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Show Sunday, January 2005 DAILY HERALD BS COLLEGE BASKETBALL No. 3 THE 10 Tennessee slips No. Heels Tar manhandle Maryland past No. 15 Connecticut ASSOCIATED PRESS t ASSOCIATED PRESS THE CHAPEL HILL, N.C. For the previous d six games, North Carolina hammered the opposition expecting that the Atlantic Coast Conference season would be more demanding. But on Saturday, the Tar Heels made a ranked league team look just as helpless as their other opponents. Rashad McCants scored 19 points to lead seven players in double figures in the Tar Heels' 109-7- 5 rout of No. 22 Maryland, a blowout that was the latest in a growing string of impressive victories. The Tar Heels (13-had their highest scoring output ever against the Ter- and were two rapins (9-, MEN S points from matching their TOP 25 biggest margin of victory in the series. It was also the most points Maryland had allowed in any game in the past 14 years. "We wanted to send a statement out that we're a better basketball club than we were last year," said Sean May, who had 14 points. "There were a lot of question marks about this team because we've had the talent for a few years and haven't really lived up to it. And we used every excuse in the book; "Our statement was: This team's for real, we're going to get better every day in practice and treat every game as a chance ' to get better." HARTFORD., Conn. third-ranke- 1, ar 00" unmm '" "j v ' ' . minmpiiK- - .in " 16 The Huskies' Ann Strother 10th-rank- a 687 victory over the Huskies on Saturday. "It's just about time Tennessee won one," coach Pat Summitt said. "I wanted WOMEN'S so much for these seniors to TOP 25 have this oppor tunity. Without our youth, without our freshmen, they may not have had it." Freshman guard Sa'de Wiley Gatewood converted a three-poiplay with 15 seconds left for a 6&66 lead, and he Lady Vols ( ) held on to end a losing streak over four years against their top rival. 15th-rank- 10-3- No. 12 Texas Tech 76, Oklaho- - 4 Wake Forest 103, Clemson 68: At Clemson, S.C., Justin Gray tied his career 10. points and the Syracuse defense clamped down on Seton Hall's top scorers. Hakim Warrick had 14 points and nine rebounds and Craig Forth scored 10 points for the Orange, who held the Pirates to 35.8 percent shooting. 7 Oklahoma St 76, Texas Tech 66: At Lubbock, Texas, Joey Graham had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Cowto boys, and John Lucas hit six add 20 points. I No. 9 Georgia Tech 92, Virginia 69: At Atlanta, Jarrett Jack scored 22 points and several unlikely teammates made big contributions for Georgia Tech. I No. 10 Connecticut 66, Georgetown 59: At Washington, Charlie Villanueva had 19 points and 13 rebounds to lead a dominating inside game, Denham Brown scored Press Stanford 87, No. 13 Arizona 76: At Stanford, Calif., Dan Grunfeld scored six straight points during a decisive second-hal- f 29 run and finished with a career-hig- h e to help Stanford snap Arizona's winning streak. At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Kennedy Winston scored 21 points and Alabama held LSU without a point for nearly 9 minutes in the second half. t No. 20 Michigan St. 87, Northwestern 58: At East Lansing, Mich., Maurice Ager scored 18 points and Paul Davis had 17 as Michigan State won its seventh straight game. I No. 21 West Virginia 64, St. John's 60: At Morgahtown, W.Va., D'or Fischer had 18 points and three blocks as West Virginia rebounded from its worst loss in six sea- t No. At St. Louis, Armein Kirkland scored 22 points, and Jason Maxiell added 17 and grabbed nine rebounds for Cincinnati. ASSOCIATED scored a career-hig- h burgh end its two-gam- points to help Pittslosing streak. 21 e No. 17 Louisville 86, TCU 61: At Louisville, Ky., freshman Juan Palacios scored 23 points and Francisco Garcia added 21 for Louisville. I No. 18 Mississippi State 87, Mississippi 76: At Oxford, Miss., Lawrence Roberts scored 23 points and Gary Ervin added 15 for the Bulldogs (14-SEC), who shot nearly 57 percent from the field in win16th straight road ning their NCAA-bes- t game. 2-- 0 , ma St. 38: At Stillwater, Okla., Chesley Dabbs scored 19 points and Alesha Robertson added to help Texas Tech rout Oklahoma State. 