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Show DAILY HERALD‘ Monday, February 20, 2006 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Redick sets career scoring record for Duke 60: AtStillwater, Okla., JamesOn Curry scored 22 points as Oklahoma State rebounded in impressive fashion following the chaos surrounding coach Eddie Sutton, routing Texas. DURHAM, N.C. — J.J. Redick now stands alone : among Duke's all-time greatest scorers. The senior sharpshooter Scored 30 pointsto set the and help the second-ranked Blue Devils beat Miami 92-71 on Sunday, a win that could vault coach Johnny Dawkins by one pointon theall-timelist with 2,557 points. That also moved Redick into second place in the ACCcareerlists, 30 points behind Wake Forest's Dickie Hemric. Shelden Williams added 17 points and 15 reboundsfor Duke, which could moveup in CHUCK LIDDY/The News & Observer Duke's J.J. Redick(4) shoots over Miami's Anthony Harris to break Duke’sall-time scoring record during the second half on Sundayin Durham,N.C.. Reddick passed Johnny Dawkins by onepoint on theall-timelist with 2,557 points. Guillermo Diaz scored 23 points to lead Miami (14-12, 6-7). the rankingsafter top-ranked D.No.4 Villanova75, No. 17 Connecticut's loss to Villanova Georgetown 65: At Villanova, earlier in the week. time put the Blue Devils (24-1, 12-1) ahead for good 83-80. She also was 10-for-10 on free throwsin the final 1:33 to secure the victory. D No. 14 Illinois 70, Indiana 58: program's career scoring mark them backto the No. | ranking. Redick finished 10-for-15 from thefield andhit six 3pointers for the Blue Devils (25-1, 13-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), passing assistant antupset. Currie’'s pointer with 3:30 remainingin the second over- Pa., RandyFoye scored 22 points, Allan Ray had 20 and Villanova's starters scored every pointin securingits 10th straight win. » OklahomaState 81, No. 6 Texas At Champaign,Ill., James Av9 No. 2 LSU 64, Arkansas 42: At gustine scored 18 points and Baton Rouge, La., Seimone Augrabbed 10 rebounds tolead Illinois over Indiana in Mike Da- gustus scored 26 points to help vis’first game since announcing LSU cruise. he would quit as the Hoosiers’ No. 4 Maryland65, North Carocoachafter the season. lina State 57: At Raleigh, N.C., D No. 23 North Carolina 83, Wake Laura Harperscored 20 points Forest 72: At Winston-Salem, to lead Maryland. N.C., ReyshawnTerry had 24 points, Tyler Hansbrough addNo.5 Tennessee 82, Alabama ed 17 and North Carolina gave 65: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Shanna WakeForest its eighth Atlantic Zolmanequaled her career-high Coast Conferenceloss in a row. with 28points, including seven 3-pointers,tolift Tennessee. Women No. 7 Rutgers 60, Syracuse 43: D No. 1 Duke 99, Miami 93: At ° AtPiscataway, N.J., Michelle CoralGables, Fla., Monique Campbell and Cappie Pondexter eachscored 13 points to help Currie scored 15 of her 43 points in the secondovertime Rutgerstoits ninth straight to help top-ranked Dukeavoid win. » Indiana 63, No. 10 Purdue 61: At West Lafayette, Ind., Cyndi Valentin hit a tying 3-pointer with 5-seconds left in regulation and a pair of free throws with 3 seconds to go in overtime, giving Indiana the upset and knocking the Boilermakers outoffirst place in the Big Ten. D No, 12 Baylor 73, Texas Tech 60: At Waco,Texas, Sophia Young scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Baylor. ) No. 13 Georgia 83, No.22Vanderbilt 61: At Nashville, Tenn., Sherill Baker scored a gamehigh 22 points to lead Georgia. » Wisconsin 67, No. 17 Minnesota 61: At Madison, Wis., Janese Banksscored 18 points to lead four players in double figures for Wisconsin. No. 23 Temple 70, Dayton36: At Dayton, Ohio, Candice Dupreescored 24 points to help Temple. MLB SPRING TRAINING TENNIS ROUNDUP Bondssays he'll retire after this season Mauresmo wins “| think everybodywants to BarryBonds says heplans to retire after this season, evenif he doesn’t break Hank Aaron's homerunrecord. The San Francisco Giants Star waslimited to 14 games jast year following three knee operations. He has 708 homers, trailing only Babe Ruth (714) and Aaron(759). : “I'm notplaying baseball anymoreafter this,” Bonds was quoted by USA Todayina story posted on its Website Sunday. “The game(isn’t) fun anymore. I’mtiredofall of the crap going on.I wantto play this year out. hopefully win, and oncethe seasonis over. go homeand be with myfamily Maybe then’everybodycanjust forget about me. “Breaking