Gilldersleeve jumped a season-best 24-5 1/2, but Price was fascinated by the way he landed "I learned how to land on my butt" Price said. Isn't Rojas the nice-guy scout? Does he require the players to show up for games? Still, he should be the perfect guy The Angels should be loose now" I told Archie he was right. Denver shot 42 percent for the game from the field while New Orleans shot 38 percent Yemi Nicholson had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Denver. Ashley Gonnerman scored a game- high 27 point for the Broncos, while Tracey Walker scored 16 Montana shot 42 9 percent to SCU' s 40 5 percent and had a 46- 43 rebounding advantage. Quianna Chaney and Allison Hightower set career highs with 25 and 17 points, respectively " I said all along that this team will only go as far as our shooting will carry us " Chancellor said " It' s my job to improve our offense. The Lakers turned to Abdul-Jabbar in the last two minutes, after they'd cut a 13-point Utah lead to 4, 92-88, but their 41-year-old captain could not respond. Eleven of North Carolina' s 19 first- half field goals were layups and five were dunks, which helped energize a rather sedate holiday- break crowd Even more impressive was the Tar Heels' defense.
Texas turned the break into its first points, with Young passing and running into USC territory and David Pino booting a 46- yard field. Meanwhile, Memphis' woes continued as the Tigers( 6- 6) lost their fourth game in five attempts. Tuomi had eight points and Mooney had seven during that time A 3- pointer by Mooney left the Commodores behind 33- 27. The Mustangs( 1- 3, 1- 0 Western Athletic Conference) won for the first time since a 24- 21 victory against Tulsa on November 23, 2002, prompting fans to rush the field. "What an effort" Not so impressed was Tommy Heinsohn, the former Celtic player and coach who now broadcasts their games on New England's Sportschannel cable network Heinsohn lit into Thomas on Thursday night's telecast. Rowan Gray had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Tyler Hayes added 14 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks( 5- 3, who are 2- 2 on the road. Center David Chiotti scored just 5 points, all at the free throw line, but had 10 rebounds as New Mexico outrebounded the Aggies 27- 10 in the second half.
The Trojans wasted no time in answering, going 82 yards on three plays, the last one a 45- yard scoring pass from Sanchez to a wide- open Johnson with 12: 02 left. The Tigers, who have lost three straight games, cut it to 77- 74 on Quantez Robertson' s drive with 3: 09 to play but that was the closest Auburn could come. 29 " The one against Stanford was fun, but this was really big, coming in the Sun Bowl " Breazell said " At least I got something out of El Paso. She also had five rebounds and six assists " I think today was just about playing relaxed " she said " A lot of times you can try to do too much or press I just was really relaxed and let the game come to me ". She flew to Los Angeles last Thursday to sign a deal for a TV movie with a production company. Stevens completed 23 of 31 passes for 266 yards for the Mocs. Chaney cut the lead to 49- 47 on her fifth 3- pointer with 1: 27 to go, but missed a potential tying layup, and Cori Chambers made two free throws to push the lead back to 51- 47.
The game was played in North Little Rock, a three- hour drive from Arkansas' Fayetteville campus. He also had seven rebounds and five assists for the Cougars( 13- 9, 4- 4 Conference USA) The Cougars took advantage of sloppy play by Saint Louis, turning 18 turnovers into 22 points Reggie Bryant led Saint Louis( 5- 15) with 12 points Houston led 36- 24 at the half The Cougars shot 37 percent from the field for the game Saint Louis shot 42 percent, but took 19 fewer shots. There will always be an England, but we thought we kicked them out of Indiana 200 years ago. The Wolfpack got back in it by turning up the defensive pressure, holding Wake Forest without a basket for nearly 6 minutes.
This time, the 15- time Colonial Athletic Association champions did it to themselves, or at least served as far too generous hosts for the Atlantic 10 regular- season champions, turning the ball over 15 times in a disastrous first half. Jason Ham, who ran for 126 yards on 14 carries, made it 27- 14 when he scored on a 2- yard plunge with 10: 48 to play. Y- Kenny Hasbrouk made a jumper with a half second remaining for Siena, and Iona remained the only winless team in Division I by losing 61- 60 on Thursday night. The team ran away from the pack, finishing in 3:13. 67, far ahead of second-place Muir, which covered the distance in 3:16. 70.
As for Ron Brown, he was slightly disappointed with his comeback. In addition to crowning division champions, Saturday's competition served as a spring board to the Masters Meet, which picks the top athletes in inter-divisional competition. UNLV' s Ricky Morgan scored the last three points of the game, making a layup with 50 9 seconds left and one free throw with 28. Courtnay Brown hit three 3- pointers for Texas Southern( 1- 1) and finished with 11 points Sean Walker had 14 points. They managed only 9 points over the final 9# 189; minutes, at one point prompting coach Jim Wooldridge to leap from the bench and ask " What are you guys doing " Belmont closed to within 27- 20 on Goodwin' s floater in the lane, but Wright' s jumper with a little over a minute to go gave Kansas State a 30- 20 halftime lead. Third baseman Mike Eatinger of UC Riverside, shortstop Dave Hajek of Cal Poly Pomona and outfielder Lenn Gilmore of Cal State Northridge were chosen as California Collegiate Athletic Assn tri-most valuable players.
