Doug Jones came to his rescue with one out in the ninth, after a single by Harold Baines "I like it when there's a 21-m. p. h wind blowing in" Swindell said. Davidson had lost its past three games at Wofford' s Benjamin Johnson Arena dating to 1999. 14 seeded Bulldogs got after that was 27- 21 on the heels of a 10- 1 run. But Saint Joe' s still went into the break with a 27- 19 lead, mostly because A& M shot only 32 percent, and Jones and point guard Acie Law got in early foul trouble. France hit a 3- pointer and Campbell made two free throws to tie the score at 48. Still, Texas couldn' t pull away until late in the second half " We knew every conference game is going to be like this " Barnes said " When we got down 11- 0, we stayed with it We weathered that storm and got back into the game After that, it was a back- and- forth game.
Hamelin was picked in an early round, but neither the Royals nor Hamelin would say which one. The Gamecocks were picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference, but the Football Championship Subdivision team was overmatched. In handing Lafayette( 2- 1) its first loss, Princeton( 1- 0) won its season opener for the first time under fifth- year coach Roger Hughes, and for the first time since christening Princeton Stadium in 1998. The Cowgirls switched up defenses and got back in the game with a run of seven straight points of their own, but then Iowa State got hot again.
Noles, who allowed 6 hits and retired just 6 of the 14 batters he faced, was making his first appearance with Baltimore since being recalled from triple-A Rochester, N. Y, last week. Driesell is beginning a second life in college-basketball coaching, and he has enough vivid memories of his first one to know he is going to need more seats in the JMU Convocation Center to hold his considerable person. Dessart Mager and Batteast swapped baskets before Dessart Mager hit the winner. 1B draft pick Terry McDaniel, coming off shoulder surgery, couldn't participate, although he's supposed to be ready by camp Scott Davis, the No 1C draft pick, was back on campus, taking final exams. Brian Fisk added 15 points for Lipscomb and Eddie Ard also had 15 points and a team- high eight rebounds.
Lauren Simms led South Carolina with 10 points and Iva Sliskovic had 10 rebounds. The Aggies' defense, one of the nation' s worst in 2008, held the Lobos to two rushing yards and nine first downs in the first half A& M marched 86 yards in 12 plays to start the second half. Hicks was the biggest problem for Ohio State, scissoring through the defense to challenge Davenport or making layups on long passes behind the lagging Buckeyes defense. It was a re- enactment of Saint Joseph' s last big victory over a highly ranked team The Hawks hadn' t defeated a Top 10 team since Feb.
Chatsworth (23-1) At Chatsworth 3 Chatsworth, which coasted through an undefeated West Valley League season, is seeded first in the 16-team bracket. It's really gratifying to think that what I did inspired someone to do that" Boitano will skate at the Forum Sunday in the traveling exhibition of figure skating champions-along with Brian Orser, Debi Thomas, Katarina Witt. SAN DIEGO( AP- Washington State held San Diego State without a field goal for a stretch of over 16 minutes in the second half and went on to post a 60- 49 victory at Cox Arena in the second game of the San Diego Slam. Bruce Brown, Hampton' s 6- 11 center and Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference preseason player of the year, was held to eight points, five below his average Six of his points came in the final nine minutes.
Two of Memphis' inside threats- Joey Dorsey and Kareem Cooper- picked up their fourth fouls during Cincinnati' s run. Ewing tried to break the game open in the second half by scoring nine consecutive points at the start, including his improbable 30- footer. We' re a better defensive team than we showed " Romar added following the Huskies' school- record 26th consecutive home victory. Ben Reed led the Broncos( 15- 7, 8- 4) with 27 points and Levi Rost scored 20 Western Michigan led 62- 50 with 15: 27 to play. Swindell became the first nine-game winner in the major leagues Tuesday night at Chicago when he pitched a strong eight innings in the Indians' 4-3 victory over the White Sox. That hurt us " Coach Bo Pelini thought it could have been the turning point " If we scored there, I though we were in pretty good shape " he said.
Now the United States is assured of playing in the Olympics for only the second time since 1972 It received an automatic berth as the host country in 1984. The ball failed to touch the rim, giving the Blue Demons the ball. Brandon Polk, who led Butler with 23 points, scored with 7: 22 left, but the Bulldogs( 6- 5) didn' t make another field goal for more than 5 minutes Indiana' s size advantage was too much for the Bulldogs. Do they make corked fishing poles"The following appeared on the Associated Press wire Monday morning: "SEATTLE-Mark Langston, ace of the Seattle pitching staff, has criticized the leadership of Manager Dick Williams. "He has a good forkball and isn't afraid to use it in key situations" McWilliams probably would not be with the Cardinals if the pitching staff had not sustained so many injuries.
