| Show - 0 0 0 It 0 err 110 e ' 'r --f s - ie r-f- (17Atl:ItfaktZtrit-- 1 t 1 Scores: 900:C80-877- 8 Tr 0 ii aT 1 molsoi 049 rontA Ill BUSINESS SUNDAY per minute) Itakes Ira Malone Ascends 0R IgsmoOvA 0 toile tel e 1711 t 11115 -- '' in '' I- - ''' i 4 - I A 6 i ' 1- ' i - A 'W II l' I I 4 :MMORROINVintillildPINEI ' Dick a - '' I 1 c: '' - -- I c : 4:: ' rrC New Mexico 79 Hawaii 67 UTEP 72 San Diego St 58 V ' Top 25 Basketball Z - Nt tii I ‘' '' ' WAC Basketball 1 1 1 : 'k If S Duke 104 NC Charlotte 82 UCLA 87 Oregon St 81 (0T) Oklahoma St 85 Iowa St 67 Indiana 96 Northwestern 62 Kansas 81 Colorado 80 Arizona 78 Washington State 65 Connecticut 77 Miami 58 Auburn 81 Alabama 63 4 4 Sports Editor 0 4414 p - — r t i - Frustrated Hakeem Olajuwon of the Rockets has rebound knocked center Mike Brown Olajuwon later fouled out t A Jazz Frustrate Olajmvon Rockets With Big 2nd Half 1 By Steve Luhm 14 t: : I 0 - '! 1 - 1 I -- ' ' 4 4 if -- I t-- -0 - Life is good again for the Utah Jazz after a lively Saturday Night t 1 0 4 - t- e locker room That's because the Jazz have been winning lately — this was No 16 in a row at home — but the style points have been - 1 k N S - 4-- 1 missing 1 - 9 1 14'4- rf- -- - ----- -- - "--- 1 I 4 v if ' i ir I - s t" "I'm excited about the way we played" said exuberant coach Jerry Sloan "Defensively we were very good In stretches we were as good as we've been in a long time" the other end the Mailman delivered a performance worthy of a record-settinnight He had 34 points 15 rebounds a season-higsix steals and four assists In the process he passed Dantley and became the frane chise's scoring lead For a time however Malone apoutr peared headed for a ing He needed 22 for the record and he had only five late in the first half Then Vernon Maxwell fouled Malone on a layup The Rockets' guard stood over a confused looking Malone for an instant and some chatter started between Malone Maxwell and Houston rookie John Turner Malone responded with nine points two rebounds a steal and two assists in the final 2:47 of the On so 1 r Adrian HaDa keem Olajuwon Utah buried Midwest Division rival Houston 108- 80 It's been awhile since there were so many smiles in the Jazz - -'- Jsawepstwpaast KnatirelyA:la z g )i 4 0 0 fr - h - - ' N ‘' '''' 0 4 all-tim- sub-pa- - c 0°- - ' ' sk - V —4 -- 4' - ' e - no-hitt- er Steve GriffinThe Salt Lake Tribune Karl Malone put up some big numbers in victory over the Rockets leading scorer enough to make the power forward Jazz's e second quarter It allowed the Jazz to turn a all-tim- Rams Heap More Misery on Utes By Joe Baird ' THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE In a season increasingly fraught with indignities — anyone remember Weber State? — Utah suffered another one Saturday night A big one Center Doug Larson scored 18 points guard Keith Bonds had 17 and forward Aaron Atkinson 14 to lead Colorado State to a waxing of the Utes before 15043 in the Huntsman Center Yes this is the same Ram team that at BYU a week ago was blasted and took a record into Salt Lake And yes these are the same Rams that are in their first year of rebuilding under former IMontana coach and Provo native Stew Morrill faBut Utah a laughable vorite at tipoff shot just 314 percent from the floor (25 percent in the second half) allowed CSU to shoot 545 67-4- 8 72-5- 1 7-- 9 25-poi- suffered last week at MEP But he was thrown into the fray when Larry Cain and Antoine Davison struggled 17 and responded with a team-higpoints "Paul played with a lot of heart" said Majerus So did a bunch of Rams Larson a 6- 8 junior with an scoring average did the most damage He hit from the floor another from the line