1 in the country or undefeated " he said " Killing them after a loss would have been counterproductive " Tina Charles added 18 points and six rebounds, while Renee Montgomery hit three 3- pointers and finished with 17 points and five assists for UConn, which led by as many as 48 points " Each team has to deal with Connecticut being the target, and with the target comes tremendous amount of responsibility " Auriemma said " As soon as you lose, it' s the biggest story. Every pitcher strides out of that pen feeling like Nolan Ryan Same idea here, the cage dug down, in an enclosed area "You get a real authoritative crack" Downing explains "It just gives you a feeling, gets you pumped. They were there to see if maybe McHale had been bound and gagged by Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn, or something equally diabolical. Ohio State led 41- 34 after a sloppy first half for both teams.
Ronald Timus and Joseph McLean each had 16 points, and Boubacar Coly had six points and 12 rebounds for Morgan State( 9- 13, 7- 4. 23 Rutgers to a 62- 32 victory over Villanova on Saturday night. Searles also grabbed six rebounds each and Willie Depron dished out 11 assists. Will Holloman scored 14 points and Karl Hollingsworth added 13 for Stetson Lipscomb' s Jason Guyette had 12 points. The race was won by the aforementioned Marty Krulee, who is an over-30, bald, Jewish, white American sprinter who lives in Sweden. Virginia missed 21 of its first 27 shots but closed the first half with a 7- 0 run to take a 27- 26 lead. Cory Snyder: The Cleveland Indians' right fielder has hit 8 of his 13 home runs in the the seventh inning or later.
Sharaud Curry made both free throws to give Providence a 42- 38 halftime lead. But the Sooners never recovered from a first- half stretch in which they missed 16 of 18 shots, and they were sloppy with the ball throughout, committing 18 turnovers " I' ve watched our team play 18 games this year and I' ve never seen our guards play like that " coach Kelvin Sampson said " It was really, really poor guard play. Not much of a promising itinerary, considering the way things are going. Dion Dowell scored 19 points and Robert McIver added 18 as Houston matched its best start since the days of Phi Slama Jama with an 83- 69 victory over Kentucky on Tuesday night.
A year later, the 23-year-old left-hander from Texas is living up to expectations. It may have been a traumatic experience for him, but he'll be smarter the next time" Dave Martin of Van Nuys thinks the judge's emphasis on sportfishing was the worst aspect of the ruling. Long Beach State' s last win over a ranked opponent was on Jan 19, 1992, against No 17 Hawaii The 49ers then lost 18 straight to ranked teams. Murphy, who shot 9- of- 10 from the line, grabbed six rebounds, had three assists and five steals for Norfolk State. The reported attendance of 10, 461 in the 14, 665- seat arena was the smallest of the year, a product of playing a team ranked 330th out of 330 D- I schools in the RPI ratings " You have to lean on the kids having maturity when you approach the game " coach Skip Prosser said " We had to create our own enthusiasm It' s nothing about Longwood. West Virginia started the game with a 28- 6 spurt over the first 12 minutes and didn' t allow the Tigers( 4- 2) to muster much of a threat after that.
Jarboe' s 3- pointer gave the Bisons( 8- 3, 3- 1 Atlantic Sun Conference) a 58- 55 lead with 2: 40 to play, but Georgia State( 5- 8, 2- 3) couldn' t score until Marcus Brown hit a jumper to make it 59- 57 with 59 seconds remaining. Memphis got a lot of open shots on the perimeter early and took advantage, making seven of its first 12. Leather scored 14 points and Charlotte was held to 36 percent shooting in the first half, when USF fell behind 9- 2 before storming to a 41- 28 lead. We just didn' t execute " The Mountaineers needed six plays to capitalize, scoring on Devine' s 17- yard run.
We went out there and competed and didn't get intimidated by the crowd The crowd wasn't real bad. Army tied the game at 28- all with 12: 21 left in the fourth quarter when Jones scored on a 6- yard run and added the two- point conversion. Forde: Welcome to fight club Florida and Oklahoma chose fight over flight. 10 Kentucky 83- 79 on Saturday, giving the Tar Heels an emphatic win on the road that ended the Wildcats' 11- game winning streak at Rupp Arena. 4 AP) 68- 41 victory Tuesday night over Pittsburgh " She' s just awesome " said senior Cappie Pondexter, a two- time All- Big East point guard " She' s a great scorer, so strong and confident on the court. Sherwood, the NCAA Division I leader in field goal percentage entering the game at 69.
The Commodores are hoping for a rematch with Tennessee next month when they defend their league tournament title in games that will be played a couple miles away from their home court. A seventh game, if necessary, will be played at the Forum Saturday afternoon. Chauntise Wright and Patrika Barlos each added 13 points, and Barlow had six assists " We definitely feel good right now, being a part of history " said McCoughtry, who hit 12 of her 26 shots and added seven rebounds " This will go down in history, and we feel very good right now But we' re not going to be content We are going to try to go as far as we can. PHILADELPHIA( AP- Dustin Salisbery scored a career- high 27 points to lead Temple past Dayton 78- 70 on Wednesday.
The teams swapped baskets until Pargo' s 3- pointer lifted Gonzaga to a 26- 25 halftime lead. That' s the best rushing game by a New Mexico quarterback since Don Woods' 188 yards against New Mexico State in 1973. The legendary loudmouth victor of 524 games with just one losing season in 31 years is a gigantic addition to a quiet little conference called the Colonial Athletic Association. Auriemma attributed that to Cleveland State' s defensive game plan " It isn' t easy to play against a zone for an entire game " he said " That slows it down tremendously, but we did a good job once we adjusted " Thomas hit two 3- pointers and scored eight points in a 12- 1 run to start the second half that put the Huskies ahead 55- 22. He watched the rest of the game from the bench with an icepack just above his knee.
