www.yankton.net Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan ■ Saturday, March 13, 2010 PAGE 9A Top-Ranked Hastings Falls In NAIA D-II Tournament SIOUX CITY, Iowa — It may have taken Shawnee State (Ohio) Saturday at 1 p.m. National Championship. In the loss for the Mustangs (21-12), Tanaeya Pueblo rallied from an 11 second half deficit to seven years, but Grand View (Iowa) was Hastings’ season ends with a record of The Red Raiders, now 28-6 on the season, advance Worden finish with 26. Leslie Foral recorded 13 points shock the second-seeded Wildcats 59-48 Friday after- to the quarterfinals for the third straight year and will and Bobbi McManaman chipped in 11. noon in the first round of the NCAA Division II Central able to get revenge against Hastings 31-4. square off against Iowa Wesleyan Saturday at 3 p.m. IND. WESLEYAN 58, BLACK HILLS STATE 50: Regional Women’s Tournament in Durango, (Neb.) with a 69-61 second-round victory For Grand View, Jennifer Jorgensen Sterling's 14th national championship appearance ends SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The ability to knock down free Colo. Friday at the NAIA Division II Women's finished the game with 21 points and 13 in the second round and the Warriors exit at 27-5. throws with time winding down was a key factor in The ThunderWolves advance to Saturday’s semifi- Basketball National Championship on rebounds. Play down low was also all Northwestern with 51 Indiana Wesleyan’s 58-50 second-round win over Black nals with a 21-10 record while ending Wayne State’s Friday afternoon. Hastings had three players averaging rebounds and 44 points in the paint. Four starters were Hills State on Friday at the NAIA Division II Women’s season at 26-5. double-figure scorers, led by 19-point outings from Basketball National Championship. CSU-Pueblo got within six points again at 40-34 Hastings spent the final four polls of double figures, but Lindsey Ducey was both Kendra De Jong and Becca Hurley. Randa Hulstein Black Hills State (26-7) had a balanced scoring with 11:58 left in the game following a three pointer, the regular season as the nation’s top- the lone offensive component for the scored 14 points and Kami Kuhlmann contributed 12. effort, but only had one player log double figures with but WSC’s Ashley Arlen hit a three on the next posses- ranked team and had won 10 straight Broncos in the losing effort. The senior OZARKS 92, MORNINGSIDE 74: SIOUX CITY, Iowa 12 points from Jenna Bolstad on 6-of-9 shooting. sion to push the ‘Cats lead back to nine at 43-34. But games prior to Friday’s loss. forward closed out her career with a 32- — Threes were the weapon of choice for both College WSC went ice cold from the floor, going 11:07 without of the Ozarks (Mo.) and Morningside in second-round Division II a basket, as CSU-Pueblo rallied for the win. Garey Smith’s Vikings (27-8) advance point effort. action on Friday, but Ozarks was nearly unstoppable Mara Hjelle led all scorers with 27 points and 12 NORTHWESTERN 92, STERLING 50: SIOUX CITY, into their first quarterfinals appearance from long range to dethrone the defending national CSU-PUEBLO 59, WAYNE STATE 48: DURANGO, rebounds for the Wildcats, going 12-of-26 from the Iowa — The Northwestern Red Raiders cruised past champions 92-74 at the NAIA Division II Women's Colo. — Wayne State College went 11:07 without a field. Ashley Arlen added 13 points and 10 rebounds in four trips to the national champi- Sterling (Kan.) 92-50 to punch a ticket into the quarter- Basketball National Championship. basket in the second half as seventh-seeded CSU- for the Wildcats. onship and will square off against finals Friday at the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball NBA: James Leads Cavaliers FLYERS USD Past Philly 100-95 In Return From Page 7A From Page 7A PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LeBron (AP) — scored 20 points and Also for Viborg, Sage Knudsen Thomas led the Coyotes with James had 23 points, 10 assists had 16 points and 11 assists in just three quarters as Boston snapped a two- had four assists and three steals. 