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Show MONDAY • FEBRUARY 6 • 2006 WWW.NETXNEWS.NET AI2 The winning continues UV Men's basketball survives a scare to win their sixth straight Ben Webster Sports Writer "Home sweet home After a long fight the UVSC Men's Basketball team managed to earn their sixth strraight victory at home against v Missouri Kansas City. Read more about this game and f the Wolverines other victories against Texas Pan and South Dakota State. •;.' .: , ^ ; Unlikely opponents in Detroit The Iron City and the Emerald City. Blue versus white ; collar. Golden lane's to Budweiser and kegs of generic ; beer. The ape Roethlisberger versus his clean-cut, Bachelor-eligible counterpart, Hasselbeck. This year's Super . Bowl XL will be over by the time you read this column, 1 but the intrigue of this particular match-up rivals perhaps any before. The injury-plagued New England Patriots and Philadel; phia's T.O. drama in '05 have given rise to new contend• ers. Pittsburgh symbolizes everything American football is ; all about, and hence, Steeler fans seem to have a contin: gency in just about every crevice of the country. Their history is rich, starting with Hall of Famers Terry Brad. shaw and Lynn Swann, who in the 70's and early 80's : brought home an amazing four titles. Even in modern : time, Pittsburg has been a marquee of consistency, having missed the playoffs a total of only three times during the 14-year Bill Cowher era. ; In contrast, Seattle is unarguably everything Pittsburgh 1 is not. Starbucks, Amazon.com and Microsoft don the vast lakes and upper-class style. When you think sports, you probably think something along the lines of Gary Payton or Ken Griffey Jr., but definitely not the Seahawks. Even dropping the word "football" up in the See RANT-A11 WresHtng.ys. South Dakota State @ 7p.m. 2 / 7 WresHing vs. Portland State @ 2p.m. 2/11 Contact the UVSC intramurals office in~$C108h, or small them at intramurals ©uvsc.edu to find out what sports or events they have planned The Wolverines continue to say, "home sweet home" after earning their sixth straight victory in Orem against the University of Missouri Kansas City. This one did come tough, however, as despite a big second half lead, the Wolverines held in the final seconds to close out a 63-61 win. David Heck had a game high 18 points, and every one of them was needed to escape the late surge by the Kangaroos. "David came with a lot of energy," said UVSC head coach Dick Hunsaker, "We needed his scoring, and I thought he played hard." After shooting an incredible 77 percent in the first half, the Wolverines led by nine, but came out ice cold after the break. UV only went 625 from the field, giving the Kangaroo's the opportunity for the come-from-behind win capped by point guard Quinton Day's last second shot. But fortunately for Utah Valley, it bounced off the side of the backboard. "We must have been doing some things right when we shoot like that and come out with a win," said Hunsaker in reference to his team's poor second half. Heck scored 11 of his 18 in the final period, including a monster crowd-raising dunk that ended up in a three-point play just after the 12-minute mark. The impressive play gave Utah Valley their biggest lead of the night at 13, but the Kangaroos slowly fought their way back. "They wouldn't quit," said Hunsaker, "They made key shot after key shot to keep them in the game." Kalu Guasco answered with five straight to bring UMKC to within seven Heck then finally found big man Ben Devoe in the middle to put UVSC back up nine with 2:57 left. It was Devoe's only bucket and the Wolverines final field goal of the game. UMKC scored four more quick points to get to within three. Heck hit two foul shots with 1:34 left and Day did the same on the other end to get UMKC back within three at 62-59. The Kangaroos held UVSC to a bad shot and got the ball back with just under a minute. Day launched up a three and missed, but Guasco came up with the board and put-back with just six seconds on the clock. UVSC in-bounded to Richard Troyer who was quickly fouled. Troyer hit l-of-2, but Day's miracle shot was well off the mark. The Wolverines had no trouble in the first half against the Kangaroo's zone defense. UVSC only took 17 shots, but connected on 13 of them, led by Pierre Thomas with 11 points. "I attacked, and it just so happened my shots were falling," said Thomas about his first 20 minutes. The senior from Chicago played great defensively as well. He held UMKC leading scorer Quinton Day to just five points in the period on l-of-7 shooting. Day who averages 20.5 points a contest, led UMKC, but was limited to 14 points and 5 assists. Gausco added 13 for the Kangaroos of the Mid-Continent Conference. UVSC (12-11) is now above .500 for the first time since beating Arizona State back on December 10th. The win comes on the final game of a six-game home stand. They're back home against Johnson and Wales of Denver on February 18th. Texas Pan-American- 64 UVSC-75 Matt Peterson had a career high 27 points to go along with 12 points apiece from center Ben Devoe and forward David Heck. Peterson was 5-of-7 from three-point range, and one of those came with no time left on the clock in the first half. UVSC's ball control and rebounding proved to be the difference. The Wolverines dished out 17 assists to just 8 turnovers, and also out-rebounded the Broncs 33-23. South Dakota State- 41 UVSC- 62 UVSC jumped all over a tired South Dakota State team from the opening tip. Led by Heck with 19, the Wolverines took a 22-4 lead and never looked back. The Jackrabbits only scored 12 first half points. It was the lowest first half total UVSC had held an opponent to since January 2nd, 2004 when Warren Wilson ChadClark/NetXNews Coach Hunsaker led the Wolverines to their sixth straight home win against the University of Missouri Kansas City. College only scored eight. Pierre Thomas held SDSlTs leading scorer to just four points on l-of-7 shooting. "Pierre definitely gets the game ball tonight for his great defense," Hunsaker said. SDSU committed 25 turnovers. 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