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Kalin Lucas scored a career-high 24 points, Chris Allen added 13 and visiting Michigan State handed Minnesota its first loss of the season yesterday. In the teams' Big Ten opener, Michigan State (10-2) wore down Minnesota (12-1) by repeatedly attacking the basket and clogging the lane defensively. No. 1 North Carolina 84, Nevada 61: : Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 points to keep the visiting Tar Heels undefeated with a school-record 13th straight win by double figures. Wayne Ellington added 15 points and Ty Lawson had 11 points and seven assists for North Carolina (13-0)

WASHINGTON -- Besides having one of the nation's best basketball teams, No. 2 Maryland is also a quick study.In Sunday's semifinals of the BB&T Classic at the MCI Center, the Terps survived a lesson in power basketball by Stanford. In last night's championship game against DePaul, Maryland displayed what it had learned, as it went to the basket and beat the smaller Blue Demons, 92-75."Our game plan was to go inside, and it paid off," said tournament Most Valuable Player Steve Francis. "We knew we were bigger than DePaul, and we wanted to go to the basket and get to the free-throw line.

The week in reviewResultsBeat then-No. 5 Stanford, 62-60, and unranked DePaul, 92-75, to win the fourth annual BB&T Classic at the MCI Center.Who's hotSophomore forward Terence Morris missed one shot in the first half against DePaul, but made his 10 other attempts.Who's notSenior center Obinna Ekezie made just four of his 16 field-goal attempts at the BB&T Classic, but he was 15-for-17 at the line.He said it"I still believe, very strongly, that it is going to be a tough year in college basketball.

WASHINGTON -- Early foul trouble put a limit on the type of show Maryland's Steve Francis is capable of putting on. Still the junior guard walked away with Most Valuable Player honors in the BB&T Classic after scoring 14 points in last night's 92-75 win over DePaul.Francis won the award largely on his career-high 24-point performance in Sunday's win over Stanford. He knows the honor last night could easily have gone to teammate Terence Morris, who scored 22 points on 10-for-11 shooting. The single-game field-goal percentage of 90.9 percent by Morris is a tournament record.

WASHINGTON -- As he prepared his team for yesterday's game against George Washington, DePaul coach Pat Kennedy's advice to his team was simple: Stop Colonials guard Shawnta Rogers, who, despite standing 5 feet 4, has proved he can dominate a game."

PointsAnthony Parker, Bradley 34Quadre Lollis, Montana St. 26Brevin Knight, Stanford 26Tremaine Fowlkes, Calif. 26Sean Good, Virginia Tech 25ReboundsAndy Poppink, Stanford 17Marcus Camby, UMass 17Malik Rose, Drexel 15Adonal Foyle, Colgate 14Derek Hood, Arkansas 12AssistsLazarus Sims, Syracuse 9Joel Fleming, W. Carolina 9Anthony Epps, Kentucky 7Roy Hairston, Purdue 7Greg Buckner, Clemson 7The 5s have itArkansas' win over Penn State and Drexel's win over...

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. -- Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan became just the seventh college coach in history to accumulate 725 wins as the Mountaineers defeated Robert Morris, 94-77, in a Northeast Conference game last night.The victory moved Phelan past longtime DePaul coach Ray Meyer, who had 724 victories.Chris McGuthrie had 17 points in the second half to finish with a game-high 24. Jeff Balistrere scored a career-high 16. It is the first time the Mountaineers (5-6) have gone 3-0 in the Northeast.

CHICAGO -- On the computer screen before young Dan Bronson is the grimmest catalog of selections in the world:Killed after torture. Killed after rape. Killed after imprisonment. Killed after forced evacuation. Killed in flight. Killed in combat.Sitting in this nondescript office day after day, Mr. Bronson, 22, reads through the stacks of documents and makes his choices. Raped. Tortured. Mutilated.What he is compiling is a record of atrocities in what was Yugoslavia. Operating in cramped quarters at the DePaul University College of Law, Mr. Bronson and his co-workers are creating a one-of-a-kind data base detailing the horrors of the Balkan conflict since 1991.

Have you noticed the increasing number of hit batters in county high school baseball this spring? Has the ploy become a major part of coaches' chicanery?Are coaches encouraging players to take one for the team to get on base, or are pitchers throwing inside and the ball is just getting away?I saw eight batters hit by pitches in the past two games I've covered. Three Arundel batters and a near fourth were hit in the Wildcats' 6-5 loss to Old Mill on Tuesday.I witnessed six batters hit by pitches as Old Mill outlasted Broadneck, 3-2, in 10 innings Wednesday.

Broadneck's football team is not going to be confused with pass-crazy North County and its run-and-shoot offense, but the Bruins may draw comparisons.Bruins' fourth-year coach Jeff Herrick plans to put the ball in the air this fall more than ever before.Last fall on the way to a surprising 5-5 campaign, the Bruins threw the pigskin 170 times. That apparently wasn't enough for Herrick."We're not going to throw it 400 times like Chuck [Markiewicz, North County head coach], but we are going to throw much more than we did," said Herrick.

