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Show Sunday, February 19, 2006 DAILY HERALD J&W’squick stop becomes fast victory for UVSC Three Top 10 teamsfall No. 1 UConn. wins, but Nos. 8, 9and 10 not so fortunate Brian Hassler HERALD CORRESPONDENT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If the Johnson & Wales basketball team looked little tired.on Saturday evening,it had every reason to be slow during UVSC's 70-42 win at the McKayCenter. Insteadofflyingin for Saturday’s game on Friday,: the Wildcats chosetofly into Salt Lake City at 5:30 p.m. and didn’t arrive at the McKay Centeruntil 6:30 p.m.for Saturday’s 7 p.m.tip-off. That move helped UVSC MORGANTOWN,W.Va. — Dunks. Layups. Rebounds. Topranked Connecticut dominated No.11 West Virginiainside. Josh Boone scored 18 points and the Huskies (23-2, 10-2 Big East) bounced back from loss at Villanovaearlier in the week with an 81-75 victory Saturday, the Mountaineers’thirdloss in four games. MEN'S lead early in the game,but also mayhavecontributed to the Wolverines commiting 18 turnovers, muchto the chagrin of UVSCcoachDick Hunsaker. “This is not a gameto get emotionally chargedfor, but you should play fundamentally sound,” said Hunsaker.“I was disappointed with how we cameout andit wasn’t just one guy, but a bunchof guys.” Newsof Johnson & Wales arriving beforetip-off did reach the membersof the UVSC team andwas onthe minds ofthe players throughout the game. “That was in all of our heads,” said UVSC’s David Heck.“Wethoughtit was weird because we've never had a team comein an hour and a half before a game. Wedidn’t say anything aboutit butit was in all of our heads.” Heckstill managed to turn place from the Mountaineers (18-7, 9-3). The Huskies are ROBB COSTELLO/Daily Herald UVSC's Chris Bailey chases a loose ball as the Wolverines played Johnson & Wales on Saturday at the McKay Center. strengthoffive points from Heckandfourpoints from Pierre Thomas. But Johnson & Wales bounced back to go on a 7-2 run to cut UVSC’slead to 16-7 before UVSC pulled away to take a 32-16 lead heading into the secondhalf. UVSCopenedup the second half with an 8-1 run to take a 40-19 lead on the strength of four blocked shots by Ben Devoe and Heck,but turnovers kept UVSC’s offense from find- ing anykind of rhythm for a team that has averagedclose 7 p.m.It will be UVSC'sfinal to 10 turnovers a gameinits home gameoftheseason. ball around and get everyone said Hunsaker.“I was very moretouches,” he said. “Coach Hunsakerwanted us to work upset with 18 turnoverssince in our last eight games we've onourpassing and movement turned theball over 80times.” onoffense. It wasn't just one person going out and doing whateverhe wantedto.” UVSChada shutout going for thefirst 9:56 of the game, Defense turnedoutto be the key for UVSC, as steady pres- last eight games. “This game was scheduled one-half gamebehind No. 4 Villanova, which hosts No. 17 Georgetown on Sunday. “Anytime your team comes off a loss, your gameneeds to step up anothernotch,” said UConn’s Hilton Armstrong, whohadfive points,five blocked shots, eight rebounds andthree assists in 24 minutesof play. The five blockedshots were a career high for Heck. “Wejust tried to move the jumpingout a 14-0 lead on the 10-2) took over ROUNDUP $<Posses. sion of second ing scorer in the game, Chris Bailey. Bailey closed out the gamewith 15 points, while Devoe added 10 points. Thomas and MattPetersonfinished the gamewith eight points each. “Weplayed good defensively butturned theball over a lot and gave awayour possessions,” said Heck. “Weprepare the same way for every game and practice wasjust as hard for this one.” Next up for UVSCis a Feb. 21 home gameagainst Idaho in a solid performance with 12 Uconn (23-2, TOP 25 (14-12) to jumpoutto a 14-0 of the Huskies’ nine dunks and finished with 15 points. Armstrong credited Marcus State with tip-off scheduled for 30 for the secondstraight year. West Virginia's 19 rebounds were a seasonlow and the Williams’ lob passes over West Virginia's zone defense. Williams finished with 10 assists. “Wedid things underneath today that we couldn't do against Villanova because of our point guard. Hesees things. underneath and makesplays mostother guardscan't,” Arm- strong said. UConnheld