Perimeter

Manhattan's basketball team is short on size, but it can be a very dangerous opponent when its three-point tries are falling.They had been falling during a five-game winning streak launched after the Jaspers lost at home to Loyola on Jan. 11.Yesterday, the long-range shots stopped going in and the Greyhounds broke away from a defensive struggle in the final 10 minutes for a 75-62 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victory at Reitz Arena.With its attack sputtering most of the game, Loyola (9-11, 7-5 MAAC)

A man raised the suspicions of several people at Villa Cresta Elementary School in Parkville on Monday after reportedly walking the perimeter of the school's property at the time of dismissal with what one witness said appeared to be a shotgun, according to Baltimore County Police. Police later identified the man and determined that he was carrying an unloaded, antique rifle, said Elise Armacost, a police spokeswoman, in a news release Tuesday. Police are unsure whether the rifle was operable, and the investigation continues, she said.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- To reach the Final Four, the shortest players on the Maryland women's basketball team may have to play bigger roles. Five-foot-nine junior guard Shay Doron, 5-7 freshman point guard Kristi Toliver and 6-1 freshman forward Marissa Coleman each have battled balky shooting streaks in recent games that have led to some closer-than-expected outcomes. Their importance will be magnified tonight when the second-seeded Terps meet No. 3 seed and defending national champion Baylor in an Albuquerque Regional semifinal tonight at 9 at Bob King Court at the University of New Mexico.

Before his team's second-round game, UNC-Asheville guard Matt Dickey said it is not often that such a small school gets to be "on TV and SportsCenter and stuff. " It initially got better for Dickey on Thursday as his 16th seeded Bulldogs hung with No. 1 Pittsburgh until midway through the second half. But then reality ? in the form of Pitt's larger size and too much Ashton Gibbs ? set in and the Panthers prevailed, 74-51. Pitt (28-5) will now face Butler on Saturday in an NCAA tournament third-round game at Verizon Center.

COLLEGE PARK -- For a half, the Notre Dame women's basketball team played third-ranked Maryland about as close to the scouting report as could be expected, taking away its interior game and transition offense, daring the Terps to win the game from the perimeter. Maryland took the dare and beat the 23rd-ranked Fighting Irish, 75-59, last night to earn a berth in tomorrow's Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament championship game against No. 4 LSU at Comcast Center. LSU@Maryland Preseason WNIT final, tomorrow, 3 p.m.

Most city residents haven't noticed the thin lines added to telephone poles in North Baltimore, creating a nearly invisible perimeter around the Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus and surrounding neighborhoods. But for the Orthodox Jews who live within those neighborhoods, the wires create a symbolic wall, or eruv, which allows them to carry loads on the Sabbath within its borders. "It is the type of thing that anyone who doesn't need it won't notice," said Rabbi Binyamin Marwick of the Orthodox Union.

Authorities were searching yesterday for a 20-year-old inmate who cut a hole through a fence to escape from a a minimum security prison in Jessup. Priscilla Doggett, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Division of Correction, said Morris Johnson was discovered missing during a routine count at the Jessup Pre-Release Unit about 9:30 p.m. Thursday. Johnson has been in jail since November 2004, when he received a seven-year sentence for unarmed robbery, she said. His last known address was in Berlin on the Eastern Shore, she said.

1 The Ravens have to pressure Brett Favre, who is in a slum and at times forces passes. He has thrown 10 interceptions this year.2 The Ravens have to control the perimeter defensively because the Packers have not had an effective inside running game this season.3 The Ravens must control the clock. The Packers have the ability to make big plays, but not if the Ravens' offense controls the ball.Pub date 10/25/98

Washington. -- The national pastime, at least here at the seat of the national government, is a game economists call ''rent seeking.'' It has many permutations, one of which has produced the ''perimeter rule'' concerning National Airport, which sits on the Virginia bank of the Potomac, a short drive from the Capitol, the Yankee Stadium of rent seeking.Rent seeking is the attempt by a private faction, in league with compliant public officials, to bend public power to private advantage by conferring either an advantage on that faction or a disadvantage on that faction's competition.

Moving to fill the void of injured guard Rex Chapman, the Washington Bullets yesterday signed Nevada-Las Vegas alum Gerald Paddio to a 10-day contract.Chapman, who dislocated his right ankle Jan. 17, was placed on the injured list.Paddio, a 6-foot-7 swingman, has played with four NBA teams, most recently the New York Knicks, who released him on Jan. 20 after a 10-day contract.Earlier this season Paddio was released by Indiana. He played 70 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1990-91, and 41 games for the Seattle SuperSonics in 1992-93.

