The Michigan Daily - SportsMonday - January 11, 1999 -98 Cincinnati hangs on for win Arizona defeats Washington with shot at buzzer The Associated Press No.3 CINCINNATI 54, SOUTHERN Miss. 52 HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Pete Mickeal made three free throws in the final two minutes - the only Cincinnati points in that span - as the No. 3 Bearcats beat Southern Mississippi 54-52 Saturday. Mickeal's personal winning streak reached 87 games as the Bearcats (4-0 Conference USA, 15-0 overall) remained one of only three unbeaten Division I teams along with Auburn and Connecticut. Southern Miss (2-2, 10-6) used a 14-2 run to go ahead 51- 50 when Neil Reed made a short jumper that went in despite a goaltending call with 2:54 left. The go-ahead basket came after Earl Flowers' third steal in less than a minute. Reeds 3-pointer started an 8-0 run, then Flowers had a steal that led to a layup. Flowers then had another steal in the backcourt, a turnover that the Eagles transformed into a free throw by Carlos Booker that made it 50-49 with 3:26 left. Cincinnati led 50-43 after Aaron McGhee's jumper with 5:03 left. But the Bearcats, who shot 54 percent in the first half to build a 14-point lead, didn't make another field goal after that. But Southern Miss managed only one more free throw by Reed after his go-ahead shot. No. 5 MARYLAND 94, NoRTH CAROLINA STATE 48 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Steve Francis and No. 5 Maryland bounced back from two straight lackluster perfor- mances in a big way yesterday. Francis made all nine of his shots from the field and scored 22 points as the Terrapins registered the most lopsided Atlantic Coast Conference victory in school history, 94-48 over North Carolina State. Laron Profit scored 17 for Maryland (3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, 15-2), which was coming off an 18-point home loss to Duke and a narrow win at Virginia. The 46-point margin surpassed a 40-point rout of ACC foe Clemson in 1953. Francis, who missed 11 of 14 shots against Duke and scored only 14 points on 5-for-10 shooting against Virginia, was perfect against the Wolfpack -he made both his 3-point tries and was 2-for-2 at the line. Keith Bean scored nine for N.C. State (1-3, 10-5), which does not have a senior on the squad. The Wolfpack played without leading scorer Adam Harrington, who was sidelined with a sprained ankle. Maryland has won 10 straight home games against N.C. State, the Terrapins' longest streak against an ACC team in school history. No.6 KENTUCKY 73, VANDERBILT 57 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sixth-ranked Kentucky finally looked like the Wildcats of old in routing Vanderbilt 73-57 Saturday night. The Wildcats (3-0 Southeastern Conference, 14-3) came in as the SEC's worst 3-point shooters, averaging 29 percent. But Kentucky had its best game this season from 3-point range, hitting 58 percent (14-of-24). Vanderbilt (1-2, 10-5), which hasn't beaten Kentucky in II tries under coach Jan van Breda Kolff, tried to match the 3-point age. The Commodores shot better from beyond the arc (40 percent) than inside (36 percent), but it just wasn't enough. Scott Padgett scored 12 points, on four 3s, to lead the Wildcats, and Ryan Hogan came off the bench and added 10. Kentucky also held Vandy's leading scorer Dan Langhi to just five points. He had been averaging 16.9 points a game. Michael LeBlanc and Sam Howard each had 11 to lead Vandy. No.8 ARIZONA 88, WASHINGTON 86 TUCSON, Ariz. - Jason Terry threw up an off-balance air ball but teammate Richard Jefferson caught it and tossed it in at the buzzer Saturday to give eighth-ranked Arizona an 88-86 victory over Washington. Terry, who led the Wildcats (3-1 Pac-10, 11-1 overall) with a career-high 30 points, couldn't get an open shot against Washington's Donald Watts at the finish and his des- perate 18-footer was far short of the rim. Jefferson was there to grab the ball, though, and scored from point-blank range as the game ended for Arizona's 24th consecutive homecourt victory. A.J. Bramlett added 16 points, while Jefferson and Michael Wright scored 13 apiece for Arizona. Ruben Douglas added 11 points. Jefferson, Wright and Douglas all are freshmen. Washington, considered a contender for the Pac-10 chmi- pionship before the season began, fell to 0-3 in the cone- ence, 7-6 overall. AP PHOTO Kentucky used 14 3-point bombs to ice Vanderbilt in Nashville and go 3-0 in Southeastern Conference play. The Wildcats had been shooting only 29 percent from 3-point range before Saturday. Playoff remains a possible plan /ice ... .... s i A ..® wit .. for NCAA football .SAN ANTONIO (AP) - NCAA president Cedric Dempsey says no spe- cific group is pushing for a Division I- A football playoff-- except the media. "You either have athletic directors, presidents, coaches and faculty repre- sentatives advancing a particular issue," Dempsey said during a luncheon with Oorters Saturday as the NCAA began its 93rd annual convention. "But right now there is not one group out there advocating a football playoff." Dempsey said he was pleased with the Bowl Championships Series, which produced the matchup of No. 1 Tennessee and No. 2 Florida State last week in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl for the national championship. Tennessee won 23-16, but the debate ntinued over the need for a playoff system. NCAA Division I-A football is the only sport that does not crown a champion with a playoff system or tour- nament. "There were some very things to come out of it," Dem of the BCS. "The last couple4 (before the pairings were an we had as much interest in col ball that there has been in a w In other business, the Division I Management approved a 12th football gam in which there are 14 Saturd the start of the season until weekend in November. That will occur in the years 2003 and happen six times o year period. The ruling means the end preseason games as the Kic Pigskin Classics beginning 2003 season, although theyN place in 2002 because of co obligations for television, cc chairman Robert A. Bowlsbys Adding a 12th game will teams an equal chance for ex - eventually positive not just a select few, Bowlsby said. psey said The management council also of weeks approved a proposal that will allow stu- nounced) dent-athletes with diagnosed learning lege foot- disabilities - who fail to qualify acad- hile." emically - to receive a fourth year of NCAA eligibility if they have completed 75 Council percent of their degree work in four e in years years. ays from The action was part of the NCAA's the last consent degree with the Department of Justice after the department found the 2002 and NCAA in violation of the Americans ver a 20- with Disabilities Act in October 1997. The NCAA disputed the allegations but of such said it would examine its policies to koff and serve athletes with learning disabilities with the better. will take The Management Council will con- antractual tinue its meeting Monday and could ommittee amend Saturday's action before it said. adjourns. 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