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Page 3C S1ILGG DASCIGTDAILIL Illiiii heat up IU women beat Penn Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, January 12, 1997 9 State MI to Aces The Associated Press DC 7GH Evansville (63) FG-A FT-A Mike Robinson scored a career-high 21 points to lead Purdue past Northwestern. The Boilermakers also received 16 points each from Chad Austin and Jaraan Cornell. Brad Miller added 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Northwestern was led by Evan Eschmeyer with 19 points and seven rebounds. IOWA 78, WISCONSIN 53: At Iowa City, Iowa, Andre Woolridge scored a game-high 21 points to lead five Iowa players in double figures as the Hawkeyes beat Wisconsin.

Woolridge went 6-for-10 from the floor and 7-for-7 from the free-throw line as the Hawkeyes (13-3) improved to 4-0 in the conference. Kent McCausland added 11 points, Ryan Bowen scored 12, Dar-ryl Moore 11 and J.R. Koch had 10 for the Hawkeyes. MICHIGAN STATE 69, OHIO STATE 66: At East Lansing, Mateen Cleaves and Thomas Kelley combined for 32 points as Michigan State defeated Ohio State. Michigan State (9-3, 2-2) out-scored Ohio State 27-6 from the free throw line and made 27 of 34 free throws.

Ohio State (7-6, 2-2) connected on only six of 15 attempts from the line. r-T 1 By Rick Underwood The Southern Illinoisan The way Cindy Scott figures it, the Southern Illinois University women's basketball team lost the conference race just five games into league play. And lost it in absentee. The Salukis had an 18-game conference winning streak at SIU Arena snapped Saturday night by Evansville, 63-59. Losing the streak was bad enough.

But to Evansville? A team that had lost its last eight games? A team coming in 1-11? A team coming in winless in Missouri Valley play? "I think Evansville played harder than us," said Scott. "I think they played smarter than us. And we were really not very good. "We didn't rebound. We didn't move.

I don't know what we did. We didn't play. We didn't show up." The loss drops SIU to 3-2 in league play with 13 games remaining. But losing at home to the last-place team left Scott in a dour frame of mind. "I'm not shocked, because I think Evansville plays hard and they're capable," said Scott.

"I am very, very, very disappointed. We just kissed our chances for a regular season championship down the tubes. "At home." Kasia McClendon's 3-pointer in the final minute made it 61-59. Evansville tried to show why it has a losing record, missing the front end of two one-and-ones in the final 20 seconds, but McClendon missed a running jumper and O'Desha Proctor misfired on trey. And finally, Suzanne Smith salted away Evansville's second win of the season with two free throws with two seconds left.

"It's been a battle, because we have been up in a lot of games at the half but we usually fall apart in the second half," said Kathi Bennett, in her first year as the coach of the Lady Aces. "The key is to play solid and make the other team beat you. That's what we did this time. Most of the time, we would self-destruct, but every time Southern made a run at us, we came back and hit a shot or some free throws. That was huge." SIU looked particularly uninspired in the first half.

After taking a 7-3 lead, the Salukis did not score again for almost five minutes. Of course, Evansville scored just six points itself. And despite McClendon's eight steals in the first half, SIU found itself trailing 30-27 at the break. Buford hits key trey against Shockers r.wc second to play after Buford scored. Creighton broke a five-game losing streak while ending a six-game winning streak for Wichita State.

BRADLEY 64, EVANSVILLE 50: At Peoria, 111., Anthony Parker scored 17 points and Aaron Zobrist I I rfi Li Ml! CHAMPAIGN Kiwane Garris scored 22 points, including all seven of his free throws, as No. 25 Illinois overcame poor first-half shooting to beat Penn State 85-70 in Big Ten basketball on Saturday. The Illini shot just 31 percent from the field in the first half, but still led 31-27 at halftime. They improved to 59 percent shooting in the second half. Matt Heldman finished with four 3-pointers and 21 points for Illinois.

Chris Gandy had 12 points and six rebounds despite getting into foul trouble in the second half. MINNESOTA (11) 70, MICHIGAN (16) 64: At Minneapolis, Bobby Jackson had 20 points and 11 rebounds as Minnesota beat Michigan for its 10th straight victory. Sam Jacobson added 15 points and reserve Charles Thomas added 11, including eight straight in one stretch of the second half, as the Golden Gophers moved within one win of matching the best start in school history. Louis Bullock scored 16 points to lead the Wolverines. Brandon Hughes had 15 off the bench and Robert Traylor had 13 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 1:30 to play.

