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Published: Nov 19, 2007 12:00 AM
Modified: Nov 20, 2007 06:18 AM

Cards edge Tigers

Clark, McGee lead Louisville

 

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CORRECTION

A story on Page 5D of Monday's Sports section had the incorrect score for the University of Louisville's basketball victory over Jackson State University. The correct score was 84-53.

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Earl Clark had 20 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists to lead host Louisville over Jackson State 84-81 on Sunday.

Andre McGee matched his career high with 18 points and Derrick Caracter had 11 points and eight rebounds as Louisville (2-0) had little trouble with the Tigers (0-4).

ALSO SUNDAY

MORE MEN'S TOP 25

NO. 8 INDIANA 100, LONGWOOD 49: Eric Gordon followed his record-breaking debut with 21 points, Jordan Crawford added 16 and host Indiana beat Longwood in the opening round of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.

Gordon's 33 points against Chattanooga last week were the most by any player in his first game at Indiana (2-0), and the freshman continued his hot shooting with five 3-pointers against the Lancers (2-2).

NO. 16 TEXAS 100, ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 52: A.J. Abrams scored a career-high 30 points and host Texas cruised past Division II Arkansas-Monticello.

Texas (3-0) hit 16 3-pointers, two shy of the school record. Abrams, who set the Big 12 season record for 3-pointers last season, hit eight, six of them in the first half as Texas built a 49-11 lead.

Arkansas-Monticello (0-2) was just 3-of-33 shooting in the first half. The Boll Weevils had 11 first-half points.

NO. 18 ARKANSAS 70, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 60: Sonny Weems scored 16 points and Patrick Beverley added 13 to lead Arkansas over Virginia Commonwealth in a consolation game at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan.

The Razorbacks (3-1) led 34-24 at halftime and held the Rams at bay during the second half. An alley-oop dunk by Weems made it 56-47 with 8:38 to play.

Michael Anderson led VCU (2-2) with 16 points.

NO. 24 VILLANOVA 70, BUCKNELL 64: Shane Clark scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Scottie Reynolds added 15 points and host Villanova held off Bucknell.

Reggie Redding had a career-high 12 points for Villanova (2-0), which had a 43-26 rebound edge.

John Griffin had a career-high 22 points for Bucknell (2-1).

TOP 10 WOMEN

NO. 1 TENNESSEE 92, NO. 21 TEXAS 67: Candace Parker scored 21 points, including Tennessee's first 11, and grabbed six rebounds as the host Vols beat Texas.

The Vols (3-0) finished with 42 points in the paint, 40 points off turnovers and 18 steals to rout Texas (2-1).

NO. 3 MARYLAND 75, NO. 4 LSU 62: Kristi Toliver scored 23 and Laura Harper had 14 of her 16 points in the second half to help host Maryland beat LSU in the Preseason WNIT championship.

Jade Perry added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Terrapins (5-0), who were missing All-America center Crystal Langhorne for the third straight game. She has been sidelined with an ankle injury.

Sylvia Fowles had 24 points and 13 rebounds for LSU (3-1). Quianna Chaney added 23 points.

NO. 5 STANFORD 81, UTAH 77 (2 OT): Jayne Appel scored four of her 30 points early in the second overtime and visiting Stanford (3-0) avoided an upset.

Utah (1-1) missed three of five free throws down the stretch that could have put the game away.

NO. 6 RUTGERS 67, NO. 14 GEORGE WASHINGTON 42: Matee Ajavon made four of five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, and Kia Vaughn had 13 points and 12 rebounds for visiting Rutgers (2-1).

(The Associated Press)

AREA WOMEN

JAMES MADISON 64, WAKE FOREST 53: James Madison's Jennifer Brown scored 16 points and Tamera Young added 14 to lead the host Dukes (4-0). Corinne Groves led the Deacons (2-1) with a season-high 22 points.

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AREA WOMEN

PEACE 64, SALEM 55: Lauren Seeger scored 18 points and Brittany Lynn tallied 13 points and 13 rebounds as the host Pacers (2-0) won the Jackie Ammons Memorial Tournament.

(From College News Releases)

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