the Big East's worst rebounding team under Mountaineers had just two on HN 8 MALES,COLO, the offensive end. “We cameouttryingto attack from thetip,” Boonesaid. knowing what Johnson & Wales was all about but I'd hoped that we would be mentally mature,” “Against a 1-3-1, teamsusually try andstay out of the middle. Weactually wanted to get in there andmix it up. “Good things happen when theball gets inside.” Connecticut coach Jim Calhounsaid his team practiced sure sawthe Wolverines force 19 Johnson & Wales turnovers and turn someof theminto fast breakpoints for UVSC'slead- against the 1-3-1 zone for three straight days. At NewOrleans, Rodney Carney scored24 points to lead Memphis to its 13th win in a row. Memphis(24-2, 10-0 Conference USA)improvedto 10-0 on the road,clincheda first-round bye in the Conference USA tournament, and reachedits best record after 26 gamesin schoolhistory. Stanford tops Arizona; Utes win TUCSON,Ariz. — Candice Wiggins scored 24 points and Brooke Smith added 22 to lead No. 1] Stanford to an 87-76 victory over Arizona on Saturday. The Cardinal(19-6, 14-3) re- bounded from loss at Arizona State to remaininfirst place in the Pac-10. TheWildcats(7-20, 3-13) havelost eight straight, but they didn’t look like a team in the midst of a hugelosing streak in thefirst half. Arizona was 8-for-16 from 3-point range,including Joy Hollingsworth’s3 to give the Wildcats a 34-33 lead. But behind18first-half points from Wiggins, the Cardinal took back the lead and wereup 43-40at half. Natalie Jones,in herfinal home game,did all she could to keep the scoreclose, scoring 27 points. But it wasn’t enough against the Cardinal, which got 15 points from Smithin the secondhalf, all of which camein the paint. TOP25 WOMEN » No. 9 Oklahoma 73, No. 21 Texas A&M 54: At Norman, Okla., Oklahomaclinchedits first Big 12 Conference regular-seasontitle in four years and extendedits winning streak to 1] games. CourtneyParis had 15 points and 14 rebounds for Oklahoma (234, 13-0), whichis seeking to becomethefirst Big 12 team to go undefeated in conference play. The Sooners’ remaining schedule includes road games at KansasState and Texas Tech sandwiched arounda home gameagainst Nebraska. D No.15 Arizona State62,California 43: At Tempe,Ariz., Kristen Kovesdy had 14 points and seven rebounds to help Arizona Stateto its school-record eighth straight conference victory. Jill Noe scored nine points and Aubree Johnson added eight for the Sun Devils (225, 13-4 Pac-10), who remain a half-gamebehind Pac-10 leader Stanford with one weekend left in the regular season. and was6-for-9 on 3-pointers. » Alabama92, No. 8 Tennessee 79: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Ronald Steele had 22 points and nine assists to help Alabamanullify Tennessee's aggressive defense. The Crimson Tide (15-9,8-4 Southeastern Conference) used ) No. 16 DePaul70,St. John's 67: At Chicago, Khara Smith had 13 points, including the game-winningshot, to lead No. No. 16 Michigan State 90, Michigan 71: At East Lansing, Mich., Shannon Brownscored 26 points to lead No. 16 Michigan State tryingto win ninestraight in past Michigan,90-71. The win the leagueforthefirst time since 1981-82 and equal their guickesttrip to 20 wins. Chris Lofton scored 14 ofhis 22 pointsin the secondhalf for Tennessee. » Marquette 84,No.9 Pittsburgh 82: At Milwaukee, Steve Novak scored 27 points andhit five 3-poiners to lead Marquette to its secondstraight victory over had 16 points and Wesley Matthews added13 to give the Golden Eagles(18-8, 8-5 Big East) another winovera quality opponent and snap the Panthers’ three-gamewinning streak. Pittsburgh (20-4, 9-4) nearly overcamea 10-point secondhalf deficit in the final minutes behind Car! Krauser, whofinished with 18 points and scored five straight to cut Marquette’s lead to 78-77 with 3 minutesto go. ) No. 5 Gonzaga 79, Loyola Marymount70: At Los Angeles, Smith added six rebounds,five assists andfoursteals for DePaul (22-5, 9-5 Big East). Adam Morrison scored a ca- » Arkansas85,No. 10 Florida 81 reer-high 44 points — 37 in the secondhalf — to give Gonzaga At Fayetteville, Ark., Ronnie No. 24 Louisiana Tech 72, regular-season WCCtitle. andbatted awaya pass as Flor- Boise State 59: At Boise, Idaho, Tasha