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ORLANDO, Fla. - With 10 games left in the regular season, the Orlando Magic entered Friday night wanting nothing more than to keep showing signs of a team ready for the post-season. A 95-85 victory over the ailing New Jersey Nets kept the Magics momentum going. They still arent quite where they want to be, but they may be slowly getting closer. Dwight Howard had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Hedo Turkoglu added 20 points and 13 assists to help the Magic hold off the Nets 95-85 on Friday night. Orlando won its fifth straight and completed a 4-0 season sweep of New Jersey. The Magic have also won 14 of their last 17 meetings overall against the Nets. The Magic led by 10 at the half before giving up the lead early in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter. They rallied and used a 13-0 run to put the game away. Turkoglu, who has scored at least 15 points in four of his last five games, said he is starting to find a late-season groove. "Yeah, (Magic coach Stan Van Gundy) was telling me that before I was just trying to pass the ball first. I wasnt real aggressive," Turkoglu said. "Right now, Im just trying to turn the corner." Anthony Morrow had 19 points for the Nets, while Jordan Farmar added 15 points and 16 assists. New Jersey lost for the fifth time in six games. The pair led six Nets players in double figures. "Thats what really great playoff teams do," Nets coach Avery Johnson said of the Magics decisive fourth-quarter run. "Perennial playoff teams and teams that are led by Howard ... put a lot of pressure on our defence. We couldnt score anymore. "We had quite a few guys in double figures, but just couldnt get over the hump." In decisive wins earlier this week over Cleveland and New York, the Magic did all the little things to please Van Gundy. They reduced turnovers, played cohesive team defence and pounded the ball inside to Howard. Howard even shot over 80 per cent from the free-throw line, while doing his usual damage scoring and rebounding underneath. Early on, though, they took a few strides backward defensively and allowed a Nets team playing without starting point guard Deron Williams to stay close. Also banged up itself entering Friday, Orlando may have added its point guard to the list. Starter Jameer Nelson left in the second quarter with a sprained knee after landing awkwardly while taking a charge. He didnt return and is day-to-day. Van Gundy said he wasnt too pleased with his teams defence, but thought they did the best they could dealing with not only Nelsons injury, but the absence of reserves J.J. Redick and Quentin Richardson, who both were inactive Friday. Chris Duhon and Gilbert Arenas filled in the gaps. Arenas struggled, going 1 for 12 from the field. Duhon was just 2 for 7, but hit a big 3-pointer late to help seal the win. "Our rotation right now on the perimeter -- guys are having to play big minutes," Van Gundy said. "I just thought we were a little out of sorts. I wasnt real happy with the way we guarded or anything, but Im not overly concerned. I think we just played a bad third quarter and didnt defend on the perimeter well. But those kind of nights happen." The Nets outscored the Magic 25-13 in the third quarter and trailed by just three -- 66-63 -- entering the fourth. A three-pointer by Sasha Vujacic in the opening minutes of the final period gave the Nets a 68-66 lead with 10:10 to play. But Ryan Andersons three-pointer on the Magics next possession put them back up by a point and started a 13-0 run that made it 79-68 with 5:50 remaining. The Nets trimmed the lead to 81-76 with 3:18 left. After a basket by Morrow made it 83-78 a few trips later, New Jersey began putting Howard on the foul line before the 2-minute mark. Howard hit two of his next four attempts and Duhons three off a rebound pushed the Magics lead back to 88-80 and helped put the game away. Though Van Gundy wasnt too excited about his teams defence in the second half, there were some signs of improvement there. The Magic set a franchise-record for fewest fouls in a game, committing just seven. The previous low was nine, set in 1998 against Boston. The Nets also had just six free-throw attempts. "Obviously that third quarter we didnt play well at all," Duhon said. "We didnt shoot the ball well, we let them creep back in the game. For us to be able to overcome all of that and get stops when we needed to get stops says something about us -- that were growing as a team and were making the proper steps for us to make a championship run." Notes: Redick (lower abdominal strain) was inactive for the eighth