grabbed six rebounds and dished off for three assists "Doug had a great game here last year" said Morrill "Be had 16 points in that game He seems to play well percent and got outrebounded by a 34- 27 margin Statistically and otherwise it ranks as the worst loss the Utes have ever suffered at the Huntsman Center "We can't score" said coach Rick Majerus whose team fell for the fourth time in six games and is now in the WAC) "I don't know and he's a Craig Rydalch was scorer Phil Dixon wasn't hitting his shots and he was getting good ones We're just struggling to put points on the board Consequently we have no margin for error on defense" Majerus' players were more direct "We weren't tough enough" said forward MKay McGrath "We weren't tough enough on the boards and we weren't tough enough on defense" "They just wanted it more than we did" said center Paul Afeaki To just about everyone's surprise Afeaki was the Utes' lone bright spot The senior wasn't expected to play because of a lower leg bruise he 11-- 5 h (1-- 3 0-- 5 f8 10-of-- here" Sparked by Larson the Rams took control of the proceedings with an 11-- 4 run at the end of the first half that tie and resulted in a snapped a 9 intermission advantage Getting nothing offensively from anyone else Afeaki took matters into 17-1- 7 28-1- See D-- 8 Column 5 tams 67 PI 6 64 Tryon Munson LOW Wes PO 6 Yoder 40- - 41 1 A PP IP 4 1 4 5 I 4 6341 9201 4221 I 0 0 443 Bonds 5 0 Croorid Ledbettr 04 0 I 2 I 0 0 I 0 0 0 3 0432540 34 12 IS 6 kityneux 0 krotoney 0 5rntth Tarots Utah McGrath PO PT 0 22 615 Dixon Co tn Tate trittson 1 A PP TP 5 I 3 2 6 1 2 13 2 1 I 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 0 0 I 2 2 0 2 2 0 00 6 00 44 froward ii DCIVISOCI Soto 0 0326 5 I 2 5 I 2 0 211 54 9 46414337 17 II 2 44 tiontlmo Score — C0101000 PrOtt 21 liksh IP Shoortr4 Perrontdvos — Paid 54 5 tAx—rti Gouts Corroxio 314 Igoe Nowt Colorado State 70 Utah 765 RyttokIL Areal Wats (bonds 6 Yoder 011 orison 3 Ycatch Stools — — CSU Atkinson (Dixon Shots Tryon I Utah Soto TOt 3 RydniLci) Blry-- r Ukart Atkinson) 3 3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS self-impos- 124-degr- betook R 5 (7-- 4) 4-- 14 (Coln — I4043- and Petro - IMEOMM 8 2-- 6 8-- 6 night against a powerful McEnroe had to cope this time with a burning court and a crafty baseliner Ile had to stave off three match points himself in the fifth set licEnroe ruled the net with his quickness See D-Column 5 played on a 'chilly serve-and-volley- er 8 Peoria 6 Salt Lake DM TV Spoits am — NBA Basketball Bulls at Pistons C2D 10 10:30 am — College Basketball Iowa at Ohio State N) (1-1Noon — Women's Basketball Okla St at Iowa St ( 2 ) 12:15 pm — NBA Basketball Trail Blazers at Suns as) 5 ) 12:45 pm — College Basketball Villanova at N Carolina ( ar six-fo- ul four-turnov- confused" Said Rockets 2 CUSTIT) er pm ball East-We- st CD 8 — College Foot- Shrine Classic NFL Football pm Team pm — Golf Bob U) 2:30 Hope Classic night "We did a good job of covering down" said Rudd "He didn't have an easy outlet and maybe he got Hockey: Eagles at Peoria 2 Pm as soon as he got the ball ' the All-Stcenter was harried into a 13- - point 5 (SO) In Action Today him triple-teamin- g 6 Mid The Rockets certainly didn't They led only briefly and the Jazz owned a 30-2- 2 lead by the end of the first quarter Delaney Rudd had eight points in the final 3:10 "We got a little lead and started relaxing" said Rudd it must not have laemed se like the Jazz were anything but relaxed Double- - Game ar Campbell 10 Walos coach Don - (ESTF1) 7 pm — Boxing vs Ferguson Chaney who was ejected late with a pair of technical fouls "They sent three guys after him The problem