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He played in the opener against Rhode Island and lasted 16 minutes, passing for two assists and scoring five points, but aggravated the injury. The three games and practice time he missed left him behind in the fight for playing time at the point. His week in practice has not been entirely smooth, although the soreness has been mostlyeliminated bY wearing g two ankle braces and a wrap. "He throws the ball away too much," Huggins said. "He's got good floor vision, knows where the ball is supposed to go, but he's got to do a better job of delivering It without throwing it away." UC went to Alaska wondering how its Ppoint - guard situation would develop with Horton not along for the trip. In three games, Mitchell and Logan averaged 14.6 points, 5.0 assists and 2.3 turnovers, shooting 17-of-37 (.459) from the field. A team that a year ago averaged 15.8 turnovers is ~
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He has coached Purdue to 400 victories, yet talks as if he's about to 0 get fired any minute. 0 Before speaking at a fund-raiser ` April OPENING DAY when they slgneo a pasKel:Dal1 re- for Southern Illinois, Keady asked COLLEGE Weber what he should talk about. -,r__, of inaware his were they cruit, WAKE FOREST(6.2)—AmonetiM0.05,Shoemaker ,~_r Sat., CLEVELAND ~~~KE~E- ~, 4-7 1-1 9, Vidaurreta 0.2 0.0 0, O'Kelley 1.9 5-8 8, Fitzpatrick Y want t0 hear volvement In a marijuana-related "WhY . would somebody 0-2 0-0 0, Hicks 1-4 0-12, Fuller 0.0 N 0, Songaila 6.10 3.3 15, me speak?"• he wondered. Murray 1.1 0-0 2, Griffin 2.6 0-2 5, Scott 5-8 1-2 11, Dawson occurrence. 4-8 0-0 12, Totals 26.63 10-7169. Prairie View 43 (Coulter 12), Pittsburgh 60 (Hawkins 17). ' "That's kind of him, Weber said. G`~G\Hf MARYLAND (8.0) — Profit 7-10 2.2 16, Morris 6-8 1-2 Assists—Prairie View 12 (Burks 5), Pittsburgh 20 (CumWe did know that this was a ,r He,S never thought of himself as Group Sec-son ' Ek .:b ~~ 9-9 19, stokes 1.3 0-0 2, Francis 7-14 3-4 18, mings 8). Total fouls—Prairie View 15, Pittsburgh 16. A— """'H Dixon 9b` 3-4 74, Miller 1.30.03, Hahn0.00-10, Cephas 0-7 0.0 when we signed problem potential 6,a92. special. 0, Fields 0.3 0.0 0, Mardesich 0.2 0.0 0, Baxter 2.5 1-1 5, somebody 421-4510 421-4510 (nl him. We were under the impression Watkins 0. 0-0 0. Totals 33.65 19.23 92. won with different Keady has i.. ,. Halftime—Maryland 51, Wake Forest 29. 3-Point NOo 4 Cll-__666SOn B2, that this problem was taken care, of styles in different decades. 4320 goal Wake Forest 7.21 (Dawson 4.7, Griffin 1.1, Amonett 6?r:~ 4350,REDS (~ 1-3, O'Kelley 1.5, Songaila 0.1, Fitzpatrick 0.2, Hicks 0-2), Em 7 ~~~L--See00 Sto Y r reason not to sgn no we had and Kentucky, Western he didn ' t „ Maryland 7-18 (Dixon 3.5, Morris 2.2, Miller 1.2, Francis 1.3, CLEMSON ~ S.C. — East Tennes- him, O'Brien0 Bi said. Profit ng Fields 0-1, Stokes 0.2, Watkins t 3* Fouled even use a basketball in earlY Preseaout—Songaila, Hicks. Rebounds—Wake Forest 38 (Shoe- See State coach Ed DeChellis got Brent Darby, a senior guard at son practices. His Purdue teams used maker,Songaila 9), Maryland 39 (Baxter 7). Assists—Wake Forest 13 (Dawson 4), Maryland 25 (Stokes 8). Total exactly what he expected from ClemRiver Rouge (Mich.) High School, fouls—wake Forest 19, Maryland 20. A-14,500• son in the first half of his team's loss. has been charged with marijuana to walk the ball up the court, run e The second half was a bit of a sur- obsession and was released on motion offense and relyon big' strong Pittsburgh 7g, n r' P centers. Passing the ball at least five " ' prise, though. Prairie V1ev, b:iYi 64$500 awaiting arraignwhile