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Page 4C Wednesday, November 27, 2002 The Des Moines Register DM "We are very similar. We cant call out Vvv plays. They'll know them." Kansas lxu 1 coach Roy Williams, about North rIirvTP Carolina coach Matt Doherty. yUUIu Troy Bell scored 29 points Tuesday night to lead Boston College to an SOSl win over crosstown rival Boston University. College Basketball Hot 1 Men's Standings 3 Hawkeyes IIHII.IIIIIILI1IWWIIHM.

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ST. 0 0 11 ILLINOIS ST. 0 0 0 2 Cont. All Con'- Team I i "Li WISCONSIN 0 0 3 0 COLORADO 0 0 2 0 INDIANA 0 0 2 0 KANSAS 0 0 2 0 IOWA 0 0 2 0 TEXAS 0 0 2 0 WESTERN 0 0 2 0 TEXAS TECH 0 0 2 0 PURDUE 0 0 10 IOWA STATE 0 0 10 ILLINOIS 0 0 10 BAYLOR 0 0 10 MICH. STATE 0 0 10 MISSOURI 0 0 10 MINNESOTA 0 0 10 OKLAHOMA ST, 0 0 10 OHIO STATE 0 0 10 OKLAHOMA 0 0 2 1 PENN STATE 0 0 0 2 TEXAS ASM 0 0 11 MICHIGAN 0 0 0 3 NEBRASKA 0 0 12 TUESDAY'S GAMES KANSAS ST.

0 0 12 Indiana 76. Gonzaga 75 rnuce Iowa 50. Drake 49 7:00 A ansas fl at Ts Tech 59 Illinois TODAY'S GAMES 7:00 IUPUI at Northwestern 7:00 N'western St. at Baylor 8:30 Virginia vs. Indiana Texas-Arlington at Texas 7:00 Kansas vs.

North Carolina 6:05 Colorado at N. Mexico St. 10:30 Oklahoma State at Alaska-Anchorage hit the broad side of a bam. "Our offense let us down a little bit," Kanaskie said. Translation: Um, neither could we.

Strange night. Iowa managed one field goal in the last eight-and-a-half minutes Brody TUESDAY'S GAMES Cent. Mich. 74, Illinois State 69 Creighton 80, Notre Dame 75 Iowa 50, Drake 49 Southwest Missouri State 72, Saint Louis 64 (0T) Valparaiso 81, Indiana State 56 TODAY'S GAMES 6:30 Evansville at Dayton 7:05 Colorado St. at S.

Illinois 7:05 Chicago State at Wichita State Top 25 a. 1 i 1 1. fun nifri mill TO. Boyd's three-pointer with 824 left and still won, on the road, using only seven players, against an in-state opponent that had this one circled on the calendar since early July. The Hawkeyes played hard, no question about it.

Not well, mind you. Not pretty. But definitely hard. They're mostly skinned knees, big guts, chemistry and hope. You gotta start somewhere.

That was fun," said forward Greg Brunner, one of two freshman starters. "It was pretty physical out there." Freshman guard Jeff Horner played 38 minutes; Backcourt partner Chauncey Leslie tallied 39. Pant. This team, they've got some toughness to them," Alford said. Good thing.

You get the feeling there's more where this one came from, that these are the type of games that Iowa is A) going to be in; and B) going to have to figure out how to win. Take the under, Bumblebees. For all the scabs, this mess will probably serve the young Hawkeyes well in the long-term. A team building an identity from scratch is starting to take shape. So, too, are the key players at the party: Chauncey Leslie.

The Hawkeyes' only senior starter is MARQUETTE 97, EASTERN ILLINOIS 74 Milwaukee, Wis. Dwyane Wade scored 28 points on 13-of-15 shooting in No. 13 Marquette's 97-74 rout of Eastern Illinois on Tuesday night. Robert Jackson scored 18 of his 22 points after halftime and grabbed nine rebounds as the Golden Eagles (4-0) extended their home winning streak to 1 9, their longest in seven seasons. Wade sank all 1 1 of his shots in the first half.

SAN OIEGO 86, UCLA 81 Los Angeles, Calif. Jason Keep scored 30 points and San Diego got two three-pointers in overtime to upset No. 14 UCLA. The Bruins fell to 3-4 in season openers under seventh-year coach Steve Lavin, who was the target of derogatory shouts from fans filing out of Pauley Pavilion before the final buzzer. Jason Blair added 1 7 points for the Toreros, who beat a ranked team for just the second time in school history.

They upset No. 25 Gonzaga, 75-59 in 1999. It was the first time San Diego coach Brad Holland beat his alma mater. VIRGINIA 75, KENTUCKY 61 Lahaina, Hawaii Most college basketball coaches will admit they don't like to play a lot of zone defense. Virginia's Pete Gillen isn't in that group right now.

