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Rudy Gay (Archbishop Spalding) scored 25 points and Mike Conley added 22 Wednesday night to lead the Memphis Grizzlies (20-54) to their first home win since the All-Star break, 112-107 over the Washington Wizards. Caron Butler had 31 points for Washington (17-59), which lost its third straight, while Antawn Jamison had 28 points and 10 rebounds. The Wizards were without guard Gilbert Arenas, who continues to play in selected games resting his surgically repaired knee. But they did have center Brendan Haywood, who played in his first game this season after surgery on his right wrist last October.

With almost two minutes left and the game tied in last night's overtime girls lacrosse game at North Harford, Hawks senior Corey Donohoe got a yellow card and had to sit for three minutes. Fortunately for Donohoe, there was time to return. The game went into double overtime and Donohoe scored the game-winner on a free-position goal with four seconds left to lead the No. 9 Hawks to an 11-10 victory over Harford County rival Fallston. Donohoe also scored the tying goal at the buzzer in regulation, making it 9-9, but a dangerous check brought her the yellow card and the three-minute break.

Erasing an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit, Mervo beat City, 53-52, last night to capture the Class 3A North regional title. After the Knights routed the Mustangs by 30 points earlier this season, Mervo coach Daryl Wade wasn't hesitant to call his team's victory an upset. "This is definitely a David and Goliath story," he said. Trailing 50-39 with four minutes left, the Mustangs went on a 14-2 run, helped by sophomore guard Tyrone Smothers' six points in that stretch. With 31.7 seconds left, Mustangs junior forward Byron Westmoreland hit two free throws to tie the game.

COLLEGE PARK -- Asked where he was when quarterback Lawrence Watson and running backs Maurice Portee and Tavon Austin ripped through Class 1A rival Fort Hill for Dunbar's fourth state football title last fall, diminutive senior Eric Barksdale displayed his sense of humor. "I had to be the team manager since I was injured," said Barksdale, a reserve defensive back. "Don't you remember? I was up there taking stats with you." He had a much more memorable moment yesterday at Comcast Center, when Dunbar faced Fort Hill on the basketball court in a 1A state semifinal . The 5-foot-7, 140-pound guard scored eight of his 14 points in overtime to go with six assists and four steals in a come-from-behind 73-71 victory.

The roots run deep between Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos and Vermont coach Mike Lonergan, as they were teammates at Catholic University and worked under Maryland coach Gary Williams. The similarities between the two coaches extend to the court, where both have the same fiery style and like to play up-tempo to force their opponents into turning over the ball. Patsos got the best of his former roommate as the Greyhounds shot 52.2 percent from three-point range en route to a physical 83-79 victory over the Catamounts last night before an announced 1,327 at Reitz Arena.

LaKisha Walker has provided the defensive edge for No. 1 St. Frances for four years, and it was no different in the championship game of her senior year. With 7.9 seconds left in overtime yesterday against No. 4 McDonogh, Walker deflected a pass meant for Brittany Mallory at the top of the circle and set off on the break. With her team trailing, Mallory was forced to foul her. Walker, a 5-foot-9 guard, hit both free throws to seal a 68-63 victory for the Panthers' fifth straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship before a standing-room-only crowd at Goucher College.

Sunday's heartbreaking Ravens loss brings back memories of other NFL games that were decided at the finish in bizarre and controversial fashion. In some cases, the events led to rule changes, and one of them was an even bigger disappointment for Baltimore. Music City Miracle. Jan. 8, 2000. Buffalo at Tennessee. AFC wild-card playoff. Buffalo's Steve Christie had just kicked a field goal to put the Bills ahead 16-15 with 16 seconds left. On the ensuing kickoff, the Titans' Lorenzo Neal fielded the ball, started right and handed it off to tight end Frank Wycheck (Maryland)

COLLEGE PARK -- After crushing its previous six opponents by an average of 12 points, the No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team finally faced a test.Pushed into overtime by a smothering James Madison defense yesterday, the Terps attack struggled before scoring three goals in overtime to edge the No. 5 Dukes, 12-11, at Byrd Stadium.Kristin Sommar scored the game-winner with 37 seconds left in overtime and Christie Jenkins made a game-saving interception with 12 seconds left to give the four-time defending national champs their 17th straight victory.

Philip Klaus had 25 points, including two free throws with 36 seconds left, as Mary Washington defeated St. Mary's, 70-67, last night in a Capital Athletic Conference game in St. Mary's City.The Seahawks (12-12, 7-7) led 67-66 after two free throws by Harvey Davis (13 points) with 56 seconds left. St. Mary's used an 11-2 run to tie the game at 47 with 8: 29 remaining.WomenSt. Mary's 73, Mary Washington 43: Erica Pearson had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead the host Seahawks (17-7, 10-4) to a CAC win.St.

