Sentences with phrase «states scored better»

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Additionally, the team of drivers from Kentucky produced the best collective score, with an average of 307.13, and were honored as the top state delegation.

Although cocoa prices scored the most impressive quarterly gain, with futures up 35 % on production issues in West Africa, soybeans were a standout as well, with futures up 9.8 % as a drought harmed crops in Argentina while years of bumper harvests in the United States were set to recede in 2018.

Quicken isn't your only online mortgage option in Maryland: if you aren't a first - time buyer, we found J.G. Wentworth to be the best online mortgage lender in the state, with lower rates and APRs for mortgages at the same loan amount and credit score.

In years past, America has ranked as the fourth best country in the world, but as a result of scoring low in «business friendliness, respect for human rights and democracy, and educational quality,» the United States has dropped down to No. 7 this year.

But it's way better to win the way the United States did: with Jocelyne Lamoureux scoring off the nastiest deke you're ever going to see in your life.

VENTURA KEYS TO VICTORY: Coach Ann Larson likes to play defense, and if she can find a way to slow down Osborne, keep the score low, and seniors Svannah Paige and Aubrey Knight play well, the Cougars could be playing for a first ever state championship.

Arizona State, the country's second - highest - scoring team, has used a blazing offense to become the best example of basketball's rise in the Southwest

Sure, Syracuse reached the Sweet 16 with a grotesque win over Michigan State, Texas and Nevada played one of the better games of the first round, and Oklahoma's Trae Young scored 28 points in a loss to Rhode Island.

Despite Bill Snyder's well - earned, conservative reputation, Kansas State is fifth in the country in scoring offense, posting 44.4 points per game.

It may well be 6» 10» Keith Lee of Memphis State, the onlyfirst - year player averaging in double figures in both scoring (18.6) andrebounding (11.4).

USC scored 600 points in 12 regular season games — 70 on Arkansas, 45 on Oregon, 34 on Notre Dame, 55 on Washington State, 51 on Stanford, 50 on Fresno State, 66 on UCLA — and then scored 38 against a Texas defense that was just about the best of the season.

Despite unranked Mississippi State owning the 17th best scoring defense in the country, nine out of ten spread bets are confident in # 6 Arkansas winning by at least 14 points in Little Rock in front of their home crowd, especially after coming off a 49 - 7 blowout of Tennessee last week.

The first three names on this list have seen their respective teams begin to play quite a bit better over these past few weeks (no, seriously — Maryland played West Virginia semi-close and beat Wake Forest, Indiana looked downright strong in the second half of the Northwestern loss and the first half of the Michigan State loss, and Middle Tennessee whipped Georgia Tech), and while Central Michigan is still pretty bad overall, the Chippewas did score a nice upset win over Iowa.

This is exactly what Florida State has done this year, consistently putting up the sort of scores that one would expect from the best team in the country.

When Samuel commented on why it was wrong to sell Lucas Perez you brought up stats between Walcott and Perez and in that you proved using the stats why Walcott is better.If Wenger didn't have blond love for some of his players then why did he keep benching Perez when he was performing yet the average guys always got a look in the squad.So if there are stats which prove Walcott is better aren't there stats which also prove Perez is better?Think about that.You also said Perez is not as good as some of us make out.The funny thing is yesterday we had an argument on Giroud and I also tried to imply that Giroud is not as good as we make out and you opposed.You always kept bringing stats up to defend him.Do you know if Bendtner or Chamakh had scored 25 goals for Arsenal in any season they'd still have been regarded as average.You know why?Because quality has nothing to do with stats and is just a kind pf talent or state.It seems to me that you think you know it all.You also denied the fact that Wenger likes French players and that if Perez was French he wouldn't have been out in one season stating other players as examples.It seems to me that you deny things which are clear for everyone to see.If you think you know better than everyone go and teach Wenger how to win the trophy this season.

Arizona State already has a better scoring margin than either Auburn or Missouri, and it achieved that margin against a tougher schedule.

Although in the first two games Carter had established himself as Penn State's No. 1 running back (in 1993 sophomores Carter, Archie and Stephen Pitts had been listed as co-starters) and, in fact, as one of the best offensive players in the country, it was Archie who scored three touchdowns against the Hawkeyes.

Walcott was absent as already stated and group just isn't good enough to turn things around I feel it's disgusting that he upped his money before proving he was worth it, and you can all say «well he scored all those goals at the end of last season» but that doesn't make up for seasons of being pretty mediocre in my opinion.

In terms of pure points scored and allowed, Arkansas did better in the second half than in the first on just four occasions this year, and two were against Louisiana Tech and Alcorn State.

The redshirt freshman had his best performance in an upset victory against Oklahoma State, completing 10 of his 13 throws for 204 yards and three scores, to go along with 93 yards and another touchdown on the ground.

Gossett cracked the first - team for the second consecutive year, and he and his linemates are App State QB Taylor Lamb's best chance to go score - for - score with senior Toledo QB Logan Woodside.

