ROY, HUSKIES ADVANCE.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. - Quick, name the Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members Player of the Year. Can't do it? Most of the country probably can't either. But if Washington's Brandon Roy Brandon Roy (born July 23, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American professional basketball player with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. - yes, he's the correct answer - keeps this up, whatever lid has been placed on his notoriety this season will soon be pried pried 1 v. Past tense and past participle of pry1. off. Roy scored a game-high 21 points, including five during the Huskies' comeback from an 11-point, second-half deficit as Washington advanced to its second consecutive Sweet 16 with a 67-64 victory over Illinois on Saturday afternoon at San Diego State's Cox Arena . Washington, the fifth-seed in the Washington D.C. Regional, advances to play the winner of today's second-round game between top-seeded Connecticut and eighth-seeded Kentucky. ``I wondered why I remember some athletes back in the day and not others. It was because they were champions,'' Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said. ``I think Brandon Roy's name has to be associated with winning now. He has raised everyone's awareness of how good of a basketball player he is.'' In a game of wild momentum swings, Roy, who was just a sixth man on last season's Washington team, was the only constant. He paced Washington (26-6) with 12 points in the first half and added nine more after the break. Roy was no surprise to the Fighting Illini (26-7). During Friday's news conference, coach Bruce Weber said Roy might be the best player his team would face all season. Illinois focused its defense accordingly, double-teaming Roy whenever possible and forcing him to earn every basket. Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Washington's Brandon Roy, left, and Joel Smith celebrate the Huskie's 67-64 win over Illinois. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press |
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