12B - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2003
BASKETBALL
Pistons take victory in last second
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Stephon Marbury scored 23 points, including an 18-footer and a free throw with 1.2 seconds left last night that gave the Phoenix Suns a 101-99 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chauncey Billups' three- pointer with one-tenth of a second left in overtime gave the Detroit Pistons a come-from-behind, 102-99 victory over the Atlanta Hawks last night.
Amare Stoudemire added 22 points for Phoenix, while Marion had 21 points and 18 rebounds. Penny Hardaway scored 18, and Marbury added eight assists.
After Shareef Abdur Rahim's putback dunk tied the game at 99 with 29 seconds left in overtime, the shot clock was turned off when Jason Terry committed a foul. Billups took Jon Barry's inbounds pass and drained a jumper over Terry from the top of the key.
The Hawks blew two large fourth-quarter leads and allowed Detroit to tie the game in the last minute of regulation. They had an opportunity to win in regulation, but Terry's jumper over Robinson was well short.
Jason Williams, who gave Memphis a 99-96 lead on a three-pointer with 57 seconds left, led Memphis with 22 points, while Pau Gasol added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Shane Battier scored 15 off the bench
Richard Hamilton led the Pistons with 27 points while Billups had 23 and rookie Mehmet Okur scored 16 — all in the fourth quarter. Ben Wallace added 23 rebounds.
Marbury shines;
Suns beat Grizzlies
Shawn Marion missed a 15-footer with about 5 seconds left, but got his own rebound and hit Marbury on the right wing for the winning three-point play.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Kerry Kittles 'go-ahead three-pointer with 5:43 to go carried the New Jersey Nets to a 101-95 victory over the New York Knicks last night.
Kenyon Martin had 24 points, Kitties 23 and Jason Kidd added 17 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
in fourth quarter rally
Knicks lose to Nets
Latrell Sprewell had 24 points and nine assists and Allan Houston added 19 — only nine in the final three quarters — for the Knicks, who fell apart after Kittles gave New Jersey an 87-85 lead.
New York hit only two baskets the rest of the way including a gimme in the final seconds and Sprewell turned the ball over twice and Houston once. Sprewell also threw up an airball on another shot,
Richard Jefferson, who added 18 points, stretched the Nets' lead to 89-85 with a reverse layup on a fast break led by Kidd. Martin then stole the ball from Sprewell, dribbled downcourt and scored on a layup.
Raptors win game against Cavaliers
TORONTO — Morris Peterson scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half as the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 89-83 last night.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 25 points and nine rebounds for the Cavaliers, who recorded consecutive victories for the first time this season.
Vince Carter added 18 points for the lottery-bound Raptors.
Ilgauskas' ainth point of the third quarter cut Toronto's lead to two, but Peterson made two three-pointers and a layup during an 18-6 run as the Raptors entered the fourth with a 14-point lead. Peterson's short jumper and Voshon Lenard's 18-foot jumper gave Toronto an 18-point early in the fourth.
76ers win with strong
fourth-quarter finish
INDIANAPOLIS — Allen Iverson had 22 points and 10 assists and the Philadelphia 76ers missed only four shots in the fourth quarter in defeating the Indiana Pacers 91-85 last night.
The Sixers received strong fourth quarters from Iverson, Keith Van Horn and Eric Snow to come back from a five-point deficit at the end of the third.
Philadelphia was only 23-for-64 from the floor through the first three quarters before making 11 of its first 13 in the fourth. The Sixers never led until Iverson swished a 19-footer from the left wing to put them ahead 68-67.
The Pacers regained a 1 point lead after two free throws by Al Harrington with 4 minutes left. It would be their last lead of the game.
Van Horn, who scored 6 of his 10 points in the fourth, gave Philadelphia a 78-76 lead on a baseline dunk. He appeared to hurt his right hand on the play, shaking it as he returned down-court.
Warriors win game over Celtics,107-95
BOSTON—Jason Richardson scored 31 points and the Golden State Warriors broke open a close game early in the fourth quarter to hand the Boston Celtics their sixth straight loss, 107-95 last night.
Three other Warriors had at least 18 points - Antawn Jamison with 29, Gilbert Arenas with 23 and Troy Murphy with 18 as Golden State shot 52 percent from the field. Murphy added 11 rebounds.
Paul Pierce had 25 points and Eric Williams 15 for the Celtics, whose losing streak is their longest of the season.
The Warriors took an 81-74 lead on a driving layup by Arenas — who then slammed the ball off the floor. Antoine Walker protested that Arenas should get a technical foul, and referee Dan Crawford assessed one to both Arenas and Walker.
By Brian Stensaas
Minnesota Daily via U-wire
University of Minnesota
Gophers kick off season
MINNEAPOLIS - March Madness is usually a term reserved for basketball teams caught up in postseason action.
Just don't tell that to Minnesota football coach Glen Mason.
Though both Minnesota's men's and women's basketball teams are alive in postseason action, the Gophers football team kicked off its spring practice Tuesday at the Bierman athletic complex. Thanks to a large number of returning players from last year's squad, Mason said his latest spring practice was making him the most excited.
"I feel a lot better about this spring practice than any other since I've been here," said Mason, who is beginning his seventh season as head coach for Minnesota. "We've got most of the ingredients already here that are going to be the making of our ballclub."
Other than Mason and his revamped coaching staff — including new assistant head coach Moe Ankney and new defensive coordinator Greg Hudson — the spotlight will no doubt be on junior wide receiver Paris Hamilton.
The junior college transfer from Tyler, Texas, was rated as the top junior-college receiver available by JCFootball.com and will look to fill a large hole at the position left by Antoine Burns (teamhigh 526 receiving yards).
Mason said one of his goals for this season was to score more touchdowns from outside the red zone. Of Minnesota's 65 touchdowns last season, 44 were from inside the 20-yard line.
Hamilton, who averaged 24 yards per catch last year for the Apache, admitted he had a few butterflies prior to Tuesday's practice but was aiming to make the big plays.
"One of the things the coaches stressed to me before I got here was that we need to score more points," Hamilton said. "But I'm not going to be thinking about it. I just have to go out there and do what I came here to do, and that's play football."
Women's expert protests club
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — Martha Burk believes it is "appalling" that women who fight for the United States in Iraq face discrimination at home at private golf clubs like Augusta National.
"Broadcasting the Masters now and showcasing a club that discriminates against women is an insult to the nearly quarter million women in the U.S. armed forces," she said at a news conference yesterday.
Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, was invited by a half-dozen City Council members and representatives of civil rights groups denouncing CBS
and the club for its all-male membership.
Several council members planned to introduce a resolution yesterday condemning Augusta National and asking CBS not to broadcast the tournament.
The Masters, the year's first major tournament, will be held April 10 to 13, and Burk has said she planned to protest in Augusta, Ga. The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit or, her behalf to hold a protest at the club's front gates.
"It's appalling that the
Burk said the club's all-male membership was an affront to women in the U.S. armed forces, particularly those in Iraq.
women who are willing to lay down their lives for democratic ideals should be shut out of this club. ... Democratic ideals do not include discrimination," she said.
Club spokesman Glenn Greenspan characterized Burk's remarks as "grandstanding."
"Ms. Burk will say anything to get publicity," Greenspan said. "But if she is invoking the troops to draw more attention to herself, only three words apply — shame on you."
Burk said her message would be strengthened, not lost, because of the attention on Iraq.
"Women in the military know what it's like to fight for equal opportunity," she said.
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