We just didn' t take care of it in the red zone " Kill said " You just can' t let those opportunities get away like that " Delaware linebacker Tim Prindle was ejected on that drive for slugging Randle out of bounds. Which leaves Eppard caught between a rock and a hard place, like the Angel bench "Where do I play him" Manager Cookie Rojas said Good question, and Rojas has no ready answers Downing isn't one for wanting games off; neither is Joyner So Rojas squeezes Eppard in the lineup when he can "He drove in a run, had two hits he did his job" Rojas said "I can't have him on the bench all the time I've got to keep him sharp" Eppard understands the dilemma He also hears the sound of his baseball clock ticking away At 28, it sounds louder every day "It's clicking" he said "But I can only go out there and do my best". LOS ANGELES( AP- Gabe Pruitt scored 17 points and Nick Young added 14 as USC beat Brigham Young 74- 68 Saturday night. "He's never once complained about the adversity he's had to deal with" Garden Grove Coach Jim Rawls said "He never makes excuses Never blames his teammates He's always trying the best he can "It's tougher for him to be good. He added a pair of 3- pointers and four free throws before Dwayne Polk hit a free throw for Saint Louis with 52 seconds to go. Brett Basanez was 24- of- 44 for 278 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Cincinnati( 2- 0) occasionally went back to the trapping defense that was its hallmark in the 1990s but had been abandoned in recent years for a halfcourt man- to- man.
Silverman (16-4) struck out eight for the Conquistadores (20-4. But the Wildcats scored the last eight points of the period to get to 36- 24 and dominated the last 20 minutes by shooting 64 percent from the field. The teams played a tight second half, with neither leading by more than five points. Mazingo also qualified in the high jump (5-4) while Miraleste's Marilyn Cragin advanced with a jump of 5-8. "He had good off-speed stuff and he had our hitters off stride" Helms said, before turning the club back to Manager Pete Rose. Arkansas put Tulsa on the defensive with a strong offensive performance in the early minutes. The Eagles, who made just two of 17 shots in the first half, connected on just nine of 46 shots to set a Devaney Center record for an opponent low field goal percentage at 19 8 percent The previous record was 21 2 percent by Bethune Cookman in 2003.
Latta' s free throws capped an up- and- down day for the 5- foot- 6 sophomore. Brother Joey Harrington was a Heisman finalist and one of the most prolific quarterbacks in Oregon' s history, leading the Ducks to an 11- 1 record and a Fiesta Bowl victory over Colorado his senior season He now plays for the Detroit Lions It was Michael Harrington' s second visit to Autzen Stadium He saw limited action when the Vandals visited in 2002 Labita finished with five catches for 62 yards. Warrick got Syracuse started with a tomahawk dunk on a spin move, and the Orangemen didn' t miss until Demetris Nichols' runner in the lane caromed off the backboard at 15: 09 on their sixth shot. It is not going to set our program back " In that case, it looks as if Mack Brown isn' t such a villain, after all.
Getting through this one took a bit more than anyone could have expected. The Titans finished with a 52-20 record, the most losses of any Fullerton team since 1980, when Fullerton went 35-25 in the program's first year. They had only four drives in the opening half, three that ended without a first down. A 3- pointer by Joseph gave the Keydets their biggest lead, 66- 57, with 3: 27 remaining in the game. Of Hollywood Park's last nine stakes races dating back to the Wilshire Handicap May 8, seven have been won by either Eddie Delahoussaye or Gary Stevens. After another Georgia turnover, Parker was fouled with 4: 09 remaining.
They never trailed again despite their lowest- scoring game of the season. Jon Borowiec, athletic director and tennis coach at Servite High School, has resigned his positions effective June 15 in order to pursue his master's degree. We didn' t want to look past tonight, that' s how you get beat. UConn scored the first four points of the second half before Heather Zurek' s layup with 17: 33 left ended Rutgers' drought. Associated PressEVANSTON, Ill( AP- Roderick Wilmont made a school- record nine 3- pointers while scoring a career- high 31 points Wednesday night as Indiana made a push for the NCAA tournament by holding off a late rally and beating Northwestern 69- 65. After Nikki Smith' s three- pointer off the backboard made it 52- 50, April Seggebruch added a free throw for the Lady Razorbacks.
Now consider the odd case of Tod Murphy, who holds the Irvine career scoring mark with 1,778 points. Florida took advantage of 26 Temple turnovers, 14 of them in the second half Florida improved to 3- 0 overall against Temple. Lowe made two free throws and Florida stunned LSU 79- 78 on Thursday night to end the Tigers' 24- game regular- season Southeastern Conference winning streak and give the Gators their first win over a top- five team " When I stepped up there I just told myself I had to relax and not worry about anything and just go up there and shoot them like I had been " Lowe said " There wasn' t a doubt in my mind I was going to make it. Since losing to UAB, Marquette and Memphis by a total of nine points, the Bulls have been held to their two worst offensive performances of the season, scoring 50 in a 12- point loss to Houston and struggling even more against Cincinnati " You have to come out and prove yourself every night, and especially against a Top 20 team " South Florida' s Brian Swift said " You have to come out and show that you belong there# 133; It was a rude awakening tonight for us " Hicks had 15 points and four blocks in the first half, and Cincinnati broke the game open with a 24- 5 run that gave the Bearcats a 37- 15 halftime lead. Glen McGowan scored 24 points and Acker added 19 for the Waves, who snapped a 12- game losing streak against the Bruins in 2001 with an 85- 78 upset at Pauley Pavilion in coach Steve Lavin' s penultimate season " We let them go down and score just about every time in the last 2# 189; minutes " Pepperdine coach Paul Westphal said " They made the plays and we didn' t " Such was Howland' s confidence in the youngsters that he had four of them on the floor with the game in doubt " We played aggressive, we were balanced and we were confident " Farmar said. Picco' s runner pulled Boston College to within 83- 74 with 3: 11 to play, but that' s when Harper closed the door on BC.
