdown with 1: 14 left. Riley' s driving layup tied it at 58 with just over a minute to play, but Atunrase answered with a jumper in the key for the Aggies with 44 4 seconds left. Ahead by just two with 13: 39 left to play, the Zips( 18- 4, 9- 1 Mid- American) went on a 12- 3 run to pull ahead 59- 48 with less than 10 minutes left. But mistakes cost the Bears, and a three- pointer from Hudson put Howard ahead 77- 75 with 14 seconds remaining.
1 percent from the floor, and Bonner and Boddie were able to take over down the stretch. On the other hand, Angie, one of the nation' s top high- school players last season, committed to Tennessee as a junior. The Gamecocks also played without center Antoine Tisby, who didn' t make the trip because of " time management problems " coach Dave Odom said. Colgate responded with a 14- 1 run to get the lead back, and there were three ties and four lead changes down the stretch before Williams hit a 3- pointer to put the Raiders ahead 65- 61 with 2 minutes left. We just kind of appealed to their competitive nature and challenged them in terms of where they want to go and how they want their season to play out " The Tigers( 28- 3) want to help Augustus cap her fabulous career with the championship that eluded them in their previous two trips to the Final Four, but they hadn' t played since losing the Southeastern Conference tournament championship to Tennessee on March 5. Mercer shot better than 57 percent from the field- 65 percent in the first half- and the Bears hit 10- of- 20 3- pointers. BLOOMINGTON, Ind( AP- Eric Gordon went right back to being himself Saturday.
