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Show Monday, February J 1, 2008 DAILY CS HERALD COLLEGE BASKETBALL Bolerjack's five 3s leads Wyoming to a win over Lobos the associated press to keep the game close late. LARAMIE, Wyo. Jodi Bolerjack scored' 17 points and Justyna Podzlemska added 16 to lead No. 22 Wyoming to a win over New Mexico on Sunday. Bolerjack made her fifth of the game with 14 20 left to give the Cowgirls (19-3- , 2 Mountain West Conference) a 6 lead, and Podziemska scored six points in the final seven minutes to help seal the win. "Shooters may have off days, but in their mind they never think they're going to miss the next shot," Wyoming head coach Joe Legerski said. "1 hat's who Jodi is. For her to from 3 tonight was go really a big lift." Dominique Sisk added 11 points and seven rebounds for Wyoming. "It is amazing how many shooters Wyoming has," New Mexicohead coach Don l lana-ga- n said. "Even their tallest post can hit a 3 if you leave her alone." Jessica Kielpinski led New Mexico ( with a 13 points. er-high Bolerjack hit three run to open the during an game. But New Mexico scored 15 of the next 22 points to pull to 7 with 5:07 left in the first half The teams traded runs for much of the rest of the half until Bolerjack hit her fourth 3 and Hanna Zavecz converted a layupto push the lead to 5 at the break. "It was important tonight that we get off to a good start," Legerski said. "You need to have somebody step up and make shots early, and I thought: that's what Jodi Bo-liack did for us. When she hit the 3s, it seemed like it just made everybody relax." No. 11 Duke 71, Wake Forest 36: At Durham, N.C, Carrem 15 Gay scored a game-hig- h points, and the Blue Devils run while opened with a holding Wake Forest to its lowest offensive output of the season. 2 Duke (18-ACQ held Wake Forest scoreless for more than 7 minutes. Gay had two baskets and an assist on to Abby Waner's spark the run. The Demon Deacons (14-1turned over the ball on three of their first four possessions and missed their first 10 shots from the floor before Courteney Morris ended the 70-5- 5 12-- 0 7-- 7-- 54-3- 4-- drought with a 12:42 remaining i in with the first half. I No. JL BEN WOLOSZYNlaramie Boomerang Wyoming guard Jodi Bolerjack (2) drives to the hoop around New Mexico forward Eileen Weissmann during a basketball game in Laramie, Wyo., on Sunday. care- No. 3 North Carolina 75, Georgia Tech 61 : At At lanta, 18-- 2 Rashanda McCants had 19 points, Erlana Larkins added 18 points and No. 3 North Caro- 25-1- . lina beat Georgia Tech. Despite committing 27 turnovers, North Carolina (22-0- , ACQ extended its winning streak to 12 against the Yellow Jackets, dating to 2002. The Tar Heels have won five in a row since losing at No. 1 Connecticut on Jan. 21. is off Georgia Tech ( to its best start in 30 years but has struggled against the elite teams in its conference the Yellow Jackets have lost all : coast-to-coa- 9-- 0 37-2- 18-- 5-- 13 Old Dominion 83, William ft Mary 68: At Norfolk, Va., Shahida Williams had 18 points and 13 rebounds for Old Dominion. Williams had seven defensive boards and six offensive rebounds as Old Dominion never trailed after the 13:33 five against Top 25 teams. mark in the first half and led Wearing pink uniforms to by as many as 27 points. raise breast cancer awareness, T.J. Jordan scored 20 points the Yellow Jackets gave the Tar for Old Dominion (20-Heels a tougher time than they Colonial Athletic Association), did in a loss in Chapel and Tiffany Green had 16. bounds for Louisville. 18 games aC time against the Panthers. Lindsay Schrader added 12 points for the Irish (18-5- , 3 Big East). Devereaux Peters was leading the Irish in scoring with 11 points when she left the game with 13:44 left with an injured left knee. Men's Top 25 6-- No. 3 North Carolina 103, Clemson 93: At Chapel HilL N.G, Tyler Hansbrough scored 13 of his 39 points in the first and second overtimes to help Melissa Lechlitner and Becca No. 3 North Carolina rally deficit and beat from a Bruszewski added 10 points Clemson 103-9-3 on Sunday each. night. I No. 17 Oklahoma State 92, Wayne Ellington added 28 Nebraska 81: At Lincoln, Neb., points for the Tar Heels (22-2- , Andrea Riley scored 24 points, ACQ, who needed a frantic comeback to stay perfect Shaunte Smith added 20 and Oklahoma State followed up its against the Tigers in Chapel d Hill. North Carolina has won win over Baylor all 53 meetings, setting an with a victory over Nebraska. NCAA record for the longest Nebraska Big 12) home