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SEATTLE( AP- Sabine Loewe scored 17 points and Brandi Collatto posted 12, shooting 4 for 5 from 3- point range, as the San Diego Toreros rolled over Pennsylvania 70- 59 Sunday in the consolation contest of the Husky Classic Washington faces Rice in the final round. Stanford missed 10 of its first 16 shots and turning the ball over 10 times in the first half. Ohio State led 31- 30 before a 7- 0 run pushed the advantage to 38- 30. Missouri State led the entire game and built its lead to 32 points with 59 seconds left in the second half. HUNTINGTON, W. After trailing 16- 5, Cal went on a 29- 7 run to close out the half. The Vols shot 50 percent in the first half and 33 percent in the second " When a team shoots 33 percent in the second half, that' s defense " Myles said.

Our kids controlled what they could control " Indiana coach Felisha Legette- Jack said " No disrespect to Sharon, coming or going, but these players came to Indiana to play for Indiana ". Moore set up the score three plays earlier by hitting Pettis streaking down the sideline for 65 yards. The Bears pulled within 60- 49 on Dominic McGuire' s dunk moments later, but UCLA answered with nine straight points, including five by Afflalo, the third freshman starter in the Bruins' promising young lineup. Harney broke the old San Diego mark of 22 career rushing touchdowns with a 3- yard TD run for the opening score with 10: 25 left in the first quarter On the season, he has seven rushing touchdowns. The Eagles won their first 20 games and attained their highest ranking ever- No 3- before losing two of their last three games. The Friars took a charter flight after the game to Miami, where they play No 23 Florida on Saturday afternoon. He showed some touch " Roof and Duke were left pointing toward a game next week against Division I- AA The Citadel, in hopes a victory there might be the start of a turnaround " We have to learn quicker and have to go back to the fundamentals of basic blocking, tackling and throwing the ball where you are supposed to throw it " Roof said " These are things that we have to do to put us in a position to win ".

Add San Fernando: Marden took Friday off from school to regroup He has not seen any of his players since the game "The kids were really broken up about it" Marden said. MILWAUKEE( AP- Krystal Ellis scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half and Marquette beat No 22 DePaul( No 23 AP) 65- 56 on Saturday. And Tech converted most into scores " We kept allowing them opportunities to keep scoring and we just basically gave the game away " Nebraska safety Daniel Bullocks said " They took advantage of our mistakes " Nebraska scored to make it 21- 10 after halftime, and Callahan thought his team still had a chance " I thought we had Tech right where we wanted them " he said " I also felt the game was in reach as we made it a two- possession game and we had a chance to come back, but it just turned into a catch- up game " Five of Tech' s last six possessions began in Nebraska territory: at the 41, 14, 8, 6 and 12 " I never saw anything like it " Tech defensive end Adell Duckett said " The last nine minutes took forever. Kersey, believing that Abdul-Jabbar's shot never touched the rim, ruled that the 24-second clock had been incorrectly reset. The Longhorns outrebounded Rice 49- 36 after leading in that category 25- 21 at halftime.

Augustus scored 25 points and Fowles finished with 17 rebounds and five blocked shots, helping LSU beat No 5 Tennessee 68- 58 in a Southeastern Conference showdown. "We're going to celebrate tonight" UCLA's favored women's team fell a few points short of celebrating, though, as Louisiana State won the team title with 61 points to the Bruins' 58. CHAMPAIGN, Ill( AP- Bruce Price scored 17 points to lead Tennessee State to a 60- 58 upset road win against Illinois on Sunday. Texas A& M held the Jayhawks to 41 percent shooting and outrebounded them 33- 27. Although Julie Briody( 14 points) missed both technical foul shots, Marsh sank both of hers for a 47- 42 lead with 5: 14 remaining " Sometimes a technical can fire your team up " BYU coach Jeff Judkins said " I kind of thought when that happened maybe it would.

