During a six- minute stretch of the first half, Anderson and the Cowboys hit six 3- pointers, fueling a 24- 9 run that gave them a 28- 15 lead. The Bulldogs( 13- 10, 4- 6 Southeastern Conference) snapped a 12- game league losing streak on the road dating back to March 1, 2005. Betterson' s one- yard touchdown run with 7: 33 left in the third quarter gave Troy a 17- 9 lead, one it wouldn' t relinquish. This year, the Jayhawks beat Kansas State and Missouri for the first time since 1989.
Lions Coach Dave Snow says the NCAA did a good job of spreading out the top-rated teams and making each regional competitive. The Tigers were 2- of- 9 on 3- point tries the rest of the half as Arkansas built a 45- 33 lead " We were surprised a couple times by the range their guys had " said Heath, who called a time out to reset his defense after Ian Young hit the second of his back- to- back 3- pointers " There was a stretch there at the beginning of the game where they were hitting their 3s. But with less than two minutes in regulation, the Wildcats finally rallied. The Irish quickly took control with a 23- 3 run early in the first half to take an 18- point lead. School lawyers countered that Buoniconti was paralyzed because he had his head down, in violation of the rules, when he tackled an East Tennessee State player. . But Courtney Davidson hit two 3s in the last six seconds to make it 65- 64 before the Buckeyes escaped " We had enough of a lead " Foster said " At least one of those was a serious horse shot- it was to beat the clock and it went in. MISSOULA( AP- Shannon Mathews scored 17 points as Gonzaga beat Montana 57- 51 Friday to hand the Grizzlies only their second home loss in 26 games.
Freshman Michael Hart rushed 20 times for 79 yards and one touchdown, while Michigan nearly doubled the Hoosiers' offensive output, 424- 214. After Davis' 2- yard TD run gave the Gamecocks a 28- 7 lead, Missouri staged its first long drive of the game. Though he often begins his final surge with 600 meters remaining, Scudamore's strength is in his final 200 meters, as was the case last Friday when he outpowered the field. The Seahawks, members of the Northeast Conference, had their four- game winning streak snapped and lost for just the fourth time in 21 games dating to last January. But the Huskies missed 12 of their first 13 shots in the second half, and Oregon surged to a 57- 49 lead on back- to- back 3- pointers by Chapdelaine and Brandi Davis. The Oriental teams consisted only of men who had been picked from hundreds of clubs Most were subsidized by their governments. Sims hit two 3- pointers and scored seven points in an early 10- 0 run that put Kentucky up 12- 5, but Iowa responded with a 10- 3 run to tie it at 15 After that, the margin never went past five points.
The Red Storm refused to go away, scoring the next nine points to close to 66- 60 with 1 minute left, but could get no closer " We were down 20 points and for us to cut it to six shows a lot about our team " Barnes Arico said. Tim Costic was 3 for 4, Joe Marquis was 3 for 5 and scored two runs and Mike Enriquez was 3 for 5. Rider rallied in the second half, outscoring Hartford 25- 9 over a 10- minute stretch. Wiggins, who moved into 22nd place on the Dons' career- scoring list, had just six points in the first half but came on in the second half to post his eighth double- double of the season and help the Dons avoid an upset at home.
SAN JOSE, Calif( AP- Nevada was jet- lagged and apathetic, seemingly looking for any reason to slip up in its regular season finale- until Nick Fazekas reminded his teammates that every game counts toward NCAA tournament success. McFadden hit a 3- pointer with 5 seconds left in the first half to tie it at 30- 30. Giovacchini finished with 11 points for the Crimson( 9- 12, 4- 4. Williams had 139 yards receiving in all and had a spectacular touchdown catch between two defenders called back for a holding penalty. The Wildcats shot just 37 percent from the field, but made 20- of- 24 free- throws.
Krzyzewski called a timeout with 17: 43 to play and things were never the same Redick hit a 3 on the play out of the timeout. Monday, McLemore tested his arm with some pregame throwing and all that resulted was more bad news for Rojas "The vein swelled up and started hurting again" Rojas said. Harris finished with 13 points for Kansas State, which had lost two of its last three and sits precariously on the NCAA tournament bubble. The Bulldogs( 7- 1, winning their sixth straight game, will play Texas- Pan American on Saturday in the title game. The Blue Devils had lost 31 of the 32 games that followed that victory.