bond times was mandator Weber recalls That's when Clemson (7-1) hit Iowa when the PITTSBURGH — Isaac Hawkins 8-of-14 from three-point range to pull ment. one possession at y Michigan state police Sgt. Kevin Boilermakers passed it 60 times. overpowered smaller and painfully in- away from the Buccaneers (4-1). experienced Prairie View A&M for When Glenn Robinson became eliFreshman guard Will Solomon hit Nance said Darby was arrested 22 points and 17 rebounds, and Pitts- three three-pointers in a 24-9 surge Monday on a, warrant issued in gible in 1992-93, Keady adjusted. He burgh shrugged off a sluggish first that gave Clemson a 72-43 lead with connection with an.Oct. 17 incident didn't worry as much about shot half. in which he was stopped in Detroit selection and gave "Big Dog" free less than five minutes to play. The Panthers (7-1) overcame an E. TENNESSEE ST.(4.1) — Murray 2-8 0-2 4, Stephens 4.8 for speeding and officers found reign. He. has been less rigid and Cuffle 2-5 0-0 off-night by scoring star Vonteego 2-2 about an ounce of marijuana under more patient with the '90s type of Todd 2-40 -04Lscky1.5213 S,,Douter 2.4 0-0 4, Ch 10, ss players, all the while remaining a Cummings. Cummings, averaging Wilson 7.2 1-2 3, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Meeks 0.00-00. Totals 22-51 the front seat of his car. disciplinarian 22.2 points was held to 10 points on 6-17 54. at heart. 7 j CLEMSON (7.1) — Whitt 4-112-3 11, Jamison 4-7 2-4 10, INOnten m (alt Srr_.r `_,e, Wideman 2.3 2-4 6, Miller 3-7 0.0 7, McIntyre 5-9 1.2 13, "1 just think he's a good teacher of 3-of-14 shooting and didn't score in Solomon 4.7 0-0 I1, Jurkunas 4-7 0-0 10, Christie 3-5 0.0 8, DePau147 basketball," Weber said. "Even the second half until 2:52 remained. Allenspach 1.1 2-2 4, Woni 1-1 0.0 2, Braddick 0-1 0.2 0, 82. KNOXVILLE Tenn. = TennesPRAIRIE VIEW (0•S) —Johnson 0.1 0-0 0, Graves 0.0 Gilmore 0.1 0-1 0. Totals 31-60 9.18 though he changesr he still sticks with ' Halftime—Clemson 36, E. Tennessee St. 21. 3-Point 1.2 i, Coulter 3-7 W( Burks 3.10 0-0 7, Arch 9-17 3-3 23, (Childress 3.7, Lisicky 1-3, sees Kristen Clement was lust the basics. Bibbs1-30-02, Jones 1-61-23,Willybiro3-101.29, Lee 4.13 goals—E. Tennessee St. 4-16 Keeton 0.1, McDuffie 0-1, Murray 0-2, Stephens 0-2), Clem1-2 9, Smith 1.4 0.0 2. Totals 25-719-15 64. la her offensive play P UCLA coach Steve Lavin started (Solomon 3-4, Jurkunas 2-4, Christie 2-4, McIntyre IOOkIng to improve son 11-25 PITTSBURGH (7-1) —Cosby 3-5 2-2 8,Taylor 2-130-0 5, Whitt 1.4). Fouled out—None Rebounds—E. Thursday night. She did much more. Hawkins 10.18 2.3 22, Cummings 3.14 2.2 10, Greer 5.14 3-3 2.6, Miller 1.3, his college coaching g career as a g (Meeks 5)', Clemson 37 (Jamison 10). St. 26 Tennessee 13, Primus 2.6 2.2 7, Lockhart 2.4 3.3 9, Holmes 0.2 0-0 0, Assists—E. Tennessee St. 13 (Stephens, Lisicky 4), Clemson The point guard was flawless con- Purdue graduate assistant in 1988. Seabrooks 0-0 0.0 0, Flores Z7 0.0 4. Totals 29-83 14.15 78. 1 CtE^scr 1^. 19 (Miller 5). Total fouls—E. Terre=_see `;_;;Nut=- •Htstiurgh s]', r'rufne View 27. 3-Point A-8,200. netting on 5-of-5 shots and 6-of-6 He was unpaid for his work, Prairie View 5.21 (Willybiro 2.3, Arch 2.7, Burks 1-2, SmithO-i,Jones0-3,Lee0-5),Pittsburgh6-29(Lockhart2.4, goals Ohio free throws for a- career-high 19 highly rewarded. Lavin observed and BUCKEYE TROUBLE: , Cummings 2.7, Primus 1-5, Taylor 1.7, Hawkins 0•i, Holmes Brien and Athlet- points in leading the No. 3 Lady Vols. ,absorbed Keady's methods. ' 0-1, Flores 0.1, Greer 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds- State coach Jim O "He loves his players