The Vicksburg Post from Vicksburg, Mississippi (2024)

February 18, 1997

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The Vicksburg Posti

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Tuesday, February 18, 1997

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The Vicksburg Post Vicksburg Miss Tuesday ebruary 18 1997 Sidelines jgfc Spni phnartl News about people in sports across the state nation I wl 1 NBA Tank McNamara By Jeff Millar Bill Hinds Central Dtvtelon NHL Today on TV Transactions 16 coach Prep basketbail Lottery Pv (8) GIRLS POLL Celtics al SuperSonlce Northeast 178 180 182 163 154 164 195 183 180 155 166 148 155 GA 147 138 186 179 155 204 3 4 2 5 6 9 7 12 13 BUT Tit LAWYERS rax ME axreapy EXPOEEP TO A PLAYERS' UMION LAWSUIT GA 133 169 191 165 177 191 199 SAYS PE'U GET COUNSELING I ME CAN CAOOSE WMO ANP I IT'LL JUST GET TMlS MESS 8MNP US Monday's Top 25 Boxes NC ST 84 NORTH CAROLINA 77 NORTH CAROLINA (22 2) Reid 7 12 8 16 22 Walker 0 4 0 0 0 Jones 8 16 3 5 21 Wright 5 12 3 4 14 Gear 0 3 0 0 0 Johnson 0 1 2 2 2 Dawkins 0 0 OO 0 Gaspar 3 10 4 5 12 Indiana 16 (Best 7) Total Toronto 34 Indiana 26 OMiller Toronto coach Walker ADavis Indiana illegal defense Toronto Walker 14298 (16530) AUSTIN 64 SAN ANTONIO 63 TEXAS SAN ANTONIO (12 12) Roberson 4 8 1 2 9 Singleton 6 13 9 11 21 Smith 2 3 0 0 4 Howard 4 10 2 4 11 Schaffer 3 6 4 5 12 Westfall 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson 2 5 0 0 4 Swoboda 1 2 0 0 2 Bauereis 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 22 47 16 22 63 STEPHEN AUSTIN (23 3) Harris 1 2 0 0 3 Davis 3 9 6 7 12 Smith 2 7 9 13 13 Johnson 2 7 2 4 6 Price 5 12 4 4 14 Hunt 1 1 0 0 3 Ray 2 2 0 1 4 Whitmore 0 3 2 2 2 Henry 0 0 0 0 0 Ramsay 0 1 0 0 0 Henson 3 6 1 5 7 Mar tin 0 2 OO 0 Totals 19 52 24 36 64 Halftime Stephen Austin 32 Texas San Antonio 31 3 Point Texas San Antonio 3 5 (Schaffer 2 3 Howard 1 2) Stephen Austin 2 7 (Harris 1 1 Hum 1 1 Whitmore 0 1 Martin 0 1 Johnson 0 1 Price 0 2)ouled Singleton Swo boda Texas San Antonio 32 (Singleton 10) Stephen Austin 37 (Hen son 12) Texas San Antonio 14 (Howard 8) Stephen Austin 9 (Harris 3) Total Texas San Antonio 24 Stephen Austin 21 Single ton 1722 TENNESSEE 64 VANDERBILT 59 VANDERBILT (16 8) Hillmon 6 11 0 0 12 Palmisano 6 12 0 0 15 Corsica 4 10 2 2 10 Redman 2 6 0 0 6 Respondek 4 8 2 2 10 Ostrom 1 1 0 0 2 Holmes 0 1 0 0 0 Janky 0 2 0 1 0 Hammon 1 1 2 2 4 Louis 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 24 53 6 7 59 TENNESSEE (21 7) Johnson 1 5 2 2 4 Hoidsdaw 7 1 1 8 9 22 Thompson 4 10 5 5 13 Greene 1 7 0 0 2 Jolly 1 7 3 5 5 Conklin 4 10 0 0 8 Elzy 2 8 2 4 6 Stephens 2 2 0 0 4 Laxton 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 22 60 20 26 64 Halftime Vanderbilt 30 Tennessee 30 3 Point Vanderbilt 5 14 (Palmisano 3 7 Redman 2 4 Janky 0 1 Respondek 0 2) Tennessee 0 5 (Greene 0 1 Conklin 0 1 Jolly 0 3) ouled Hillmon Vanderbilt 39 (Corsica 11) Tennessee 34 (Thompson 10) Assists Vanderbilt 15 (Palmisano Respondek 5) Tennessee 6 (Jolly 3) Total Van derbilt 22 Tennessee 14 21592 TEXAS 71 NEBRASKA 70 OT NEBRASKA (17 5) Deorge 6 16 7 9 21 Rogers 5 10 0 4 10 McClain 3 10 0 0 6 Doage 4 7 2 2 10 NKubik 2 11 2 2 6 Schwartz 2 7 2 2 7 JKubik 3 5 0 0 7 Thompson 0 2 0 0 0 Gilmore 1 2 1 1 3 Totals 26 70 14 20 70 TEXAS (18 4) Smith 6 12 6 7 18 Viglione 5 15 2 2 15 Jackson 5 15 2 2 12 Wallace 2 7 3 6 7 Lummus 0 1 0 0 0 Ogletree 3 7 2 2 8 Brown 3 6 0 1 6 Littleton 0 0 0 0 0 Bai ley 1 13 4 5 Totals 25 64 18 24 71 Halftime Nebraska 26 Texas 24 End of Regulation Nebraska 61 Texas 61 3 Point Nebraska 4 10 (Deorge 2 3 Schwartz 1 1 JKubik 1 1 Kubik 0 5) Texas 3 9 (Viglione 3 8 Ogletree 0 1) ouled None Nebraska 47 (Rogers 12) Texas 44 (Smith 13) Nebraska 9 (NKubik 5) Texas 15 (Ogletree 6) Total Nebraska 20 Texas 15 6762 Others receiving votes: Georgia 119 Texas Tech 97 St Joseph's 84 Provi dence 63 Hawaii 58 Tulsa 47 Massa chusetts 38 New Orleans 36 Princeton 25 Wisconsin 23 NC Charlotte 20 Iowa 19 Tulane 12 Texas 1 1 Southern Cal 10 Pacific 8 Boston College 5 Bowling Green 