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SPRINGFIELD NEWS-SUN SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 1 2003 7C TOP 25 ROUNDUP Pirates sink cold Buckeyes Associated Proas UConn Wildcats win convincingly KENTUCKY'S ERIK DANIELS right along with teammates Cliff Hawkins front left and Lukasz Obrzut celebrates as Kentucky defeated Indiana 80-41 In Indianapolis on Saturday Aiuclitri Press Shelden Williams had 14 points for Duke EAST RUTHERFORD Playing for the first time this season with a roster Seton Hall showcased its talent on both ends of the floor in getting revenge on Ohio State JR Morris scored 19 points Saturday and Seton Hall hit nine Spdntera while holding Ohio Shtte to 34 percent shooting in a 7559 victory This is very senior forward Associated PrM HARTFORD Conn Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor had just about everything covered for Connecticut Gordon recorded his first tripledouble with 17 points 16 rebounds and 11 assists to lead the Huskies (8-1) to a 104-54 rout of Iona on Saturday Kentucky 80 Indiana 41 INDIANAPOLIS No 2 Kentucky held Indiana to its lowest point total in neaify 20 years and got 22 points from Quick Hayes in a blowout Erik Daniels added 19 and the Wildcats (64)) used a suffocating defense to hold Indiana to just 15 points in the second half Bracey Wright had 23 points and Sean Kline 15 for the Hoosiers The rest of the team combined for three Duka 89 Taxae 61 Redick had 20 to lead six players in double and No 3 Duke beat No 11 Texas in front erf a pro-Blue Devils crowd at Madison Square Garden The Blue Devils (8-1) won their fifth straight Chris Duhon had 15 points and nine assists while Wake Forest 1 19 North Carolina 114 3 OT CHAPEL HELL NG Eric Williams spoiled Roy ACC coaching debut hitting a jumper in the lane with 36 seconds left in the third overtime to lift No 14 Wfcke Forest over No 4 North Carolina Williams scored 24 points for the Demon Deacons (74)) Kansas 72 UCSB 52 RENO New Keith Langford scored 19 points and Wayne Simien had 15 points and 16 rebounds to help No 6 Kansas beat UC Santa 'Barbara Oklahoma 68 Jackson St 46 NORMAN Okla Fheshman Drew Lavender scored 23 points and had five assists to lead No 8 Oklahoma to a methodical win over Jackson State Florida 70 West Virginia 57 Matt Walsh scored 17 points David Lee added 15 and No 15 Florida rebounded from ToVeS-E Stton Hall 75 2d 2 Ohio State 59 the Pirates posted their second straight blowout and avenged a 17-point loss last season at Ohio State (54) The whole team is back We are playing together" Toney-El added "It was a big win beating Ohio State but we have to do ft for die remainder of the Doing for the whole season has been the rallying cry since last season when they didn't get an invitation to the NCAA tournament despite posting a 17-13 record that included 10 wins in the Kg East Conference rebounda and Craig Forth added a careerhigh 14 points to lead No 19 Syracuse over Sena It was the fifth straight victory for Syracuse (5-1) and the fifth straight loss for the Saints (3-5) Pitt 70 Murray State 49 PITTSBURGH Carl Kreuaer scored 19 points and Kendall a redshirt freshman added with 11 points as the No 18 Panthers defeated previously unbeaten Murray State consecutive losses with a victory over West Virginia Purdue 80 IPFW WEST LAFAYETTE Ind Matt Kiefer scored a careerhigh 23 points inareserve role to lead No 17 Purdue over Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne in the first round of the Boilermaker InvitationaL Syracuse 74 Siene 61 SYRACUSE NY Hakim Warrick had 24 points and 10 Louisville 80 Austin Peay 63 LOUISVILLE Ky Francisco Garcia scored 21 and Luke White-head added 17 points and seven rebounda to lead No 20 Louisville to its fifth straight win Wisconsin 63 Marquette 89 MADISON Wii Alando Tucker scored 17 points including a free throw with 7 seconds remaining in No 22 victory over No 23 Marquette Witt sports to be broadcast on WUSO Finn paces UD Associated Proas John Allen had 17 points and Andre Barrett had 14 and six assists for the Pirates who built a 22-point halftime lead and increased the margin to 30 before sending in the reserve to mop things up Ohio State coach Jim wishes his team felt that same students can get some experience in broadcasting producing and engineering" DAYTON Ohio Sean Fmn scored a careerhigh 27 points to lead No 24 Dayton to a 7865 victory over Prairie View on Saturday Finn a 7-foot center shot 12-for-13 from the field and finished with 10 rebounds for his third straight double-double way you combine how well they played and their performance with our effort and seeming lack of interest that's a recipe for disaster" said "I was not happy at all with the intensity and passion tint our first group played with" Tony Stockman led OSU with 10 Dayton 78 PV 65 Keith Waleskowski added 16 points for Dayton which won its ninth straight the teamfe best start since opening the 1965416 season 11-0 commentary respectively Leo will also serve in a marketing role with die university getting sponsors and generating interest from businesses "The arrangement with WUSO will be for the remainder of the and worn-enfe basketball schedule starting with Monday and with spring sports especially baseball and softball" Leo said After the spring season "other options will be explored" said Lea "The student station will be involved but there has been some commercial radio stations express an interest in carrying certain Wittenberg sports so will be looking into that" Leo said Even if another station picks up the rights to broadcast Wittenberg football merit basketball and possibly