The Colonials moved ahead at the 14: 05 mark after a Thompson steal and downcourt pass to Maureece Rice, whose no- look backpass found Pinnock resulting in a slam, free throw and 10- 9 lead that was never relinquished. UTPA( 6- 7, which scored just one basket in the first 9: 22 of the game, trailed 31- 19 early in the second half before going on an 11- 4 run to cut Missouri State' s lead to 35- 30 with 14: 06 left. The Hatters led 45- 38 with 15: 04 remaining before the Bruins went on a 12- 0 run behind two baskets by Andrew Preston and 3- pointers by Justin Hare and Henry Harris. Iowa went 75 yards on the opening drive, and Robinson' s 2- yard TD leap put the Hawkeyes ahead 7- 0.
Evansville( 4- 4) led 66- 64 with 3: 37 left on a jump shot by Kyle Anslinger, who had 13 points. The Dukes defeated second- seeded Charlotte 56- 45 and moved into the semifinals for the first time since 1992. SAN JOSE, Calif( AP- Candice Wiggins' jaw dropped when she saw Stanford' s ugliest totals in the box score: Three assists, 16 turnovers and the Cardinal' s lowest point total of the season " Oooooh " Stanford' s freshman star said in mock horror. Brett Favre set the previous record for attempts with 381 in 1989 Hull, a sophomore, surpassed 100 yards for the first time. The Gauchos tied the game at 47- all with 5: 46 to play on a pair of free throws by Glenn Turner, but did not score again for the next 4: 45 as Idaho took off on a 13- 0 run to seal the game. The victory had a bit of an edge for McKeown, who had to send his friend of more than 20 years back to College Station, Texas, while he moves on to Dallas " This is really hard " McKeown said " I just hated playing him in the NCAA Tournament, knowing one of us was going home When push came to shove, I' m glad it was me.
"And it kind of hurt us mentally" The Toreadors dropped their next two tournament games by a total of three runs. But not too many in Stillwater, Okla, where the Oklahoma State team, including Coach Mike Holder, does aerobics three times a week at 6:30 a. m. These two schools along with Washington, which hosts UCLA on Sunday, were the only remaining unbeaten teams in the conference " I' m extremely disappointed we couldn' t get a stop. "This is the trip we got buried on many times" So why aren't the Angels smiling now? For one, this team didn't need to travel east to get buried. Carlos Monroe scored 21 points for Florida Atlantic( 1- 7, and Jeff Parmer and Xavier Perkins each had 10.
Then, Gradkowski faked it to Dawson again and launched a 31- yard TD pass to a wide- open Steve Odom with 1: 13 to play. The Highlanders fell to 6- 4 in the first contest between the schools since 1993. Marneshia Richard led Mississippi State( 10- 8, 1- 3) with 14 points Imesia Jackson, the Lady Bulldogs' leading scorer at 11 8 points a game, was held to seven. Duke took advantage of its size advantage, utilizing a triple- post offense with 6- foot- 7 Alison Bales, 6- 5 Chante Black, 6- 3 Mistie Williams and 6- 2 Wynter Whitley " It made it look like the land of giants out there " Tech coach MaChelle Joseph said. Baylor' s( 9- 18, 1- 15) Aaron Bruce lead all scorers with 28 points, while Tommy Swanson contributed 17 points for the Bears " We scored enough points to win the game and rebounded well enough to win the game " Baylor coach Scott Drew said " But they made the shots, and that' s what you have to do on the road to win " Baylor led 14- 7 early in the first half, but the Aggies erupted for a 13- 0 run to move in front 20- 14. The game was delayed 2 hours, 35 minutes because of lightning and torrential rain at the end of the first quarter with the Dolphins leading 7- 0.
His shot swished through for a 49- 31 lead, and he added another a couple of possessions later to increase the margin to 21 " I think it was our defense creating our offense " Gray said " Maybe it' s not going to be me scoring those 11 points, but I think everybody on the team recognizes that. Brandie Hoskins added 13 points for Ohio State( 17- 2, 8- 1 " I became a little more aggressive. The defense has been good, and fortunately, we did it at the right time' White finished with 254 yards and threw all his touchdowns over the first 15: 07. The interruption in her gymnastics reign, however, may be only temporary.
CHAPEL HILL, N. The Wildcats have dropped three straight and five of their last six " Obviously this wasn' t our night " Arizona coach Joan Bonvicini said " We were put on our heels from the get- go. "At one time, we were under the impression we would become the ninth team in the Ocean League But we don't expect that to happen. In front of 24,458 Friday night at Anaheim Stadium, the Angels snapped a five-game losing streak, so no one in the California clubhouse is complaining.