Could also be I'm just stating the obvious but the good teams find ways to score goals and win games and to heck with the advanced stats.

I think we scored 31 points in the game, which I think was pretty good against a pretty good defense that actually shut out Ohio State last week.

With our defense and Crabtree and Dez we would instantly be a better offense (defense is stated because we're awesome at takeaways and thus the defense does score points, ours does anyways).

Nick Aliotti's retirement began happier than Mack Brown's, offenses blew scoring opportunities from coast to coast (well, from Nashville to San Diego), and Texas Tech made things look easy against Arizona State.

With Hazell's background as a Jim Tressel guy (he was an Ohio State assistant from 2004 - 10), it stands to reason that a Hazell defense would favor fundamentals, and at its best, Purdue's defense was a bend - don «t - break unit, one that limited explosive plays (169 plays of at least 10 yards, 46th in the country) and kept you out of the end zone in scoring opportunities.

Oklahoma's beaten three teams in the top 20 by multiple scores each, including Ohio State in Columbus, arguably a better win than Clemson beating Auburn at home by a TD.

It's good to consider what elements of his scoring will translate — Ohio State ran a lot of isolation plays for him in the mid-range, touches he likely won't warrant at the next level when he no longer has a mismatch advantage.

He can scheme the perfect game plan and get an MVP - caliber game from his healthy star, and all it takes is a scoring burst from Golden State's third - best offensive player to render that effort irrelevant.

He scored 29 points and added seven rebounds and three assists, in the process stating his case as the team's best player right here, right now.

But now that the young French striker has found his scoring boots in stunning style, with four against Benfica, those concerns do not seem as critical, and with the boss also stating that Joel Campbell would definitely not be going out on loan, our front line starts to look pretty good.

He just scored his best win yet, when his Warhawks lost a halftime lead to Sun Belt heavyweight Appalachian State, got it back, lost it again, then won anyway.

Our game was fucking horrible in the first half, i'll give it to west ham tho, they tried to attack us and played well at times, we scored a good goal, was definitely a good decision by the lino to keep his flag down as the rule states «Benefit of doubt must go to the attacking side».

Bruising Ohio State fullback Pete Johnson made it 10 - 0 after bulling into the end zone just before halftime after a series of good runs by Griffin set up Johnson's scoring plunge.

The Mississippi State quarterback threw for two touchdowns and shredded the Aggies defense for 182 rushing yards and two scores including a critical run late in the fourth that put the Bulldogs up for good.

Normal performance of primitive reflexes in newborns can be linked to a greater likelihood of having higher Apgar scores, higher birth weight, shorter hospitalization time after birth, and a better overall mental state.

In addition, the CDC's Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey, which evaluates how well hospitals and birth centers support nursing moms on a scale of 0 - 100 (with 100 being the absolute best), showed that from 2009 to 2011 the average mPINC score went up a whopping 5 points to 70, and individual scores jumped 5 or more points in 26 states and DC.

Only 8 % of surveyed patients in the United States reported a wait time of four months or more for elective surgery, compared to 33 % in Canada and 41 % in the U.K. Germany scored the best, with only 6 % reporting a long wait for elective surgery.

These exclude scores of others critically shot and injured in related nonviolent protests in those States as well as Bayelsa State».

State lawmakers earlier this year agreed to a package of education policy changes that linked test scores to evaluations as well as in - classroom observation and made it more difficult for teachers to obtain tenure.

Belluck has used his own Twitter handle in recent days to dog the State Education Department over the results of third - through eighth - grade English and math test scores that showed charter school students performing slightly better than their public school counterparts.

Scores of policemen as well as personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have taken over the venue located on Federal Housing Road in the Ekiti capital as the accreditation process commenced.

Simon, who has served as Democratic District Leader and State Committeewoman with extensive experience on issues like Atlantic Yards and the Gowanus Expressway, scored the endorsement of the New York Times as well as NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblymember Joan Millman, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and many others.

According to the Tax Foundation, New York ranked high in the corporate tax category — seventh best in the nation — but was dragged down by bad ratings in the income, sales and property tax categories, scoring among the 10 worst states in each of those categories.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo has indicated he will begin to emphasize a new direction in education after a legislative session that saw yet more changes to the state's teacher evaluation system that linked performance reviews to tenure as well as student test scores and in - classroom observation.

Scores of political gladiators in Osun, as well as residents of the state were in total confusion on Thursday as news filtered in that former commissioners...

Although he scores better on handling the state's fiscal problems than his overall approval rating, his numbers are even low here.

But, Carroll noted, «Score one for New Yorkers» political practicality — if the gov runs for president, 51 percent think it would be good for the state.»

«Proposals that are supposed to reduce costs by making it easier for the state to hire and transfer state employees would allow state agencies to bypass the best qualified candidates to hire or promote individuals with lower scores on competitive tests or who haven't even taken the tests.

More than 200 teachers and principals received erroneous scores from the state on a contentious measurement that ties their performance to how well their students do on tests, according to state documents obtained by The New York Times.