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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Monday, December Page Tea 132 Acainreguo spairks won each bv Anne Handy and by Jeff Arrington Chronicle staff Chris Acarregui scored 16 of her season-hig- h 22 points in the second half to spark the University of Utah women's basketball team to an 7 victory over San Diego State University at the Special Events Center 87-7- Saturday night. The victory evened the Utes' season record at 2 and gave Coach Fern Gardner her 298th career victory. The team will take to the 2-- hardwood again Monday night, traveling to Ogden to face Weber State. Saturday's contest was one of shifting momentum. Utah scored the first 14 points of the game and stretched its lead to 24-- 6 with 10:23 remaining in the first half. But on the heels of a tenacious pressing defense, the Aztecs forced several Utah turnovers and quickly rallied. With Utah leading by 13 with 7:17 left, center Judy Porter scored nine points to trigger a 1 6 Aztec spurt over the next three minutes. Marsha Overton gave San Diego State its first lead with 1:50 to go in the first half. Porter then added five more of her game-hig- h 26 points in the last 50 seconds to give San Diego a 3 cushion at intermission. Gardner then advised her bewildered troops to slow the pace down. "We didn't control the tempo the first half," said Gardner after the game. "I think it is good to run if you can score off it all the time ... but I didn't think our team was fast enough to stay with them, so we tried to control the tempo." After San Diego stretched its lead to 3 with 18:28 remaining in the game, the Utes' frontcourt ignited a surge. Three quick baskets by Acarregui, and two All-Amer- ica 7-- 47-4- Chronido photo by John Jette 51-4- Ute forward Debbie Asper scored 24 points in the Utah victory over San Diego State in the Special Events Center Saturday night. The Utes prevailed 7 in evening their record to 2 overall. Utah challenges Weber State Monday night. 87-7- game-breaki- ng 2-- All-Amer- ica candidate Debbie Asper gave Utah the lead for with just under 13 minutes left in good, 57-5- 5, the contest. Marci Blackman kept the Aztecs close with six long-ranbombs, but Acarregui then field goals and two pressure for three exploded free throws in the final four minutes to ice the victory. In addition to her 22 points, the junior from 10 Boise, Idaho, also snared in a team-hig- h steals. four crucial assists and four rebounds, Asper led the Utes in scoring with 24,. with Handy netting 18 and Mary Tebbs and Terry Berhman each contributing 10. Porter, who scored 18 of her points in the first half, led all players with 15 rebounds. Blackman added 22 points for the Aztecs, most coming from long range. Although she would have preferred a less exciting game, Gardner said she was pleased with the win. "I thought we had some turnovers we shouldn't have had, but as far as overall hustle, they played very well," Gardner said. Monday night the Utes will have to stop another inside scoring machine. Cindy Stump of Weber State is averaging nearly 25 points a ge game, and Gardner said stopping her and forward Sue Crowell will be Utah's top priority. "We are going to try to play tough defense on them and try not to send them to the line," said Gardner. Against Stump, Utah will try to "put a little more pressure on her down low and maybe double up on her so she can't turn around and shoot all the time." If the Utes are successful inside, Gardner said she expects the team to be victorious. "I think we played a little bit better the last two games so I think we're ready. We're bigger than Weber, and I think we're a little quicker than Weber." Runnin' Utes take long siesta during Arizona Fiesta Special to the Chronicle TEMPE, Ariz. The Utes came into the Fiesta Classic here this weekend with a flawless 0 record. After the tourney, the, Utes' mark has fallen to 2 and it is clear Utah has a lot of work record. to do if they are to improve on last year's 11-In the first round Friday night, the Utes gave South Carolina a 67-6- 3 overtime victory. The Gamecocks went ahead early at 14-- 2, but Utah came back to grab the lead at 2 midway through the first half. After trailing by three at the half, Utah saw SC build that lead to 38-3- 1 before the Utes challenged. Utah scored 13 straight points to go ahead 44-3- 8, that lead eventually stretched to eight points at 48-4- 0. South Carolina fought back and trailed with only 15 7 seconds left and Utah's Chris Winans at the line with a to try and lock up the victory. Winans missed the first shot, allowing South Carolina to a chance to tie it up. 2-- 2-- 17 