5 Rhode Island 5 Arkansas 4 Temple 4 resno St 3 Miami 3 Illinois St 2 Long Island 1 Memphis 1 Oral Roberts 1 WESTERN CONERENCE Midwest Division Record 25 1 22 2 24 3 20 3 19 3 21 5 18 4 20 5 18 6 20 4 Next: vs Pittsburgh Wednesday No 2 Old Dominion (23 1) did not play Next: vs East Carolina Tuesday No 3 Stanford (25 1) did not play Next: vs Washington State Thursday No 4 North Carolina (22 2) lost to North Carolina State 84 77 Next: vs No 22 Duke riday No 5 Georgia (20 4) did not play Next: at No 10 lorida Wednesday No 6 Alabama (21 4) did not play Next: at North Carolina Charlotte Tuesday No 7 Louisiana Tech (22 3) did not play Next: vs Arkansas State Saturday No 8 Tennessee (21 7) beat No 15 Van derbilt 64 59 Next: at No 13 LSU Satur day No 9 Texas (18 4) beat Nebraska 71 70 OT Next: at Iowa State Wednesday No 10 lorida (18 6) did not play Next: vs No 5 Georgia Wednesday No 11 Virginia (19 5) did not play Next: at No 22 Duke Wednesday No 12 Kansas (19 4) did not play Next: vs Missouri Wednesday No 13 LSU (21 3) did not play Next: at No 20 Arkansas Wednesday No 14 Texas Tech (16 6) did not play Next: at Oklahoma Wednesday No 15 Vanderbilt (16 8) lost to No 8 Ten nessee 64 59 Next: vs DePaul Wednes day No 16 Notre Dame (22 5) did not play Next: vs Villanova Wednesday No 17 Illinois (19 5) did not play Next: vs Wisconsin riday No 18 Stephen Austin (23 3) beat Texas San Antonio 64 63 Next: at Nicholls State Thursday No 19 Michigan State (19 5) did not play Next: at Penn State riday No 20 Arkansas (17 7) did not play Next: vs No 13 LSU Wednesday No 21 Clemson (16 8) did not play Next: at lorida State Wednesday No 22 Duke (17 7) did not play Next: vs No 11 Virginia Wednesday No 23 George Washington (21 4) beat Georgetown 86 62 Next: at La Salle Thursday No 24 Tulane (21 3) did not play Next: at Nicholls State Tuesday No 25 Western Kentucky (17 7) did not play Next: at New Orleans Thursday YOU'RE NEXT IN LUE TO SPEAK TO PR BRENPA AMERICA'S AVORITE RAPID PSYcMOtOGlST anp you're calling from WMERE? CMICAGO? 27 20 25 98 29 34 35 29 127 3 Polnt Atlanta 7 20 (Smith 4 8 Blaylock 2 3 James 1 3 Boyce 0 1 Recasner 1 Barry 0 4) Houston 13 23 (Maloney 4 8 Bullard 2 2 Price 2 2 Mack 2 3 Elie 1 1 Stephens 1 2 Barkley 1 3 Moore 0 2) ouled None Atlanta 29 (Laettner 8) Hous ton 56 (Willis 1 0K Atlanta 20 (Blaylock 5) Houston 29 (Price 7) Total Atlanta 20 Houston 20 Techni Willis 16285 (16285) Mavericks at Grizzlies DALLAS (100) inley 8 16 3 5 21 Green 9 12 3 4 21 Dreiling 4 6 1 2 9 Danilovic 4 15 10 10 19 Harper 8 16 1 2 17 Walker 0 3 0 0 0 Muursepp 1 4 0 2 2 Strickland 3 5 5 611 Totals 37 77 23 31 100 VANCOUVER (95) Abdur Rahim 12 18 0 0 24 Rogers 2 3 0 0 4 Reeves 11 19 5 6 27 Moten 5 11 1 2 13 Anthony 4 8 3 3 13 Chitcutt 1 1 0 0 3 Edwards 2 6 04) 5 Mayberry 2 4 0 0 6 Williams 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 70 9 11 95 Dallas 31 30 15 24 100 Vancouver 22 29 17 95 3 Point Dallas 3 15 (inley 2 5 Danilovic 1 5 Green 0 1 Strickland 0 1 Harper 0 3) Vancouver 8 14 (Anthony 2 3 Mayberry 2 3 Moten 2 5 Chilcutt 1 1 Edwards 1 2) ouled None Dallas 54 (Green 15) Van couver 27 (Edwards 7) Dallas 21 (Harper 9) Vancouver 25 (Anthony 8) Total Dallas 20 Vancouver 21 Edwards Rogers 15540 (19193) Monday's Games Washington 95 Milwaukee 93 Cleveland 108 New Jersey 101 Indiana 105 Toronto 103 Charlotte 124 Oriando 110 Houston 127 Atlanta 98 Dallas 100 Vancouver 95 Seattle 113 Boston 108 Tuesday's Games Phoenix at New York 6:30 pm Miami at Philadelphia 6:30 pm San Antonio at Utah 7 pm Denver at Chicago 7:30 pm Dallas at LA Clippers 9:30 pm Minnesota at Sacramento 9:30 pm NBA Boxes Bucks at Bullets MILWAUKEE (93) Baker 6 15 3 5 15 Robinson 5 14 2 2 12 Gilliam 5 10 7 10 17 Allen 6 15 0 0 15 Douglas 4 9 1 2 9 Newman 4 6 0 0 9 Perry 5 8 1 2 12 Wotf 2 4 0 0 4 Brown 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 81 14 21 93 WASHINGTON (95) Grant 0 1 0 0 0 Howard 9 22 2 2 20 Muresari 7 10 1 3 15 Cheaney 5 9 5 6 15 Strickland 6 13 5 7 18 Williams 2 2 0 0 4 Murray 2 8 4 6 9 Jackson 3 5 2 2 9 Whitney 1 2 