February 2006 in Sports - 9 February 2006 (Thursday)

9 February 2006 (Thursday)

Football: 2006 African Cup of Nations – Third-place playoff
- Senegal 0–1 Nigeria
  - Nigeria finish in third place for the third successive Cup of Nations.
NCAA College Basketball Top 25
- Men's:
  - #14 Pittsburgh 57, #9 West Virginia 53: In the first Backyard Brawl basketball meeting in which both teams were ranked going into the game, the homestanding Panthers hand the Mountaineers their first Big East loss. The Mountaineers shot 34% from the field and 22% from three-point range, and star Kevin Pittsnogle went scoreless.
- Women's:
  - #6 Maryland 98, #1 North Carolina 95 (OT): The Terrapins' Ashleigh Newman hits a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime, and the Terps go on to hand the Tar Heels their first loss of the season.
  - #3 LSU 72, #5 Tennessee 69: Behind 32 points from Seimone Augustus, the Lady Tigers become the first SEC team to defeat the Lady Vols in Knoxville since December 1996.

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