Spotty UConn holds off Rice
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Rashad Anderson scored 27 points and went 7 for 8 from the free throw line over the final two minutes, leading Connecticut to an 81-72 victory over Rice yesterday in Hartford. Josh Boone added a career-high 20 points and dominated inside with 14 rebounds for the 11th-ranked Huskies (5-1), who were coming off their first loss -- a 61-59 upset ...
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DETROIT (December 27, 2004) - UConn senior quarterback Dan Orlovsky (Shelton, Conn.) earned Most Valuable Player honors after going 20 of 41 in the air for 239 yards and two touchdowns as the University of Connecticut defeated Toledo by a 39-10 score in
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Massachusetts made sure its first home game against a defending national champion was one to remember. The Minutemen stunned seventh-ranked Connecticut 61-59 on Rashaun Freeman&#39;s layup with 4.3 seconds to play Thursday night.
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Cedric Benson and the Texas running machine keep rolling along. Benson rushed for 189 yards and a touchdown and Vince Young passed for three scores to his tight ends as No. 5 Texas beat Rice 35-13 Saturday night.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The University of Massachusetts stood on the brink of a meltdown early in the fourth quarter yesterday. The Minutemen had twice shown signs of pulling away in their Colonial Athletic Association game against William &amp; Mary but fumbled on two straight possessions to turn a 10-point lead into what was about to become a 4-point deficit in ...
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New Hampshire receiver David Ball isn't trying to run past Jerry Rice into the record books as much as leap over him. A high school basketball and high jump champion, Ball pulled down a jump ball in the corner of the end zone for his third touchdown of the first half Saturday, tying Rice's all-time Division I-AA mark of 50. Ball sat out much of the second half as the Wildcats beat Dartmouth 56-14.
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Connecticut can play football, too. UConn cruised to a 39-10 win over Toledo Monday in the Motor City Bowl in the Huskies' first bowl appearance since becoming a full Division I-A team three years ago.
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It was halftime against Southern Connecticut, and Jim Murphy was imploring his team to do the impossible.
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Massachusetts beats rival Connecticut for the first time in 14 tries Thursday night, 61-59, on Rashaun Freeman's layup with 4.3 seconds remaining.
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RICHMOND -- Northeastern senior Bennet Davis lingered at the edge of the Richmond Coliseum floor yesterday after the Huskies' 64-50 loss to Drexel in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. Davis took his time thanking the few dozen students who had made the nearly 10-hour trek from Boston to cheer them on.
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It wasn't pretty, but UMass will take it. The Minutemen and Rhode Island Rams put on an ugly display of basketball last night, but UMass persevered in spite of shooting 29.4 percent in the first half to post a 49-44 victory over its Atlantic 10 foe.
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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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10th-ranked Texas A&M misses a chance to match its best start in 30 years on Friday with a 79-66 loss to Rice.
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They looked surprisingly strong against nonconference foes, but last night when the University of Massachusetts Minutemen opened Atlantic 10 play, they seemed, paradoxically, out of their league.
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Although a bid to the N.C.A.A. tournament remains a longshot, Connecticut clinched a spot in the Big East tournament and improved its overall record to a respectable 17-10.
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Georgia Tech and Connecticut played for the NCAA championship three years ago. This season, they are struggling just to make the tournament.
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Connecticut missed shots, made turnovers, and struggled at the free throw line. None of the mistakes caught coach Geno Auriemma off guard.