11.  As he begins defense today of the GTE Byron Nelson Classic he won a year ago, Woods leads the PGA Tour in scoring average (69.58).

12.  As a result, Brooks' scoring average is up by almost a stroke per round from 1996.

13.  As a starter, Billups' scoring average against Dallas is the highest on the team, ahead of Szczerbiak's 24.3 and Garnett's 19.3.

14.  Elkington's adjusted scoring average for 1995 was 69.62, just ahead of Price's 69.81.

15.  Eventually, the Sooners did enough to hold the Longhorns 42 points below their season scoring average.

16.  Expect a mirthful debate over the number of pounds Barkley will lose will match Jordan's scoring average.

17.  Fellow players could empathize after a day when the scoring average reached 75.3 for a second consecutive day.

18.  Flannigan, with a 14.3-point scoring average, sort of fell through the cracks, under the general strategy "contain the guards."

19.  Florida nearly matched its 52.5-point scoring average in moving its record to 7-0.

20.  Freshmen Toby Bailey and J.R. Henderson have double-figure scoring averages in the tournament.