Devin Smith hit three three-pointers in the final six minutes one more than Kentucky managed in the game against the Cavaliers' matchup zone and Virginia beat the 15th-ranked Wildcats in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational. "We played it once last year against Georgetown for 38, 39 minutes," Gillen said of the zone defense. "I'm not a zone coach but sometimes you have to put your ego in your pocket. We kept it basic, changed a couple of things." CINCINNATI 80, FLORIDA 53 Cincinnati, Ohio Three-point specialist Field Williams regained his touch, scoring 22 points as No. 21 Cincinnati survived another round of poor shooting.

The Bearcats (2-0) again found mostly the rim and the backboard and sometimes not even that much as they struggled to make shots for the second straight game. DOUG WELLSTHE REGISTEH Hanging on: Drake's Lonnie Randolph tries to keep his balance against the defense of Iowa's Chauncey Leslie. Randolph scored eight points, but missed a potential game winning shot. Randolph takes the fall; Drake questions no call Big Ten Big 12 Kanaskie says shot clock expired on Iowa's last shot, should have stopped clock. playing like it.

Charged with the dual responsibility of being Iowa's primary ballhandler and defender on Drake's Luke McDonald, the 6-foot guard rose to the occasioa He recorded a game-high 20 points, snared six rebounds and INDIANA 76, GONZAGA 75 Lahaina, Hawaii Indiana lost all but one point of a 17-point lead over the final 3 minutes 2 seconds but the 19th-ranked Hoosiers held on to beat No. 20 Gonzaga in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational. Indiana (2-0) advanced to the championship game of the eight-team tournament for the third time since 1 990 and will play Virginia, which beat No. 15 Kentucky 75-61, on Wednesday night. The Hoosiers lost to Syracuse in the title game in 1990 and 1998.

A three-pointer by Tom Coverdale gave Indiana a 68-53 lead with 3:44 to play and a layup by Jeff Newton 22 seconds later gave the Hoosiers a 17-point lead. But the Bulldogs (2-1) got within 75-70 with 15 seconds left. Coverdale then missed two free throws, and Blake Stepp hit a three with 8.4 seconds left to make it a two-point game. MIAMI 78, TEXAS 72 Miami, Fla. Antoine Wright scored a game-high 25 points for Texas but missed three shots in the final minute as Miami held on to beat the Aggies.

Wright had completed a four-point play with 1:32 remaining to give Texas a 72-71 lead. James Jones hit a jumper, Michael Simmons hit two free throws and Jones made one of two for the Hurricanes (2-0), while Wright misfired on two three-pointers and a desperation jumper. TEXAS TECH 77, SOUTHERN METHODIST 59 Lubbock, Texas Robert Tomaszek scored 19 points and Andre Emmett added 16 as Texas Tech rolled. After leading by 13 at halftime, Tech (2-0) extended its lead in a 8-2 run keyed by Nick Valdez. is going to be running through my head for a while.

It's going to be hard to get it out." He'll have to. Drake plays three games in three days this weekend at the Hilo Shootout in Hawaii. "We need to move on," Drake coach Kurt Kanaskie said. "We can't get hung up on a bad play or a missed shot. We win together; we lose together.

We just need to regroup." As Jeff Horner missed a three-point shot with 11 seconds left, Randolph chased down the rebound. Instead of calling timeout, though, Kanaskie let Drake's transition game Randolph's specialty take over. Randolph hesitated at the three-point line, then took the ball to the corner. He spun, looking for a teammate, then tossed up the shot. "I'm almost certain that on the last shot (by Horner), the ball didn't hit the rim," Kanaskie said.

"It should have been a shot-clock violation." Iowa coach Steve Alford also wondered if Horner's shot hit the rim. Had the shot-dock violation been called, Drake would have had the ball out-of-bounds. As it turned out, the Bulldogs were in transition, which Kanaskie said he preferred to calling time and allowing Iowa to set its defense. "I'm glad they let it play," Alford said. "It was close as to whether it hit the rim.

It's hard in a scramble situation to get a stop. It might have been more difficult for him at that point to call time out with 10 on the clock. You're almost better letting the flow of the game take its course." Randolph, who played high school basketball against Boyd in Indiana, listened to the Iowa guard's advice before heading off to the locker room. "He told me I played hard and had a lot of games left," Randolph said. "He told me to keep my head up." Randolph's successive three-pointers pulled Drake into a 36-36 tie early in the second half.

He finished with eight points, four assists and the reassurance of players and coaches from both teams. "There's no reason to hang our heads," Kanaskie said. "That's the hardest weVe ever played." By JEFF OLSON REGISTER STAFF WRITER Lonnie Randolph was trapped. No way out, no help, no relief. And no shot.

Iowa's Brody Boyd pinned Randolph on the left baseline as the final seconds ticked away Tuesday night at the Knapp Center. Desperate, Randolph tossed up a 10-foot shot that missed as the horn sounded on Iowa's 5049 win over Drake. "I just choked," Randolph said. "It's all on me." Randolph rolled on the court with his hands covering his face for a few seconds after the shot. Boyd consoled Randolph and helped him to his feet.

Drake's players and coaches also consoled Randolph, telling him one play didn't make the game. "I guess I'll take that advice in a held McDonald to 3-of-12 shooting from beyond the three-point arc. Brunner. The 6-foot 7-inch inch power forward was ignored in the first half by Drake senior J. Sola, and he made the Bulldogs pay.

