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Show Runnin' Utes come up short again; lose at UTEP UTEP 64, Utah 62 UTEP AstPF Pte Melvia3 7 0 1 Howardl 2 0 0 VanOyke9128 9 Rivera7 10 2 2 Stewart3 9 2 4 Bice Special to the Chronicle EL PASO, Tex The Utah basketball team gave the UTEP Miners all it could, but the Runnin' Utes' all doesn't seem to be good enough anymore. Texas-E- l Paso held off a late Ute rally in front of 10,00 plus screaming 1 PortisO Davis 0 122 1 0 0 5 0 1 2 6 2 2 5 26 5 2 8 0 4 9 3 17 2 3 1 7 0 0 05. 2 0 2 2 4 0 1 2 2 8 fans, winning the young Western Athletic Conference season which is more than they had all last year in league Utah Ast PF Pt8 1 2 5 Dixon 7 12 Afeaki3 6 Tate 0 3 WilsonS 11 HowardO 1 Davison3 5 Cain 1 2 Soto 2 Rydalchl 4 Wyatt 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 522 0 0 000 5 1 Saturday and giving the Utes their second loss in Totals24471419 29 21 20 64 McGrathl 1 64-6- 2 play. 2 3 3 18 2 .7 1 0 2 15 1 0 3 7 0 6 d UTEP's center David Van Dyke scored a career-hig- h 26 33 had and who Eddie Rivera, points in a win against BYU two nights before, added 17 as the Miners had a long-arme- one-tw- inside-outsid- o, punch that e kept the Utes at bay each time they tried to come back from big deficits. But it was the Miner defense that really halted Utah. Leading scorer 262 1 0000 Jimmy Soto didn't score before the final three minutes of the game and the Utes were outrebounded for the first time this season, 29-2But the Utes still had their chances and almost pulled it off at the end. However, that seems to be the difference between this year's Utes and the ones who won the WAC and made the NCAA Sweet Sixteen the "almost" word. But Coach Rick Majerus, who lost two games in a row for the first time in his tenure at Utah, praised his team. "You can't fault the Utes' effort,' Majerus said. "We had a lot of chances to give up but we didn't. These kids will never quit" 6. After staying within striking distance most of the contest, Utah fell behind by nine with less then eight minutes remaining. Then, Byron Wilson came out of Majerus' doghouse to score seven of the Utes' nine points in the next four minutes and the Utes trailed by only two down, 56-5- 4 going into the stretch run. While Wilson was helping the Utes make their move, Utah center Paul Afeaki, who had seven points, was making a move to the hospital for alter he and UTEP's john Portis got tangled up under the basket Yet, UTEP couldn't throw the knockpout punch. The Miners led by five points with 36 seconds left but the Utes still wanted the win. Phil Dixon, who had a big game, leading Utah with 18 points and four X-ra- ys threw up a trey in desperation when he couldn't get open and somehow it glanced off the glass and went in. Dixon didn't care that he didn't call the bank free Utah quickly fouled throw shooter Ralph Davis and Davis 57-perc- missed the front end of a and Soto stole the rebound. But on the Utes' possession, Soto threw up a wild shot and didn't get the roll UTEP's Roy Howard missed another free throw with four seconds, at but Soto had to chuck a the basket and it wasn't close. And the Miners breathed a heavy sigh of one-and-o- ne 40-foot- er relief "We were lucky to get a win tonight," UTEP coach Don Haskins said. UTEP is now 12-- 1 overall and atop the WAC standings with a 0 mark. Utah is at the bottom with a 2 WAC record and 10-- 4 overall. But as Soto said after the New Mexico loss the week before, "Just because we lose a tough game on the road, it doesn't mean it's the end of the world for us." Maybe not the end of the world for Utah, but the end of WAC dominance. 