Show 4ft r Standard-Examin- Friday Dec 21 1990 er PORTS Big Four all face weekend action Standard-Examine- staff r All four college basketball teams will be in action this weekend before breaking for Christmas Weber State: The Wildcats (2-will be on the road to battle St Mary’s (Calif) bn Saturday in a 4 pm (MST) contest Brigham Young: The Cougars v- (5-will complete their ference home schedule with a 7:35 game tonight against Stetson and another 7:35 pm game Sat- urday against Tulsa I Utah State: The Aggies (2-' will also be in the Bay area this weekend to participate in the Met Life Classic hosted by the University of San Francisco T onight USU will take on Air Force in a game at 7 (MST) while San Francisco and Vermont will play d at 9 On Saturday ' losers play at 7 pm followed by the championship game at 9 Utah: The Utes (9-- will host : Wichita State in the Huntsman : Center on Saturday at 7:35 pm Weber State will be hoping to : e : snap a losing streak I : (3-Gaels the against 1 Since opening the season with wins the Wildcats ’ have fallen on tough times Their " e losing streak includes - four straight setbacks for " Weber State’s losing spell longest ’ e since a tailspin early : ' in the 1987-8- 8 season St Mary’s of the West Coast Athletic Conference defeated in-sta- te 5) - non-co- 4) n- 4) 1 - first-roun- ’ - 1) five-gam- 7) back-to-ba- ck five-gam- in-sta- te ' seven-gam- & V SJk Hawks Atlanta’s frenzied defense'- ‘like bunch of sharks at feed’ 10-of-- 14 V f 84-6- f w o 0 - 93-8- 8-- V 4-- J - 4 2-- - V' mm- 'v so-s- nt nine-gam- A ±4 is (-- 30 rs 97-6- 93-8- Cal-Dav- ATLANTA (AP) — The Hawks poured it on early Atlanta held the Utah Jazz to just 25 points in the first 23 minutes and breezed to a 105-8-7 victory Thursday night “They just frenzied" said Utah’s John Stockton who scored only nine points on a trio of “They were like a bunch of sharks at a feed They smelled it and got after us felt some success from that and really took it from there" “We were just too good tonight" said the Hawks’ John Battle whose three baskets in the fourth period gave Atlanta its biggest bulge 8 before both benches were emptied “To blow out a Utah team like that you have to be doing something right” “We came out so strong so quick it had to be frustrating to them" said Glenn Rivers who had 15 points for the Hawks “Finally we all know our roles It’s unfortunate it e took that losing streak to do it” It was Atlanta’s sixth consecutive victory and eighth in e their last nine after the losing spell “It was nice to be able to sit some of our starters down be thre-pointe- 20-pl- us 9-- 7 ii on Wednesday Boise State 65-5- 4 Eric as center Bamberger night dropped in 22 points on shooting from the floor tv- Si u COLLEGE PREVIEW BYU coming off a satisfying win over James Madison 6 continues to be paced by the excenter Shawn ploits of Bradley Bradley had 21 points six rebounds and five blocked shots in the win over the Dukes He has 57 blocks for the season The Cougars also cut their turnovers down to 17 which is better surrendered in than the losses to St John’s and Arizona State The Aggies will be making their second-eve- r trip to the Met Life Classic They won the inaugural event back in 1986 by defeating 8 Fordham in overtime and 8 San Francisco dropping for the championship Utah State holds an 2 series edge over the Air Force Academy which enters the tournament with a 3 record The Aggies are 7 against the Dons while they have never faced Vermont Meanwhile the Utes have built a 1 record bolstered by a o schedule with home wins against teams like Seattle Pacific and Pacific of Oregon They currently lead the Western Athletic Conference in turnover margin per game) and three-poifield goal percentage (4609) b The Associated Press Utah Jazz guard John Stockton (12) drives toward the basket as Atlanta’s Spud Webb (4) tries to stop Stockton’s path during action of Thursday night’s game first-quart- er nine-gam- fore we go on the road” said Atlanta Coach Bob Weiss “Kevin Willis did a great job on Karl Malone” Atlanta took the lead for good in the opening minutes at 4 Paced by five points from 5-- Dominique Wilkins the Hawks went from there to a 16-- 6 lead with 5:33 left and held a 4 lead at the end of the first quarter 5 with a Atlanta led minute to go in the second quarter but Stockton got (wo as of his three 29-1- 49-2- three-pointe- rs the Jazz outscored Atlanta 10-- 2 to pull within 5 at 51-3- halftime