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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Curtis Luck was in a fairway bunker about 135 yards from the hole, needing to get up and down from there to keep his U.S. Amateur run going.I was kind of lucky I had a perfect distance and a perfect lie in the trap, he said. Managed to pick it cleanly and use the backstop.Lucks wedge shot from the bunker reached the green and rolled down to about 3 feet of the pin, enabling him to match Nick Carlsons birdie and extend their semifinal to a 21st hole Saturday. Luck then made another birdie to win the match and advance to Sundays 36-hole final against Brad Dalke.Dalke defeated Jonah Texeira 3 and 2 in the other semifinal on the South Course at Oakland Hills.Luck was 1 down after 16 holes and bogeyed Nos. 17 and 18 -- but he was still able to square the match when Carlson double bogeyed No. 18. The playoff began on No. 10. Both players parred that hole, and Carlson appeared to be in great shape when he hit his approach to within a couple feet on No. 11.Luck answered with a terrific shot of his own from out of the bunker, and both players made their short birdie putts.I saw he obviously hit it real close in there for his second from the fairway, and it really didnt give me any option other than to go for it and hit it close myself, Luck said.On the par-5 No. 12, Luck was able to reach the green in two. Carlson missed a putt for birdie from about 20 feet, ending the match.Carlson, a local favorite who is entering his sophomore year at Michigan, fell onto his back in despair after missing the last putt, then quickly got up to congratulate Luck. He thanked the crowd and yelled Go Blue! -- there were plenty of people in Michigan gear following Carlson and Luck around the course.I was able to stand on that 12th green after Curtis won and just think to myself how amazing it was that they were all there, said Carlson, who became choked up after the match. Someone told me yesterday that their ticket sales were up because of me, and thats pretty incredible to me.Carlson missed a 7-foot putt for par on No. 17 that would have won the match, and his tee shot on 18 ended up under a tree. He had to flip his club around and chip left-handed from there, and the ball went only a few feet. His third shot missed the green from out of the rough.Luck didnt fare much better, hitting his approach into a bunker, but his bogey was good enough to win the hole.I stood on 18 tee telling my caddie were going to aim at that blue spruce right there, then were going to try to cut off of it, and it went dead straight, Carlson said. I had to chip left-handed and didnt hit it far enough, but that wasnt the issue. I drew a good lie, and the club caught a little of the rough, and it went right, unfortunately. Curtis had to make five basically, and he kind of knew it.On the first playoff hole, Luck sank a par putt from about 15 feet to extend the match, and the Australian pulled off another impressive escape on No. 11 before finally winning.Luck and Dalke secured exemptions to next years U.S. Open and likely invitations to the Masters.Dalke, who plays for the Oklahoma Sooners, won five of the final seven holes in his match. Texeira was 2 up after nine, then bogeyed Nos. 10 and 11 and three-putted the 12th, leaving the match all square.He was making putts early on, Dalke said. I knew I just needed to keep grinding. You just never know what happens in match play, and obviously this is kind of a big hump in the U.S. Amateur, making it to the finals, just because of all the stuff that you get along with it.Dalke birdied Nos. 13 and 15 and closed out the match with a par on 16.He beat me fair and square, and it was a great day to remember, said Texeira, who is entering his junior year at Southern California. Congratulations to Brad.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Nike Odyssey React Sale . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble. Nike Shox Cheap China . On Tuesday, Ottawa placed forward Cory Conacher and defenceman Joe Corvo on waivers as trade rumours swirl around the Senators. http://www.nikereactsale.com/cheap-nike-air-more-uptempo-shoes.html . 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LOS ANGELES -- There was no text message that specifically gave Derrick Rose permission to have sex with his ex-girlfriend, but for the NBA star the signs were clear, he testified Friday in a lawsuit that accuses him and two friends of raping the woman.It started with a morning text message from the woman saying Rose was the reason she wakes up horny, including a photo of herself in her nightshirt and continued with other texts about sex throughout the day.Rose said he surmised that the horny text had triggered consent from that point on, and that was only reinforced for him by their sexual history, sex acts she engaged in with him and his personal assistant that night at his house and an invite hours later to her apartment.I was assuming that all of us going over there that she wanted to have sex with all of us, Rose testified in a matter-a-fact demeanor.His description of the incident differed dramatically from the womans testimony, which lasted a day and a half in Los Angeles federal court.The 30-year-old woman denied having sex earlier in the evening at Roses Beverly Hills mansion, though her testimony was clouded by her claims that she blacked out and could only piece together the evening through short flashes of memory and by reviewing a flurry of text messages she apparently was able to send despite being drunk and, possibly, drugged.At the end of testimony, Roses lawyer asked a judge to declare a mistrial because of a profane text message that he said the womans lawyers had failed to reveal until Friday.The judge said he would take the issue up Tuesday morning before the Knicks point guard is scheduled to resume testimony. The judge ordered Rose to return to the stand even if it means missing a preseason game the night before in New York.Rose, 28, was called to the stand by the plaintiffs lawyer as a hostile witness to help make the plaintiffs case that the woman never gave consent to have sex with him and his longtime friends and assistants, Randall Hampton and Ryan Allen.Consent is the main issue for the jury of six women and two men. The men, all friends since adolescence in Chicago, have denied the allegations and said the woman consented.The Associated Press is not naming the woman because it generally does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault.dddddddddddd.Rose said the only time the woman said, Stop was after she let them in her apartment and they all headed for the bedroom together.She told us, `One at a time, he said. He and Hampton waited on the sofa while Allen was inside.The woman testified she never let the men in her place and remembers waking to see them all in her bedroom. She recalled Allen on top of her at one point and, at another, Rose pulling her to the side of the bed as she tried to roll off.Rose said he never received any text from the woman telling him she wanted to have sex with him and the two others. But he had assumed from what had transpired and the fact she had never told him no.In my mind, she consented every time we had sex, he said. Why wouldnt she do it that time?Attorney Waukeen McCoy suggested Rose had no remorse about the night.Im sensitive to it, Rose replied, but added, I feel I didnt do anything wrong.Rose hadnt seen the woman since breaking up months earlier, but invited her over for drinks that night. She came with a friend and after a shot or two of tequila she became sexually aggressive, which turned him off.Rose retreated to his room, where he rebuffed further advances until a friend removed her from the room.About 20 minutes later, he said he walked outside and saw Hampton having sex with her by the side of the pool, and she pulled Rose over to join them, though he broke away and returned to his room.Rose said the woman was acting a bit abnormally, but he didnt think she was drunk.Rose said he once had feelings for the woman and thought they had a bond. He was once asked if he thought she was after his money.Not at that time, he said.Defense lawyers have described her as a gold digger and suggested she had sued for money.She denied that saying: I didnt wish him any harm, I wanted him to be accountable.The woman didnt report the incident to police until she filed suit more than two years later. Los Angeles police still have an open investigation. ' ' '