woment basketball WUSO will continue to broadcast other athletic events at the sdtooL "The relationship with the student station will be a longterm commitment and well definitely be doing some sports on that station" Leo said "That way die By KEITH WALTHER ar iwuVDMupiini Knur Wittenberg University athletic events will now be broadcast on WUSO (FM 891) the admit student-nn radio station for the remainder of the 20054)4 school year The longtime relationship between WULM (AM 1600) ended earlier this month and an agreement was readied with WUSO on Thursday That station will begin broadcasting Wittenberg sports Monday when the men Is basketball team boats Ohio Northern at 7:30 pjn Wittenberg sports information director Ryan Maurer confirmed an agreement had been reached saying Tth all a go" with WUSO Some engineering aspects were cleared up Thursday he aaid paving the way for the switch The broadcast team of Marty Bannister and Scott Leo who were the voices of Wittenberg sports on WULM will continue that role on WUSO Bannister and Leo will be hired as freelance contractors to do the play-by-play and color Kevin Cooper scored 20 and Tyrone Nelson added 18 for Prairie View Wittenberg athletic director Garnett Purnell could not be readied for comment but earlier this month explained the schools decision to leave WULM in this way "The station informed me that they were not wanting to do womenfc games and that was 180 degrees from that agreement" Purnell continued "And in Ecu of their new philosophy we couldn't operate under that The separation therefore is mutuaL We are just heading down opposite One University source said that WUSO was just granted a upgrade" and will be putting up a new transmission tower that would provide the station with a 12-mile broadcasting radius botii day and night "Plus ttk an FM signal which will help with clarity" Leo said Reach Keith Waltherat kwalthercoxohioxom Nelson had a steal made a layup and added a free throw after getting fouled to rally Prairie View (06) within five at 6964 with 2:22 left HNIMlias-TMiMHiM' movie 2-S SiMnow 0-1 1 Fura-Ctaatham 24 04 A NMng 0-J 1-4 A Stock-mm 4-151-1 UkHmtlMOOfcJmldnil-M- 5 NJMl 2-3 2-2 7 Nmonkwo 1-1002 ImWl 0-1 1-2 1 Marine) 1-2 J-6 5 Totals: 21-C2 15-22 SO HTDH HAU PS TMay-e 24 A SwMC2-41-2AHUmiicrt4M0larrattS-U 2-1 14 Alton S-10 44 17 WNtnoy 2-4 0-4 4 Moult 1-110-0 11 Copetmd 0-2 2-2 2 Fray 1-2 1-2 A Moray MO OmMno 0-2 1-2 Total 241 14-23 TA Hamm Stton Had 41-11 Mnt aoMfi Ohio 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Iho ol tews Spring IRWSST0 FCf CfKTU nt'iiiiVn 8 'V i- -t -1 Toledo 93 DoPaut 81 ROSEMONT EL Keith Triplett scored 29 points to lead Toledo overDePauL Toledo (51) waa up 72-70 with 4:54 remaining when the Rockets went on a 135 run keyed by 3-pointer and three free throws to take a 8573 lead with 1:56 to go Triplett was 9of-14 from the field and made 4-of-6 3point attempts Florentine Valencias a Chicago native had 14 pointa fix: Toledo on 7-of-7 shooting Kareem Milaon Justin Ingram and Sammy ViOegas each scored 10 for the Rodcets Cincinnati 89 Middle Tmn St 84 CINCINNATI Tony Bobbitt made all she of his shots for 15 pointa and No 16 Cincinnati used its trapping defense to beat Middle Tennessee State Cincinnati (50) was at foil strength Saturday with the addition of forward James White who had to sit out one season after transferring from Florida He finished with eight points Armein Kirkland and Eric Hicks added 12 pointa apiece for Cincinnati Akron 61 Cleveland 89 CLEVELAND Jeremiah Wood hit a layup with five seconds left to Eft Akron over Cleveland State Akron (52) traded 59-56 with 22 seconds left but tied it on Derrick 3-pointer with 12 seconds to play Mario Collins then stole the bad and layup put the Zips ahead for good Jermaine Robinson's jumper at the buzzer missed He and Omari Weatley each had 19 pointa for Cleveland State (4-4) and Weatley also had 14 rebounds Tarver led Akron with 19 points Wood finished with 11 and Matt FutchhadlO Associated Press CINCINNATI Dedrick Finn made a driving layup as the shot ckickwasexpiringtogfveXavierthe lead for good and the Musketeers held on Cor a 78-74 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday Fmn gave Xavier a 72-71 lead with 2:01 left Remain Sato made four five throws in the last 1:06 and finished with 23 points Anthony Myies added 14 for Xavier (53) Antoine Landry led Louisiana-Lafayette (3-3) with 22 points Brian Hamilton added 12 points and had eight rebounds before fouling out with 7:34 left Xavier was playing at home for the first time since Nok 17 and had lost three of its four games in that span SMU 66 Miami Ohio 55 WEST LAFAYETTE Ind Bryan Hopkins scored a careerhigh 35 points including six 3-pointers to lead SMU to a win over Miami of Ohio in the first round of the Boil-ermaker Invitational at Mackey Arena The Muatanp (45) made 53 percent of their 3-pointers including 9 of 12 in the second half to overwhelm Miami Justin Isham scored 15 points including three of the teamfc 10 3pointers for SMU Josh Hausfeld led Miami with 15 points Boston College 58 Kent St 54 OT BOSTON Craig Smith scored four of his 14 points in overtime Saturday afternoon to lead Boston College over Kent State Jsued Dudley who nailed a 3-pointer to put BC ahead for good with 3:30 minutes left in OT added 12 pointa for the Eagles (8-1) DeAndre Haynes hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left in regulation to send the gune to OT He led the GoldenFlashes (52) with 13 points The Present that can he OPENED EVERY DAY Give the gift that will be delivered daily! 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