COLLEGE PARK - Mike Montgomery is nothing if not blunt. The coach of California, which plays Maryland in the NCAA tournament's first round Thursday in Kansas City, Mo., was asked yesterday how his team's inside game is progressing. His response? There is no inside game. Period. "We just don't [have one]. There's nothing we can do about it," Montgomery told reporters during a conference call yesterday. "We just don't really have a guy that we can station at the post with his back to the basket."

Authorities are searching for a man convicted of first-degree murder who escaped from the Maryland Correctional Institution at Hagerstown yesterday morning by climbing over the prison's perimeter fence using clothing to cover the razor wire. The escape occurred between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Kanderlario Garcia-Ramos is serving a life sentence with all but 40 years suspended from a court case in Prince George's County in June 2008. Garcia-Ramos, 24, escaped from the prison while inmates were on their way to the dining hall for breakfast, authorities believe.

COLLEGE PARK - The preseason predictions can be put away like a pair of worn-out sneakers. They are not the only things that Maryland wants to bury when the Terrapins open the 2008-2009 season tonight against Bucknell at Comcast Center. "We don't want to make the same mistakes we made last year with teams that are not in our conference," junior forward Landon Milbourne said. "We've got to come out and play hard every single day." In a 19-15 season that ended with a second-round loss in the National Invitation Tournament, Maryland had several letdowns, including back-to-back home defeats in December to Ohio and American.

One-and-dones leave void Memphis is certainly going to miss Derrick Rose. Same is true for Kansas State and Michael Beasley, Southern California and O.J. Mayo, UCLA and Kevin Love, Indiana and Eric Gordon, Arizona and Jerryd Bayless, Ohio State and Kosta Koufos, Syracuse and Donte Greene. But the coaches, teammates and fans of these preternatural talents who went straight to the NBA after one season are not alone. The sport will miss them, too, because this year's freshman class - and next year's, according to most reports - is simply not as good.

Most city residents haven't noticed the thin lines added to telephone poles in North Baltimore, creating a nearly invisible perimeter around the Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus and surrounding neighborhoods. But for the Orthodox Jews who live within those neighborhoods, the wires create a symbolic wall, or eruv, which allows them to carry loads on the Sabbath within its borders. "It is the type of thing that anyone who doesn't need it won't notice," said Rabbi Binyamin Marwick of the Orthodox Union.

Host Century took its best shot at unbeaten Winters Mill last night. In the end, however, it was the No. 9 Falcons who delivered the knockout blow. Trailing by 10 midway through the third quarter, Winters Mill charged back with improved perimeter defense and clutch shooting down the stretch, surging to a 62-58 win that clinched the Carroll County title for the Falcons. "We didn't hit [shots] early, but we managed to do some things at the end," Falcons coach Bernie Koontz said. "I was proud of the kids for being able to manage the ball and not panic."

No. 2 seed Baylor (31-3) vs. No. 1 seed Louisiana State (33-2) Site: RCA Dome, Indianapolis Time, TV: 7, ESPN Key matchup: LSU's Seimone Augustus vs. Baylor's Abiola Wabara. Augustus, a 6-foot-1 junior, is a heavy favorite to capture national Player of the Year honors and is shooting 55 percent from the field and averaging 20 points. Her ability to face the basket, as well as score from the perimeter, make her the most dangerous player in the women's college game. Wabara, a 6-1 sophomore from Italy, is Baylor's designated perimeter stopper and will spend most of the night shadowing Augustus.

Here's what to look for if you are traveling in the Baltimore metropolitan area this week.This list of highway projects includes only newly announced work, not continuing construction, which is extensive on several highways, including Interstate 95, U.S. 50/301 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.New highway projectsInner and outer loop I-695 from Reisterstown Road to Greenspring Avenue -- Through July 1, expect daily lane closings from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. for patching and paving.

Greivis Vasquez looked disgusted. "I don't even think we made any threes," the sophomore guard said after Maryland lost to UCLA on Monday night. "We need to shoot the three better." Lehigh @Maryland Today, 4 p.m., Comcast SportsNet, 1300 AM

COLLEGE PARK -- For a half, the Notre Dame women's basketball team played third-ranked Maryland about as close to the scouting report as could be expected, taking away its interior game and transition offense, daring the Terps to win the game from the perimeter. Maryland took the dare and beat the 23rd-ranked Fighting Irish, 75-59, last night to earn a berth in tomorrow's Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament championship game against No. 4 LSU at Comcast Center. LSU@Maryland Preseason WNIT final, tomorrow, 3 p.m.