D4 AREAROUNDUP


Dayton snaps Mason’s seven-game win streak


TheCavaliersuseda 31-12 run NEWS SERVICES AND STAFF REPORTS Chris Johnson, playingwith a


groin injury, scored 18 points to leadDayton to a 73-67 victory at home over George Mason on Wednesdaynight. Johnson, who missed Mon-


day’s practice and was a game- time decision, scored 14 points in the first half and was 6 for 6 from the foul line as the Flyers (11-3) won their fourth consecu- tive game. Cam Long led GeorgeMason


(9-3) with 20 points, but the Patriots never led in the second half and had their seven-game winning streak snapped. Daytontrailed27-22,butwent


ona15-0runfora37-27leadwith 1 minute 47 seconds to play in the firsthalf. GeorgeMason cut the lead to


four points twice in the final 1:26, butDaytonwas 6 of 8 from the foul line to endthe game. JuwanStatenscoreda career-


high 16 points and ChrisWright added 13 and nine rebounds for Dayton, which out-rebounded George Mason, 40-32. Andre Cornelius scored 18 points and Ryan Pearson added 13 for the Patriots. l VIRGINIA 83, EAST TEN-


NESSEE ST. 66: Junior forward Chelsea Shine scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds to earn most valuable player hon- ors intheCavalierClassic. Virginia (9-5),which remains


undefeated at home this season, haswoneight consecutiveCava- lier Classics. Freshman guard Ataira Franklin (Riverdale Bap- tist) added nine points and four assists to earn all-tournament honors. Virginia jumped out to a 12-4


lead before Destiny Mitchell capped an 8-2 Lady Buc come- backwithalay-uptotiethescore at 14.


NATIONALMEN


Krzyzewski is second on the all-time wins list


ASSOCIATED PRESS Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski


moved past longtime rival Dean Smith into second place on the men’s all-time wins list Wednes- day night when the No. 1 Blue Devils routed North Carolina Greensboro, 108-62, in Greens- boro,N.C. Krzyzewski posted his 880th


career victory. Krzyzewski trails only Bob Knight, who mentored Krzyzewski and coached him at Army on theway to 902wins.One fan in the stands held a sign that said: “You’renext,Bobby.” When the buzzer sounded,


Krzyzewski hugged UNC Greens- borocoach—andformerassistant —MikeDementbeforemakinghis way across the court for a televi- sion interview. The Hall of Fame coachwavedto theDuke fanswho helped pack the 23,000-seat GreensboroColiseum. Kyle Singler scored 27 points


and Nolan Smith had 22 of his season-high 26 points in the first half for theBlueDevils (12-0). Duke shrugged off an eight-day


break and shot a season-best 60.9 percent, scored 42 points off 23 turnovers and hit the 100-point mark for the secondtime. The reigning national champi-


onswontheir22ndstraight,push- ing Krzyzewski past theman who coached the Tar Heels for 36 sea- sons before retiring in 1997 as the


Virginia vs. Iowa State


When: 8 p.m. Where: John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville. TV: Comcast SportsNet. Radio: WSPZ (570 AM). Records: Cavaliers 8-4; Cyclones 11-2. Scouting Iowa State: Eight days removed from their upset home loss to Seattle, the Cavaliers return to the John Paul Jones Arena court for a matchup against Iowa State. Led by guards Diante Garrett and Scott Christopherson, the Cyclones are off to a promising start under first-year coach Fred Hoiberg. Thursday night’s contest will mark Iowa State’s first game outside of its home state this season. Sherrill returns?: Virginia may be bolstered by the return of senior forwardWill Sherrill, who has missed the past five games while recovering from a fractured fibula in his right leg. Cavaliers Coach Tony Bennett said Tuesday that Sherrill had returned to practice on a limited basis. Bennett was hopeful Sherrill would be able to


log some playing time against Iowa State, though the coach said that would depend largely on how well Sherrill’s leg responded to consecutive days of workouts. Sherrill was averaging 6.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game while shooting 54.5 percent (12 for 22) from three-point range before the injury. Scott hurting: Senior forward Mike Scott also has not returned to full strength quite yet, Bennett said. Scott, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, underwent arthroscopic ankle surgery Dec. 16 and returned to play 31 minutes off the bench Dec. 22 against Seattle. Scott is expected to play against Iowa State. Virginia’s front court has been severely depleted in recent weeks because of the injuries to Scott and Sherrill, which has forced the Cavaliers at times to employ a four-guard lineup. While Virginia’s roster is guard-heavy, such an approach has not proven ideal.


