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Show Standard-Exarminer two seconds left Sizzling could Dut it missed he Tar Heels had been undo ine run hero of last year’s tournament Missouri. Donald Williams, was 1-forfrom the field. The Tar Heels made 4 turnovers. The mighty had fallen short of the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1980. gec oul On th c urt, reshman forward Rash \ had to be restrained by ear and senior comer Eric Montross bellowed at anyone withtrailing 50-40at ng Wil h their feet the floor B3 3-3 r un tied the ‘n Montross dunked offensive rebound with 11:01 an r floor leader, he together,” Reese said “Ubon h W t nt out, we want- ed to w 1, SO he could be back with us for the next game. We just couldn't get over the hump.” North Carolina’s momentum stalled before it could take the lead away from Boston College. Each time the Tar Heels would tie the game, the Eagles would surge back ahead. Center Billy Curley took care of the 53-all tie with a rebound basket with 10:03 left. Then guard Gerrod Abram hit a 3-pointer and then, after two free throws by Montross tied the game at 58 with 8:38 left, Abram hit another 3-pointer, and 38 seconds later hit another. That made it 64-58 with 7:41 left. Abram would finish with six 3pointers and 21 points, but he wasn’t the key figure from there on. The Tar Heels began springing to the perimeter to shut off the 3pointer and Boston College responded by passing the ball inside to Curley, who would scoreall 10 of the Eagles’ points from 6:31 left until Abram hit a free throw with 17 seconds remaining. North Carolina had stayed close enough that Wallace’s 3-point at- has shot. _- “There are a lot of tears in the locker room, yet they're mature enough to knowthat there are big- at title — ger problems in the world,” North Carolina coach Dean Smith said. Boston College celebrated with abandon. Curley, whose unruly hair, ruddy complexion and plastic mouthpiete give him the look of a sparring partner, jumped around the court with his arms in the air doing a pretty good Rocky impression. “Right now, I can’t even think,” Abram said. “It’s unbelievable how good this feels to beat the No. | By TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press OGDEN — A §$2-point loss to Arkansas last December seems like a bygone era for Missouri. The current era is one that has the fifth-ranked Tigers in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. with a legitimate chance at winning team.” the national championship. Missouri never looked back fol- | lowing the blowout loss to Arkani- Abram, Curley, Huckaby and Howard Eisley are seniors who came into a downtrodden Boston College program four years ago with hopes of reviving it, but it took until this year to make the NCAAs. They went I-15 in the Big East in 1990-91. “Everyone said we were a bunch of bums. They were laughing at us yesterday,” said Curley. “We've had a disappointing career. We're tired of losing, and we have nothing left to lose. Everyone wants to go out with a bang. We want to extend ourcareersa little bit longer.” “When we were 1-15, everyone was down on us and noonereally gave us a chance,just like in the game tonight,” Huckaby said. “People never really expected us to be in this game. We were the only people who thought we had a chance to win.” “This is clearly the best win since I've been coaching. These kids have comea long, long way,” B.C. coach Jim O’Brien said. The Eagles (22-10) will next face coach Bob Knight and Indiana (21-8), which advanced to the final sas in its second game of the season. And now, the Tigers are two games awayfrom their first-ever Final Four. The Associated Press Dejected Tar Heels Dante Calabria, Serge Zwik- left) watch grim-faced as time runs out in Bos- ker, Kevin Salvadori and Donald Williams (from ton College’s upset victory over North Carolina. 16 for the fourth straight year by beating Temple 67-58. indiana 67, Temple 58 — The Hoosiers advanced, thanks to an aggressive defense and their accuracy from beyond the 3-point line. The win gave Knight 40 victories in NCAA Tournament play, a numberreached only by Smith and UCLA's John Wooden. Knight is two wins away from reaching the Final Four for the sixth time, and four victories shy of capturing his fourth national championship. Sunday’s game marked thefirst matchup between Knight and Temple’s John Chaney, two men with enormous respect for each other. “It was certainly a great pleasure tO gO against a master in this business, a man who has donea tremendous job of developing character in his team,” Chaney said. “We both felt like athletes ourselves, and I felt really good aboutthat. I just wish I could have shot