Maryland takes home championship
ATLANTA — Maryland won its first national championship Monday with a 64-52 victory over Indiana at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
Maryland finished the season at 32-4. Indiana concluded its season at 25-12 with the loss.
Senior Juan Dixon, named Most Outstanding player, led the Terrapins with 18 points. He opened the game with 11 points in the first 10 minutes, but did not score again for 20 minutes. He put Maryland on top for good with a three-pointer with 9:42 left to play. Lonny Baxter contributed 15 points and 14 rebounds.
Kyle Hornsby led the Hoosiers with 14 points. Dana Fife collected 11 points. Jared Jeffries, the Big Ten player of the year, only had eight points.
The 64 points made up the third lowest total for the Terrapins, but those 64 were good enough to take home the title.
Undefeated UConn captures NCAA title
SAN ANTONIO — The UConn women’s basketball team claimed its third national championship Sunday with an 82-70 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in San Antonio.
UConn concluded its season at 39-0, its second unbeaten season. The Sooners finished at 32-4.
Sue Bird had 14 points for UConn and teammate Swin Cash, selected as outstanding player of the Final Four, collected 20 points and 13 rebounds. Asjha Jones had 19 points for the Huskies. Tamika Williams finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.
For the Sooners, Stacy Dales collected 18 points and Rosalind Ross followed with 17. Caton Hill had a team-high eight rebounds. LaNeishea Caufield added 14 points for Oklahoma.
On the season, the Huskies outscored opponents by an average of 34.5 points, an NCAA record.
UConn had 21 turnovers in the game, two short of the team’s season high.
UConn out-rebounded Oklahoma 44-25, helping the Huskies to the title.
Johnson blanks San Diego on opening day
PHOENIX — In his first start for last year’s World Series Champions, Randy Johnson shut out the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening day game for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Johnson held the Padres to six hits, collecting eight strikeouts and allowing one walk.
The shutout marked Johnson’s 31st career shutout and 80th career complete game.
The Diamondbacks got their run off of a solo home run by first baseman Mark Grace and an RBI by center fielder Danny Bautista. Shortstop Tony Womack went 2-for-3 for the Diamondbacks and scored off of Bautista’s double.
San Diego starter Kevin Jarvis allowed two runs in seven innings of work, collecting four strikeouts and giving up only five hits.
First baseman Phil Nevin led the Padres with two hits. Womack and Bautista each had two hits to lead the Diamondbacks.
Strawberry denied bail by Florida judge
TAMPA, Fla. — Darryl Strawberry was denied bail Monday by Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Florence Foster and must stay in jail until a judge decides his case later this month.
Strawberry is accused of breaking rules at a residential drug center, where he was serving two years of house arrest.
Strawberry, a former New York Yankee, also got a new lawyer. Darryl Rouson, a former cocaine addict and civil rights activist, is reviewing the case before the April 18 court date.
April 8 marks one year of sobriety for Strawberry, an accomplishment that Strawberry has not achieved in 15 years of substance abuse.
Strawberry has violated his probation five times. He was convicted in 1999 of drug possession and was sent to Phoenix House for a drug treatment program. He was later kicked out for breaking various rules.
Sorenstam wins two consecutive tourneys
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Annika Sorenstam won her 10th tournament in 26 tries and her 33rd career victory Monday at the Kraft Nabisco Championship at the Dinah Shores course in Mission Hills.
Sorenstam, 31, won the tournament for the second year in a row, the first person to win back-to-back tournaments. She was the only player in the tournament to break par in all four rounds.
Sorenstam finished with an eight-under-par 280. She shot 70-71-71-68.
Liselotte Neumann finished one shot behind with a total of 281. She shot 69-70-73-69 for a seven-under -par finish.
Sorenstam headed into the final day tied with Neumann and Karrie Webb, who finished four shots behind.
Sorenstam holds many firsts in her LPGA career. She was the first women to shoot 59. She was also the first woman to earn more then $2 million in one year. She will next play in the Office Depot tournament in Los Angeles this week, hoping to defend that title like she did Monday.
April 04, 2002