PURDUE 78, NORTHWESTERN 53: At West Lafayette, Creighton's The Associated Press WICHITA Rodney Buford hit a 3-pointer with five seconds left and finished with a game-high 19 points as Creighton defeated Wichita State 70-67 Saturday. Wichita State's Jason Perez, who led the Shockers with 14 points, missed a 3-pointer to tie with one TO? 25 Rebels ambush Wildcats The Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. Reserve Joe-zon Darby scored 19 points, including two free throws with six seconds left, and Mississippi shocked third-ranked Kentucky 73-69 Saturday to end the Wildcats' 14-game winning streak. Kentucky's Derek Anderson and Ron Mercer, the SEC's top two scorers, averaging a combined 38 points a game, had just 10. Anderson, who strained his back Thursday, played 10 scoreless minutes.

Mercer was just 4-of-15 and totaled 10 points. Kentucky never took the lead after the game's first 12 minutes, but was finaDy able to get even at 68 on Mercer's long jumper with 37 seconds left. The Rebels took the lead for good when Anthony Boone hit two free throws a second later. Scott Padgett was then fouled on a drive to the basket, but made only the second attempt. The Wildcats didn't get another shot.

MIAMI 61, VILLANOVA (8) 59: At Philadelphia, Kevin Norris made two free throws with less than a second left after Villanova's Tim Thomas called an improper timeout, giving Miami an upset over Villanova. Thomas was falling out of bounds with the ball under the Wildcats basket when he signaled for the timeout with eight-tenths of a second remaining. Because the Wildcats were out of timeouts, they were hit with a technical and the Hurricanes got two free throws. Norris made both, giving Miami its first road win over a ranked opponent since joining the Big East in 1990. VIRGINIA 75, NORTH CAROLINA (13) 63: At Charlottesville, North Carolina dropped to 0-3 for the first time in the 44-year history of the Atlantic Coast Conference when Virginia, getting 20 points from Norman Nolan, upset the Tar Heels.

Virginia shot 48 percent. Courtney Alexander added 15 points, Curtis Staples 13 and Harold Deane 11 for the Cavaliers, who led 35-20 at the half and didn't let North Carolina get closer than six after the break. COLORADO 80, TEXAS TECH (20) 78: At Lubbock, Texas, Chauncy Billups made a leaning jump shot in the lane with a half-second left, giving Colorado a victory over Texas Tech. Billups, who scored 29 points, held the ball beyond the 3-point line before driving on Duece Jones down the right side of the lane and making his off-balance shot. KANSAS (1) 87, BAYLOR 68: At Waco, Texas, Jerod Haase, Raef LaFrentz and 'Scot Pollard led Kansas on a 16-0 second-half run that powered the Jayhawks past Baylor.

LaFrentz scored 20 points for Kansas. Haase added 18 for the Jay-hawks, who have won 20 straight games in January. RPF TP Krause Lizares Mullis Smith Wise Moore RohJs Sajevic Jeanpierre Totals 1-2 3-5 9-17 1-6 5-12 0-2 0- 0 3-4 1- 1 23-49 2- 8 3- 4 2-2 4- 4 2-3 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 13-24 4 9 20 7 14 0 0 7 1 1 3 1 1 1 33 16 63 SIU (59) FG-A FT-A RPF TP Proctor 3-11 2-2 1 3 ,8 Bardley 3-4 1-3 8 3 7 Hudson 5-11 2-3 4 4 12 McClendon 8-15 0-2 4 2 19 Jackson 0-2 2-2 1 0 ,2 Phillips 0-3 2-2 3 1 2 Spencer 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 Hasheider 3-5 0-0 7 5 '7 Washing- ton 0-3 0-0 2 1 0 Anderson 0-1 0-0 3 1 .0 Totals 23-56 9-14 36 20 59 Halftime score Evansville 30, SIU 27. 3-point goals Evansville 4-12 (Wise 2-6, Smith 1-5, Sajevic 1-1), SIU 4-14 (McClendon 3-5, Hasheider 1-3, Jackson 0-1, Proctor 0-2, Phillips 0-3). Assists Evansville 18 (Wise 6), SIU 10 (McClendon 3).

