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Thursday, February
23, 2006

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NBA

Pistons-Pacers

Associated Press

The Indiana Pacers say they don’t need to make noise
before Thursday’s trade deadline. They made enough by adding Peja Stojakovic last month. The
Pacers have won six of eight since sending Ron Artest
to the Sacramento Kings for Stojakovic. Indiana
is 27-23 heading into a stretch of 10 games that includes eight on the road,
starting Thursday night at Detroit.
The Pacers lost their last six games in January and have been without injured
starters Jermaine O’Neal, Austin Croshere
and Jamaal Tinsley for the whole month of February.

Grizzlies-Mavericks

Dallas Morning News

Dallas has won
nine consecutive games when shooting below 44 percent. Half and quarter
bettors: The bench is outscoring opposing reserves by an average of 18 points
in the last 17 games.

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Utah State-Boise

Press Notes

Utah State
has won 14 of its last 17 games after starting the year with a 4-3 record.  Over the last seven years, Utah
State
is 40-19 (.678) on the road
in league play and 41-26 (.612) all-time on the road under head coach Stew Morrill
(separated at birth from world class handicapper the Animal) in conference
games. USU’s overall road record under Morrill is
54-39 (.581).  Utah State is 92-24 (.793)
in league games over the last seven years and it has won 40 of its last 50
conference games dating back to the 2002-03 season. Utah
State
is 42-15 (.737) in the month
of February under Morrill, which includes a 19-12 (.613) road record. Utah
State
leads the nation in
three-point field goal percentage (.431) and ranks second in the country in
overall field goal percentage (.510). USU is also
second in the nation in assists per game (18.46). Utah State is 18-6 on the season and in third-place in the Western
Athletic Conference with an 8-4 league record following its 80-42 win at
Idaho and its 66-63 non-conference win against Northwestern State last weekend. Utah State and Boise State will be meeting for the 23rd time this week
with the Aggies owning a 17-5 all-time record against
the Broncos, which includes a 4-5 road record.
Boise State is 13-12 on the year and in seventh-place in the Western
Athletic Conference with a 5-8 league record. The Broncos snapped a three-game
losing streak by defeating Cal State Northridge 82-71 at home in its last game.
Boise State is 9-4 at home this year.

George Mason-Hofstra

Press Notes

The George Mason men’s basketball team takes the court
tonight as a ranked school for the first time in school history. The 25th-ranked
Patriots will need to be at the top of their game if they want to avoid losing
for the first time as a ranked team. For the third straight road game, Mason
plays in an arena in which the opposition rarely experiences the joy of
winning. Against Virginia Commonwealth,
Mason handed the Rams their only home-loss of the year. Against Wichita
State
, Mason became the first
non-conference school to win there this season. Now Mason faces Hofstra, which has the third-longest active home winning
streak in the nation, having defeated 18 straight visitors. Mason hasn’t won at
Hofstra since Feb.
9, 2002
. The Pride (20-5, 12-4) are the
second-highest scoring team in the CAA behind
Northeastern and the second-best shooting team in the conference after Mason. Hofstra is converting on 46.1 percent of its shots and
averaging 74.4 points per game. Mason is shooting .486 from the field but has
attempted 79 fewer shots, averaging 69.7 points per game. Where the teams
differ greatly is on the defensive end. Mason (21-5, 14-2) is sixth in the
nation in field-goal percentage defense (.378) and eighth in scoring defense (57.9).
Hofstra is sixth in the CAA
in field-goal percentage defense (.425) and scoring defense (67.6). Mason has
held 23 straight opponents to fewer than 70 points. Hofstra
has allowed 10 of its past 23 opponents to score 70 or more.

South Carolina-Georgia

Press Notes

The Bulldogs are seeking to stop their longest losing
streak of the season at three games. The rare Thursday night contest in Athens
means the first 48-hour turnaround for any Georgia
team during regular-season SEC play since 1998. Georgia
defeated the Gamecocks 64-61 in overtime in the two teams’ first meeting on
Jan. 14 on Columbia. It marked the
Bulldogs’ only overtime game this season and first road win in the SEC in two
years. Since South Carolina
joined the SEC in time for the 1992 season, USC holds a 16-14 edge in games
against Georgia.

Fairfield-Manhattan

Press Notes

Fairfield
looks to win its second straight MAAC game, coming
off a 109-108 win over Saint Peter’s on February 14.

Samford-Missouri
State

Press Notes

With two games remaining in league play, Samford is 6-2 on the road against conference foes and will
complete its regular-season schedule at Eastern Illinois
on Saturday. Southeast
Missouri
(6-19,
3-15 OVC)
heads into Thursday’s game boasting
the services of the conference’s top scorer in senior Roy Booker. Southeast
Missouri
has played some of its best games at home this season and
recorded four of its six victories at the Show Me Center. Samford
owns an impressive 5-1 all-time record against Southeast Missouri.

 

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