The Charles City native was 5-of-6 in the first half with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists. The kid can move. Really, honestly move. Brunner made Drake's post players appear lead-footed and rock-headed. And he played just as well with foul-happy veteran Glen Worley off the floor as on.

"With Glen and Jared, you're going to get a lot of open looks," said Brunner, who's averaged 12.0 points through the Hawkeyes' first two games. "I just tried to do what I could with my opportunities." He'll have plenty more. This bunch is still teething. The early returns are two parts scrappy, three parts naive. The Hawkeyes are seven weeks away from the Missouri Valley week or two," Randolph said.

"It's hard to take that advice. This play CENT. MICHIGAN 74, ILLINOIS STATE 69 Mount Pleasant, Mich. Chris Kaman scored 16 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as he led Central Michigan. VALPARAISO 81, INDIANA STATE 56 Valparaiso, Ind.

Raitis Grafs scored 25 points to lead Valparaiso. S.W. MISSOURI STATE 72, ST. LOUIS 64 St Louis, Mo. Shelton Colwell had 17 points for the Bears.

CREIGHTON 80, NOTRE DAME 75 Kansas City, Mo. Kyle Korver hit seven three-pointers and scored 24 points as Creighton beat Notre Damein the championship game of the Guardians Classic. Korver, from Pella, was named the tournament's most valuable player. He had 10 rebounds and three assists and was 7-for-11 on three-pointers as Creighton went 1 0-f or-1 7 from long range. Iowa scores only, three points in final eight minutes of win i 4 1 I'M' '-fV Michigan btate bpartans and a year away from actually being i competitive with them.

Surviving Drake is no springboard. But it is a step. Iowa was outshot, outrebounded (36 to 34) and outmanned. Yet they somehow pulled through. Says something about heart Somehow, Tuesday, that was enough.

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It was the first time Danielson didnt score in 59 games. "This was a great opportunity, and we let it go," Danielson said. "But we have many great opportunities left this season." Down the stretch, it looked like no one wanted to take control of the game. Iowa scored three points the final 826 of the game, all from the free-throw line and won. Drake freshman Josh Robinson tied the score with his second three-pointer of the game at the 7:45 mark.

But Iowa went eight straight possessions without scoring. Freshman guard Jeff Horner Game Ticket in hand before leaving Iowa Hawkeye Bash Party Optional Sightseeing Tours Upgraded Ticket Options Souvenir Gift More! Fully Escorted FT4 Rl TO Ff IP 12 4 2 4 5 10 F6 1-5 6-11 1-4 8-17 1- 9 0-0 2- 8 the board. Kanaskie thought a shot-clock violation should have been called, which would have stopped play and given Drake the ball out-of-bounds. But there was no call. Kanaskie had a time out, but didnt use it.

"I thought that was our best shot, to get down the floor and try to get a shot rather than call time out and give Iowa time to set up defensively," Kanaskie said. Randolph grabbed Horner's miss and raced down the floor. "I couldnt have had a better situation me on the break," Randolph said. "I should have taken advantage of that and gone to the basket. But I went to the corner and picked my dribble up.

That's the Last thing you want to do." Boyd pounced "Once he got in the corner, I made sure he didnt get out," Boyd said. McDonald tried to shake Leslie, who had shadowed him all game. "I just wanted to make someone else win the game for them," Leslie said. No one did, and Kanaskie is now 0-7 against Iowa. This is the hardest an Iowa team has played against us," Kanaskie said.

raw (st) Worty Brurnnr Raw Leslie Homef Kimm Boyd Team TetiK missed two layups, one with each hand. As the clock shrunk and Iowa remained stuck on 47, Horner kicked himself. "I was thinking, 'If I had just made those layups, we'd be in good Horner said. Drake had six straight empty possessions until J. Welton put in a Sola miss to put the Bulldogs in front, 4947.

"We never clicked," McDonald said. "We had open shots. We just weren't able to connect, to get that spark, get that cushion." Boyd made the first of two free throws to bring Iowa within a point at the 1:46 mark. Reiner gave Iowa the lead by making both ends of a one-and-one with 53 to play. "Our team had played so hard, I knew I couldnt let them down," Reiner said.

Randolph was called for traveling in the front court on Drake's next possession. Just 15 seconds remained in the game, and 5 seconds on the shot clock, when Danielson knocked the ball out of Reiner's hands and out-of-bounds. After a time out. the best Iowa could do was a desperation three-pointer from Horner that missed the rim and caught the right side of 0-0 04 4-4 2-2 0-0 0- 0 1- 2 2 12 2 6 2 20 2 3 0 0 2 7 7 0 1 3 7-i 454 01 porntf Sit JhO 201 19-S4 11 11 14 91 DRAM (49) Mm FT- Rt A TO FF TP C'G'kee Stnfere Mall (,.,. 1 5vi Ho'iut 0-0 5 0-0 9 0-0 10 2-3 0 snorts Leisure Travel Services J-2U-TT -ti-F-4'IKl V.

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