2 2 5 Totals 35 72 21 28 95 Milwaukee 23 22 24 Washington 20 34 18 3 Point goals Milwaukee 5 10 (Allen 3 5 Newman 1 1 Perry 1 3 Douglas 0 1) Washington 4 10 (Strickland 1 1 Murray 1 5 Jackson 1 2 Whitney 1 2) ouled None Milwaukee 40 (Gilliam 15) Washington 42 (Howard Muresan 9) Milwaukee 21 (Perry 7) Washington 20 (Cheaney 5) Total fouls Milwaukee 19 Washington 17 Milwaukee Illegal defense Washington illegal defense 2 18756 (18756) Magic at Hornets ORLANDO (110) Scott 7 15 1 1 18 Grant 7 13 3 4 17 Seikaly 1 4 1 2 3 Anderson 10 24 0 2 28 Hardaway 4 9 3 4 12 Shaw 1 9 1 2 3 Strong 5 7 1 2 11 Wilkins 7 15 2 2 16 Armstrong 1 3 0 0 2 Totals 43 99 12 19 110 CHARLOTTE (124) Rice 12 24 10 10 40 Mason 11 11 6 7 28 Divac 5 7 2 2 13 Smith 3 7 2 4 8 Bogues 5 11 0 0 14 Curry 3 7 6 6 14 Addison 1 2 0 0 2 Burrell 2 6 0 0 5 Zdek 0 1 04) 0 Totals 42 76 26 29 124 Oriando 303417229 110 Charlotto 30234232228 124 3 Point Orlando 12 28 (Anderson 8 13 Scott 3 6 Hardaway 1 3 Armstrong 0 1 Wilkins 0 2 Shaw 03) Charlotte 14 27 (Rice 6 11 Bogues 4 9 Curry 2 4 Divac 1 1 Bun ell 1 2) ouled None Rebounds Orlando 55 (Grant 18) Char lotte 45 (Mason 12) Orlando 27 (Shaw 9) Charlotte 37 (Mason Bogues 9) Total Orlando 21 Charlotte 17 Orlando illegal defense 24042 (24042) BOSTON (108) Walker 1 1 17 3 5 27 Williams 6 15 4 4 16 Szabo 00 3 4 3 ox 9 15 04) 21 Wesley 5 15 5 5 17 Conlan 2 4 2 2 6 Day 6 10 3 3 18 MHawkms 0 1 04) 0 Lister 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 77 20 23 108 SEATTLE (113) Kemp 1015 2 4 22 Schrempf 9 16 6 6 24 Mcllvaine OO 02 0 HHawkins 5 12 6 6 16 Payton 1020 4 5 26 McMillan 2 4 OO 5 Perkins 3 3 5 5 13 Wingate 3 3 0 0 7 Cummings 01 04) 0 Snow 0 1 04) 0 Totals 42 75 23 28 113 Boston 29 25 26 Seattle 27 28 27 3 Point goals Boston 1021 (ox 3 5 Day 3 6 Walker 2 3 Wesley 2 5 Williams 0 1 Hawkins 0 1) Seattle 6 16 (Perkins 2 2 Payton 2 4 Wingate 1 1 McMillan 1 3 Schrempf 02 HHawkins 0 4) ouled Walker Rebounds Boston 36 (Walker 12) Seattle 43 (Kemp 7) Boston 27 (Wesley 8) Seat tle 29 (Payton 10) Total fouls Boston 25 Seattle 21 17072 (17072) Hewks at Rockets ATLANTA (98) James 3 11 2 2 9 Laettner 6 13 OO 12 Mutombo 3 6 2 2 8 Smith 1019 4 4 28 Blaylock 7 11 2 2 18 Henderson 3 5 4 6 10 Barty 1 5 3 4 5 Recasner 01 OO 0 NewbU 0 0 0 0 0 Boyce 1 3 0 0 2 Laud erdale 3 8 04) 6 Totals 37 82 17 20 98 National Hockey League All Times CST EASTERN CONERENCE Atlantic Division 30 (Thomas Ahonkhai Smith 5) George Washington 47 (Gomez 14) Georgetown 7 (Thomas 3) George Wash ington 19 (Myers 7) Total George town 18 George Washington 19 1210 Top 25 Boxes KANSAS 79 MISSOURI 67 MISSOURI (13 13) Tate 0 1 0 00 Thames 4 10 8 9 Grimm 4 12 0 1 10 Ray 1 3 1 4 3 Lee 8 13 1 1 20 Sutherland 5 10 04) 14 Deck er 2 4 0 0 4 Allouche 0 1 04) 0 Walther 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 54 10 15 67 KANSAS (28 1) Pierce 10 18 2 4 22 Williams 0 2 0 2 0 Larentz 1 M5 9 11 31 Haase 1 5 4 5 7 Vaughn 2 5 0 0 5 Pugh 2 3 2 3 6 Thomas 1 6 2 2 5 Bradford 0 0 0 0 0 Robertson 1 2 04) 3 Totals 28 56 19 27 79 Kansas 36 Missouri 32 3 Point Missouri 9 20 (Sutherland 4 7 Lee 3 5 Grimm 2 6 Ray 0 1 Allouche 0 1) Kansas 4 12 (Robertson 1 2 Vaughn 1 3 Thomas 1 3 Haase 1 4) ouled out Lee Sutherland Vaughn Rebounds Missouri 32 (Grimm 9) Kansas 34 (Larentz 10) Missouri 9 (Ray 4) Kansas 10 (Vaughn 6) Total Missouri 24 Kansas 19 Grimm 16300 Nets at Cavaliers NEW JERSEY (101) Gill 12 22 4 5 30 JWilliams 1 6 1 2 3 Bradley 4 7 04) 8 Reeves 0 1 0 2 0 Kit tles 10 21 4 4 30 Massenburg 1 3 0 2 2 Edwards 5 12 1 2 13 McDaniel 6 7 1 1 13 Haley 1 1 0 0 2 Totals 40 80 11 18 101 CLEVELAND (108) Mills 5 9 2 2 14 Hill 6 11 5 6 17 West 1 1 0 2 2 Brandon 9 18 2 3 22 Phills 7 11 4 4 19 Potapenko 2 5 2 2 6 Sura 3 6 2 2 8 erry 7 12 1 2 17 Marshall 1 1 1 2 3 Totals 41 74 19 25 108 New Jersey 22 23 23 Cleveland 31 21 26 3 Point goals New Jersey 10 22 (Kittles 6 8 Edwards 2 5 Gill 2 6 McDaniel 0 1Bradley 0 2) Cleveland 7 14 (Mills 2 2 erry 2 2 Brandon 2 5 Phills 1 2 Sura 0 3) ouled out None Rebounds New Jersey 39 (Gill 9) Cleveland 47 (Hill 19) New Jersey 