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43 The Index-Journal. Greenwood, C. Sunday, November 30, 20C3 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE IS Turiaf, Gonzaga defeat Georgia in. OT SECStandnge Con. Overall Eastern OMsion W-L W-L Sou Carotin 0-0 t-0 vanderMt 0-0 34 Ftonae 0-0 2-0 Tennessee 0-0 2-0 Kentucky 0-0 20 Georgia 04 2-1 niMrn umwon LSU 0-0 4-0 Auburn 04 3-0 Arkansas 0-0 34 Missssippi State 0-0 3-0 Alabama OO 2-2 MiBairjoippi 0-0 2-1 0 ill a rf.

7 jA By The Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. Ronny Turiaf scored all 1 1 of Gonza-ga's points in overtime and made key defensive stops in the No. 16 Bulldogs 82-76 victory over Georgia on Saturday. Turiaf led Gonzaga (3-1). which suffered its largest margin of defeat last season at Georgia by a score of 95-83.

with 23 points. He also grabbed the final rebound of the game to seal the victory. Rashad Wright's basket for Georgia (2-1) tied the score at 71 -all with 4 seconds left in regulation. i Turiaf. playing with four fouls, hit three of four free throws to open the overtime for a 74-7 1 Gonzaga lead.

Georgia's Jonas Hayes, who had 20 points, sank a pair from the line to make it 74-73. Turiaf 's turnaround jumper made it 76-73 for Gonzaga, then Turiaf blocked Hayes' shot and made a layup on the other end for a 78-73 lead. Levi Stukes replied with a 3-pointer and Georgia trailed 78-76 with 1:15 left. Each team missed a shot and Gonzaga ran down the clock before Turiaf was fouled with 8 seconds left He made both free throws, then rebounded Wright's missed shot on the other end. Turiaf made two final free throws with less than a second left.

The teams traded leads throughout the game, none larger than five points until the final score. Georgia led 54-52 when Gon-zaga's Cory Violette. playing with four fouls, scored five consecutive points. Erroll Knight's layup capped a 7-0 run as Gonzaga built a 59-54 lead with 6 minutes left. But Rashad Wright's steal and slam, followed by his 3-pointer, finished a 7-0 Georgia reply for a 63-61 lead with 4 minutes left.

Wright had 21 points. Violette fouled out with the score tied 65-all with 2:13 left, and Jonas Hayes made both free throws. Freshman Sean Mallon, who replaced Violette, scored consecutive layups for a 69-67 Gonzaga lead with 1 minute left. Damien Wilkins' free throws tied the game at 69-all. Wright fouled a driving Blake Stepp with 1 1 seconds left and Stepp swished both free throws.

But Wright hit 3 short jumper to tie the score at 71 -all and Stepp's half court shot missed as AP photo Georgia guard Levi Stukes, left, drives to the right, in the first half of Saturday's game, lane against Gonzaga guard Errol Knight, Georgia fell, 82-76, in overtime. ing the run and the Razorbacks pushed the lead to 20 before Jacksonville (1-2) made a bid to stay in the game by making four 3-pointers. Arkansas, 3-0 for the first time since 1998-99, has never trailed in victories of Nicholls State, Grambling State and Jacksonville. Leading 67-54, Modica put the Dolphins away with eight points in a 13-5 run. Modica, who has led the Razorbacks in scoring in each game, picked up his second 20-point game of the season.

The sophomore only had two 20-point games as a freshman. It's the second game in row that a slow second-half start kept Jacksonville from challenging for an upset on the road. Vanderbilt 94 60 NASHVILLE, Tenn. David Przybyszewski led four Vanderbilt players in double-figures with 16 points as the Commodores defeated Tennessee-Martin. Julian Terrell scored 14, Mario Moore chipped in 13 and Corey Smith added 11 for Vanderbilt (3-0), which never trailed and led by as many as 37 points, 94-57 on Martin Schnedlitz's layup with 1:08 remaining.

