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North Carolina's struggles appear to be over, and a return to basics with a big dose of Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson made it look easy again. Hansbrough scored 28 points, Lawson had 19 with nine assists, and the No. 5 Tar Heels (15-2, 1-2) beat host Virginia, 83-61, last night to end a surprising two-game losing streak in the Atlantic Coast Conference. "It feels real good," Hansbrough said. "It was kind of frustrating." Virginia (7-7, 1-2) was led by Jamil Tucker with 12 points and Calvin Baker and Mike Scott with 11. No. 4 Connecticut 67, St. John's 55: : Freshman guard Kemba Walker scored 21 points, and senior forward Jeff Adrien added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Huskies (15-1, 4-1 Big East)

Brian Hodges and Jay Greene combined for 45 points but a late rally fell short as the UMBC men's basketball team lost to host Wichita State, 77-68, last night. Freshman J.T. Durley scored a career-high 17 points to pace the Shockers (5-2). Hodges (25 points) hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 21 with 8:50 to go in the first half. That was the closest the Retrievers (6-2) got. Wichita State built a 43-28 lead at the half on 50 percent shooting from the field. The Shockers led by as many as 18 points in the second half.

No. 19 UMBC defeated Air Force, 13-7, in the first game of the Pioneer Face-Off Classic in Denver. Drew Westervelt led UMBC (2-0) with three goals and four assists, and Cayle Ratcliffe scored three goals. The Falcons fell to 1-1. Loyola 10, Penn State 9 -- Despite scoring the first four goals of the game, the Nittany Lions (0-3) fell to the Greyhounds (1-2) in their ECAC opener. As both teams looked for their first win of the season, Loyola scored seven goals in the fourth quarter and two goals in the final 22 seconds to complete the comeback.

Brian Barber's put-back with six seconds left propelled Towson to a 59-57 win over Lafayette last night in men's college basketball in Easton, Pa.Barber's game-winning shot came off an off-balance shot by Tigers guard Damon Cason. Barber finished with 17 points as Towson improved to 4-2 with the nonconference win.Towson's Shaun Holtz, who scored 16 second-half points, tied the game at 57 on a jumper with 1: 10 left.Coppin State 76, North Caroliona A&T 73: Kofi Pointer (Southern) and Jorge Cajigas each had 21 points as the Eagles (2-6, 2-0)

Kim Brown's running jump shot with 4.2 seconds remaining capped a comeback from a 16-point deficit as UMBC beat host St. Francis, N.Y., 58-56 last night in the Northeast Conference.The Retrievers (11-12, 9-8) trailed 39-23 with 14: 36 left in the second half when they went on a 26-8 run to take a 49-47 lead.The lead changed hands six times before redshirt freshman Jazmine Rhodes of the Terriers (8-14, 7-9) made the second of two free-throw attempts with 12 seconds left to tie the score at 56, setting up Brown's heroics.

The Navy women's basketball team survived a scare in regulation to beat Bucknell in overtime, 65-58, in the Patriot League opener for both teams yesterday.With the game tied at 52, the Bison (5-8) had a chance to win when Kim Delfs was fouled with one second remaining, but she missed her free throw.Navy (8-5) took charge early in overtime, forcing turnovers and capitalizing on the foul shooting of freshman Hillary Goodrich, who scored a game-high 19 points. Junior forward Erica Hayes added 16 points and seven rebounds.

Fourth-ranked Syracuse outscored Cornell 7-1 in the second quarter last night on the way to a 15-10 men's lacrosse victory at the Carrier Dome.Ryan Powell had three goals and two assists for the Orangemen (6-2), who scored six consecuitve goals over the last 11 minutes of the first half to lead 11-2 at halftime.WomenSalisbury State 14, St. Mary's 12: Annie Sappington had six goals and two assists as the 17th-ranked and host Sea Gulls (8-2) downed the Seahawks, ranked No. 5 in Division III.Jen Mezzadra added two goals and two assists for Salisbury.

Nine players scored for No. 13 UMBC as the Retrievers defeated Stony Brook, 13-7, yesterday in men's lacrosse at Seawolves Field in Stony Brook, N.Y.Dan Marohl had four goals and Chris Turner tallied his 100th career goal for the Retrievers (6-3), who won their third straight.Washington College 11, Franklin & Marshall 6: Matt Swift had a career-high four goals as the Shoremen (8-0, 2-0 Centennial Conference), No. 1 in Division III, beat the host Diplomats (4-6, 1-1) for the fourth consecutive year.

Tariq Kirksay scored 30 points to lead four players in double figures as Iona downed Coppin State, 89-61, in men's basketball last night at the Mulcahy Center in New Rochelle, N.Y.Kirksay had 13 points at halftime, helping the hot-shooting Gaels (1-1) to a 41-21 lead. Iona shot 56 percent (15-for-27) in the half, while holding the Eagles to 23 percent (8-for-35).Dunbar High School product Larry Tucker scored 12 of the Eagles' first-half points and finished with a career-high 22 points.Coppin opened the second half with a 16-6 run to cut the Iona lead to 47-37 with 14: 49 left in the game, but would get no closer.

Loree Miller had a season-high six goals as UMBC defeated Sacred Heart, 19-6, yesterday in a Northeast Conference women's tournament semifinal game at UMBC Stadium.Jamie Gerhart (C.M. Wright) contributed a career-high five goals for the Retrievers (10-5), who won their sixth in a row and advanced to play Monmouth in today's championship game at 1 p.m.Miller scored four of UMBC's first five goals as the Retrievers led 6-0 after 14 minutes. UMBC led 9-2 at halftime and started the second half with a 5-1 run for a 14-3 lead with 15: 47 left.