2-- 0-- Chronicle SportEepokt Lady Ute Ps8 Eight The Daily Utah Chronicle Monday, January 13, 1992 netters demolish Utah St. in opener By Lady Ute hoopsters beat SUU Brad Mortimer Chronicle Sports Writer It was hardly a stroke of genius d University of that the Utah women's tennis team thoroughly dominated the Utah State women's tennis team Saturday evening at the Eccles Tennis Center. The Lady Utes shut out the Lady Aggies taking every match with relative ease. In fact, the match was so dominated by the Utah women that they never even lost a set. The closest they came to giving one up was in the third match of the singles division when Jennifer Jensen of Utah was kind enough to give four games to Utah State's third player, Libby Romney in taking the set, 6-- 4. Senior Ruth Ann Stevens was also very magnanimous to her singles opposition as she allowed four games to her foe, freshman Jennifer Smart from Salt Lake, in the second set before she eventually won the match. For the record, here's a list of how each Lady Ute performed in her respective match: No. 1 player Lisa Salvatierra defeated Camille Larsen No. 6-- 0, 6-- 1. 6-- 2. 6-- 0, player Jennifer Jensen 3 defeated Libby Romney No. 4 player Heidi Chinchiolo defeated Stephanie Comfort 6-- 4, 6-- 3. 6-- 0, 6-- 1. No. 5 player Ruth Ann Stevens defeated Jennifer Smart 6-- 3, " ' No. ' ' ' defeated Melanie Grass " 6-- 4. player Stephanie Ball 6 6-- 0, 6-- 1. In doubles action Utah's the Utah women were strength . also unstoppable. Collectively, all three doubles teams gave up three games in all to their competition. Each duo gave up only one game in each match as they schooled the Lady Aggies in the art of doubles .'. tennis. As was expected, the dynamite duo of Stevens and Salvatierra, currently ranked sixth in the - country, easily handled the Nq. 1 team from Utah State, comprising Camille Larson and Peachy I ; Romney, At No. 6-- 0, CHtOMKHPHOTOJwUi) Alison Bradford gave the Lady Aggies of Utah State a lesson in Utah Women's tennis team 6-- 2 0 in sync with and 6-singles, as well as doubles, tennis as she strode easily to victory in singles move her was making. opponent nearly every in 6-- 0, swimming men's swimming team defeated Puget Sound this weekend, but lost to Washington pgge q U. 1, 6-- C 6-- 1. doubles, Alison and Petra Kelly dominated Stephanie Comfort and see "tennis" on page ten 2 Bradford Top UCLA The University of Utah women's basketball team closed out its preseason -- . schedule on Saturday with a 69-5- 4 beating of Southern Utah University, SusanaTauteoU had the first of her young Utah career by scoring a 20 points and career-hig11 rebounds in grabbing Utes to the Lady leading victory. The win improved Utah's overall record to 93 double-doubl- e h heading into conference play this week. Senior center Tanya Zachary helped put the game out of reach by scoring 14 of her 17 points in the second half, after the Lady Utes had led by only one, 30-2- at halftime. 9, Zachary also hauled in a team-hig- h 13 rebounds, 11 of which came in the second half. Utah's freshman guard Teresa Totorica, who Injured her neck and was carried off on a stretcher in last Monday's game player Alison Bradford 2 defeated Peachy Romney No. Special to Tne Ghronicle 23rd-ranke- ; Northern against Illinois, was able to play and scored five points and dished off a team-hig- h four assists. Tauteoli's point and rebound production were extremely important to the: , foul trouble and scored only . ; Lady Utes as starting forward Mikki Kane experienced early six points. Utah shot just under 50 percent for the game while the were held to a lowly 30 percent The Thunderbird's leading scorer on the night was guard Candice Lords, who was held to 14 points, nearly four off her average. Utah will now prepare to T-bir-ds . open Western Athletic Conference play this week when it travels to Colorado State on Thursday and Wyoming on Saturday. The Ladv Utes next home game will be on Jan 23, when preseason WAG No.i pick Creighton will visit the. Huntsman Center, 25 roundup halts Arizona's five year winning streak see page 11 |