a jump shot, though.” The Owls could have used some offense. Despite taking 19 more field-goal attempts than the Hooisers, they shot only 33 percent from the floor and missed 15-of-21 3pointers. Indiana made 22-of-48 shots — including 10-of-20 3-pointers. Brian Evans scored 18 points and Todd Leary had 15 for fifthseeded Indiana. Temple (23-8), the fourth seed, got 24 points from Eddie Jones and 18 from Aaron McKie,both playing their last college game. “I love playing against Temple. Theyplay hard and they compete,” Knight said. “John has always had a great appreciation for defensive play, but I thought we Played well defensively today, too.” Eleven 1! minutes into the game, Chaney was tagged with a technical foul. He maintained his composure the rest of the way, however, even as Indiana began to pull away. WEST REGIONAL Wa ey oie: emma with _ ned it “I’m glad everyone got to see the real Missouri team play,” Missouri © coach Norm Stewart said after the Tigers shot a blistering 68 percent Saturday night to beat Wisconsin 109-96 and advance to the West Regional semifinals. After a sputtering tournament start, Missouri is on anotherroll, and it couldn’t be peaking at a better time. Two wins in Los Angeles this week would put the © Tigers in the national semifinals at Charlotte, N.C. The Tigers, who won all 14:of their regular-season Big Eight con- Ue tempt ference games and 15 games in a row at one point, go into Thursday’s NCAA West Regional semifinal against Syracuse as’"a @ hot-shooting and confident balt- . club. A momentary stumble in thé Big Eight Tournament, some off-court ~ distractions and a badfirst halfin © Howard From 1D the team’s owner with false promises and paychecks that didn’t show up. And there were cultural differences too. Growing up in Dallas and attending college in Chicago, big-city America never prepared him for what he got himself into. “Trapani is an hour from Palermo,” Howardsaid, “and two blocks from hell. It was almost like living in the Twilight Zone. Stuff that you would think there’s no chance of occuring are everyday occurances.” Such as: “One day I guess I parked in somebody else’s parking spot. I was moving my stuff in and I went down to my car, and hooked on to the window was a cut-off chicken head, it was like on a hanger. And on myrear-view mirror were its twolegs cut otf,” Howard said. “So Jazz From 1D A big reason has been the All-Star development of Mookie Blaylock, who was traded from New Jerseyat the start of last season. The 6-foot-1 point guard from Oklahoma averages 13.6 points, 9.5 assists and 5,2 rebounds a game this year. Racing From 1D “A lot of horses get nervous before a race,” said Linda Giltner, “Ours settle in as they get pampered and petted,” Linda and her two daughters, Sandy and Tani, are the Diamond G Specialties’ grooming crew — a task they don’t take lightly. They start months before the races ever begin by designing new “costumes” for their horses. They make dozens of yarn pompoms each year for use as neck ornaments This year, the three went a step further and added painted flowers to each white yarn ball in alternating red, yellow and blue — the ‘clown colors” says Linda Giltner Staying on top of horse fashion in a winter sport can bedifficult Linda Giltner said that, after Saturday's muddy race, the family spent much of the evening at the laundromat taking apart and cleaning harnesses and other equipment. On race day, team horses Key- thoughs and Special Splash and po- Chariot that kind of put a little scare into me. I kind of got a little welcoming from the Sicilian ways.” And from hisfirst days, he never got comfortable. “Seriously, from then on, every time I got in my car and turned on the ignition I was scared that it was going to blow up,” Howard said. “I would always cringe. ... I have a real active imagination.” So when he couldn’t stand it any more, he returned to the United States last month to play for Rapid City of the Continental Basketball Association. Howard played 49 games as a rookie for Utah last season but was left off the team’s playoff roster, losing out when the Jazz feared they were too short and brought in 7-foot James Donaldson instead. Ironically, it was that same shortage of big men that brought the 6-9 Howard back to Utah. With Mark Eaton and rookie Luther Wright still on the team’s injured list and possibly out for the rest of the season, the Jazz intercepted Howard before he ever got to Rapid City and signed him to a 10-day contract. “T’m very excited, very happy to be back,” he said. His first 10 days ended on Friday and he wassigned for 10 more, but that’s all the NBA allows. When this contract is up, the Jazz must either sign him for