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SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2004
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Jennica Kilwein and Melissa Baraneck, both Lawrence freshman, study for finals while waiting for tickets at Allen Fieldhouse for Thursday's game against TCU. Baranek said it was a good way to productively "waste time before finals."
Texas defeats North Texas
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No.14 Texas 86, North Texas 57
AUSTIN, Texas Brad Buckman scored 18 points and blocked seven shots to lead the Longhorns.
Texas (6-1), which has shot 3 pointers with abandon early this season, did most of its damage in the paint against North Texas (3-3). Jason Klotz had 14 points and LaMarcus Aldridge scored 12.
Leonard Hopkins scored 13 to lead North Texas.
The Longhorns got off to a ragged start, twice stopping the game in the first half because
they didn't have the right number of players on the court. Texas was hit with a technical foul when it had six players on the floor and later delayed a restart when it only had four.
No. 17 Iowa 76, N. Iowa 73
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Greg Brunner scored 23 points and the Hawkeyes held off a late rally by Northern Iowa.
Iowa (7-1) led by 13 points with more than seven minutes left in the game, but then struggled as the Panthers pulled within a point in the final minute.
cnance to take the lead, but Ben Jacobson, who led all scorers with 25 points, missed a 15-footer with six seconds left.
Northern Iowa. (3-2) had a
Jeff Horner added 16 points for Iowa, while Erek Hansen and Pierre Pierce each had 14.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Kennedy Winston scored 21 points and Chuck Davis had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Crimson Tide.
No. 18 Alabama 72, Alabama St. 54
Alabama (7-0), the nation's top scoring team, was held to a season-low in points but led by double digits for the final 33 minutes.
MLS conference to pick up teams
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NEW YORK — Major League Soccer's two expansion teams, Real Salt Lake and Club Deportivo Chivas USA, will join the Western Conference for the 2005 season.
The Kansas City Wizards will move to the Eastern Conference to establish two divisions of six teams each.
The East will feature the Wizards and the Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, the MetroStars, the New England Revolution and the champion D.C. United.
Jose Earthquakes. Mexican-owned Deportivo will play in Carson, Calif., sharing the stadium with the Galaxy.
Along with the expansion teams in the West will be the Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, the Los Angeles Galaxy and the San
MLS did not change the playoff format, with four teams from each conference qualifying for the post-season. After home-and-away conference semifinals series, the winners advance to the single-game conference championship.
Oklahoma State defeats Syracuse with defense
BASKETBALL
NEW YORK — Stephen Graham scored 16 points, including two three-point plays in the final 4 1/2 minutes, and No. 5 Oklahoma State beat No. 4 Syracuse 74-60 last night in the Jimmy V Classic.
John Lucas hit a three-pointer to break that last tie and start a 17-4 run that included Graham's two big plays.
The defenses dominated in the matchup of top 5 teams, but Oklahoma State (6-0) was able to pull away from a 45-all tie with 6:32 to play as the Orange (7-1) couldn't hit from the field or the free throw line.
Ivan McFarlin scored with 2:20 to go to cap the run and give Oklahoma State a 62-49 lead.
Gerry McNamara hit three 3s in the closing 1:23 to get Syracuse within 66-60, but the Orange couldn't get any closer.
McFarlin and Joey Graham each had 16 points for Oklahoma State and McFarlin had 12 rebounds as the Cowboys finished with a 46-33 advantage on the boards.
Josh Pace had 20 points, two off his career-high, for Syracuse, while McNamara had 18 and Hakim Warrick 13. Warrick, a career 64 percent free throw shooter, was just five-for-13 from the line and Syracuse was 7-for-22.
The game was a matchup of two of college basketball's winning coaches. Eddie Sutton won his 617st, while Jim Boeheim stayed at 683.
Oklahoma State's physical man-to-man defense and Syracuse's vaunted 2-3 zone lived up to their billings. Syracuse held a 22-11 halftime lead with neither team able to shoot better than 36 percent.
It didn't get much better for the offenses in the second half until Oklahoma State started to score in transition to break the game open.
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