Green had moves that Beathard could scarcely believe-feints and bursts of power that left defenders groping at air They were now on the same team, but from different worlds. Associated PressDURHAM, N. announcer says it' s the most historic building in the country, you know it' s a special place to play basketball " Foster said. Starting in Ashby' s place, 6- foot- 11 Lamont Arrington was no match for the Huskers.

The rooms are smaller than those in an average college dormitory, but everything is clean, and the restaurant serves good (read: American) food. "There's a certain amount of risk going to a rig like this" Hubbard said. Rutgers cut the deficit to six on Matee Ajavon' s free throws, but Montgomery answered with a 3- pointer to start a 22- 8 spurt to close the game. Not only did Murray play for the 1955 state basketball champions, he was an all-state third baseman and pitcher on the Sheridan (Wyo) High 1952 state baseball championship team. 15 Purdue held Arkansas without a field goal for the last eight minutes in a 55- 51 victory Thursday night in the opening round of the Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic. "I'm going to work on my mechanics tomorrow and just try not to think too much" Rasmussen will replace inconsistent Mark Grant in the rotation. "But it's lopsided in our case" It also tends to be lopsided for female coaches.

1 all season, went into the first game Sunday undefeated in the double-elimination tournament The No. A Dehm 3- pointer with 8: 25 to play gave Furman a 52- 46 lead, and he scored with 6: 00 to play to put Furman ahead 54- 50 George Brozos and Alex Opacic had 12 apiece for Furman Myatt led Howard with 19 Riley added 14 and Mukole 11. That' s not a stretch for a school that is now 21- 13 in Big East away games since 2000, the second- best mark in the league " We' ve been a confident road team since I' ve been here " Brey said " Sometimes at home you play with the weight of the world on your shoulders and try to be perfect " Only Boston College also has a winning league road record in that stretch Notre Dame is also 11- 0 when leading at the half this year. More importantly, the Lions belted three home runs and ran away in the fourth inning, allowing Jones to relax and save the bullpen after four Lions were needed in the first game. Black scored a career- high 26 points and had 13 rebounds, and third- seeded Duke never trailed in a 67- 59 victory over Arizona State on Tuesday night.

From that point on, the outmanned Toreros outscored Arizona 57- 50 " One of the things I was a little disappointed in was we did not do a good job of really closing them out " said coach Lute Olson, beginning his 22nd season at Arizona " We just didn' t show that killer instinct that we need to have " But Shakur and Radenovic, with late help from Stoudamire, overcame Arizona' s poor shooting to lead the Wildcats to victory " We did a good job at times, but we let up in the end We have to work on that " Shakur said. The Blue Devils haven' t dropped a tourney game since an 83- 68 loss to North Carolina in the 1998 final. The Sooners have won at least 20 games five times in Coale' s 10 seasons as coach " I' m really proud of it " Coale said of the 10- 0 start in Big 12 play " I hesitate to talk about it too much, though, because we' re a greedy sort in this profession Ten is not enough We need 11. On the next two, she made a 7- foot bank shot and a 5- foot jumper. Hoskins hit all five of her shots from the field for 11 points and added four assists and two blocked shots, even though she sat out most of the second half " I calmed down " said Hoskins, who claimed she was anxious in the Buckeyes' opener two days earlier " My teammates said' We' ll help you through' and that helped a lot, especially on defense " Jessica Davenport had 16 points, Matter 12, Stephanie Blanton 11 and Tamarah Riley 10 for the Buckeyes, the preseason selection by coaches to win the Big Ten. He made six touchdown throws, and that' s great against this defense " The Gamecocks entered the game ranked ninth in the nation in passing defense and had given up just seven touchdown passes.

Seminoles wing Antionette Howard chipped in with 17 points and six rebounds. "Have I had the support of owners since then? It's been patchy I got hung out to dry (with nonsupport) a couple of times But I learned You do it other ways For example, expansion It will happen in the early '90s "Support from players or umpires? I wouldn't say yes. It just shows that we have a great team" Brandi pointed out how Cioffi had turned her game around. PASADENA, Calif( AP- Maurice Drew capped UCLA' s opening drive with a 57- yard touchdown run and linebacker Spencer Havner returned an interception 52 yards for another score, leading the Bruins to a 33- 10 victory over San Diego State on Saturdaying off an off week, UCLA( 3- 1) extended its winning streak against San Diego State to 17 games and improved its overall record against the Aztecs to 19- 0- 1. Brown, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Week, added eight rebounds and five assists. Robert Chatmon added 18, Matt Sauers 15 and Kyron Monetti 12 Jacksonville State led 57- 41 at the half.

I'm looking for good things in the future" Mater Dei, which took third place in the Angelus League, finishes 15-9. Sasha McKinnon and Shona Thorburn each added nine points for Utah Thorburn had 11 assists. I was really disappointed that we didn' t attack it the way we should have " Harding scored in the lane to put Duke ahead to stay, 57- 56, with about 5 minutes left. After that, the lead changed four times, with neither squad leading by more than three. 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. Hopefully, we' ll see them in the postseason( Pac- 10) tournament " The Bruins got within one for the first time with an 8- 2 run, including four in a row by Mbah a Moute, whose fastbreak layup came off his own steal.

— There's still life in Stillwater, at least for Loyola Marymount. But Penn State couldn' t advance the ball, turning it over on downs with just more than 3 minutes left. I told the line' Let' s go out there and get it " Ware was the first freshman tailback to make his Georgia debut as a starter since the NCAA allowed freshman to play on the varsity in 1973. For all intents and purposes, the end came Sunday night on that magnificent succession of passes from Jacques Ladouceur to Brian Quinn to Fernando Clavijo to Zoran Karic for the winning goal in the first minute and 28 seconds of an overtime period. But Caroline Williams hit a 3- pointer on the next Vanderbilt possession.

But the senior forward paused and stammered as he spoke after the game because the Spartans snapped a 12- game losing streak against ranked opponents and a six- game skid against Wisconsin " It was our last chance against those guys " Anderson said " This one was big, man They took our home- winning streak from us They took a couple of championships, too. The loss snapped the Wolverines' four- game winning streak. The first time the top-ranked teams were unable to meet in a game because of conference bowl ties, however, the cry for a playoff would resume, Hatchell said. Anderson had 18 points and 13 rebounds to lift Manhattan past Marist 86- 54 Sunday.