Tennessee-Martin (2-3) was led by Earl Bullock, who scored 17 points. Vanderbilt outre-bounded the Skyhawks 49-26, with Przybyszewski leading the way with 10. Vanderbilt broke out to an 8-3 lead and gradually built on it for the remainder of the first half. The Commodores' biggest first-half lead was 15 points as Moore and Przybyszewski led the offensive attack. Tennessee-Martin was never able to get the second-half lead below 12.

Vanderbilt has now won 23 of 24 ARKANSAS 85, JACKSONVRXE 65 JACKSONVILLE (1-2) Lee 3-6 1-2 9. Quamtanos 5-11 2-5 12. Didon 04 0-0 0. Lozancic 3-9 3-5 (, McBnde 1-4 0-0 3 Conerly 2-8 4-5 10. Vros.

1-2 CM) 2, Stockton 54 04 12, Kampte 0-0 00 0. Oialk) 3-7 00 8. Totals 23-5510-17 65. ARKANSAS (3-0) Brewer 8-8 0-012, Ferguson 3-8 0-08, Phans 2-4 0-0 5. Modica 10-13 2-3 23, Hunter 3-5 0-0 6, Jones 2-5 0-0 4.

Mukubu 0-2 0-2 a Tatum 0-1 0-0 0. Davis 7-16 1-1 19. Sullivan 0-1 0-0 0. Crantord 0-1 0-0 0, Famutmc 2-4 3-4 8, Blaokmon 00 00 0 Totals 35-68 6-10 85 Hatltime Arkansas 35-28. 3-Point goals Jacksonville 9-25 (Stockton 2-4, Lee 2-5.

Conerly 2-5, Oallo 2-5, McBnde 1-3. Lozancic 0-1. Quaintance 0-2), Arkansas 9-21 (Davis 4-8. Ferguson 2-3, Phans 1-1, Modica 1-1, Famutimi 1-2, Jones 0-1, Mukubu 0-1, Tatum 0-1, Crantord 0-1. Brewer 0-2).

Fouled out None. Rebounds Jacksonville 35 (Quaintance 8), Arkansas 36 (Jones 6). Assists Jacksonville 17 (Conerly 10). Arkansas 22 (Brewer 7). Total fouls Jacksonville 13.

Arkansas 19. A 6.165. MISSISSIPPI 52, SE LOUISIANA 48 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (1-2) West 5-10 3-3 13. Lofton 5-14 1-2 11, Gardener 0-4 2-2 2, Abdur-Rahim 2-15 6-10 12. Pattern 1-4 0-0 2.

Verner 00 04 0, Bryant 0-0 0-00. Berry 0-0 00 0, Frey 0-4 2-2 2, Walker 3-5 00 6. Totals 16-56 14-19 48. MISSISSIPPI (2-1) Harper 4-15 2-3 11, Reed 7-16 7-9 21, Eddie 0-1 0-0 0, Abernethy 1-4 0-0 2. Doyne 2-5 0-0 6.

Moore 00 00 1, Fox 4-6 00 10, Johnson 1-4 00 2, Nunnery 0-1 0-0 0, Glass 0-0 0-0 0, Rhodes 0-0 00 0, Scott 00 00 0, Jackson 00 00 0. Totals 19-52 9-12 52. Halftime Mississippi 31, Southeastern 14 3-pom! goals Southeastern 2-14 (West 0-2, Lofton 0-1, Gardener 0-1, Abdur-Rahim 2-7, Patton 0-2, Frey 0-1), Mississippi 5-18 (Harper 1-7, Reed 0-2, Doyne 2-2, Fox 2-4, Johnson 0-2 Nunnery 0-1). Fouled out None. Rebounds Southeastern 40 (Lofton 14), Mississippi 36 (Reed 19).

