Story Archive for 11/30/2008
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Stanford Outclasses Rainbow Wahine @Waikiki
Published on November 30, 2008 at 10:55PM
HONOLULU (AP)—Jillian Harmon had 18 points, while Jayne Appel posted 16 points on perfect 8 for 8 shooting to lead the #6 Stanford Lady Cardinal to an 83-54 win over the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Sunday at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic. The Lady Cardinal broke the game open with a key 28-9 run to earn a 69-33 lead. Sara Ilic had 15 points in the loss for Hawaii. In other Top 25 action Sunday, #1 Connecticut stormed past #4 Oklahoma, 106-78, #9 Texas obliterated Florida Atlantic, 87-38, #12 Tennessee hammered DePaul, 88-67, Gonzaga shocked #15 Virginia, 69-62, #16 Auburn downed Florida International, 63-52, #20 Old Dominion blasted Norfolk State, 97-54, #21 Ohio State waxed Dayton, 76-61, #22 Iowa State overpowered San Diego State, 87-71, and #23 Purdue stymied Prairie View A&M, 65-51.
Harden Slams Texas-El Paso In Record-Setting Performance
Published on November 30, 2008 at 10:49PM
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—James Harden posted a career-high and 76 Classic Tournament record 40 points as the #18 Arizona State Sun Devils decimated the Texas-El Paso Miners, 88-58 Saturday at the Anaheim Convention Center. Harden nailed 14 of 25 shots in his masterful performance, while drilling six of seven 3-point attempts. Randy Culpepper had 24 points for the Miners who made a paltry 30 percent of their shots on the game. The win improved the Sun Devils to 5-1 on the season, while Texas-El Paso slumped to 3-3. In other Top 25 action Sunday, #1 North Carolina obliterated UNC-Asheville, 116-48, Western Kentucky steamrolled #3 Louisville, 68-54, #6 Michigan State snuck past Wichita State, 65-57, #7 Texas hammered Rice, 77-56, #8 Notre Dame shellacked Furman, 93-61, #10 Gonzaga bested #12 Tennessee, 83-74, #16 Georgetown decimated Maryland, 75-48, and #18 Florida hammered Missouri-Kansas City, 86-65.
Stars Blast Oilers in the Metroplex
Published on November 30, 2008 at 10:39PM
DALLAS (AP)—Mike Modano scored the game-winning goal, the 537th of his career and the Dallas Stars got past the Edmonton Oilers, 4-3 Sunday at American Airlines Center. Mike Ribeiro, Toby Petersen and Sean Avery also scored for the Stars while they improved to 23-4-2 at home against Edmonton since moving to the Metroplex from Minnesota in 1993. The win improved Dallas to 8-11-4 on the season, while the Oilers fell to 10-11-2. In other NHL action Sunday, Florida blanked the New York Rangers, 4-0, St. Louis doubled up Atlanta, 4-2, and Anaheim waxed Carolina, 4-1.
Billups' Big Night Leads Nuggets Past Rockets
Published on November 30, 2008 at 10:38PM
DENVER (AP)—Chauncey Billups had 28 points and 10 assists and the Denver Nuggets improved to 11-3 with him in their lineup as they got past the Houston Rockets, 104-94 Sunday at Pepsi Center. The Denver defense also limited the Rockets to 41 percent shooting on the night as they improved to 12-6 on the season while Houston fell to 11-7. In other NBA action Sunday, Portland humbled Detroit, 96-85, Chicago stymied Philadelphia, 103-92, New Jersey outgunned Phoenix, 117-109, and the Los Angeles Lakers blew past Toronto, 112-99.
Broncos Ground Jets @ Meadowlands
Published on November 30, 2008 at 10:33PM
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)—Amid the rain and blustery conditions present at Giants Stadium, Jay Cutler (27 of 43, 357 yards, 2 TD’s, INT) had an outstanding performance to lead the Denver Broncos to a 34-17 dismantling of the New York Jets Sunday. The Broncos stormed out to a 17-7 lead at the end of the first quarter as new acquisition Vernon Fox returned a fumble 23 yards for a score while Cutler hit rookie speedster Eddie Royal on a 59-yard scoring strike. In the early going the Jets remained in striking distance as tailback Thomas Jones (16 car, 138 yards, 2 TD’s) had scoring runs of 59 and 29 yards although a Peyton Hillis (22 car, 129 yards, TD) touchdown run enabled the Broncos to lead 27-14 at intermission. In the second half, Cutler did just enough to keep Denver ahead while the Broncos defense forced the Jets to turn the ball over on downs several times. The win improved the Broncos to 7-5 on the season while New York fell to 8-4. In other NFL action Sunday, Miami edged St. Louis, 16-12, Tampa Bay outlasted New Orleans, 23-20, Baltimore smoked Cincinnati, 34-3, Carolina outgunned Green Bay, 35-31, Indianapolis stymied Cleveland, 10-6, San Francisco blasted Buffalo, 10-3, the New York Giants hammered Washington, 23-7, Atlanta gashed San Diego, 22-16, Pittsburgh shellacked New England, 33-10, Kansas City embarrassed Oakland, 20-13, and Minnesota trounced Chicago, 34-13.
Lady Horns Handle Georgia Tech @ South Beach
Published on November 30, 2008 at 12:07AM
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP)—Brittainey Raven had 20 points and the #9 Texas Lady Longhorns gashed the Georgia Tech Lady Yellow Jackets, 76-68 Saturday at the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Challenge. Erika Arriaran added 15 points for Texas, who will face Florida Atlantic in the tournament title game Sunday. Iasia Hemingway posted 13 points in the loss for Georgia Tech. In other Top 25 action Saturday, #2 North Carolina held off Oregon State, 82-78, #3 California pounded Iowa, 76-43, #5 Texas A&M tripped up Pepperdine, 70-60, #6 Stanford hammered #22 Iowa State, 83-45, Wisconsin edged #7 Baylor, 59-58, Nevada outgunned #8 Louisville, 85-82, #10 Notre Dame handled Michigan State, 78-72, #15 Virginia got past Marquette, 76-71, #16 Auburn stonewalled North Carolina State, 66-51, #17 Vanderbilt walloped Virginia Tech, 72-43, Florida downed #19 Arizona State, 65-60, #21 Ohio State blasted Boston U., 72-47, #23 Purdue obliterated Hawaii, 90-74, and #25 Xavier coasted past Winthrop, 66-43.