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Show Friday, March 10, 2006 DAILY HERALD COLLEGE BASKETBALL Temple stuns N McNamara sinks No. 1 UConn in Big East quarters CINCINNATI — Temple's fa- mously stingy defense got back to whatit does best — breaking down opponents and creating day to one-up himself. The senior guard hit a 3-pointer withless than a secondto play to give Syracuse.a win over Cincinnatiin the opening roundofthe Big East tournament. + On Thursday, his 3 with 5.5 seconds left in | havoc in tournament brackets. The Owls’inscrutable zone left George Washington's high| powered offense in a shambles Thursday,setting up a 68-53 victory over the sixth-ranked | Colonials in the A10 tournament regulation tied the gameandthe ninth-seeded Orange wentonto beat No. 1 Connecticut 86-84 in overtime. | | | NEW YORK — Gerry McNamarawaited one “I said yesterday's shot was the best under the circumstances,” an exhausted McNamara said Thursday.“I'd have to changethat to today’s. We needed it.” The win should help the Orange(21-11) end bid to the NCAAtournament. “Obviouslythev're a tournament team,” Connecticut coach Jim Calhounsaid,“I thought they werea tournament team yesterday.” That was a McNamarahighlight showago. On Wednesday, his running3 with less than a secondto play meanta 74-73 victory over Cincinnati. Coach John Chaneyhad his Owls sometimes switch from, “He amazes meevery timeI see him play: He has more guts than anybodyI've ever coached,” their famed matchup zoneto other variations — a 2-1-2, a 3-2 — to preventthe Colonials’ said Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, who apologized FRANK FRANKLIN II/Associated Press Syracuse's Gerry McNamaracelebrates with teammateTerrence Roberts (33) after beating Theloss shouldn't affect the No. 1 seed ex- “It certainly was oneof the most disappoint- 62-59, meaningthreeof the four teams thatre- beat Marquette 62-59, in tonight’s semifinals. It will be the 12th time the schools have metin the tournament with Georgetownleading 6-5. Five of the meetings came in championship games with Georgetown winnning four. e Orange, wholost twice to Connecticut during the season,led 39-28 at halftime and a 3 by McNamara extended the lead to 49-35 with 16:43 to go. The Huskies, whotrailed 10-0 just 2:30 into the game,started chipping away and werewithin 62-56 with 7:24 to play. D No. 15 Pittsburgh 68, No. 19 West Virginia 57: At New York, freshman Sam Young, makinghis first start of the season, had 14 points and 11 re- bounds to leadPittsburgh over West Virginia. The sixth-seeded Panthers (23-6) will face No. 2 Villanova (25-3) in the semifinals on tonight. The Wildcats werethe only oneof the top four coach Karl Hobbssaid. “The elder statesman showed that he ketball game.’ Theplan wasvintage Chaney: deliberate pace. gameon Fridaynight. Villanova, the Big East's regular-season cochampionwith No. 1 Connecticut, trailed by one early in the secondhalf but prevented the type of upsetthateliminated the Huskiesearlier in'the day. Quincy Douby scored 31 points — 24in the “They hadto pass theball,” Chaneysaid.“That's not good for athletes. Athletes just want tofly.” TheColonials cameinto the gameas the onlyone-loss team in Division I, riding an 18-game winning streak. Against Temple, those lofty numbers became a burden. Andloss No.2 could well cost them a high NCAA seeding. for the sixth-seeded Terrapins straight trips to the NCAA tournament snappedlast season. D No. 8 Miami66, No. 9 Clemson 63: At Greensboro,N.C., Denis Montana, Big Sky Conference Murray State, Ohio Valley Cont North Saroine-wimingtn, Colonial Athletic Associ Oral Roberts, MLCContinentConf. Pennsylvania, Ivy League Alabama, Sun Belt Winthrop, Big South Cont Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Horizon ‘Southem illinois, Missouri Valley Conf. Clementehit a go-ahead 3- pointer with 50.9 secondsleft to help Miamirally from a 12-point game-high 22 points and as- seeded Wildcats (19-11) moved within one victoryoftheir 19th consecutive 20-win season. eighth-seeded Hurricanes (16- » California 82, SouthernCal 67: deficit and beat Clemson. Guillermo Diaz