CINCINNATI( AP- Brian Thornton scored 20 points and Xavier' s retooled defense limited Eastern Illinois to nine field goals during a season- opening 80- 35 victory Saturday night. We just did not renew his option" Wilson couldn't be reached Friday night but earlier had told the Associated Press from his home near Seattle: "It's a bittersweet feeling. Ashley Paris' basket off an offensive rebound cut the deficit to 47- 42, but Texas responded with a 13- 3 run that included eight free throws by Carla Cortijo as the Sooners resorted to fouling down the stretch. McNeese( 1- 1) held a 42- 34 lead at the half and went up by as many as 20 points in the second half. Randy Culpepper scored 17 points and gave the Miners a 46- 44 lead on a 3- pointer.
16 that halted their school- record tying 13- game win streak " We were embarrassed " said Dan Nwaelele, who added 19 points. Sarah- Jo Lawrence scored 15 and Jessica Adair added 10 " I' m excited about how we played against a very good GW team " Frese said " We really talked about focusing for a 40- minute game and I thought we were close to that " In just the fourth meeting between the schools, which are located about 15 miles apart, Maryland took control with a 15- 2 run to close the first half. "Yeah, I had about 3 minutes, 13 seconds worth of nervousness" said Hawthorne Coach Kye Courtney, who admitted that last year's race was still on his mind. In the second quarter alone, the Hawkeyes outgained Penn State 124 to minus- 6. Pirkl finished the regular season with 9 home runs and a school-record 38 RBIs.
He hit just 3 of 8 shots and also struggled at the free throw line, going 7- for- 13. Seoul has also inaugurated a 13,000-member police Security Task Force With the Games scheduled to begin Sept. Montana( 3- 0) meets Florida State, a 75- 67 winner over Western Carolina, in Sunday' s championship game. But ESPN cooled on Olbermann after hearing from a number of people that he is difficult to work with. But before one start about a month ago, Valenzuela warmed up in the bullpen wearing his specs. The Raiders( 19- 11) came up one win short of their first Horizon League title in the program' s first winning season since a 17- 11 finish in 1987- 88.
Mike Gansey scored 21 points and West Virginia hung on to upset No. He's out there buyin' all this crap and here I am shootin' things" Purcell chuckles at himself, the bear hunter Like the black bear, he goes his own way. The margin eventually reached 20 before Delaware State mounted a final rally. Arizona State got outstanding relief performances from both Brian Dodd and Gordy Farmer after another poor outing by starter Linty Ingram. Her previous low was four points set four times during her first two seasons. Rodgers tied it at 7 on his 36- yard pass to Geoff McArthur, who ran through one tackle and sidestepped another on his way to the end zone. Hazelton led all scorers for the Rams( 4- 11, 2- 2 in Atlantic 10, who were 0- 7 away from home and had lost six of their last seven The Dukes( 4- 14, 1- 4) have lost four in a row.
OMAHA — Until now, he had watched the games on television. Reggie Arnold ran for 83 yards on 18 carries for Arkansas State. Virginia( 1- 1) opened the game on a 9- 2 run and never trailed Despite shooting well from the field in the first half( 44. C( AP- Gavin Grant scored 23 points Saturday to help North Carolina State beat South Carolina State 74- 49 Freshman J J. Strawberry scored a career- high 27 points, Mike Jones had 18, and Maryland rallied to beat the Tar Heels 89- 87 Sunday and extend its winning streak to five games " We could have given up. Here's the way the three experts fared: KENTUCKY DERBY-In a split vote, they had Private Terms on top, with Winning Colors second, Forty Niner third and Risen Star sixth.
Mendez, who has 1, 843 career points, broke the mark of 1, 827 set by Micheal Meeks at Canisius in the mid- 1990s. PROVIDENCE, R. Still, Maddux seemed about to escape when Alicea's grounder headed for second baseman Ryne Sandberg. They looked dead in the water with 3 minutes to go, and they summoned a lot of courage and came back " The Cavaliers led only briefly in the second half, at 50- 49, but the Yellow Jackets' never flinched.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared Saturday " Maggie Dixon Day " in New York City " Maggie set such a high standard in all that she did and we are so pleased to honor her by competing in such a fine event " McCallie said " Women' s basketball is greatly enriched by Maggie' s legacy and this event allows all the participants to salute a respected and admired colleague " A portion of the proceeds from the games will go to C A R. Iona improved to 4- 7 under first- year head coach Kevin Willard, doubling its victory total from last season when it went 2- 28 St. Then La Mirada pitcher Dena Mullins got on base when Valencia first baseman Danette Davis first bobbled Mullins' sacrifice bunt, then overthrew first to allow Manestar to go to third. 9 AP) beat the Wildcats 66- 45 Saturday for their ninth consecutive victory " They were packing it in so much. A' Quonesia Franklin made a jumper with four seconds left to pull the Aggies within two at halftime.
