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Show DAILY C2 HERALD Saturday, January TODAY n n Michigan vs. Texas 2:30 p.m., ABC Baseball, ar ' I Baseball Hall of Famer in hospital after accident: At Little Rock, Ark., Baseball Hall of Famer George Kell is hospitalized and will need some physical therapy after breaking his left leg and left arm in a car crash, his wife said Friday. husband was "doCarolyn Kell said her ing very well" but remained hospitalized following a crash Tuesday with a tractor-traileKell was a and the AL batting champion in 1949. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. 10-ti- Steelers' Bettis out for Bills game: At Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis will miss Sunday's game at Buffalo because of a sprained Timpview wins in semifinals of the The Timpview Thunderbirds BRISTOL, Tenn. have a variety of threats. However, their biggest weapon may be defense. The team relied on a zone defense to win over Meridian in the semifinals of post a the Arby's Classic on Thursday. , UVSC falls to Sacramento St. No. I THURSDAY LATE GAMES At 'Sacramento, Calif., UVSC lost a tough game to Sacramento State on Thursday night. The Wolverines ) led by as many as 10 points in the second half but Sacramento State went on a 5 run late in the game to earn the win. UVSC still had a chance at the win late in the game. The score was tied at with under a minute left in the game. Alex Bausley scored the winning basket for Sacramento State with 28.6 seconds left in the game. UVSC's attempt to send the game into overtime fell short when a five- footer went awry with two seconds left. Ronnie Price led the Wolverines with 26 points and four steals. Matt Peterson, Pierre Thomas and Sylvester Allison added 10 points each. Allison's 10 points were a career 37 high He also played a season-higminutes and had five steals and four assists. The Wolverines shot 55 percent from the field and had 11 steals. After trailing the entire first half, Utah Valley scored the first six points (4-8- 19-- 69-6- 9 CBS College Hockey Air Force at Denver 7 p.m. FSN Snowboarding King of the Mountain 3 p.m. CBS Illinois defeats No. 22 Cincinnati ASSOCIATED THE of the second half and led 0 less than two minutes in following consecutive buckets by Thomas and two free throws by Allison. David Heck then hit a o inter with 14:48 left "in the game to give the Wolverines a 5448 lead. They extended their lead to 0 with 11 minutes left following a lay up by Allison. A basket by Price upped the lead to with 10:08 remaining. Sacramento State then went on a 19-- 5 run to take lead with 2:33 left in the game a following a by DaShawn Free44-4- 58-5- 60-5- 0 69-6- 5 man. I Utah 80, Colorado 48: At Salt Lake City, Utah's Andrew Bogut scored 25 and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Utes defeated the Colorado Buffaloes. The Utes (10-3- ) have now won five games in a row, and six of their last winseven. The loss ended a who ning streak for the Buffaloes haven't won in Salt Lake City since TOP PRESS LAS VEGAS Deron Williams had 18 points and six rebounds to help No. 1 Illinois defeat No. 22 Cincinnati 5 in the final game of the Las Vegas Holiday Classic on Friday. Dee Brown and Roger Powell added 13 points apiece for Illinois (14-0- , which did not trail for the sixth con secutive game. Luther Head, who was named tournament MVP, had 11 points and eight rebounds. I No. 13 Washington 81, California 67: At Seattle, Tre Simmons scored 18 points and Bobby Jones had 16, leading five Washington players in double figures as the No. 13 Huskies beat California in the Pac-1- 0 opener for both schools. Will Conroy and Jamaal Williams each scored 11 points and freshman Joel Smith added 10 as Washington (11-1- ) extended its home-couwinning streak to 14 games, the longest in six years. rt five-gam- e (7-3- ), 1946. I No. 16 Iowa 67, Saint Louis 58: At Iowa City, Iowa, Pierre Pierce scored 24 points and led a late 10-- run that 0 25 ROUNDUP (2-1- ' Women I No. 2 Duke 80, Auburn 61: At Auburn, Ala., Wanisha Smith is looking forward to conference play after No. 2 Duke routed Auburn in the Holiday Classic. Smith scored 15 points and five teammates reached double figures for the Blue I No. 25 New Mexico 63, San Francisco 52: At Albuquerque, N.M., Jana Fran14 points with cis scored a career-hig- h a sprained ankle, leading No. 25 New Mexico past San Francisco. Francis had 10 points after the