European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 172007 stars and stripes Page 37 Lebros Back in old form the associated press Memphis Mem Phis grizzlies wish Lebron James Back had bothered the Cleveland Star another night James recovered from his injury to score 29 Points leading seven Cleveland players in Dou ble figures and helping the Cava Liers beat the grizzlies 11896 wednesday night for their season High seventh straight Victory James who sat out Cleveland 124100 Victory Over Sacramento on tuesday night with Back spasms connected on 11 of 17 shots from the Field James hit his first five shots of the third Quarter helping Cleveland build the Lead to 33 the cars starters did not return in the final period i was just in a zone James said i Felt like i  miss and i dropped a lot of jumpers and bumped the Lead up that gave us an Opportunity to sit on the Bench for the fourth Memphis with the leagues worst record lost its second straight and eighth in the past nine a Drunas i Lugauskas scored 18 Points for Cleveland while Larry Hughes had 13 Points and six assists Donyell Marshall had 12 Sasha Pavlovic scored 11 and Drew Gooden and Anderson Vare Jao had 10 apiece right now we cant relax be cause we have to look at the big picture i Lugauskas said but right now we Are satisfied with the Way we played these last few games wizards 112 pacers 96 Gil Bert Arenas scored 28 of his 35 Points in the second half As Washington extended Host Indiana losing Streak to 11 games Antawn Jamison added 27 Points and eight rebounds for the wizards who had lost their Previ Ous three games by a combined six Points Indiana Jermaine Oneal started after sitting out three games with a sprained left knee he had 24 Points and seven re Bounds in 30 minutes Nikki Cleveland Cavaliers Lebron James scored a game High 29 Points in the Cavaliers 11896 Victory rockets 109 clippers 105 at Houston Luther head hit a three Pointer with 122 seconds left and Yao Ming deflected a pass and created a game sealing steal to help Houston hold on Elton Brand scored a sea so High 37 Points for the clip pers pistons 87 Trail blazers 75 Richard Hamilton scored 21 Points and Detroit improved to 40 on a five game Road trip that ends at Phoenix on Friday bulls 88 76ers 87 at Phila Delphia Kirk Hinrich made the godhead jumper with 267 seconds left and Lull Deng scored 20 Points to Lead Chicago to its fourth straight Victory the 76ers lost their second straight raptors 104 knocks 94 at Toronto Chris Bosh scored 22 Points to Ford matched a Ca reer High with 18 assists and Tor onto strengthened its hold on the Atlantic division Lead Jorge Carbajosa had a Ca ree High 20 Points while fellow Rookie Andrea Bagnani added 18 for Toronto magic 101 jazz 90 at Orlan do Dwight Howard had 31 Points and 15 rebounds and Orlando ended a three game losing Streak bobcats 111 Kings 108 at Charlotte Sean May had 20 Points and 12 rebounds and hit the godhead three Pointer with 16 seconds left Kevin Martin scored 26 Points for the Kings but failed to hit the rim on a desperation three Point attempt at the Buzzer celtics 109 Hawks 88 Al Jef Ferson had 23 Points to lift Boston to its fifth Victory in its past seven Home games second half surge lifts Zazzu by Janie Mccauley the associated press Sacramento Calif Kyle Weaver stole an inbound pass be Neath his own Basket and dunked to barely beat the halftime Buzzer and what a momentum swing for Washington state the cougars Rode it right into the second round of the Mcaa tournament Reserve Ivory Clark scored 19 Points and Weaver had 10 Points eight rebounds and four assists and third seeded Washington state won its first Mcaa game in 24 years beating 14thseeded Oral Roberts 7054 thursday in the East regional Taylor Rochestie added 15 Points and connected for a key three Pointer late As Washington state pulled away with 59 percent shooting and one turnover in the second half Clark provided a big boost off the Bench by Matching his career Best with five blocks for the cougars whose special season will last at least another game they went from last place in the pac10 a year ago to second under firs year coach Tony Ben Marcio Jose Sanchez Washington state Forward Ivory Clark dunks the Ball against Oral Roberts on thursday Nett fans chanted Tony Tony before the game then washing ton state 267 went out and won its first Mcaa tournament game since George Raveling team beat Weber state 6252 in 1983 Ken Tutt scored 10 of his 19 Points in the first half to Lead Oral Roberts the mid Conti nent conference tournament champions who reached the Caas for the second straight season and fourth time Overall the Golden eagles lost their opener for the second straight year the cougars reached the tournament for the first time since current Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson led the school to the postseason in 1994 and a first round loss to Boston College after a slow Start with Weaver on the Bench in foul trouble the cougars hit their final five shots of the first half and then their Ini tial four after halftime to take control Washington state did every thing right in crunch time the cougars started the second half 9forll and used an 184 run to build a 4432 Lead on Clarks Bas Ket at Rochestie made a twisting Layin with just under 5 seconds left in the first half then Weaver made his powerful two handed Jam that sent Washington state into halftime Down 2826 balanced air Force ends losing skid the associated press air Force Academy Colo each of air forces starters scored 13 Points and Tim Ander son grabbed a career High eight rebounds As the Falcons snapped a fou game losing Streak with a 7551 Victory Over Austin Peay in the first round of the not on wednesday night air Force the top seed in the nuts West Region will Host fourth seeded Georgia on Mon Day night Jacob Burtschi Anderson Matt Mccraw Dan new allele and Nick Welch proved that 13 was a Lucky number for the Falcons Welch scored his 13 before foul ing out with remaining in the game the Falcons 248 got their 24th Victory Matching the school record for a second straight year in other not games Syracuse 79 South Alabama 73 at Syracuse by Eric Dev Endorf scored a career High 34 Points and Demetris Nichols nit Roundup added 15 to help Syracuse 2310 rally past South Alabama the Orange Down 5950 with to play scored 18 unan swered Points Over minutes to take control san Diego St 74 Missouri St 70 at Springfield to Brandon Heath had 26 Points including a three Pointer with 53 seconds remaining to break a tie and Lead san Diego state Over Missouri state Kansas St 59 Vermont 57 at Manhattan Kan David Hoskins drove for the godhead bucket with 33 seconds left capping a second half comeback that car ried Kansas state 2311 past Vermont Depaul 83 Hofstra 71 at Chi Cago Wilson Chandler scored 22 of his 26 Points in the second half in leading Depaul 1913 past Hofstra Clemson 64 East Tennessee 57 at Clemson so pc Rivers finished with 17 Points and 14 re Bounds and Trevor Booker had 11 Points and 11 rebounds to lift Clemson 2210 Over East ten Nessee state Mississippi 73 appalachian St 59 at Oxford miss Todd Abernethy scored 18 Points and Mississippi 2112 held appalachian state 258 scoreless for nearly 6 minutes in the second half Georgia 88 Fresno state 78 at Athens a Levi Stukes contributed to a deluge of three Point ers hitting eight in nine attempts and scoring 30 Points As Georgia 1913 handled Fresno state the teams combined to hit 31 of 62 three Point attempts with Fresno state hitting a school record 18 Bradley 90 Providence 78 at Peoria 111 will Franklin scored six of his 23 Points in Over time to lift Bradley 2212 past Providence on 2007 Mustangs up to exclusive ends rebate Ness hurry in to Exchange new car sales to take advantage of these rebates Are current As of print Date and Are subject to change without notice All illustrations and specifications arc to the Best of our 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