Turnovers Evansville 20 (Wise, Smith 5). SIU 21 (Bardley 5). Steals Evansville 6 (Wise 2), SIU 1 1 (McClendon 9). A 430. SIU at least found its scoring touch in the second half, and eventually took a couple of three-point leads, the last at 52-49.

Evansville then scored the next eight points for a lead it held the rest of the way. Devonne Mullis paced Evansville with 20 points and Kathie Wise added 14 points and six assists. McClendon finished with 9 points and nine steals for SIU. Center Theia Hudson had 12 points. Freshman forward Melaniecc Bardley had eight rebounds and scvn points, but Scott was not pleased ith either of her inside players.

"Our big kids were Hat, Hudson and Bardley both," said Scott. "They just could not get it going, did not get it going. They just stood around." But Scott had plenty of blame to go around. And not just for her players. "We were bad.

I don't know how else to say it. I don't have any kind words for my team and they don't have any for me. "We were bad. I think I probably coached bad. I think we played bad.

I think it's a bad loss. I think it's a very bad night. It was just bad. I don't know how else" to describe it. It's bad.

It's terrible." About the only good thing for Scott and SIU is that it's over. VJOMEM At Lawrence, Jennifer Trapp missed only one of eight shots and scored 15 points as Kansas beat Baylor. After a 17-6 burst to open the game, Kansas' lead was in double figures thereafter. The Lady Jay-hawks took a 36-17 lead at halftime. Nakia Sanford had 13 points, while Angie Halbleib, Tamccka Dixon and Patience Grayer each had 1 1 points for Kansas.

NORTH CAROLINA (16) 80, GEORGIA TECH 53: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Marion Jones scored 26 points and had four of North Carolina's season-high 21 steals as the Tar Heels beat Georgia Tech. The Tar Heels trailed once at 7-5 before going on a 33-16 run. North Carolina led 43-23 at halftime. Tracy Reid added 23 points, nine rebounds and five steals for North Carolina. Lori Gear had six steals for lead the Tar Heels.

WESTERN KENTUCKY (19) 124, LAMAR 62: At Bowling Green, Kristi Hartley and Leslie Johnson scored 17 points apiece to lead six players in double figures as Western Kentucky beat Lamar. Danielle McCulley, Tarshia Bron-ner and Laurie Townsend scored 1 5 points each for Western, and Jamie Walz added 14 with 5-of-5 shooting including three 3-pointers. CLEMSON (20) 74, FLORIDA ST. 63: At Clemson, S.C., Jeanette Davis scored 15 points and Nikki Blassingame had 12 as Clemson won. Jen Robinson scored 18 points for the Seminoles.

Wendy Hampton added 14 and Lysa Moorefield had 1 3 for Florida State. LSU (22) 88, MISSISSIPPI 80, 20T: At Oxford, Pictra Gay scored nine straight points in the second overtime to lead LSU to victory. LSU led 73-72 in the second overtime when Gay, who scored 31 points, scored the Lady Tigers' next nine points over a three-minute span to give LSU an 81-74 lead. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (23) 97, SAM HOUSTON ST.

76: At Nacogdoches, Texas, Katrina Price scored 20 points and Stephen F. Austin shut down Sam Houston State. Yolanda Harris and Anitra Dav is each added 14 points for Stephen F. Austin. Colorado turns back No.

7 Texas Tech AP photo guard Bobby Jackson (24) sails on his way to the basket. Cruse scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season as Indiana State rallied to defeat Northern Iowa. Northern Iowa had taken a 20-6 lead over the Sycamores with more than 27 minutes to play, including 11 points from Jason Daisy, the league's leading scorer last season. Salulds Continued from 1C "I really wish Illinois State had won," Herrin said. "I don't like to play those guys coming in after a defeat because Illinois State is the premier team in our league.

"A lot of those guys are back from last year and they know we knocked them out of the conference championship (with the victory in Normal late in the year)." ISU has been balanced all season. The five starters average between 8.1 and 16.2 points per game. Three different players have led the Redbirds in scoring and four have accomplished the task in rebounding. But in three conference games, ISU has struggled with turnovers (nearly 20 per contest) and 3-point shooting (a dismal 29 percent). The latter number is reflected by an off shooting night from off-guard Skipp Schaefbauer.