winning streak against pulled within nine points on Danielle Page's layup with just one opponent. over a minute left, but Oklahoma State made nine of 10 free I Washington 71, No. 5 UCLA 61: At Seatte, Justin Dentmon, throws the rest of the way. benched in favor of a freshman for most of the season, scored I No. 19 Ohio St. 80, Wisconsin 77: At Madison, Wis., Marscilla 20 points to lead the previously Packer scored 23 points, Jahtel wayward Huskies to an upset of UCLA. Lavender added 22 and Ohio Dentmon entered for the State held off Wisconsin, The upset minded Badgers jittery Venoy Overton in the (11-1Big Ten) led for game's first minute and then the entire first half and took over for Washington (13-1nearly which had lost much of the second, before the last three Ohio State (18-6- , 94) rattled off four straight lead. at home. a 256 run to take a I 7-- 2 fifth-ranke- (17-7.6- 4 - -- 4-- 8 4-- 7 Pac-10- ), 56-5- 0 11-- 0 Hill on Jan, 5. Janie Mitchell had 22 points. a team-hig- h I No. 23 Syracuse 70, Marquette '67: At Syracuse, N.Y., Freshman guard Erica Morrow 24 points, I No. 14 George Washington 78, scored a season-higRichmond 51: At Washingon, Fantasia Goodwin had nine Jessica Adair scored 27 points points and 14 rebounds, and the Orange held off Marquette. to lead the Colonials to their most lopsided conference win Big East) Sy racuse (184, of the season. overcame a sloppy start and held off a late challenge by to go to I No. 16 Notre Dame 81, No. 15 Marquette (13-110-- 1 at home. Pittsburgh 66: At South Bend, Ind., Tulyah Gaines scored 13 points, and the Irish held I No. 25 Louisville 79, DePaul 68: At Chicago, Angel McCough-tr- y Pittsburgh to 31 percent shoothad 41 points and nine re ing to win for the 17th time in h I No. 8 LSU 63, No. 24 Georgia 57: At Baton Rouge, La., Sylvia Fowles had 19 points and 15 re- bounds to help the Lady Tigers stretch their winning streak to II games. marLSU built double-diggins on several occasions, but Tasha Humphrey, who had 17 points and 11 rebounds, helped Georgia make several pushes 6-- 3 5-- it I No. 13 Xavier 76, Saint Josephs 72: At Cincinnati. Stanley Burrell scored 16 points and made a pair of clinching free throws with 13 seconds left to help the Musketeers win the matchup of the Atlantic 10's top two teams. No. 14 Indiana 59, Ohio St. 53: At Columbus, Ohio, D.J. White scored 21 points and had 13 rebounds and Eric Gordon hit a number of big shots to lead d Hoosiers past the Ohio State. V 14th-ranke- Spring Fever: After ugly offseason, pitchers and catchers ready to report MLB SPRING TRAINING Ronald Blum THE ASSOCIATED PRESS " After all the talk about the Mitchell Report, it's time for Mitchell to report. Mitch Talbot is all set to get in his car next week and make drive from Cedar the City, Utah, to St, Petersburg, Fla.. for spring training with the Tampa Bay Rays. Just like everyone else, the pitching prospect followed all the steroid news during the offseason. But starting Wednesday, when camps begin to open in Florida and Arizona, attention will turn back to the field following months of sour headlines. "I don't think it's going to hurt. I think they're still excited for baseball," said Talbot, who started last season with six no-hinnings for Triple-Durham. Johan Santana, Dontrelle Willis, Dan Haren and Erik Bedard will be with new teams following big trades. When position players show up, Miguel Cabrera, Miguel Tejada, Torii Hunter and Andruw Jones will put on different uniforms. All those fans in cities await those magical words, "pitchers and catchers," and the sounds of fastballs popping into mitts and balls cracking off bats. New York Mets manager Willie Randolph, still smarting from last September's epic collapse, gushed when he thought about Santana, who'll brighten a camp in Port St. Lucie, Fla. "When they announced that ; it cold-weath- er Bingham Continued from Cl wishes. The late bloomers feel like they're making themselves part of something special by making the matriculation in Provo. short-travele- d back on what I knew was right," Sorensen "I just fell said. He's a unique guy. The vice president of records for the student council, one of six seniors serving under president Ella Tuione, said his role is performing the "most random tasks" that perhaps get overlooked elsewhere on staff. It's hard to overlook Sorensen, though, as besides his football prowess hitting field a goal early in the season and also being named a Parade he loves to ride a unicycle. He's even comhe peted at ski resorts, where the of the ride