19, while Cain posted a double- and six rebounds in his return game losing streak. Freeman now plays the conso- double with 16 points and 17 from a two-game absence, and the Reserves and lation championship against top- rebounds in addition to those won for the scored 15 points for Boston, which played its seeded Newell, which was upset five blocks. 14th time in their last 19 road third game in four nights. by eighth-seeded Highmore- “It was all about protecting games with a 100-95 victory over BOBCATS 106, CLIPPERS 98: CHAR- LOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Stephen Jackson scored Harrold in the opening round. the basket,” Cain said. “I’m not the on Friday 24 points and the Bobcats held off a fourth- “If we go out and play hard, worried too much about blocking night. quarter rally to beat the struggling Clippers. like we did in the third quarter, a lot of shots, I want to be at the James was in Boris Diaw added 16 points, Tyson we can do it,” Paulson noted. right place at the right time to the starting lineup Chandler 13 and had 10 points and 11 assists for the Bobcats, who Viborg hopes to continue to play defense.” after missing the won their fifth straight as they chase the first momentum from its late rally Cutler finished with a season- previous two with playoff berth in franchise history. against Freeman into the seventh high 18, while Gentry had 13 as an injured right HEAT 108, BULLS 95: MIAMI (AP) — place game with Wall. he matched Thomas’ effort from ankle, and the Jermaine O’Neal scored a season-high 25 “We need to see if we can get behind the arc with four. league’s leading points, added 23 and Miami added to ’s recent run of mis- ourselves going,” Kraning said. The Coyotes shot 60.9 percent scorer had his ery. “We need to put more pressure from the field (14-23) in the sec- 26th double-dou- THUNDER 104, NETS 102: OKLAHOMA on the ball. If we don’t, we’re ond, but the Broncs had the over- ble. He entered James CITY (AP) — scored 32 points, going to struggle.” all advantage, 48 percent to 44. the game averag- his franchise-record 36th 30-point game this Viborg and Wall play at noon There were seven ties and six ing 30.0 points, 8.5 assists and 7.2 season, and Oklahoma City held off NBA- worst New Jersey for its 16th win in 19 today (Saturday), with Freeman lead changes in the opening 20 rebounds. games. and Newell playing at 1:45 p.m. minutes before the Broncs estab- added 21 points PISTONS 101, WIZARDS 87: AUBURN VIBORG (19-5) lished in the final seven minutes, HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Will Bynum had a S. Knudsen 2-5 0-0 5, Larsen 0-2 0-0 0, Miller and contributed 17 1-5 0-1 3, Mach 0-2 0-0 0, K. Knudsen 2-12 0-5 6, leading by as many as seven and for the Cavaliers (51-15), who career-best 20 assists, Jonas Jerebko scored Roesler 0-3 0-0 0, Rist 2-3 0-0 5, Lee 8-11 0-0 18. taking a 35-29 halftime lead. 18 points, and Detroit beat Washington in a Totals: 15-44 2-8 37. have the league’s best record. matchup of two of the Eastern Conference’s FREEMAN (20-5) “They were making good led the Sixers worst teams. Stern 0-2 0-0 0, Wynia 4-13 4-6 15, Uecker 5- 6 1-1 11, Paulson 5-10 2-3 13, Kaufman 2-3 2-2 6, runs,” Boots said. “We didn’t play with 30 points, Elton Brand added NUGGETS 102, HORNETS 95: NEW Soulek 2-5 0-1 6. Totals: 18-39 9-13 51. very well because they were play- 24 and Thaddeus Young had 15. ORLEANS (AP) — had 32 VIBORG...... 