That tied their season high proficiency from behind the arc " I don' t know of too many teams that can hit nine of 18 in practice, much less in a game " Burns said " They' re so unselfish. Archie led South Carolina with 18 points while Downey added 17 on 5- of- 14 shooting. She scored a career- high 23 points- including 14 of Iowa' s final 18 points in regulation- to lead the Hawkeyes past No. And Paul Dougherty executed a full front flip after scoring a goal in the second quarter. Zolman, Candace Parker and Tye' sha Fluker each added 13 points, and Alexis Hornbuckle had 14 rebounds, 10 points and nine assists, barely missing the distinction of becoming the first Lady Vol with a triple double. But the Lady Vols were shaky for stretches, committing 23 turnovers in the game and shooting just 43 percent in the first half.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill( AP- Luther Head' s eyes lit up as soon as he saw Penn State was playing zone defense. Y( AP- Hakim Warrick scored 29 points, Terrence Roberts had a career- high 20 and Syracuse( No 8 ESPN/ USA Today, No. El Camino College Coach Tom Hicks would claim the Warriors collected a co-championship by winning the scuffle, and two of three wins in the final week of the season support that thought. But here is the streak, still intact, 35 games after it began. Washington used run after run to bury the Eagles, and the outcome was decided midway through the first half. Not long after that, Ohio State came out of a timeout and took over the game. The curve is my fourth best pitch, and I didn't need it today I may have thrown only about a dozen sliders.
Bobby Howard scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds off the bench for Montana State( 5- 5. Fans from places like Columbus, Ohio, Tuscaloosa, Ala, or Norman, Okla, will probably shrug their shoulders at such a scene, but for a program that spent the past 27 years in a dungeon under a puffy white roof, it was quite literally a breath of fresh air. The Knights scored their first run in the fourth inning when Leuzinger pitcher Candy Carrico (19-7) gave up three hits. The defeat left the Cougars alone in last place in the Pac- 10.
That is providing, of course, that the Cougars can place first in their two best events: the 400 and the 1,600 relay. On a team that can't afford any more mistakes, you'd figure that pressure would be a factor. There are no easy games in the ACC " North Carolina was 17- of- 19 at the line in the opening 20 minutes, while Miami was only 5- of- 8. Portland State( 4- 11, 0- 2) cut the margin to 62- 52 with 4: 36 left on a pair of Heather Arns free throws. The nonconference game came at an awkward time for preoccupied Ohio State, which is caught up in a tight Big Ten race The Buckeyes trail first- place Purdue by a half- game. But that' s only true if we don' t learn from it " Michigan State trailed 17- 15 before the first of two 12- 2 runs. The task was placed before seniors like Tyler Clutts and Clifton Smith to make sure winning was again the norm in California' s Central Valley " It was not an easy task " Hill said.
The Hokies had a much better experience in the River City this time around. The five- time national champs have dominated this tournament, taking the title in all three appearances. But even then, Goestenkors saw problems " We started off strong, but even then, our rotations were not correct " Goestenkors said " It was kind of a false sense of security We were not doing really what we needed to do. After leading Conference USA with 457 total yards per game during the regular season, Houston( 6- 6) was held to a season- worst 244 That was 126 yards below their previous low. But, once again, Ocean View was selected to fill an at-large berth And the Seahawks are surprising some very good teams.
RENO, Nev( AP- Jeff Rowe passed for 168 yards and a touchdown, and B J. Nedin suffered his first loss since an April 19 decision against Bakersfield-a loss that ended the Cougars' 21-game win streak. Washington' s Cameo Hicks and Dominique Banks each scored 11 points Adrian Ferguson led the Cougars with 16 points Keisha Moore had 12 and Emma Joneby added 10. Wyoming had led 22- 19 as Hanna Zavecz connected on a pair of 3- pointers in an 11- 0 run, but Colorado State closed the half with an 11- 0 run of its own. 7 percent shooting in the second half after Fullerton hit 40 5 percent in the first half. They got all the points they needed in taking a 57- 15 lead into the break, and then continued to pull away in the second " We just dug the hole deeper and deeper " Agee said.
Purdue( 7- 4) got a game- high 19 points from Hummel, while Nemanja Calasan and Grant Keaton added 12 apiece. An airball by Joe Dumars-thought by certain parties to be goaltending on Boston's Robert Parish-brought to an end a dog-game afternoon that truly did turn out to be Memorial Day in Michigan. Curtis added 10 points for the Horned Frogs, who are seeded eighth in the league tournament and will play ninth- seeded Marquette in the opener Wednesday. The Badgers committed 20 turnovers and shot just 17- of- 36( 47 percent) from the free- throw line. Wooten had six rebounds and three 3- pointers for Kennesaw State. He was "blading" The writer of a story on Rollerblading that appeared in Thursday's editions of The Times was incorrectly identified The story was written by Jeffrey Parenti.
Jenni Ritter finished with 15 points and six assists for PSU while Brianna Thompson had 11 points and seven rebounds Portland State led 36- 28 at halftime. "Then in a game, somebody hit a come-backer, and (in fielding it) I felt it, it hurt pretty bad I went to the Olympic Festival but had to come home I figured, give it two weeks. Sears, however, is not a bank holding company, and its Greenwood Trust, which issues the Discover card, makes no commercial loans and is thus considered a "non-bank bank" exempt from the laws against interstate banking. BYU had 19 turnovers, which contributed to 20 points by the Aztecs " I take full responsibility " guard Austin Ainge said " You can' t win when I have six turnovers and we start off a game like that " They' ve been playing well the last couple of weeks, a lot better than they were at our place " Ainge said " We knew they were going to play hard and we didn' t match their intensity " SDSU avenged an 80- 58 loss at BYU on Jan 6, the Aztecs' worst defeat of the season. The 12 straight Big Five wins tied a record originally set by Penn from Jan 19, 1972 to Jan 18, 1975. The Utes then scored eight straight points and led by 10 points after Shona Thorburn' s layup off of a lob pass. Carl Krauser and Chevon Troutman led Pittsburgh' s second consecutive comeback from a 17- point deficit against a ranked opponent, withstanding long scoreless stretches to drive the Panthers( No 18 ESPN/ USA Today; No.