Brown' s second 3 came after a flurry of 11 consecutive passes that crossed the court, went into the lane and back out again before he was open from long range " That was the best ball movement I ever saw in my life because by the time that ball got to me, me and the Northwestern defender looked at each other and he was like' I ain' t coming out there " Brown said " I was basically shooting H- O- R- S- E shots " Brown also finished the decisive first- half run with a 28- footer and a fast- break layup off Rich McBride' s steal. "There's a certain amount of risk going to a rig like this" Hubbard said. Both teams exchanged a flurry of baskets before UConn took charge, going on a 15- 0 run to take a 72- 58 lead " We started to execute more offensively " Turner said " During that 15- 0 run, we moved the ball really well and we got the ball to people in positions where they were comfortable to make plays " DePaul blamed the loss on turnovers caused by the frantic pace of the game " I thought we were just a little hurried in the first half " DePaul coach Doug Bruno said " You can' t throw the ball to them. Adler had a chance to give the Sycamores the lead 64 seconds later but missed the front end of a 1- and- 1 opportunity. Wayne Powell' s putback on a missed layup by Corey Dean gave the Bulldogs( 7- 8, 2- 5 Western Athletic Conference) the 61- 59 lead with 3 3 seconds to go.
It was a big factor " Huskers coach Connie Yori said " Our two areas of strength are the post and on- the- ball defense Tisdale did a great job of controlling the game. Klotz' s 3- point play with 9: 51 left made it 47- 33 before Missouri rallied behind three consecutive 3- pointers, two by Jason Conley, that cut it to 49- 42 Conley led the Tigers with 15 points. Davis, who caught the winning touchdown pass in Wake' s win over Boston College last year, had seven catches for a career- high 112 yards. Athletic Director Tom Graves says he reacted with "mixed emotions" He's happy to still have a job at the Rancho Palos Verdes school, where he has worked for 20 years He feels a deep sense of loyalty to Miraleste. In the second half, the Tigers went on an early 10- 0 run to take a 59- 49 lead and pulled away late in the game when Carney and Andre Allen powered a 14- 0 run with 3- pointers. But her first words about her performance were about the shots she missed that she thought she shouldn' t have " You can' t always control that, but you can control defense and rebounds and other things " Paris said.
Bonner was 9- for- 14 shooting and grabbed a game- high eight rebounds for the Lady Tigers( 5- 0, who shot a blistering 75. DePaul led the entire first half, going up 32- 21 with 5: 42 to play on a jumpshot by China Threatt, who finished with 10 points They led 38- 36 at halftime. This makes good theater for the fans, but times have surely changed since the days when no one dared anger the people in the other dugout. Perhaps Johansson is drawn to the 400 hurdles by the same characteristics that inspire her appreciation of art. The Citadel is off to its best start since the 2000- 01 season, when the Bulldogs also began 3- 1.
After making a steal, she curled off to the side on the fast break and stopped with her arm dangling lifelessly. "A lot of the thing about losing there was pretty much my fault" It was not, however, in the truest sense of a coach losing a ballgame Marden did not pull his starter too soon Or too late He did not pinchhit at the wrong time Or foolishly run his team out of an inning. UAB( 1- 1) rolled up 516 yards offense in its 56- 14 win over Baylor in its opener, but ran only six plays in the first quarter. It was even impressive with one hull 30 feet in the air, before a crane flipped it upright.
"It's a great sport, and it has a great future" said Jim Brown, one of 10 San Diego businessmen who are listed as co-owners of the Thunder. San Diego State' s Trimaine Davis, who had missed the last four games following knee surgery, hit three of his four shots and came up with three rebounds in 25 minutes of play. 20, 2003 " I' m obviously just so proud of this team " Terps coach Brenda Frese said " We truly played like a team, unselfishly on the offensive end and the defensive end. Bowling Green( 4- 6) was led by Darryl Clements, who had 12 points, and Chris Knight and Nate Miller, who each had 10.
State its first victory in Chapel Hill since 2004 " Normally, we' re animals on the boards. We had played two road games and it was really fun to get back to Hilton " Colorado( 8- 11, 1- 7) trailed just 53- 45 with 17: 30 remaining, but Iowa State went on a 26- 5 surge to break it open and eventually led by as many as 31 points. The Wildcats were reminded just how much better Stanford is with Wiggins on the floor. Heavner, under pressure, threw a low- percentage pass for Steptoe, fronted by 6- foot cornerback Karl Paymah.
