Saturday, January 13, 2006
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Florida-South Carolina
Press Notes
South Carolina, 10-4 and 0-1 in the SEC, returns home to host its SEC home opener by welcoming the defending NCAA Champion Florida Gators. The No. 2 Gators come in with a 15-2 record, including 2-0 in the SEC. Florida is riding an eight-game winning streak, while Carolina has dropped two straight after piecing together a six-game winning streak. The Gamecocks opened their 16th season of SEC play at Georgia on Wed., Jan 10 and fell 80-56 in their worst lost in Athens since 2000 (62-90 at Georgia on Jan. 22, 2000). USC is 5-11 in SEC openers, including 1-6 on the road. It was the first time USC opened the SEC slate against Georgia during its 16 years in the SEC. The Gators are 2-0 in the SEC with home wins against Georgia (67-51, Jan. 6) and Arkansas (79-72, Jan. 10). USC won the season series last year with a 68-62 win in Columbia and a 71-67 victory in Gainesville, but fell 49-47 in the SEC Tournament Championship game. USC is 5-11 in SEC openers, including 1-6 on the road. It was the first time USC opened the SEC slate against Georgia during its 16 years in the SEC. The Gators are 2-0 in the SEC with home wins against Georgia (67-51, Jan. 6) and Arkansas (79-72, Jan. 10). USC had won six straight, but has dropped the last two (vs. No. 9 Kansas and at Georgia). It was USC’s first loss to a top 10 team in four tries. This year USC opened the season with three of the first five on the road and has tallied a 3-2 record on the road. Carolina is 7-2 at home.
San Diego-Pepperdine
Press Notes
The Waves, who played 11 of 16 non-conference games on the road and 13 of their first 18 games away from Firestone Fieldhouse, enter Saturday’s game with a 4-14 overall record and an 0-2 mark in WCC play. Pepperdine opened conference play last weekend and fell to Portland (73-69) and Gonzaga (69-52) in the Pacific Northwest. San Diego enters Saturday’s game with a 10-6 mark and is 0-1 in WCC play after falling 103-100 to San Francisco in double overtime last week. The Toreros defeated UC Riverside, 78-62, on Wednesday. San Diego is averaging 74.1 points a game while allowing 69.9 points a contest.
Utah-New Mexico
Press Notes
Two programs in unfamiliar territory square off Saturday at The Pit/Bob King Court in Albuquerque. New Mexico and Utah, both 0-3 in Mountain Western Conference play and saddled with losing streaks. The Lobos (11-7) are 0-3 in league play for only the second time since the 1960-61 Skyline Conference season. The 1979-80 UNM team began 0-4 in the Western Athletic Conference. Utah (5-11) has not started a conference season 0-3 since 1952-53, also in the Skyline. The Utes were picked to finish 4th in the MWC.
New Mexico has lost four straight after a painful 65-57 loss at 18th-ranked Air Force on Tuesday. The Lobos let a 21-point lead evaporate as the Falcons outscored UNM 40-7 during one stretch, including 21 straight points in the second half. UNM is 6-7 following a 5-0 start to the season. After Tuesday’s 73-57 loss at Colorado State, Utah is 5-11 overall and has lost five in a row and six of seven. The Utes are 1-7 away from home and 0-5 on opponents’ home floors this season. New Mexico is 10-1 at home and is 43-4 in The Pit since the 2004-05 season. Moreover, UNM has not endured a four-game losing skid in conference play since 2000-01 when it lost at home to Wyoming, then fell at BYU, Utah and Air Force. The last time for consecutive conference losses in The Pit was five years ago to Utah and San Diego State in 2002. The Lobos lost to Colorado State at home last Saturday. Under head coach Richie McCay, New Mexico is 4-0 against Utah in Albuquerque. Two of the last three victories here came against ranked Ute teams, including a 65-54 decision in 2005 that stopped Utah’s 18-game winning streak.
Rice-East Carolina
Press Notes
Saturday’s game vs. East Carolina is the first Conference USA road game for Rice and it also marks the first time ever that the basketball Owls have played in Greenville, N.C. Rice coming off a thrilling come-from-behind 75 to 70 overtime win over Tulane on Wednesday, while the Pirates lost at Tulsa 67 to 49.
NFL
· Indianapolis over 20-5 on the road against teams with a completion percentage of 61 percent or better
· Baltimore has gone under 6 straight after three or more straight wins
· Philadelphia over 12-2 opponent above .500
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