—Steve Yanda


winningestcoachinDivisionIhis- tory. Knight then passed Smith andretirednearly three years ago. “I congratulate Mike on this


milestone victory,” Smith said in a statement issued byNorth Caroli- na following the game. “I amsure he would want to share the credit for the wins with all his players and staff. I enjoyed competing against Mike’s teams throughout the years Iwas atUNC. Iwish him continued health and personal success.” If the Blue Devils run through


the rest of their schedule unde- feated, Krzyzewski — who is 880- 279 in his 36th season as a head coach — will catch Knight in this same arena inMarch inthe cham- pionship game of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament and pass himin the first round of theNCAAtournament. l CENTRAL FLORIDA 71, FUR-


MAN 53: Keith Clanton and the No. 19Knightsmorethanmadeup for anailingMarcus Jordan. Clanton scored 21 points and


Jordan added 15 in limited action as unbeaten Central Florida de- featedFurmanintheUCFHoliday Classic inOrlando. Jordan, son of formerNBA star


Michael Jordan, didn’t start for the second straight game because of a sore ankle.He played 23min- utes. Arnu Saaka was the only Fur-


man player to reach double fig- ures, scoring 17points.


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Gonzaga's Katelan Redmon (23) scores as she is guarded by Skylar Diggins (4), withNatalieNovosel (21) also in on the play.


NATIONALWOMEN


Novosel leadsNotre Dame towin in Seattle


ASSOCIATED PRESS Natalie Novosel scored a ca-


reer-high 27 points and No. 16 Notre Dame beat Gonzaga, 70- 61, onWednesday night in Seat- tle.


Skylar Diggins added 19 for


NotreDame (10-3). Gonzagaledbytwoat thehalf


and four midway through the second half. But Novosel took over to help the Irish pull away for the victory. The two teams combined for


44 turnovers and Notre Dame had to sit forward Devereaux Peters for much of the second halfwithfoul trouble,butNovo- sel helped keep them in the game. Peters came back in to con-


vert a putback with sixminutes remaining to giveNotreDame a 60-57 lead, and Novosel then drew contact while rolling in a layup for a three-point play that put the Fighting Irish up by six with just 5minutes 8 seconds to play. Kayla Standish scored 16


points to lead the Bulldogs (10-4). l KENTUCKY 81, TENNES-


SEE STATE 72: Victoria Dunlap scored 13 points in the second half, including nine during a decisive run, to help the 11th- ranked Wildcats win at home. Keyla Snowdenscored16points


to lead theWildcats (10-1). Trailing 64-54 with 7:22 left,


Kentucky went on a 19-4 run to take control. The Wildcats forced nine turnovers during the runandgot theBlueRaiders to commit 27 in the game. Freshman Ebony Rowe had


25points and11 rebounds—her third straight double-double — to lead the BlueRaiders (9-4). l OKLAHOMA 118, ARKAN-


SAS PINE-BLUFF 52: Freshman Arryn Ellenberg scored 29 points andMorganHook added 21 to help the host 15th-ranked Sooners. Danielle Robinson added 21 points, 9 assists and 5 steals for Oklahoma (10-2), which had 21 steals and 27 as- sists. After Arkansas Pine-Bluff (0-10) took a 4-1 lead,Oklahoma forced 12 turnovers on the next 18 Lady Lions’ possessions. l IOWA STATE 85, FLORIDA


A&M 60: Kelsey Bolte scored a career-high 28 points and the Cyclones used a big run in each half to roll in the Cyclone Chal- lenge. The Cyclones (9-2), ranked No. 20, are 70-1 in De- cember home games under Coach Bill Fennelly. Coming off an eight-day


break, Iowa State struggled ear- ly and missed eight straight shots. The Rattlers (4-6) drew to


