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Caps Win High Scoring Affair Versus Defending Stanley Cup Champs

Last night the Caps snapped a six-game road losing streak by pounding the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2. Alexander Semin Alexander Semin and Chris Clark scored two goals a piece while Alexander Ovechkin put one in the back of the net for his 28th goal of the year. Washington goalie Olaf Kolzig stopped 34 shots to earn his 260th career win, tying Gilles Meloche for 30th on the all-time list.



Capitals goalie Olie Kolzig, makes 1 of his 34 saves of the night to help te caps beat the Hurricanes 5-2


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Gilbert's Repuation as Buzzerbeater Helps 'Zards Beat the Knicks

The New York Knicks were determined to stop Gilbert Arenas from beating them.

They did, holding him to 4 of 14 for 16 points and 9 rebounds but they paid for it.

With the Knicks sending a double team at Arenas with 12 seconds left, the Washington Wizards passed the ball from Gilbert Arenas to Antawn Jamison to DeShawn Stevenson to Caron Butler, who dunked with 2.2 seconds remaining Wednesday night to give his team a 99-98 victory.



Caron Butler led the way with the 27 points and 10 assists including the game winning dunk with 2.2 seconds left. For full stats see the Boxscore.

Overview of Weekend

The past 5 nights have not been good ones for Washington Area sports with the Wizards going 1-1 with a buzzer beating win by Gilbert Arenas who scored 51 Monday night versus the Utah Jazz. The Caps went 0-2 by being outscored 12-5. The Baltimore Ravens lost to the Colts in the divisional round of the playoffs in a battle of field goals, 9-15. The University of Maryland’s men’s basketball team went 1-1 with a win over #14 ranked Clemson then followed a disappointing loss at Virginia; and, the Lady Terps took a step back by going 0-1 and falling to the #3 spot behind ACC rivals Duke and North Carolina. Overall the teams went a disappointing 2-6, a 33.3% win percentage.

#1 Ranked Maryland Women Fall short at #4 Duke

I am not going to lie. Even though this game was nationally televised I did not watch it for one simple reason. The power was out in all of St. Charles, Missouri. I make it a point to watch all the games from DC sports that are televised at my school but due to an ice storm power was out in most areas around campus, and I without a car had no choice but to wait to see who won when power finally did come back. My dorm still has no power as it is on the old side of campus. Needless to say the building across the sidewalk has power but of course not mine. I was disappointed but not surprised they lost considering it was a “payback game” at Cameron Indoor Arena after we beat them in the national championship in April. I was surprised how handedly they beat us 62-81, with only 2 Terps scoring over 10 points and Duke having 3 with over 15.

Needless to say last nights Capitals game was a big game because the winner would move into eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Despite a solid game from Alexander Semin who scored two goals and Alexander Ovechkin who added two assists for Washington, the Caps gave up two early goals in the first nine minutes. The caps goalie Olaf Kolzig blamed the loss on his performance, and later was quoted, "The team played terrific. The goalie let them down. I just didn't make the saves I needed to make and that basically was the difference."


Highlights from game



Tonight the Wizards play the at New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets tip off is at 8:00 P.M. on ESPN

Terps Womens basketball team beats Miami

It came as no surprise that the Maryland Women's basketball team was ranked #1 in the preseason poll after winning the national championship last year. With most of the team comming back who says the Lady Terps cant repeat again? The Terps are 18-0 and are still ranked #1 ahead of ACC rivals Duke #3 and UNC #2 nationally. The Terps traveled to the University of Miami and the result of the game was never in question as the Terps scored a season high 59 points in the 1st half. The Terps travel to Duke this Saturday to play the #3 ranked Blue Devils for the top spot in the ACC.




Shay Doron drives to the basket to score in the Maryland rout of Miami