A FOUL NIGHT FOR CSUN IN LOSS TO NO. 18 ILLINOIS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Tauja Catchings scored 28 points and Allison Curtin added 24 to lead No. 18 Illinois to an 88-69 victory over Cal State Northridge in Champaign, Ill., on Tuesday night. Neda Milac led Northridge (5-3) with 16 points, and Jamilah Jones added 13 and Edniesha Curry 12. Catchings was 9 of 12 both from the field and from the foul line foul line n. 1. Baseball Either of two straight lines extending from the rear of home plate to the outer edge of the playing field and indicating the area in which a fair ball can be hit. 2. . The Illini (9-3) made 60 percent of their field-goal attempts in the first half to take a 49-29 halftime lead. Shooting only 29 percent from the field in the second half, Northridge couldn't mount a challenge. Illinois was 28 of 38 from the foul line, compared to 14 of 29 for Northridge. No. 3 Louisiana Tech 94, No. 11 Purdue 62: Tamicha Jackson scored 26 points, freshman reserve Catrina Frierson added 19 and Tech forced 25 turnovers in the rout at Ruston, La. ``It was by far our best home performance of the year. We've gone in spurts at home, but tonight we had a total performance,'' Tech coach Leon Barmore Leon Barmore (born June 3, 1944, in Ruston, Louisiana, United States) is a college women's basketball coach. He coached at Louisiana Tech University from 1985 to 2002. Upon his retirement his .869 winning percentage was the best in women's basketball history. said. The victory by Tech (7-1) snapped a two-game losing streak against Purdue (8-2), which ousted the Lady Techsters in the semifinals of last year's NCAA tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
No. 4 North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. St. 70, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). 44: Summer Erb, who led the Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities compete in twenty sports in the NCAA's Division I. in scoring and rebounding last year, had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead the Wolfpack at Raleigh, N.C. No. 9 Penn St. 79, Pittsburgh 56: Helen Darling Helen Marie Darling (born on August 29, 1978) is a Women's National Basketball Association player for the San Antonio Silver Stars, which selected her in the 2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft from the roster of the defunct Charlotte Sting. scored 15 points, and Andrea Garner had a career-high 14 rebounds to lead the host Nittany Lions (8-2). Penn State led 39-17 at the half as Pittsburgh was just 7 of 30 from the field. No. 23 Kansas 71, No. 14 Arizona 68: Lynn Pride Lynn Pride (born October 16 1978 in Vero Beach, Florida, USA) is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player. She attended Sam Houston High School in Arlington, Texas, and during her senior year, she was ranked as one of the nation's top five players by had 19 points and her layup with 27.6 seconds remaining finished off a rally by the host Jayhawks. Kansas (7-2) overcame a 36-26 deficit at the half, outscoring Arizona (9-1) 21-9 in the first eight minutes of the second half. The Jayhawks' first lead of the game came at 6:51 of the second half when Pride drove the lane for a 58-56 lead. No. 25 Texas 76, Arizona State 63: The host Longhorns got 28 points from Edwina Brown, who had no trouble with the Sun Devils' man-to-man defense. While teams have served a steady diet of zone defenses designed to slow the Big 12 Conference's leading scorer, Arizona State tried to control Brown with pressure one-on-one. No chance. ``I like that pressure-man defense. . . . If they're all in my shirt I feel that first step can just beat people and take them to the basket,'' said Brown, who was 14 of 24 from the floor for Texas (8-3). ``It was different. It felt good to push the ball and have some fun.'' Brown was 14 of 24 from the floor for Texas (8-3). No. 24 Tulane 81, Nicholls St. 51: Reserve Britt Themann scored 18 points to lead the visiting Green Wave (8-0), which led 33-13 at the half. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO Illinois' Shavonna Hunter drives around Cal State Northridge's LaShaunda Flower. The Illini won 88-69. John C. Dixon/Associated Press |
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