The Jazz shot only 43 percent for the night making shots “Poor shooting really did us in tonight” Karl Malone said “We missed so many easy ones I certainly did I’ll take full responsibility We also did a poor job of finishing up the 36-of-- 84 plays “Usually we make a run at teams but we never did tonight” he said “Usually this team makes a run but we never had a run” said Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan echoing Malone’s sentiments “Sometimes one guy might Sea HAWKS on SB Versace replaced by Hill as coach of struggling Pacers INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bob Hill fired after less than one year as the coach of the New York Knicks is back in the National Basketball Association replacing Dick Versace as head coach of the Indiana Pacers “I feel for Dick I know how he feels I’ve been through it" said Hill an assistant to Versace until Wednesday “I hope he (Versace) understands we all worked as' hard as we could for him” Hill makes his debut tonight when the Pacers host Charlotte It’s the second time Hill has taken over an NBA team following the firing of the head coach He replaced Hubie Brown as the Knicks’ coach 16 games into the 1986-8- 7 season compiling a 20- - 9-- Versace In 13 course of the last couple of days when I analyzed it I just realized ' I didn’t think it would" said Walsh who hired Versace “I will always try to give people who work for us every benefit of the doubt and I tried to do that in this case” Walsh said of 6 Versace who compiled a 'record since he was hired Jan 5 third time since it joined the NBA in 1976 is thus far Dick road games this saason his toam won one — over Utah — and was 6 overall 9-1- 46 record before being fired when management brought in Rick Pi- - -' tino Donnie Walsh club president said he decided to replace Ver2 sace after the Pacers’ overtime loss to the Washington Bullets on Wednesday night Indiana which last season made the playoffs for only the 114-11- this season with only one road victory — apinst Utah — in 13 starts “The reason for the change is we don’t feel the team is going in the right direction” Walsh said Thursday “We had some problems going back to last year We felt these problems could be re- -: solved but based on the first month and a half of the season they weren’t getting resolved” The decision came only three days after Walsh returned from a road trip with the team and said he didn’t plan a coaching change “I basically was trying to give every last chance to see if it could work out But over the Bob Hill This marks ’ second time he's taken ovsr an N3A tsam aftsr hsad coach was firsd 73-8- 1989 - ’ Versace is the second NBA' you're not doing that you have to make a change" Team Chuck Per15 games and replaced by John son and LaSalle Thompson both MacLeod expressed optimism about the ' Walsh said the Pacers have change but both said the team’s been inconsistent problems shouldn’t be dumped “We are a professional basketon Versace ball team” Walsh said “We are “You can’t blame it all on Verhere to win games and when sace But some of the responsibil Coach fired this season Stu Jack-so- n was fired by the Knicks after UNLV Ogden’s win is V enough to make plenty of coaches smile but Ogden High Coach Mitch Wilcox was more pleased by his team’s defenlve performance against Spanish Fork in Thursday night’s non- league game ‘ “I was really proud of our defense tonight Defensively we have been the craps the last couple of games After giving up 97 PREP COYS points to Davis (Dec 12) and 81 to Clearfield (on Tuesday) we came out and got after it" Wilcox said The Tigers threw an effective halfcourt trap at Spanish Fork and placed five players in double figures in romping past the Dons 81-6- 0 “We were cold (offensively) the first half but we played good enough defense to keep us in the game A big key for us was our halfcourt trap It took Spanish Fork out of some things it wanted to do and made it hard for them to penetrate “They (the Dons) didn’t shoot the ball well tonight and on another night it could have been a different situation Our quickness was important too We got some e breaks and got down the floor qukly again Sheddrick (Mickles) just ran the he’s the guy that holds show everything together" Junior flash Brandon Parker 23 points on scored a team-hig- h some dazzling inside moves while Mickles added 18 and Matt Russell bombed in four and finished with 15 three-on-on- three-pointe- rs