Duke also blocked 10 shots and had 17 offensive rebounds, matching Canisius' defensive rebound total Canisius shot just 25 percent for the game. But in a tournament where youth and upsets have ruled, the West German was the oldest semifinalist, at 18 years 11 months 3 weeks She faces an opponent almost two years younger in the final. HANOVER, N. Last year, as a sophomore, Patrick high jumped better than any high school girl in California At Serra High School, the kids know about Lynn Patrick "There's the famous Lynn Patrick" they yell Patrick laughs.
But Letz scored six straight points to give the Lobos their first lead since early in the first half. In basketball, Loyola won the conference, followed by Santa Clara and Pepperdine. Its late-season slump notwithstanding, Loyola Marymount was never really in danger of being passed over by the NCAA for the 48-team baseball regionals, as evidenced by the Lions' third seeding in the Midwest regional at Oklahoma State. The catches were Hicks' first of the game and went for 38, 27 and 2 yards, the last one for the touchdown to put the Red Raiders( 7- 4, 5- 3) up 14- 9 " Right before that drive, coach Leach got in my ear and told me to make a play " said Hicks, who finished with five catches for 96 yards " It was coming to a point in the game where we really needed a play " He caught his second TD pass, a 14- yarder, midway through the fourth quarter to make it 24- 15. Chad Barnes had 13 points and Shawn Malloy added 10 for New Orleans( 2- 3 Barnes hit 3- of- 9 3- pointers. (Mahorn) can give it out, but he can't take it" Johnson said. A standing- room only crowd of 2, 604 packed the gym, and their chants and roars tested the limits of decibel tolerance in a way never heard at MCI.
and stays there, taking on water and losses as if the bilge pump gave up long ago. CINCINNATI( AP- With Marquette missing its best player, all Cincinnati had to do was let its two formidable power forwards take over the game Eric Hicks and Jason Maxiell were up to it again. I would not want to be a defenseman and have him come down on me at about 50 miles an hour, with the strength that he has. Maynez then scored on Janice Parks' sacrifice fly to right field. She insists it' s not personal " It' s not a Cal thing " Smith said after scoring 20 points in Stanford' s 91- 50 victory over the Bears on Friday night " I try to play with confidence in every game.
AMES, Iowa( AP- Frustrated with her shooting, Iowa State' s Mary Fox decided to concentrate on rebounding Right. Robert Morris' only other Division I conference championship came in 1988 as a member of the defunct ECAC Metro Conference " It feels great. He and Ascot promoter Chris Agajanian will be at Sunday's finale, reminiscing with former winners dating back to Joe Leonard, who won the first race in 1957 on a Harley-Davidson. 25 Temple overcame a scoring drought of nearly nine minutes in the first half to post a 72- 64 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over George Washington. And trainer Charlie Whittingham was simply speechless, angry beyond words at the scratching of Fitzwilliam Place literally at the last minute. Ally Kelly scored eight points to lead Texas State( 0- 5, which committed 25 turnovers " I think it' s embarrassing " said Bobcats center Tori Talbert, who came in averaging 15.
Walker scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Lady Panthers( 13- 3, 1- 2. STATE COLLEGE, Pa( AP- Horace Dodd always knew he could run the ball in Beaver Stadium. STILLWATER, Okla( AP- Oklahoma State coach Kurt Budke felt like storming the court. The list of those who have played in the series probably would raise some eyebrows as well. And, with a 5-2 lead, he had visions of winning consecutive games for the first time this season. "I thought he made the call before the ball was there" The Padres had led, 3-1, in the third inning, when starter Grant walked two batters and then bounced two pitches in front of home plate and back toward the dugout Make that 3-2. TEMPE, Ariz( AP- Arizona State didn' t want to get lulled into a close game twice The Sun Devils( No 13 ESPN/ USA Today, No.
Whatever' s working that night, we' re going to go to it " Thornton, who missed the last two game with severe tendinitis in his lower left leg, moved gingerly during warmups with the calf wrapped. The Bears shot 72 percent from the field during that stretch They finished at 60 5 percent from the floor and 61. It was the Colonials' second game in four days- they won 64- 59 at Charlotte on Thursday- and came with senior leader Kenan Cole limited to seven points " We came out flat, lack of energy " Beck said " But we picked it up in the second half " The Colonials( 23- 2, 12- 0 Atlantic 10) used a 10- 1 run midway through the period to distance themselves. A 20- 8 run enabled Mercer( 13- 9, 8- 7) to take a 53- 51 lead on a 3- pointer by James Odoms and a 3- pointer by Jacob Skogen gave the Bears a 60- 58 lead later. The Flyers ground out 203 yards rushing, and were led by Verhoff' s 79 yards on 22 carries. They won two games games back then but looked completely lost in their return, missing 15 of their first 18 shots. 10 Washington 77- 67 on Saturday, dashing the Huskies' hopes of at least a share of their first Pac- 10 title in two decades " We blew our chance.