South Carolina coach Susan Walvius thought her team played with passion and drive for three quarters of the game but collapsed when Ely and the Lady Vols got going " I think we just lost focus " forward Iva Sliskovic said " They took advantage of that " While Ely was leading the decisive run, the Gamecocks went 0- for- 4 from the field and 0- for- 3 on free- throw attempts Tye' sha Fluker had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Tennessee Brittany Jackson added 15 points and Zolman 13. MADISON, Wis( AP- Jason Bohannon scored 14 points and Joe Krabbenhoft added 12 as No. The Cornhuskers led 5- 0 before Missouri finally scored on a short baseline jumper 2: 40 into the game by Butterfield, a surprise starter in place of Marshall Brown. The fifth through eighth seeded teams are not specified by number but include Irvine, Michigan, Kentucky and Georgia. They' ve already beaten Georgia and have to get past league doormats Kentucky and Vanderbilt next month to reach the Georgia Dome on Dec.

5 seconds to play, but Williams answered with a driving layup. AMHERST, N. Already 16 1/2 games behind the division-leading Oakland Athletics and it's only June 1 These are odd, sad times for the Angels. The Demons took their only lead of the second half with 17: 07 left, when Lee' s jump shot made it 40- 39. The 6- foot- 10 junior went 3- for- 3 from 3- point range " Ivan is capable of doing that " Olson said " We didn' t do a good job of finding him.

The Seminoles were too fast for the Cougars on Saturday, scoring every time they got inside the 20 and forcing five turnovers in a 54- 28 win that crushed BYU' s BCS hopes. Stanford was 3- of- 6 from the field to start and then missed 14 of its next 15 shots and went more than eight minutes between field goals " It was kind of like one of those mellow games " VanDerveer said " It wasn' t a real exciting game but we made big plays " Oregon, the Pac- 10' s best 3- point shooting team entering the game, missed its first eight long- range tries. Bulger and Paige each had seven turnovers " I don' t know if we were scared or what " West Virginia coach Mike Carey said " You can' t have 18 turnovers in the first half and expect to win this ballgame " he added " That set the tone early " The 49 points were a season low for the Mountaineers( 12- 7, 3- 5, who have lost seven of their last 10 games The previous low was 52 in a loss to Villanova on Jan 23. Ashley Sweat' s driving layup with 6: 10 remaining cut Kansas State' s( 14- 3, 2- 2) deficit to three Hardy answered with a baseline runner and was fouled. The Lady Bulldogs never led, and Landers was forced to call a quick timeout when Tennessee jumped on top 10- 2. Warrick then fed Roberts, who hit a short turnaround baseline jumper, and Warrick' s block of Marc Daniels set up another fast- break dunk by Roberts.

After Akeem Scott' s jumper tied it for High Point, Lightbourne broke the 10th tie of the night and Liberty held on for its 15th consecutive victory at the Vines Center against conference competition. Pierce finished with 14 points after making her first four shots in the Cardinal' s 10th straight victory, while Smith didn' t miss until trying a 3 from the top of the arc with 16: 52 remaining. Illinois was playing its first game in front of a hostile crowd and, while never rattled, it committed 14 turnovers- more than twice the six it had against the Demon Deacons " It was important that we got this win on the road " Williams said " They came out aggressive and tried to force turnovers. They went on to leads of 17- 2 and 22- 4 before Michigan ran off eight points in a row to draw to 22- 12 The Wolverines never got closer.

"It's a cat-and-mouse game" Redondo first baseman Tom Doyle was drafted in the late rounds by the Philadelp. Stevens also set a mark that will never be broken when he connected with receiver Joe Kelly, on a 49-yard touchdown pass, an Arena Football League record The field is 50 yards long. They were linked again Thursday, newsy twin towers at the top of the sports page, Bol for being traded and Soviet Sabonis for rehab work with the team that holds his NBA rights, Portland. The senior also grabbed four rebounds, dished out six assists and was 13- of- 14 overall to help the Pioneers( 4- 7) rebound from a 5- point loss to Providence earlier in the week. Tech missed its first 11 shots from the field in the second half until Elder finally broke the drought with his first basket of the game at the 13: 52 mark. The fifth- ranked Eagles( 24- 3, 13- 3) clinched the conference regular- season title and earned the No.

