ROUNDUP : BRUINS' BAD START FINISHES THEM OFF.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. Coach Tara VanDerveer Tara VanDerveer is the Stanford University women's basketball coach for most of the past two decades. She has led her Stanford team, known as The Cardinal, to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships in 1990 and 1992. sounded as if her team had just lost. ``We couldn't get the flow of the game going. We built up a lead but let them get to the line. UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX did a good job getting us in foul trouble,'' the Stanford coach said Friday after the third-ranked Cardinal downed host UCLA 74-62. Although Stanford (15-1, 3-0 Pacific-10) won the game handily hand·i·ly adv. 1. In an easy manner. 2. In a convenient manner. Adv. 1. handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" conveniently 2. , the Cardinal had a couple of starters injured. Jamila Wideman Jamila Wideman (born October 16, 1975) is an American female left-handed point guard basketball player and activist. Early life Wideman's father, John Edgar Wideman, an African-American author and professor, is the first 2-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a went out with a sprained ankle A sprained ankle, also known as a ankle sprain, ankle injury or ankle ligament injury, is a common medical condition where one or more of the ligaments of the ankle is torn or partially torn. and Vanessa Nygaard bruised her right knee. Their status for Sunday's game against USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. was uncertain. ``We played like a young team early in the game; we played like freshmen. But I'm not upset,'' UCLA coach Kathy Olivier said, adding that the Bruins came back. ``We never got down. If we play like this against any other team, we win the game.'' Kate Starbird scored 27 points to lead the Cardinal. Takiyah Jackson led the Bruins (7-5, 1-2) with 18 points and 10 rebounds, but was the only UCLA scorer in double figures. USC 91, California 57: Tina Thompson scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the USC women to a romp over visiting California. The Women of Troy (9-3, 3-0 Pacific-10) led just 34-31 at halftime, but started the second half with a 14-0 run and were in command the rest of the way. Adrain Williams added 12 points and 13 rebounds for USC. Liz Rizzo led Cal (5-7, 1-2) with 11 points, all in the first half. No. 6 Alabama 72, Mississippi St. 52: Shalonda Enis scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the visiting Crimson Tide recorded its 11th straight victory. Mississippi State (9-7, 1-3 Southeastern Conference) led 14-10 with 11:57 remaining in the first half, but Alabama (13-2, 3-0) closed the half with a 13-0 run for a 35-22 advantage. Jemmye Ann Helms scored seven straight points during a 13-2 run as Mississippi State clawed back to trail just 48-44 with 9:37 to play. But Enis scored six points as Alabama responded with an 18-2 run. No. 24 DePaul 90, Saint Louis 72: Mfon Udoka scored 27 points and 14 rebounds as visiting DePaul defeated Saint Louis. DePaul (8-2, 1-1 Conference USA) is unbeaten in 14 games against Saint Louis dating to 1978-79. MEN No. 6 Cincinnati 91, Miami (Ohio) 61: At Cincinnati, Danny Fortson scored a season-high 34 points as the Bearcats A Bearcat is another name for a binturong, a sloth-like mammal from Southeast Asia. A Bearcat is also the mascot for Willamette University, Binghamton University, CUNY Baruch, Northwest Missouri State University, Southwest Baptist University, and the University of Cincinnati. (11-2) earned their ninth straight victory. Miami (7-3) couldn't figure out how to stop Fortson and couldn't hit its shots, a combination that resulted in its fourth consecutive loss to Cincinnati. The Redskins Redskins can refer to:
Arizona gets Simon back: Arizona junior guard Miles Simon had his academic eligibility restored and will accompany the No. 7 Wildcats to Tempe for this afternoon's game at Arizona State. Simon, who had started 39 of 55 games and averaged 11.6 points per game, missed all 11 games to start the season for the Wildcats (9-2). |
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