61-45 on Antonia Bennett’s three-pointer midway through thesecondhalfbutgotnocloser.


to go into halftime leading, 45- 26. Shine made her first career three-pointer at the buzzer to give Virginia the 19-point lead going into the break. East Tennessee (4-7), which


turned the ball over 23 times, never brought the lead down to singledigits inthe secondhalf. l GEORGEMASON 72, NOR-


FOLK STATE 45: Amber Easter scored19pointstoleadthePatri- ots (6-5) toavictoryathomeand its fourth win in a row. Brittany Poindexter had 13 points and 10 rebounds for her first double- double of the season. George MasonheldtheSpartans (5-4) to 29.4percent fromthe floor. l MORGAN STATE 70,


GEORGEWASHINGTON66:The Colonials suffered their fourth consecutive loss, losing in over- time in the Holiday Classic in CoralGables,Fla. GW (5-8) was doomed by a


poor start, making only eight field goals in the first half to fall behind30-22 athalftime. Tara Booker had career highs


inpoints (22), rebounds (13) and three-pointers (six). The Lady Bears (6-5) closed out the over- time ona 12-6 run. l VIRGINIA TECH 87, AL-


CORN STATE 44: Shanel Harri- son (Good Counsel) finished with13points to leadtheHokies to awin in the opening round of theHokie Classic in Blacksburg, Va.


Virginia Tech (8-4) will play


Vanderbilt (9-3)onThursday for the championship. TheHokiesmade51.4percent


of their fieldgoals,whileholding AlcornState (1-7) to 30.4percent shooting. l AMERICAN, BINGHAM-


TON, PPD: Because of road clo- sures following the severe snow- storm, the game between the Eagles and the Bearcats was postponed untilWednesday at 4 p.m.


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KLMNO COLLEGE BASKETBALL Shooting touch deserts Hoyas hoyas from D1


But after the teams traded bas- kets, Wright (three points) missed a three-pointer and Aus- tin Freeman (a game-high 21 points) misfired on a jumper, as the discipline that had become thehallmarkof theHoyas’ offense suddenly deserted them. At the other end, meantime, Fighting Irish seniors Tim Abro- maitis (20 points) and ScottMar- tin hitbacktobackthree-pointers to extend Notre Dame’s lead to 42-30, ignite the capacity crowd of 9,149 and, in effect, put the game out of theHoyas’ reach. The Fighting Irish improved to 12-1. “Early in the second half, I


thoughtwewere getting the stops that we needed,” Thompson said. “But our decision making at the offensive end was not where it needed to be.” Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey


said Notre Dame’s perimeter de- fense, coupled with his team’s success slowing theHoyas’ transi- tion game, proved to be the differ- ence. “If you look at their win at Old Dominion and their win at Mis- souri, they were down, flat out beat, and came rolling back by firing from outside,” Brey said. “We were alert out there. They’ve [also] really gotten easy buckets this year [in transition]. We had two guys back on every missed shot, because when they get run- ning, they really get into a flow.” Georgetown also took only


nine free throws—and made just five—andwere outscored 16-9on secondchance opportunities. Notre Dame, on the other hand, made 22 of 27 attempts from the free throw line. “We gave them too many open


open looks at the three-point line, they got too many second-chance rebounds and putbacks,” center Julian Vaughn said. “The big men have to do better. We’re going to try to learn from it.” The potential for a long night


for theHoyas was obvious after a disjointed opening 20 minutes in


JOE RAYMOND/ASSOCIATED PRESS Georgetown guard ChrisWright, who scored just three points on 1-for-9 shooting, chases a pass.


