r.i .f iu I UF. DAILY I1KRALD, Provo, think they have finally hit their stride. ACier two overtime per- wng iods, to ti feat Colorado State Thursday, No. 15 Utah bested 5 Wyoming Saturday to tie Fresno State for first place in the rS8-6- We ste rn Athletic Conference. VWe'd tfeen waiting the whole Brigham Young Colorado State (10-Wyoming ); Force 84-8- 0 77-6- The Utes overall, (14-- 3 6-- 1 VAC)t collected three victories this vcVti'to tiejhe, Bulldogs (12-- 5 6- -i New Mexico was in second and San Diego State (9-). (15-- 5-- 2) 2, 6, (10-- 6, Air ); 9, and Hawaii (4-1- 2, MST Conference L Pet. 6 1 .857 6 1 .857 S 2 .714 5 3 .625 4 3 .571 4 3 .571 2 5 .286 2 5 .286 1 6 .143 1 7 .125 W Utah Fresno St. New Mexico San Oieao St. 6YU Colorado St. UTEP Wyoming Air Force Hawaii All W 14 12 15 9 10 10 10 6 5 4 Game L Pet. 3 .824 5 .706 2 .882 6 .600 C .625 6 .625 6 .625 9 .471 11 12 mm. m head had 12 points. "We got beat badly by a good basketball team," said Wyoming coach Joby Wright. "I thought we had our hands up and we were in position, but they shot the lights out." After losing close games to New Mexico and Utah last week, the Rams turned things around Saturday when reserve forward Bryan with Christiansen sank a 3.8 seconds left to defeat the Cougars. "It felt like it didn't come out of my hands right, but when I saw the arc, I knew it was in," Christiansen .313 .250 "I really wanted the last said. Thursday' game BYU at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m. Utah at UTEP 7:30 p.m. Air Force at Wyoming. 7:30 p m. Fresno State at Colorado State. 7:30 p.m. Saturday game Fresno State at Wyoming. 3 p.m. BYU at UTEP, 7:30 p.m. Utah at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m. Air Force at Colorado State, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's game San Diego State at Hawaii. 10:30 p.m. 0, 9. UTEP Salt lime All game between Texas-E- l Paso and New Mexico. He was hospitalized :il and Mexico won, was resting comfortably Sunday, said UTEP sports information director Eddie Mullens. 6, tied for 3) Lake City, Utah's Michael Doleac had a season-hig- h ning of it." In other WAC action Saturday, Miners" coach Don Haskins suffered; mild heart attack during the 78-7- and 4-- 3) 6, 4-- 6, (8-- (5-1- 1, In cylinders,"; said Utah guard Mark Uydalch.. "Maybe this is the begin- Colorado State edged Brigham Fresno State beat Young Hawaii and San Diego State beat Air Force (10-- fourth; followedby scar for everything to hit on all 64-6- H was third. 5-- 3) lo Uilh Utes 1 1 m m By The Associated Press 22, 1996 I'tah, Monday, January shot." Charles Smith led the Lobos with 19 points while Mark Ingles had 20 points for UTEP. Haskins, 65, left the game at halftime after complaining of chest pains. His son, Steve, said the coach was aggravated that he had are a little better team than we are." It was Colorado State's first victory in Provo since 1989, and snapped BYU's home 24-ga- ' second half. Fresno State, was led by Dominick Young, with 24 points. Hawaii's Anthony Harris, the WAC's leading scorer, had 23 points. In Colorado Springs, San Diego State outscored Air Force 15-- 7 in the last 4 12 minutes to clinch the victory. Chad Nelson led the Aztecs with 22 points while Jarmi-c- a Reese led the Falcons with 21 Mir ,c-i- ni"-- .... second half, and LoDrell White left. Thursday. Despite the loss to San Diego State, the Falcons climbed one spot out of the WAC cellar with a 92r83 victory over Hawaii on , " AP Photo ld coach suffers heart attack UTEP iTSilC! at halftime, with the Miners lead- By EDUARDO MONTES Associated Press Writer Texas-E- l Paso's Don Haskins, one of college basketball's most successful coaches, is expected to spend the next few days undergoing tests in a hospital after suffering a mild heart attack. Haskins, 65, received visitors at "He looked good ready to fight the world," he said. But Haskins, a Basketball Hall of Fame nominee, will not be leaving the hospital until doctors complete a battery of tests being conducted in the cardiac care unit.