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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Nine Monday, March 2. 1992 gives Lady Utes BYU By Clifton Schmidt Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor PROVO Taking another tough defeat square on the chin, the University of Utah women's basketball team fell to Brigham Young Saturday at the 69-6- 8 Marriott Center. Susana Tauteoli's Forward baseline jumper in the final second bounced off the back of the rim, preserving the win for the Cougars and dampering what had been a great night for the Utah junior. Picking up the slack for teammates Mikki Kane and Karen Alcorn, Tauteoli scored a Ute 24 career-hig- h points while hauling in seven rebounds. backcourt mate Thais Kiad added 16 to keep the Cougars in second place in the Western Athletic Conference at 10-- while knocking the Utes into 2, identical Both teams have 8-- 4. 18-- 7 overall records. was a turnaround for the Cougars who The game 24-poi- nt Utah's Susana Tauteoli goes up 24 points for two of her game-hig- h against BYU in the Marriott Center Saturday. The junior forward's effort wasn't enough as the Utes lost to the Cougars 69-68. OMtONKlf PHOTOScoH Sm U.'s Stevens, Miller star at WAC track meet As the track and field indoor season came to a close, the University of Utah squad was in high spirits thanks to a fine showing at the WAC championships during this past weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. Individuality was the key for the Utes over the weekend, for the team is too small to compete for overall team title as they placed last in both the men's and women's standings. However, the team from Utah contributed in a big way, with two individuals turning in performances worthy of national meet qualification. As expected, Traci Stevens, the sensation headed for high-jumpi- the Olympic Trials, captured her second straight WAC title in the high jump with aleap of 5'11" 34 inches. Stevens was already slated to head for the NCAA meet which will be March in Indianapolis, Ind. with her strong national reputation, and was able to pad her standing with 13-1- 4, a solid performance. One athlete who was a pleasant surprise for Utah was football defensive back Ed Miller, who according to track and field head coach Mike Jones, "literally jumped out of his head", and took a surprising jumped out of her head and leaped a new personal best in the triple jump, going 37 feet 11 inches to place fifth. Morgan was not expected to place in the event either. Brad Mortimer second in the men's high jump competition with an incredible leap of "Our perimeter shooting was awesome," BYU head coach Jeanie Wilson said. "And our defense was ten times better." Indeed, the Cougars' shooting they hit 52.2 percent of their shots, including a was better as effort from three-poirange, four of which came from Talbot. nt But despite their good shooting, the Utes were even better, hitting 16 shots for 64 percent. of 25 first-hal- f The good shooting made for a close first half as neither team held a lead larger than four points. BYU led 2 with three minutes left, but the Utes scored the final six points of the half to take a 5 lead at the break. The Cougars came out clawing in the second half, however, opening with a 12-- 4 run to take a 2 lead with 16:37 left to play. The Utes would continually chip away at the lead, moving to within one or two points, before BYU went on another run. A bucket by Tauteoli put Utah but the Cougars reeled within off seven of the next nine points for lead with 6:48 to play before a 59-5- 2 38-3- 47-4- 52-5- 0, receiving another gift, the fifth personal foul on Ute Mikki Kane. With one of it's "Big Three" loss scorers on the bench, Utah had to scrap back even harder to get into the game and another bucket by Tauteoli gave Utah a 68-6- 7 lead with 55 seconds left on the clock. Kidd launched a three-pointthat missed, but BYU rebounded and center Debbie Dimond was fouled by Tauteoli as she drove to the bucket. Elliott said it was a bad er call after a good defensive stand by her team, but nonetheless, Dimond hit both for a 69-6- 8 BYU lead. After a timeout and with 19 seconds left on the clock, Utah worked the ball around the key and got it inside to Tauteoli, who dished it off instead of shooting, much to the chagrin of Elliott. BYU knocked the ball out of bounds with 2.4 seconds left, giving Utah its final chance. But Tauteoli's shot missed and the Cougars began celebrating. After the game, Elliott said that having Kane on the bench was a definite liability for the Utes. "We needed her on the floor," Elliott said. "Sana did a lot of things to get us there, but we needed Mikki in the last 30 seconds." Tanya Zachary had 20 points to help the Ute cause, while guard Karen Alcorn dished off a season-hig- h 10 assists. Alcorn, however, extended her recent shooting slump to three games with a performance and nine points. The win was only BYU's second against Utah in the last 14 meetings. 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