scored a sisted'on Clemente’s3 for the 14), who trailed most of the way At Los Angeles, Leon Powe had 22 points and a career-high 20 before makinga late spurt to earntheirfirst tourney win. reboundsto help California de- D No, 12 Wake Forest 78, No. 5 Florida State 66: At Greensboro. N.C., Eric Williams added 14 to » Oregon 66, Washington State 55: At Los Angeles, Chamber- feat Southern California. help Wake Forestbeat Florida lain Oguchi scored all butfive ACCtournament, severely hurt- thefirst half, and Oregon beat free-throwlinein the final minute to help George- andSaint Joseph's closed out the an NCAA bid. York, Brandon Bowman went 6-for-6 from the Chet Stachitas scored 17 points town advancein the Big East tournament. Steve Novakhithis sixth 3-pointer with 5.6 seconds left to bring Marquette within 60-59. But Bowmanrestored the three-point lead with twofree throwswith 5.1 seconds left. Jerel McNealmissed a 30-footer at the buzzer that would have tied the game. opening half with a 15-3 run en route to a win overSaint Louis. » Xavier59, Charlotte 55: At Cincinnati, sophomore Stanley Burrell knocked down three free throws in the final 15.6 Oklahoma wins16th straight »-Fordham 64,La Salle aee Cincinnati, ant Dunston knocked ek a pairofcritical foul shots in the waning moments and Fordham withstood a furious La Salle comebackto earn a historic finished with 18 points for Marquette. win, advancing to the A-10 DALLAS — Courtney Paris scored 17 points and had 10 rebounds as No. 8 Oklahoma won its 16th straight game, 75-54 over Missouri in the Big 12 tournament semifinals Thursday. Oklahoma (28-4) scored the game's first 13 points and led 4617 at halftime. The Sooners, who werethe first team to go undefeated in Big 12 play, wontheir “18th straight conference game. Paris, who scored atournament-record 36 points against Jona, Metro Atlantic Athletic Monmouth, N.J., Northeast Conf. Davidson, Southern Conference Gonzaga, West Coast Conference 37: At Cincinnati, senior guard » Saint Joseph's56, Saint Louis seconds and Xavierrallied from a four-pointdeficit in the final 3:12 to edge second-seeded lotte. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Belmont, Atlantic Sun Conference postseason chances. to help Maryland improveits No. 23 Georgetown 62, Marquette 59: At New first half — to lead 10th-seeded Rutgers(18-13). Georgetown (21-8) will face Syracuse on Fridaynightin the semifinals.Jeff Green had 16 points, nine rebounds andfiveassists to lead the Hoyas. Ashanti Cook added 16 points. Novak seeds to advanceto the semifinals. Top-ranked Connecticut lost 86-82 to ninthseeded Syracusein overtimeand fifth-seeded Georgetown beat fourth-seeded Marquette NCAA automatic bids Georgia Tech 64: At Greensboro, N.C., Nik Caner-Medley had 20 points and Mike Jones added 19 (19-11), who hadtheir run of 12 Make GWplay at a numbingly » No. 2 Villanova87, Rutgers 55: At New York, ‘ing losses we've hadin an awfullong time,” Allan Rayscored 19 ofhis 26 points in the secCalhounsaid. “We cameoutflat as heck. Just,as ondhalf as Villanova advancedto the semifinals of the Big East tournament wethought, that shot (yesterday) carried their Will Sheridan added 17 points and 13 remomentum rightinto today.” boundsfor the Wildcats (25-3), whowill play Syracuse, the defending championsin this tournament, will play No. 23 Georgetown, which the winnerofthelate Pittsburgh-West Virginia 9 No. 6 Maryland 82, No. 11 “Temple playeda fantastic game,” George Washington up and preparedto win a bas- ceived first-roundbyes lost in the quarterfinals. for a looseball during the first half Thursday. traction. still knows how to get a team pected to go to Connecticut (27-3), but it ended TOM UHLMAN/Associated Press Temple's Dion Dacons, left, and Alex Kireev of George Washingtonvie DJ. Strawberryfinished with 15 points andsevenassists fastbreak from getting any top-ranked Connecticut 86-84 in OT Thursday. terfinals for the Huskies, the regular-season cochampionswith Villanova. tournament. —____ look bad at tournamenttime. sists, one short of the tournamentrecord. a 10-gamewinningstreakin the Big East quar- lantic 10 will