Nevada-La- s Vegas’ powerhouse basketball program already banned from 1992 postseason play because of NCAA sanctions must now answer to new and potentially more serious StandardExaminar staff 21-poi- nt up-tem- must answer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Uni- versity of — A 1 new NCAA charges defense OGDEN ity is definitely with the coach” Thompson said “He must make sure that if we’re not playing well that he does something about it” Hill said the Pacers last in the Central Division are capable of turning their season around “I think it is a good one when it plays together” Hill said “That’s the biggest underlying problem we’re attacking right at the beginning to play together make big sacrifices “We’re going to focus on sacrifices caring about one another in the locker room in the huddles on the floor It’s a team game and that’s the way it’s going to be played” Hill said the Pacers would continue to play an game :W- ’f? NCAA charges The NCAA has charged UNLV with a lack of institutional control over its basketball program in an investigation that stems from the university’s recruitment of former New York City prep star Lloyd Daniels In a letter of inquiry released 4 S' sr-Thursday by the university the V NCAA alleges Daniels was given a car and motorcycle by an assistant coach and had his bail paid by a booster after his arrest at a crack cocaine house In all the NCAA alleges UNLV or its boosters committed a total of 29 violations including a charge that a booster gave a former player $200 and a hotel room for signing an affidavit refuting allegations he had made earlier against the program Ten of the 29 allegations contained in the letter surround the 1986 recruitment of Daniels including charges that members of the basketball staff lied to NCAA investigators looking for recruiting violations The charges allege a lack of institutional control in the recruitment of Daniels and also in the handling of money given athletes by assistant coaches and bills run up by players on road trips Additionally the school is charged wiiir violating “NCAA regulations in recruiting other Hilniuhxi players some of w hom were alKRISTAN JACXBSENStandard-Examnlegedly given free plane tickets basketball shoes meals and other Spanish Fork's Robbie Reid (22) scrambles to High’s Sheddrick Mickles applies defensive incidentals during their visits to recover after losing control of the ball as Ogden pressure in Thursday night’s game the UNLV campus the Tigers who improved their Robbie Reid tossed in five three- letter of inquiry The points 1 fin- record overall to and Dons the for was released Neal the Watson and pointers University of by Tramyne 24 points Spanish Fork sophomore guard ished with a game-hig- h Geddcs each had 12 points for Nevada system which deleted all -- r Vi vtNr- - — tr? j r non-leag- ue 43-pa- ge 6-- names mentioned in the document in what the system’s legal counsel said was an effort to protect them against charges which have yet to be proven UNLV has 60 days to respond to the allegations following which the NCAA will set up a hearing with its Committee on Infractions where the validity of the allegations will be decided Maxson was not available for comment but said Wednesday that the university would cooperate fully with the latest probe of the basketball program “When you find out you’ve made mistakes you do whatever you have to do to correct them” Maxson said “We’re very anxious to get this cleared up and get the slate clean” The letter of inquiry was received by the university Tuesday three weeks after UNLV settled a battle between Coach Jerry Tarkanian and the NCAA with an agreement that the Runnin’ Rebels could not appear on live television or play in the NCAA Tournament in 1992 The defending national champions are undefeated and ranked No 1 The NCAA probe began in 1987 when Newsday printed allegations about the recruitment of Daniels who never graduated from high school despite playing for five different schools Daniels never played for UNLV after being arrested on drug charges and now is on the taxi squad of the Albany team in the Continental Basketball Association The" NCAA Charged thatthe university did not act profferly in coach allowing Mark Warkentcin to become Daniels’ legal guardian prior to his enrolftncnt at UNLV and that Warkentein “provided numerous improper living travel and educational expenses to the young man" 13-ye- ar then-assista- nt |