The Athletics have won 22 of their last 26 games to take a solid grip on first place in the West. They are the first team to have two lottery picks in the same year and are guaranteed to get no worse than the fourth choice because they finished with the worst record in the NBA. TERRE HAUTE, Ind( Ticker- After entering the polls for the first time this season at No. Michael Crowell scored 15 points for Idaho, and David Jackson had 14 points and eight rebounds in Idaho' s fifth straight loss. 7 percent from 3- point range in the second half " I think this game did a lot for us " said Ferguson, the only FIU senior who started " You see that this young team can play with the best in the nation " With Georgia up 15, the Golden Panthers cut the lead down to nine with two consecutive 3- pointers by Hutlassa and Monika Bosilj that cut Georgia' s lead to 45- 36 with 10: 04 left.
Tyrus Thomas had nine rebounds, five of which came on the offensive end. The win moved Navy( 14- 13, 4- 8 Patriot League) ahead of the Black Knights( 13- 14, 3- 9) and into a fifth- place tie with Colgate The Midshipmen are one game out of fourth place The Black Knights dropped their seventh straight. Heath, a freshman, had 28 points and was 5- for- 6 from beyond the arc, while Stokes, a transfer from Missouri, had 22 points and was 4- for- 6 on 3s " We' ve got good shooters " San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said " If we get open looks, we' ll get our share of baskets " The Aztecs had more than their share in a 21- 1 run in the second half that broke open the game. But Capel, Oklahoma' s first- year coach, now knows he can count on Carter to score at the post, on jump shots or on the foul line- where he recently set a school record with 37 straight makes " That' s a very unique weapon, and we have to figure out more ways to capitalize on his talents " Capel said. Under the leadership of first-year coaches Bailey and Lori Pawinski, Loyola's crew teams will compete in the national collegiate championships for the first time in nearly two decades. Virginia shot 35 percent despite grabbing 20 offensive rebounds.
We haven' t really talked about it as a team, but we can probably talk about it now. BU made 8 of 34 field goals and missed 10 of 15 3- pointers to trail 43- 23 at the half. He goes out there with his husky 7-foot 1-inch form and his intimidating Fu Manchu and his soft little jump shot, and Detroit loses nothing. Oden drew mostly single coverage when the ball went into the post. 15 AP) reached double figures in 3- pointers for the fourth straight game Wednesday in a 95- 70 victory over Tennessee in the third- place game of the Maui Invitational " I don' t usually question our shot selection except at the end of games " Barnes said " Our offense has done a good job of taking what they give us " Texas( 3- 1) bounced back from an 82- 80 semifinal loss to Iowa with an impressive effort up front as well " I told the team today would be a character game " Barnes said " Would we respond not being able to win the tournament? I told them this was a big game and if they didn' t think so it would be in March " It didn' t faze Texas that the Maui Invitational, which is sponsored by EA Sports, used experimental rules that included a 3- point line that was 20 feet, 6 inches from the basket, 9 inches farther than the NCAA line. But near the end of the season, Scott Roth was called up to Utah, Michael Brooks went to Denver and Tony Campbell went to the Lakers.
"I'm an infielder and that's all I am" said Saunders, who starts at second base. Hawaii entered the game 0- 14 all- time against the Lady Techsters including nine straight losses as a conference foe. Kansas State made Paris work for her numbers, though, playing a physical game that sent her to the line 11 times " Toward the second half of the season, teams have gotten a lot more physical " Paris said " They did a good job, and I think that is a good strategy, but it was definitely a lot more physical than it has been " Three other players also scored in double figures for Oklahoma( 24- 4, 14- 0 Big 12. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark( AP- Rochelle Vaughn' s 3- point shooting powered a recovery from a 5- point deficit and gave Arkansas its first lead of the second half on the way to a 60- 58 victory Sunday over Mississippi State.
On the road for seven months, alternatively ignored and vilified, they make split-second decisions hundreds of times a game. Louisville won despite committing 21 turnovers- the third straight game the Cardinals have given the ball away at least 20 times- and making just one 3- pointer. Ashley Sweat scored 20 points, Marlies Gipson had 16 and Dietz added 15 for the Wildcats( 10- 5, 2- 0 Big 12. C( AP- The Duke Blue Devils have used the early part of this season to figure out how to win.
The top nine marks from Saturday's meet advanced to the Masters, which will be held at Cerritos College next Friday. A year ago, the Hawthorne High School mile relay team dropped the baton, forcing the Cougars to settle for second place in the 4-A division of the CIF track and field finals. Natasha Williams was held to 3 points, 13 below her average and Liz Podominick, averaging 10. All but 3 of Pope' s yards and all of his scoring plays came in the opening half By halftime, the Falcons had 551 yards of total offense They finished with 666. Larkins picked up her second foul within the first 2 minutes, the Tar Heels missed four straight shots at one point, and a team on pace for a school record from beyond the arc hit only 2- of- 9 in the first half. The Tigers have their highest ranking in the AP poll in 42 years. The only loss in that stretch was in overtime at Indiana on Feb. Rendina was 2 for 4, had a walk and pitched a scoreless eighth inning. .
Smith and everyone else had to wait to see how great Hose would be He was ineligible for much of the season. The Matadors( 17- 11, 12- 5 Big West Conference) were down by one, 32- 31, at halftime but began the second half with a 20- 4 run and kept a double- digit lead throughout the second half. But they got the same 20 minutes off that we did " Newton also had to wait it out " That game seemed so long " said Newton, whose voiced cracked several times in the postgame news conferenceWith Rutgers leading 17- 15 with less than five minutes left in the half, Pondexter hit a 3- pointer that ignited an 8- 0 run over the final 4: 26. Akau, almost a full foot shorter than 5-11 Granger, looked like David taking on Goliath.
Leonard Mendez made a 3- pointer at the buzzer for Georgia State( 10- 19, 5- 13. Kenny Harris scored 14 points and Seth Colclasure had 10 for the Crusaders( 9- 11, 5- 3 Mid- Continent Conference, who shot 61 percent, with 48 percent from 3- point range All five Southern Utah starters finished in double figures. Twenty-two hours after leaving San Diego, we finally checked into the Young Dong Hotel at 1 a. m Wednesday (I think. TCU' s Lori Butler- Rayford scored 18 points, and Jenna Lohse had 12.