It was quite a departure for the Ducks, who had the second- ranked rushing offense in the country behind Navy and were ranked among the top 10 in total offense and scoring offense. Tulane( 14- 12, 7- 7 Conference USA) swept the season series with the Golden Eagles( 17- 10, 7- 7 C- USA) for the first since the 2001- 02 season. Open, has proposed a rule that would ban square-grooved clubs from the PGA Tour next year. Associated PressSPRINGFIELD, Mo- Michael Jenkins scored 25 points, including 16 in the second half, to lead Winthrop to a 77- 66 win over Missouri State University Friday in a late- season, non- conference matchup. But Maul's streak was snapped at the 1987 gymnastics championships. DETROIT( AP- Dan Orlovsky wanted to linger as long as possible and savor the latest milestone for Connecticut football.

Lansford had three hits and scored three times Tuesday night at Boston as the A's improved their road record to 18-4 with a 12-7 pounding of the Red Sox. Sylvia Fowles, who also had 14 rebounds and three blocks, added 17 points. Duke remained one of the nation' s three unbeaten teams, along with Tennessee and North Carolina( No 3 ESPN/ USA Today; No 4 AP. Josh Pace scored 21 points, Craig Forth had 10 rebounds and Billy Edelin had six points and four assists in his first start of the season. Twenty- one seconds later, Anderson hit a 3- pointer for Oklahoma State, the Cowboys' first field goal in more than five minutes. The Lady Vols' first two losses this season came in consecutive games at Duke and at Kentucky. I don' t think our kids could elevate themselves in their own thinking to how good a team they were going to be playing " We just have a lot of work we have to do and a lot of figuring out we have to do to come up with something to be competitive " he said.

Crutcher led the Illini with 12 points and Tiffanie Guthrie had 11 points, four assists and three blocks Crain led Tech with 16 points. Eric Gray came off the bench to score 16 points to lead the Sycamores, which had two of their starters- Amani Daanish and Jerod Adler- foul out. Every game is a struggle, but to our guys' credit they found a way to win " Navy( 2- 0, which trailed 17- 14 at the half, won its first two games of the season for the first time since 1996. The Tar Heels- who went 32- 0 against the rest of the nation but 1- 2 against the Terrapins- made it their goal this season to avenge those losses and build for another deep run in the NCAA Tournament " We have a new attitude- we' re going to get it, no matter what game it is " Latta said " So we' re going toi play hard and go get it " They certainly got off to an encouraging start against outclassed East Tennessee State, and they were led by two players who weren' t instrumental in last year' s success- Breland and Pringle, who was making her second career start. In the second half, Oklahoma used a 10- 0 burst, including back- to- back 3- pointers by Jenna Plummey and Stevenson, to pull away 67- 48. The Mountaineers( 11- 1, 1- 1 Big East) lost 84- 46 to Villanova on Wednesday night, largely due to 6- of- 29 shooting from 3- point range " It' s great to get that loss behind us " Fischer said " There are no more emotional scars from Villanova.

Ohio State trailed throughout the first overtime, but finally pulled even at 70 with 19. Walker, with seven rebounds, and 6- foot- 3 Devanei Hampton, who finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, helped Cal outscore the Beavers 38- 26 in the paint The Bears also outrebounded Oregon State 39- 28. It was basically 'I've done it' " Snow's players were also caught off guard "I heard a slight rumor" pitcher Steve Surico said. The Pirates picked up the pace in the second half, shooting 64. The Gophers needed that kind of edge after missing 22 of 49 free throws " I always say free- throw shooting is contagious " Monson said " Making them is contagious and missing them is too. Was it the girls' 1,600-meter relay team from Corona del Mar, now the county record holder? Was it Edison's Kaleaph Carter, who after finishing runner-up for the past two years finally won a state shotput title? Or could it have been Garden Grove hurdler Anthony Hale, who just delighted in that fact that he took part in something wonderful? Whatever their results, many Orange County athletes and coaches came away pleased.

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