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No. 24 BYU beats Idaho State 73-50
Nov 10 2006 11:58PM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Shawnee Slade and Mallary Gillespie each had 10 points to lead No. 24 BYU to a 73-50 victory over Idaho State on Friday night in the first round of the preseason WNIT.
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Impressive debuts lift Yellow Jackets
Nov 10 2006 11:56PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - It's no surprise Javaris Crittenton felt comfortable in his Georgia Tech debut. "I didn't have any jitters, personally," the freshman point guard said. "I'm in my hometown, and I know I've got a lot of support."
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No. 24 BYU recovers for 73-50 victory
Nov 10 2006 11:53PM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Turnovers were an issue in the first half for No. 24 Brigham Young, but not enough to keep the Cougars from a 73-50 win against Idaho State Friday in the first round of the preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament.
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Top-ranked Terps barely pull out opener
Nov 10 2006 11:49PM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Brenda Frese sounds grateful enough to send a thank-you note to her friend, Middle Tennessee coach Rick Insell. His Blue Raiders gave her top-ranked Maryland Terrapins a lesson Friday night on what it's like to be the team everyone wants to beat. Kristi Toliver hit a 3-pointer with 3:11 left to break a tie at 72, and the defending national champions pulled out an 80-76 victory in the opener for both teams.
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Gee, Crimson Tide slam Jackson St. 96-65
Nov 10 2006 11:45PM (CT)
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alonzo Gee said he wasn't expecting to get off to such a fast start in Alabama's 96-65 win over Jackson State on Friday night. "It just came," said Gee, who scored on a crushing dunk in the game's opening minute and finished with 10 points of the Crimson Tide's first 11 points.
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No. 19 Baylor beats North Texas 84-47
Nov 10 2006 11:42PM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - Bernice Mosby scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as No. 19 Baylor defeated North Texas 84-47 Friday in the first round of the Preseason NIT.
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No. 2 Tar Heels stifle ETSU in 96-35 win
Nov 10 2006 11:40PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's three returning starters draw plenty of attention wherever they go. That made for a memorable debut for freshman Jessica Breland. Proving there was more to the No. 2 Tar Heels' lineup than Ivory Latta, Breland had 18 points and 14 rebounds in her first game to lead North Carolina to a season-opening 96-35 rout of East Tennessee State on Friday night.
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No. 18 Huskies escape with 53-46 victory
Nov 10 2006 11:39PM (CT)
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut entered this season with eight freshmen and five sophomores, being billed as a team that was very young and very talented. In the season opener Friday, they mostly looked young. The 18th-ranked Huskies scored just 18 second-half points, shooting 17 percent from the field after intermission, but held on to beat in-state rival Quinnipiac 53-46.
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Abrams' 3's spark Longhorns to 92-66 win
Nov 10 2006 11:28PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A.J. Abrams scored 28 points, including eight 3-pointers, to lead No. 21 Texas to a 92-66 win Friday over Chicago State in the Austin regional championship game of the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament.
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No. 20 Syracuse cruises to 83-51 win
Nov 10 2006 11:25PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Life without Gerry McNamara started well for the Syracuse Orange. Demetris Nichols scored 15 points, Darryl Watkins had 11 and five blocks, and No. 20 Syracuse beat St. Francis of New York 83-51 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
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Buckeyes score big in record-setting win
Nov 10 2006 11:23PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - After his postgame remarks, VMI coach Duggar Baucom asked about the big showdown between Michigan and Ohio State in football next Saturday. When a reporter joked that Ohio State was a basketball school, Baucom deadpanned, "It was tonight."
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Top-Ranked Gators open with easy victory
Nov 10 2006 11:22PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Top-ranked Florida opened this season much like it finished the last one: running the floor, creating easy baskets and dominating another opponent. Once again, Joakim Noah was at the center of it all.
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Marquette's late run yields slim victory
Nov 10 2006 11:11PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Jerel McNeal had 19 points and seven rebounds to lead No. 16 Marquette to a 76-66 season-opening victory over Hillsdale College on Friday night.
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No. 25 Volunteers open with blowout
Nov 10 2006 11:01PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl's voice was hoarse, and he looked relieved after the No. 25 Volunteers' first game of the season. That's what a young team will do to a coach. JaJuan Smith scored 16 points, and freshman reserve Josh Tabb added 13 in Tennessee's 83-52 victory over Middle Tennessee on Friday night.
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No. 18 Lobos open with 74-44 victory
Nov 10 2006 10:22PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Julie Briody had 17 points and all five New Mexico starters scored in double figures as the No. 18 Lobos opened their season with a 74-44 win over Florida Atlantic on Friday.
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Spears leads No. 15 B.C. over UNH
Nov 10 2006 9:47PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Shamari Spears planted himself right in the lane that Craig Smith vacated and picked up where his predecessor left off. The Boston College freshman scored 23 points in his college debut, and Jared Dudley added 19 points and 11 rebounds Friday to lead No. 15 BC to a 86-47 opening night victory over New Hampshire.
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No. 13 Arizona State tops Huskers 87-60
Nov 10 2006 9:02PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Emily Westerberg scored 20 points and Jill Noe added 15 points and nine rebounds to help No. 13 Arizona State open its season with an 87-60 victory over Nebraska on Friday night.