unconditionally," Lavin said. "It's a tough love, ® • ~~•~ his players will is to ghn teach] ti.ine, eC -J in his discipline, his toughness, his demanding, fiery nature because they session was the first in 13 days with know underneath all that he's got the J both full negotiating committees in heart of a teddy bear." N~~ Keady is noted mostly for getting attendance. his teams to overachieve. They fight If the owners and players can't Also, according to a player who The Associated Press scrap until the final buzzer, taking. and was in the meeting, Madison Square come up with a solution in the next NEW YORK — Michael Jordan Garden president David Checketts few weeks, the entire 1998-99 season on their coach's persona. If there is criticism, it's that he has was at the bargaining table Thursday sparred with union lawyers, and Jdid likely will be canceled. never taken a team to the Final Four. when NBA labor talks resumed. don did not get as involved as he did arrival marked the first Purdue has been to the Elite Eight Jordan's J g Whether his magic touch can save the when he attended Oct. 28. time he had joined the talks since Oct. once ('94) and the Sweet 16 twice season remains to be seen. The sides were still meeting in 28, when he spent about 81/2 hours at ('88,'98) under Keady; 11 times they His presence was promising, however, since his agent said he wouldn't mid-evening, but no formal proposals the bargaining table and tried to help have been ousted in the first or second round of the NCAA Tourna'broker a deal. get involved again until discussions were being put forward. Jordan left early in the evening, got serious. The sides met one other time ment. There was a time it gnawed at "His understanding was that a new and returned about three hours later. since then, on Nov. 20, and called it proposal was going to be made" by He did,.not comment as he entered a their most productive session to date. Keady. He takes losing personally. Getting to a Final Four remains a the owners, agent David Falk said, hotel across from NBA headquarters, But u things quickly unraveled. e. goal, he said, but not an obsession. "and he wanted to be there to listen where the league and union were Pressure for a settlement and pan9 "I just like t0 get my kids to play to it. You can read into it that he's working to end the five-month dispute Waiting to buy a new snowthrower because you're concerned it might not snow? For a limited time, continuing to be involved and sup- that threatens to wipe out the entire is over the fate of the season in- hard and do good things and try to buy a new Toro snowthrower and our season. creased in recent days, with former have a great season," he said. "The portive of the union leadership." back. , S'no Rlsk guarantee can mean up to 50% exclusive"71 The sides spent the first two hours union president Isiah Thomas sug- Final Four is one of those things I'd During the first few hours of one G u A R A N T E E' If it doesn't snow, we'll return your dough: of the longest sessions yet, commis- merely "feeling each other out," gesting that Billy Hunter and Patrick like to do, but if I don't do it, I'm not sioner David Stern made another plea Stern said, then went back to work Ewing be replaced as the union's lead going to fret over it. I'm not going to CINCINNATI MILFORD SHARONVILLE to save the season. DEWAR EQUIPMENT, INC. go into my retirement and be bitter. after a lunch break. The bargaining negotiators. "DR" MILLS MOWER SERVICE BRECON SERVICE 4915 Glenway Ave. 5490 Pleasant Hill Rd. 7300 E. Kemper Rd. "I think I'm more understanding of 921-5366 831.2206 489-1555 why we don't go. 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