Show SPORTS llif Salt Lake Tribune Monday Januaiy 5 2004 SCOREBOARD 1:4350 (5257-5- 0 93) 7 Jchan Marios Sweden 1:43 63 (52 Larsson Sweden 14368 (51534216) 9 Men Silvan 10 Marmac Austria 1:4387 11 Switmrtand 1:4388 (517M209) Zurbnggwi Meat Lund Sandal Norway WIS 09) 13 1:4401 (5192-512 KilianAbeiAustna 14 Tom Sana Norway 1:4414 (51 5M255) 14 Thomas GranrJ Canada 1:4418 Bournes! Franca 1:4418 Pierm VooJ Germany Hockey meal at 2 pm for instance the Utes will eat at 6 "At haiftime" Jacobson said "you look at the clock and it's 11:15 You're wondering 'What am I doing But we're excited here?' about it playing on ESPN and everything The adrenaline will get you past any Stkvk Lchm By TlifSiill Iultt Tnlnuut coach Rick doesn't like But he had better get uswl to it The Utes play host to Pepperdine tonight at the Utah Ma-juru- s it Huntsman Center and thanks to television the game dix's not start until 10 pm Four of Utah's next 15 games will be played in the t time slot includof the next five three ing The games are part of a Mountain West Conference contract with ESI'N which provides a league starved for exposure and revenue exactly that thanks to its popular "Big Monday" UTE MEN TONIGHT'S Pepper&is At shifting gears Utah for example tipped off Saturday's win over Weber State at 2 pm That's eight hours beUtes fore the play Pepperdine Radio: (700) 10-- 3 Pepperdine 9 Series: Utah leads 1 Last Meeting: Utah (2002-03- 77-6- 1 ) Line: Utah by Wk About the Utes: They have won 1 four straight since a loss at LSU They are averaging on Dec 16 723 points on 547 percent shooting Freshduring the winning streak man F Andrew Bogut has reached dou- ble figures 10 times in 13 games cluding six in a row in- About the Waves: This is their fifth They have tost straight road game three straight Colorado State (Jan 19) and Brigham Young (March 1) Like most conferences the Mountain West is convinced the tradeoff — exposure and revenue vs the hardship on players and local fans — is worth it At least Majerus' team is playing well heading into this first game of the season overall Utah is 10-thanks to a UNLV (Jan 12) early-mornin- g around here 30 years Hut the young guys will have to adjust to the whole time Issue" Instead of a pregame KALL-A- Records: Utah Utes won't have to worry about getting home well past midnight and waking up in time for on classes Tuesday But the tightening of the players' schedules will be a problem for upcoming Big Monday games against "I'm used to it by now" Utah senior Nick Jacobson said "because I've been ESPN TV school?" Since the holiday break is continuing at Utah the 70-6- the Huntsman Centef T5poff:10pmMST Majerus dislikes the late-niggames He always has Primarily Majerus can't stand how the late starts devour nearly two days of his players' time — one while they get themselves ready for the game and another while they recover from it been "I've always against 10 o'clock games" Majerus said "We're sending the wrong message acaHow the hell demically can a kid get up and go to package For the players it means it Utah late-nig- Manic Ptwaiun 3 four-gam- e L W HwIM 20 12 Pmctore 17 12 ItachM Wowsttr IB 14 16 13 14 14 13 16 Portend Low 12 Springfield T OH 4 8 2 7 4 3 4 18 GFGA PW 5 1 0 3 0 3 2 88 75 SS 86 42 110 92 39 95 93 35 71 73 31 98108 29 79 41 T OTL BnrJtwmt Hetaney PTiitai)itat 23 7 17 13 19 13 15 14 15 20 5 7 4 4 3 15 15 3 10 15 5 Moot Binghamon Albany WESTERN Of Pt 98 60 104109 1 43 100 96 3 rVfchrrts 3 3 2 3 37 94 89 36 79103 Mont 2582 35 87 83 28 76 53 99 NoitiDMon W L 21 13 Bocks demand 17 10 15 5 5 4 2 5 5 13 Johns Syracusa 17 18 15 11 Marmora 15 17 SI T OTL PH GFGA 1 48 114 93 3 4 42 82 79 104103 104119 38 1 37 2 37 87 12 4 Cleveland Lowell 2638 Roland 6 Thomas 4 8 ) 9 Lars Svsn 10 Georg SpeMichael Detroit BtLnueaanaTexn 1 Rice atWriginSt 3S4 at 15 Sunday Ftachau Austria Slttooi 1:42 24 KaJle Palandw Finland 2 MarrM Pranger Austria 1:4278 19) 1 Qoroto Room Italy :4280 (5081-54 Benjamin Raicn Austria 1:4285 ) Manfred Moelgg llaJy 1:4314 (51 91-6- 5 7 atLongBeacti 1114 Pepperdine Pk Nevada MAptaachianSt 11 Eton ETSU 7 atFurman atChatanooga CotaadoSt 7Vk UNOGreen 4 at 14 Bjoem 15 Montana FAVORITE UNE UNDERDOG al Boston 2't Detroit alPhtedaphie S 4 MHwaukee Dallas F BlSeatSs EduarrJo ailtah Na SAN CHAROjERS— Annouriosd DIEGO yrl not renew the contracts ot axmsnator and Jerry Hotmes Dale Unosey they at rjeterwva ANAHEIM MIGHTY at 7H45) Carrjna Louie Tennessee 8(37) Sunday 3(49) 5(424) Kansas City J Philadelphia D Mark ned St al New England ooecti secondary UNE OAJ UNDERDOG FAVORITE Hockey 99) 5 Playoffs Saturday NFL Indianapolis Green Bay Unbeaten Texas Tech vies for top ranking - STANFORD Calif Mike Montgomery knows Stanford's days of easy victories are over His team now realizes it too Justin Davis had 17 points and 13 rebounds and led a second-hald charge for the Cardinal who needed a strong finish to defeat Washington on Sunday and remain fifth-ranke- 85-7- 2 undefeated "They gave us some anxious moments" Montgomery said "They're certainly capable of scoring in bunches" Chris Hernandez had 13 points and nine assists and Nick Robinson added 13 points and Stanford shot 596 percent to beat the Huskies for the 12th time in the last 13 meetings Robinson was from the field and had four assists "I see an open shot and I'm going to take it every time" he said "I'm always looking to hit if there's an open look" Nate Robinson scored 16 points and Tre Simmons had 13 Pac-10- ) for Washington (5-welcomed Stanford (11-20) the return of Montgomery who e served a suspension — the first of his career — during Friday's win over Washington State for making contact with an official during a game against Arizona State last season Assistant Tony Fuller ran the team as Montgomery missed his first game in 18 seasons with the Cardinal After Washington started the second half with Five straight on a points to pull within by Simmons the Cardinal scored 10 straight points — the first four by Robinson then six straight by Davis — to make it 0-- 2 5 0 one-gam- 41-3- three-point- 51-3- OTHER GAME: Gonzaga 88 Montana 67: Wash Cory Violette scored 21 points to lead five Gonzaga players in double figures and the Bulldogs (102) won for the third time in seven days Ronny Turiaf and Adam Morrison each scored 13 points while Knight had 12 and Blake Stepp 11 for the Bulldogs who were from the free throw line while Montana was 12 16 At Spokane Er-ro- for-1- (6-7- 50-2- 1 At EAST U if V Foram A Penn State's Rticina Russell left stuffs Michigan State's Julie Pagel in the first half of the Nittany Lions' victory two-poi- nt Reserve Tye'sha Fluker scored points and Tasha Butts and reserve Shanna Zolman had nine ) apiece for the Lady Vols Old Dominion ) was led by Monique Coker with 10 points 7 Purdue 76 Notre Dame 63: At West Lafayette Ind Shereka Wright had 21 points and nine rebounds and Purdue atoned for its home loss in 38 first regular-seasogames Emily Heikes had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Purdue ) which lost Friday to Penn State Megan Duffy and LeTania Severe had 15 points each for Notre Stanford ) Stanford (11-avenged last season's loss at Giuliana Washington (8-Mendiola had 23 points and Andrea Lalum 20 for Washington which beat Stanford last season the Cardinal's worst loss in 12 years 10 Penn State 64 23 Michigan State 62: At State College Pa Jess Strom made two free throws with 103 seconds left rallying Penn State to victory Kelly Mazzante scored 26 points and Tanisha Wright added 17 for the Lady Lions Big Ten) Lindsay Bowen and Liz Shimek had 15 points each for Michigan State 10 Dame Pac-10- 0 5 (10-1- 92-6- (9-- 3 ) 9 Stanford 77 Washington 69: At Seattle Nicole Powell had 23 12 Georgia 92 South Florida 65: At Athents Ga Christi Th- points and 13 rebounds and Kimyacioglu scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half for Seb-ne- Ota