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BANGOR, Maine -Victoria Vivians scored 26 first-half points and Roshunda Johnson added 14 points as the No. 10 Mississippi State womens basketball team knocked off Maine 87-43 to win the Maine Tipoff Tournament Saturday night at the Cross Insurance Center.MSU used another stellar defensive effort to snap Maines 20-game home winning streak. The Black Bears had won 28 of 29 at the Cross Insurance Center entering Saturdays contest.The Bulldogs won the two games they played in the tournament by a combined 90 points.Maine is going to be really good, MSU head coach Vic Schaefer said. They are a young team but they are going to win some games. Our speed and athleticism can wear some teams down in the press. We really pushed them out on the floor with their offense. We try to make you uncomfortable. Tonight, we did a really great job of that.This team has some weapons. We can score some points. We have players who can come off the bench and score, too.MSU forced 18 first-half turnovers and were never threatened after scoring the games first 15 points. Vivians, who was named the tournaments Most Outstanding Player, had nine points during that run. A layup by Chinwe Okorie capped the run.Maine closed within 19-12 in the final minute of the first quarter. Vivians then scored to end the quarter. The Bulldogs would then stretch a 25-20 lead with an 18-2 run.Since I didnt play much yesterday, coming out fresh and playing a good team had me energized and ready to play, Vivians said. Vivians scored 15 of States 25 second-quarter points, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer, as the Bulldogs out-scored Maine by 14 in the quarter to take a 46-23 halftime lead.Johnson sparked MSU in the second half, scoring all 14 of her points on 4 of 5 shooting, a perfect 4 for 4 from 3-point range.Johnson, who scored 21 on Friday against Villanova, earned a spot on the all-tournament team. She averaged 17.5 ppg, shooting 12 of 14 from the field, 7 of 8 from beyond the arc. Johnson was also 4 of 4 at the free-throw line.The Bulldogs hit 32 of 61 shots from the field (52.5 percent), 11 of 21 shots from 3-point range (52.4 percent) and 12 of 15 shots from the foul line (80.0 percent). The Black Bears hit 17 of 45 shots from the field (37.8 percent), 2 of 12 shots from 3-point range (16.7 percent) and 7 of 10 shots from the foul line (70.0 percent). MSU held a 36-23 rebounding advantage.The Bulldogs had 21 assists and 15 turnovers, while the Black Bears had nine assists and 26 turnovers. William had nine assists and five of the teams 13 steals. Vivians also had three steals. Maine received eight points apiece from Naira Caceres and Laia Sole. The Bulldogs held Maine leading scorer Sigi Koizar to seven points after she tallied 17 in a Friday win against Purdue. 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It doesnt mean we have to lose the next game because we beat up on them the day before.The Reds pitching staff allowed five home runs after holding the Cardinals to six hits in a 15-2 win Monday.I knew they wouldnt sit on their hands and wait to get beat, Price said.Reds starter Robert Stephenson zipped through the first three innings, giving up just a solo home run to Matt Carpenter as Cincinnati built a 2-1 cushion.But then everything fell apart as St. Louis scored 11 times from the fourth through sixth.We got into some really bad counts, Price said. And they just teed off on some fastballs.Stephenson (2-3), who gave up five runs and four hits over four innings, was pleased with his early effort.I felt like I was more under control, he said. I was able to throw more strikes and get ahead of hitters better.Joey Votto and Scott Schebler homered for the Reds. Votto was 3 for 5 and finished a triple shy of the cycle.Aledmys Diaz hit his first career grand slam for the Cardinals, who kept pace with the Mets and Giants in a tight race for the two NL wild cards.Jhonny Peralta had a three-run homer and drove in four runs for the Cardinals, who had lost four of five. Randal Grichuk and Matt Adams also went deep.Diaz slammed a 2-1 pitch from Stephenson over the left-field wall. The 408-foot drive erased a 2-1 deficit and served as a wake-up call for the Cardinals, who grabbed their first lead since Saturday.Diaz was back in the lineup after attending a private ceremony in Florida on Monday for childhood friend Jose Fernandez, the late MMiami Marlins ace who died in a boating accident early Sunday.ddddddddddddThe Cuban-born Diaz pointed to the sky after he crossed home plate and fell into the arms of teammate Yadier Molina. 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