break, including eight free throws, when New Mexico (9-- managed just three field goals. another basket by Brody Angley, had a steal and slam dunk to give the Broncos a Continued from CI cushion. He then answered a But the pugnacious side betby ter be on when there are fans Rose with a trey of his own. BYU stormed back by usin the stands. Besides Jensen's best day, ing a basic offense that capitalized on the size advantage freshman forward Chris inside. The Cougars battered Miles and sophomore shootSanta Clara ) into foul ing guard Mike Rose also trouble and shot bonus free enjoyed their best games as Cougars. Because of injuries, throws with 13:54 remaining. Down the stretch Jensen BYU is essentially down to three big men: Derek Dawes, was too much. Whatever assistant coach Dave Rose Jensen and Miles. The newsaid during a timeout five comer from Timpview had 12 points, three rebounds, minutes in worked wonders. Jensen went from yawn to three assists and three and winbrawn. BYU is blocks. Like so many of his teamners of three consecutive mates, he was also perfect games. Just as important from the foul line. Miles hit heading into 2005 is the idea all four attempts and five that the Cougars renewed the aggressive attitude that teammates were also flawless. has been sorely missed since BYU hit Rafael Araujo left. shots "I just had to wake up a from the foul line and sank little bit," Jensen said, who 24 straight (a school record that broke the old mark of 18 scored 17 points in a perfect in 1996 against Wyoming). second half. He hit all five field goals Rose was responsible for all and all seven free throws. three misses. He went His biggest shot, however, But don't expect the coach- might have been his longest one. A jumper with ing staff to make him spend 2:07 left extended BYlTs lead New Year's Day running to 736. wind sprints to atone for the mistakes. Heavenly, indeed. To a Rose was otherwise quite coach, anyway. "Jared just needs to be sharp against the Broncos. best He tied his two-yea-r challenged," Cleveland said. "It just comes down to his with 26 points, including Cleveland four aggression level." ' was just as happy with the Jensen has made I defense of the 2 Rose, who 22 of his last 30 field goals. earned 33 minutes of play... BYTJs number of free ing time by showing that he could do more than just shoot throws made (33) and ate shots. tempts (36) are season highs. Cleveland called it his ''best ... Santa Clara made a season high. ever" game at BYU, emphasizing Rose's commitment to ...BYU's 59 points in the second half is the most under play well when Santa Clara Cleveland. BYU shot a seasohad the basketball 72.7 percent in the n-high When the Broncos found ... The some rhythmwas easy second half to see how they could upset last time BYU had two scorteams like North Carolina ers with at least 20 points was March 6, when Luiz and Stanford. Guard Doron Lemes and Araujo had 23 and Perkins was everything advertised. Hl gfjijed 25 21, respectively, at UNLV. points and w aap, nuisance to the Cougars. The I Jason Franchuck scored was tied 28-a-ll at half-tim-e can be reached at and Perkins promptly jfranchukheraldextra. hit a jump shot and, after ' com. : Cougars Cl six-poi- Miles was the biggest athlete on the court Miles was a two-tim- e state MVP at Timpview, leading the T'Birds to the Class 4A state title in 2003. He averaged 14.9 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.5 " (7-8- blocks as a senior and is second e to Shawn Bradley in blocked shots. Miles was part of a highly rated BYU freshman recruiting class, but he's the only one playing. Top recruit Lee Cummard chose mission service and came back after a couple of months, but won't play until next year. David Burgess and Trent Plaisted, both post players, have been injured in preseason. With starting power forward Garner Meads sidelined with a possible stress fracture, BYU coach Steve Cleveland had only three "bigs" available for Santa Clara. That's what made Miles' contribution so critical. "There's still some things that Chris is figuring out, but he brings a lot of energy to the floor," Cleveland said. "His play tonight was really big. He made a couple of shots and got his confidence going." Miles played 17 minutes against Santa Clara, six in the first half where he went takes a shot as Santa Clara's Tristan , Parham attempts to block during Saturday's game, "I struggled a little bit in the first