The Fightin' Blue Hens had rallied from 10- 0 deficits in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Hitting coach Manny Mota said he has been working mentally more than physically with struggling shortstop Alfredo Griffin, hitting just . 162 going into Tuesday's game. The Huskies needed that cushion as they stumbled through the opening minutes of the second half. Hazzard has had discussions with Laker General Manager Jerry West about the job, which is part of an unusual plan that was suggested by UCLA Athletic Director Peter Dalis, Hazzard's former boss.
They turned this series into a one-game affair after trailing, 3-1, in games and appearing to be down for the count after Game 4 last week. With Lee passing for 340 yards and four touchdowns, the 22nd- ranked Cornhuskers warmed up for next week' s trip to No 14 Virginia Tech with a 38- 9 victory over Arkansas State. The Lancers were led by Leland Beale, who went 4- for- 8 from the floor. He scored on a layup and a short jumper, then capped the spurt with a driving layup that made it 14- 7 with 11: 48 to play.
But Detroit made sure there would not be another Laker-Celtic rematch when the Pistons eliminated Boston Friday night. Terrell Stovall scored 20, Coric Riggs finished with 13 and David Patten added 12 points for the Wildcats, who rallied from a 20- point deficit to win at Elon earlier in the season. Los Altos, which never led, tied the score at seven before La Quinta scored eight straight points to win. 7 percent from the field in the first half, hit only 11 of 29 shots( 37 9 percent) in the second half and had 25 turnovers.
Boston College shot 63 percent from the floor in the second half " Unlike other teams, we are not a 3- point shooting team, so we are not going to shoot ourselves out of it " Dudley said " We run our flexible half- court offense and get key stops in situations and don' t take bad shots " Boston College is 21- 13 in Big East road games since 2000, tops in the league. John' s outscored the Scarlet Knights 17- 2 to close the half and then scored the first eight points after halftime to cut the gap to 35- 31 St. Deshaies (4-4, got in trouble in the second inning when Dave Concepcion hit a single with one out and third baseman Pankovits made a wide throw to first on Browning's sacrifice bunt for an error Barry Larkin hit a single to score Concepcion Browning scored on Dave Collins' sacrifice fly. I mean, they lack so much a floor leader as I' ve seen out there right now that will make everybody better on the floor and make passes and penetration and all that stuff " He knows how to do it. He missed his first five shots and was scoreless until his 3- pointer with 14: 24 remaining fueled Syracuse' s 32- 15 game- ending run.
This time, it was a Hamilton throw that pulled Heep off the bag that began the Astro rally. Xavier and Efejuku both had 3s in the run and this time the deficit was too much for the Eagles. But Carter, who won the shotput and placed third in the discus in last Saturday's Southern Section 4-A final, was most pleased with his discus performance. On Friday night, Maryland suffered a similar lapse against TCU. A well- timed lunge by Austin Johnson prevented Pargo from doing just that.
Frisby had a chance to put Miami up 75- 70, but missed a dunk attempt at 1: 28 McCray' s 3- pointer 14 seconds later tied the game at 73. The Spartans, looking to bounce back after a tough loss Tuesday to top- ranked Illinois, dominated in every facet of the game in the first half and came out strong in the second. But we made the plays when we had to" Said Stoklos: "You've got to give (Hovland and Dodd) credit. Mike Henderson scored 12 points for Iowa and Thomas added 11 points and eight rebounds. After Landry lost the ball when he dribbled it off his foot, Lewis was fouled with 26 seconds left and hit one free throw " We knew it was slipping away " Painter said.
After charging out to a 19- point lead in the first nine minutes, Washington played well enough the rest of the way to open the NCAA Tournament with a harder- than- expected 88- 77 victory over Montana on Thursday " We came out with a lot of intensity and rotated guys in there who kept up the intensity up, but then we kind of got cool down the stretch " Washington' s Brandon Roy said " Being a No. Trailing 28- 17 at the break, Oklahoma answered by extending its defense and taking full advantage of Michigan State' s turnovers. And thus signified the best part about the Padres' 8-0 victory in front of a paid crowd of 16,733 at Veterans Stadium. As far as traditional rivalries go, Oklahomans still get a bit more fired up for the OU-Texas football game. Cal( 20- 7, 10- 6 Pacific- 10) earned its first 20- win season since the 1991- 92 team finished 20- 9 " It' s a great reward, and humbling in a way, that we have won 20 with a couple of games left " Boyle said. Minutes later, Rice hit a 3- pointer among three straight Maryland turnovers to make it 26- 21.
Love' s uncle, Mike, is an original member of the surfin' group and a big fan- he played a show Friday night in London and couldn' t make it to this game Dorsey was the only senior Memphis had on the floor. While keeping the streak alive was motivation enough Wednesday night, the Falcons also had this- a 85- 79 loss to Utah on Jan. When the buzzer sounded, Hall leaped in celebration and was quickly mobbed by teammates " We just wanted it so bad " said Anderson, with one of the championship game nets hanging around her neck " People didn' t think we could do it. Lance Shebelut and Brandon Mitchell hit consecutive homers in the first inning to give Pacific Coast Athletic Assn champions a 2-0 lead Steve Vondran's two-run homer in the third made it 6-1. Coleman went 6- for- 10 from the field, including 5- for- 8 from 3- point range, after missing only his two shots in the first half.