23 (Kitties 9) Cleve land 28 (Brandon 7) Total fouls New Jersey 20 Cleveland 21 New Jersey coach Calipari 15801 (20562) Others receiving votes in alphabetical order: Baldwyn Bay High Cleveland Durant Gulfport St John Hatley Holly Spnngs Maben Madison Central New Site Pascagoula Perry Central Pillow Academy Tishomingo County Velma Jackson West Jones West Union Raptor at Pacers TORONTO (103) WWilliams 5 8 0 0 13 Jones 5 9 1 1 11 OMiller 3 3 7 7 13 Christie 6 13 6 6 21 Stoudamire 7 19 6 6 23 Rozier 1 4 1 4 3 Camby 2 3 3 6 7 HDavis 6 9 04) 12 Rogers 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 35 70 24 30 103 INDIANA (105) Rose 8 13 1 3 18 DDavls 3 8 2 2 8 Smits 7 10 2 2 16 RMiller 6 12 12 14 25 Best 2 6 4 4 9 Askew 2 5 88 12 ADavis 3 5 6 8 12 Allen 0 0 0 0 0 Dampier 2 6 1 3 5 Hoiberg 0 1 0 0 0 errell 0 4 04) 0 Totals 33 70 36 44 105 Toronto 36 32 22 13 103 Indiana 29 20 28 28 105 3Point Toronto 9 18 (WWilliams 33 Christie 3 6 Stoudamire 3 8 HDavis 0 1) Indiana 3 9 (Best 1 1 Rose 1 2 OMiller 1 5 Hoiberg 0 1) ouled out Jones Camby Toronto 38 (O Millar 81 Indiana 48 (A Davis 13) Syracuse 71 Connecticut 66 OT Vermont 76 Maine 73 SOUTH Alcorn St 85 Texas Southern 70 Appalachian St 74 Citadel 63 Ark Little Rock 96 Jacksonville 89 Coppin St 73 Bethune Cookman 56 Davidson 97 VMI 77 Delaware St 87 Howard 86 OT lorida 64 Morgan St 54 lorida Atlantic 68 Nova Southeastern 57 Georgia Southern 70 Tn Chattanooga 67 Grambling St 68 Alabama St 63 Jackson St 77 Miss Valley St 54 Liberty 80 Charleston Southern 77 Louisiana Tech 82 SW Louisiana 57 Louisville 75 South lorida 64 Marquette 68 Ala Birmlngham 52 Marshall 80 Tennessee St 69 Murray St 83 Kentucky 57 Prairie View 97 Southern 96 Radford 73 Coastal Carolina 62 Richmond 78 East Carolina 70 Tenn Martin 100 Morehead St 85 Troy St 83 Cent Connecticut St 71 Carolina 68 urman 61 MIDWEST Creighton 82 Drake 76 Kansas 79 Missouri 67 NE Illinois 55 Youngstown St 48 SE Missouri 85 Middle Term 76 SW Missouri St 74 Evansville 66 Tennessee Tech 85 Illinois 68 Toledo 80 Ohio 69 Wichita St 92 Illinois 82 Vlis Milwaukee 55 Ifl Chicago 54 AR WEST Utah 68 Montana St 62 UNLV 78 resno St 64 Score EAST Albright 80 Delaware Vai 67 Alderson Broaddus 63 West Liberty 62 Buffalo 80 Chicago St 38 Cabrinl 67 Misericordia 65 Canisius 94 airfield 90 2OT Catholic 75 Villa Julie 28 Charleston WVa 91 Virginia Tech 62 airleigh Dickinson 81 St rancis NY 61 George Washington 86 Georgetown 62 Glenville St 73 Bluefield St 69 John Jay 58 Brooklyn Col 54 LeMoyne 66 Daemen 63 Lycoming 85 Marywood 56 NYU 73 Vassar 43 Niagara 62 Iona 61 Pace 70 Adelphi 43 Salem St 75 Adams St 53 Scranton 71 Drew 52 St John isher 67 Keuka 59 St Rose 96 Queens Coll 34 Staten Island 81 York NY 25 Va Weslyn 87 Concord 72 Wheeling Jesuit 72 Ohio Valley 44 1 SOUTH Ala Huntsville 67 Lincoln Memorial 50 Appalachian St 86 Marshall 82 Belmont Abbey 73 Limestone 43 Berry 61 Williams Baptist 53 Bethune Cookman 57 Coppin St 52 Brescia 61 Sue Bennett 46 Carson Newman 84 Tusculum 66 Kentucky 60 Murray St 58 Elizabeth City St 66 St Paul's 52 lorida 83 Morgan St 54 Georgia Southern 83 urman 68 Grambling St 81 Alabama St 36 Kentucky St 67 Alabama 52 Lee 76 Bethel Tenn 55 Liberty 78 Coastal Carolina 65 Martin Methodist 74 reed Hardeman 71 Methodist 69 NC Wesleyan 65 Miss Valley St 75 Jackson St 69 Mobile 94 Loyola NO 57 Morris Brown 79 Voorhees 70 Carolina St 84 North Carolina 77 Newberry 75 Lander 68 North Alabama 68 West Georgia 54 Paine 61 Miles 48 Radford 93 Charleston Southern 76 Savannah 74 Shenandoah 70 OT Savannah St 57 NC Central 34 Shaw 78 Virginia St 47 Southern 70 Prairie View 61 St Augustine's 63 Virginia Union 61 Tenn Martin 69 Morehead St 67 Tennessee 64 Vanderbilt 59 Troy St 92 Cent Connecticut St 81 Va Commonwealth 65 Virginia Tech 60 Carolina 92 Tennessee St 81 West lorida 78 Montevallo 76 Winthrop 80 Wofford 60 Xavier NO 66 Spring Hill 58 MIDWEST Benedictine Kan 81 Kansas Newman 32 Coll of the Ozarks 99 Cent Bible 68 Creighton 84 Evansville 78 Culver Stockton 58 William Penn 49 ort Hays St 67 