DarrxutiSZkmaM Drawn 61 Jamas Madam 59 Hotstra 75 Va &rrtriorrea Kant St 57 American U 52 PematVI MttwaiSt K Rutgers 56 Ohro St 53 Sent Josspti's 64 Duquesns 7! Vermont 80 (War 56 FAR WEST SOUTH Monmouti AuoumSS Delaware 24 points omas scored a season-higand pulled down 10 rebounds for h 70 NJ MarytandN Virgin 55 New Orleans 83 Mdx St 61 North Caroms 72 Cterreon 47 Tennessee 6 OM Omna 42 Tenas Tech 95 Pepperdme Mason Virginia Teen 64 ProMdence m 21 Auburn 59 Monmouth 38: At Auburn Ala Le'Coe Willingham 18 had 25 points and a career-hig- h Ra St Kim " Smith matched a with season-hig-h 22 "" points against USF Utah shot 56 percent from t the field About the Bengals: They have already exceeded their win total from a year ago when they finished 0 Theyhavewon two straight over Cal State Fullerton (74-5and UC Irvine (7566) Earlier this season they led BYU by six at haiftime before losing 56-5-4 They are led by four double-figur- e scorers: junior G Chhsta Brossman (154) senior G Lindy Whitley (146) senior F Heidi Gil(134) and freshman CF Molly Hayes GilWhitley is from Murray (131) ford scored 26 points in the win over Fullerton ford 66 Antmo Ark 5 Utile Hock 57 53 Sana Clara 47 FAR WEST Gonzaga 60 Montana 52 NArsona Oregon St 66 Denver 6t 72 Southern GH 67 UCLA 63 Oregon 57 NortmesMi 43 Wyomrg69Navy60 VMIiEJn $1000 eff any pureftasa cf $2000 or more BIRDS I Howell Utah J y Sutt Street felt Uk City 8013527533 On ooutwt par riny par custom VeM on naJmfiemmfibmtmHatttm10Kvd vm any otnqr ow yiw couwitf rcfa TONIGHT'S GAME Oral Roberts at SOU the Centrum Cedar City Tipoff: 5:15 pm Radio: KSUU-F(911) At Records: Southern Utah ORU " 6--6 2 (0-- 0 (0-- Series: SUU leads 7--6 Last Meeting: SUU 66 ORU 49 (2003) About the Thunderbirds: They won their last six games ii rwnconference play high0 win at BYU lighted by Tuesday's SUU could be the Conference's surprise team after being picked sixth About the Golden Eagles: They opened league play Saturday with a 60-5-6 loss at UMKC ORU had won four of its previous five games (4-5- At Ziering Medical we can restore hair loss in a natural pattern Lfay 1 l t nlll-riI ilirwj and going coming You most likely know about Ziering Medical's Microscopic Follicular Unit Grafting the procedure that adds up to 2500 grafts and 6000 hairs in onescssiod However you might not know about the Ziering Whorl? 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TOHIGHT'S GAME TONIGHT'S GAME Fa-b- Rhode Island 68 MEN'S BASKETBALL - - of" Boston UTE WOMEN'S Basketball (11-2- H 68-6- Mama : Georgia which extended its home winning streak to 22 games Sherill Baker added 15 points and Cori Chambers 12 for the Lady BullFreshman Nalini Miller ) dogs scored 16 points for South Florida 95-5- Ritchie connected on five of s six She was double in figures by joined Jametra Clark with l7 points Jia Perkins with 15 and Jolee Ayers-Currand Alesha Robertson with 10 apiece "To tell the truth this is the most fun I've ever had with any basketball program going back all the way to the third grade" Ritchie said "It's been a blast Every single player on this team is so unselfish We all cheer for each other It's what you play college basketball for" was paced ) Pepperdine by Shandrika Lee's 15 points Kelly Greathouse added 10 "They jumped out on us early they jumped out in the middle of the game and they jumped out at the end of the game" Waves coach Mark Trakh said "They pretty much jumped out all over the game" Texas Tech never trailed haiftime while building a lead i "' Portland Cardinal fight off Huskies after haiftime LUBBOCK Texas — Texas Tech sure looked like the top team in the country Natalie Ritchie scored 19 points and the No 2 Lady Raiders placed five players in double figures Sunday en route to a 3 victory over Pepperdine One day after No 1 Connecticut lost 7 at the buzzer to No 4 Duke Texas Tech (14-0- ) made a strong case for the nation's top ranking "We haven't played anyone in the