these records aren't a big thing to me,”he added. “It’s a great honor to pass Ruth, butit means more see him,” Alousaid. “I haven't seen him since October, but we'vetalked onthe phone. There's no urgencytotalk except for the normal welcoming. There's lotoftime to discuss things.” Bonds needs 48 homers to surpass Aaron,a total Bonds has reachedonlyin 2000, when hehit 49, and 2001. whenheset the season record with 73. “I've never cared aboutrecords anyway,” Bondssaid. “So what difference does it make? Right now, I'm telling you,I don't even wantto play next year. Baseball is a fun sport ButI'm not havingfun.I love the game of baseball itself, but I don’t like whatit’s turned out to be. I'm not madat anybody. It’s just that right now[ am not proudto be a baseball player.” day to San Francisco's spring Bonds can be moody and sometimeschanges his mind. His agent. Jeff Borris, wouldn't say whether Bonds hasdiscussedretirement with him “I'd rather those conversations betweenBarry and myself remain private,” Borris told The Associated Press.on Sunday. Bondsdidn't playuntil Sept. training campin Scottsdale, 12 last year because he was to baseball thanit does to me. History is good for everysport, and I'm creating. great interest for the game.” Bonds, who turns 42 on July 24, said he plans to report TuesAriz, TheGiants said they would not comment onthe report until they hear from Bonds directly. ManagerFelipe Alou, speaking before the story was posted on the Internet, said he’s looking forward to Bonds’arrival. recovering from the knee operations. Hehit five homers in 42 at-bats. Bondstold the newspaper heis taking painpills and sleepingpills. “I don't have achoice.I can't even runthat much anymore. Howcan I run?| don't have any cartilage in that knee.I'm bone on bone,”he said. “But-I can still hit. I can rake. I can hit a baseball.” ) Sox slugger unsure of Manny's whereabouts: At Fort Myers, Fla., David Ortiz arrived at camp Sunday wearinga black T-shirt that read “Manny being Manny”butunsureofthe whereaboutsofhis peculiar partnerin the middle of the Red Sox lineup. Perhaps the enigmatic Manny Ramirez tuned to the Olympics onenightontelevision and decided to travelto Turin . “I talked to Manny like a week agoand he was going to Italy tomorrow,”Ortiz said. He must havebeenjoking, Ortiz decided, since Ramirezis duein campfor Boston's first full-squad workout on Thursday. That wouldn't give him muchtimeto watch curling before headingto the clubhouse. If he shows up. Ramirez has asked to be traded and said he might hold outof spring trainingif heisn’t dealt. A subsequent report said he wantedtostay, but his agent denied that. It was just another confusing developmentin the life of a player who asksto be traded almost every season then puts up his usual impressive power numbers. “He seems happy,”Ortiz said. “I read in the newsthat he wants to stay in Boston. Somethinglike that, right? That’s good. Sounds Diamond Games good to me. Having my man aroundonce again. Hopefully, things never change.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Then,asked if he expects Mannytobe in Boston's lineup on opening day,Ortiz said, “He might. That’s a good question.” Three months ago,Ortizsaid ina newsconferencein the Dominican Republic that Ramirez is not returning to Boston. » Torre discusses A-Rod and gets anothervisit from the Boss: At Tampa,Fla., New York Yankees managerJoe Torreis confident Alex Rodriguezwill be fine following a secondstraight offseasonof criticism. “There's lot of jealousy out there,” Torre said Sunday. “That's what goes with who you are, how much you make andall thatstuff. It’s part of the | | | victory over world No. 1 Kim | | | equation, I guess. You've got to deal withit.” Torre’s comments came one day after Yankees owner George Steinbrenner defended Rodriguez in the wakeofcriticism from Ozzie Guillen, The Chicago White Sox manager chided the All-Star third basemanfor saying he would play for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, then switchingto the United States. Rodriguez was bornin the United States, but his parents are Dominican. “Whenhegets with the team here,it will be fine. Count on A-Rod,”Steinbrenner said Saturday. ANTWERP,Belgium — Amelie Mauresmowonher second Diamond Gamescharhpionship with a 3-6,6-3, 6-3 Clijsters on Sunday, moving a little closer to taking over the top spotin the rankings. Mauresmotookhold of the gamein thethird set of a gripping match — a rare head-to-head tournamentfinal