SPORTS 12 17 January 2003 ·The Tulane Hullabaloo· www.theHullabaloo.c?m Basketball: Trouble in the Up and down play leaves Wave 7-8 Hornets' nest account for the Hornets 3-12 the Yellow Jackets, the Green floor. All- American candidate Jason Lieser continued from page 14 to score a career-high 12 points record in the last 15 games. Wave continued to roll, blowing Dwayne Wade led the Golden staff writer along with four steals to comple- "We just don't have enough fire- out Morris Brown 88-30. Tulane's Eagles, scoring 35 points on 13-16 tion, senior guard Brandon Spann ment the inside domination of power (without Davis) and it's just stellar defense held an opponent to shooting. However, the Green At the onset of the season the tallied 15 points. Senior guard Brown and Sinville. that simple," Hornets Head Coach its lowest point total since Wave would not be intimidated, Hornets were riding high. Sports Byron Parker came off the bench After the thrilling victory over Paul Silas said. ..You take 17 1948. The Tulane offense was also coming back behind the brilliant analysts around the nation project- points (roughly Davis' average brilliant, shooting 55 percent from play of Waitari Marsh. Marsh ed New Orleans as a frontrunner this season) out of your lineup and the field. All 12 people who scored 27 points in the second half, for the Eastern Conference cham- you're trying to manufacture dressed for the game played, l l of including seven straight points that pionship, and the team stepped to points and it's tough." whom scored and 10 seeing at least cut Marquette's lead to five at the the plate by winning its first 11 Included in the recent slide are 10 minutes of action. Nick 11 :34 mark. He finished with 30 home games. Those happy days losses to Atlanta and Memphis, Sinville led the team with 15 points overall after being limited to are now far in the past. two teams that were a combined points. five minutes in the first half due to After losing the home winning 26-47 at press time, and blown After the dominating victory foul trouble. streak to the woeful Clippers, the double-digit leads in home losses over Morris Brown, the Green After the first comeback, Hornets lost four of their next five to the Celtics and the Pistons. Wave opened their conference Marquette regained their compo- home contests to go with a miser- According to team officials, schedule against rival Memphis. sure but would once again find able 8-14 road record. Over the Davis was expected to see action Tulane held a 24-21 lead early in themselves on the ropes as Tulane past few weeks the team has Wednesday at home against the the first half, but Memphis ended refused to quit behind an energetic dropped below the upstart Lakers, but he is still not yet 100 the half with a 27 -7 run to take Fogelman crowd. A pressing Washington Wizards (who come percent. The Hornets take on the what turned out to be an insur- defense enabled Tulane to cut the to town Jan. 22) to 20-19, just young, hapless Chicago Bulls at mountable lead. Memphis' Chris lead even more, to 61-59, with good enough for seventh place in the New Orleans Arena tonight at Massie controlled the paint as he seven minutes remaining. the Eastern Conference. 7:30 p.m. scored a career-high 34 points on However, that was as close as the "That's the way our luck's going 15-of-23 shooting en route to an Green Wave would get as Wade right now." guard David Wesley 85-73 victory over Tulane. Nick took control of the game and led said. "It's going to take a game Sinville led the team for the second Marquette to an 85-73 where we really beat somebody, straight game with 17 points and victory. Brandon Brown added 16 not just by two or three points. seven rebounds. Marsh also tallied points and eight rebounds and Somebody on the other team 16 points and four assists in the Wayne Tinsley finished with 10 always comes up and hits the losing effort. points, four rebounds and three shots. We need something to tum After the Memphis loss, Tulane steals in the losing effort. the stuff around." hosted Marquette, ranked no. 21 in 'Tm not happy with the loss but The Hornets' luck typically hinges the nation. The game was hotly the team competed hard for 40 on the play of AU-Star point guard contested for the first 35 min- minutes. We needed to shoot and Baron Davis. However, since late utes. It yielded six first-half lead rebound