Bethany Kan 51 Middle Tenn 78 SE Missouri 63 Mo Western 72 Lincoln Mo 50 Michigan 86 Michigan Tech 80 St Olaf 70 Carleton 68 Tennessee Tech 81 Illinois 74 SOUTHWEST Alcorn St 104 Texas Southern 36 Arkansas St 91 NE Louisiana 60 Arkansas Tech 62 Ark Monticello 50 Delta St 82 Arkansas 51 Henderson St 79 Cent Arkansas 66 Austin 64 Texas San Antonio 63 Texas 71 Nebraska 70 I Pts Pvs 1748 1649 1622 1512 1447 1438 1264 1247 1129 1091 Th Top Twnty ly The top 25 teams In The Associated Press' college basketball poll with first place votes In parentheses records through eb 16 total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and last week's ranking: Mondey's Games Montreal 4 NY Islanders 1 New Jersey 2 NY Rangers 2 tie Dallas 2 Los Angeles 1 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 3 tie Anaheim 5 Edmonton 1 St Louis 4 Chicago 2 Game lorida at Pittsburgh 6:30 pm Calgary at Buffalo 6:30 pm Ottawa at Washington 6:30 pm Boston at Colorado 8 pm Los Angeles at Phoenix 8 pm Toronto at Vancouver 9 pm Dallas at San Jose 9:30 pm YOU TOLP PENNIATO 66T COUMSELIM6 ME REftlilW? akp mow the perception IS You'Re WAfL IMG IT AECTS YOUR CRePIRlLITY MR commissioner Clay 2 2 0 0 4 Walker 1 1 0 1 2 Totals 26 61 20 33 77 NCAROLINA ST (17 10) Jones 4 8 2 2 10 Howard 4 11 2 2 14 Webb 3 8 12 13 18 Smrcka Dufty 4 12 3 4 13 Melvin 7 9 4 7 18 Shepard 1 3 3 5 5 Poteat 0 0 0 0 0 Wallpce 2 5 2 3 6 Gillespie 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 56 28 36 84 Carolina St 47 North Car olina 33 3 Point goals North Carolina 5 14 (Jones 2 4 Gaspar 2 4 Wright 1 4 Gear 0 2) Carolina St 6 19 (Howard 4 10 Smrcka Dufty 2 7 Webb 0 1 Wallace 0 1) ouled WrighJ Jones Shep ard North 41 (Reid 9) Carolina St 39 (Webb 12) Assists North Carolina 14 (Jones Wright 5) Carolina St 19 (Webb 7) Total North Carolina 30 Carolina St 24 7239 1 Kansas (68) 2 Minnesota (2) 3 Kentucky 4 Wake orest 5 Utah 6 Duke 7 Iowa St 8 Clemson 9 South Carolina 10 New Mexico College basketball Other receiving votes: Nebraska 59 Port land 49 Purdue 34 Memphis 32 Arizona 26 Colorado 21 Southern Cal 19 Auburn 17 Michigan 11 Carolina St 9 Louisville 7 Utah 7 Wisconsin 7 DePaul 6 Oregon 6 Colorado St 5 San Diego St 4 Hawaii 2 Toledo 2 Arkansas St 1 Holy Cross 1 Santa Barbara 1 St 1 Top 25 ired How the top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll fared Mon 1 Kansas (26 1) beat Missouri 79 67 Next: vs Kansas state Saturday 2 Minnesota (22 2) did not play Next: vs Ohio State Wednesday 3 Kentucky (24 3) did not play Next: at Alabama Wednesday 4 Wake orest (20 3) did not play Next: at No 12 North Carolina Wednesday 5 Utah (19 3) did not play Next: at Tulsa Saturday 6 Duke (21 5) did not play Next: vs No 8 Clemson Tuesday 7 Iowa State (18 4) rfid not play Next at Texas Wednesday 8 Clemson (20 5) did not play Next at No 6 Duke Tuesday 9 South Carolina (18 6) did not play Next: vs Arkansas Tuesday 10 New Mexico (20 4) did not play Next: at Texas EI Paso Thursday 11 Cincinnati (19 5) efid not play Next: vs Houston Tuesday 12 North Carolina (17 6) did not play Next vs No 4 Wake orest Wednesday 13 Arizona (16 6) dkl not play Next: at Oregon Thursday 14 Maryland (19 6) did not play Next: at Georgia Tech Wednesday 15 Louisville (20 5) beat South lorida 75 6(1 Next: at Marquette Thursday 16 Xavier Ohio (18 4) did not play Next: at Duquesne Thursday 17 UCLA (15 7) did not play Next: vs Southern California Wednesday 18 Michigan (17 7) did not play Next: at Iowa Thursday 19 Villanova (18 7) did not play Next: vs St John's at Corestates Spectrum Wednesday 20 Stanford (15 6) dto not play Next at Washington State Thursday 21 Colorado (17 7) dkl not play Next: vs Kansas State Wednesday 22 Colege oi Charleston (23 2) dkl not play Next: at Southeastern Louisiana Thursday 23 Illinois (18 7) did not play Next: at No 2 Minnesota Saturday 24 Indiana (20 7) did not play Next: vs Purdue Tuesday 25 California (18 6) did not play Next: at Washington Thursday LOUISVILLE 75 SOUTH LORIDA 84 SOUTH LORIDA (7 15) Kinstow 1 2 04) 2 Luczywko 2 3 4 4 8 Harper 3 