ROUNDUP : LOUISVILLE HANDLES CINCINNATI.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. Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson (born August 17, 1954) is a guitarist and recording artist from Austin, Texas. scored 10 points during a 20-5 run that sparked the No. 9 Louisville Cardinals For University of Louisville's independent weekly student newspaper, see . The Louisville Cardinals (also known as the Cards) are the athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. to a rugged 81-70 victory over the No. 8 Cincinnati Bearcats The Cincinnati Bearcats are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Cincinnati. Since July 1, 2005, the school's athletic teams have been members of the Big East Conference. in Louisville, Ky., on Thursday night. Louisville (18-2, 5-1 Conference USA) made 34 of 45 free throws as Cincinnati committed a season-high 34 fouls. Cincinnati (14-4, 3-1) also turned the ball over 22 times, which the Cardinals converted to 18 points. No. 4 Utah 74, Texas-El Paso 51: Keith Van Horn For the American football player, see . Keith Adam Van Horn (born October 23 1975, in Fullerton, California) is an American basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks. Van Horn graduated from Diamond Bar High School and played for the University of Utah. , coming off the bench after getting into early foul trouble, keyed a second-half run that sent the Utes (15-2, 7-0 Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack") was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly ) to a win over the host Miners. Van Horn, out most of the first half after getting two fouls in the first six minutes, was scoreless at halftime. But he scored 11 points in a decisive 15-2 run that gave the Utes a 24-point advantage with less than five minutes remaining. No. 7 Clemson 70, Georgia Tech 57: Terrell McIntyre scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half as the host Tigers (17-3, 6-2 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. ) avoided losing their third straight game with a victory over the Yellow Jackets. Ohio St. 73, No. 17 Indiana 67: Damon Stringer scored 18 points including four free throws in the final 21 seconds as the host Buckeyes - coming off a 31-point loss to Northwestern and missing two of its top players - upset the Hoosiers. Ohio State (8-9, 3-5 in the Big Ten) shot 52 percent from the field - the first team to shoot better than 50 percent against Indiana in 45 games. No. 21 Tulsa 69, Southern Methodist 49: Shea Seals scored 14 points and reached the 2,000-point mark in career scoring as the host Golden Hurricans (16-5, 6-1 WAC WAC (Women's Army Corps), U.S. army organization created (1942) during World War II to enlist women as auxiliaries for noncombatant duty in the U.S. army. Before 1943 it was known as the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby. ) defeated the Mustangs. No. 24 Marquette 71, S. Florida 36: Chris Crawford scored 22 points and the Golden Eagles shut down the Bulls with the nation's stingiest field-goal defense. Marquette (14-3, 5-1 in Conference USA) won for the 12th time in 13 games. Memphis' Finch to step down: After Memphis defeated Southern Mississippi 68-54, Memphis coach Larry Finch announced he would resign at the end of the season. The last three years of his contract will be bought out, it was announced. He has compiled a 215-124 record and is the school's winningest coach. WOMEN No. 1 Connecticut 60, Boston College 39: Carla Berube scored 14 points as the top-ranked Huskies extended their regular-season winning streak to 32 games with a victory over the Eagles in Storrs, Conn. With the win, UConn's senior class set a school record for most victories by a four-year class with 118. The seniors are 118-7. No. 4 Louisiana Tech 96, New Orleans 62: Junior center Alisa Burras scored 19 of her career-high 35 points in the first half and host Louisiana Tech slammed the Privateers in the Sun Belt Conference. No. 6 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. 80, Georgia Tech 77: Chanel Wright made two free throws with 15 seconds left and the Tar Heels held on to beat the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta. Tracy Reid's free throw snapped a 65-65 tie with 7:04 left and North Carolina (18-1, 9-0 ACC See adaptive cruise control. ) made 10 of its last 11 free-throw attempts on the way to its 11th consecutive victory. Wright made all six of her free throws in the final seven minutes. No. 12 Kansas 69, No. 11 Texas Tech 52: Tamecka Dixon scored 24 points, including 11 in a decisive second-half run that led the host Jayhawks over the Red Raiders. The game pitted the Big 12 conference's top two scorers - Texas Tech's Alicia Thompson, who was averaging 21.7 points per game coming in, and Dixon, averaging 21.1 - and the teams picked by the media as conference co-champions in the preseason. No. 20 Stephen F. Austin Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836), known as the "Father of Texas," led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by the United States. The capital city of Austin, Texas, Austin County, Texas, Stephen F. 86, Sam Houston St. 58: Christie Smith scored 31 points, leading the Lumberjacks over Sam Houston State in a Southland Conference game in Huntsville, Texas. No. 24 W. Kentucky 63, Texas-Pan American 42: In Edinburg, Texas, junior Leslie Johnson scored 16 points, including 12 in the second half, and the Lady Hilltoppers beat the Lady Broncs (3-15, 1-6). CAPTION(S): Box Box: THE TOP 25 |
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