OCR Text |
Show Signpost Friday, January 7, 1983 A9 SpORTS Wildcats overcome B YU in overtime thriller ! ! By Colleen Mewing Sports Editor If you missed last night's BYU-WSC basketball game, you missed one of the best games to be played in the Dee Events Center. The 'Cats played in front of a wild crowd of 11,373 the seventh largest crowd ever for the DEC. After a hard-fought regulation period, WSC took the game into double overtime, finally winning the bout 84-81. At halftime the score had BYU up by seven points, 43-35. Weber had only shot 40 from the floor compared to 77 for BYU. The Cougars also had WSC outdone at the free-throw line making nine out of ten shots to Weber's five of nine. Devin Durrant, the man that was to be watched closely by Weber players, was held to only eight points in the first half. Coach McCarthy used his five starters, Edwards, Heywood, Worster, Price and Escandon to open up the second half. But BYU was ready to go and pulled ahead 47-37, the biggest lead of the game. Greg Jones, who came off the bench in the guard position, sunk some key shots along with Escandon and Worster to pull the 'Cats to within four points of the Cougars. McCarthy said that Jones really sparked the 'Cats and that he had some good steals and deflections of the ball. McCarthy also said that Doug Eilertson helped to give the team a lift. With 1:02 left in the game, and a tie ball game, Tom Heywood was fouled. He went to the line and made both, giving Weber a lead of 69-67. Then, with 36 seconds remaining, Heywood fouled out of the game with a total of six points and five rebounds. Durrant made the two free throws and it was a tie game once again. With two seconds left in regulation play, Edwards popped up a shot from the top of the key, but it was no good-the game went into its first overtime. BYU controlled the jump ball that started the overtime. Marty Perry drove to the BYU basket to sink a shot, but he fouled John Price in the meantime. The basket was good and Price went to the charity stripe on the opposite end of the court to make one of two. The score was now BYU 71, WSC 70. With 2:11 left, Edwards was drawn to the line, where he made one of two and tied the score at 73. BYU then came cross-court and began to stall. With only 8 seconds, BYU called time-out. Durrant attempted a last minute shot that bounced off the rim second overtime. BYU again controlled the jump ball, as Kite drove to the basket and scored. With 2:27 left in the second overtime, Price came up with a ball that had been batted around. Weber was holding onto a lead of 80-77. Eilertsen was then called for an offensive foul and Scott Sinek made the two free throws to bring BYU to within one point. As the action got more intense, Edwards was fouled by Durrant with 1:30 left. Edwards again made one of two, putting WSC up by two points, 81-79. Kite fouled out with 0:22 remaining with 23 points and 14 rebounds. He lead both teams in scoring and rebounds for the night's contest. Greg Jones was fouled with 0:17 left to go. He went to the line and sunk two. Weber was now ahead by four at 83-79. Brett Applegate came back to make one more basket for BYU. He then fouled Price, intentionally, br- V 05 V - -if,...-.:.. I "& ii' i, 1". ..... AT 1 " v ---t,- - . , ft m Greg Jones goes over the head of BYU's Devin Durrant to score two of his 14 inging Price to the line to shoot two. Price missed the first, but made the second, and that's all that mattered as WSC went on to win 84-81 in double overtime. Randy Worster was the leading scorer for the 'Cats with 16 points. Jones came off the bench to score 14 and both Escandon and Edwards scored 13. Eilertson also came off the bench, scored 12 and lead the 'Cats with nine rebounds. The 'Cats had a well-rounded night with five of their players performing in double figures. But statistics can be deceiving, and such was the case in last night's game. BYU outshot the 'Cats 57 to 39. Photo by Rodney Wnghl points in last night's double overtime basketball clash. They also had us beaten at the free throw line, having shot 91 to our 75. The difference came about in the turnovers. In the first half BYU committed nine turnovers compared to WSC's five. Second half stats showed BYU adding 11 more for a total of 20, while WSC turned over only two for a total of seven. Coach McCarthy said that BYU is known to be a running team, yet in the first half WSC shot the ball 15 more times than BYU. This was another determining factor for the wind-up of the game. A somber BYU coach Frank Arnold said, "It was a great basketball game, the fans won't see another like it for a while." "Slam Dunk Game" Mark an X by the team you pick to win. California-Berkely at Oregon State JJCLA at Arizona. San Jose State at Utah State. Virginia at Maryland Indiana at Ohio State Idaho at Gonzaga Kentucky at Alabama Georqetown at St. Johns UNLV at California-Irvine. USU Lady Aggies at WSC Lady Wildcats. (Predict score of this game only) Name Address. Phone .Circle one-Student, Faculty, Staff Mark an X by each team you pick to win. Also predict the score on the last game to be used in case of a tie. Entries must be returned to the Signpost Office by 3 p.m. each Friday. Contest limited to WSC Students, Faculty and Staff. One entry per person. The winner each week will receive two ski passes to Powder Mountain. Second place will receive two tickets to a Utah Jazz game and third will receive two courtside seats to an upcoming Weber State game. The Slam Dunk Game Today marks the beginning of the all new "Slam Dunk" game, which will continue for the next nine weeks. A cousin of the "Gridiron Game," the "Slam Dunk" game will feature ten of the top basketball games each week. The rules are simple. Mark an X by the team you pick to win. On the tenth game you must predict the score of that game to be used in case of a tie. The contest is limited to WSC students, faculty and administrators, one entry per person. All entries will be due each Friday by 3p.m. Entries may be submitted at the Signpost office, UB 267. Some great prizes await those who are lucky enough to win each week. The first place winner each week will receive two ski passes to Powder Mountain. Second place will receive two tickets to a Utah Jazz home game, while third place will receive two courtside seats to an upcoming Weber State home basketball game. The contest this week will appear today only. In future weeks the contest will appear in both the Tuesday and Friday Signpost. Remember though, that all entries are due each Friday by 3 p.m. The contest this week features several of the top teams nationally as well as the Lady Wildcats, who will be hosting the Copper Classic this weekend in the Dee Events Center. The Signpost wishes to thank Powder Mountain, the Utah Jazz, and ASWSC (Laurie Bonnell) for providing the prizes for the "Slam Dunk" game. Wildcats win and lose over holiday break The Weber State Wildcats picked up their first loss of the pre-season schedule when they met the University of Utah on Dec. 14. Going into the game the Wildcats were 7-0, just having stacked up two victories over the Utah State Aggies (83-57) and University of Pacific (56-47). But the Utes were still able to beat the 'Cats 62-52. Head Coach Neil McCarthy was ejected from the game, his first time ever in his eight years of coaching at WSC . Holiday action then called for the 'Cats to travel to Logan once more to meet the Aggies. The Aggies seemed to have their homecourt advantage, as they defeated Weber 74-62. The University of New Mexico came to town on December 18, and they were met by a team ready to win. And Weber did, 52-48 in a close game. Doug Eilertson led the win with 13 points and Royal Edwards led in rebounds with 9. The 'Cats were then invited to compete in the Lobo Invitational in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first game was played against Princeton, in which Weber suffered their third loss of their pre-season, 67-39. The following night Weber played Butler for consolation and won 50-48. New Mexico went on to win the invitational over Princeton. |