The junior, a transfer from East Carolina, was a dreadful 2 of 12 from behind the arc against UNI. He had been shooting a league-high 47 percent. While ISU is smarting from losing a game it probably thought it should win, so are the Salukis, who blew a 10-point lead in the last five minutes in Tuesday's 80-75 loss to Evans-ville. "I think any athlete's got to forget what happened yesterday," said Herrin, who alluded to North Carolina blowing a 22-point lead to Maryland earlier in the week. "That's not the first disappointment we've all had.

I think we've accomplished a lot. I think we have to stress the positives." SIU's 1967 NIT Championship team, featuring coach Jack Hartman and NBA Top 50 player Walt Fra-zier, will be honored at halftime of today's game. The team will also be available for an autograph session, beginning at 1:30 p.m. on the Arena's upper concourse. The session, which costs $5 per person for two items to be signed, ends at 2:30 p.m.

Probable Lineups Illinois State (9-2, 2-1) Player Pos Yr Ht Avg Jamar Smiley Jr 5-1 1 8.1 Skipp Schaefbauer Jr 6-3 13.5 Dan Muller Jr 6-6 9.7 Rico Hill So 6-6 16.2 LeRoyWatkins Jr 6-7 10.5 Top subs: Kyle Cartmilt (6-0, 5.4); FC Rob Gibbons (6-9. 2.9); Kenneth Pierson (6-8. 2.4. Results: at Pittsburgh, 69-50; Eastern Kentucky. 87-64; vs.

DePaii, 75-50; Ohio 81-69; at Duquesne, 91-64; at Northwestern, 67-47; at Wisconsin-Green Bay, 71-61; llltnots-Chicago, 78-58; at Creighton, 54-45; Evansville, 80-67; Northern Iowa, 77-71 OT. SIU Player Shane Hawkins Troy Hudson Monte Jenkins Rashad Tucker Pos Yr Jr Jr So Jr Ht 6-2 6-1 6-5 6-7 6-7 Avg 10.5 22.3 9.5 12.8 2.7 Jamie Veach Sr Top subs: FC James Watts (6-8. 7.2); James Jackson (6-7, 4.5). Results: "Baylor, 78-77: Alabama, L. 79-58; 'Providence.

82-58; Northern Illinois, 98-70; at Saint Louis. W. 67-38; at Southeast Missouri State, 78-68; at UNC-Charlotte. 71-62; James Madison, 74-67; "Wyoming. 92-87: "New Mexico State, 91-78; at Bradley, 64-63 OT; Utah State.

W. 67-64; Evansville. 80-75. at Fairbanks, Alaska; at Casper, Wyo. Game time: 3:05 p.m.

Site: SIU Arena (10.014) Radio: WCIL-FM (101.5) with Mike Reis and Greg Stanick. Come fly with me: Minnesota past Michigan's Brandun Hughes added 16 as Bradley snapped a five-game losing streak. Together, Parker and Zobrist offset a career-high 30-point effort by Evansville's Chris Hollender, the only player to score in double figures for the Purple Aces. INDIANA ST. 91, NORTHERN IOWA 77: At Terre Haute, Jim charge by the Sun Devils.

Simon and Dickerson had 11 points each in the second half, and Davison had 10 of his 16 in the final period. UTAH (9) 61, BRIGHAM YOUNG 51: At Provo, Utah, Keith Van Horn scored 22 points as Utah broke away in the second half for a victory. Van Horn, hitting from inside and outside, also had 11 rebounds, two blocks, a steal and an assist for the Utes. XAVIER, OHIO (12) 75, FORD-HAM 64: At New York, James Posey scored a career-high 21 points and Xavier, Ohio bounced back from its first loss of the season. Fordham, despite being outscored 1 8-0 over a six-minute stretch in the first half, trailed 34-29 at halftime.

The Rams were within 39-36 when Xavier went on a 1 7-4 run that gave it a 56-40 lead with 12:40 to play. LOUISVILLE (14) 60, GEORGIA TECH 56: At Louisville, B.J. Flynn hit a free throw with 6.2 seconds left as Louisville defeated Georgia Tech to give coach Denny Crum his 600th career victory. Crum, who has a 600-225 mark in his 26th season at Louisville, is the 19th major college coach to reach the milestone. 1 NEW MEXICO (18) 78, SMU 58: At Albuquerque, N.M., freshman La-mont Long scored 19 points and New Mexico rediscovered its 3-point shooting touch in a victory over SMU.

