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Show Tuesday. February 17, 1M7 Page Nine IP EST Utah humbles Y. wntfo Date heroocs " . Springs, Fulton share in Utes' success By Mike Prater Chronicle sports editor WAC STANDINGS For senior Albert Springs, Saturday's trek to the Marriott Center PROVO in Provo was his last as a Runnin Ute. As for junior Chris Fulton, who joined the team from the University of Portland just this season, it was a first-tim- e experience before the horrifying masses that invade the basketball chapel on the BYU campus for each home game. For both, the sweet memories of success that quieted that mass of BYU NAME W t vnr AM PCT W AH it L PCT inside game nine rebounds and two of the game's four blocked shots and a stingy defense that will certainly haunt Michael Smith for years to come. vu New Mcatw UTAH . H CofenJoSi Air Fok A29 .417 12 KtlKUl :m Yyoau II, Kr Mrn It 1 12 KM .! Colorado &i TI(IOT) St. M , Sm (, lcfn Ttumaiay Cini ITtT Sai 480 U 0 T SaaDietvSt. n II l'ufcf A Fwi Dtqt S. Tjnainc HMi M Olur St. Smith had a game-hig- h 19 points, but he struggled from the field where he was 7 of 15. The WAC's leading free throw shooter also hit 5 of 5 from the charity stripe. But what kicked the Utah duo into the post-gam- spotlight was their e late-gam- e heroics which denied the fiesty Cougars a chance to pal around with he elite members Wyoming and UTEP of the conference. After Gondrezick tied the game at 58-5- 8 with a three-point- er with 2:35 showing, SMnUy'i C.anwt blue will last a lifetime. BYU at Yyoan. Historians in the future New Mruc ColomS $. VTtf m Ait fotct will find that Saturday's final Hr m m Duta St. score was Utah 65, BYU 58; Now Dmr m t'h a final tally that stunned the and after Springs forced crowd of 22,676. season-hig- h Smith into an errant lumper What they won't find is that Springs, the on the ensuing play, Utah gladly took seasoned-vetera- n, who was named as the possession with the chance to regain its lost lead. WAC's player of the week on Monday, and combined for an Utah wasted the first 35 seconds of the 45 Fulton, the green-rooki- e, Astairc-typ- e d Rogers-Fresecond shot clock, but Springs took unexpected Ginger of performance. advantage of the last 10 seconds to bury an Fulton, playing in front of more people jump shot, giving Utah the lead for than he ever had before, danced around the at good 60-5- 8. all defense "The play was designed to run the clock afternoon, providing Cougars' the kind of floor leadership the Runnin' down," said Springs in a hectic locker room Utes' needed to negate BYU's generous following the win. "When I got the ball, I zone, which varied throughout the was going to pass it off because it was too far afternoon. out for me. But I didn't see anybody and with time running out, I had to bury it. As Both Fulton and Gale Gondrezick, who soon as I threw it up, I started to run down had 15 points despite a 1 of 8 shooting night the court. I knew it was good." from beyond the three-poiline, masterThe jumper probably the longest of fully executed coach Lynn Archibald's Spring's career not only hushed the game plan to slow the game's tempo. crowd, but brought a sigh of relief from "The key was our patience on offense," Archibald. said the coach. "We had a good performance "I don't like him shooting from that far from Fulton. Our guards did a good job. . .they showed great patience and no out. It's a little too far for him," said the panic in the last eight and nine seconds of coach. "But the important thing is that he made it." the shot clock." Seconds later, Fulton extended Utah's Springs, on the other hand, played the continued on page ten entire 40 minutes and offered a powerful . 18-fo- ot nt m if" j wi nil - ii - - , ii.ii mi ii -- 1111111111 llironiclt photo by Boon Xiyro BYU's Marty Haws puts a damper on Albert Springs' drive toward the basket in Utah's victory over the Cougars on Saturday. Springs took advantage of the foul to hit two free throws, giving the Utes a 5 lead. 30-2- Laury Livsey v- Archibald learned from first loss to BYU PROVO Lynn Archibald isn't a student at the University of Utah, he only coaches basketball at the U. In fact, he's never gone to school at Utah. Archibald received his college education from El Camino Junior College and Fresno State, graduating in 1968 with a degree in physical education. He capped all that off by getting his master's degree in physical Luis education from Cal Poly-Sa- n Obispo in 1972. So, it is with some irony that even though the 13 players he coaches are all getting their education at Utah, it was Archibald himself who was educated Jan. 24, when his Utes lost to BYU 80-7- 0 in the Special Events Center. He learned a valuable lesson while sitting on the front row of a 15,000-se- at classroom. What he learned that January night may very well turn out to be Archibald's biggest learning experience of the year. During that loss, he discovered you can't let a team like BYU dictate the pace of the game. The Cougars ran the Utes ragged, opened up the court for the transition game and " ran away with the easy win. Had Utah gone into the Marriott Center for Saturday's rematch with the same game plan, the Cougars probably would have won this one, too. In that first game, BYU took control of the contest early, kept shuffling players in and out and proceeded to wear down the Utes Archibald let the pace get out of hand once. He certainly wasn't going to let it happen again. He had three weeks to sit and stew about that first loss to BYU before the rematch took place. That was long enough for him to change his game plan one he hoped would change his team's fortunes. When the rematch finally came, he was able to implement his plan. The tempo of the game would be to his liking. A little slower. A little more patient. This time, it was a totally different story for the Utes. Archibald aced this test. "Yeah, that might've helped," Archibald understated when asked if the patience Utah showed was one of the big rearons his team was able to beat BYU in the rematch. From the outset of round two of this heated rivalry, it was obvious that the Utes' plan of attack was to slow the game down. They would bring the ball up, pass it around a dozen or so times and wait for the shot clock to 1 5 seconds. Utah would about to get then move into its offense and look for the shot. But this tactic wasn't anything like Dean Smith's old "stall ball" which used to put fans to sleep. Nobody fell into the aisles because Utah didn't stand around and hold the ball killing time. It was pure power patience, made easy since BYU stayed in its match-u- p zone the whole day and hardly put any pressure on the ball outside of the key. Utah took plenty of time looking for the good shot, and fortunately, those good shots were falling. It also didn't hurt Utah's cause to have sophomore Jimmy Madison start the game looking like the Madison that Ute fans have been hoping he will become. He started on fire, scoring the Utes' first four field goals. It also didn't hurt to have Albert Springs turn in one of his better games of the year by going 45-seco- nd of 5 from the field, and 5 of 6 from the free throw line. Madison, who finished the game with 10 points, felt Utah's slowdown attack swung the game in their favor. "That's what we wanted to do," he said. "We'd move the ball around until about 15 seconds were left on the clock, then we'd look for the shot." "I think we took their running game out of it, which was the biggest difference between the two games," Utah guard Gale Gondrezick said. Another big difference between the two games was BYU scored 80 points in its win as opposed to only 58 in its loss. Archibald took away BYU's points. running game and also But while Utah's deliberate offensive play was taking away from BYU, it was giving the Utes momentum for the upcoming WAC tournament in Albuquerque, N.M. The Utes got their biggest win of the WAC season, and are now hoping to continue their winning 5 20-pl- us ways. Archibald is hoping they can. His final exams are in two weeks in Albuquerque. |
