Eight Points

The Anne Arundel Community College women's basketball team split two games last week, leaving the Pioneers with a 1-2 record heading into Saturday's home-opener against Essex Community College.Anne Arundel defeated Montgomery-Rockville Friday, 62-52, behind 18 points from Archbishop Spalding graduate Kelly Horsley and 14 points from Meade grad Nikki Beall.Katie Laidley (Severna Park) scored 12 points before leaving the game with a sprained ankle. Teammate Amy Hercha (Glen Burnie) also left early with back and neck injuries.

After rushing the offense at key moments Wednesday night, the No. 3 McDonogh girls basketball team settled down long enough for a late eight-point run to ensure a victory. Danielle Edwards and Deja Logan scored four points each in the surge, which closed out a 44-42 win at No. 8 Roland Park in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference game. The game featured two young teams working through similar growing pains with only Roland Park starting a senior - guard Beth Kelly.

Opponent: Richmond Rhythm Site: Baltimore Arena Time: 7: 30 Outlook: The BayRunners beat Richmond on Tuesday by eight points, winning their third straight game. It is the longest winning streak of the season and comes after the team dropped 22 in a row. BayRunners F Lonnie Harrell led the team Tuesday with 26 points. This is the next-to-last home game, with the finale Sunday night.

It was not exactly the debut that Dez Wells wanted. But the transfer -- who started against Kentucky and is expected to become one of Maryland's best players this season -- said afterward that he was gratified to be playing.  And to be a Terp. “It was a great experience being out there,” Wells said.  “When I took my visit to Maryland, they stole my heart. I wouldn't want to be any place but Maryland.” Among the schools Wells had considered was Kentucky, which defeated the Terps 72-69.

0 Undefeated wrestling teams in Carroll County after South Carroll's 33-29 loss last week to Hereford. The Cavaliers were 9-0. 5 Consecutive wins for Carroll Christian's girls basketball team in the Maryland Association of Christian Schools after Friday's 47-31 win over Calvary. Christine Maher led the Patriots with eight points, 11 rebounds and five assists. 7-0 The Century wrestling team's record at last weekend's Fort Hill Super Duals. The Knights took first in the eight-team tournament.

On April 4, 1983, in the win over Houston that completed North Carolina State's improbable run to the national basketball title, coach Jim Valvano kept his point guard, Sidney Lowe, on the court for 40 minutes. Lowe had eight points, eight assists, five steals and no turnovers. It was the 23rd and final 40-minute game of Lowe's collegiate career. Maryland@N.C. State Tonight, 7, ESPN2, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM Line: Maryland by 2 1/2

Old Mill's girls basketball team won the right to defend its Class 4A state championship with a 62-32 rout of visiting Broadneck in Friday night's 4A Region IV finals.The top-seeded Patriots (23-1), winners of 18 straight, received the usual balanced scoring, led by junior forward Stacy Himes with 14 points. She also had six rebounds, four steals and one block.In all, 12 different Patriots scored, including junior guard Lee Ann Lezzer with eight points and junior center Debbie Dawson with seven.

Basketball* 5th-6th grade boys -- Blue topped Gold, 21-10, as Bobby Sheehy and Canaan Marsh paced the winner's attack with six and four points, respectively.Sam Weber and Geoff Sanzenbacher each scored four for Gold.Brett Whitson scored eight points to lead Grey's 18-8 win over Maroon.Mike Bender scored eight points and Danny Pulket six to lead Red to a 26-8 win over Orange.Orange's Brandon Setzer scored four.In a low-scoring contest, Teal topped Tan, 8-4.John Middleton had four points for Teal.

The harsh, bright light flooded the courtroom as if to banish even a shadow from lurking. The walls were white and unadorned.The Maryland flag hung from a broken pole, limply leaning in the face of the constant pain that paraded before it.From the back of the courtroom, a baby began to cry. If he had known what was about to happen, he would have cried even louder.This was not a murder trial. It was not the trial of a thief or an armed robber or any of the other vermin that prey upon decent citizens.

Basketball* Women's League -- Bob's Variety (3-0) downed Nick's Pizzaria, 37-22. Melanie Mills and Lynn Frost each scored eight points for first-place Bob's and Teri Leatherwood added seven.Wendy Brown had six points for Nick's and Shari Winfrey added five.Spangler Construction topped Lehigh, 44-32. Pam Lindquist scored 14 points for the winners.Lydia Costas and Lisa Zuretti paced Lehigh with 12 and 10 points, respectively.Lynn Frost scored 20 points to pace Bob's Variety's 67-23 victory over Jack's Mower.