half," Miles said. "I think I needed to take those shots and miss so I could be aggressive on the offensive end. But I thought I played well in the second half." Miles didn't miss a shot in the second half, going from from the field and the foul line. He converted a pair of plays with strong moves to the basket and had all three of his assists in the second half. BYU led with six minutes to play when Miles took over. He hit a turnaround jumper in the lane, asand sisted Rose for a powered in for another basket BYU advantage for a with four minutes left. The Cougars converted 12 straight free throws down the stretch to hold off a Santa Clara team that owns wins over North Carolina and Stanford this season. "Chris had a breakthrough game," Cleveland said. "He just needs to try and do that every night. Maybe not what he did tonight but if he comes in and scores eight or 10 points, gets some rebounds ... we love his energy and he really contests shots." Miles said he knows the coaches expect energy from him when he goes into the game. Re also said he feels like he's earned the trust of the guards to get him the ball when he's open in the post. "The past couple of practices, I've been more of a threat to score," Miles said. "When I've 62-6- 0 69-6- 0 T Ik) f! 5-- 8 ' J) 6 17-fo- MATT SMITHDaily Herald BYU's Chris Miles (54) . . gotten the ball I've been able to score. I think the guards are giving me the ball more because they can see that." , Miles has yet to suit up in Laramie or The Pit in New Mexico, and performing on the road is a different animal than playing well at home. But Friday's numbers showed a glimpse of Miles' 6-- ). he's never had before." Like playing against guys his own size every time out. I Darnell Dickson can 5 be reached at or by at 344-255- ddicksonheraldextra.com. Tip-in- s: long-rang- potential. The more he plays, the better he's going to get," Cleveland said. "He getting experiences . LEINART MIAMI v i. att Leinart became a natural for People magazine as soon as he won the Heisman Trophy last month. The Southern Cali quarterback has dated a professional model and soap opera starlets, is friends with Jessica Simpson and her husband Nick Lachey (who attends USQ and has partied with the likes of Adam Sandler and Lindsay Lohan., . Oh, to be young and good-- ' looking in L.A. Leinart has gotten more than his 15 minutes of fame since the end of the regular season, when he started making the rounds on the awards circuit. But the constant adulation is starting to get old, just like Jason White of Oklahoma, last year's Heisman winner, told him it would. "It's been a whirlwind the last few weeks," Leinart said. "The attention I received ... It definitely has been frustrating and overdone at times. My life has changed and I think it's going to continue. It will die down after this game. But it's been a life changer." The junior faces huge expectaTrod tions when the second-ranke) ( play jans l Oklahoma (12-0- ) in the championship game Tuesday at the Orange Bowl. The local media is already hyping this clash of the titans as the best bowl game ever. Leinart will try to make sure he doesn't get devoured by the ghosts of past Heisman-win-nin- g quarterbacks who came up short in recent national champiChris Weinke onship games of Florida State in 2000, Eric Crouch of Nebraska in 2001 and White last year. The crush of commitments, along with a battered and bruised body, eventually took its toll on White last year. Kansas State and LSU, aware the Sooners were a offense, began attacking White with every blitz imaginable in the final two games. White had a dreadful Sugar Bowl, completing passes for just 102 yards and two interceptions in a 4 loss to the Tigers in the BCS title game. He was so distraught in the spring he actually asked Sooners coach Bob Stoops if he still was the starter.The left handed Leinart has not experienced that kind of emo- - ' tional valley. Leinart has that laid-bac- k beach kid personality that suits him for his position in the Trojans' budding dynasty. Since USC coach Pete Carroll chose him on a hunch to become Carson Palmer's replacement as the end of preseason drills in 2003, Leinart has led a charmed life, even throwing a touchdown on the first pass of his career in a 23-- 0 victory over Auburn. The 5 lefty, who completed 251 of 377 passes for 2,990 yards and 28 touchdowns with just six interceptions this season, has led the Trojans to a 24-- 