COLLEGE BASKETBALL

JACKSON, TEXAS TECH TOP NO. 6 TEXAS A &M

Jarrius Jackson hit a jumper at the buzzer to give Texas Tech a 77–75 win over no. 6 Texas A &M last night, ending a five-game losing streak for the Red Raiders.

Acie Law tied the game with a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 6 seconds left, before Jackson drove the length of the court and pulled up for the winning score. The crowd sat in stunned silence for a few seconds while officials looked at a replay of the basket before declaring it good.

Jackson finished with 31 points and helped coach Bob Knight avoid matching the worst losing streak in his career. The only time Knight lost six straight was in 1970-71, his last season with Army.

TWO ILLINOIS PLAYERS INJURED IN CAR CRASH

Two Illinois basketball players were injured when their car struck a tree and one was in critical condition yesterday.

Brian Carlwell, a 6-foot-11-inch freshman center, was in critical condition at an Urbana hospital, according to Carle Foundation Hospital spokeswoman Debra Inman. He had a severe concussion, Illinois sports information director Kent Brown said.

Jamar Smith, a 6-foot-3-inch sophomore guard, was treated and released from the hospital. He suffered a concussion, Brown said.

SKIING

PAERSON’S STREAK ENDS AS HOSP WINS GIANT SLALOM

Anja Paerson’s remarkable three-race winning streak at the world championships ended yesterday when she fell in the giant slalom, which was won by Nicole Hosp.

Olympic champion Julia Mancuso of America, who led after the opening run, slipped to fifth after struggling on the second run. She said later she will skip the slalom that is the last individual race at these championships because of exhaustion.

Hosp, who was fourth after the opening leg, won with a combined time of 2 minutes, 31.72 seconds to give Austria its first gold medal at the world championships after two silver and three bronze medals.

BASKETBALL

STERN CHOOSES ALLEN, OKUR AS INJURY REPLACEMENTS

Seattle’s Ray Allen and Utah’s Mehmet Okur were chosen yesterday by commissioner David Stern as injury replacements for the All-Star game.

With Steve Nash (shoulder) and Allen Iverson (ankle) both pulling out of Sunday’s game in Las Vegas, the Western Conference was in need of a guard. Allen is seventh in the league with 26.9 points a game.

Okur’s clutch late-game play has helped Utah keep rolling despite the absence of Carlos Boozer, who was chosen for the All-Star game but also was forced to pull out because of a hairline fracture in his leg. That had left the Jazz, whose 34-17 record is third-best in the league, without a player in Sunday’s game.

Allen is headed to his fourth straight All-Star game and seventh overall. Okur is a first-time selection.