get two teams inthe NCAA | record ended against a team known for making opponents He topped that performancein the quarterfinals by scoring 17 points and handingout 13 as- best, Syracusehas everhad.” | TOURNEY ROUNDUP from another conferencewill be left out. The Colonials (26-2) neverfigured they'd be doneso soon. George Washington was the fourth team to makeit throughthe A10 regular season withouta loss. The unblemished any talk about whether they deserve an at-large for using profanity in defending McNamara on Wednesdayafter local media reported the player was overrated. “As soonas he released it, there was never a doubt. There was nothing but net. “I'd sayit's one of the best wins,if not the quarterfinals. The upsetwill have a farreaching effect. Now, the At- WOMEN’S TOP25 IowaState on Wednesday, was 8-0f-1] from the floorin 17 minutes. Erin Higgins added 12 points off the bench for the Sooners and Chelsi Welch had 11. Missouri(21-9) was playing ints first Big 12tourney semifinal game. Tiffany Brooks scored 24 pointsfor the Tigers. _—_9 No. 10 Baylor 53, No. 22 Texas A&M52: At Dallas, Sophia semifinals for the first time Youngscored 29 points and Angela Tisdale hit four free throws since joining the conference. in the final minute to help Baylor reach the Big 12 championship. ACC tournament Baylor (24-5) has won 13 No.7 Virginia 60, No. 10 Virstraight against Texas A&M and has two tournamentvictories by a combinedsix points. Texas A&M (23-8)trailed | aehigh 23 points to help Vir53-50 after Tisdalehit twofree ginia hold off Virginia Tech in throwswith 17.2 secondsleft. the first round. A’Quonesia Franklin badly Laurynas Mikalauskas added missed a 3-pointer that could 11 points and 12 rebounds in havetiedit. Danielle Gant his first start inmorethantwo grabbed the miss near the rim months for the seventh-seeded and hit a layupat the buzzer. Cavaliers (15-13). Statein the first round of the _ing the Seminoles’ chances for Chris Ellis wished a3-pointer _to give the 12th-seeded Demon Deacons (16-15) the lead for good with about 3 1/2 minutes left, and they pulled away from there for their second-straight win. ofhis career-high 26 points in WashingtonState. The game marked the end of WSU coach DickBennett's career. Bennett announced last week he wouldretire at the end ofthe season andturn the team overto his 36-year-old son, Tony. Pac-10 tournament Conference USA tournament D No. 13 UCLA 79, OregonSt. 47: At Los Angeles, Ryan Hollins scored a season-high'17 points in the Pac-10 tournament quar- D No. 5 Memphis 75, Tulane 56: At Memphis, Tenn., Rodney terfinals.Hollins also had eight rebounds,helping the Bruins to a 39-25 advantage on the boards. Arron Afflalo added 16 points, Michael Roll nine and Jordan Farmar seven. Top-seeded UCLA (25-6) will play fourth-seeded Arizona (1911) in Friday’s semifinals. MarcelJones scored 19 points Carney scored 18 points, and Darius Washington added 15 in the Conference USA quarters. Top-seeded Memphisbenefited from an aggressive defense andgreat outside shooting, going 1]-of-28 from outside the are. D No. 24 UAB 69, SMU 55: At and to lead OregonState (13-18). Memphis, Tenn., Lawrence Kinnard scored 12 points as four » Arizona 73, Stanford 68: At Los Angeles, Ivan Radenovic had 21 points and seven rebounds, Mustafa Shakur added 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and Arizonaheld off _mistake-prone Stanford. Arizona,shooting for its 22nd straight NCAA tournamentappearance, meets No. 13 Ut in the semifinals. The fourth- figures in the Conference USA tournamentquarterfinals. Asusual, the Blazers’ defense contributed to the offense. UAB forced 26 turnovers,leading to 27points. UAB (23-5) wonits seventh straightandnineof 10. Richard Jonesalso finished with _12 points, while Paul Delaney and Marvett McDonald each added 11 for the Blazers. UABplayersfinished in double- l ae | NPR @e) ere AMBASSADOR GEORGE S. McGOVERN ie bal OMesi8le)Uma Bema le Cea Bele muaie MARCH 15, 2006 41:00 p.m. Address in the Ragan Theater, UVSC 2:30 p.m. Meet & Gr with Studentsin the Centre Stage, UVSC 3:00 p.m. Book Signing, UVSC Bookstore reir PnilusHerald |