the rest of the season — or release him. While the Jazz wouldstill like to find a legitimate center, they’vealready been through a revolving door that included Chad Gallagher, Aaron Williams and Darren Morningstar. “No one is going to give us a player,” said coach Jerry Sloan. “We had different people come in and we just have to keep working, trying to find somebody that we think can help us in that position. Knowing Stephen, we thought we would give him the chance.” Playing time has been scarce in his return to Utah, but there have been some highlights. Against the Lakers last Monday, Howard was called on to play a short but productive stint in the second quarter, and he responded with four points and a rebound. “What you play for is to play quality minutes in a gameandstill be in the thick of it,” he said. “I’m glad I was able to go out there and contribute.” In the meantime, Howard can feel secure in his job. At least for another six days. “When they traded for me, they told me they had an open position for me and I would be able to run the team,” he said. “I came from a team that didn’t win many games for a couple of years. We struggled. but I was growing up with the team and it was a great experience.” Another key for the Hawks was the arrival of coach Lenny Wilkens this season. Under Wilkens, the Hawks are giving up 96.7 points a game this year; last year they gave up 108.4 a game. “We have to stay focused and know weare in this position because of the hard work defensively, and also the fact that we’ve been willing to share the ball with one another,” Wilkens said. The Hawks traded Dominique Wilkins, the biggest star in franchise history, to the Los Angeles Clippers last month for Danny Manning, a movethat cost them one of the most explosive scorers in the game. In return, though, they got a team-oriented player in Manning. At the All-Star break, Wilkens said the Hawks had to get better in ny horse Peggy's Policy are bathed and brushed. Their eyes and noses receive a gentle wipe. Linda Giltner adds her specialfinal touch as she sews each pompom down with a darning needle through the braids to keep them still while the horses run at top speeds. The Hawksare scoring a lotless too, but it’s the defense that has Atlanta chasing New York for the best record in the Eastern Confer- ence. “It’s been great playing for Lenny,” Blaylock said. “He’s a great coach, and he played the game himself. He teaches the game extremely well, and hereally lets you play out there and he’s really loose. That helps your game when you don’t have to worry about somebody looking over your shoulder.” The Atlanta players have responded well to Wilkens, giving him a good effort all season, and the key now for the Hawksis to maintain that effort, Wilkens said. Trash talking is a big part of NBA life, and here’s a sampling of who some players think is the best at it: wKevin Johnson: “Other than Charles Barkley? Seattle as a whole, they talk a lot. Reggie Miller when he wants to can talk it up. John Starks. That's confidence in those guys. They can back it up and I think that’s what makes them good.” / \ offs, teams really focus in on getting back on defense. So you’re more in a half-court game, and if you are then you have to be able to execute,” Wilkens said. The road, meanwhile, gets tougher for the Jazz. After a sizzling 10game winning streak, they are just found our offense andit carried'on © to this game,” said Missouri guard Melvin Booker, who scored a career-high 35 points in Saturday’s win over Wisconsin. “I hope it stays with us the rest of the way.” Booker and teammate Pagl O’Liney both had career-highs against Wisconsin. O’Liney’s 23 points cameafter a one-game suspension for hitting a woman in a Columbia bar last week. O’Liney wasn’t the only substitute to contribute to Missouri’s success, part of the reason the Tigers are 27-3. Reserve forward Marlo Finner filled in nicely for the Tigers’ main big man, Jevon Crudup, against Wisconsin after Crudup picked up two quick fouls and rode the bench almost the entire first half. “We've got people coming off the bench now that are coming: in and just trying to play within themselves,” Stewart said. Kaysville 546-3400 $1.50 Shows Before 6 pm. $2.00 After Closed Sunday IRON WILL (PG) 6:55 9:10 SISTER ACT 2 (PG) 7:05 9:05 THREE MUSKETEERS (P) 7:15 THE FUGITIVE (PG-13) 9:15 1-4, and after tonight’s game they return hometo face the tough Or- COUNTRY CLUB lando Magic on Wednesday. 3930 Washington e 393-5864 HILLTOP LANES IRON WILL (PG) rsho (PG ) NIGHTLY 9:10 Lunch oh Dinner 5.69 ;bs bhi STEREO ALL SEATS $1.00 New! Bumper Bowling System 4400 Washington Bivd. 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