8 21 23 37 ing very well.” SPURS 103, TIMBERWOLVES 85: MIN- points and 12 rebounds, and Denver won its FREEMAN...... 10 22 43 51 JAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&D NEAPOLIS (AP) — Richard Jefferson had 19 fifth straight. 3-pointers—Viborg 5-21 (S. Knudsen 1-4, Aaron Urbanus led UT-PA with Larsen 0-1, Miller 1-4, Mach 0-1, K. Knudsen 2-9, Viborg's Sage Knudsen (left) knocks the ball away from Freeman's points, nine rebounds and three assists in his GRIZZLIES 119, KNICKS 112: MEMPHIS, Rist 1-1), Freeman 6-19 (Stern 0-2, Wynia 3-9 15, followed by Jared Maree with first start in seven games to help San Antonio Tenn. (AP) — had 24 points Paulson 1-4, Soulek 2-4). Rebounds—Viborg 22 Kaitlyn Stern as Stern tried to go in for a layup during their conso- 11. beat hapless Minnesota. and 11 rebounds, and Memphis held on to (Lee 7), Freeman 28 (Paulson 8). Assists—Viborg 7 lation semifinal game at the South Dakota State Class B Girls' NOTES: Cain’s double-double George Hill had 19 points and eight beat New York. (S. Knudsen 4), Freeman 5 (Paulson 2). Total Fouls—Viborg 15, Freeman 15. Basketball Tournament Friday at the Watertown Civic Arena. was his 14th of the season and he assists and had 15 points and BUCKS 95, JAZZ 87: MILWAUKEE (AP) eight rebounds for the Spurs, who have won — Ersan Ilyasova scored on a putback with also moved past Jesse Becker for six of their last seven games, including two of 27.2 seconds remaining and Milwaukee 12th on the USD all-time scoring three without injured star . knocked off yet another NBA powerhouse. game. Those half inches are Dakota Valley (17-7) will play list. Cain now has 1,373 career CELTICS 122, PACERS 103: BOSTON sometimes what makes a differ- Mobridge-Pollock at noon today points, one ahead of Becker … VALLEY ence.” (Saturday) for seventh place. His 17 boards matched a season- Dakota Valley led 11-8 after Kelsey Schmidt netted 12 high … The Coyotes extended From Page 7A the first quarter, but Stickney-Mt. points for the Knights. Stickney- their winning streak to 12 Top 25: Top-Ranked Kansas Surges Vernon came back to take a 24-22 Mt. Vernon (21-4) will play Tri- …Thomas had as many three lead at halftime. The Panthers Valley at 1:45 p.m. today for the pointers on Friday as he did in to set her up. We had the other retook the lead after third quar- consolation championship. the past four games. Past Texas A&M In Big 12 Semis guard coming out so maybe if TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (6-27) ter 36-31. The Knights went on a “Being fifth place in the state Valera 2-8 2-2 6, Urbanus 6-9 1-1 15, Hearn 2- KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — pionship game Saturday night. The they doubled hard on Neff the 10-3 run to start the fourth quar- is something to be pretty proud 4 1-1 5, Maree 4-9 3-3 11, Weiermiller 2-7 0-0 6, Mountaineers are looking for their first title; other guard might be open out Hawkins 3-4 0-0 6, Jones 1-1 0-0 3, Mierzycki 3-6 Xavier Henry scored 11 points in ter to take the lead at 41-39 and of and we are happy to be in that 0-2 6, Hendrix 2-8 1-2 5, Smith 3-6 0-0 8. TOTALS the Hoyas a record eighth. there.” 