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Mark Hughes felt his Stoke side deserved a win after drawing 1-1 at Chelsea on Saturday in the Premier League.Mame Biram Dioufs late header earned Stoke a point after Bertrand Traore had given the hosts a first-half lead, a result which leaves Stoke in the chase for a top-six finish.But Hughes, who saw his side create the majority of chances at Stamford Bridge, feels the Potters deserved all three points. Report: Chelsea 1-1 Stoke Mame Biram Dioufs 85th minute header earned Stoke a deserved 1-1 draw at Chelsea Mame Biram Diouf celebrates with Ibrahim Afellay Speaking to Sky Sports, Hughes said: I dont think we got what we deserved anyway with the draw, I thought we deserved the win today, I thought we were excellent.For an away team to come and put in the performance we did at Stamford Bridge, our third game in a week as well, they had a bigger rest than us playing Tuesday and us playing Wednesday.It was a real strong performance for us, a lot of intense and good intelligent play. We broke quickly and kept the ball for good periods. Thats arguably one of the best performances from one of my sides coming to Chelsea. Chelseas Traore said the result feels like a defeat Dioufs equaliser came with five minutes remaining after the striker had missed two chances in the first half, but Stoke were preparing to bring the 28-year-old off just before he found the net.You look at those things and think thank goodness we didnt do it five minutes earlier, said Hughes. He put a really great shift in for us, and thankfully the ball dropped for him.He was excellent today, and he was just tiring so we thought wed make a change, but thankfully he scored before he came off. Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink says his side should have had a penalty for a foul on Oscar Stoke have won three and drawn one since taking a mid-season break to Dubai, and Hughes admits the warm weather training did his team the world of good.Weve come back [from the trip to Dubai] and won three games, come to Chelsea and got a draw so it must have worked.We continue to push the envelope and try to get better and try to progress every year and today was another step for us.Also See:Chelsea 1-1 StokeAs it happenedChelsea videoChelsea fixturesSwell Bottiglie . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise. Swell Italia Offerte . The third-ranked Ivanovic, who won the event in 2008 and 10, served five aces and broke Wickmayer, also a former winner in 2009, five times. "The result looked easier than it really was," Ivanovic said. http://www.swellbottiglie.it/ . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. Swell Italia . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Swell Bottle Italia . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games.Showing grit and no-retreat toughness, No. 15 West Virginia made a statement Saturday by snapping Virginias 24-game home win streak.Now the Mountaineers (6-1) hope to maintain that edge against Western Carolina (3-5) during a Wednesday night follow-up. The game is being staged three hours south of West Virginias campus at the Charleston (W.Va.) Civic Center.Fans expectations are energized by the 66-57 upset at Virginia in which Bob Huggins team used an 11-2 closing run.It got to be a playground type of game, Huggins said. It was kind of two teams from different neighborhoods. It got a little chippy, got a little physical, got a little talking going on. I think our guys respond to that.Leading the nation in average margin of victory (plus-30.3 points), forced turnovers (25.4 per game) and steals (13.1 per game), West Virginia could pad those stats as it begins a five-game stretch against mid-majors with a combined record of 18-25.Huggins wants his team to use the next three weeks of nonconference play to improve execution in the half-court offense. He even altered shooting drills to get players more passing repetitions.We have the greatest managers in the world, and theyre better passers than our guys, Huggins said. So I told (assistant coach) Erik Martin, Heres an idea: Why dont you let our guys pass to our guys instead of the managers passing to our guys.One player already adept at passing, 6-foot-9 senior Nathan Adrian stands among the national leaders in assist-to-turnover ratio and paces the Mountaineers at 13 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. After missing all four 3-point tries at Virginia, the forwards long-distant shootiing dipped to 26 percent, though he contributed in other facets.ddddddddddddNate shot the ball poorly, but he still made plays, Huggins said. We ran offense through him, he did a great job defensively, he kept balls alive, rebounded the ball. He still did things to win the game.Forward Esa Ahmad (12.6 points, 4.9 rebounds per game) and point guard Jevon Carter (9.2 points, 3.0 steals per game) are important cogs in a deep rotation in which 12 players average four points or more.While the Mountaineers score more than 90 points per game, Western Carolina averages just 56.2 as it nears the finish of a seven-game road swing. The Catamounts have already visited Miami (Fla.), Marquette and Ohio State.As a young basketball player, Id watch games on TV that were played in these places, Western Carolina freshman Jason McMillan said. Its a dream come true to go into those arenas, lace up, put on a jersey and play. Its a whole other level.Along with the financial boost provided by such cash games, Catamounts coach Larry Hunter uses them as teaching tools before Southern Conference action.When you play teams like Ohio State and Marquette, your weaknesses are identified much more readily, he said.Junior guard Haboubacar Mutombo leads Western Carolina in scoring (12 points per game) and rebounding (7.1 boards per game). Sophomore forward Marc Gosselin is contributing 8.6 points and 6.1 rebounds a game.The Catamounts are coming off a 58-53 win over Appalachian State on Saturday. Mutombo scored a team-high 13 points. ' ' '