25 February 2005 SPORTS The Tulane Hullabaloo • 9 VooDoo : VooDoo drills Philadelphia Tulane visits UAB tomorrow Ne11J Orleans improves to 3-1, leads Southern Division Jaron Berliner \'ooDoo holding a three- .. mat was great to cc Monty New Orleans, which ran the 1t11ff" nler lead 37-34. after Philadelphia get that mte1ception. and see them ball just once last week, went to missed a t\\ o_-point conversion get after the qum terback a little the ground attack more frequently The. rew Orlean VooDoo con- with fi\'e seconds to go in the bit.'. :>ku said. this time. even punching the ball in tinued it winning way . beating half. Kelly lmked up with a trio of on a one-)ard touchdown b) Lero) the Philadelphia Soul 61--n before However. in the second half, New Orleans recei\ ers, complet- Thompson. a near-capacity crowd (15.169) at the VooDoo defense picked up I! ing two touchd0\\11s each to Aaron "All the Wa) across the board I • ew Orlean Arena. The ' ictory inten:.ity and stifled the Soul Bailey. Thabiti Da\ is and ｊ ｡ ｣ ｱ ｵ ･ ｾ think the guys really stepped up \\a the VooDoo's third straight offense. limiting it to onl) 13 more Rumph. Bailey led the VooDoo and did a nice job. you know Andy after a ea,on-opening lo to points. with 155 yards receiving on 11 [Kelly] responded well after Georgia. .. It was awesome to see tho. e catches. throwing that interception on the 1 'cw Orlean ·' quarterback guys finish it off defensi\el),.. On the other side of the ball, second drive:· Neu said. 'Then our Andy Kelly completed 27-0f--+3 VooDoo Head Coach Mike Neu Lamont Moore collected a touch- defense takes over in the second pa e for 315 ) ards and seven said. down. three tackles and an inter- half, and I thought that was really touchdo\\ tis in the win. The defense was kick-started ception. He was selected as the fitting.·· The triumph moves the by Monty fontgomery. whose U.S. Army Ironman of the Game The VooDoo looks to improve \ ooDoo (3-1) into a three-way tie interception of Philadelphia quar- "I'm proud for our defense to to 4-1 tonight against Southern atop the Southern Division with terback Ton_ Graziani led the get that kind of confidence and that Division rival the Tampa Bay Georgia and Orlando. strong effort. 1ontgomer) had swagger back,'' Neu said. Stom1. The game is scheduled for The game v. a hotly contested two tackle.· to go with hi. inter- "Because that wa:-. the mo t con ·1s- a 7 p.m. start at rew Orleans going into halftime with the ception. tcnt part of our club a year ago." Arena. Women's basketball:

C-USA tournament berth at stake tomorrow SEO DISHMAN/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Freshman point guard Taylor Rochestie slips past the TCU defense Continued from page JO for a basket. Rochestie scored 12 points and had three assists in 20 minutes. on the fir t po ·session of the game with a jumper insicle the paint. Continued/rampage 10 trouble in the second half and TCU "That' a big accompli hment for her career:· sen- began to pull away around the 10- 10r guard Jami Montagnino said. "I only \\!Sh \Ve we were in foul trouble. It makes nunute mark. could ha\ e \\On the game for her as wen:· things difficult.·· Davis recorded his fifth dou- Anne Stephen-.. \\ho came off the bench for a The first half was tightly con- ble-double of the season with 10 game·high 20 point . cored on a la) up with 12:04 tested despite the Green Wave points and 10 rebounds while left in the second half to gi\e the Bearcat ·an 18-point committing 14 first-half freshman David Gomez scored a lead. The Green Wave stonned back with an 8-0 run turno,·ers and failing to find a career-high 18 points and to close the gap to within 10. but could not overcome rhythm offensively. Fortunately grabbed eight boards before foul- its poor shooting. scoring 9 point in the final 11 min- for Tulane. the Horned Frogs ing out. utes. had problems on offense as Tulane returns to action tomor- The Tulane bench Ｂ ｡ ｾ out cored 24-0 and the well. shooting 3-of-13 from row at UAB. a team it upset ealier Bearcat notched 13 more than the Green beyond the arc and hitting only in the season. The Green Wave \\me. 38.9 percent of their free will return home March 5, Senior Jn Jts showdovm with Louisville. Henry converted throws. Day, for its final game of the regu- on a tlu·ee-point play to trim the Cardinar s lead to The Green Wave ran into foul lar season. four with less than 10 minutes left in the game. Yet the Cardinals. led by Yuliya Tokova·s game- h1gh :W points. went on a 23-8 tear to spoil the home- Distance runners coming. Agc1in. the Green Wave shot miserably from the field. hitting 12-of-ｾ ｏ hots from the floor while con- ' erting on just J-of-8 three-pointer· and was out- pace track team at rebounded. 