Both teams travel to Texas for third- round games Friday at the South Padre Island Convention Center. She pitched nine no-hitters-including three perfect games-adding to her national career record (36 no-hitters She gave up just one earned run for a career ERA of 0. 10. Instead, Barkley showed why coach Pete Carroll insists there' s nothing ordinary about his teenage starter- although the Trojans will find out a whole lot more next week at Ohio State. DeAndre Rice' s running 10- foot bank shot put Florida Atlantic( 13- 13, 8- 7 Sun Belt Conference) ahead for good at 75- 73 with 34 seconds remaining.
Carl Sandburg saw it as a city of big shoulders. The Bobcats improved to 3- 3 to equal their total wins of last season, when they were 3- 23 Nakejia Kelly led Washington State( 1- 5) with 11 points. In a game decided by another controversial balk, Alexander (4-2) pitched an eight-hitter and his third complete game in a 3-1 victory at Milwaukee Wednesday. The loss knocked Gonzaga out of first place in the WCC for the first time since 2001 Two weeks later Gonzaga also lost at San Francisco. Williams also had help from Chris Douglas- Roberts, Robert Dozier and Antonio Anderson in slowing down Morrison. Stringer voiced her frustration in a team that returns all five starters but hardly resembled the one that advanced to the NCAA championship game before losing Tennessee last April " We have to re- establish who we are " Stringer said " I' m trying to sound a warning of we have to step it up. Associated PressHAMMOND, La( AP- Tavaris Nance scored 18 points to lead Southeastern Louisiana to a 66- 61 win over Lipscomb Monday night.
I want to align myself with a young team and see the potential of winning. Major league scouts foresee him as a catcher, while college coaches are pursuing him as a pitcher "I couldn't tell you what I'm going to do" Brooks said. Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown each ran for a touchdown to complement Campbell, and the Tigers' swarming defense made Tennessee' s two freshmen quarterbacks look like neophytes for the first time this season. TUSCALOOSA, Ala( AP- Alabama coach Mark Gottfried wanted his team to do a little soul searching and fix its offensive problems Freshman Richard Hendrix and the Crimson Tide( No 14 ESPN/ USA Today, No. Routinely, viewers got, boom-boom-boom, a close-up of a player, a close-up of one coach, then the other, then a crowd shot, then a Come on, CBS, tell director Bob Fishman to relax a little Jim Spence, the former No. flight out of Los Angeles International, a tire problem left the plane grounded No problem.
Sundiata Gaines then intercepted a pass, flinging it to Levi Stukes, who was fouled as he drove for the basket and made one free throw The Hatters led 51- 49 with 57 seconds remaining after E J Gordon hit one of two free throws. So when he has a night when he' s less than perfect, the last thing any of us need to do is throw any kind of criticism his way " Singletary had 10 points and nine assists, and Mamadi Diane also scored 10. Game notes The BCS title game next year will be played at the Rose Bowl. Tennis Center, the same kind of elements were there for both sporting events: A large, somewhat noisy crowd; hot weather, and a close contest in which a Bruin team nearly upset the favorite In the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. FahKara Malone had 13 points and set a Purdue freshman record for steals with her 65th of the season. He had some good outings, then he slowly creeped into the No.
The bowl structure has worked perfectly the past two seasons. PROVIDENCE, R. We gave all we had, to a certain extent, and good teams know how to put a fist in somebody and keep them down, and that' s what OU did " Rush, who scored 14 points in the first half, hit back- to- back 3- pointers to start a 10- 0 run that put the Sooners up 37- 16 late in the first half. Enter Lasorda, who argued for about five minutes, making two contentions: 1) Scioscia's chopper could have been fielded by Soto, thus nullifying the interference call with Treadway and Shelby; and 2) Shelby did not hit Treadway on his way to second.