which they made rare miscues. In addition to missing a number of open looks en route to their sec- ond-worst shooting half of the season, Vaughn picked up his third foul before the game was 12 minutes old, limiting him to four minutes in the half. They also made only three of their seven free throw attempts, twice stepped on the out-of-ounds line


and had a shot-clock violation. “We had some mistakes we


haven’t had and not going to have,” Thompson said, knocking on the wooden dais. “To say we were out of sync would be accu- rate.We have to take care of that. This is not the time to be out of sync.” But they were, almost from the opening tip. And now, Wright


said, it’s important that theHoyas avoid dwelling on the loss with DePaul coming toWashington on Saturday. “This is the Big East, man,” he


said. “You either come ready to play or someone is going to beat you. Butwehave enough veterans on our team to know that one loss isn’t going to break us.” elbashirt@washpost.com


Maryland women meet the challenge


No. 18 Terrapins top 17th-ranked St. John’s for 11th straight win


BY KATHY ORTON As Maryland kept winning


games, it was unclear what to make of the No. 18 Terrapins. Were they good, or were they just superior to their level of competition? After all, none of the teams they beat during their


MARYLAND ST. JOHN’S 66 60


10-game winning streak — ex- cept for their victory over Pur- due—was from a major confer- ence. If Wednesday’s 66-60 win


againstNo. 17 St. John’s at Com- cast Center is any indication, Maryland is starting to regain the confidence it lost after last season’s disappointing out- come. The Terrapins’ youth showed at times with too many turnovers and unnecessary fouls, but in the end Maryland displayed grit and determina- tion to pull out the victory. “We were tested today, and it


was great to be able to see just how we battled,” Maryland Coach Brenda Frese said. “I thought we got better. . . . Just a great, solid win for us.” Diandra Tchatchouang was


selected the most valuable play- er of the Terrapin Classic after she had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocked shotsWednesday. Lynetta Kizer, who scored her 1,000th career point in the game and finished with 13 points, was chosen to the all- tournament team. Maryland’s only loss this sea-


son was to another Big East team, Georgetown, and the Ter- rapins’ performance against St. John’s showed just how far they had come since that game — andhowfar they still have to go. After winning games by dou-


ble-digit margins of victory, Maryland (12-1) struggled to build a lead against St. John’s (12-2) even though the Red Storm missed its first 13 shot attemptsanddidn’tmakeafield goal until midway through the first half. The Terrapins also were hav-


ing their own difficulties put- ting the ball in the basket.While


Maryland uses its size to bother opponents, St. John’s causes teams problems with its quick- ness. Between the Terrapins blocking four shots in the first 121/2


minutes and the Red Storm


forcing Maryland into turn- overs on three consecutive pos- sessions, neither team was hav- ing much success offensively. When all-tournament selec-


tion Da’Shena Stevens’s jump shot finally fell for St. John’s, ending her team’s field goal drought,Maryland held just an 11-7 lead. Amanda Burakoski’s three-pointer 51/2


minutes later


tied the score at 20. “I thought defensively it was


really hard to score because ev- erybody had such great intensi- ty to start the game,” Frese said. Despite its talent, Maryland


lets its youthful inexperience get the best of it at times.Many of the Terrapins’ 19 turnovers were more a result of their own carelessness than the St. John’s defense. And when her team became scattered against the Red Storm, Frese turned to Tc- hatchouang and Kim Rodgers. Nothing seems to rattle Tcha- tchouang, a serene sophomore forward, or Rodgers, an unflap- pable junior guard. Whennoone else couldmake


a basket, Tchatchouang was sinking shot after shot, scoring 15 of her points in the first half. When the Terrapins were throwing the ball all over the court, Rodgers — who didn’t have a turnover in 25 minutes of action—settled them down. “They were our calming in-


fluence,” Frese said. After building an 18-point


second half lead with eight min- utes to play, Maryland stopped playing with the intensity it had showed early in the game and St. John’s took advantage. The Red Storm cut the Terrapins’ lead to 65-60 with 18 seconds to play before running out of time. St. John’s also was the first


team to outrebound Maryland this season, grabbing two more rebounds than the Terrapins. “To have them come in here


and outrebound us is very dis- appointing,” Kizer said. Nonetheless, this win cer-


tainly showed a lot about the Terrapins. “I think as we progress, we’re


letting everybody know, any- bodywhodoubts, thatwehavea good team,” Rodgers said. “That we’re here to play, we’re here to compete this year.” ortonk@washpost.com


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010


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