Providence runs into an OT block
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Allan Ray scored 27 points and Jason Fraser added a career-high 25 points and 13 rebounds as Villanova hung on for an 83-78 overtime victory at Providence last night.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Maybe this one will come back to haunt the Celtics on the day the ping-pong balls fall, but in the here and now, yesterday's 96-88 overtime victory over the Nets had an unmistakable feel-good quality about it.
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Mike Comrie scored with 9.6 seconds left in overtime, Wade Dubielewicz made 22 saves in relief of injured Rick DiPietro, and the New York Islanders beat Jason Blake and the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Wednesday night.
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PROVIDENCE -- Clifton Dawson looked stunned after Brown linebacker Zak DeOssie threw him for a loss on the second play of the fourth quarter, hitting the Harvard running back so hard his helmet flew off. Dawson's bewilderment could have been because of the ferocity of DeOssie's hit. It also may have been from the surprise of being brought down so ...
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Three games, three ties. Providence College might be fighting for a berth in the Hockey East playoffs, but the Friars seem to give No. 1 Boston College all it can handle.
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Tuomo Ruutu, A-plus: What a player. Hits, scores, etc. Evaded three checkers to beat Marty Brodeur and tie it 2-2 with one minute left in second period.
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It's no coincidence that when the Celtics fail to keep pace with opponents on the glass, they lose. Last night's game against the Wizards at the MCI Center was no exception. Washington outrebounded Boston, 50-43, and won, 110-105, in overtime. Most discouraging was the fact the Wizards pulled down 21 offensive rebounds, which explains why they scored 27 ...
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Unless and until the National Hockey League gets back in business, hockey fans are going to have to get their fix watching other levels of the sport. Fortunately for those in New England, there is a minor league club in Providence and many strong college teams.
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Aiming for its first America East tournament title game since 2003, Boston University came up short -- and long -- yesterday against Albany. At a loss? So was BU about finding a way to put the ball in the basket.
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Marc Thomas returned the opening kickoff of the second half 93 yards for a touchdown, igniting Northeastern to a run of 28 straight points in just over eight minutes as the Huskies crushed the University of Rhode Island, 42-14, at Parsons Field yesterday.
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When it mattered most, when Miami needed one defensive stand to force overtime, the Hurricanes simply couldn&#39;t do it. That fact, perhaps as much as a loss that might have taken them
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Dwight Brewington went 5 for 5 from 3-point range and scored a career-high 21 points last night, leading host Providence to an 89-52 win over Pennsylvania in the second round of the Preseason NIT.
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When Boston University forward Scott Brittain fouled Northeastern guard Adrian Martinez on a 3-point attempt with 3:51 remaining, Martinez was angry. Not because Brittain had fouled him, but because the shot didn't go in.
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Bill Guerin collected the rebound of a shot by Mike Comrie and beat Kevin Weekes with 3.7 seconds left in overtime to lift the Islanders
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MIAMI -- Progress takes many forms. Last night at American Airlines Arena, it was a last-second 17-footer by Ricky Davis that skipped across the rim. Without the buzzer-beater, Boston failed to force overtime and came up short in its fourth-quarter comeback attempt against Miami, losing, 106-104.
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Providence scores just five second-half field goals on 19 percent shooting to allow Winthrop to rally and defeat the Friars, 60-54, on Tuesday night.
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If you tempt fate often enough, you'll usually get what you deserve. That was last night's lesson for Northeastern against Hockey East rival Providence at Matthews Arena.