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9 AP) earned a 92- 51 victory over the Crimson Tide on Thursday night. Northwestern overcame a 15- point deficit in defeating the Broncos for the 11th straight time, hitting half its shots( 23- of- 46) in the second half despite being outrebounded 35- 12. DAYTON, Ohio( AP- DaShaun Wood scored 26 points and Wright State rallied to beat Belmont 87- 79 Saturday night The Raiders( 2- 5) trailed by 10 with 11: 38 to play Tyrone Scott and Jaron Taylor each had 16 for Wright State Wood finished 10- for- 10 from the free- throw line. Louis Manager Whitey Herzog, was X-rayed by the National League officials, who found no evidence of tampering. C( AP- Davidson' s Jason Morton scored 22 points to help beat Chattanooga 67- 53 on Monday.

He scored in double figures for only the third time in the Sooners' last seven games " Drew played the way he' s capable of playing tonight " Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson said " God gives us all gifts. Bryant' s arm didn' t seem to bother him- he even had a nice block in the closing minutes- though he picked at the bandage a few times when play stopped " My biggest concern was whether or not I would get hit, because that' s the worst thing " said Bryant, his elbow wrapped in ice " Fortunately I didn' t get hit today and I felt great throughout the whole game " Chaney was suspended for five games before returning to coach the Owls in their NIT loss Tuesday night. FRESNO, Calif( AP- Bryson Sumlin rushed for 220 yards and three touchdowns, and Wendell Mathis added 176 yards and three more scores in Fresno State' s 70- 14 victory over Hawaii on Friday night. Associated PressHUNTINGTON, W. Dominique Redding led Tennessee with 13 points, while Alberta Auguste added 11, while Sidney Spencer had 10. After his inside bucket, Williams hit two free throws to seal it with 2. The Flames( 8- 12, 6- 3 Big South) trailed almost the entire night before Larry Blair' s tip- in with 2: 27 left gave them a 79- 77 lead.

Backup center James Edwards bailed out Laimbeer with 6 points and 6 rebounds. After Andrew Brown answered with a layup for the Bears, Ekene Ibekwe scored for Maryland before Emerson made a layup to spark a 10- 2 run that made it 27- 23. Late in the first quarter he became the sixth player in NCAA Division I history to rush for 1, 000 yards in four consecutive seasons. Moreno rushed for 1, 334 yards and 14 touchdowns as a freshman last season and continued his high- scoring pace in the opener " It feels good and exciting to get back out there " Moreno said " We got to prove some things to ourselves " Samair Baker scored on a 3- yard run for the Eagles( 0- 1) in the final quarter. Associated PressDES MOINES, Iowa( AP- Nick Grant had a career- high 25 points and Drake held off a late rally to beat Evansville 82- 79 Wednesday night. GIRLS' SWIMMING San Diego Section Preliminaries Michelle Butcher of Granite Hills broke her own San Diego Section record in winning the 500-meter freestyle and also won the 200-meter individual medley to highlight the competition at Mt Carmel High.

Kingdom, who has been inconsistent since upsetting Foster for the gold medal four years ago, appears to be reasserting himself in this Olympic year. Nathan Doudney' s 3- pointer capped a 10- 0 spurt as the Bulldogs built a 58- 48 lead. Olney, who had operated the Burbank Mug Shop since leaving office in 1983, had been in and out of the hospital for at least a month for treatment of an undisclosed illness, hospital officials said. New Mexico coach Don Flanagan had expected his team to play better.

Howard( 7- 17, 5- 9 MEAC) never trailed but squandered a 17- point second- half lead, letting it slip to one point in the final minute. Francis, Pa, held off a late Quinnipiac rally for 73- 72 win Thursday night St. But Tech never pulled away, and with 7 seconds left Reagan Pariseaus' 3- pointer pulled the Sun Devils to within 70- 69. Luke Rogers and Jermaine Wallace added 11 points each for the Demons. So there are no guarantees" Don Baylor, batting . 220 overall and . 367 with runners in scoring position through Thursday, is expressing disappointment with his irregular employment as Oakland's designated hitter, but he said that he made a promise to LaRussa when signing with the Athletics that he would accept his role without complaint.

I can wear my[ championship] ring with pride " Jahvid Best rushed for a bowl- record 186 yards and two touchdowns, yet the Golden Bears still needed a big defensive play and an unlikely hero to hold off the Hurricanes( 7- 6. It was the worst home non- conference loss in the Kevin Stallings era at Vanderbilt. Minnesota' s rally started with Grier' s 12- foot jumper, and when Robinson hit a 3- pointer with 9: 52 to go, the Gophers were within 42- 39 Grier took care of the rest. We kept meeting every goal " A rebound and layup by Goodwin and a 3 from right wing by Morrow moved Syracuse back in front 64- 58, but the Golden Eagles regained the lead at 65- 64 on a layup by Svetlana Kovalenko with 3: 33 left. Tennessee outrebounded Georgia 40- 22 " If you can control the boards, you usually have a great deal of influence on how many possessions you get, how many opportunities you get from that " Summitt said " And I thought we got a lot of opportunities " Tennessee needed its rebounding advantage because the Lady Vols turned over the ball 18 times against Georgia' s pressure.