Assists Southeastern 5 (Gardener 2), Mississippi 11 (Abernethy 4). Total fouls Southeastern 18, Mississippi 20. A 1 ,881 No. 16 GONZAGA 82, GEORGIA 78, OT GEORGIA (2-1) Wilkins 4-11 6-7 17, Hayes 7-12 5-5 20, Daniels 0- 3 3-4 3, Wright 8-19 2-3 21, Stukes 3-10 2-2 9, Prah 0-1 00 0, Wehunt 0-3 00 0, McAuley 0-0 0-0 0. Newman 1-1 0-0 2, Sikes 1-3 1-2 4, Waldrop 00 00 0.

Totals 24-63 19-23 76. GONZAGA (3-1) Turiaf 7-10 8-10 22. Bankhead 0-3 0-0 0. Violette 5-9 1-411, Skinner 34 2-2 8, Stepp 4-12 2-2 13, Morrison 4-1 14-4 12, Rarvio 0-1 04 0, Floyd 04 04 0, Knight 2-6 2-3 6, Mallon 3-5 04 6. Fox 2-4 04 4.

Totals 3007 1 9-25 82. Halftime Gonzaga 36-33. End of Regulation-Tied 71-71. 3-Point goals Georgia 9-27 (Wilkins 34, Wright 3-11, Hayes 1-1, Newman 1-1, Sikes 1- 3, Stukes 1-3, Prah 0-1, Wehunt 0-3), Gonzaga 3-20 (Stepp 3-8. Mallon 0-1 Raivio 0-1 Knight 0-2.

Skinner 0-2, Bankhead 0-3, Morrison 0-3). Fouled out Daniels, Violette. Rebounds Georgia 40 (Wilkins. Hayes 7), Gonzaga 41 (Tuna! 9). Assists Geprgia 7 (Wright 3), Gonzaga 14 (Stepp 8).

Total fouls Georgia 25, Gonzaga 19. A 10.830. PROVIDENCE 76, ALABAMA 71 ALABAMA (2-2) Davis 2-11 04 4, Thomas 7-10 1-2 20, Winston 5-10 2-2 12, Rainbow 3-4 1-1 7, Shelton 3-10 6-7 14, Brock 1-31-2 3. Smith 0-1 04 0, Davidson 1-2 04 2, Pettway 4-6 04 9. Totals 26-57 1 1-14 71.

PROVIDENCE (24) McGrath 1-7 2-2 5, Gomes 5-117-717, Douthlt 1 7 2-4 4, Kabba 5-11 0-0 14, Anrin 2-2 0-0 6, Brewlngton 1-2 00 2, Kotti 5-8 0-1 10. Sanders 6-1 1 34 18. Totals 26-59 14-20 76. Halftime Providence 30, Alabama 30. 3-Point Goals Alabama 8-17 (Thomas 5-6, Shelton 2-7, Pettway 1-1, Winston 0-2, Smith 0-1), Providence 10-23 (Kabba 4-8, Sanders 3-4, Anrin 2-2, McGrath 1-6, Gomes 0-3).

Fouled out None. Rebounds Alabama 33 (Davis, Winston 8), Providence 30 (Gomes 7). Assists Alabama 18 (Pettway 8), Providence 13 (Douthit, Sanders 3). Technical fouls None. Total Fouls Alabama 21 Providence 1 7.

A 9,256. MISS. STATE 81, WESTERN KENTUCKY 75 MISSISSIPPI STATE (34) Roberts 5-9 34 13, Vincent 2-5 00 6, Campbell 5-9 4-7 14, Bowers 6-12 0-0 15, Frazier 9-16 04 24, Ervin 0-4 00 0, Power 2-5 64 11, Smith 00 0-00. Totals 29-6013-1981. WESTERN KENTUCKY (0-3) Pandov 24 1-2 5, Dixon 7-11 1-1 15, Haynes 2-7 00 5, Winchester 9-14 5-5 26, Wells 6-19 54 20, Rumph 04 00 0, Brown 1-2 00 2.

Lambert 1-2 04 2, Higgins 00 04 0. Totals 2841 12-14 75. Halftime Mississippi State 41, Western Kentucky 41. 3-polnt goals Mississippi State 10-20 (Bowers 3-7, Frazier 6-10. Ervin 0-1, Power 1-2), Western Kentucky 7-21 (Pandov 0-2, Haynes 1-3, Winchester 3-7, Wells 3-9).

