DU's halftime lead evaporates

By The Associated Press | The Associated Press

PUBLISHED: February 8, 2007 at 4:40 PM MST

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Rashad Jones-Jennings scored 17 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as Arkansas-Little Rock beat Denver 74-68 in Sun Belt Conference action Thursday night.

Denver (4-20) led by a point at halftime but Arkansas-Little Rock (11-14) opened the second half with a 21-8 run to take the lead for good at Magness Arena.

Jones-Jennings recorded his 15th double-double of the seasonfor Arkansas-Little Rock. DaShawn Walker led Denver with 22 points.

Idaho State steadily pulled away from Northern Colorado in the first half, claiming a 16-point halftime lead and a 66-55 win in Greeley.

Idaho State (12-12) jumped out to a quick seven-point lead as Northern Colorado (4-21) missed its first six shots.

Dwayne Birden scored 16 points to lead UNC.

Ty McTyer scored on a layup as time expired to give CSU-Pueblo (12-11) a 64-62 win over Western State (9-13) in Pueblo.

Nebraska-Kearney (18-4) started the second half with a 21-6 run and went on to an 88-67 win over visiting Colorado Mines (12-10).

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Tyesha Lowery went 9-of-11 from the field for 18 points and had five assists to spark Denver (14-9) to a 61-47 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock (16-9) at Magness Arena.

The Pioneers started the second half on an 8-2 run and pushed the lead to 19 points.

Jamie Davis (10 points) was the only Falcon to score in double figures as visiting Air Force (4-17) lost 70-49 to BYU (17-5).

Heather Barbour scored 27 points, and Whitley Cox added 25, but the rest of the Northern Colorado team mustered only 13 points as the Bears (5-19) lost 90-65 to host Idaho State (9-12).

Four Nebraska-Kearney players scored in double figures as the Lopers (16-6) cruised to a 64-43 win over visiting Colorado Mines (12-10).

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