Maryland rebounded from a slow start and took a two-goal lead early in the third quarter of Saturday's game against Virginia. But Steele Stanwick helped bring the Cavaliers back. Stanwick sparked a Virginia rally that saw the Cavaliers score seven of the game's final eight goals. The senior matched a career high with eight points as No. 2 Virginia pulled away late for a 12-8 victory over No. 11 Maryland before an announced crowd of 6,445 at Byrd Stadium. Stanwick finished with three goals and five assists in the Atlantic Coast Conference game.

Tucker Hull had three goals and five assists to lead the Navy men's lacrosse team (2-3, 1-1 Patriot League) to a 12-7 victory over host Lafayette (2-3, 0-1) on Saturday. Pat Durkin put the Midshipmen on the scoreboard first, taking a pass from Jordan Seivold and sticking it past Lafayette keeper Andrijko Andrusko at the 11:13 mark in the first quarter. Lafayette answered with back-to-back goals just 46 seconds apart, taking a 2-1 lead with just over eight minutes remaining in the opening period.

In a young season littered with upsets, the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team ensured that its name wasn't added to the list of the fallen. Junior attackman Zach Palmer had a career-best eight points, and the No. 2 Blue Jays overpowered UMBC, 12-5, at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday. The daylong event drew an announced 17,138 fans. Johns Hopkins improved to 6-0 for the ninth time since 1971 but only the second time under coach Dave Pietramala (the other was in 2005)

The undefeated streak is no more. The Blast hadn't lost to Missouri during the Comets' two seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League, but it couldn't withstand a furious rally, blew an eight-point lead and dropped a 12-10 decision before an announced 5,924 stunned spectators at 1st Mariner Arena on Friday night. It was Baltimore's second loss at home this season after five consecutive victories on the road and evened the season series at one win apiece. The Blast (5-2) won at Missouri in overtime on Nov. 18. "Obviously, it's a very disappointing loss," Blast coach Danny Kelly said.

Erin Rawlick (C. Milton Wright) scored four goals and had four assists as host Navy (10-2) rolled to a 21-4 victory over visiting Presbyterian (2-8) on Monday. The Midshipmen, who were coming off a loss to No. 3 Duke on Sunday, outshot the Blue Hose 53-7. Caitlin Mandarin Hill (St. Mary's) and Mary Ruttum (St. Mary's) added three goals each. Division I honors: Towson senior midfielder Hillary Fratzke was named co-winner of the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week award for the second time this season and the fourth time in her career.

Sophomore Kim Rodgers tied her career high with 15 points on five first-half 3-pointers to help visiting Maryland (16-6) to an 85-40 nonconference win against host Longwood (5-17). Freshman Jackie Nared had her first career double double, with 11 points and career-high 11 rebounds; she added one assist, two steals and one block. Freshman Tianna Hawkins had eight points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore Lynetta Kizer scored 13 points, and senior Lori Bjork had 12. Maryland shot 54.8 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from 3-point range.

Kristen Jeschke hit a pair of free throws with time winding down to give Notre Dame of the Howard County Youth Program a 30-28 win over N.C. State in Major Girls basketball last week.Down by 10 points early in the fourth quarter, the Irish rallied behind the offense of Shelley Crotts (10 points), Jeschke (nine) and Megan Corrao (five).The aggressive rebounding of Kara Svehla and Jennifer Crivelli and Amy Rohrbacher's two steals also helped their effort.State's Mallory Groves led all scorers with 17, Robyn Catzva added six and Becky Nelson went 2-for-2 at the foul line.

St. Frances played with intensity from start to finish in Wednesday night's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference game at Seton Keough. The Panthers were especially tough on the offensive boards, where they created numerous scoring chances. Top-ranked St. Frances scored 22 points after offensive rebounds, a big reason the Panthers pulled out a 51-35 victory over No. 5 Seton Keough, their second win against the Gators this season. Briana Hutchen led St. Frances (13-3, 6-1)

Most teams would have cracked, suddenly down four points in the closing minutes of a game they had controlled most of the way. But time after time this season, the Mount St. Joseph boys basketball team has shown it isn't like most teams, and the No. 1 Gaels provided more proof Sunday at No. 2 St. Frances. Hitting big shots at one end, getting timely stops at the other and showing poise at the free-throw line throughout, the Gaels were able to come away with a 69-68 character win over the Panthers.

Most teams would have cracked, suddenly down four points in the closing minutes of a game they had controlled most of the way. But time after time this season, the Mount St. Joseph boys basketball team has shown it isn't like most teams, and the No. 1 Gaels provided more proof Sunday at No. 2 St. Frances. Hitting big shots at one end, getting timely stops at the other and showing poise at the free-throw line throughout, the Gaels were able to come away with a 69-68 character win over the Panthers.