Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday November 16 2003 Spurs overcome slow start By in OT The Associated Press 23 'Malik 17 had Duncan Tim points and (he San Antonio a lethargic start at the end o)' a road trip to heat the Washington Wizards 95-- 7 ' Rom1-score- Spurs-overcam- 1 Saturday Osgood records 40thcareer shutout ers to 0-- 3 on the road Steve Smith scored 13 for the Hornets to help New Orleans' reserves score 37 points SuperSonics 98 Bulls 90 Rashard Lewis scored 27 points and Ronald “Flip" Murray added 26 Saturday-nigh- t helping Seattle earn its third victory on a tough four-gam- e road trip With Michael Jordan sitting at midcourt four rows off the floor and dapping for his for- mer team the Bulls fell to at home Jalen Rase led : Chicago with 19 pointsGrizzlies 108 Cavaliers top 76ers Devils still sizzling night- By ' Duncan and the Spurs' were ' ' ‘ sloppy early on hut San Antonio's defense shutdown' Washington over the final three quarters' (ivniakeihL'O' game a rout Duncan who committed first the four turnovers in ' quarter added 13 rehounds for the Spurs who went 1 on their sw ing through New Jersey I hi lade I phi a and Washington Rose waslti: for-- 1 5 from the field scoring I 5 'points' in ihe second half Jilhcrt Arenas scored 14 ' shooting to' points on lead he W'iards who have lost four straight Nets I (Ml llawks 85 Kenyon Martin scored II of his 23 points in ihe third quarter helping visiting New 1 Brian Rafalski and Christian Berglund also scored for New Jersey which extended its unbeaten streak (o nine games The streak is the longest active run iri the NHL and matched the Devils' best stretch in last year's Stan- ley Cup championship season Blues t Kings 6 : ' Chris Osgood recorded his 40th career shutout and Pavol Demitra scored in the first period in visiting St Louis' fifth straight victory' The Blues won for the ninth time in 10 games! Bruins 2 Canucks 1 OT AP photo Washington’s Etan Thomas right ’pressures San Antonio's Tim Duncan during the third quarter of the Spurs' 95-7- 1 win Saturday n-high 1 haick a miss with three seconds left points olh-er- w isc poor ganie by grab- bing Anthony Johrison!s and hitting a missed short juinper over Dikemhe Mulqmbo for the win Miller who didn't have a ' game last season " ii'1 8 the first scored points ' half and made three cry in the foqrtlt quarterns the Pacers rebounded from a dreadful third quarter to hand the Knickstheir fourth ' Straight loss Cavaliers 91 76ers 88 ( )T yxlrunas llgauskasscored '28 points and Inula key pin- -' back assist and block in overtime as the host Cava-- liers snapped ’ streak against Philadelphia 95Kniiks94 V t 1 1 )'£ j - 'V Rookie Ikrliritn James had ' 22 points' eight assists five' ' rebounds andu huge block ' 1 Toss- ' : al - two-gam- ' ' : -- Wendell made surethcrc would he no Pirate 'Comeback like there was a week agoagainst Firth: Pre-- ': Ston Call the Pirates held thc Trojans to minus 2 1 yardsoniheir first two drivesof the third 17 tacky-i-y Shcphcrd finished with a game-hig- h -- -j u i l e m c— r — - After gaining possession of the half with 10:53 left in the contest the Trojans embarked -- - dnye cqnvert- - r o fourth-dow- !the challenge for the offense ' ' aiuTyr A ftidvcTfrrait the quick Wendell TD! Maybe a Trojan eluhtMhaskaUtsi)ppnents by ry need back Sifoi) nL4r fully : maf8in of 3ft pomis this year In fact the Trojans 33-- J 25 iii jtSpite cut'gflining Wendell's two Cliisest games this season have "! total yardage during the fiit half the Pirates heCnagainstWestSidej74) andit all started the fiml with wmlinuaHy shot themselves-with a brilliant performance hy the Wrote defenseThree Beck penalties urn5vers anduntimely '’Well I doht know' what held the other teams reven and later infractions 'nteriePtI’rl!' :(fr(m stopping them) hut oiir defense played a O the break at down itself Henderson-said"Clive ff’ujjd of y whale a game tiiday’' ' credit 'to coach very difficult especially when you're (Tyler) Riritth and coach hiving having as hard of a time as we ( Wayne ) Henderson for developing that dejfehy the ball a today moving against tough Wendell sive plan :It was a great plan Ui contain their a nice defense to it 65 couldn't so burst for get play going and to haye it they speed and make ' said "That'sreally called back" Henderson : and 70 aw hack''' yards demoralizing"in:' After allowing several plays If the West Side defense was demoralized Jos to Wendell in Dayton West Side its 28-14 nm let was determined to going intis the second halfit certainly didn't: historyrepcatitsdf show Ixd by Brad Dance— whs had two But that's exactly whai happened on the Trv ' ' tacklesforalosson Wendeirsfifstpossessioh jans" (pening dme: ’ ’ ! '! - 8-- : ls UnfiKtunatidy tor the Aggies yards set by Eddie Bnindidge they didn't fake that info against Virginia Union on Nov 29 1986 TSU head coach account and promptly ' ' 1 embarked on an lay Larry Blakeney said he had no Continued from B1 touchdown drive that last- -' idea how close Betterson was ' ed nearly five minutev The to making Trojan history possession of the game Betr terson rushed five times fiiri 18 long break on the sideline! 