better. You've got to November Davis has been side- changes, three ties, and two play- make shots to win games like lined by nagging back spasms and ers who tallied at least 30 that," Coach Finney said after the has spent the last six games watch- points. After a physical first half. game. ing from the bench in street Marquette held a 37-30 lead. Both Tulane returns to action clothes. Not surprisingly. New teams played solid defense, espe- Saturday, as the team attempts to Orleans is 2-4 in those games. cially Tulane, as their press forced end a two-game losing streak when Even prior to being placed on the Marquette into 10 turnovers. they visit the Cincinnati injured reserve list. Davis' playing ｾ ｅ ｄ ｄ ｉ ｓ ｦ ｦ ｩ Ｎ ｉ Ｎ ｜ ｾ PHOTOGRAPH) EDITOR NED DISH!'>IA!'ilPHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Marquette came out in the sec- Bearcats. Game time is l p.m. time was significantly cut due to Courtney Alexander mirror<; his Brandon Brown and the Wave were floored by Marquette Tuesday ond half shooting well from the the pain. which could largely team'-, frustration. njght. Basement: Three straight losses kill Saints playoff hopes Never a "sure thing" Blake Roter Baltunore in week 14 gave the runs of one and three yards respec- Saints just what they had asked Saints season and gave credence to continued from page 14 ｾ Ｍ Ｔ for. The Samts simply had to beat their local nickname. ..The staff writer Saints a record, putting them a tively and the Saints could do did just that and 1ichael made division-worst Carolina and they Ain'ts." game behind Tampa Bay and a nothing. They only scored three ome of his money back. Disappointment haunts the city It may be a curse that will last single win away from the playoffs. points after the first quarter and would be off to the postseason. ·Tm 2-5. I can still tum this The task proved easier said than for what might have been after a for eternity, but for now it is sim- That's when things began to McAllister was held to a measly around:· quick 7-2 start led to a 9-7 finish. ply bad misfortune that has unravel. 26 yards rushing on 15 attempts. done. Oklahoma versus \Vashingron Aaron Brooks played hurt and it If nothing else, the Saints· season plagued the ..heavenly" Saints of The Saints squandered a touch- So it all came down to the final State in the Rose Bowl. \\'hen wa. Sunday of the year to decide if the howed badly as he completed proves that in the 'FL. teams New Orleans, keeping them from down lead to Minnesota in the the last time somebody from out- of a high-scoring New Orleans Saints would make only 12 passes for 145 yards. The must play the whole season. and a reaching the Promised Land. fourth quarter side the Big 10 or PAC 10 won the affair. When the Vikings went for the playoffs. Corning in at 9-6. the Saints could only manage two streak of losses can end the year These are obviously not the types Ro-.e Bov.J? Hell. Michael couldn't a two-point conversion after their Saints needed to beat Carolina and John Camey field goals in their just as quickly as a winning streak of saints who perform miracles think of a single time that e,·er hap- final either Atlanta or the New York worst offensive outing of the year. can start it. The Saint must again and they have shown that when the touchdown, Daunte pened. ·-ru bet big on Wa. hington Giants had to lose. The Giants Even though the defense had their wait for another eason and a hope season is on the line, they cannot Culpepper walked untouched into State." ｗ ｨ ｯ ｯ ｰ ｾ Ｎ Washington State the end zone for a 32-31 Viking struggled but overcame leaguc- best showing of the season. it is to win their second playoff game win. got crushed as Quentin Griffin ran lead with five seconds remaining. leader Philadelphia. Atlanta went nearly impossible to win a football in team history. Someday they will The Saints were riding high all over their defense and The then 3-10 Vikings knocked into Cleveland. squandered a game when the offense only scores make the Super Bowl. but it after a week-14 win at Baltimore. Michael's bet. fourth-quarter lead. and ga,·e the six points. The I0-6 loss ended the ··ain · t" going to be thi ･ ｡ ｾ ｯ ｮ and needed just one more victory off the Saints with the lethal air USC-Iowa. thafs a joke. Car on in their final three games to clinch combo of Culpepper and Randy Palmer and the Trojans will pas all a playoff berth.