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tuesday, february 24, 2004
Kansas athletics calendar
TODAY
Baseball vs. Oakland, 3 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Colorado, 8 p.m.
TOMORROW
Swimming at Big 12 Championship, Austin, Texas, all day
Baseball vs. Oakland, 3 p.m.
THURSDAY
Swimming at Big 12 Championship, Austin, Texas, all day
Baseball vs. Oakland, 3 p.m.
FRIDAY
Swimming at Big 12 Championship, Austin, Texas, all day
Track and Field at Big 12 Championship, Lincoln, Neb. all day
Tennis at UNLV Invitational, TBA
SATURDAY
Swimming at Big 12 Championship, Austin, Texas, all day
Track and Field at Big 12 Championship, Lincoln, Neb., all day
Tennis at UNLV Invitational, TBA
Women's Basketball vs. Nebraska, 2 p.m.
Mike Hill, equipment manager, and Richard Konzem, associate director of the University of Kansas Athletics Corporation, celebrated during the last out of the KU baseball game against Oakland University last night. The Jayhawks won the game 6-3.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
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Morgan demands explanation from Big 12 league officials
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State coach Wayne Morgan is looking for answers from the Big 12 Conference.
Morgan wants an explanation of a bizarre officiating decision in the Cyclones' 90-89 overtime loss at Kansas on Saturday.
Kansas was leading 34-24 when Iowa State's Jared Homan went to the line to shoot two free throws with 3:13 left in the first half. Homan missed, Kansas got the rebound and the Jayhawks' J.R. Giddens made a 3-pointer at the other end.
The officials then decided that Homar was owed another free throw, so they stopped play and sent him back to the line but counted Giddens' basket. Homan made the second free throw, after which Iowa State was awarded possession.
"I've never seen anything like that," Morgan said Monday.
"Obviously, the result of the game is not going to change," Morgan said. "Hopefully, we can hope something like that doesn't happen in the future."
Morgan said he'll send a tape of the sequence to the Big 12 office and ask league officials to review it.
Winning wave
The Associated Press
Morgan said he thought the officials could have stopped the play while Kansas was racing up the floor and given Homan his other free throw.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Tar Heels defeat Georgia Tech during battle of inept offenses
Camille Little and Ivory Latta scored 13 points each for the 11-ranked Tar Heels (20-5, 10-4 ACC), who reached 20 wins for the third straight year and seventh time in the last eight seasons. They lead N.C.State by two games for second place in the ACC with two games remaining for both teams.
ATLANTA — North Carolina shook off a sluggish offensive performance and gave Sylvia Hatchell her 650th coaching win, beating Georgia Tech 58-46 on Monday.
Tech led 44-42 after Kasha Terry hit two free throws,but North Carolina went on a 14-4 run in the final 4:34 to seal the win.
Alex Stewart scored 18 points,matching her career high for Georgia Tech (13- 13,4-10), which dropped its second straight.
The Associated Press
MLB
Cards sign Dominican pitcher off waivers after shooting
JUPITER, Fla. — Left-hander Luis Martinez, recently cleared in a shooting in the Dominican Republic, was claimed Monday by the St. Louis Cardinals after being placed on waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Cardinals assigned Martinez, 24, to their 40-man roster. He was the Brewers' minor-league pitcher of the year last season, pitching at Double-A Huntsville, Triple-A Indianapolis and Milwaukee and striking out 172 batters in 177 innings.
Martinez was arrested earlier this month in the shooting. Authorities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, determined he had acted in self-defense during what began as a traffic dispute.
The 6-foot-6 Martinez made four starts for the Brewers last September in his major-league debut, going 0-3 with a 9.92 ERA. That included a start against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium in which he allowed six runs and eight hits in 3 1-3 innings.
The Brewers had announced Saturday that Martinez had agreed on a one-year contract.
The Associated Pres
Marrero contract with Braves extended through 2005 season
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Eli Marrero and the Atlanta Braves agreed Monday to a contract extension through the 2005 season.
The catcher/outfielder, obtained from St. Louis in December, would have been eligible for free agency after the season. The deal worth could be worth as much as about $6.8 million over two years.
Marrero, 30, batted.224 with two homers and 20 RBIs in just 107 at-bats last season, missing 101 games because of a torn ligament in his right ankle. He had the best season of his career in 2002, when he hit.262 with 18 homers and 66 RBI, both career highs.
He had been guaranteed $3 million this year. The new deal calls for $2 million this season and $3 million in 2005, with bonus opportunities and escalators that could raise his salaries to about $2.2 million and $4.6 million.
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — James Posey scored 20 points, including 13 during a
NBA
Memphis, Posey hang tough in late victory over Denver
fourth-quarter rally, and the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Denver Nuggets 109-106 Monday night in a matchup of two of the NBA's most improved teams.
Shane Battier's block of Carmelo Anthony's putback attempt with 7 seconds left prevented Denver from taking the lead. Posey grabbed the shot, was fouled and converted the free throws to seal Memphis' fifth straight victory.
Denver took a 106-102 lead with 1:22 left. But the Grizzlies scored the game's final seven points to send the Nuggets to their third straight loss.
Pau Gasol led Memphis with 25 points, and Bonzi Wells finished with 17. Battier and Jason Williams had 10 each, and Williams added eight assists.
Anthony scored 16 of his 26 points in the second half, but again struggled from the field, hitting only nine of 25 shots. He added 14 rebounds.
Voshon Lenard scored 21 for Denver, all in the first half. Marcus Camby had 15 points and 18 rebounds, and Andre Miller scored 12.
Denver pushed the ball up the floor, at times beating the Grizzlies back down the court after Memphis baskets.
The Associated Press
Memphis made the final two baskets of the period to take an 80-79 lead into the fourth.
The Grizzlies struggled in the third period. They missed their first eight shots and made only 11 of 29 in the quarter, allowing Denver to claw its way back from a nine-point deficit. Anthony scored 10 in the third.
AP MEN'S COLLEGE TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Rank Team Record Pts Pvs
1. Stanford (64) 23-0 1,791 1
2. Saint Joseph's (8) 24-0 1,732 2
3. Pittsburgh 24-2 1,593 5
4. Gonzaga 23-2 1,536 6
5. Duke 22-3 1,507 3
6. Oklahoma St. 21-2 1,499 7
7. Mississippi St. 21-2 1,353 4
8. Connecticut 21-5 1,299 8
9. Kentucky 19-4 1,240 9
10. Texas 19-4 1,140 11
11. Wake Forest 17-6 1,007 15
12. North Carolina 16-7 785 16
13. Providence 18-5 745 19
14. N.C.State 17-6 716 13
15. Cincinnati 18-5 643 17
16. S.Illinois 22-2 620 20
17. Arizona 17-7 587 14
18. Georgia Tech 19-7 566 18
19. Memphis 19-4 540 23
20. Kansas 17-6 474 21
21. Louisville 17-6 450 10
22. Wisconsin 17-6 445 12
23. Illinois 18-5 283 _
24. Utah St. 22-2 141 _
25. Texas Tech 19-7 111 22
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 80, Charlotte 78, Kent St 76, Michigan St 68, Air Force 55, W. Michigan 45, South Carolina 39, LSU 28, Suton St 20, Dayton 71, Vanderbilt 15, ETSU 12, Manhattan 12, Boston U 10, Florida 10, UAB 10, Oklahoma 8, Nevada 5, UTEP 5, Utah 3, Boston College 2, George Washington 1.
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