Navy completed 3 of 6 passes for 44 yards " We' d have to have played mentally perfect to have a chance to win this game, and obviously we didn' t do that " said quarterback Aaron Polanco, who was held to 19 yards on 24 carries. Arizona( 5- 6, 1- 1 Pac- 10) also got 18 points from Joy Hollingsworth and 12 points by Natalie Jones en route to ending a four- game losing streak. Angels 9, Orioles 6-Trailing Baltimore, 6-1, after seven innings, the Angels rake the Baltimore bullpen for seven runs on seven singles in the eighth inning, most of them too soft to crack egg shells. 22 AP, rode a 17- 2 second- half surge to a 63- 49 victory Saturday for their 13th win in a row. Associated PressPHILADELPHIA( AP- Dionte Christmas had 16 points and 11 rebounds while Lavoy Allen tied his career high with 14 points as Temple breezed past Towson 69- 46 on Thursday night.

Jackson made his interception four plays later to set up Blythe' s final touchdown. The Tigers( 1- 5) also had their hands full with Rashad Anderson on the perimeter. He carried the ball six times for 61 yards and scored on a 3- yard run. CLEVELAND( AP- Chris Paul sat down on Wake Forest' s bench to soak in the final seconds He pulled on his warm- up top, leaned back and smiled The view was much better than he remembered it. The win and Fordham' s loss to Saint Joseph' s clinched third place in the Atlantic 10 East for the Minutemen( 16- 11, 9- 7 Atlantic 10. Stanford and UC Berkeley were also sent to different regions. STILLWATER, Okla( AP- Taleesha Conder scored a game- high 22 points and Oklahoma State kept Texas Southern' s winless record intact with a 55- 39 victory.

Oakland's Dave Stewart (9-3) snapped his three-game losing streak in beating the Twins for only the second time in his career. McLendon, who was ineligible for the Bulldogs' first six games because to NCAA transfer rules, scored 12 of his points in the second half. You think, 'What do I do now? Die' I guess by being busy, it's going to be better, but I'm really going to miss amateur skating" Jerry West has said that what he missed most when he retired from pro basketball was not the playing or the interaction with his teammates, but the discipline Be at the airport at 8 a. m sharp, shoot-around at noon, report for the game at 6 "That's it" Boitano said "That's the thing you miss. Merritt led Samford with 19 points and shot 3- of- 10 from 3- point range Randall Gulina added 13 points and Bryan Boerjan had 11 Austin Peay shot 50 0 percent from the field and Samford shot 45 2 percent.

Little- used Caleb Forrest played 23 minutes because of an injury that sidelined Daven Harmeling, scoring eight points and grabbing seven rebounds " He doesn' t look like poetry in motion " Bennett said " But he is effective and efficient at times " North Carolina A& T( 5- 8) shot just 25 percent in their lowest scoring output of the season. "Consistency is what I think it takes to get the job done, day in and day out" he said. He has won four of his five starts. The Minnesota Twins are mainly in a race for second place with the Kansas City Royals, what with the Oakland Athletics comfortably atop the American League West. The Aggies shot 10- for- 20 from the line, while the Lady Bears shot 17- for- 22 " We did a poor job at the free- throw line " Texas A& M coach Gary Blair said " We had it fast and ugly, just like we wanted it. There were two lead changes and two ties before Eastern Michigan scored the final four points to take a 27- 23 halftime lead. "I had the option of keeping the ball and cutting to the basket or passing to Kareem.

We wanted to extend our defense and try to generate offense off our defense, which we seemed to be able to after we settled down " she said " We got good looks off our transition " Parker left the game in the second half with a knee injury after falling on the court while several players were going after a loose ball. Starter Brian Boland was 6- for- 20 for 169 yards and one TD. It' s not about how many points but more about how well the bench plays, and tonight they played very well " Coco Reed, who has struggled with chronic knee problems following offseason surgery more than a year ago, came in to score 10 points " My knee felt really good tonight and my quickness seems to be better " said Reed, who was 5- of- 6 in 14 minutes. 8 points, finally broke through when Viani set her up inside more than 15 minutes into the game. But Marina came back, taking advantage of a Doug Partis kill and three Newport Harbor errors to tie the score, 8-8.

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