to a top gets mountain with his contraption, then works his way down (not during season, state-recor- d d one-whe- S we got him, everybody kind of congratulated me like I just had a baby or something," Randolph said. Acquired by Detroit at the winter meetings along with Cabrera, the excitable Willis beamed when the Tigers gave him a $29 million, three-yea- r cistAfcw,. ta JWLf hormone by his former personal trainer. He's denied using drugs and is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee Wednesday. Perhaps he'll pitch for the u United States during the Beijing Olympics. Perhaps his career is over at age 45. Sammy Sosa, fifth on the home-rulist at 609, will be lights are on players, especially those with injuries. Arizona's Randy Johnson, at 44, is trying to rebound from yet another back operation. Boston's Curt Schilling, now 4 1, wanted shoulder surgery but reluctantly agreed to the team's request that he try reha- bilitation. Atlanta pitcher Mike Hampton has been injured for so long that he enters contract. spring training three years shy of Hall of Fame eligibility. Juan "I'm so amped up about beMill Gonzalez, attempting a come.1. 111 ing here and knowing I'm goJOSH REYNOLDSAssociated Press along with Kenny Lofton, Kyle back with St. Louis, also would ing to stay here," he said. "It's be eligible for the Hall's 201 1 to know I'm goLohse, Bartolo Colon, Livan John Coyne, a club house assistant for the Boston Red Sox, carries ballot unless he plays again. Hernandez, Shannon Stewart the last bags of team equipment out to the truck bound for ing to play for years to come And then there are five new for a team that had guys like and Mike Sweeney. baseball spring training on Saturday. v ; Craig Biggio is missing volmanagers who have been hired Ty Cobb and Al Kaline." Hunter will be with the Los untarily. He retired after 3,060 since the end of the season: No trial date has been set for hits over 20 seasons, all with each spring: Clearwater, Dune-diDusty Baker (Cincinnati), Joe Angeles Angels after agreen five-yeGirardi (Yankees), Trey a to $90 Bonds, who denied knowingly the Houston Astros. million, Bradenton, Winter Haing So much for those not at contract, and Jones will be the ven and Lakeland in Florida; (Kansas City), John Rususing performance-enhancers- .; sell (Pittsburgh) and Joe Torre His 762nd home run might Los Angeles Dodgers, startspring training. The big stars Surprise and Peoria in Arihave been his last. zona. Years ago, players used who are there will be under the (Dodgers). ing their final spring training In Mesa, Lou Piniella will usual scrutiny. "We all know in a lot of at Vero Beach, Fla., where spring training to work off his second season with known start Alex as 1948. Now was than since winter trained Rodriguez, gains. bigger they ways Barry weight they've much for being trailed by pathe Cubs. It's a special season life on the field and in the The Dodgers and San Diego put on sunblock, grab some for them it's 100 years since clubhouse. He was a dominant parazzi as he is for postseason Padres will leave spring train- chew and are ready to go. their last World Series title, There will be some absences. personality," Giants general popups and regular-seasoing for a pair of exhibition and they added a Japanese home runs, figures to be the manager Brian Sabean said. Barry Bonds, the San Frangames in Beijing on March 15 and 16. The World Series "The players I've talked to center of attention at Yankees' outfielder with a snazzy name: cisco Giants' stud since 1993, Kosuke Fukudome. are interested in making a camp. Following another Occhampion Boston Red Sox and won't be in Scottsdale. His At this time of the year, even tober swoon, he opted out of statement. We were pretty Oakland Athletics also head to hometown team decided not a Cubs' championship seems him and following Asia, becoming the third set of to n competitive without him in the his record $252 million, his indictment on November contract, then returned for a re- possible. clubs to open the regular sealineup." "I like our talent level," Pinideal. cord $275 million, on charges of perjury and son in the Tokyo Dome. Roger Clemens will be ella said. "I know some of the The Yankees will head north obstruction of justice in the "We want to expand Red missing from spring training BALCO drug case, no offers mounds for the third straight to their final season at Yankee Sox Nation and further estabthings we want to do, if we can of them, have emerged for what would year. While the Rocket relish it in