The Golden Eagles led by as much as 53- 34 in the second half, and the Catamounts never got closer than 35- 26, when Antonio Russell opened the half with a 3- pointer. Mike Conley won the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 55-5 3/4, and Ron Backes had a creditable effort of 68-11 3/4 inches in winning the shotput. The Hurricanes went on a 7- 0 run before the break cut Florida State' s halftime lead to 31- 28. Pace, McNamara and center Craig Forth, all starters, combined for only 12 points and Syracuse managed only two fast- break baskets in the game " It' s different than the way we' ve been playing " said Warrick, who was selected the tournament' s MVP " They really do a good job of making you work for everything.
Markus Sailes gave North Carolina one last chance when he missed two free throws with 7 1 seconds left. LAWRENCE, Kan( AP- Kansas' best game of the season turned out to be Rick Barnes' worst Big 12 loss ever. C( AP- Nate Cranford led three players in double figures as Appalachian State defeated Western Carolina 76- 65 on Monday. Maryland advanced to the championship game by beating Notre Dame( No 25 ESPN/ USA Today, No 23 AP) 75- 59 on Friday night.
Then Salisbery won it for the Owls, who have already lost two games this year on the final possession. Linebacker Jason Mitchell said the Vols can' t play the way they did in the first half Saturday next week against Auburn " I think we just got too excited. The announced crowd of 11, 784 was the largest in the 22- year history of Lawlor Events Center. and qualified by lapping Indianapolis Motor Speedway at an average of 208. 526 m. p. h. He also utilized nine different receivers# 8226& nbsp; Arkansas' Ryan Mallett, who led the nation in passing efficiency entering this game, went just 12- for- 35 for 160 yards, one touchdown and one interception# 8226& nbsp; Alabama' s defense held Arkansas to 254 total yards.
Myles, the Cardinals' leading rebounder, had only six rebounds and five points, twice shot air balls on free throws, and had to play tentatively after picking up his fourth foul with 8: 18 to play. The Irish answered with an 11- 4 spurt to regain a 52- 48 lead with 11: 22 left. Twice a day he walks across the street and feeds the birds with the stale bread they save for him in the hotel kitchen. NASHVILLE, Tenn — The Western Room is dead tonight The long bar is sprinkled with maybe 10 people. After Quinn scored to put UCLA ahead, Texas' Nina Norman missed two free throws with six seconds left Quinn grabbed the rebound and was fouled She made two free throws to give UCLA a 63- 60 lead with 4 7 seconds remaining. Not too high, not too low, but the level where we can make it happen " Chris Taft had 11 points for Pittsburgh, which went 12- for- 20 from the free throw line " There' s going to be a lot of close games in the Big East " Dixon said " Tonight we got ourselves in a situation we couldn' t get out of. "We had one of our aces on the hill and Palomar was hot and tired.
Coaching in her 400th game, Goestenkors improved to 311- 89 in her 13th year at Duke. He' s the first Texas freshman to post consecutive 20- point games since Chris Mihm in January 1998 " What he gives us more than anything is his movement on offense. LUBBOCK, Texas( AP- Even though they won the game, Texas Tech coach Bob Knight said he would have made other plans if he had known two of his Red Raiders would shoot so badly " I would have gone hunting " Knight said after Devonne Giles shot 1- of- 5 and Curtis Marshall missed on all six of his attempts in Texas Tech' s 70- 56 win over Texas A& M " We can' t live with that " he said " But yet to be able to win against a good team with them going 1- for- 11 really says something about some other phases of our game " Ronald Ross scored 27 points for Tech( 10- 4, 2- 1 Big 12. They made 9- of- 14 3- pointers and missed 9- of- 10 inside the arc Michigan retired Glen Rice' s No 41 jersey at halftime. Villanova( 2- 0, which moved into The Associated Press Top 25 after beating Penn State in its opener Sunday, shot 57 percent from the field and led nearly the entire game.
"This is like fishing for the first time all over again" he says. . Memphis played without Jeremy Hunt, the junior guard recently arrested on misdemeanor assault charges in connection with a complaint filed by his former girlfriend. He hit this one on the first pitch from reliever Craig Lefferts, who said he hung an inside slider. A look at the journey through South Korea and China, on the road to the Seoul Olympics: We left San Diego at 10:45 a. m. Milwaukee 5, Seattle 1-Tom Filer allowed six hits in seven innings for his 12th straight victory since 1982, and Rob Deer hit his 10th homer to lead the Brewers at Milwaukee.
The Mids trailed by 44- 41 with 11: 30 to play, but Columbia pulled ahead by 62- 51 with 3: 29 to play. Aleks Maric had 13 points for Nebraska and Jay- R Strowbridge added 10 for the Huskers. Kennedy High's baseball coach and assistant football coach said he just wants some time to himself. Notre Dame ended a scoreless streak of six quarters against the Wolverines when Quinn threw a 46- yard touchdown pass to Matt Shelton. Liz Shimek had 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists to help the No. But the Buckeyes just couldn' t climb out of a big hole made by poor shooting through the first 25 minutes. They held the Rams to just 32 percent and forced 24 turnovers.