between the world’s top two players to win herthird straight tournament. “Kim'played very well at the start andit took me a while to get into the game,to get back even,” Mauresmosaid. “We both gave it our maximum.” Her15th straight match win also took Mauresmo a step closer to taking homethe tournament trophy — a $1.2 million gem-encrusted racket awarded to any player who wins the Diamond Games title three timesin five years» Mauresmowonherfirst title | in 2005. | “But despite hervictory, the second-ranked Mauresmo madeup minimal ground on Clijsters for the No. 1 spot because the Belgian also made the finals. > Murray winssingles title at SAP Open: At San Jose, Andy Murrayuseda mix ofdeft drops shots and backhand winnersto upsetthird-seeded Mitchell coached andrecruited. Continued from Cl beena part of whyI stayes heresolong.” Mitchell said “There’s young men recruited, myself. I want to moveup in the coaching profession and somedaybe a defensive coordi- “The players have always and tonot be there to help them growand develop, that's gonna nator.” Texas Techfinished 9-3in be tough. “I'd still love to see Kayle Bu- 2005, losing to 13th-ranked Ala- chanondevelopinto the corner I think he canbe. I'd love to see bamain the Cotton Bowl,13-10. Mitchell said it will be dif- ficult to leave the players he’s Justin Robinson with a year underhis belt. to see howhe |_www.cougarblue. com comesout nextyear. (Defensive end) Brett Denney is another playerI recruited, and he'll continue to improve.” Mitchell, the only AfricanAmerican coach on the BYU staff and a native of Texas,said heis leaving for Lubbockthis weekandwill be in place for spring practice, which begins March 22. Heis married to the former Carri McCarty and has two daughters and a son. Mendenhall indicated hewill begin an immediate search for anassistant coach andwill take the time necessary to locate the best-qualified candidate. » Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be reached at 344-2555 or by e-mail.at ddickson@heraldextra.com. Readhis blog at heraldextra blogs/darnell. Lleyton Hewitt 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3) on Sunday in the SAP Open, claiminghis first ATP Tour title. Murraystarted slow,but settled downin the second set. Once he gathered himself, his powerful backcourt game proved too muchfor Hewitt, On matchpointin the thirdset tiebreaker, Murraysliced | a few shotsto set up a crisp backhandcrosscourt winner that Hewitt could only watch. “Obviously, it's the biggest momentin mylife in tennis so www.heraldextra.com/yellowpages far,” Murray said of the win, which earned him $52,000. The win also moves Murrayinto the top 50 in the tour rankings forthefirst time. Murray, who knocked off top-seeded Andy Roddick 7-5, 7-5 in the semifinals, briefly raised his hands over his head after winning the match. The 18-year-old shook handswith Hewitt at the net and then climbed into the stands for a long hug andkiss from his girlfriend, » Moyabeats Volandri for third Argentinetitle: At Buenos Aires, Argentina, Carlos Moya of Spain survived first-set scareto beatItaly's Filippo Volandri7-6 (6), 6-4 for the Copa Telmex championship Sunday, his third ATPtitle in Buenos Aires since 1995. “This court has a good chemistry that's alwaysfollowed mehere,” Moyasaid. “Hopefully I can win many more hereandthis won'tbe thelast.” » Clementbeats Ancic to win Open13 final: At Marseille, France, hometownfavorite Arnaud Clementbeatsixthseeded Mario Ancic6-4, 6-2 Sundayto win the Open 13 tournamentfinal for his third ATPtitle on Frenchsoil. Clement, ranked 65th in the world,cruised past the Croatian in 1 hour, 32 minutes before a Supportive crowdin Marseille. “I havejust lived a dream weekofthe sort that I haverarely known,”said the 28-year-old native of nearby Aix-en-Provence.“I have not played at such level ina long time — atleast not consistently.” -D Santangelo wins Bangalore Open:At Bangalore,India, MaraSantangeloofItaly won herfirst WTA Tour title Sunday, beating a weakened Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the Bangalore ‘Openfinal. Kostanic, seeded sixth,finished runner-up for the secondstraight week, havingalsolost the Pattaya Open finalto Israel's Shahar Peer. LeGass Age UNa — PEPSI Tues. Feb. 21 @ 7:05 PM vs Idaho State WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Ta Te 4 ue Bs] Fri. Feb. 24 @ 7:05 PM vs Northern Colorado vs North Dakota State Family Night Special of $10 per Family aleeTa McKay Center Ea hogi®Pe |