with that is Mark Eaton's so big it's difficult to pass the ball even though Hakeem knew where the open guy was" Chaney shook his head ----- -- n (' "I did a game in Bakersfield (Calif) and they folded the next day I guess I'm having an impact on the league" — Bill Walton former NBA great now doing radio commentary for the Continental Basketball Association "To beat this team consistently" he said "we've just got to move him outside Eaton is just See 4 Column 5 D-- Cougars Celebrate in Over Falcons By Kurt Kragthorpe cons competed hard made the other guys struggle and stayed in the game a while even if they never seriously threatened THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PROVO — The Marriott Center's 20th birthday party came complete with an Compels M Pokoons 44 cake exploding candles It IP Peon PII Pt 2 6 2 a sellout crowd the re- Jones Imo 4 i 4 I 36 turn of famous coaches 5m66 2 4 8 00 Potent 2 2 6 and a BYU victory over French Iscomns 2 2 4 6 047 0 0 i 0 Air Force licton I 0 2 4 Sanders At least that's what 11 3 0 0 2 &MOM I 3 the scoreboard said In loom 'Ole 44 IP J 72 430 the locker room afterPO Pt It a 3 2 2 9 ward the Cougars need- Caii Troll 5029 ed a little convincing 7 2 &non 6 45 6 0 3 "I've played them sev- 66606 64 2 &Inch) 134 0 0 34 en times" said senior tench Sn6nuo 000 — A PP 1 1 Air 5 0 7 8 4 8 0 3 12012e 4 0 IMO c PP 1 4 guard Mark lieslop "and every time you go away feeling like you're not sure if you won or For the record the Cougars took a victory Saturday night pulling away at the end of the game Never con66-4- 5 cerned about style TIP 247 4 6 10 1 11 1 0 'eke' 43 46 PO40)344 44 t40nrno Scoffs — BfU 31 Ail Foacy 22 Shcoling hweento64 Go616 66 Pooh Pee IhrJwt 7 a 36 11)1I Force 667 44 meld 40 0 11YU Shot' — AM 515 4 tHmhhg 24 irVirt 13 &nth Ff eneh Jonhe 0ohni Nes4) 6)1) 44 (Sonovech lop 43 'rod -i Cai t Nixon 9 ) P00 Ions 2 — MA 7 ttlfincil 3 SmOtt Sanceeq 2 Hosoop Pc43- 7 itaW740f$ — AM 44 t5n616 2 3 Somrenn 3 $AI 40 Nalof 3 mesh 2 7tal$ 2 Lamm Cof) 7 (Sm 9cht — licooms L ROMS know' &sot "They always play hard — all five guys the whole game" said BY11 guard Nathan Call I - "That's their philosophy their mentality" Good shooting is not among the Falcons' at tributes lately however They shot less than 39 percent from the field a marked improvement from Thursday's outing at Utah but hardly suffiI cient to support hopes of a WAC road win: Among AFA's 19 baskets was a gimme on an pass after the' Cougars were late comt ing back from a timeoub The Falcons' higli scorer which is a relative term was forward Brent Roberts with points BYU coach Roger Reid was counting eight points NO — 01) Volkoolgr On the other ende this as a genuine amociernoil Ana — 23az& AEA held the Cougars to' win "Can't afford to lose at home" he shooting and even blocked seven shotst said sounding relieved Co As alwsys the undersized Fal See (WU 2 )Lom-- y full-scal- - 2 FOUR - HOrOld ASSVICIOnC D-- 8 1 Bel-do- Quotable 0-- nernarkseL Aboactcnors MIL All-St- 1 Amax) Foris — Woo Orkorols — L konnocy P 0 lost" McEnroe three games from a straight-se- t romp into the quarterfinals endured a courageous comeback by thelounger Emilio on Sanchez to win 78 his sixth match point Unlike McEnroe's three-se- t victory over defending champloa Boris Becker a match 7-- R- em11 icEmioe Endintes Heated Duel to Edge Sanchez MELBOURNE Australia — John Mc Enroe obeyincr his gag order on court stayetd cool in blistering 41- heat and pulled off a five-se- t minute Mc Miracle at the Australian Open — Sunday 34 01 34 CW 5 fflyon 3 Larson Bandit Wan 3 (Duron Saro BYdoscr4 lurnanns — C3 12 (Tryon 3 Atkinton 3 Yoder 3 Bonds Ledbetter Monnocso OrOnt