Kalin Lucas scored a career-high 24 points, Chris Allen added 13 and visiting Michigan State handed Minnesota its first loss of the season yesterday. In the teams' Big Ten opener, Michigan State (10-2) wore down Minnesota (12-1) by repeatedly attacking the basket and clogging the lane defensively. No. 1 North Carolina 84, Nevada 61: : Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 points to keep the visiting Tar Heels undefeated with a school-record 13th straight win by double figures. Wayne Ellington added 15 points and Ty Lawson had 11 points and seven assists for North Carolina (13-0)

1 Crazy time: It's the big time for Loyola. The Greyhounds play at Duke and on ESPN2 (4 p.m.). 2 Sneak a peak: If the New Year's Eve party is kind of boring, find a TV and watch No. 7 Notre Dame at DePaul (8 p.m., ESPN2). 3 More, more, more: Remember when the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl was the only one played on New Year's Eve? Now, there are five, starting at noon (Armed Forces, ESPN), with the last at 7:30 p.m. (Chick-fil-A, ESPN). 4 Chow down: Make sure you eat a lot tonight ... 5 Weigh in: ... then weigh yourself, making it easier to meet your 2009 resolution to get in shape by losing 10 pounds.

Eric Gordon scored 22 points and No. 15 Indiana beat No. 14 Purdue, 77-68, last night, in the Hoosiers' last game before the completion of the school's investigation into accusations that coach Kelvin Sampson committed major rules violations. D.J. White, playing despite a sprained left knee, had 19 points and 15 rebounds for the Hoosiers (22-4, 11-2 Big Ten), who ended visiting Purdue's 11-game winning streak. Robbie Hummel had 17 points for the Boilermakers (21-6, 12-2), while Scott Martin added 12. University president Michael McRobbie said last Friday that the school would conduct a new investigation into the NCAA's accusations that Sampson committed five major rules violations.

On February 5, 2008, JOYCE. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Friday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends at St. Vincent Depaul Roman Catholic Church, 120 N. Front Street on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. Funeral service will follow at 10:30 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

On July 20, 2007 at the DePaul House, GERALDINE BROWN (nee Alaba). Survived by son Kevin, daughter Anita (Angel), 3 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and 4 sisters. Memorial Service will be held at Faith Christian Worship Center, 700 N. Pulaski St. at 2PM on Saturday, August 25, 2007.

On June 12, 2007, DR. TURGOT JEUDY, first black foreign Physician in MD. Friends may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue on Friday, after 1 PM. The family will receive friends on Saturday, at St. Vincent DePaul R.C.C., 120 N. Front St. at 10 AM with Mass to follow at 11 AM.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The two coaches walked slowly toward each other and hugged at midcourt. Both wanted this game, but neither wanted it to be against the other. This is the cruel justice of the NCAA tournament. Jim Calhoun, upset stomach and all, will go to Phoenix. Dave Leitao, Calhoun's former player and longtime assistant, will go home and think about a season in which he restored the tradition of DePaul basketball. "My hat's off to Dave Leitao," Calhoun said. "He's done a tremendous job. I would love to be going somewhere in our region with Dave going somewhere else but that isn't the way it works.

CHICAGO - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said this week she is impressed with the "toughness" of her No. 1-seeded Lady Vols, who are likely to oppose either DePaul or George Washington in a second-round NCAA tournament game Monday in Tallahassee. Tennessee plays No. 16 seed Colgate in the first round today. "I see a lot of very strong No. 8 [George Washington] and 9 [DePaul] seeds in the field this year," said Summitt, who has led Tennessee to six NCAA titles. "The gap between teams has narrowed.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - DePaul or Dayton? It was suggested that the teams were even going into their NCAA playoff game last night, and after struggling through regulation and overtime, they still were dead even. The Blue Demons' first NCAA appearance in four years kept 18,698 at HSBC Arena enthralled as every time the buzzer sounded the game was tied. DePaul of Conference USA had the will, but not always the way against the Flyers of the Atlantic 10, who spurted to an early lead, fell behind by seven points in the second half, then regrouped and rallied before finally falling, 76-69, in double overtime.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - DePaul or Dayton? It was suggested that the teams were even going into their NCAA playoff game last night, and after struggling through regulation and overtime, they still were dead even. The Blue Demons" first NCAA appearance in four years kept 18,698 at HSBC Arena enthralled as every time the buzzer sounded the game was tied. DePaul (22-9) had the will, but not always the way against the Flyers (24-9) of the Atlantic 10, who spurted to an early lead, fell behind by seven points in the second half, then regrouped and rallied before finally falling, 76-69.