23-2- 59-5- The Gamecocks took advantage as Kenny Holmes scored his first points of the game on a bucket with five seconds to go, sending the contest into overtime. In the extra period, South Carolina was in control all the way enroute to their 67-6- 3 victory. "We were very tentative and late in the game," Ute coach Jerry Pimm said. "It was our game to win, but mental mistakes really hurt us." Peter Williams scored 16 for the Utes in the opening round game, while Pace Mannion added 15 to the Utah cause. Saturday night in the consolation game the Utes faced. Connecticut for third place. The small, but very quick Huskies routed the Utes 73-6-3. ent Utah committed 34 fouls in the game, sending the Huskies to the line 46 times. UConn hit 29 of those free throws to ice its second victory this season against one loss. Even with all the fouls, the Utes managed to keep the game 2. close in the first half, trailing by only three at 35-3- Dual victories voir brot her-sist- It was the second period in which the Utes helped to bury themselves. Connecticut ran their lead up to 18 points at one time, aided by a multitude of foul shots. Two factors, in addition to the foul problems, contributed to the Utes demise. The Utes could only hit 22 of 62 shots from the field for just over 35 percent while the Huskies hit over 40 percent of their, chances from the field. Bench scoring was another part of the game in which the Utes were sorely lacking. While the UConn bench contributed 29 points, the Utah reserves could only add two, those by freshman 'Manuel Hendrix. Ticket info: Student tickets for Utah's Dec. 11 game with Nevada-Ren- o will be distributed Monday at 5 p.m. at the ticket window of the Special Events Center . . Tickets southwest er for the State contest to be played Dec. 13 will be given out Tuesday at 5 p.m.. . .Ticket dispersal dates for the three Ute home games to be played during the break will be announced in Friday's Christmas issue of the Chronicle. Ute-Web- combination er by Tony Tsakakis Chronicle staff One race coordinator probably summed it up best when he n, said before Friday's University "All the finishers are winners." That statement held true as the 34 entrants raced course in the weather on the snow-ladthrough tit first-evcompetition. mile swim in the Ute The race consisted of a one-ha- lf le natatorium, a bicycle ride through Research Park and le run back to the HPER up Emigration Canyon and a n, students limited The to complex. only, started at 2 p.m. Friday and, at the conclusion, it was a brother-sist- er combination that raced to dual victories. - i- Nt Barry Makarewicz won the men's and overall race with a finishing time of 59:22.1. His sister, Paula, won the women's division with a time of 1:12:17.1. She finished 12th overall. All 34 entrants finished and only 30 minutes separated the winner from the last racer to cross the line. The competitors had to battle the wet road conditions as well as the cold temperatures throughout the entire race but that did not dampen the spirit of the day. "This was my first triathlon so I have nothing else to compare it to," Paula Makarewicz said after the race. "But it was tough and I can appreciate what it takes to compete." "The temperature was no big deal, but I did get a little cold," brother Barry said. "It was harder than I thought it would be, mostly because I had to sprint the whole way." The remaining men's and women's division entrants are listed below in order of finish: Men Makarewicz, Mark Halvorson, Patrick Daubner, Mark Rindflesh, John Miskulin, David Eliot, Robert Welch, Pat Pohl, Stephan Haig, Joseph Kammerer, Scon Markewitz, Bruce Steinhaus, Steven Price, Glenn Kellam, John Berry, Jeff Seagren, Richard Rosenthal and Paul Runge. Women Makarewicz, Marie Dufresne, Barbie Patterson, Sandy Skiff, Lo Knapp, Victoria Barrett, Jill Alger, Rhonda Metcalf, Emily May, Shannon Coleman, Becky Nielsen, Ann Whitney, Merry White Zeigler, Kathy Peterson, MardieTirigey . Chronicle photo by Miko Johnson and Becky Howard. Race organizer Matt DeWaal said the event "was a great Paula Makarewicz crosses the finish line of the first-evChronic) photo by Mikt Johnson mini-triathlDeWaal said the race coordinators were planning Paula's brother Barry won the men's race with a time of success." held afternoon. University Friday Makarewicz won the women's division with a time of another triathlon in the spring but that location and details were 59:22.1. All 34 entrants who competed finished the race in the still in the formulative stages. 1:12:17.1. weather Friday afternoon. mini-triathlo- 30-deg- ree en er 4.7-mi- 4.7-mi- mini-triathlo- - . er on 30-deg- ree . |