one of the greatest Stadium, and the Mets will just do I'd be really, really pleased." turned in midseason during be his 23rd major league seabaseball nations in the world spend their final year at Shea, both due to be razed when MVP each of the last two years, son. At 43, the seven-tim- e Japan," Red Sox president t AP Sports Writers Jim it's a little different now. The replacements 6pen in 2009. In might be finished, unwanted Larry Lucchino said. Back at home, teams will Washington, the Nationals move Armstrong, Mike Fitzpatrick, Cy Young Award by teams following accusations seven-tim- e winner was accused of using into their new home this April, Larry Lage and Janie McCauley start unloading their trucks at he used performance-enhancin-g For now though, the spot contributed to this report. steroids and human growth all those cities that fill papers drugs. n watching spring training from afar, having failed thus far to find a deal to his liking. Mike Piazza also is among the dozens of unsigned free agents mind-blowin- g n, Hill-ma- . n three-quarte- anyway). No wonder recruiters and recruiting services boast about Sorensen's leg strength. He anticipates the unicycle being his form of transportation around campus. "I just hope no one takes it," Sorensen said, "but I guess I have nine of them." Whether he's on his ride, or simply kicking, a lot of eyes will be on Sorensen. BYU head coach Bronco Menden-ha-ll has made it clear, even publicly, that he feels like Sorensen could have the biggest immediate impact of his recruiting class announced the same afternoon as the Bingham quartet announced its intentions. "He's good and I'm going to have to perform to take his spot," Sorensen said of Mitch Payne, who was plagued by injuries and and inconsistency during his freshman year. "I'm going to try my best, do everything I can. If I perform my best, I think I do have a chance. If I don't, I simply won't get it." v, NHL ROUNDUP Zednik's neck gets cut, Sabres edge Panthers THE ASSOCIATED BUFFALO, PRESS Marian Gaborik scored his 29th goal for the Wild, 1 against the Blues this season. Neither team has scored more than three goals in any of the games. Paul Kariya got his 14th for the slumping Blues, who have two wins in their past 13 games and are in 12th place in the Western Conference. 700th career game and Washington regained first place in the Southeast Division with a victory over New York. after Panthers forward Richard Zednik sus0 Penguins 4, Flyers 3: At tained a deep gash across the neck, Derek Roy scored twice Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin . to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a scored a goal and set up three win over Florida on Sunday others, giving him seven points in two days, and the Penguins night. Zednik, who had blood gush- finally figured out how to beat cross-stat- e rival Philadelphia. ing from his neck after being cut by a teammate's skate midDucks 3, Red Wings 2: At way through the third period, was transported to hospital Detroit, Mathieu Schneider had a goal and an assist to lift Anaand listed in stable condition. heim over Detroit. The game was delayed for 15 minutes, and a hush fell over Wild 2, Blues 1, SO: At St. the crowd. Louis, Brent Burns produced his second I Capitals 3, Rangers 2, OT: goal in two days, scoring in the At Washington, Mike Green sixth round of a shootout in scored a power-pla- y goal 23 Minnesota's victory over St. seconds into overtime, Olie Louis. . Kolzig stopped 31 shots in his 3-- 5-- 3 game-winni- I Kings 3, Blue Jackets 2, SO: At Columbus, Ohio, Patrick O'Sullivan scored the tiebreak-in- g goal in the shootout after goal waved having a off in the third period, and Los e Angeles snapped a skid against Columbus with a go-ahe- four-gam- , win. Dan Cloutier, making 'his first start of the season and finishing with 31 saves, stopped Jason Chimera before O'Sullivan's chance. Anze Kopitar scored twice for Los Angeles, the worst team in the league but on a -1 stretch. Ron Hainsey and Rick Nash tallied power-pla- y goals for Columbus. I Predators 6, Coyotes 3: At Glendale, Ariz., J.P. Dumont and Rich Peverley scored 23 seconds apart in the third period to lift Nashville over Phoenix. Dumont snapped a ll tie when he sent a slap shot past Mikael Tellqyist at 5:36 of the final period. Dumont also had two assists for his second three-poigame of the season. Peverley scored his second of the year when he converted a pass from Radek Bonk. Martin Gelinas added an empty-ne- t goalat 1920 of the third period. |