top five yet but we're undefeated and what a great honor that would be for us" coach Marsha Sharp said "They deserve that and it would be something we'd be very proud St GokWi Top 25 Women In e Associated Press - Phot State atDenvar 7 3 4 3 al Houston Top 25 Men The Associated Press St atMlaml m atChicago Football 6 Alois P CS4lorthrige Pat UCSantaBarb NBA ttsxmfm 13 ) HAVERICKS-Pte- At (5059-5- I tie injured list Nafem on Men's Work) Cup Ski atCokxado at San Jose atuiah alHawal 12 AWra NBA DALLAS 16 2 3' ' ' Bay Youngstown St William It Mary Ps San Arioso ' alBraoley 11 Transactions Winter Sports () LoydaotCH Mana Today's Gamea games scheduled at Providence VaComrn 3Vk CalPory-SL- i Sigurd Petersen Norway 251 JJ HosHwarth Austria 2517 Japan 2495 Austria 2478 Morgenstem Bystoel Norway 2457 Germany 2444 ) ed Germany 2426 ) 2420 Germany ) gesN Japan 2373 Mechtor Germany 2360 Romoeren Norway 2345 Loir Austria 2332 ) 1 (128 UNDERDOG 3 2 5 aVirgna Kansas Fresno St alUCRiverside atFuaertona atUCIrvina (1325-12- UNE 2 Creighttn 2539 Finland Undstroem Jaime Ahonen Nonaki Kasai PMacpliia3vVilkes-Barre- 2 Rochester 4 Houston 4 No 4 ) Martin 4 Toronto 5 Chicago Stoma 2652 pants Zonta 2 3 ' atHotstn atClevelanda K120 Peter Peter tie ECHL nvnn uwneitvuii Sunday mnebruck Austria rwHUk Tournament ) ol to Readmg Cody Rurjtowsky Ubby F ned FAVORITE Texas At 1 and G Buar G D Matt The Betting Line I World Cup Ski Jumping Bridgeport 3 Herstwyl Hartford 5 Nor 2 Syracuse 6 Hay rjorrmnistrir I Manchester minute 89 5 18 2 31 WeatOhritkm W T OH Prt OF OA 12 20 4 0 44 68 76 Grand Rat 17 13 2 41 101 102 5 Crwago 17 9 4 2 40 103 77 Minnukaa 14 Houston 15 2 37 91 103 7 14 13 4 0 32 83 82 SanAntoru 1 86 89 32 13 16 5 dnomali 12 18 Wan 3 3 30 77101 NOTE Two points are awarded tor a in ana point for ties and overtime losses Sunday Garnet andrmat 5 San Antonio 2 Toronto "We're starting to realize that we're a good team" said Jacobson Another key against Weber State? Senior center Tim Frost listed as questionable before the game because of a bothersome "back injury played 28 minutes Frost has played more minutes only three times this season He finished with seven points five rebounds and a blocked shot His size helped the Utes dominate the smaller Wildcats around the basket Frost is expected to play against Pepperdine which is 9 after a loss to on Colorado State Saturday St John's ot the AHL AiiuiIlwi im'fcf y I natjia CLEVELAND 1:2519 Brad F MAPLE LEAFS— Recalled TORONTO Arratovsla from Dayton ol the ECHL POHTLAND PIRATES— Assigned 1 Austria LW AHL Leeb from France 101103 94110 36 tie Austin 1:2540 4 Carole 1:2554 5 HMe Gerg Germany & Krrsttn dark Unesd States 1:2574 7 Malaria Suchet Franca 1:2646 8 Ingrid Jacque-mo- d France 1:2656 9 Anja Paerson Sweden 1:2663 10 Caroline Lalye United States 5664 1 1 Isolde Kostner Italy 1:2674 11 Savia Berger Austria 12674 13 Catierine BorgN Swrusdand 2679 14 Martina ScMd Swrswtand 1:2691 15 1:2698 15 KfitJJ Winn Regina Haeual Germany Austria 1:2698 CONFERENCE Hamilton 2 RanaB Goetsctl 2498 seconds Brad Chris ISLArRS-Assq-ned to Quad City rttnaOHL WORCESTER Austria MassrWzer Alexandre 1 44 2 3 F G Deii(iandCJuMa!toBii)()(Xtot Supar-- G VOW NEW Recalled the AHL Mason IromMSwaukesot Sunday Megan Fiance At L Larsen trom Hershay ot trie AHL NASHVH1E PREDATORS— Women's World Cup Ski 96 EotDMsnn W well" 5-- CONFERENCE EASTERN h tiredness" late-nigh- GAME American Hockey League winning streak scored a Jacobson 28 points and career-higfreshman Andrew Bogut added 16 to spark the Utes past Weber State Utah also overcame some serious foul trouble thanks to solid contributions from nonstarters Justin Hawkins Chris Jackson Bryant Markson and Josh Olsen "We were plagued by foul trouble" Majerus said "But our bench played Popovic to Cinjnnsti ol tie AHL COLORADO AVALANCHE— Recalled I A Medical Settinf a New StamLsj-- fr' yf ——————— Corporation with AJiamed Teihniitues in Hair Restoration |