ROUNDUP: USC OVERCOMES ST. JOSEPH'S.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Reports USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. was fortunate to be seven points down to St. Joseph's University at halftime of Sunday's nonconference women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. game. The Women of Troy quickly made up that deficit in the second half and outlasted the Hawks 66-55 before 386 at the Sports Arena. USC improved to 2-2; St. Joseph's fell to 1-2. Ebony Hoffman's basket put USC ahead 45-43 and St. Joseph's never led again. Hoffman and Tashara Carter each scored 14 points to lead USC. Denise Woods added 11 and Tennille Grant 10. --Pepperdine 69, Missouri 68: Ex-Moorpark High standout Damaris Hinojosa scored 19 points and Rasheeda Clark added 18 to lift the Waves (4-2) past the Tigers (3-1) in the championship game of Pepperdine's tournament in Malibu. Pepperdine rallied from a 40-32 halftime deficit. --No. 3 Duke 71, Toledo 41: Freshman Alana Beard Alana Monique Beard (born May 14, 1982 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In Australia's WNBL, she plays for the Canberra Capitals. had 13 points, six assists and five steals as the Blue Devils beat mistake-prone the Rockets to win the Duke Women's Classic for the ninth consecutive year. Duke (7-0) won for the fifth time in eight days. --No. 4 Purdue 68, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. 53: Katie Douglas Kathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas (born on May 7, 1979 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her primary position is shooting guard. Sometimes she plays small forward. scored 18 points for the Boilermakers, now 5-1. --No. 7 Rutgers 81, George Washington 54: Karlita Washington scored 10 points in a 20-0 run in the second half as the Scarlet Knights won the Coca-Cola Classic in Piscataway, N.J.. --No. 8 Iowa State 84, Eastern Illinois 46: The Cyclones shot 12 for 23 from 3-point range and won easily. --No. 25 Vanderbilt 79, Miami (Ohio) 61: Chantelle Anderson Chantelle Denise Anderson (born January 22, 1981 in Loma Linda, California) is a professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Personal Chantelle's name is pronounced "shawn-tell". scored 23 points for the Commodores in the championship game of the First Tennessee This article or section has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It reads like an advertisement and needs to be rewritten in a neutral point of view. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. tournament in Nashville. --No. 18 Stanford 73, Pacific 65: Freshman guard Nicole Powell scored 26 points for the 18th-ranked Cardinal. The victory was the 500th for coach Trish VanDerveer, who has directed the Cardinal two two NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association titles and 13 straight NCAA tournament appearances. --No. 22 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. 54, Arizona St. 51: Tynesha Lewis scored 17 points and Carisse Moody added 11 as the Wolfpack won the championship of the Rainbow Wahine Classic. In men's basketball: --No. 8 Illinois 86, Texas Southern 57: Reserve guard Sean Harrington 's scored a career-high 17 points as the Illini won in Champaign. Harrington was 6 for 6 shooting, including five 3-pointers. --No. 19 Oklahoma 78, Oregon State 60: J.R. Raymond made five 3-pointers and three teammates had two apiece as the Sooners ran away from the Beavers to claim the Big Island Invitational championship in Hawaii. --Long Beach State 79, Tulane 75: Ramel Lloyd scored 18 points, the last two off a steal by Michael Darrett, as the 49ers survived a late Green Wave rally in the third-place game of the Big Island Invitational. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sergio McClain of Illinois gets in front of Akil Butler of Texas Southern, which was routed 86-57 Sunday in Champaign, Ill. Robert O'Daniel/Associated Press |
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