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SPORTS

College Basketball Roundup

Walker leads UConn past Georgetown

AP PHOTO
Connecticut’s Kemba Walker, left,
and Georgetown’s Hollis Thompson
chase a loose ball during the second
half of the Big East Conference Tour-
nament game Wednesday at Madi-
son Square Garden in New York.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Kemba
Walker keeps getting slighted
by his Big East brethren — and
he keeps making everybody he
faces pay for it.
Walker scored 28 points in
another stellar performance
Wednesday, leading the 21st-
ranked Huskies past No. 22
Georgetown 79- 62 and into the
conference tournament quar-
terfinals.
UConn had been struggling
coming into New York City, los-
ing four of its last five regular-
season games.
But with Walker putting to-
gether two masterful perform-
ances and the Huskies getting
some inspired inside play for
the first time in weeks, they ap-
pear capable of becoming the
first team to reach champi-
onship Saturday after starting
off Tuesday.
Northeast Conference catch- and- shoot 3 at the buzzer Cincinnati (25-7), which has
from the wing hit the front of won six of its last seven, match-
Long Island University 85, the rim and within seconds ing the school’s biggest win
Robert Morris 82 Blackbirds fans sprinted on to total since the 2004- 05 season.
NEW YORK — Jamal the court to celebrate the
Olasewere scored seven of his school’s first NEC champi- Big 12 Tournament
31 points in overtime and Long onship since 1997.
Island University earned its Oklahoma 84, Baylor 67
first NCAA tournament bid in Big East Tournament KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cade
14 years with an 85- 82 overtime Davis scored 24 points and
Cincinnati 87,
victory over two- time defend- South Florida 61 Oklahoma hit short- handed
ing champion Robert Morris in Baylor with an 18-2 punch early
the Northeast Conference title NEW YORK — Yancy Gates in the first half, sending the
game Wednesday night. was nearly perfect from the Sooners to an 84- 67 victory
Jason Brickman made two field, scoring a career- high 25 Wednesday in the first round of
free throws with 7 seconds left points and leading Cincinnati to the Big 12 tournament.
to give top- seeded LIU (27-5) a rout of upstart South Florida The Sooners also canned nine
an 85- 82 lead. Russell Johnson, in the Big East tournament. 3- pointers and took advantage
who made a 3- pointer with 16.8 Gates was 10 of 11 from the of the absence of standout
left for the Colonials (18-14) to field for the seventh- seeded freshman Perry Jones, who was
send the game to OT, missed a Bearcats, who will play No. 2 declared ineligible by the
potential tying 3 with the clock seed Notre Dame in the quar- NCAA just hours before tipoff
winding down. terfinals Thursday night. His in an unexpected move that an-
But the rebound bounced out only miss came with 8:35 left in gered Baylor coach Scott Drew.
of bounds with 0.6 left and the game. Jones averaged 13.9 points and
third-seeded Robert Morris had Dion Dixon added 21 points 7.2 rebounds and had been a
one more chance. Johnson’s and Sean Kilpatrick had 12 for forceful defensive presence.

Ravens’ Wilson in holding pattern McDaniel Notebook

BY AARON WILSON
TIMES STAFF WRITER
WOODLAWN — Josh
Wilson emerged as a starter
last season on the Baltimore
Ravens’ defense because of
his ability to shadow re-
ceivers’ patterns.
Now, the cornerback is in
Awards banquet. “They
want to work this thing out.
Because of the rules, noth-
ing can really happen. … It’s
just a waiting game right
now.”
Wilson was assigned a re-
stricted free agent tender,
but that’s likely to be ren-
last season with a torn an-
terior cruciate ligament.
“Yeah, I could definitely
see both me and Chris com-
ing back,” Wilson said. “It
definitely worked out this
year. We get Domonique
back and we could be a
force back there.”
likes to play,” Wilson said.
“Once I got rolling, I was
feeling better and better. I
want to take what I did at
Freshman
recognized
the end of last season and
roll with that.”
The former University of
Maryland and DeMatha
standout also intercepted a

