{"id":1067,"date":"2006-12-12T23:23:05","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T04:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/12\/wednesday-news-and-notes-21\/"},"modified":"2006-12-12T23:23:05","modified_gmt":"2006-12-13T04:23:05","slug":"wednesday-news-and-notes-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/12\/wednesday-news-and-notes-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday News and Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoDate><st1:date Year=\"2006\" Day=\"13\" Month=\"12\">Wednesday, December<br \/>\n13, 2006<\/st1:date><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Joe Duffy\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godstips.com\/\">GodsTips.com<\/a>,<br \/>\nStevie Vincent\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/betonsports360.com\/\">BetOnSports360.com<\/a><br \/>\nand <span style='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterlockline.com\/\">MasterLockLine.com<\/a><\/span><span\nstyle='color:black'> are part of <\/span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><span\nstyle='color:black'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/b>Network. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wake Forest-DePaul<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Press Notes <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The Demon Deacons, 5-2, are looking to snap a two-game<br \/>\nlosing streak. <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wake<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Forest<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><br \/>\nhasn\u2019t played since an 87-86 home loss to <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><br \/>\non Dec. 2. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Xavier-Cincinnati <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Press Notes <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>This is the 74<sup>th<\/sup> meeting between Xavier and <st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<br \/>\n<st1:City><st1:place>Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> leads the series 46-27,<br \/>\nalthough Xavier has won three of the last four, five of the last seven and<br \/>\nseven of the last 10 meetings. That XU success includes a 73-71 overtime win<br \/>\nlast season. Xavier, 7-2, saw its four-game winning streak come to an end with<br \/>\na 73-67 loss at Creighton on Saturday night.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Massachusetts-Louisville<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kentucky.com<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE>UMass<\/span>, which was a pre-season<br \/>\npick to challenge Xavier for the Atlantic 10 championship, is off to its best<br \/>\nstart since the 1995-96 Final Four season, but has no quality wins, having<br \/>\nbeaten such teams at <st1:City><st1:place>Dartmouth<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Jacksonville<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> and <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Savannah<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. The Minutemen\u2019s losses came<br \/>\nat No. 4 Pittsburgh (85-68) and at home against <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Boston<\/st1:PlaceName><br \/>\n<st1:PlaceType>College<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> (84-73). <span\nclass=SpellE>UMass<\/span> is shooting nearly 50 percent from the field and<br \/>\nthree of its four leading scorers are all shooting better than 55 percent \u2014 6-9<br \/>\ncenter <span class=SpellE>Rashaun<\/span> Freeman (68.2), 6-8 senior forward <span\nclass=SpellE>Stephane<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Lasme<\/span> (66.7) and 6-6<br \/>\njunior guard James Life (55.6). Life is also shooting 50 percent from<br \/>\nthree-point range (25-51). <span class=SpellE>Lasme<\/span> posted the second<br \/>\ntriple-double in <span class=SpellE>UMass<\/span> history with 19 points, 10<br \/>\nrebounds and a school-record 11 blocked shots in a 63-49 win over St. Francis<br \/>\n(N.Y.).<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wright State-Marshall<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dayton<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'> Daily News<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Wright<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>\u2019s<br \/>\ntiny band of basketball players got tinier Monday when 6-foot-6 junior forward<br \/>\nScottie Wilson found out his right hand was broken. He is third on the team in<br \/>\nscoring at 7 points a game, and leads the Raiders (3-3) in rebounding with 6.3<br \/>\na game. Wright State coach Brad Brownell said he wasn\u2019t sure what he would do<br \/>\nwith his lineup, but has started either Wilson or 6-6 Drew Burleson with 6-8<br \/>\nJordan <span class=SpellE>Pleiman<\/span> in every game but one. He also has not<br \/>\nplayed the three of them together, keeping at least one on the bench. \u201cInjuries<br \/>\nare circumstances you can\u2019t control,\u201d Brownell said. \u201cWe have only three true<br \/>\npost players. Now, we have two. And it happens at a time we have three games in<br \/>\na week.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>UL Lafayette-New <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'>Orleans<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Press Notes <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>The game will also be the 63<sup>rd<\/sup> contest between<br \/>\nthe schools, and <span class=SpellE>UNO<\/span> (3-6) will be trying to reverse<br \/>\nrecent history. The <span class=SpellE>Ragin<\/span>\u2019 Cajuns (2-6) have won five<br \/>\nstraight meetings and lead the all-time series 32-30. <span class=SpellE>UNO<\/span>,<br \/>\nthough, is looking to start 1-0 in conference play for the fourth time in five<br \/>\nseasons. The Privateers are coming off a 76-52 win over Texas-Tyler on<br \/>\nSaturday. UL Lafayette is coming off an 80-42 loss at Stephen F. Austin on<br \/>\nSaturday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, December 13, 2006 &nbsp; Joe Duffy\u2019s GodsTips.com, Stevie Vincent\u2019s BetOnSports360.com and MasterLockLine.com are part of OffshoreInsiders.com Network. Wake Forest-DePaul Press Notes The Demon Deacons, 5-2, are looking to snap a two-game losing streak. Wake Forest hasn\u2019t played since an 87-86 home loss to Georgia on Dec. 2. 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