Friars upset poor-shooting Mountaineers
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Weyinmi Efejuku scored 24 points with seven rebounds Tuesday night and Providence took advantage of West Virginia's 32 missed 3-point attempts for a 64-61 victory over the 22nd-ranked Mountaineers.
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In this mountainous area, James Madison&#39;s Dukes seemed to play offense downhill last night. With a veteran offensive line and two physical runners, JMU overpowered Montana
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LOWELL -- With one loss each in Super 8 round-robin play, it was clear that the loser of last night's Malden Catholic-Central Catholic tilt at Tsongas Arena would see its chances to advance essentially vanish.
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Jon Rheault's second goal of the game, at 4:46 of overtime, gave host Providence a 4-3 victory over Vermont last night at Schneider Arena.
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The University of Massachusetts men's soccer team took its game to another level in the NCAA Tournament. But the Minutemen could not find another gear in the semifinals, falling, 1-0, to Ohio State last night.
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Justin Gray refused to let a shot to his face upset his game, and his second-half shooting protected Wake Forest's No. 1 status Wednesday night. The top-ranked Demon Deacons survived some hot shooting by Providence's Ryan Gomes at Madison Square Garden, defeating the Friars 79-67 in the semifinals of the Preseason NIT.
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Steve Slaton ran for three touchdowns and quarterback Pat White rushed for 156 yards and a score as the Mountaineers beat the No. 25 Scarlet Knights on Saturday.
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His team&#39;s national title hopes dashed, West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez searched for a positive to take out of the Mountaineers&#39; loss to middling Virginia Tech.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Temple, clawing toward the .500 mark in the Atlantic 10 Conference, had dispatched three straight bottom-feeding opponents by an average of 28 points entering yesterday's game against the University of Massachusetts. Rather than being intimidated by the league leaders, however, the Owls had the vision to be standings-blind.
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Geoff McDermott had 18 points and 16 rebounds and Providence withstood Sean Williams' career-high 12 blocks to beat No. 23 Boston College 73-64 Wednesday night.
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Virginia is destroyed Wednesday night, 98-79, by last-place Providence of the Big East, which had dropped seven straight.
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They only led once. Luckily for the Boston College Eagles, it came at the end of a game they otherwise had a lot of reasons to lose.
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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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Maybe it was the flu that hit the Minutemen following last week's win over Saint Joseph's and wiped out practices leading up to the Atlantic 10 tournament. Maybe it was a tough opponent, playing a physical game, or maybe it was just bad karma.
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Providence College, barely residing on the NCAA Tournament bubble, received a monster effort from Herbert Hill, who had 28 points and 16 rebounds, as the Friars went on to capture a 77-72 Big East victory over South Florida last night in Tampa.
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Chances are, most of the 110,000 fans at the Big House had no idea exactly where Appalachian State is located. By the time they saw a blocked field goal in final seconds, this much was certain: The little Mountaineers pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college football history.
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With two starters on the bench, Wake Forest had a different look at the start of its game against Temple. The postgame celebration wasn&#39;t quite the same, either.