39-27. In contra.. t. the Cardinals shot 51 pe1cent oveiall. mcluding 63.2 percent m the second half. In addition Twilight Invitational to Tokova·s performance. sophomore Jazz Covington added 19 points and 10 boards. Chaitanya Nandipati in 5 :21.40 to finish in fourth place. "Louisville is a tough team to come back stajfwriler Senior Sarah Bumby also set a per- against." Stockton said. ··we played really hard. It's sonal best with a time of 5:46.35. tough for a defense to hold up when the shots are not The Green Wave track team The Green Wave also notched a falling. showed off its prowess in the dis- victory in the 4x400 relay with the The Green Wave plays its final regular-season con- tance events at the LSU Twilight team of Gloria Asumnu, Shannon test tomorrow against Southern Miss (2 p.m .. Invitational last weekend m Baton Beelendorf, Angel Dooley and Fogelman Arena) to deternune \Vho will earn the No. Rouge. Against competition from Tahira Wiggins. The team regis- 12 eed in the conference tournament. both Louisiana schools and tered a season-best in the event Southeastern Conference power- with a time of 3:49.51. • "ED DISH'.\.IA'/SC IOR ST \H PHOTOGR \PHFR Sophomore guard Jami Montagnino eyes the floor houses LSU and Alabama, Tulane Tulane was also successful in after catching a pass. Montagnio and the Green had a respectable showing. the field portion of the event. Wave struggled from the floor Sunday against The Green Wave was led by Seniors Helmi Leppanen and Louisville. junior Lisa Green, who won the Jelena Jurlina managed to pull one-mile race. and freshman down second and third, respective- Aubrey Phillips, who bested her ly, for the Green Wave in the shot competition to win the 3,000- put. 35 players switch teams in final 24 hours meter in 5 minutes. 10.50 seconds. In the long jump. junior Not only did Green and Phillips Marilyn Sauls and senior Lissie win their respective races, they Mo pulled down fifth and sixth managed to set personal bests in place for the Green Wave, with leading up to NBA trade deadline the process. Green and Phillips jumps of 5.77 meters and 5.66 were not the only distance com- meters, respectively. petitors who put up an impressive Up next for Tulane is the , , among big names dealt showing. Conference USA Indoor Track and Freshman Rachel Bryan set a Field Championships that begins Ainge brought Walker back to Boston Suhas Subramanyam personal record. finishing the mile today in Houston. stajj" writer less than two years later. As always. Mavericks owner Mark Yesterday's 2 p.m. ::-.lBA trade dead- Cuban unleashed his wallet. trading lme sa\\ a total of 11 deals invohing 35 Alan Henderson. Cal\ in Booth and cash players and numerous draft picks were considerations to the 2005 Tulane agreed upon within 24 hour of the for Keith Van Hom. Van Horn ( 10.4 deadline. ppg, 5.0 rpg). In addition to the Hornets dealing Van Hom is expected to serve as a Football Schedule Baron Davis and . mar- ·coring option off the bench. and will quee players Chris Webber. Keith Van be owed roughly $16 million next year. The Tulane Athletic Department announced Horn and Antoine Walker all found The Bucks are reportedly trying to save thcm,clvcs on new teams after the as much money as possible in order to the 11 -game 2005 football schedule yesterday. deadline. re-sign Michael Redd this ·ummer. The Green Wave will play eight Conference Wednesday night. Philadelphia Milwaukee also traded Mike James USA games, including Houston, UTEP, SMU, pulled off the biggest blockbuster of the and Venson Hamilton to Houston for week. acquiring Chris Webber. Matt Reece Gaines and two ｾ ･ ｣ ｯ ｲ ｮ ｊ Ｍ ｲ ｯ ｵ ｮ ､ Tulsa and SMU as divisional foes in C-USA's Barnes and Michael Bradley from draft picks. new West Division. Sacramento for Kenny Thomas. Corliss The Rockets other move was send- Williamson and Brian Skinner. ing to New York for The Kings save future cap space and and Moochie Nonis. The Sun., Sept.4 at Southern Miss* appease Peja Stojakavic by trading Rockets desperately needed depth at the Sat., Sept. 10 Bye Week Webber (21.3 ppg. 9.7 rpgl. the face of guard position. especially with current the franchise the past seven years. The guards and Charlie Ward Sat., Sept. 17 Mississippi State 76ers, however, gain an all-star caliber injured. Knicks General Manager Isiah Sat., Sept. 24 at Southern Methodist power-forward to add to Allen lverson. Thomas later shipped Sat., Oct. 1 Southeastern Louisiana The trade. along with the acquisition of and Jamison Brewer to San Antonio for from the Hornets. a pair of future fir ·t-round draft picks Sat., Oct. 8 Houston makes the 76t:1s a dangerous te<1m in and Malik Rose. Fri., Oct. 14 Texas-El Paso* the Eastern Conference. Other minor deals yesterday includ- Elsewhere in the Atlantic Division, ed the Heat acquiring \'eteran shooter Sat., Oct. 22 at Central Florida the traded . from the Bobcats for Malik Sat., Oct. 29 Marshall Michael Stewart. am! a Allen and cash. Sat., Nov. 5 at Navy future first-round pick to the The Wan-iors. in addition to landing Hawks for Antoine Walker and cash. Davis. traded Eduardo Najera and Lui. Sat., Nov. 12 at Rice The Walker trade is perhaps the most Flores along with a future first-round Sat., Nov. 19 Tulsa unexpected mo\c of the week. After draft pick to Denver for Nikoloz ｾ ｅ ｄ DISlll\IAN/SLNIOH SI MF PHOTOGRAPllER trading him to the Mavericks and criti- Tskitishvili and Rodney\.\ hite. clearing Antoine Walker will be wearing a Celtics uniform once ci:.dng his play before the 2003-04 st:a- some salary cap room to better afford again. The Celtics acquired him from the Hawks just two * denotes game slated for ESPN or son. Celtics General Manager D'tmny Davis. years after trading him to the Mavericks. ESPN2 national cable broadcast