Utah 14 iDeron Aloold 2 3 Soto 2 lkyrkkch McGrcrth 33 lead into a advantage at halftime "During my career I've had guys talk all the time" said Malone "Tonight it seemed like more But it's getting to the point where I block it out "Maxwell he talks all the time I have no problem with that I expect that But when I heard Turner talk I couldn't believe it I never heard him say anything before But that's OK It was a special night for me and my teammates and I to let anything spoil wit "sn't going 52-4- THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE '' Kentucky 85 E Kentucky 55 Minnesota 70 Michigan State 66 Arkansas 114 Mississippi 93 Missouri 83 Nebraska 73 Michigan 68 Illinois 61 Wake Forest 86 Ga Tech 72 St John's 85 Providence 75 Texas Tech 101 Tulane 98 Syracuse 83 Pittsburgh 79 Boston Coll 65 Seton Hall 64 De Paul 72 Georgetown 62 Oklahoma 117 Kansas State 76 Louisville 68 Wyoming 60 wE3&ucwefoadt Steve Griffitirbe Salt Lake Tribune away by Jazz k' - 17-fo- ot ii - N t 1 all-tim- 1 i - 1 Colorado State 67 Utah 48 BYU 66 Air Force 45 So Utah 90 76 74 87 Beach St Utah St Long Weber State 80 Idaho 76 I k i i 6 I a ' ld Li f l'r"6"1 ) i - °0000 1000 ' The clock read 7:19 of the third quarter when Malone inscribed his name in the Jazz record book — 13548 points surfranchise passing the mark of 13545 by Adrian Dantley from 1979-8It came in typical fashion — well sort of The pass came from John Stockton the club's e assist leader It wasn't a resounding Malone dunk or a patented fadeaway jump shot Just a layup Softly off the glass The Mailman had delivered and the first guy there to offer congratulations as the DC crowd rose as one in mass adulation was Stockton the guy who more than anyone else has put the stamp on the bulk of Malone's deliveries "I've been lucky enough to throw him a whole lot of passes" said Stockton "When he gets the ball he's better than anybody in this league at finishing it off" Malone finished off Houston with 34 points and 15 rebounds Whether it was because the Rockets limited him to 15 points and 8 rebounds in Houston Dec 7 is pure conjecture It wasn't a quick start this night however The Mailman had just five points 21 minutes into the game "I was sort of nervous at the start All I heard was break the record break the record I wanted to get it behind me" He compared it to Nolan Ryan the Texas Ranger Hall of a "favorite Fame pitcher-to-bof mine Everybody expects him to throw a but all he wants to do is win That's what I wanted tonight just to win" It was not a vintage Malone scoring-wis- e early even though See D-- 4 Column 1 ' i r ' I Lay-den- ts ) I I I Big Five Basketball - 0' 0 4 - 4 who has given the franchise a name nationwide is a certainty to hang there one day soon If another sellout crowd of 19991 could have voted Saturday night the DC maintenance crew would have been stringing up the jersey of Karl Malone — right there alongside Pistol Pete Maravich's No 7 and Frank No '"-- tt WIPMEORgentemlinill 4 ftiltAL610c4 ' — 400 ' I f - 1 :' - - i ft Rosetta 111 t S i o' Utah 108 Houston 80 Phi Ily 105 Washington 101 Cleveland 108 New York 106 Indiana 127 Miami 103 New Jersey 112 Minnesota 100 Golder State 143 Dallas 141 Seattle 112 LA Lakers 108 Sacramento 119 Charlotte 113 - No 32 belonging to the guy 1 NBA - ' rafters -- 1 t Dt Sports Capsule 1W ff- E tr hang from the Delta Center - '1( -- Two retired Utah Jazz jerseys No 7 in honor of the player who first gave the franchise a name in New Orleans and No 1 for the coach who first gave the team a name in Salt Lake City i '3 1 Among Jazz's Biggest Names i 1992 19 January I 111Y4-- t - t F t t 1z - -- --- 0 I vt i g i EAt 4 4A At 0 9 tk |