She ran 10:24. 23 last year, but her coach, Ed Matheus said she is in better shape now. Winsome Frazier led Mississippi State( 6- 2) with 18 points despite sitting out the last 6: 45 of the first half after being accidentally hit above the left eye by Fox' s elbow " I just know he had a big old gash " Stansbury said " He said he could play " Campbell had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Ervin scored 10 points. With the Panthers trailing by two in overtime, Crawford got the ball on the perimeter and made a 3 to put UNI up 62- 60 with 50 seconds left. Marist' s struggles in the second came after forward Fifi Camara, the MAAC player of the year, picked up her fourth foul in the first five minutes.
The Blue Hens shot 58 percent from the field for the game, connecting on 16- of- 30 shots in the first half and an even- better 12- of- 18 shots in the second half. The Wolfpack had been leading the country in total defense, allowing only 204 yards a game with a wide array of blitzes and coverages. Rudy Carpenter threw for 247 yards and two touchdowns, and No. Pinch-hitter Brett Marshall then bunted and Rancho Santiago's MacNeil threw late to second, putting runners on first and second MacNeil was then replaced by Brett Snyder. Los Alamitos 4, West Torrance 3-Mike Kelly led off the bottom of the seventh with a home run to left to give host Los Alamitos (21-6) the victory. The Gophers trailed 29- 28 with 4# 189; minutes left in the first half until Shannon Schonrock, who finished with 11 points, sank a 3- pointer.
When the[ shot] clock got down to 12 or 15 seconds, we wanted the ball back in Megan' s hands " Gray, who replaced Gaines, finished with 14 points while Allen added 11, and the Irish shot 66 7 percent from the field in the second half to pull away. Fairfield was trailing 68- 66 when Edney slipped while driving to the basket with 13 seconds left His turnover led to a pair of free throws Flato with 4 8 seconds left that sealed the victory The Bulldogs led 31- 26 at halftime. C( AP- Emir Davis rushed for two touchdowns to lift Georgetown to a 23- 0 win against Davidson on Saturday. Lance Martin rushed for 162 yards and scored two touchdown as the Spartans( 2- 9, 1- 7) lost their seventh straight. 9 Tigers beat Tulsa 61- 37 in the UT- San Antonio Thanksgiving Classic on Friday " I challenged their character and they came back out and got it done " Chatman said.
— There's still life in Stillwater, at least for Loyola Marymount. Sparks also had the second-best season total for runs batted in with 79. The Giants, who were held to 1 run and 8 hits in the first 2 games of the series, pounded out 14 in this one. The Terrapins shot 52 percent and had 21 assists compared to only 12 turnovers " I thought it was by far one of the most unselfish games we' ve played as a team " Frese said " You look at a positive assist- to- turnover ratio, having four players step up and score in double figures and doing a tremendous job of moving the ball on offense " The 34- year- old Frese has a 100- 66 record in five- plus seasons. Anthony Gaitor tied a school record for most interceptions in a season( 5) when he returned an interception 78 yards for a score with 6: 08 left in the game to give Florida International a 27- 3 lead.
Ager had 17 of his 21 points as the Spartans took a 63- 35 lead. EUGENE, Ore( AP- Chelsea Wagner scored a career- high 24 points and the Oregon Ducks set a school record with 15 3- pointers in a 78- 58 win over Arizona on Thursday night. His toss of 178-3-the final of his six throws-was a personal best by almost five feet. Alesha Robertson and LaVonda Henderson both scored 13 points for the Lady Raiders( 6- 1) and Erin Myrick had eight rebounds Jami Montagnino scored 10 points to lead Tulane( 5- 2.
The 2 homers gave him 21, the most for a USC player since Mark McGwire hit 32 in 1984. The Gators had an easier time against Tennessee in Gainesville, winning 94- 78, while Tennessee was playing without Lofton because he had a sprained right ankle. "It was a blow to us not getting in the show yesterday, to the whole team, but to me personally because I had that golf date" said Rahal, who has become a golfing fanatic since moving into a home adjacent to Jack Nicklaus' Muirfield course in Dublin, Ohio. She finished 11- for- 20 from the field and also had three steals and two blocks in 38 minutes " KD really wanted the ball tonight and really went to work on the inside " Yow said.
Associated PressPULLMAN, Wash( AP- Ivory Clark had bad memories of Washington State' s overtime loss to Stanford last month. I' m not sure about the national champions " Aztecs linebacker Kirk Morrison said " I' ve never been a moral victory guy, but no one expected us to be in the game. Associated PressSTOCKTON, Calif( AP- Freshman Malcolm Thomas had a game- high 21 points and nine rebounds to lead Pepperdine past Pacific 83- 65 on Saturday night, avenging an earlier loss this season to the Tigers. After helping the Boilermakers get within one victory of the NCAA Final Four with a 78- 65 regional semifinal victory over Georgia, Gearlds insisted that the ongoing success wasn' t about settling any personal issues " I am going to quote what Peyton Manning said and say that I am not going to get into that subject right now " Gearlds said " I don' t have a monkey on my back. Davis ended up with nine catches for 110 yards and Bates had eight for 105. The Pride trailed by 21 with 17 minutes left against Fordham last week, got within one with 7: 40 left and lost 73- 71. The Red Foxes' swarming defense held LSU to 39 percent shooting well into the second half.
