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OVC CHAMPIONSHIP-Eastern KY 63 Austin Peay 62

Freshman Josh Taylor drove to the hoop with 2.9 seconds left and Eastern Kentucky (21-11) beat Austin Peay (21-11) to win the OVC championship last night in Nashville, Tennessee.

Austin Peay who had beaten EKU in two previous meeting this season rallied from a 59-51 deficit tot take a 62-61 lead with with 21.8 seconds left but EKU got the ball with 6.6 seconds to go when Taylor hit the game winner.

Mike Rose led Eastern Kentucky with 19 points.

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Davidson 72 College of Charleston 65

Stephen Curry the son of former NBA star Dell Curry poured in 29 points to as Davidson won the Southern Conference yesterday in No. Charleston, SC.

Curry is the Southern Conference freshman of the year.

ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP

Belmont 94 East Tennessee State 67

"Andy Wicke and Andrew Preston had 18 points apiece and the Bruins made 12 3s in the first half en route to winning their second straight Atlantic Sun Conference tournament championship and NCAA bid with a 94-67 victory over East Tennessee State on Saturday" in Johnson City, TN.

IVY LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION

Pennsylvania who clinched the IVY League Championship on 2-24-06 beat with a win over Dartmouth beat Brown yesterday 67-64.

Ibrahim Jaaber led the Quakers with 22 points. "Penn has won 21 straight home Ivy League games. The Quakers end their regular season at Princeton on Tuesday night."

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Siena 75
Manhattan 72

Niagara 77
Rider 52

Marist 87
Canisius 63

Loyola, MD 76
Fairfield 72


Other conference tournaments...

AMERICAN EAST QUARTTERFINALS

Vermont 81
Hartford 62

Albany 64
New Hampshire 47

Maryland Baltimore County 70
Maine 61

Boston University 62
Binghamton 58

COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION QUARTERFINALS

Viriginia Commonwealth 73
Georgia St. 60

Old Dominion 58
Townson 55

Drexel 64
Northeastern 50

George Mason 64
Hofstra 61

HORIZON LEAGUE SEMIFINALS

Butler 67
Loyola, Ill. 66

Wright State 67
Wisconsin-Green Bay 51

MID CONTINENT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Oral Roberts 79
Centenary 59

Oakland 74
Western Illinois 57


Regular season games yesterday



#! Ohio St. 65 Michigan 61
#2 UCLA gets upset by Washington 61-51



Freshman Kevin Durant scored 32 points but #15 Texas lost to #3 Kansas 90-86.

Arlando Tucker scored 26 points to lead #5 Wisconsin over Michigan State 52-50.


Antanas Kavaliauskas' scored a career high 26 points to lead #6 Texas A&M over Missouri 94-78.

#7 Memphis squeaked by SMU 64-61.

Fazekas had 22 and Kemp 21 as #9 Nevada clipped New Mexico St. 69-65.

Big East regular season champ Georgetown beat hapless UConn 59-46.

#11 So. Illinois strengthens its tournament resume with a tight 53-51 win over Bradley.

#21 Marquette finally won a big game beating #12 Pittsburgh 75-71.

#13 Washington State upends #24 USC 88-86.

#16 Butlers nips Loyola, IL. 67-66.

#17 Notre Dame beats lowly Rutgers 73-66.

#18 Oregon slams Oregon St. 70-49.


Arkansas goes into Nashville and upsets #23 Vanderbilt 82-67 ending the Commodores 13 game home winning streak.

Maryland stays hot beating NC State 79-59.

Villanova in what could be a costly upset beat Syracuse 78-75.

Tennessee gets an important win over Georgia 71-65.