<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nTexas Tech (15-5,
\n4-1) and <\/span>Missouri<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> (12-6, 1-4) are meeting for the fifteenth time
\nsince the series began on <\/span>December 5, 1955<\/span><\/st1:date>. Each team has won seven games. Texas Tech
\nholds a 5-1 edge when the teams have played in <\/span>Lubbock<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/span>Missouri<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has a 4-2 margin in <\/span>Columbia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and has a 2-0 lead on neutral courts. Last
\nseason, the Red Raiders won in <\/span>Lubbock<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 73-55. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>George<\/span><\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span><\/span>Washington-Rhode<\/span><\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span><\/span>Island<\/span><\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\nPress
\nNotes <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s a match-up of
\nfirst- and second-place teams as second-place GW<\/span>
\n(5-1) faces first-place URI (6-1) today in the only regular-season meeting this
\nseason and the 25th<\/sup> time in series history. GW<\/span>
\nis coming off a 74-65 victory over <\/span>Saint Joseph<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019s Wednesday at <\/span>Smith<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>Center<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> for its 24th<\/sup> straight home victory. The Colonials have
\nwon 22 of their last 23 A-10 games. <\/span>GW<\/span> also has won 32 of its last 36 regular-season games and
\nits 24-game home winning streak at <\/span>Charles<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>E.<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>Smith<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>Athletic<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName>
\n<\/span>Center<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> ranks behind only three teams nationally. (We
\npoint up their home streak as many top cappers consider home\/road \u201csplits\u201d or
\ndichotomy). <\/span>Rhode
\nIsland<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>
\n(13-8, 6-1) is coming off a 75-72 victory over UMass<\/span>
\nWednesday at home.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\nSt.
\nJohn\u2019s-Pittsburgh <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\nPress
\nNotes <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nWinning eight of its
\nlast nine games, Pitt enters the contest ranked No. 9 in both the Associated
\nPress and ESPN\/USA Today coaches<\/span> polls. The Panthers
\nare 12-1 at home on the season. Pitt has won 35 of its last 41 Big East home
\ngames and is 30-6 against Big East opponents in the <\/span>Petersen<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>Events<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName>
\n<\/span>Center<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. Pitt owns a 16-33 all-time record vs. <\/span>St. John\u2019s<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. It has won three consecutive games vs. the Red
\nStorm at home including a 2-0 record in the <\/span>Petersen<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span>Events<\/span><\/st1:PlaceName>
\n<\/span>Center<\/span><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. Pitt has limited six of seven Big East opponents,
\neight of its last nine opponents and 18 of its 21 total opponents under 70
\npoints. Under Jamie Dixon, Pitt has held opponents to 70 points or less in 99
\nof his 119 career games.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\nTemple-Duquesne<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\nPress
\nNotes <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nDuquesne (6-11, 2-4),
\nwhich snapped a five-game home losing streak and doubled last season\u2019s win
\ntotal with a 93-89 victory over Dayton on Wednesday, returns to action to host
\nTemple (7-11, 1-4). <\/span><\/span>Temple<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> leads the overall series 35-12, including a
\n13-7 advantage in games played at <\/span>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. Duquesne snapped an eight-game series losing
\nstreak with a 61-54 win over the Owls in <\/span>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on <\/span>Jan. 8, 2003<\/span><\/st1:date>. <\/span>Temple<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won the past three meetings. Duquesne,
\nwhich began the season with seven scholarship players, is currently competing
\nwith eight. of<\/span> the 10 total players on the current
\nactive roster, just one is over 6-6. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\nMississippi-Vanderbilt<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\nPress
\nNotes <\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nThe Commodores also
\nrecorded back-to-back road wins over ranked opponents for the first time in
\nschool history when they topped <\/span>Kentucky<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and LSU<\/span> in the past
\nweek. The Commodores (14-6, 4-2 <\/span>Southeastern
\nConference) have won three consecutive games\u2014all against ranked opponents\u2014to
\nfind themselves in a three-way tie for second place in the SEC\u2019s Eastern
\nDivision heading into the weekend. Vanderbilt leads the overall series 68-38
\noverall, including a 45-7 <\/span>advantage in <\/span>Nashville<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The Commodores won last year\u2019s meeting 77-62
\nin <\/span>Oxford<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on March 1. <\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\nSouthern Miss-Memphis<\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\nPress Notes<\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\nSouthern Miss looks to snap a six-game losing streak to Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nwhen they travel north to take on the No. 11-ranked Tigers. The Golden Eagles
\n(13-5, 3-2) enter the game having won two straight games, including an 83-72
\ndecision at home over East Carolina<\/st1:place>, Wednesday. Southern
\nMiss, though, looks to snap a five-game losing streak in Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.
\nThe last Golden Eagle victory in Memphis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\ncame on Dec. 27, 2000<\/st1:date>, in
\na 75-67 triumph over the Tigers. UM (16-3, 6-0), C-USA\u2019s league leader, won
\nthis season\u2019s earlier meeting this season between the two teams, 75-62, in
\nHattiesburg two weeks ago. The Tigers currently are riding an eight-game
\nwinning streak, which includes a 72-59 home win over Tulsa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>,
\nWednesday. Chris Douglas-Roberts, who led the Tigers in Hattiesburg<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>
\nwith 19 points, has been out with a high ankle sprain and has not played in the
\nlast two games. Douglas-Roberts leads<\/span> UM in scoring at
\n14.8 points per contest. <\/o:p><\/p>\nTCU<\/span><\/span>-Wyoming<\/o:p><\/span><\/h2>\n