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Show orts * * * • * * MONDAY-JULY 30-2007 * • • • * • * • • • • • * • • • • • • • > • * • • • • " • • • . * ' ' • • . • • * * * • • • • • * • • • • • * * • * * * * • • • * * Johnston/College Times • • Former UVSC and Sacramento Kings guard Ronnie Price chases after a loose ball against the Jazz last season. * Price signs with Jazz * * • • • * * • JTOUST 31, • • * • • • • • • • • • * • • • • • • • are you in? Ben Webster Sports editor After two years as a member of the Sacramento Kings, former UVSC guard Ronnie Price signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz last week. After starring for coach Dick Hunsaker as a Wolverine, Price signed a guaranteed deal with Sacramento where he played 87 games and averaged 2.9 points in 8.2 minutes per game. Price scored a careerhigh 16 points against the Jazz last November and 13 points against Utah in April. "I am very happy for Ronnie," UVSC head coach Dick Hunsaker said in a prepared statement after learning of the signing. "It will be nice for all of the Utah Valley family to have him so close. It's a wonderful opportunity to play for the model organization of the NBA." Price, 24, averaged 19.7 points in three years at UVSC, starting al! 89 games he played in. He averaged 24.3 points per game as a senior in UVSC's first year of Division I basketball. The 6-2, 190-pound guard is the only UVSC player to go straight to the NBA out of college. Tra- vis Hansen also played at UVSC but transferred to BYU before being selected by the Atlanta Hawks. The Kings offered Price a qualifying offer, meaning the Kings had the right to match any offer Price received when free agency opened July 1, but rescinded the offer allowing Price to become a free agent. The Jazz did not rescind a qualifying offer they made at the start of free agency to second-year point guard Dee Brown before last Monday's deadline and still will have the option to match offers for the guard from other teams, not a likely scenario though. Real Salt Lake exhibition results in draw Matt Beaudin Sports writer TMENT 1270) W ORFM + • • • • • • V . A Real Salt Lake finished Xango Cup action on Pioneer Day with a friendly match against one of the best teams in the world, the Boca Juniors out of Argentina. RSL came into the game with a record of 1-86 in MLS play, looking to make a statement against a very talented and highly touted opponent and came away with a 1-1 draw. After more than 45 minutes of grueling, first-half keep-away, RSL's Freddy Adu, who recently rejoined the team after a stint with the U-20 national team, was taken down inside the box by a Boca defender setting up a penalty kick for the 18-yearold forward. Not wanting to give Boca Junior goalkeeper Pablo Migliore any hint of where his shot was heading, Adu stared at the ground waiting for the ref's whistle. Migliore dove to the right as Adu lifted his shot to the upper-left corner of the net, resulting in a 1-0 lead for RSL at the half. The Boca Juniors came out in the second half looking to score, and it showed as they attacked early and often. The well of Boca futility dried up in the 67th minute when midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez sent a pass over the middle. RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando collapsed on the ball, but an attacking Mau- www.flyyvse.com ro Boselli was able to get a head on the ball, sending it into the net to tie the game. Real dodged several bullets as Boca missed twice on virtual empty net chip shots that would have given them the lead late in the game. As it would turn out, however, RSL was able to defend tough enough to finish with the draw. "We just wanted to go out there and get a result," said RSL forward Freddy Adu. A draw with a team like Boca bodes well for RSL as they begin the second half of the season Saturday against the New EnglandRevolution. "We're very pleased with the progress we've made over the last few weeks," said RSL coach Jason (Cries, |