The Dunbar-Lake Clifton rivalry has been called many things over the years. Right now, "one-sided" could suffice.The No. 2-ranked Poets won the latest battle in the series yesterday, getting past the No. 10 Lakers, 58-51, before a capacity crowd at Lake Clifton last night.Lafonte Johnson led Dunbar (11-2) with 17 points, and Arnold Bowie added 12. Teoine Carroll scored 17 points for the Lakers (6-4), and Andre Mouzone had 13.The Poets (4-0 league) knocked Lake Clifton (3-1 league) out of a three-way tie for first with them and City in the city East Division.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Derek Fisher played the role of Kobe Bryant in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. Fisher nailed two decisive three-pointers, becoming the clutch player the Lakers needed in a 99-91 overtime win over the Orlando Magic to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Lakers have three tries to win their 15th NBA championship. They get their first opportunity to clinch the title in Game 5 on Sunday night. The Lakers overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to send the game into overtime when Fisher hit the game-tying three-pointer with 4.6 seconds left in regulation.

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. -- Cody Jamieson's timing has been impeccable. A transfer who wasn't cleared by the NCAA until days before Syracuse's penultimate game of the regular season, Jamieson scored both of his goals in the last 4 minutes, 6 seconds - including the game-winner just 1:20 into overtime - to lift the Orange to a 10-9 victory over Cornell in the NCAA Division I tournament final Monday at Gillette Stadium. No. 2 seed Syracuse (16-2) won its ninth straight contest and captured its NCAA-record 11th national title thanks to the 5-foot-9, 200-pound junior attackman, who played in just six games, made one start and can shoot only with his left hand.

Century senior Katie Schwarzmann has scored 291 goals in her career, but none bigger than Wednesday night's last-second regional championship winner. With two seconds left in a tie game with Liberty, Schwarzmann stood on the 8-meter arc facing goalie Schylar Healy, who had just made two point-blank saves. The All-Metro midfielder shot the free-position goal high into the net as time expired for a 15-14 victory and the Class 2A-1A West regional girls lacrosse title. "I've never been that excited in my life, ever," Schwarzmann said of her sixth goal.

Daly, who coached U.S., Pistons, is dead nba Chuck Daly, who coached the Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons, died Saturday morning in Jupiter, Fla., with his family by his side. He was 78. The Pistons announced in March that the Hall of Fame coach was being treated for pancreatic cancer. Daly was renowned for creating harmony out of diverse personalities at all levels of the game, whether they were Ivy Leaguers at Pennsylvania, Dream Teamers Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, or Pistons as dissimilar as Dennis Rodman and Joe Dumars.

Magic holds on, wins opener, 95-90 nba playoffs Dwight Howard returned from his one-game suspension to get 16 points and 22 rebounds Monday night and help the Orlando Magic hold off the late-charging Boston Celtics, 95-90, in the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Magic opened a 28-point lead early in the second half before Boston cut the deficit to 91-87 in the final two minutes. The Celtics had several chances to come within one possession - the best Ray Allen's three-pointer that rimmed out with 43 seconds left.

Brian Christopher played hero - again. For the second time in three games, the senior midfielder scored the game-winning goal in double overtime. This time, his tally 25 seconds into the second extra session propelled the No. 9 Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team to an 11-10 victory over No. 18 Loyola on Saturday at Homewood Field. The Blue Jays won their sixth consecutive game and improved to 9-4. The Greyhounds (9-5), who had won four straight, are in a more tenuous position as the teams wait to find out their postseason fates Selection Sunday.

Villanova scored five straight goals late in the second period and then held on for a 10-9 victory over Towson to capture the Colonial Athletic Association tournament title at Johnny Unitas Stadium on Saturday night. The win gave the Wildcats (11-5) an automatic bid to the 16-team NCAA Division I playoffs. Seedings for the tournament will be determined Sunday night. Towson finishes its season at 7-10. The Tigers, who trailed by five goals at halftime, pulled within three several times in the second half and cut the lead to 10-9 on two straight goals, the last by sophomore attackman Tim Stratton with 43.3 seconds left.

Brian Christopher acknowledged that his third and final goal wasn't pretty. But it counted. The senior midfielder scored with 1.2 seconds left in the second overtime Wednesday night to propel the No. 8 Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team to an 11-10 win against Towson before an announced 3,509 at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson. On a restart with 7.2 seconds left, Christopher sprinted from the left sideline toward the middle, spun back to his left and fired a shot that appeared to short-hop Tigers goalie Rob Wheeler and bounce over his right shoulder into the net. "I only had one move to make and one shot," said Christopher, who scored the game-tying and game-winning goals.

Rose's 36 carry Bulls past Celts in OT nba Derrick Rose scored 36 points in his playoff debut and helped the Chicago Bulls do something not even Michael Jordan could: beat the Boston Celtics in the postseason. Rose had 11 assists to go with his career high in points, and Tyrus Thomas made a jumper from the corner with 51 seconds left in overtime to lead the visiting Bulls to a 105-103 victory over the defending NBA champions in Game 1 of their best-of-seven first-round series. Rajon Rondo scored 29 points and added nine rebounds and seven assists for Boston, which was without Kevin Garnett and without much help from the rest of the Big Three.

New Orleans is going back to the playoffs, thanks in large part to dramatic plays from Rasual Butler and David West. Butler hit a game-tying three-pointer with no time remaining in regulation, West hit the winning jumper with 8.8 seconds left in overtime, and the Hornets stunned the host Miami Heat, 93-87, on Tuesday night. Chris Paul finished with 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, and Peja Stojakovic added 24 points for the Hornets (48-29), who not only clinched their postseason berth but also stayed thickly in the hunt for home-court advantage in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.