straight game. He was injured March 11 and had been making progress, but Van Gundy said he reaggravated it Thursday during a workout. "Its not anything that the MRI shows will need surgery or anything. Its just a matter of him taking the time," Van Gundy said, adding the team hopes to have Redick back by April 1. ... Richardson was out with back spasms. ... Johnson said Williams will likely miss at least two more games with a strained tendon in his right wrist. He is averaging 15 points and 13 assists with the Nets since being traded from Utah last month. ... Magic executive Pat Williams, who announced he had been diagnosed with blood disease last month, was in attendance. Nike Roshe One Nm Breeze . - Qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway has been rained out. Nike Roshe One Slip Femme . Franck Ribery set up Thomas Mueller to score the winner from close range in the 75th minute after Hoffenheim had missed a host of chances to clear. http://www.rosheonesolde.com/ . Edmontons Michelle Plouffe led the way for Canada with 19 points and eight rebounds, while twin sister Katherine Plouffe chipped in with 13 points and seven boards. Pas Cher Nike Juvenate Blanche Chaussures . Brian Marks should know. Marks, the agent for Canadian IndyCar driver Paul Tracy, says he learned working with NASCAR star Kyle Busch just how difficult it is to find sponsors willing to fund a driver. Nike Roshe One Flyknit Pas Cher . Finally, the horn sounded. That first victory as an NBA head coach was his. Al Horford had 22 points and 16 rebounds, three other Atlanta starters scored in double figures and the Hawks won their home opener, defeating the Toronto Raptors 102-95 on Friday to give Budenholzer a night to remember.OTTAWA (CIS) - The top-seeded and undefeated McGill University Martlets will need to navigate through one of the deepest fields in history later this week if they want to return to the top of the CIS womens hockey world. Championship website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice The 2011 CIS tournament, hosted for the first time by Wilfrid Laurier University, gets under way Thursday at the Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex and culminates Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with the gold medal final. SSN Canada will have live webcasts of all nine games. Joining the Martlets, who have won six straight Quebec titles, are the second-ranked St. Francis Xavier X-Women (AUS champs), No. 3 Manitoba Bisons (Canada West champs), No. 4 Queens Gaels (OUA champs) and No. 5 Laurier Golden Hawks (host team), as well as the reigning national champions, the No. 6 Alberta Pandas (Canada West finalists). McGill will compete in Pool A with Queens and Alberta in the round-robin portion of the tourney, while Pool B is comprised of StFX, Manitoba and Laurier. This years list of contenders includes a quintet of usual suspects, as well as a new kid on the block hoping the write the final chapter of a Cinderella story. When it comes to womens hockey, no team can match the accomplishments of the Pandas since the sport was added to the CIS program in 1997. Alberta has captured seven of the first 13 national titles and has reached two other finals. They sport a mindboggling .818 winning percentage (27-6) at the CIS tournament and share the all-time mark of 12 appearances with McGill, including this year. While McGill has "only" two championship trophies to show for in 11 previous trips to the "dance", the Martlets are tied with Alberta for most CIS podium finishes, with nine (2-3-4). Laurier has one gold and five silvers in nine previous appearances. Returning after a one-year absence, Manitoba has three podiums to its credit - all bronze medals. StFX is also a regular at the event but has yet to enjoy success on the national stage, as indicated by its subpar 3-24 all-time record (.111) in eight previous CIS tournaments. And then theres Queens. Experience at the national championship, none. Number of OUA titles before last weekend, zero. Number of games heard around the world: one. The Gaels are riding an improbable streak of five consecutive overtime wins into the CIS tourney, three of which required a second extra period, and then of course the longest game in university hockey history - womens or mens - a nine-period affair that took 167 minutes and 14 seconds of playing time, which spanned over five hours and 15 minutes in actual time during Game 1 of the OUA best-of-three final, on March 2. That marathon trails only a 1936 NHL matchup between Detroit and the Montreal Maroons for longest overall contest (176:30). The puck from Morgan McHaffies game-winning