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Arizona is streaking and UCLA is teetering in the Pacific-10. Nic Wise scored 26 points, and Jordan Hill had 22 points and 13 rebounds to lead Arizona (18-8, 8-5) to an 84-72 victory over the 11th-ranked Bruins (19-6, 8-4) in Tucson yesterday, the Wildcats' seventh win in a row. "We are just fighting and getting better," Wise said. "We still feel we are not at our peak yet. We are still learning things and getting things done on the fly." Arizona broke an eight-game losing streak against UCLA, which was swept in the desert for the first time since 2005.

No. 1 Virginia scored two goals to open the fourth quarter and held on for a 16-15 victory over No. 6 Johns Hopkins before an announced 5,475 at Homewood Field last night. The Cavaliers (10-0) won their fourth straight game against Hopkins and remained undefeated. The Blue Jays (3-3) had rallied from a six-goal deficit late in the first half to take a one-goal lead at the end of the third period, but Virginia quickly scored to tie the game in the fourth quarter and later established a lead it would never relinquish.

WASHINGTON - For the Philadelphia 76ers this season, beating the Washington Wizards has been a little like going to the dentist: Show up, get it over with, move on. Maybe that's why, in the locker room after last night's 106-98 victory at Verizon Center, it was difficult to tell whether the Sixers had won or lost. "We got a little sloppy toward the end," guard Willie Green said. The Sixers, now 28-28, had not won in two weeks. They had lost four in a row and fallen below .500 after boosting their record before the all-star break.

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)

No. 3 Maryland remained unbeaten with a 19-6 win against Brown yesterday in College Park. Four Terps scored at least three goals, led by Krista Pellizzi with five goals and an assist and Katie Princiotto with three goals and three assists. Maryland (5-0) controlled the game from the beginning, allowing just nine shots in each half while taking 54 shots. The Terps' defense shut down the Bears' attack at the end of the game as Brown (1-3) went the last 21:28 without scoring a goal. Maryland's Lauren Cohen had a career-high four assists and scored a goal.

10 Rushing touchdowns scored by the Wilde Lake football team in its 3-0 start, including five in Friday's 45-12 win over previously unbeaten Marriotts Ridge. Five different runners have scored touchdowns, with senior running back Ashton Hayes leading the way with five. 28 Career kills recorded by River Hill senior hitter Maddi Lee in the Hawks' four-game win over defending Class 3A state champion Centennial on Sept. 18. After dropping the first game 22-25, the Hawks rallied by scores of 25-17, 25-18 and 27-25 to beat the Eagles for the first time since 2001.

Any questions concerning the welfare of the Northeast pitching situation was answered yesterday at Severna Park.Sophomore Rachel Herrick, temporarily filling in for senior standouts Stacy Smith and Deana Benner, showed there was no cause for alarm, as she threw a three-hitter to lead the No. 2-ranked Eagles to a 6-1 win over the fourth-ranked Falcons in the season opener for both teams.Senior shortstop Amanda Shifflett supplied most of the offense with two triples, two runs scored and an RBI. The Eagles also took advantage of four Severna Park errors.

Carver's Presley Prettyman, a 6-foot-2 senior center, scored a game-high 16 points yesterday, as the unranked Bears shocked seventh-ranked Catholic League power St. Frances, 60-44, in a non-league game at Carver.The Bears, who went 10-11 last season, built a 10-point halftime lead en route to defeating the Panthers.Catonsville 84, No. 18 Edgewood 75: Andy Ford hit four three pointers and went 4-for-4 from the line in the second half to power the Comets (1-1) past the visiting Rams (1-1).Edgewood led 30-29 before Catonsville took a 54-50 lead in the third quarter.

St. Paul's and visiting Calvert Hall entered yesterday's game under similar circumstances: Each was on a losing streak.But the fifth-ranked Crusaders (8-2) avoided their third straight Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A conference defeat with a 14-8 non-divisional rout of No. 7 Calvert Hall, which lost its fourth straight league game.The win was critical for the Crusaders in a season in which unpredictability has reigned in the A Conference. Three of four teams have been unable to hold a No. 1 ranking for more than a week.

The McDonogh boys soccer team reminded Mount Hebron, and the rest of the soccer world, that it is the defending MIAA A Division champion with a 3-1 victory yesterday morning."

The Orioles had predicted for days that when the offensive breakout finally came, it would be swift and powerful. There would be timely hitting, aggressive base running and patient at-bats. The bottom of the seventh inning had all those elements Saturday night, but the most pleasant sight was the reappearance of an Orioles offense that had been in a deep slumber. Trailing by two runs and having already bungled several scoring chances, the Orioles scored six times in the seventh inning to defeat the Atlanta Braves, 8-4, and break a three-game losing streak before an announced 29,645 at Camden Yards.