72 4 8 razier 0 2 4 5 4 Lamb 7 14 2 2 19 Perozzo 2 2 1 1 5 Taylor 3 6 0 0 9 Adter 2 8 1 2 6 Jovanovic 1 1 0 0 3 Downing 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 21 46 14 18 64 LOUISVILLE (20 5) Johnson 6 13 04) 12 Dantzler 4 4 7 10 15 Sanders 4 11 1 1 9 Sims 04 2 4 2 Wheat 5 13 6 7 19 Johnson 2 6 04) 5 lynn 1 1 7 8 9 Smith 04) 1 3 1 Akridge 1 1 04) 3 Williams 04) 04) 0 armer 0 1 0 0 0 Johnson 04) 0 0 0 Totals 23 54 24 33 75 Halftime Louisville 32 lorida 29 3 Point lorida 8 18 (Taylor 3 4 Lamb 3 6 Jovanovic 1 1 Adler 1 4 Kinslow 0 1 Harper 0 1 razier 0 1) Louisville 5 19 (Wheat 3 9 Akridge 1 1 Johnson 1 3 Johnson 0 1 Sims 0 2 Sanders 0 3) ouled Out Lamb lorida 30 (Harper 8) Louisville 35 (Dantzler 8) lorida 8 (Lamb 4) Louisville 15 (Sims 4) Total lorida 24 Louisville 18 19412 WESTERN CONERENCE Central Division TPts 1 Jackson Lanier 2 Tupelo (3) 3 Starkville (1) 4 Mendenhall 5 Laurel (1) 6 Stone County 7 Yazoo City 8 South Panola 9 Pascagoula 10 New Albany 11 Brookhaven 12 Clinton 13 Ashland 14 Jackson Murrah 15 Gulloort Others receiving votes in alphabetical order: Aberdeen Amory BL Moor Biloxi Booneville Byhalia Canton Choctaw Central ranklin County Gulfport St John Gulfport Myrtle Oxford Picayune Potts Camp Rosedale Shannon Shelby Broad Street South Pike West Point National Basketball Association All Tima CST EASTERN CONERENCE Atlantic Division Lottery numbers drawn in the past seven days: Sunday's Drawing La Pick 3: 7 5 7 Drawing La Pick 3: 1 6 0 Tuesday's Drawing La Pick 3: 4 4 8 Easy 5: 5 7 16 21 24 Wednesday's Drawing Texas Lotto: 1 10 17 18 24 39 Texas Pick 3: 2 7 6 Powerball: 12 16 28 29 36 (Powerball: 37) La Pick 3: 2 4 7 La 5 8 1 3 1 5 22 Easy 5: 11 13 16 23 26 Thursday's Drawing La Pick 3: 7 6 1 Easy 5:12 14 16 17 20 Drawing La Pick 3: 0 0 0 Easy 5: 6 9 15 21 25 Drawing la Cash 3: 9 8 0 la Play 4: 0 8 4 7 la Lotto: 8 41 26 40 4 34 La Lotto: 18 22 27 28 31 36 La Pick 3: 8 6 0 Easy 5: 2 6 11 23 24 Powerball: 22 23 24 29 35 (Powerball 29) Texas Pick 3: 7 8 0 Texas Lotto: 1 6 7 11 21 32 Mississippi Prep Poll Here are Mississippi's top boys and girts high school basketball teams teams regardless of class as selected by a panel of 13 Associated Press state sports writers and sportscasters in the final regular sea son polls of the 1996 97 season Points awarded on a 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 basis in both polls irst place votes in parentheses Records for all teams through games of eb 15: BOYS POLL Woman's Top 25 ared How the lop 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll fared Monday: a No 1 Connecticut (24 0) dkl not play 6 pm College bas ketball SportSouth Mercer at Georgia State 6:30 pm College basketball ESPN Pur due at Indiana 7 pm NBA TNT San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz 8:30 pm College basketball ESPN South Carolina at Arkansas WASHIN 86 GEORGETOWN 62 GEORGETOWN (14 9) Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas 3 9 0 0 6 Ahonkhai 6 12 3 4 15 Smith 2 5 4 6 9 Williams 0 1 0 0 0 Gallon 4 13 5 5 13 Chambers 6 13 2 4 14 Nixon 1 3 1 1 3 Hurley 0 1 0 0 0 Heindel 1 3 0 0 2 Totals 23 60 15 20 62 GEORGE WASHINGTON (21 4) Cermignano 2 2 2 2 7 Gomez 13 26 5 6 32 Abraham 12 22 5 7 29 Mvers 2 7 3 4 7 McCrea 1 5 1 2 3 Elgeston 0 0 0 0 0 Chiparus 0 1 0 0 0 McGlynn 0 0 0 1 0 Deas 3 5 2 2 8 Brown 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 68 18 24 86 George Washington 37 Georgetown 25 3 Point George town 1 13 (Smith 1 1 Hurley 0 1 Thomas 0 2 Chambers 0 4 Gallon 0 5) George Washinoton 2 8 (Cermiqnano 1 1 Gomez 1 3uMyers 0 1 McCrea 0 3) ouled mann football secondary coach and Williams Georgetown paU HayneS tUhhlna bSCRTboacff Cl nuh I I exao Announced tne res ignation of Ken Garland track and field director Named Rick Watkins interim track and field director SOUTH Announced the dismissal of LB Tim Betts and DL Rory Gallman from the football team for rules violations Momtey' Score EAST American 70 Manhattan 58 Buffalo 80 Chicago St 47 George Washington 90 Duquesne 56 Long Island 99 airleigh