STANFORD (21) 85, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 70: At Stanford, Brevin Knight had a season-high 27 points and David Moseley hit five 3-pointers as Stanford defeated Southern Cal. BOSTON COLLEGE (23) 73, NOTRE DAME 61: At South Bend, Scoonie Penn and Antonio Granger were 7-of-9 from 3-point range in the first half, and Boston College survived a late rally to beat Notre Dame. ap px)to Feeling stuffed: Clemson's Harold Jamison blocks the shot of Florida State's Geoff Brower. The Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. Raegan Scott and LaShena Graham each scored 12 points as Colorado beat No.

7 Texas Tech 63-49 Saturday. Ahead by four with 6:30 remaining, Colorado went on an 1 1-2 run to put the game away. The Buffaloes' aggressive defense held Texas Tech to 35 percent shooting from the field. Colorado only shot 37 percent, but the Buffs were 14-of-27 from the field in the first half on their way to a 38-28 lead. NEW ORLEANS 66, LOUISIANA TECH (4) 63: At New Orleans, Sue Syljebeck scored 21 points and blocked a shot in the final six seconds to preserve New Orleans upset of Louisiana Tech.

Syljebeck scored 12 points in the first half as New Orleans opened a 33-29 halftime lead. Tech had a chance to tie the score in the final six seconds, but Syljebeck blocked Monica Maxwell's 3-point attempt, and UNO controlled the rebound before time expired. GEORGIA (5) 82, AUBURN (18) 55: At Athens, La'Keshia Frett scored 18 points and Georgia beat Auburn. Leading 36-28, Georgia scored the first 19 points of the second half, holding Auburn scoreless for more than seven minutes. Tracy Henderson added 15 and Pam Irwin had 12, all on 3-pointers.

Kedra Holland-Corn had 11 points and four steals for the Lady Bulldogs. KANSAS ST. 68, TEXAS (12) 67: At Manhattan, Missy Decker scored her only points by making the front end of a 1-and-l with no time on the clock to give Kansas State a victory. Jenny Coalson tied the game for Kansas State, and Kim Lummus fouled Decker when the Wildcats guard drove to the basket as time expired. VIRGINIA (13) 64, NORTH CAROLINA STATE (11) 62: At Raleigh, N.C., Mimi McKinney drove the length of the floor for a layup with 3.5 seconds left, giving Virginia its only lead of the game and a win over North Carolina State.

McKinney's layup with 23 seconds left her first points had tied it 62-62. Tora Suber led Virginia with 24 points and Monick Foote added 1 5. KANSAS (15) 79, BAYLOR 49: WAKE FOREST (2) 81, DUKE (10) 69: At Durham, N.C., Tim Duncan scored a season-high 26 points, but it was Wake Forest's clutch 3-point shooting in the second half that enabled Wake Forest to defeat Duke. Wake Forest became the first team in 20 years to beat Duke five straight times in Cameron Indoor Stadium and its nine consecutive wins over the Blue Devils is the worst skid by Duke against any team in coach Mike Krzyzewski's 1 7 seasons. IOWA ST.

(4) 82, OKLAHOMA 55: At Ames, Iowa Dedric Willough-by scored 21 points and Iowa State shut down Oklahoma. Kenny Pratt and Kelvin Cato each scored 1 5 points for Iowa State and Cato grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Cyclones to a 47-31 advantage on the boards. Nate Erdmann led Oklahoma with 12 points. Corey Brewer, averaging 16.9 points, was held to 11 on 2-for-10 shooting. The Sooners shot just 21.4 percent in the second half and 32.8 percent for the game.

CLEMSON (5) 76, FLORIDA ST. 70: At Tallahassee, Greg Buckner scored 21 points and Merl Code sank six free throws in the final 1:31 as Clemson won its 10th straight game. Although the Seminoles (9-3, 1-3) shot 50 percent for the game, they committed 17 turnovers and couldn't stay with Clemson on the boards. Florida State's James Collins led all scorers with 23 points and Corey Louis added 18 for the Seminoles, who lost two of three ACC home games this week. ARIZONA (7) 92, ARIZONA ST.

84: At Tempe, Miles Simon, shaking off the rust after missing 1 1 games due to academic problems, had 18 points and seven assists as the Wildcats beat Arizona State. Arizona used Michael Dickerson's career-high 32 points, Simon and Bennett Davison to weather a late.