goal scored 17:14 into the sixth OT frame now sits at the Hockey Hall of Fame. While Alberta enters this weeks showcase event as defending champions, all the spotlights are on a McGill team that has looked nearly invincible over the past four years, except for setback against the Pandas in last years national final. The Martlets entered the 2010 gold medal match riding a record 86-game overall winning streak against CIS opponents, a sequence that spanned over two seasons and included the teams two national titles in 2008 and 2009. But the quest for a three-peat came to a sudden halt against the Pandas, who prevailed 2-0. McGill is back with a vengeance this year, and to say the squad from Montreal has reloaded in order to return to the top would be an understatement. The Quebec champs sport an unblemished 30-0 overall record versus CIS opponents this season including non-conference wins over three of the teams a the CIS tournament. They edged Laurier 3-2 in a shootout in their season opener back on September 18 in Waterloo, and then blanked Manitoba 5-0 and Alberta 3-0 at the Bison Holiday Classic in late December in Winnipeg. Goaltender Charline Labonté and head coach Peter Smith are both back after a one-year absence - during which they helped Canada claim gold at the Vancouver Olympics - and the perennial powerhouse has also added, among others, two-time Olympic champion Gillian Ferrari who joins former national team member Cathy Chartrand on the blueline. For good measure, they also added some firepower on offence thanks to Quebec rookie of the year Katya Clément-Heydra, who led all McGill forwards in conference play with 26 points, including 11goals, in 20 games. Labonté was her usual spectacular self in net with 17 wins in as many starts to go with a minuscule 0.71 goals against average and a stingy .953 save percentage. The two-time Olympic gold medallist had seven shutouts in league play to up her career total to a CIS-record 37 whitewashes in 67 matches. In the playoffs, the three-time all-Canadian was 4-0 with a 0.50 GAA and stopped 97.7 per cent of pucks fired her way. "Weve seem to have had an extra bit of attitude and work ethic right from the get-go this season because of last year, when we won every game against CIS opponents, except the last one," says Smith, the Quebec conference coach of the year, who has compiled a 295-109-29 record overall in 11 seasons behind the McGill bench. "We have prepared relentlessly, beginning with our off-ice conditioning, our up-tempo practices and our difficult schedule which includes top teams in both the CIS and NCAA and even boys teams. Everything that weve done has been about relentless preparation." "One thing I like about our current team is that we are well-prepared and have a lot of experience. Its our ninth consecutive season going to Nationals and weve reached the championship final in each of the four previous years. Sixteen players on our roster have experienced playing in at least one CIS gold medal game." McGill will be tested from the start in Thursdays tourney opener at 4 p.m. when they face the Pandas, who settled for the No. 6 seed for the championship after being swept by Manitoba in the best-of-three Canada West final. Surprisingly, the Martlets will not only be looking for revenge when the puck drops, theyll also be looking for their first-ever win over their archrivals from Edmonton at the national championship. Alberta is 6-0 against McGill in head-to-head competition at the CIS tourney, including victories in the 2000, 2007 and 2010 finals. "This years CIS tournament draw is a little topsy-turvy as there were a number of upsets in the conference playoffs," says Smith. "Weve played three of the other five teams in the tourney, so we have some familiarity with them. Everybody who qualified for the CIS tourney this year is a strong team and we will need to beat good teams along the way to winning a championship, so we need to be ready to play a top-notch team, regardless of who our opponent is. To be honest, I dont really care who we play, just tell me when we play and who well face." "Were a different team than what we were at the national championship last season," says Alberta head coach Howie Draper. "I would say were a tighter team this year and one that plays the game with a preference to hard work and grit. Its going to be a challenge for sure, but I think this team is prepared to do the work necessary to be successful." The Pool B opener between host Laurier and StFX Thursday at 7:30 p.m. will also be a duel at the top. The Golden Hawks, wholl have the support of their fans, spent most of the season at No. 2 in