Dickinson 80 Marist 58 Rider 57 Md Baftimora County 87 Lehigh 78 Monmouth NJ 82 Robert Monte 59 Mount SL 86 St rancis NY 69 St Bonaventure 70 Colgate 55 St rancis Pa 91 Wagner 65 Basketball Mavs Nets swap nine players EAST RUTHERORD NJ (AP) The Dallas Maver icks made another major trade Monday night this one a nine player deal that sent Jim Jackson and All Star Chris Gatling to the New Jersey Nets for center Shawn Bradley The Mavericks also traded Sam Cassell George McCloud and Eric Montross to the Nets New Jersey also sent guards Khalid Reeves and Robert Pack and forward Ed to Dallas The trade was easily the biggest in the history of both franchises Earlier this season the Mavericks traded guard Jason Kidd to Phoenix and recently shipped Jamal Mashbum to Miami The trade was announced shortly after the Nets left Cleveland following a 108 101 loss to the Cavaliers The 7 foot 6 Bradley who was also involved in the trade that sent Detrick Coleman to Philadelphia last season did not record a single rebound in 32 minutes against the Cavs He leads the NBA in blocked shots are very excited about this deal especially con sidering we are acquiring players in Shawn Bradley and Robert said Mavericks general manager Don Nelson who has obtained seven players in his first10 days on the job Sport Move BASEBALL National League CINCINNATI Placed RHP Jose Rijo on the 60 iay disabled list COLORADO Agreed to terms with LHP Robbie Beckett on one year contract ST LOUIS Agreed to terms with RHP Manny Aybar RHP Curtis King RHP Brady Raggio RHP Blake Stein Eli Marrero Mike Difelice IN Mike Gulan and IN Luis Ordaz on one year contracts BASKETBALL National Baaketball Aaaociatton BOSTON Signed Michael Hawkins to a second 10 day contract DALLAS Activated Samaki Walker from the injured list MINNESOTA Released Virginlus Praskevicius NEW JERSEY Traded Shawn Bradley Ed Khalid Reeves and Robert Pack to the Dallas Mavericks for Eric Mon tross Jim Jackson Chris Gatling George McCloud and Sam Cassell Placed Reggie Williams on the injured list Released Jack Haley OOTBALL National ootball League CAROLINA Released OT Mark Dennis CINCINNATI Re signed OL Kevin Sargent Signed Aaron Kanner GREEN BAY Named Mike Sherman tight ends coach KANSAS CITY Named Mike Solari offensive line coach OAKLAND Traded QB Billy Joe Hobert to the Buffalo Bills for an undisclosed draft choice PITTSBURGH Signed RB Jerome Bettis to a four year con tract ST LOUIS Signed LB Char Ha flAmnnQ SEATTLE Agreed to terms with CB Willie Williams on a four year contract HOCKEY National Hockey League HARTORD Assigned Hnat Domenichelli and Jeff Daniels to Springfield of the AHL COLLEGE MERCER Announced the retirement of Bill Hodges men's basketball coach effective eb 22 NORTHERN IOWA Named Jay Nie The Women'aTop Twenty ive The Top Twenty ive teams in The Asso ciated Press' women's college basketball poll with first place votes in parentheses records through eb 16 total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote ana last weens ramuiig Record Pts College basketball California moves into rankings first ranking this season in The Associat ed Press college basketball poll might be an indication that the Bears are getting primed for next NCAA Tournament But coach Ben Braun wants no part of postseason forecasting even want to get into said Braun whose team is ranked No 25 this week The ranking marks the fifth straight season that California (18 6) has cracked the rankings after a 32 year drought Braun is in his first year at California replacing Todd Bozeman who resigned under pressure amid questions about recruiting Elsewhere in the Kansas remained the No 1 team for the 12th street week The Jayhawks (26 1) who beat Oklahoma State 72 and Colorado 114 74 last week were again the runaway choice of the national media panel receiving 68 first place votes and 1748 points Minnesota (22 2) which moved up one spot in the rankings had the other two No 1 votes and 1649 points 27 more than Kentucky (24 3) which also moved up one 'place Utah and Duke held fifth and sixth