After every three-pointer, every dunk and every block, LeBron James turned and glared at the Boston Celtics' bench. The message was clear: Not here. James made five three-pointers and scored 29 points before dancing in his seat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers routed the NBA champions, 107-76, on Sunday to move within one win of matching the 1985-86 Celtics for the best home record in league history. At 39-1, the Cavaliers can tie Boston's mark against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

The 11th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores scored the game's first seven goals en route to an 18-8 win over visiting Johns Hopkins on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays have lost four straight and slipped to 4-8 overall and 0-2 in the American Lacrosse Conference. The Commodores (7-3, 2-1) won their fourth straight. The Commodores needed just 10:15 to put the game's first seven goals on the board as six players scored in the opening run. Junior Brett Bathras stopped the run and put Hopkins on the board when she scored unassisted with 17:31 to play.

Freshman midfielder Karri Ellen Johnson and sophomore midfielder Brandi Jones combined for eight goals as second-ranked Maryland used a strong second half to defeat host Towson, 14-7, on Tuesday. Johnson tied a season high by scoring five goals, including four in the second half. Jones scored three goals and added three assists, matching a career high in both categories as the Terps improved to 9-0. "We came out in the second half and were connecting and finishing our shots," Maryland coach Cathy Reese said.

LeBron James had 30 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their ninth straight game, beating the host New Jersey Nets, 96-88, last night to tie a franchise record with their 57th victory. Zydrunas Ilgauskas added 18 points and became the career leader in blocked shots for the Cavaliers, who improved the NBA's best record to 57-13. Vince Carter had 25 points and nine rebounds, but without injured point guard Devin Harris the Nets (30-40) simply lacked the firepower to hang with the NBA's toughest defensive team.

No. 1 Virginia scored two goals to open the fourth quarter and held on for a 16-15 victory over No. 6 Johns Hopkins before an announced 5,475 at Homewood Field last night. The Cavaliers (10-0) won their fourth straight game against Hopkins and remained undefeated. The Blue Jays (3-3) had rallied from a six-goal deficit late in the first half to take a one-goal lead at the end of the third period, but Virginia quickly scored to tie the game in the fourth quarter and later established a lead it would never relinquish.

Gerald Henderson scored the go-ahead basket with 34.8 seconds remaining and No. 9 Duke held on for a 66-65 Atlantic Coast Conference quarterfinals victory over Boston College last night in Atlanta. Rakim Sanders missed a last-second three-pointer for Boston College (22-11). Duke (26-6) will play Maryland today. No. 1 North Carolina 79, Virginia Tech 76: : Tyler Hansbrough scored 28 and made a disputed defensive stop in the final seconds as the Tar Heels (28-3) avoided an upset against the Hokies (18-14)

Lewis Clinch scored a career-high 32 points yesterday and last-place Georgia Tech (12-18) pulled off the first upset of the ACC tournament, beating No. 17 Clemson (23-8), 86-81, in the opening round yesterday in Atlanta. Virginia Tech 65, Miami 47: : The Hokies broke open a close game with a 14-0 run in the second half and beat the Hurricanes. Miami's Jack McClinton (Calvert Hall), who scored a season-low nine points, said, "I just had a bad game." Boston College 76, Virginia 63: : Rakim Sanders scored 25 points and the Eagles (22-10)

Eric Devendorf scored all 19 of his points in a technical-filled second half and No. 18 Syracuse pulled away for an 89-74 victory over Seton Hall last night in the second round of the Big East tournament in Madison Square Garden in New York. Jonny Flynn had 19 points and 11 assists for the sixth-seeded Orange (24-8), which will face third-seeded and third-ranked Connecticut in the quarterfinals tonight. Jeremy Hazell had 27 points for the 11th-seeded Pirates (17-15), who had advanced to the second round with a 68-54 victory over South Florida.

Reggie Holmes scored 18 points and top seed Morgan State rolled to a 71-41 win over Florida A&M (10-21) last night in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C. Seeking their first MEAC championship since 1977, the Bears (21-11) advanced to tomorrow's semifinals, where they will face the winner of today's Coppin State-North Carolina A&T quarterfinal. Holmes made seven of 17 from the field and recorded nine rebounds. Jermaine "Itchy" Bolden scored 12 points and had six assists, while Marquise Kately added 10 points for the Bears.