28-62 8-11 71. a stunning 21-2 run that broke a Butler banked in a 3-pointer at the did not give up the lead. position,” Giblin said. Neff, however, was fouled STICKNEY-MT. VERNON (21-4) SOUTH DAKOTA (21-9) tight game wide open and carried “We tend to do that a lot,” Tyler Cain 7-11 2-3 16, Steve Smith 1-4 0-2 2, buzzer Thursday for a 54-51 victory over with 1.7 seconds left and went to Lexie Christensen 1-9 0-0 2, Whitney Kuyper No. 1 Kansas past No. 23 Texas Cincinnati. Vermeulen said. “We kind of get 3-15 1-2 9, Kelsey Schmidt 5-12 0-0 12, Sarah Roman Gentry 4-10 1-2 13, Kendall Cutler 6-9 6-6 the line for a pair of bonus free Vermeulen 6-16 3-4 17, Shelby Assmus 2-6 1-1 5, 18, Jake Thomas 5-10 5-6 19, Mitchell Bouie 1-3 1- A&M 79-66 in a rough-and-tumble SAN DIEGO STATE 72, NO. 8 NEW ourselves in a hole and then we 2 3, Louie Krogman 1-7 1-2 4, Jordan Boots 0-2 0- MEXICO 69: LAS VEGAS (AP) — Dairese throws. She missed the first Jackie Niewenhuis 0-0 0-0 0, Stephanie DeWaard Big 12 semifinal Friday night. start to figure it out and we start 0-0 0-0 0, Shelby Selland 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 17- 0 0, Conrad Krutwig 0-0 1-2 1. TOTALS 25-56 17- Gary missed a runner in the final second and attempt and Wall grabbed the 58 5-7 45. 25 76. Texas A&M (23-9) led by as San Diego State escaped with an upset of to catch back up. I think it says a DAKOTA VALLEY (17-7) Halftime — UTPA 35-29. 3-Pointers — UTPA and made a shot as MaKayla Perryman 0-2 1-2 2, Abbie Huber 1- 7-21 (Smith 2-4, Urbanus 2-4, Weiermiller 2-5, many as nine points early in the New Mexico in the semifinals of the lot about us. It says a lot about Jones 1-1, Hearn 0-1, Maree 0-1, Hendrix 0-5), Mountain West Conference tournament. time expired to get the final mar- 5 0-0 2, Whitney Dunn 4-7 1-1 9, Allyssa Wall 5-7 second half while the regular-sea- our character that we just don’t 4-6 14, Taylor Neff 4-9 2-4 12, Molly Long 2-7 0-2 USD 9-23 (Gentry 4-6, Thomas 4-8, Krogman 1-5, gin. Boots 0-2, Smith 0-2). Fouled Out — None. son Big 12 champion Jayhawks The top-seeded Lobos (29-4) saw their give up.” 4, Karina Kiewel 0-0 0-0 0, Molly Spilger 1-1 0-0 2. 15-game winning streak snapped and, in all “We were hoping she would TOTALS 17-38 8-15 44. Rebounds — USD 45 (Cain 17), UTPA 25 (31-2) fouled and fumbled and Wall had a double-double in STICKNEY-MOUNT VERNON...... 8 24 31 45 (Mierzycki 7). Assists — UTPA 15 (Hendrix, likelihood, their hopes of a No. 2 seed in the have knocked that first one Weiermiller 4), USD 15 (Cutler 7). Total Fouls — committed turnover after NCAA tournament were dashed. the first half with 10 points, 10 DAKOTA VALLEY...... 11 22 36 44 down so we could have done 3-Pointers — SMV 6-23 (Christensen 0-4, UTPA 20, USD 13. Attendance — 167. turnover. But the Aggies, who out- NO. 9 KANSAS ST. 82, NO. 21 BAYLOR rebounds and added five blocked what we did on the first one . . . Kuyper 2-8, Schmidt 2-6, Vermeulen 2-5); DV 2-7 played Kansas throughout the 75: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dominique shots. The University of North (Huber 0-2, Neff 2-4, Long 0-1). Total Fouls — first half, ran into a sudden field Sutton had a double-double and a key offen- on the second one where we Dakota recruit finished the game SMV 19; DV 12. Fouled Out — SMV, Vermeulen; sive rebound that led to ’s 3- DV, Dunn. Rebounds — SMV 34 (Assmus 8); DV missed and have Allyssa crash 33 (Wall 17). Assists — SMV 13 (Kuyper 3, goal drought that lasted more pointer with 2:02 left, helping Kansas State with 14 points, 17 rebounds and than 8 minutes and Kansas sud- hard to the boards,” Geigle said. seven blocked shots. Neff added Vermeulen 3, Assmus 3); DV 12 (Wall 4). Blocks NHL: New Jersey survive for a win over Baylor in the Big 12 “That is how it goes in a close — SMV 0; DV 9 (Wall 7). Steals — SMV 5 denly could hardly miss. tournament semifinals. 