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No. 13 Arizona State tops Huskers 87-60
Nov 10 2006 9:01PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Emily Westerberg scored 20 points and Jill Noe added 15 points and nine rebounds to help No. 13 Arizona State open its season with an 87-60 victory over Nebraska on Friday night.
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Auburn trying to avoid more doldrums
Nov 10 2006 6:58PM (CT)
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - The game starts in the lazy morning hours against a seemingly pedestrian team with a freshman quarterback and double rushing threats. No, Auburn is not having nightmarish flashbacks to the Arkansas debacle.
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National contender: Why not Rutgers?
Nov 10 2006 6:24PM (CT)
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Even the thought of Rutgers playing for the national championship is too much for some people to take. It doesn't sound right. And it definitely doesn't feel right to suggest undefeated Rutgers is better than Southern California, Texas, Florida, Auburn or Notre Dame, all with one loss.
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Irish know Falcons are no easy task
Nov 10 2006 5:28PM (CT)
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - For a quick refresher on defending the option they'll see Saturday at Air Force, the ninth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish could look back on their thumping of Navy two weeks ago.
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Unranked Seminoles favored over Deacons
Nov 10 2006 5:24PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Wake Forest is in first-place in the ACC's Atlantic Division, having already matched the school record for victories. Florida State is trying to salvage a disappointing season.
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Minus Joe Pa, Penn St. prepares for Owls
Nov 10 2006 5:16PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Joe Paterno won't be around Saturday at Beaver Stadium, though Penn State wideout Deon Butler knows exactly what his injured coach wants to accomplish against Temple. The top priority is a win. Scoring more points would be nice, too.
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Trojans begin difficult homestretch
Nov 10 2006 4:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California has held the ultimate homefield advantage the past five years, winning 30 straight games at the Los Angeles Coliseum. That advantage figures to be severely tested the next three weekends, starting Saturday night against No. 21 Oregon.
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Marshall team plane evacuated for smoke
Nov 10 2006 4:10PM (CT)
CEREDO, W.Va. (AP) - A charter plane carrying the Marshall University football team to a game against East Carolina was evacuated after smoke was reported in an engine, airport officials said.
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No. 6 Gators now playing for 'nonsense'
Nov 10 2006 2:41PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Coach Urban Meyer called it "Florida nonsense" earlier this season, a polite excuse to avoid talking about the national title picture or the Bowl Championship Rankings.
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Miami vs. Maryland: 'Therapy' for 'Canes
Nov 10 2006 2:29PM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - University of Miami football is supposed to be about winning and having fun. There hasn't been much of either for the Hurricanes this season.
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Rutgers stuns No. 3 Louisville 28-25
Nov 10 2006 8:06AM (CT)
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Somewhere in the sea of red-clad bodies that spilled out onto the field at Rutgers Stadium was the most unlikely national title contender college football has seen _ maybe ever.
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Davenport wants NCAA title as her legacy
Nov 10 2006 3:59AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jessica Davenport came to Ohio State as a shy girl trying to get comfortable in her 6-foot-5 frame while learning to use it as leverage on a basketball court. She hopes she leaves celebrating at midcourt with her friends, a net draped around her neck and a trophy in her grasp. That's about all she hasn't accomplished.
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Abiamiri has shot at Irish sack record
Nov 10 2006 3:53AM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Notre Dame defensive end Victor Abiamiri remembers joking with Justin Tuck two years ago about breaking his school record for sacks. "I'd be trash talking to him, 'Oh you have the record but I'm going to break it,'" Abiamiri said.
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Paterno won't coach Penn St.-Temple game
Nov 10 2006 2:19AM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Heeding his doctor's advice, injured Penn State coach Joe Paterno will not be in the stadium Saturday when the Nittany Lions play Temple _ missing his first game since 1977.
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No. 6 UCLA defeats Humboldt State 87-61
Nov 10 2006 2:18AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Josh Shipp scored 21 points and Arron Afflalo added 18 to lead No. 6 UCLA past Humboldt State 87-61 in an exhibition game Thursday night.
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Beck leads BYU to 55-7 rout of Wyoming
Nov 10 2006 12:31AM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - After going nearly five years as an unranked team, Brigham Young made an emphatic return to the Top 25. The Cougars gained 454 yards against the top-rated defense in the Mountain West Conference and clinched a share of the league title by routing Wyoming 55-7 Thursday night. BYU can win the championship outright with one more win.
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NCAA: Athletes graduating at higher rate
Nov 10 2006 12:30AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - NCAA president Myles Brand commended college athletes for their academic improvement Thursday, then criticized poor fact-checking by the media and government for failing to report the true story.
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No. 4 Stanford opens with 88-61 victory
Nov 10 2006 12:28AM (CT)
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Brooke Smith and Candice Wiggins showed why they will be one of the best tandems in women's college basketball this season. Smith scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help No. 4 Stanford open its season with a 88-61 victory over Loyola Marymount on Thursday night in the first round of the preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament.
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No. 21 Texas destroys Alcorn St. 103-44
Nov 10 2006 12:08AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - What a start for Kevin Durant and the freshmen crew for No. 21 Texas. Durant scored 20 points and No. 21 Texas' highly touted class of newcomers got off to a roaring start Thursday night with a 103-44 win over Alcorn State in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic.
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