Williams scored 20 points and Aarica RayBoydadded 17 to help Louisiana Techupits le ad in the Western Athletic Conference to onefull game over Fresno State. Aftermissingall three of his 3-point attemptsin thefirst ida triedtotie it in the closing half, Morrison was 8-for-10 in D No.25 Utah 79,Air Force 53: At Air Force Academy,Colo., Kim Smith scored 24points, and Shona Thorburn had 13 D No. 7 George Washington 64, Richmond51: At Richmond,Va., MaureeceRice scored 16 points and Pops Mensah-Bonsu had 10 points and nine reboundsin George Washington's NCAAleading 14th consecutivevictory. Brewerscored 24 points and Jonathon Modicascored 22 for Arkansas(17-8, 6-6 Southeastern Conference). Taurean Green scored 20 points for the Gators, whoare 54 sincestarting the season 17-0. Florida (22-4, 8-4) went up 7 -75 in the extra period on bas- a share ofits sixth straight the secondhalf,firing 3s from all overthe floor, usually well behind the arc. The win was the 13th straight for Gonzagaandits 20th consecutive in conference. points, 10 assists and seven re- boundsto lead Utah to its sixth straight win. Utah (19-5, 10-3 MWC) never trailed and led by as many as 29in the secondhalf. Alecia Steele scored 16 3-10). She was the only Falcon to reach doubledigits. seconds to preserve the victory. kets by Al Horford and Corey Brewer. But Arkansastook control when Ronnie Brewer wasfouled by Joakim Noah, whofouled out with 16points, lantic 10) led 35-22 at halftime costing Florida a clutch shooter. Brewer converted both free throws for an 80-79 lead. manyas16 in the secondhalf. Car!Elliott hit three 3-pointers. Jermaine Bucknorled Richmond(11-14, 4-7) with 23 points points to lead Air Force (12-12, Brewer made a 3-pointer with 54 secondstoplayin overtime and openedtheir lead to as The Colonials (22-1, 12-0 At- Ron Lewis added 15 and Jamar Butler 12 for the Buckeyes(194, 8-4 Big Ten). winningstreak. Tennessee (19-4, 10-2) was 16 DePaul. Allie Quigley had 12 points and seven asissts and D No. 12 Ohio State 61, Northwestern 52: At Columbus, Ohio, TerenceDials-had 14 points and 15 reboundsin Ohio State’s 12th straight win over the Wildcats. J.J. Sullinger scored 16 points, anearly flawlessfirst half and made28of 30 free throws to end the Volunteers’ eight-game a Top 25 team. Dominic James D No. 3 Memphis105, Tulane 65: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KEITH SRAKOCIC/AssociatedPress Connecticut's Denham Brown (33) throws down a dunk behind West Virginia's Kevin Pittsnogle,left, in the second half Saturday. After a Florida miss, Brewer madea 3-pointer for an 83-79 lead, and the Razorbacks never looked back. — coupled with an Iowa'loss at Minnesota — leaves the Spartans one gamebehind four other conference teams in the loss column. » Minnesota 74, No. 18 lowa 61 At Minneapolis, Vincent Grier scored 18 points to lead Min- nesota to its third straight home victory over a ranked team. Adam Boone had12 points and Jamal Abu-Shamala added 11 for the Gophers(13-10, 4-8 Big Ten). No. 19 Oklahoma 83, lowa State 82: At Norman.Okla., Michael Nealscored a career-high 29 points,including three free throwswith 8.4 secondsleft thatlifted Oklahomato victory. Neal hit eight 3-pointers in 12 attempts for the Sooners (17-6, 844 Big 12), whorallied from seven points downinthefinal 72 seconds. } No. 21 North CarolinaState 70, Virginia Tech 64: At Blacksburg, Va., Cameron Bennerman scored 26 points to help North Carolina State turn backa late rallybyVirginia Tech. D No. 22 Kansas 79, Missouri46: At Lawrence,Kan., freshman Mario Chalmershelpedtrigger a 16-2 run for Kansas and the Jayhawks wontheir ninth straight game, ) Northern lowa65, No. 24 Bucknell 61: At Cedar Falls. lowa, Northern lowa’s Eric Crawford forced double-overtime with a fallaway8-footer with .8 secondsleft,.and Eric Colemanfollowed withsix of his team-high 15 points in the second overtime D No.25 LSU 65, Auburn 61: At Auburn,Ala., Glen Davis had 24 points and 11 reboundsto lead LSU to a toughvictory over Auburn. it MEN'S BASKETBALL — PEPS/ a 4 Om A vs Idaho State WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Tues. Feb. 21 @ 4:30 PM CUT eT Fri. Feb. 24 @ 7:05 PM vs North Dakota State UMEBERR MUM DaeTL TerTa RC RaCg UTAH VALLEY ST hogi ™yogi |