12 points for the Panthers. (Christensen 2, Assmus 2); DV 2 (Perryman 1, had six of his Sutton provided the early spark for list- Wall 1). Turnovers — SMV 10; DV 16. Defeats Pens 3-1; 26 points in the big run that made less Kansas State (26-6) early and finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds to send the Kansas 16-1 all-time against the second-seeded Wildcats into their first Big Wild Stops Sabres Aggies and sent them into the 12 championship game against rival Kansas. finals against Kansas State. Pullen had 26 points and Denis Clemente “We didn’t get off to a good start. They hit a NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Ilya Donald Sloan, playing in his added 24 to give Kansas State a school sin- WOMEN bunch of threes and that got us tentative. They Kovalchuk had a goal and two school-record 136th game, led the gle-season record for wins. assists to snap out of a scoring MINNESOTA 72, NO. 11 MICHIGAN ST. From Page 7A were aggressive and we played on our heels.” Aggies with 24 points. 67, OT: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Devoe slump and the New Jersey Devils NO. 2 KENTUCKY 73, ALABAMA 67: Joseph made two 3s during a 10-0 overtime beat the Stanley Cup champion NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — had 23 run and scored 17 points to lead Minnesota Bagaason each made three three- — USD COACH RYUN WILLIAMS Pittsburgh Penguins for the fifth points, including seven straight in the second past Michigan State in the Big Ten tourna- half to give the Wildcats the lead for good, pointers and Jossy Bergan two straight time, 3-1 on Friday night. ment quarterfinals. Martin Brodeur made 33 saves and Kentucky overcame an 11-point deficit in The Gophers (20-12) meet No. 6 Purdue as North Dakota jumped out to North Dakota began taking — for the Coyotes, while Roche beating Alabama in the Southeastern in Saturday’s semifinals. an 11-2 lead and a 39-30 halftime control of the offensive boards finished with 12. Teresa Case led for his 37th win of the season and Conference tournament quarterfinals. 58, NO. 13 WISCONSIN 54: 594th overall. The win gave Kentucky its 12th 30-win advantage. and extended its lead to 62-45 on a balanced rebounding effort INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Tisdale scored two Jossy Bergan free throws with five. Six of the nine Coyotes The Devils, who have season — the most by any school — and the 21 points and Demetri McCamey had 13 as Annie Roche picked up some Wildcats’ first since 2003 when they went 32- of Hegge’s slack and had seven with 6:49 remaining. each had four boards or more. outscored Pittsburgh 16-3 during Illinois hung on for an upset of Wisconsin in the run, pulled within two points 4. It’s also the fifth straight such season for the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals. in the first period. South Dakota The Fighting Sioux outre- Bergan led four North Dakota John Calipari and seventh overall to tie him The Fighting Illini (19-13) are hoping the got it as close as 19-17 on Jackie bounded the Coyotes 26-16 in players in double figures with 18, of the Penguins for first place in with Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun for third-most win solidifies their NCAA hopes. Illinois the Atlantic Division with 17 among coaches. Hiebert’s three-pointer with 8:02 the second half, including 13 on followed by Kayla Bagaason (17), faces No. 5 Ohio State in Saturday’s semifi- the offensive side that generated Youngblood (15) and Ledger games to play. NO. 4 DUKE 57, VIRGINIA 46: GREENS- nals. left, but Youngblut’s outside WILD 3, SABRES 2: BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) BORO, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Singler had 18 NO. 15 TENNESSEE 76, MISSISSIPPI 65: shooting pushed North Dakota’s numerous second chances as (13). — Josh Harding made 43 saves, and Andrew SOUTH DAKOTA (15-16) points and 11 rebounds, and Duke pulled NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Wayne Chism had lead back up to nine. well as letting North Dakota con- Ebbett, Guillaume Latendresse and Andrew away late to beat pesky Virginia in an Amber Hegge 5-13 5-5, Kara Iverson 4-13 1-2 16 points and 15 rebounds and Tennessee trol the clock. 13; Jasmine Mosley 2-4 0-0 4; Annie Roche 4-14 Brunette scored to help Minnesota snap a Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinal. “We didn’t get off to a good beat Mississippi in the Southeastern start,” Williams said. “They hit a “North Dakota’s a good 2-2 12; Abby Kinder 1-3 0-0 3; Samantha Mehr 0-2 four-game winless streak and end Buffalo’s Nolan Smith added 15 points for the Conference tournament quarterfinals. 0-0 0; Jackie Hiebert 3-4 0-0 6; Jamie Young 0-0 winning streak at three. 0-0 0; Teresa Case 2-5 0-0 6. TOTALS 21-58 8-9 top-seeded Blue Devils (27-5) and Jon J.P. Prince added 17 points for bunch of threes and that got us rebounding team,” Williams said. LIGHTNING 3, CAPITALS 2: WASHING- Scheyer shook off a rough start to score 15 60. Tennessee (25-7), which is 7-0 this season tentative. They were aggressive “Their guards are big and physi- NORTH DAKOTA (17-13) TON (AP) — Defenseman Matt Walker scored — including seven during the late 11-0 run when Chism gets a double-double. Cameron and we played on our heels.” cal and the team has great Whitney Ledger 4-7 5-6 1; Corey Lof 1-7 0-0 one goal and created another a few minutes that sent them into Saturday’s semifinal Tatum came off the bench to score 15, and 2; Jossy Berga 5-13 5-5 18; Mallory Youngblut 4-9 later when his shot deflected in off Vincent North Dakota’s shooting length. If we won the rebound- 4-4 15; Kayla Bagaason 5-14 4-5 17; Alys Seay 0- against 12th-seeded Miami. Bobby Maze added 13. Lecavalier, helping struggling Tampa Bay edge NO. 5 OHIO STATE 69, MICHIGAN 68: cooled off in the second half, and ing, we would have had a 1 0-0 0; Nicole Smart 2-4 0-0 5; Carly Rothfusz 0-0 NO. 17 TEMPLE 69, ST. BONAVENTURE 0-0 0. TOTALS 21-55 18-20 70. NHL-leading Washington. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — drained 51: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Juan South Dakota had its best chance.” At The Half: UND 39-30. Three-Pointers: USD RANGERS 5, THRASHERS 2: ATLANTA a 37-footer at the buzzer to give Ohio State a Fernandez hit three 3-pointers and handed chance with 13 minutes remain- Two Roche free throws cut it 10-29 (Iverson 4-10, Case 2-4, Roche 2-6, Hegge (AP) — Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik 1-3, Kinder 1-3, Mehr 0-2), UND 10-30 (Youngblut win over Michigan in the Big Ten tournament out three assists in a game-opening 24-8 ing. to 63-54 with 2:47 remaining, but gave New York the lead with goals 41 seconds quarterfinals. 3-7, Bagaason 3-8, Bergan 3-10, Smart 1-2, Lof 0- run that led Temple over St. Bonaventure in 3). Total Rebounds: UND 40 (Youngblut 10), USD apart in the first period for New York. Turner took the inbounds pass, dribbled Down 50-43, South Dakota had that’s as close as it got.” the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Yankton native Kara Iverson 33 (Case 5). Assists: USD 16 (Iverson 5), UND 11 KINGS 2, STARS 1, SO: DALLAS (AP) — upcourt and pulled up barely past halfcourt. 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