1 didn't ev en know what the yards including a touchdown Betterson record was’ said Blakeney who to "get my allowed from a yard out Just over four breath hack" and he went on to is l07-4- 8 I duringhis 13 sear minutes later: he crossed the the for sons load the at cariry Trojans Troy State "But I would ' goal lineagain for another 1 the remainder of the uotest want DeWhitt to get it because ! yard score to stake the Trojans Berterson who rushed for a he's such a good kid you know ? ip a 14-- 0 advantage He's die right kind of guy" then --career-best 177 yads last Oh that eight-pla- y week against Middle Tennessee ' The Aggies of course drive Betterson jan five times State had 88 yards hy the end found him to be the wrong for 66 y ards and broke off first the and kind of guy at die wrong time ' 123 of quarter huge gains of 1 8 and 40 yards Six turnovers in the second yards by halftime He surpassed "Our offensive line and the in die his previous-be- st half outing kept getting the ball back receivers and tight ends did a Betterson's in hands and he third quarter amd started closing tremendous joh'' Betterson and the in on Troy State's school kept eating ' Trojans said "They re making ri easy time off ofthe game dock records late in die fourth I for me m enjoying running ' Betterson's 230 yards are Although Betterson said he the ball know ing that they re sidemost given up to an the on informed the was kept me and that blocking w as nearing Tmy hack by Utah Stale that he line Apprising they 're going to come off the 226 Pacific's mark since (A State's old Ryan Benjamin rushing ball hard every time" For the Trojans however there was a downside to Better- vm's success in the first quvter' Unaccustomed to the crisp thin VETERAN EXft TAX air of Logan the big hack from Starke Ra begged oiut ofTSUs fast prseswin of the second three-ando'Ham to End RS Probtnrru Forever? drive ConMunfial w—rvuw ip Our Looaf Qfhot quieter— a 877-451-91- 11 tha fcaured three brief carries 800-375-97by freshman Mario East "fJh man that's the toughest thing" Bettervm said the altitude In the second penod I felt ldte I had played a w hole game’ Ride 1 ' impressed witn the play ot pance 74 "That that Dance kid he's a heck of a f(K)tball player" Diehl kaid "He reaUy impressed me today He raised havoc on our offense all day long We couldn't seem to block - 1 83-ya- rd -- n ptays'in tne process: Like they did in the first half penalties killed the Pirates hnd none was liigger than a qiies- tionable facemask callon fourthand-- from the West Side j 6-West Side had just stopped Wendell tailback who finished the game 83 ': Brett Fowlcr rushing ysirds short of his season average of 1 62 loss! However the: a ' penalty gave thie Trojans life and Fowler would make amends wjth a scamper "Wfe dqn't know where that call came from and wefcel bad that " Henderson said before’ - : ter-!We- - - ! : - -- ov-C- ' racked up 239 yards in 1992 And prior to Saturday Better-so- n had never! carried the ball moire than 39 times in a game at any level Which makes one question a statement Blakney made about Betterson earlier in the week "He is not Superman" declared " And yet Betterson is clearly at his best at high altitudes! Blak-Cni- - -- r II R'SIRR'O'BIIE MSi?l ut 30 ti iy him for anything" Thanks to the defense early in the third quarV Side started jLsopenihg two drives on ' Wendelfs half of the fieldIt didn't matter as the Pirates were stopped oh fourth down on their first possession and Trojan defensive back Brett Fowler picked up ' his team's fourth and final interception on the ' ' ' ' deciding not to finish the quote firstplay of West Side'snext series Davis 'capped the drive with a Fowler finished the contest with two I NTs to TD dive up the middle effectively ending West Side's season' and possibly HcndersbnTs coach- ing career in the process Henderson who took as head coach of the ' Pirates in 1986saidbehas'ycttO'decideifhe will return for his 40th seaytn with the program 74-ya- rd f-- ' ed two-go- of the third quarter i—Jasbn Shepherd and 58-ya- rd Predators 4 Islanders 3 Martin Erat had a goal and two assists and Marek and Vladimir Orsza-g- h : 2002' rd Andrew Brunette scored on the power play in the second y period for Minnesota : s’ ()n the third play of the game Wendell Davis found Jyscn Lancaster TjyVhcjtiud the Pirate defense for a gajn' goal to force a tie with - three-gam- - : third-perio- ! - 4-- ’ Red Wings 1 Wild 1 Dominik Hasek made 25 saves