Senior wide receiver Oliver Tre' Young had six catches for 166 yards and two touchdowns as South Carolina State clinched its second straight Mid-Eastern Athletic League title and a playoff berth with a 37-13 victory over visiting Morgan State. The Bears (5-5, 3-4) lost their fourth consecutive game overall and their seventh straight to the Bulldogs (9-1, 7-0). After Morgan's Carlton Jackson scored on a 7-yard run in the first quarter to pull to 14-7, South Carolina State went on to score 23 consecutive points.

Running back Andrew Kase rushed for 146 yards and a school-record-tying four touchdowns in the first half to lead Johns Hopkins past host Juniata, 58-7, Saturday in Huntingdon, Pa. The win is the third straight for the Blue Jays against Juniata and improves Hopkins' record to 6-2 overall and 5-1 in the Centennial Conference. Juniata slips to 1-8 overall and 1-6 in the Centennial. With the win, Johns Hopkins head coach Jim Margraff notched his 125th career victory. Already the all-time winningest coach in school history with a 125-74-3 record, he is just the second college football coach in Maryland state history to win 125 games, after Eddie Hurt, who won 174 games at Morgan State from 1929 to 1959.

Sophomore defensive back Kenneth Turner intercepted three passes and junior Clifton Budd led the Bowie State offense with 54 rushing yards as the Bulldogs recorded a 14-0 homecoming victory over St. Paul's on Saturday to keep them unbeaten in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and move them to 6-2 overall. Turner returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter to give the Bulldogs a 7-0 lead. Midway through the fourth quarter, Larry Dixon (Dunbar)

Carlton Jackson threw a 19-yard touchdown to Edwin Baptiste late in the third quarter and Morgan State held on to beat Bethune-Cookman, 24-13, on Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Jackson was 10-for-18 for 104 yards for the Bears (3-1, 1-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), who won their third straight. Morgan State, which opened with a 17-0 lead, picked up a fumble for a score early as Bricen Tate ran back an errant snap from Russell DeLaughter 9 yards on the Wildcats' first possession.

Trailing 21-20 with 7:31 left in the game, Michael Gagne capped a seven-play, 39-yard drive with a 42-yard field goal to lift host Bowie State over Shepherd, 23-21, on Saturday. James Proctor returned the opening kickoff 98 yards and the Bulldogs (1-1) took a 7-0 lead with 14:45 left in the first quarter. A Rams' safety at 11:02 and touchdown drive with less than two minutes in the quarter put Shepherd (1-1) ahead, 9-7. Second-quarter touchdown runs by Andre Johnson and Rodney Webb gave Bowie a 20-9 lead at the half.

Second-ranked Maryland won its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship with a 13-8 home victory over No. 4 North Carolina on Saturday. The Terrapins (14-0, 4-0 league) and Tar Heels (11-3, 3-1) played to a tie at 5 in the first half. Karri Ellen Johnson provided Maryland with its first lead since the opening goal with a score at 28:46 in the second period. North Carolina's Megan Bosica tied the score shortly thereafter with her third goal, but the Terps ran off five unanswered goals.

A stingy Maryland defense allowed just 12 shots yesterday as the second-ranked Terps women's lacrosse team upended Boston College (6-3, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) in a 10-5 victory at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Maryland (8-0, 3-0) took a 3-0 lead on Brandi Jones' free-position shot. NO. 20 LOYOLA 10, NO. 16 JAMES MADISON 9:: Cara Fillippelli's final goal gave the Greyhounds (6-1) a one-goal lead, and the defense made two big stops in the final two minutes to preserve the victory over the visiting Dukes (4-3)

Junior Christina Dove (Bel Air) recorded a career-high eight points on six goals and two assists to lead Syracuse to a 19-11 victory over Towson at Johnny Unitas Stadium yesterday. The win extended the No. 4 Orange's winning streak to three and improved its record to 6-1, while Towson dropped to 4-2. Britt Woodfield's second goal of the contest gave Towson a 4-3 lead with 15:35 left in the first half. The Orange tied the score when Dove scored with 11:39 remaining. The goal sparked the Orange to a 9-0 scoring run to end the half.

Gerald Henderson scored 19 points and Duke's starters scored all but four of its points as the ninth-ranked Blue Devils (21-5) ended a two-game losing streak with a 76-69 victory over host St. John's last night. No. 12 Villanova 82, Rutgers 72: : Scottie Reynolds scored 21 points to lead the host Wildcats (21-5, 9-4 Big East) to their seventh win in the past eight games. The Scarlet Knights (10-16, 1-12) are 0-7 on the road in conference games. Charlotte 65, No. 16 Xavier 60: : Ian Andersen scored 16 points and the 49ers (10-15, 4-7 Atlantic 10)

Ty Lawson helped Tyler Hansbrough make it four in a row at Cameron Indoor Stadium, while keeping himself perfect against North Carolina's most despised rival. Lawson scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half, and No. 3 North Carolina rallied past No. 6 Duke, 101-87, last night. Hansbrough scored 17 points - and hit another late three-pointer - for the visiting Tar Heels (22-2, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who became the first team in nine seasons to hit triple digits against Duke.