Fouled out None. Rebounds Mississippi State 34 (Roberts 10), Western Kentucky 33 (Wells 8). Assists Miss. State 14 (Ervin 4), Western Kentucky 17 (Haynes 5). Total fouls Miss.

State 14, Western Kentucky 18. Technicals Miss. Slate, Frazier, A 7,328. over Yale CLEMSON 84, WOFFORD 77 WOFFOflD(1-2) Taylor 3-7 1-4 8, Wilkerson 4-9 2-4 11, Daniels 2-7 04 4, Borders 8-17 04 17, Stephens 7-14 3-5 20, Tarr 0-1 04 0, Eaton 2-5 3-4 9, Fields 0-1 04 0, Marshall 0-3 04 0. Berg 3-10 04 6, Ihekweazu 1 -2 04 2.

Totals 30-76 9-1 7 77. CLEMSON (34) Babalola 5-12 5-9 17, Hobbs 6-9 1-2 13, Ford 10-15 5-10 25, Hamilton 6-12 3-10 15, Christie 3-6 3-4 10. Rice 0-1 04 0, Allen 04 04 0, Hudson 04 0-0 0, Robinson 1-4 00 2, Akingbala 1-1 0-4 2 Totals 3240 17-39 84. Halftime Wolford 41, Clemson 37. 3-Point goals Woflord 8-23 (Taylor 1-3, Wilkerson 1-2, Daniels 0-3, Borders 1-3, Stephens 3-6, Eaton 2-4, Marshall 0-2), Clemson 3-12 (Babalola 2-4 Hamilton 0-3, Christie 1-3, Rice 0-1, Robinson 0-1).

Fouled out Wilkerson. Borders. Rebounds Wofford 47 (Berg 9), Clemson 44 (Hobbs, Ford 12). Assists Wofford 15 (Stephens 5). Clemson 15 (Babalola 4).

Total fouls Wofford 80, Clemson 16. Technicals Wofford team, Clemson-Aklngbala. A 6,700. No. 18 WAKE FOREST 86, YALE 81 WAKE FOREST (34) Downey 3-7 04 7, Levy 8-13 2-2 19, Williams 6-12 0-0 12.

Gray 5-12 2-2 15, Paul 3-6 1-1 8 Ingram 2-3 04 5, Vytas 34 4-5 10, Williams 0-0 04 0, Joyce 1-2 04 3, Feather 00 0-0 0, Strickland 1-3 3-3 5, Benken 0-1 04 0, Buck 04 04 0 Vlsser 1-1 0-2 2. Totals 3346 12-15 86. YALE (3-2) Minoff 2-5 1-1 5, VTtelli 1-5 04 2, Martin 7-9 1-215, Draughan 3-7 5-7 11, Gamboa 24 1-2 6, Hughes 2- 2 34 8, Simon 04 04 0, Gaffield 0-1 2-2 2, Shumate 04 040, Lovett 1-3 04 2, Kaplan 3-4 2-2 8 Upshaw 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 21 -43 1 7-24 61 Halftime WF 41-27. 3-Point goals Wake Forest 8-18 (Gray 3-7, Downer 1-3, Levy 1-1, Paul 1-2, Ingram 1-2, Joyce 1-2, Vytas 0-1), Yale 2-12 (Hughes 1-1, Gamboa 1-3, Lovett 0-1, Minoff 0-2, Vitelli 0-2, Draughan 0-3).

Fouled out None. Rebounds WF 35 (Levy 7 Yale 24 (Dominick 5). Assists WF 15 (Paul 7), Yale 13 (Gamboa 5). Total fouls WF 20, Yale 16. A 4,031.

No. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 82, CLE. ST. 76 NORTH CAROLINA (34) Williams 9-18 54 24, McCants 8-22 2-4 18 May 7-13 5-10 19, Scott 2-9 2-4 7, Felton 2-5 2-2 6 Terry 2-5 2-2 6, Manuel 1 -2 0-0 2, Price 0-0 0-0 0, Bohlander 0-0 04 0, Sanders 04 0-0 0. Totals 31-7418-28 82.

CLEVELAND ST. (2-1) Westley 7-8 6-7 20, Badiane 4-8 04 8, Waters 1- 2 2-2 4, Robinson 4-13 3-7 12, Chavis 2-3 04 6, Morris 2-5 04 5, Koundoul 1-1 04 2, Tatham 0-3 3- 4 3, Coles 5-17 04 15, Ritzema 04 1-2 1, Murphy 04 04 0. Totals 2640 1 5-22 78. Halftime Cle. St.

41-37. 3-Point goals NC 2-1 1 (Williams 1-1, Scott 1-5, McCants 0-4, Terry 0-1), Cle. St. 9-27 (Coles 5-16, Chavis 2-3, Morris 1-1, Robinson 1-6, Westley 0-1). Fouled out Ritzema.

Rebounds NC 49 (McCants, May 13), Cle, St. 38 (Westley 11). Assists NC 19 (Felton 7), Cle. St. 16 (Westley 6).

Total fouls NC 21, Cleveland St. 26. A 11,534. time expired. Gonzaga plays just one or two home games a year away from tiny Martin Centre in the much larger Spokane Arena, and seemed to have trouble shooting in the first half, hitting just 2-of-1 1 from 3-point range.

Damien Wilkins, who had 12 first half points, hit two free throws and a 3-pointer as Georgia closed to 35-33 late in the first half. But Adam Morrison, who scored six of Gonzaga's final nine points, hit two free throws for a 37-33 halftime lead. Arkansas 85 Jacksonville 65 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Jonathan Modica scored 23 points and Arkansas used a 13-0 run at the start of the second half for an 85-65 victory over Jacksonville on Saturday. Kendrick Davis, who added 19 points, had eight points dur ACC Standings Saturday' Games SouMi CaraNna 77, CampbaN 4fl LSU 96.

La. -Monroe 65 Mississippi 52. SE Louisiana 48 Arkansas 85, Jacksonville 65 a Gonzaga 82. Georgia 76, OT Providence 76, Alabama 71 VanderbM 94. Tern-Martin 60 Mississippi State 81.

Western Kentucky 75 Auburn at GrarnMng (n) Colorado State at Auburn Kentucky vs. Marshall McNeese State at Mississippi St Tuesday Ronda ASM at Florida Towson at Georgia Texas at Tennessee Wednesday South Carolina at The Citadel Charlotte at Alabama Oral Roberts at Arkansas La. -Monroe at Mississippi St. IUPUI at vanderbilt Thursday Florida vs. Central Honda Friday Florida at Georgia Dec.

8 South Carolina at Clemaon Austin Peay at Alabama Arkansas vs. Illinois Stetson at Florida Kentucky vs. UCLA Memphis at Mississippi UAB at Mississippi St. Michigan at Vanderbilt non-conference home games. Providence 76 Alabama 71 BOSTON Rob Sanders scored 18 points, leading four Providence players in double figures, as the Friars survived a second half rally by Alabama to nip the Crimson Tide.

Alabama's Emmett Thomas led all scores with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 5-of-6 3-pointers. Alabama rallied from a 22-point deficit in the second half behind the shooting of Thomas and Earnest Shelton. It was Antoine Pettway's 3-pointer with 54 seconds left that cut the Friar lead to 71-69. Mississippi State 81 Western Kentucky 75 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. Winsome Frazier scored a career-high 24 points as Mississippi State defeated Western Kentucky, ending the Hilltop-pers' 39-game home-court winning streak.