for visiting Detroit and " d Steve Yzerman scored a - Marko Jaric had 15 points DarrellArmslrong came off' off the bench for the Clippers ihebench to add 20 indud- who' arc 0 since losjng a and had e g set ing lour three (if his team's 10 steals" ! to the Seattle SuperSonics in : as the I loritcts snapped Japan It's! their first four- ' ' e streak since winning game Winning streak and dropped the BlaZ- March Port-land'- ' - season-openin- ’ short-hand- 1 ' burgh-- Pitts- - ' ' ' '' straight game against -- each scored power-pla- y goals for host Nashville” Avalanche 3 Stars 0 David Achischcr stopped 29 shots for his second shutout and Teemu Sclannc and Steve' over Ottawa Bulis also scored a Kqnowakhuk scored 50 sec- finds in to the first help goal apart in the second peri-’- Montreal win for the first time ikI to lead host Coliiriido past ' ' Dallas in three meeting With Ottawa this season Donald Audcttc Maple Ieafs 2 Sharks 2 " Mats Sundih and Alexander also scored for the Canadiens ' Mogilny each had a goal-anflyers 4 Thrashers 0 Jeff Hackett made 24 saves' an assist hut visiting Toronto ' lead in a tie Sami Kapanen broke a scoreblew a ' with San Jose less tie early in the third periOilers i2i Flames lOT od and Philadelphia won its ' ' sixth straight game to remain Ryan Smyth deflected a ' ' unbeaten at home: pass from Mike York into the in Philadclphia Sobitd alf of its goai with 16 seconds left overtime (o' give host Edmo- n- ' goals in the final period to ' his third ton a win over Calgary Hackett pick up y hejp - Baron Dayis sparked a '' decisive run and finished ' with 23 points and eight assists to li ft the Hornets over the visiting Trail Blazers team-leading -J 84-8- ' Hornets 101 Trail Blazers 79 'game's Olli Jokinen added his seventh goal and scored for the sixth Brian Rolston scored with 449 seconds left in overtime to give visiting Boston a win over Vancouver in a matchup of the NHL's conference leaders ' Mike Knuhle who set up the winner scored the first ' goal for Boston which' against the improved to Western Conference Canadieas 3 Senators 2 Jan Bulis scored his second goal of the game with 7:59 left and Jose Theodore made 38 saves to lead visiting Montreal three-gam- fv ' -- : : -- nt 2 Pacers 31 O'Neill made up lor an Jersey pulf away JermaineO'Neal-pu- with seconds left in overtime The Ilgauskas added eight rebounds and a seven assists for career-hig- h the C’avs who hadn't beaten the Sixers since April 2 1999 at Philadelphia The Sixers played without their starting frontcourt for Ihesecond straight game as Derrick Coleman Glenn Robinson and Kenny Thomas all sat out with injuries Allen Iverson the NBA's leading ' scorer had' 19 points oh 29 shooting anil Reggie Miller lixiked like his oid selfat Madison Square Garden scoring a seaso- ' Winning his matchup with Hawks forward Shareef Ahdur- -' Rahini who was held to 12' ' points()nVof-lshooting' Martin was a force inside with14 rebounds Jason Kidd added 21 points' and Richard JelTer-So- n hud 14 for New Jersey ' The Haw ks led by seven points midway through the second period before a scor- ing drought crist them the jead Jason Terry finished wil-24 pojnts and Dion Glover and Nar Mohammed each added 13 for Atlanta (7-0-- 2) ' 102-9- 2-- shots leading yisiting Wash- ington over Carolina The Capitals have beaten the Hurricanes twice in the last four days Panthers 3 Penguins 2 ' Valerj Bure and Krjstian Huselius each had a goal and an assist and visiting Florida ' extended its winning streak ' against Pittsburgh to seven Jay Pandolfo Jamie C ' Dai m us Zuhruk scored a y goat with 2:13 left and Olaf Kolzig stopped 38 power-pla- " Mavericks 101 OT ' Mike Miller had 22 peyints including six jn overtime and Jason Williams added 20 points and nine assists The host Grizzlies opened the extra period with seven " straight points' Dallas got with- ' 9 on Antawn in three Jamison's layup with 2:04 to ' play hut Memphis never let ' the Mavericks get closer The victory was the third straight for Memphis which already has home wins over Dallas San Antonio and the Lakers Pistons 100 Suns 91 Richard Hamilton scored 27 points and Chauncey Billups had 12 of his 24 the fourth quarter to help snap the visiting Pistons' e losing streak tic broke an 4 Billups on a with 2: (6 left in the game and made another '29 seconds later Clippers 95 Magic 92 Quentin Richardson'1 31 points and nine rebounds and Corey Maggette's 7points helped host Los Angeles send Orlando to its ninth straight - ' 5-- - u-- shutout of the season and the 26th of his career Capitals 2 Hurricanes 1 Scott Nicdermayer had a goal and two assists and Martin Brodeur made 8 saves for his 67th career shutout leading the New Jersey Devils to a 0 victory over the yisiting New V York Rangers on Saturday -6 I - vm The Associated Press SG3-3©u- 9 ey ’' |