Red Stars grab first win of season

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05/03/2010 - Cambridge, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Red Stars claimed their first win of the season on Saturday at Harvard Stadium as Casey Nogueira and Cristiane scored second-half goals in a 2-0 win over the Boston Breakers.

Following a scoreless first half, Nogueira tallied her second goal of the season to put the Red Stars in front as she got on the other end of a Karen Carney cross to give Chicago the lead in the 64th minute.

Six minutes later, Cristiane doubled the lead with her first goal of the campaign as she benefited from some good work in the build up by Megan Rapinoe to put the result out of reach with 20 minutes to play.

Chicago had taken just one point from its first three games prior to Saturday's contest, and head coach Emma Hayes knows how much the team needed the win.

"I think for the team, they really needed the result tonight," Hayes told the league's official website. "It was a great team performance all around, and the result was fully deserved."

"If we put balls away in the other games we'd be at the top of the league right now. We're performing really well and we got what we deserved."

The Philadelphia Independence is the only unbeaten team in WPS after they downed the Atlanta Beat, 1-0, with Lori Lindsey scoring the lone goal in the 26th minute, while fellow expansion side Atlanta is the only winless team in the league, and they go for their first win next weekend against Sky Blue FC.

Sky Blue had won two of its first three games to start the year but they dropped a 1-0 decision to FC Gold Pride on Saturday as Christine Sinclair continued her strong start to the season with the only goal of the match late in the first half.

Sinclair has now scored three goals in three games and is tied for the league lead with Eniola Aluko of Saint Louis Athletica.

Aluko scored her third goal of the season on Saturday as well, but her team suffered a 3-1 defeat against the Washington Freedom.

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When playing a team with a winning record during the second half of the season, New Jersey was just 5-13 ATS this season.
After scoring 105 points or more, Toronto has covered the OVER only 28% of the time this season. 
 
Miami Heat @ Chicago Bulls

Miami has failed to cover their last 7 games whereas Chicago has covered 6 out of their last 8 games.
Miami has covered the UNDER in four of their last five games whereas Chicago has covered the UNDER in five out of their last six.
When playing on Saturdays, Miami covered 80% of their games this season.
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At home, Miami covered the UNDER about 66% of the time whereas Chicago covered the UNDER about 61% of the time.
The last 13 times these teams have played each other, Chicago has covered 9 times.
In Miami’s last 11 road games, the UNDER covered 9 times. 
 
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Detroit has covered 5 out of their last 6 games.
Away from home, Detroit is 28-13 ATS but just 14-26-1 ATS at home.
At home, Orlando covered the UNDER 64% of the time while Detroit covered the UNDER in 63% of their away games.
The last five times these teams have played in Detroit, the OVER covered each time.
Versus Eastern Conference teams, Detroit is 8-17-1 ATS at home but 17-9 ATS away.
Detroit covered the spread 5 out of the last 6 times they played Orlando.
After a Division game, Orlando covered the UNDER 87% of the time this season. 
 
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The last 6 times these teams have played each other, the UNDER covered each time.
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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.