respectively and were followed by Iowa State Clemson South Carolina and New Mexico Cincinnati dropped three spots to No 11 and was fol lowed by North Carolina Arizona Maryland Louisville Xavier UCLA Michigan Villanova andStanford Colorado College of Charleston Illinois and newcom ers Indiana and California rounded out the Top 25 Player arrested on traffic charges LOUISVILLE Ky (AP) Injured Kentucky basketball player Derek Anderson pleaded innocent to traffic charges this morning after spending a few hours in the Jefferson County jail The 6 foot 5 senior guard who underwent a recon structive surgery on a tom anterior cruciate ligament inhis right knee on Jan 22 was arrested about 3 am CST by Jeffersontown police He was charged with running a red light and driving with a suspended license Anderson was released on his own recognizance He is due back in court March 12 ootball Bettis to stay in Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers avoid ed yet another free agent defection signing Jerome Bet tis to a four year contract that makes him the third highest paid running back deal is worth slightly more than $14 million including a signing bonus of about $4 million Bettis the No 3 rusher with 1431 yards in his first season in Pittsburgh is the first starter to re sign with the Steelers in five years of NL free agency Hobert goes to Bills ORCHARD PARK NY (AP) A few days after sign ing Jeff George the Oakland Raiders traded backup quarterback Billy Joe Hobert to the Buffalo Bills for an undisclosed draft choice Hobert was the third round draft pick in 1993 Jim Kelly the longtime starter at quarter back recently retired Hobert 26 will compete with Todd Collins backun the last two vears iu Miner O) inoiana to (Huavie uj Hobert completed 101 of 184 passes for 1207 yards Toronto 21 (Stoudamire 11) and 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions He was 17 0 as a starter his final two seasons at Washington and led the Huskies to the 1991 national championship Williams signs with Swahawks SEATTLE (AP) Cornerback Willie Williams agreed to an $87 million four year contract with Seattle including a $3 million signihg bonus A day earlier former Steelers teammate Chad Brown a Pro Bowl linebacker agreed to a $24 million six year contract with a $7 million signing bonus The 5 foot 9 180 pound Williams a 1993 sixth round I draft choice from Western Carolina had 76 tackles and one interception last season Baseball Baseball wins war BATON ROUGE La (AP) ormer All America prep quarterback Josh Booty has given up his attempt to play football for LSU next season and will report to the lorida spring training camp according to I father John Booty who signed with LSU in 1994 but chose base ball and a $16 million signing bonus has been negoti ating with the Marlins for months to lift the baseball only clause in his contract The talks were cut off Thursday and Booty a third baseman plans to report to the camp which opens Wednesday in Melbourne la Booty a Parade All America quarterback from Evan SdusTw (iz7) gel Christian Academy in Shreveport was hoping to Buiiard 4 6 0 0 10 BarMey 6 12 8 11 21 join his younger brother wide receiver Abram Booty at wwsTio cf2123'p LSU for the 1997 season 5 8 0 0 12 Harrington 2 2 4 4 8 Mack 5 Booty made three offers to the Marlins: 2 2 14 uvmgston 3 5 2 2 Moore 1 4 1 million oliminnta thx haAhall nn1v nlanco in 2 2 4 Stephens 1 3 0 0 3 Totals 46 78 MW 22 27 127 ms contract Attenta $1 million: plus a $600000 insurance policy in the Houston event of an ipjury $16 million to be paid out of first contract if he became an NL quarterback Booty who has two years remaining on his deal with the Marlins has had disappointing three years in the minor leagues He hit 21 home runs but struck out 195 times last season for Class A Kane County in Geneva Ill Conceivably Booty could join LSU in two years but his mother said he thought that far ahead 8 Cleveland EastSide 26 3 37 9 Meridian 23 6 27 10 orrest Co AHS 31 4 15 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