1 record in his two years as a starter. Leinart was a relatively unknown redshirt freshman when USC went to the Orange Bowl two years ago. He was a third-strin- g backup to Palmer. Leinart got the perks of South Beach nightlife while Palmer prepped for a 4 victory over Iowa. This time, Leinart has been in the. spotlight since the start of the season. "If you look back ' to the buildup of the first game against Virginia Tech, he went in billed as a Heisman Trophy hopeful and all that kind of stuff," Carroll said. "He's had to live with that for an entire season and has done it very well. "I. think his experience as a backup to Carson Palmer and watching Carson deal with the all the stuff about being on the cover of Sports Illustrated and going to a bowl game as a Heisman winner has really helped him." Leinart will need to keep his head on straight in this game, which has taken on a bigger-than-lif- e quality because of the tradition of both storied programs and the star power on both sides. Carroll and Bob Stoops of Oklahoma both have national championship rings and there will be no less than 10 consensus on the field. This also will be the first matchup of two Heisman winners in a college game. "We know the stage we're on," Leinart said. 12-0- enabled Iowa to finally pull away from surprisingly stubborn Saint Louis. Adam Haluska added 13 points for the Hawkeyes (12-1- ). Izik Ohanon led Saint Louis with 15 points, and Anthony Drejaj had 14. 67-4- Dickson Continued from Noon Gri-es- 76-6- 8 HtRALD Tommy Bahama Challenge - t Carolina linebacker fined for rough sack against Tampa Bay: At Charlotte, N.C., Carolina Panthers linebacker Mark Fields was fined $5,000 by the NFL d DAILY NBC for unnecessary roughness in last weekend's victory over Tampa Bay. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the fine was issued this week. e Fields' sack of Buccaneers quarterback Brian resulted in unnecessary roughness. He grabbed Griese's face mask and unnecessarily twisted his head, said league spokesman Michael Signora. ankle. Bettis, who was downgraded on Friday, will finish 59 yards short of his ninth 1,000-yar- d season since breaking in with the Rams in 1993. Arbs Classic 2 p.m. Golf training. High school basketball Utah-base- Figure Skating Brian Boitano Spectacular Titans quarterback Steve NASHVILLE, Tenn. McNair said the surgery to repair his sternum was successful, but it could be several months before he comes to any conclusions about his future. In his first comments since doctors grafted bone from his right hip to his chest, McNair said Friday into his offseason he will throw himself All-St- TO WEAR ON 12:30 p.m ESPN 10 p.m. ESPN2 . McNair feeling good after surgery r. STAINING College Football Bowls FOX Cotton, Tenn. vs. Texas A&M 9 a.m. vs. ESPN a.m. 9 Wis, Outback, Georgia Gator, W. Virginia vs. Ha. St. 10:30 a.m. CBS " ABC 11 a.m. Capital One, Iowa vs. LSU 2:30 p.m. ABC Rose, Michigan vs. Texas 6:30 p.m. ABC Fiesta, Pittsburgh vs. Utah ' Dick ADULATION Georgia Tech at Kansas Hawaii at Nevada mance. 2005 Weiss Television 6-- NFL mm OITTIISMH zone which ignited a win was a smartly designed 21-- 2 third quarter run. "The zone slowed (Meridian) down a little bit," Timpview coach Perry Wildeboer said. "(Meridian) had been getting some easy stuff, so we wanted to make them hit some As the Meridian offense went stagnant, the Thunderbirds converted on bold drives and perimeter d jumpers set up by kickout passes. The tandem of shooting guard Matt Mortensen (34 points) and 5 Brazilian Jonathan Tavernari (20 points, 10 rebounds) delivered another solid performulti-talente- All-Sta- r, ill 6:30p.m.,KJZZ. 1320 AM 2-- 3 Tino Martinez is headed back to the NEW YORK Bronx. The popular first baseman and the New York 'Yancontract Friday, kees finalized a $3 million, one-yea deal that gives manager Joe Torre a familiar option if Jason Giambi's health problems keep him out of the lineup again. has 322 homers, 18th Martinez, a two-tim- e among active players, and he has played in 95 post- season games, fourth on the career list. He gets $2.75 million next season, and New York has a $3 million option for 2006 with a $250,000 buyout. NBA Utah at Houston F I It was the third straight night that the Thunder-bird- s frustrated a quicker foe. The key to the latest Martinez rejoins Yankees in deal PAGE SUNDAY I 1, if .1 : d 7 21-1- - 6-- 37-1- I Dick Weiss writes for the New York Daily News |