the national rankings and only dropped in the tournament seeding after suffering back-to-back double overtime loss to Queens in the OUA semis, part of the Gaels amazing playoff run. The X-Women have been ranked third in the Top 10 for most of the campaign and were one of two teams in the country to remain undefeated in the regular season (24-0) and the conference playoffs (3-0), along with McGill. The game will pit two of the top three scorers in the nation in StFX teammates Janelle Parent (21-23-44) and AUS rookie of the year Alex Normore (16-25-41) against last years CIS MVP, Laurier goalie Liz Knox, who led all CIS netminders this season with a stellar .955 ssave percentage.dddddddddddd "Its an exciting time to be hosting the championship as the calibre of play has risen to a high level over the last few years. With the selection of teams this year, anyone could win the title," says Laurier head coach Rick Osborne. "We are looking forward to the competitiveness and the extra excitement of playing at home in front of our fans." The winners of the opening day confrontations enjoy a rest until their second game on Saturday, while the losers of McGill-Alberta face Queens and the losers of Laurier-StFX battle Manitoba on Friday. PARTICIPATING TEAMS No. 1 McGill Martlets Head Coach: Peter Smith (11th season)Regular season record: 20-0-0Regular season standing: 1st RSEQPlayoff record: 4-0Playoff finish: RSEQ championsFinal Top 10 ranking (Feb. 22): No. 1Best Top 10 ranking (17 weeks): No. 1 (16 weeks: last 16 polls / No. 2 in first poll)Number of weeks in Top 10 (17 weeks): 17Conference award winners: Katya Clément-Heydra (rookie), Peter Smith (coach)Conference 1st team all-stars: Charline Labonté (G), Cathy Chartrand (D), Gillian Ferrari (D), Ann-Sophie Bettez (F)Conference 2nd team all-stars: Caroline Hill (F)Conference all-rookie team: Adrienne Crampton (D), Katya Clément-Heydra (F)Season leader (points): Cathy Chatrand, 29 (20 GP, 8-21-29)Season leader (goals): Ann-Sophie Bettez, 11 (17 GP) – Katya Clément-Heydra, 11 (20 GP)Season leader (assists): Cathy Chatrand, 21 (20 GP)Season leader (goaltending): Charline Labonté (17 GP, 17-0, 7 SO, 0.71 GAA, .953 SV%)CIS championship appearances (including 2011): 12th CIS championship all-time record: 22-11 (.666)CIS championship all-time medals: 9 (2 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze)CIS championship best result: 2-time champions (2009, 2008)CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (silver medal)CIS championship sequence: 9th straight appearance (12-in-14 since inaugural tourney in 1998) No. 2 St. Francis Xavier X-Women Head Coach: David Synishin (9th season)Regular season record: 24-0-0Regular season standing: 1st AUSPlayoff record: 3-0Playoff finish: AUS championsFinal Top 10 ranking (Feb. 22): No. 3Best Top 10 ranking (17 weeks): No. 3 (13 weeks: last 13 polls)Number of weeks in Top 10 (17 weeks): 17Conference award winners: Alex Normore (rookie)Conference 1st team all-stars: Suzanne Fenerty (D), Alex Normore (F), Janelle Parent (F)Conference 2nd team all-stars: Marilynn Hay (D)Conference all-rookie team: Kristy Garrow (G), Jenna Pitts (D), Alex Normore (F) Season leader (points): Janelle Parent, 44 (24 GP, 21-23-44)Season leader (goals): Janelle Parent, 21 (24 GP)Season leader (assists): Alex Normore, 25 (24 GP)Season leader (goaltending): Kristy Garrow (13 GP, 13-0, 5 SO, 1.53 GAA, .914 SV%)CIS championship appearances (including 2011): 10th CIS championship all-time record: 3-24 (.111)CIS championship all-time medals: 0CIS championship best result: 4th place (2006)CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (6th place)CIS championship sequence: 4th straight appearance (6th in 7 years) No. 3 Manitoba Bisons Head Coach: Jon Rempel (7th season)Regular season record: 16-5-3Regular season standing: 2nd Canada WestPlayoff record: 4-0Playoff finish: Canada West championsFinal Top 10 ranking (Feb. 22): No. 6Best Top 10 ranking (17 weeks): No. 3 (1 week: poll 3)Number of weeks in Top 10 (17 weeks): 17Conference award winners: NoneConference 1st team all-stars: NoneConference 2nd team all-stars: Tara Lacquette (G), Caitlin MacDonald (D), Addie Miles (F)Conference all-rookie team: No all-rookie team in Canada WestSeason leader (points): Addie Miles, 19 (20 GP, 9-10-19)Season leader (goals): Nellie Minshull, 10 (24 GP)Season leader (assists): Tammy Brade, 12 (24 GP)Season leader (goaltending): Tara Lacquette (17 GP, 9-7, 3 SO, 1.66 GAA, .920 SV%)CIS championship appearances (including 2011): 5th CIS championship all-time record: 7-5 (.583)CIS championship all-time medals: 3 (3 bronze)CIS championship best result: Bronze medal (2008, 2007, 2005)CIS championship last appearance: 2009 (4th place)CIS championship sequence: Return after 1-year absence (5th appearance in 7 years) No. 4 Queens Gaels Head Coach: Matthew Holmberg (2nd season)Regular season record: 15-8-4Regular season standing: 4th OUAPlayoff record: 5-0Playoff finish: OUA championsFinal Top 10 ranking (Feb. 22): No. 10 Best Top 10 ranking (17 weeks): No. 10 (2 weeks: polls 2 and 17)Number of weeks in Top 10 (17 weeks): 2 Conference award winners: NoneConference 1st team all-stars: Kelsey Thomson (F)Conference 2nd team all-stars: Morgan McHaffie (F)Conference all-rookie team: NoneSeason leader (points): Kelsey Thomson, 33 (27 GP, 15-18-33) Season leader (goals): Morgan McHaffie, 15 (26 GP)Season leader (assists): Kelsey Thomson, 18 (27 GP)Season leader (goaltending): Mel Dodd-Moher (16 GP, 8-8, 3 SO, 1.92 GAA, .933 SV%)CIS championship appearances (including 2011): 1st CIS championship all-time record: 0-0CIS championship all-time medals: 0CIS championship best result: First appearance in historyCIS championship last appearance: First appearance in historyCIS championship sequence: First appearance in history No. 5 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Head Coach: Rick Osborne (8th season)Regular season record: 24-2-1Regular season standing: 1st OUAPlayoff record: 0-2Playoff finish: OUA semi-finalistsFinal Top 10 ranking (Feb. 22): No. 2Best Top 10 ranking (17 weeks): No. 2 (16 weeks: last 16 polls / No. 3 in first poll)Number of weeks in Top 10 (17 weeks): 17Conference award winners: Laura Brooker (rookie)Conference 1st team all-stars: Alicia Martin (D), Fiona Lester (D), Katherine Shirriff (F)Conference 2nd team all-stars: Liz Knox (G), Laura Brooker (F)Conference all-rookie team: Alannah Wakefield (D), Laura Brooker (F)Season leader (points): Katherine Shirriff, 32 (27 GP, 7-25-32)Season leader (goals): Laura Brooker, 19 (27 GP)Season leader (assists): Katherine Shirriff, 32 (27 GP)Season leader (goaltending): Liz Knox (22 GP, 20-2, 5 SO, 0.95 GAA, .955 SV%)CIS championship appearances (including 2011): 10th CIS championship all-time record: 17-10 (.630)CIS championship all-time medals: 6 (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)CIS championship best result: 1-time champions (2005)CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (bronze medal)CIS championship sequence: 8th straight appearance No. 6 Alberta Pandas Head Coach: Howie Draper (14th season)Regular season record: 17-4-3Regular season standing: 1st Canada WestPlayoff record: 2-2Playoff finish: Canada West finalistsFinal Top 10 ranking (Feb. 22): No. 4Best Top 10 ranking (17 weeks): No. 1 (1 week: first poll)Number of weeks in Top 10 (17 weeks): 17Conference award winners: Howie Draper (coach)Conference 1st team all-stars: Andrea Boras (D), Leah Copeland (F)Conference 2nd team all-stars: NoneConference all-rookie team: No all-rookie team in Canada WestSeason leader (points): Sarah Hilworth, 26 (24 GP, 13-13-26)Season leader (goals): Sarah Hilworth, 13 (24 GP)Season leader (assists): Sarah Hilworth, 13 (24 GP) – Leah Copeland, 13 (24 GP)Season leader (goaltending): Kanesa Shwetz (13 GP, 8-5, 2 SO, 1.44 GAA, .924 SV%)CIS championship appearances (including 2011): 12th CIS championship all-time record: 27-6 (.818)CIS championship all-time medals: 9 (7 gold, 2 silver)CIS championship best result: 7-time champions (2010, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000)CIS championship last appearance: 2010 (champions)CIS championship sequence: 9th appearance in 10 years (missed 2009) CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE NOTE 1: All games webcast live by SSN Canada on http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice NOTE 2: All games at Waterloo Memorial Recreational Complex Pool A1. McGill4. Queens6. Alberta Pool B2. StFX3. Manitoba5. Laurier Wednesday, March 912:00 Meet the Teams media conference (Delta Kitchener-Waterloo Hotel)18:00 All-Canadian Banquet (Turret Lounge – Wilfrid Laurier University) Thursday, March 1016:00 Pool A #1: No. 6 Alberta vs. No. 1 McGill19:30 Pool B #1: No. 5 Laurier vs. No. 2 StFX Friday, March 1116:00 Pool A #2: Loser Pool A #1 vs. No. 4 Queens 19:30 Pool B #2: Loser Pool B #1 vs. No. 3 Manitoba Saturday, March 1216:00 Pool A #3: Winner Pool A #1 vs. No. 4 Queens19:30 Pool B #3: Winner Pool B #1 vs. No. 3 Manitoba Sunday, March 1312:00 5th Place 16:00 Bronze 19:30 Final cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys wholesale jerseys cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys Mamadou Tounkara Jersey ' ' '
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