a holding pattern as the
NFL and the NFL Players
Association haggle over a
new collective bargaining
agreement.
Wilson has conducted
preliminary discussions
through his agent with the
team regarding a new con-
tract. However, teams aren’t
allowed to sign players until
the labor dispute is resolved.
“Everything I’ve got from
the Ravens has been posi-
tive,” Wilson said Tuesday
at the Ed Block Courage
Terps
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the last two contests.
“I’m disappointed in our de-
fense,” Williams said. “We’ve
been good defensively here on
a consistent basis I think for 23
years. That saved us some
years, our defense. For what-
ever reason … we haven’t been
as good as I’d like to be right
now. But that doesn’t mean we
can’t be Thursday night.”
Williams expanded on that,
saying defensive aggressive-
ness has been lacking. He said
it’s possible that his players are
tired at the end of a 31- game
regular season, but he hopes to
see his squad bounce back in
Greensboro.
“It can’t be one guy that
wants to play good defense. It
has to be a team,” Williams
said. “So we’re looking at it
from that perspective, like how
do we get our team to play bet-
ter defense?”
The Terps will hope to re-
cover in their own end tonight
against N.C. State (15-15, 5-11).
Maryland downed the Wolf-
pack, 87- 80 on Feb. 20 in the
teams’ lone regular- season
meeting.
That started a rough run to
the finish for N.C. State, which
lost four of its last five games.
Maryland freshman Pe’Shon
Howard said he just hopes it’s
his team which begins a turn-
around starting tonight.
“We’re excited to be in the
ACC tournament, to get a
chance to really prove that we
belong,” Howard said. “I think
that’s our team’s mindset going
into it. We didn’t finish the
season how we wanted to, so
now’s kind of a fresh start.”
Reach staff writer Josh Land
at 410- 857-7875 or josh.land@
carrollcountytimes.com.
for pitching
dered meaningless as he’s Acquired via a trade be- pas in the playoffs.
expected to become an un- fore last season from the Wilson has been paying
restricted free agent once Seattle Seahawks for a con- close attention to the ongo-
the labor deal is reached. ditional fifth- round draft ing negotiations between the
Wilson isn’t the only free pick, Wilson replaced union and the league, talks
agent in the Ravens’ sec- Fabian Washington in the that greatly affect his future.
ondary. Starting cornerback lineup, starting nine games. There have already been BY JOSH LAND junior Danny Snight per-
TIMES STAFF WRITER mitted one run on two hits
Chris Carr is also an unre- Wilson finished last sea- two extensions in an at-
stricted free agent, and the son with three intercep- tempt to stave off a poten- in four innings. He walked
Freshman Sara Erlich-
Ravens have had similar tions, 40 tackles and a tial lockout or union two and struck out one.
man was rewarded for a
preliminary discussions career- high 15 pass deflec- decertification. Both pitchers took a no-
strong debut with the Mc-
with his agent. tions. Daniel softball team, as she decision from their starts.
Wilson envisions both “Once I picked up the sys- Reach staff writer Aaron has been named Centen-
players returning to work in tem, it was a transition for Wilson at 410- 857-7896 or nial Conference Pitcher of Men’s lacrosse
tandem with Domonique me for how the players sports@carrollcounty the Week for March 1- 6. The Green Terror have
Foxworth, who missed all of liked to play, how Ed Reed times.com. Erlichman won her first experienced a rough start,
college game in the circle. opening the spring 1-3. Mc-
She started Daniel has allowed 45 goals
and tossed in its first four games, giv-
four score- ing up at least 12 in three
2011 ACC Tournament less innings
in a 12- 0
contests.
Junior D.J. Rickels took
victory over over the team scoring lead
Mary Bald- by tallying three goals
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals win Satur-
Today
Wednesday.
Friday Saturday Sunday d a y , He now has six goals and
allowing three assists through four
two hits, ERLICHMAN games.
#1 walking one
and striking
Junior Ben Yancheski has
added six goals and two as-
Game 5 out two. At the plate, she
#8 Game 5 Winner drew a walk and scored a
sists while junior Nicholas
DiBernardo has chipped in
12 p.m. run. six goals.
The Green Terror are off
Game 1
12 p.m. to a 1-1 start and received a Women’s lacrosse
big day from sophomore
Game 9 McDaniel is still seeking
Game 9 Winner
catcher Tracy Davis in
its first win after opening
#9 1 p.m.
their win. Davis went 3-
for- 3 with a double, a the season 0-3. The Terror
homer, two runs scored have struggled defensively,
#4 and three RBIs Saturday. allowing 41 goals in their
first three games.
#5 Game 6 Baseball Sophomore Paige
Messersmith has paced the
2 p.m. Game 6
Despite opening the year squad on offense, scoring a
Game 2 Winner 0-2, McDaniel has received team- high seven goals.
solid starting pitching in Senior Brittany Lines is
2 p.m.
both contests. also off to a solid start,
2011 Sophomore Zach Jones scoring six goals for Mc-
Game 11
#12 1 p.m.
ACC Champion started the opener and al-
lowed one run in four in-
Daniel.
#2 nings. He gave up four hits, Reach staff writer Josh
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Semifinal Wheaton, similar teams al-

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postponements — but he’s
clearly hoping that Ringgold
and Gibson, who average 6.5
steals between them, can
harass Mullen and the Cavs
into turnovers.
“We want to play defense
first,” he said. “We’ve got a
lot of quick players so we
definitely try to use that to
our advantage.”
The Warriors might be the
quickest, most athletic team
the Cavaliers have faced.
South Carroll struggled a bit
in the regional playoffs
beit with lesser records. Goff
said he thinks his players’
experience in an AAU fall
league at Douglass High,
where they regularly beat
teams from Baltimore and
Howard County, will help.
“We know what we’re
preparing for, it’ll be
whether we can execute,”
Goff said. “Our guys know
what kind of game it is and
they’re not intimidated at
all.”
Both teams had milestone
seasons, with South Carroll
winning its first county title
since 2002 and Easton win-
ning its first Bayside Confer-
ence title in 26 years. Both
gins in the regional finals.
Both have recent experience
at Comcast Center, but are
in historically unfamiliar
territory — South Carroll
has never won a state title,
reaching the final only in
1989, and Easton hasn’t won
a state championship since
1968.
Bailey said the fact that his
Warriors lost two of three to
close the regular season
helped get them focused for
the playoffs. Goff said the
fact that his Cavaliers had to
come from behind to beat
Wheaton in the semifinals
could help them in the state
tournament.
“It’s probably good that we
of the games. We got some
experience on the playoff
level, when it’s all on the
line, lose and go home,” Goff
said. “If we don’t jump out to
an early lead, they’ll be con-
fident going into the locker N ew s you can use and a
room and realizing they’re
still in the game and just steam ing hotcoffee -
need to keep doing what we a w inning com bination!
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