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Show Page 8 Friday, November 3, 2000 Sports Basketball wins exhibition same m 21 11 I " r...w, ...... i v . '" ' i. 1, i ?, L Stevie Morrison dribbles past a defender in WSU's exhibiton game Wednesday. He scored 1 1 points with nine assists. Wildcats By Scott Boyson asst. sports editor The Signpost After last week's barn-burner with Idaho State, the Weber State University football team specifically head coach Jerry Graybeal is hoping to fine tune its offense as it faces Western New Mexico this week at Stewart Stadium. "It's time to correct the mistakes that we made in the Idaho State game which are too numerous to mention and make sure that those things are corrected, work on those things and execute properly," Graybeal said. Despite some up and down performances during October, the 'Cats have been on a rampage, becoming only the second team in 39 years to come out of October undefeated at 4-0. The last time this occurred was the 1968 season.Why is Graybeal so concerned about correcting the mistakes of the ISU game? With a win this week, the 'Cats go into next week's big home game with the Montana Grizzlies playing for the I-AA playoff berth. 'That challenge is yet to come needs to be worked on this week," Graybeal said. "So with that in mind, having a team that you should be physically superior over, then play physical and dominate that team and hopefully that will carry over into next week because you are going to have to play physical the following week." WNMU comes into Ogden as a Division II school posting a 1-8 record for the year. Saturday's game with the Wildcats is its last game of the season and it is hoping to end with a win. The Mustangs are led by running back Carl Richardson. In last week's game against Panhandle State, he rushed for 308 yards on 50 carries with three touchdowns. Richardson has rushed for 1.015 N ill 1 '"r". TX can't look past Mustangs Jason Miller makes a tackle in WSU's win at Idaho State last week. The victory gave the Wildcats sole posession of second place in the Big Sky. yards this season, averaging 1 12.8 yards per game with 10 touchdowns.The 'Cats better put the Montana game on the back burner because if not, they will be in a dangerous position of letting an easy game slip away. WSU understands what can happen when a higher-ranked team looks past a lower ranked team. Just two weeks ago, the Wildcats were the beneficiaries of a certain Portland team who didn't think a purple and white team could beat them 41-9. Graybeal knows what can happen in such a situation and will not let that happen to his team. He knows the dangers of players By Jose Carvajal sports editor The Signpost Scoring isn't something that Joe Cravens spends too much time stressing in practice. The points will come, he feels, but defense is where it's a't. The points did come and defense was sufficient Wednesday night as Weber State beat Son's Blue Angels 118-81 at the Dee Events Center. Offensively, the Wildcats seemed to be clicking on most, if not all, cylinders in the win as the team had eight players score in double-digits. Sophomore Jermaine Boyette led all scorers with 20 points, and senior Ivan Gatto scored 15. Following close behind were senior Quynn Tebbs and sophomore Jake Shoff, who each contributed 13 points, while freshman John Hamilton and sophomore Stephan Bachmann each tallied 12 points. "I was really pleased with our unselfishness," Cravens said. "I thought we handled the ball well." VrtBERSWt vs IP Weber State vs Western New Mexico Location: Stewart Stadium Kickoff: 1 p.m. Radio: KLO 1430 AM who might try to save themselves for the Montana game by finding ways not to play hard this week. "You never know," he said. "You come in here and you're looking for Montana and you don't take care of business. The next thing you know, at halftime you've still got your first team on the field because you're fooling around making stupid mistakes and not executing and people aren't tack- Weber State 1 1 8, Son's Blue Angels 81 WSU did handle the ball well, going 11-11 to open the second half and making 32 assists as a team for the whole game. Although he was pleased with WSU's offensive output. Cravens wasn't equally happy with the defensive effort. "If I could get eight guys to score in double figures every game, that's 80 right there. I'll take that to the bank," he said. "But I don't think that's gonna happen. "We have worked very hard defensively and we will continue to work hard defensively," he said. Holding the Blue Angels to 24 percent shooting in the first half, the Wildcats let up in the second half, allowing them to shoot 45 percent. "We need to play hard and be tough all the way through the end," Cravens said about WSU's letdown in the second half. Sophomore Stevie Morrison t i ling well because they're trying to save themselves for next week." And not playing hard Saturday is what Graybeal wants to avoid. "You don't play hard in games like this; that's when you do get hurt," he said. "More often than not. and every coach in America will tell you and it might be an old See Wildcats page 9 agrees with Craven's view. "I think that's why we're not a good team yet," he said. "If we were a good team, where we want to be, they would have shot 30 percent in the second half instead of 40 percent." The Wildcats played well but still have a long way to go. "Like I told my guys, that ain't gonna win the conference championship," Cravens said. "But I think it's a step in the right direction.""We got a lot of good looks," he added. "Bottom line is, they all ain't gonna be that easy." Morrison added: "Where we want to head is not where we're at right now. Up next for the Wildcats is another exhibition game, this time against Ukraine's Korabel Club Nov. 10. The game will be at the Dee Events Center at 7 p.m. Cross country rankings improve By Scott Boyson asst sports editor The Signpost The Weber State men's and women's cross country teams moved up in the NCAA Division One Polls released Oct. 31. In the MONDO Men's Cross Country Rankings, the men came in at 14th. place. In the FinishLynx Women's Cross Country Rankings, the women placed in 17th. . In addition to the rankings, the top 10 individual finishers in the men's and women's races at the Big Sky Championship were named to the Men's and Women's All-Conference Teams. For the men, Jason Schoenfeld, Joe Wilson and Corbtn Talley were named to the All-Conference Team. This is the third All-Conference selection for Schoenfeld. For the women. Rebecca Bennion, Cynthia Losee. Genny Minnoch, Janae Johnson and Carrie Long all received All-Conference Honors. The teams will host the Mountain Region Championship at the Riverside Golf Course in Ogden Nov. 11. Action begins at 1 1 a.m. |