Timmy Bowers scored 15 and Marcus Campbell added 14 for the Bulldogs (3-0), who shot 50 percent (10-of-20) from 3-point range. Lawrence Roberts added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mississippi State. AP photo up for a basket against Wake Saturday's game. The Demon ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Four players in double figures lead Wake Forest Con. Overall W-L W-L Georiga Tech 1 00 54 Florida State 04 44 North Carolina State 0-0 3-0 North Carolina 04 3-0 Duke 0-0 34 Wake Forest 04 34 Clemson 04 34 Maryland 0-0 2-0 Virginia 0-0 2-0 Saturday's Games Clemson Wake Forest 86, Yale 61 North Carolina 82, Cleveland State 76 Hotstra at Maryland (n) Monday Northwestern at Florida State Tuesday Indiana at Wake Forest NC.

State at Michigan Wisconsin at Maryland Wednesday 1 Clemson at Purdue Mississippi at Florida State Georgia Tech at Ohio Stale Duke at Michigan State Minnesota at Virginia Friday Virginia at VMI Dec. 6 South Carolina at Clemson St. John at Duke Fairleigh Dickinson at Florida State Maryland vs Gonzaga Richmond at Wake Forest ft far .0 fj A'aP ii SL. syi By The Associated Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Jamal Levy made sure Wake Forest didn't let up against Yale.

Levy led four Wake Forest players in double figures with 19 points as the No. 18 Demon Deacons rolled to a 86-61 victory over Yale on Saturday before 4,031 at the Arena at Harbbr Yard. Levy also had a game-high seven rebounds for Wake Forest, which had 11 team steals and forced 20 turnovers. Justin Gray added 15 points, Eric Williams 12 and Vytas Danelius 10 for the Demon Deacons, who shot 33-for-66 from the field. "I thought we played very hard today," Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser said.

"We were fighting for every rebound and every loose ball. We paid great attention to the basketball today." Wake Forest, off to a 3-0 start for the fifth straight year, hosts Indiana on Tuesday in the ACCBig Ten challenge. The Demon Deacons have been ranked in the Top 25 for 15 consecutive weeks under Prosser. Yale (3-2) gave No. 1 Connecticut a scare in its season opener 12 days earlier before succumbing 70-60.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs couldn't solve Wake Forest's suffocating defense. "We know Yale is an NCAA-caliber team and we expected an NCAA tournament caliber school in Cleveland, drilled his 3 from the right wing as the Tar Heels (3-0) overcame a four-point deficit by scoring the game's final 10 points. Omari Westley scored 20 points and Percell Coles had 15 all on 3-pointers for the Vikings (2-1), who won just eight games last season but more then held their own against one of the nation's elite programs. Williams scored 24 points, Sean May 19 points and Rashad McCants 18 for North Carolina, which trailed 76-72 when Coles buried his fourth 3-pointer of the second half with three minutes left. The basket sent the crowd of 11,534, the second largest in Convocation Center, into a frenzy and had CSU fans dreaming of an upset on the scale of the Vikings' win over Indiana in the 1986 NCAA tournament.

But Williams muscled inside for a basket and after McCants made the first of two free throw, Williams tipped out the miss to keep possession for Carolina. The 6-foot-9 junior then hit his 3-pointer, only the Tar Heels' second in 1 1 tries to put UNC up 78-76. Coles misfired for Cleveland State with 1:12 left and Raymond Felton made two free throws to give Carolina its biggest lead since the first half. Coles missed another 3 with 23 seconds to go and Melvin Scott put it away for the Tar Heels by making two free throws with 8.5 seconds to play. game," said Gray, a 6-foot-2 sophomore guard.

"We knew they would give us their best shot. "They gave UConn their best shot and we knew they'd give us a good fight. "But we were up for the fight and gave them1 a knockout blow early before making the first run of the second half." No. 9 North Carolina 82 Cleveland St. 76 CLEVELAND Jawad Williams made a critical 3-pointer with 1 :27 left and No.

9 North Carolina survived a scare with a victory over gutsy Cleveland State. Williams, who went to high Yale's Edwin Draughan goes Forest's Eric William, during Deacons won the game, 86-61..