- Sports rr. ?Hr rr p V rju " i I X ; r , .u I ic- N - if . , vVM - information and complained to. emergency medical personnel that he was feeling pain and was "cold and clammy," Thompson said. He was transported to the hos- -' pital after being examined on the scene. Haskins' son, Steve, said his. father was upset that he had to leave the game, which featured a halftime reunion of the team that won Haskins an NCAA title in ing. Thompson. r-- Vaaaa6fadi n.inr-- coach Don Haskins, right, talks with an official during Satur-- , Haskins suffered a mild day's game with New Mexico. The heart attack at halftime of the game. Providence Memorial Hospital and appeared well Sunday, one day after chest pains during a game forced him off the sidelines, said UTEP athletic director John i m..nm ' UTEP EL PASO, Texas shooting. percent Jeron Roberts led the Cowboys with 25 points, including 18 in the 61 J " with 26 points, including 19 in the points. field-go- al V if Bulldogs, with help from Tes Whitlock, the team's leading scorer last year, who made his first start this season. Whitlock finished winning streak. New Mexico struggled early in the game against UTEP, trailing 30-- 1 8 at halftime. The Lobos finally took the lead for good with 1 :01 foul line. The Utes' power game produced 61 percent shooting and fit iiii' i to leave the game. In Fresno, the Rainbows made several second-hal- f runs on the . BYU coach Roger Reid said, "I thought for years CSU was as good a team as us. This year, I think they 14 points and Keith Van Horn had 18 points, including 10 from the H director Eddie Mullens said the coach has been on medication to control high-bloo- d pressure but had never been known to complain of chest loss pains before Saturday's 64-6- 0 to New Mexico. Mullens said the coach had not been feeling well .during the week leading up to the game, but thought he only had the flu. He appeared in good spirts Sat- -' urday and was on the bench for the beginning of the game, although he did not roam the sidelines as he is accustomed to doing, Mullens said. Haskins left for the locker room 30-1- 8, - 1966. '"He was mad and wanted to get back to the game," the younger Haskins said. School officials said they did not know whether Haskins will be able to return for UTEP's next game Thursday against Utah. The coach has proved very: resilient during his 35 years at seaUTEP, except for the 1989-9- 0 son when acute laryngitis forced him to abandon the bench for the bulk of UTEP's games. The burly Haskins, nicknamed "the Bear," is among the active college coaches 4 record. He is one with a of 20 people nominated for enshrinement in the Basketball" Hall of Fame. The Hall's Honors Committee will vote win-ninge- 675-30- ' Feb. 5. Haskins' career highlight was 5 the Miners' upset of Kentucky for the national title in 1966. 72-6- top-rank- ed Australian youngster wins LPGA playoff LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Karrie Webb is accustomed to defying the odds. She won the Women's British earned her Open as a LPGA Tour card less than a month after fracturing her right arm and finished second in her first outing (AP) ' :: , '113116111 Authorized Retailer ag' ', m I j i Tl M.4 Wtflhf f h MOTOROLA in (g) I pP mn mi nmftr ni in MOTOROLA as a rookie. 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BYU was ' opened the season with a strong well represented in this meet and I in in the showed we are eight-teathink we fourth place finish the, hunt nationally after this. Also, we Rocky Mountain Open Gymnastics Championship over the came out of jt with no injuries so that is good. weekend in Colorado Springs. a ' In the individual "Everybody was a little rough,' but that is to be expected (in a first portion of the meet, the Cougars' Darren Elg scored 57.175 points to meet)." The meet concluded outpoint U.S. Olympic Team, hopefuls Gary Denk (56.9) and Saturday with event finals. Elg, John McReady (56.85) and win who finished first on floor exercise title. the and was in the top eight on still 217.225 rings, parallel bars and high bar as of score The Cougars' was just over three points behind well, qualified for those four event ' NCAA champion finals. . defending e score of Nebraska's Sophomore Fabricio Olssorj 220.475 and only a little more than was sixth on floor and tied for' ' four points off New Mexico's mark sixth on vault to make the finals in' of 221 .525. The event was won by those two events. ' a squad of athletes currently trainElg finished in the top five in ing for the U.S. Olympic team. all four event finals he was in. He e Olympic Training Center with a grabbed the spots on score of 226.675. Oklahoma, 1995 floor (9.45) and high bar (9.7), fourth-plac- e NCAA fourth-plac- e finisher, endon parallel bars the ed the meet behind Cougars in (9.475) and fifth on rings (9.325). e with a score of 215.45. 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