lottery, which will determine the order of next month's draft. Southeastern' s Martin Hankins hit 32- of- 44 passes for 205 yards but struggled to get his team in the end zone. Yet, a pair of free throws by Brittany McCoy, after she was knocked hard to the floor on a drive, put Minnesota up 23- 10 midway through the first half. "I think someone saw him run down the first-base line and took notice" St. Freddie Stanback( 19 points) and Brad Farrell( 13 points) also helped, but the Greyhounds faded in the final minutes.
Given a 7-0 cushion, Ontiveros got the victory despite yielding 12 hits and 5 runs in 6 innings. The Beavers were eight rebounds short of their season average and gave up 20 offense boards. Salisbery scored nine points and Christmas five in the outbursts. It was a real emotional game " LaToya Bond scored 24 points and Tiffany Brooks added 15 to lead Missouri. After WSU trailed 34- 30 at halftime, Clark scored seven of his team' s first 15 points in the second half, and the Cougars closed to 51- 48 on Low' s 3- pointer with 8: 28 left. The Illini are the nation' s top- ranked team for a ninth straight week- the longest stretch for any team since the 1998- 99 season- and are a unanimous No 1, the first since Duke was three seasons ago. Alan Daniels added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Thomas Fairley had 12 points, 13 boards and four blocks for the Cardinals( 2- 4.
The coveted trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the football competition between the three major service academies, was on the line for both teams for the first time in nine years. It was incorrectly reported in Thursday's edition of The Times that El Camino Real High softball players were drinking champagne on the field after their 5-0 victory Wednesday in the City Section 4-A Division final at Cal State Northridge. They led the Sockers, 2-1, in the first round last year before losing two in a row and the series. We know we can- we just hadn' t done it " The loss was George Washington' s worst at home since an 88- 57 defeat to Tennessee in November 2001. 3 " They' ve had their exams, they' ve had a lot of mental energy that' s had to go over to that, and I think to come out and play that hard for all that time, even though it wasn' t great efficiency, to play that hard is a real positive So, I' m not disappointed with at all " Crean said.
In other Century League games: Santa Ana 12, El Modena 1-Bob Reimers (9-3) allowed 6 hits in 6 innings, struck out 5 and walked only one for host Santa Ana (16-9, 11-4. Before Monday's game, Rojas had to scratch second baseman Johnny Ray, the club's top hitter, from the starting lineup because of a strained right shoulder. Fullerton starter Janis Okerlund (14-5) allowed two runs in four innings, taking the loss. While Lewis and Johnson may run against each other, could it be that no one else who has the slightest chance of beating either will be asked to fill any of the lanes around them? That is the suspicion of Jerome Stanley, manager for former Rams' wide receiver Ron Brown, who retired from football this year to return to sprinting He finished fourth in the 100 at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Ricks is now 0- for- 3 on kicks of more than 40 yards " I was not very nervous about the field goal " Sooners linebacker Rufus Alexander said " If they make it, we go into overtime and play defense. Robert Morris scored its final points on a safety caused when backup quarterback Kevin Hoyng' s pitchout landed in the end zone and Hoyng fell on it. "I just didn't know how good a hitter I could be in this league" Pretty good indeed, as his numbers show.
The Jackets, who beat Virginia in their ACC opener earlier this month, resume conference play when Boston College plays in Atlanta on Jan 8. Boone finished with seven points and eight boards, all on the defensive end. Essence Carson, who missed Rutgers' victory over Saint Joseph' s on Wednesday with a strained hip flexor, also had 15. They've won only 6 of 17 games at home, which doesn't do a whole lot for attendance. Hecox and Robin Cervantes of Montebello passed her with two laps to go, and she could not hang on. Gray hit two more 3s in the half, but the Tigers trailed 35- 34 at the break despite shooting 58 3 percent to 46 7 for Northridge.
"It's the race I've been waiting for all season" Marina's Shanon Winkelman said. Much of the reason for that seems to be that Cochell is so much not Augie. The Panthers( 6- 3, who became bowl eligible with the victory, snapped a six- game winless streak at Notre Dame Stadium. (Perryman) can take what you mentally tell him to do and transform it into his body".
San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros thinks said the Spurs and the city would prosper after the National Basketball Assn franchise was purchased by B. J (Red) McCombs, who paid $47 million for the team last month. The Wolf Pack, who average 15 steals per game but had only eight on Sunday, had 26 turnovers- 16 in the first half " Just giving them the ball- a lot of travels " said Nevada coach Kim Gervasoni, who scouted Washington as an assistant at Arizona State. I know we turned it over 17 times and that' s a few too many " With the way they play though, that number' s not that bad " SE Missouri State( 0- 1) trailed by as much as nine twice in the first half, but managed to go into half time tied with Oklahoma( 1- 0) at 38- 38. Summers made a beautiful cut to go 13 yards and take the ball to Kentucky' s 1 and Turman bulled over two plays later to put the Gamecocks up 7- 0.
Associated PressBOSTON( AP- Carlos Strong scored 20 points and Scott Brittain added 15 points and 15 rebounds as Boston University held off a second half rally and beat Hartford on Saturday, 58- 51. The Cardinals won 33 en route to the national title in 1980 The last No 4 seed to advance to the Final Four was Ohio State in 1999. Cage- who does his best work on defense- then started the surge that put Xavier in control the rest of the way. Mara Freshour led Florida State( 16- 11, 6- 6) with 23 points and Shante Williams scored 14 to become the 21st woman in FSU history to reach the 1, 000 mark. Shelden Williams had 16 points and 11 rebounds Saturday night, one of six Blue Devils in double figures in a 98- 44 rout of North Carolina- Greensboro Daniel Ewing and J J Redick also scored 16 points for the No.
As the 5-foot 10-inch, 134-pound Conover took the lead at the 17-mile mark of the trials in the New Jersey Waterfront Marathon, the ABC-TV announcers knew only his hometown and the fact that only a dozen of the 108 starters had slower qualifying times He was pegged as likely to fade. Negus McKenna and Greathouse were fouled on separate Catamounts possessions, but each came up 1- of- 2 at the line for the final margin. The Huskies opened the second half on an 8- 0 run, capped by a fast- break layup from Swanier, her first basket from inside the arc. 1 seed in the conference tournament, the coach said going for a 16- 0 league record is the only remaining incentive to keep playing hard " I' m really glad that we have this carrot of going undefeated, to dangle out there in front of them to keep them directed and going after a prize " Coale said after Oklahoma used a late 16- 4 run to beat Kansas State 78- 64 on Tuesday night " It' s like a good hunting dog- they need something to chase " Courtney Paris extended her nation- leading string of double- doubles to 20, finishing with 22 points and 15 rebounds for Oklahoma.
I thought Cal did a good job on her tonight, getting up in her face and her grill and making her put the ball on the floor " There was a scary moment midway through the second half when Hampton, Shantrell Sneed and UCLA' s Darxia' s Morris hit the court in a collision. Mooney finished with 10 points, while Merideth Marsh had nine points on three 3- pointers. Reggie Bates( 15 points, Will Gant( 14 points) and Darek Mitchell( 12 points) sparked the Bison' s offense by combining for 12 3- pointers. 3 percent in the first half en route to a 38- 33 halftime lead.