14 No. 14 Rutgers 64, St. John's 49: At New York, Matee Ajavon had 17 points and Rutgers won its fifth straight in a rout of St. John's. I No. 20 Kansas State 63, Kansas 45:' At Lawrence, Kan., Kendra Wecker had 18 points and 1 1 rebounds and Kansas State beat intrastate rival Kansas. LOCAL ROUNDUP PRESS sons. .. Jamaal Jenkins points and Lance Allred had 10 points and 1 1 rebounds to lead Weber State past Montana 76-6- on SaturOGDEN scored 15 2 day. The Wildcats (5-- 2 Big lead on Troy Sky) took a GoodeU's jumper in the opening minute and never trailed to beat Weber the Grizzlies (7-State had tost five in a row. Goodell and Brett Cox each scored 12 and Coric Riggs added 10 points for Weber State, which led 5 before Kevin Criswell hit a at the halftime buzzer to pull Montana within Criswell and Andrew Strait both scored 14 for Montana, which rallied to within 4846 on a layup by Chris McKay with 11:26 remaining. But Montana didn't score a field goal during a 15-- 2 run that gave the Wildcats a 6348 lead on a three-poiplay by Cox with 423 remain2-- 0 38-2- 16 Pittsburgh 66, Rutgers 63: At N.J., freshman Ronald Ramon right drives past Tennessee's Shyra Ely during the first half Saturday. No. 19 Alabama 73, LSU 58: I Ohio St 81, No. 14 Iowa 69: At Columbus, Ohio, Terence Dials scored 22 points and Tony Stockman added 19 in Ohio State's win, dropping the Hawkeyes to 2 in the Big Ten for the first time in 1 1 years. 0-- Press Weber State downs Montana THE 19 points, and the Huskies a season-hig- h rebounded from a surprise loss in their Big East opener. nine-gam- No. 6 Syracuse 75, Seton Hall 50: At Syracuse, N.Y., Gerry McNamara scored 23 I No. GERRY BROOMEAssociated as he battles for possession during the first half Saturday at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. Maryland's John Gilchrist is Associated six-ga- At Waco, Texas, Sophia Young had 25 points and 15 rebounds to lead Baylor past Texas before a Lady Bears' record crowd of 10,322. I No. ). -- No. 3 Baylor 63, No. 7 Texas 60: Purdue 59: At West LaDee Brown scored all 14 of Ind., fayette, his points in the second half to lead the Illi-past Purdue. Trailing at halftime for the first time this season, Illinois opened the second half with a 2345 run to take control. I No. 5 Duke 82, Temple 74: At Durham, N.C, Daniel Ewing and J.J. Redick proved to be the perfect matchup for Temple's vaunted zone, combining for 46 points and to lead the Blue Devils in nine the matchup of Hall of Fame coaches Mike Krzyzewski and John Chaney. Ewing finished with 24 points and Redick scored 22 Shelden Williams added for Duke (11-0- STEVE MILLER Connecticut's Charde Houston, I No, 1 LSU 76, No. 17 Georgia 52: At Baton Rouge, La., Seimone Augustus led LSU with 22 points before injuring her elbow against Georgia. No. 1 1llinois 68, 2-- 0 Connecticut. missed two of three free throws with 3.9 seconds left and the Lady Vols escaped with 2-- high with 31 points to help Wake Forest win its eighth in a row. Gray scored 25 points in the first half and finished from the field. Eric Williams added 21 points for the Demon Deacons ( 13-Atlantic Coast Conference). Ten- nessee needed a little luck to end a four-yedrought against No. 23 Cincinnati 69, Saint Louis 53: I No. 24 George Washington 81, Duquesne ' 57: At Pittsburgh, Mike Hall scored 19 points and T.J. Thompson added 17 as the Colonials withstood a sluggish second half to beat Duquesne. I No. 25 Boston College 69, Providence 60: At Boston, Sean Williams had career highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Craig Smith had 18 points and 13 rebounds to help Boston College extend its school-recor- d start. 38-2- ing. Jenkins, who finished with seven assists, hit a field goal to put Weber State up 6750 with 3:12 remaining and the Wildcats held on despite not making a field goal the rest of the way. Weber State made up for it from the line by going down the stretch. McKay added 11 points and nine rebounds for the Grizzlies. Utah St 76, Cal Poly 65: At Logan, Nate Harris and Jaycee Carroll scored 16 points each and led five Utah State players in double figures and the Aggies beat Cal Poly . Chris Huber and Cass Matheus each scored 14 and Spencer Nelson 10 points for Cal Poly the Aggies (11-was led in scoring by Daw in Whiten, who scored 18 points. Tyler McGinn scored 12 for the Mustangs (3-- 14). After allowing two quick baskets to the Aggies at the beginning of the second half , Cal Poly went on a 12-- run and brought the score to 4140 with 15 minutes, 50 seconds remaining. Harris then made two consecutive short jumpers and two free throws to extend the lead for good for Utah State. ). ' 1 h r rr 1 |
