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Show Tuesday, January 10, 1995 6 The Daily Utah Chronicle Sports : Utah aims high, flies past Falcons in win 78-6- 6 Van Horn pours in 28 to tie career best Special to the Chronicle Utah 78, Air Force 66 tfa rC SI 30 II Doleac 23 44 Baton 25 31 04 UTAH Carrol Van Horn Jewe H H S M M 2 IG FT .33 13 ' 44 Janet 15 21 37 Mntat 34 -- Rk 1 0 fuber 1 04 Btl 6 24 Cny 0-- HBm: 3 3 7 73 3 2 16 Rcfc A 2 0 FF Fu 4 18 2 3 2 2 10 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 S3 00 ,04 0 04 14 0 0 0 5 .0 I 0 0 2 3 SO 10 19 0 0 0 0 3 I 66 , fur twee 26. Utah 313, .333 (Carroll 12, Van Preano 13, Rydakh 14); Air .435 (UO . Andenon 24, Jons Utah Horn Force Mintoa2-7)- . Blocked none. shoui Uuh pounded the ball inside against AFA, built a huge first-hal- f lead, saw it made of crucial a pair evaporate, plays during crunch time and, finally, hit its free throws down the stretch to victory. hang on for a Keith Van Horn tied a career-higby scoring 28 points, including 21 in the first half when Utah used an early blitz to take commanding 22-- lead. Brandon Jessie added 20 for Utah. Utah improved to 11-- on the seain conference play, avenged son, last year's loss to the Falcons in Colorado and captured their second straight WAC road game this year. .That's already more than a season away ago when Utah finished from the Huntsman Center. Air Force, meanwhile, sunk to on the year and dropped its fourth straight WAC game. The Falcons, have lost which began the season consecutive overall. eight games r Despite the team's performance Monday night, Utah's coaching staff was pleased with the 78-6- 6 h 23 ' 9 04 0 5 3 30 2 IS 4 Freeman 17 04 304 3343 lotah ft i u Kuan; FC 397, FT .067 M II 13 I 4 1 33 04 44 0--1 fJfpK t Facing 3 3 3 I 0 204041 4 04 " J 1 7 4 Kty 3 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. a Falcon squad with no one taller than Utah H hi 2 0 .M J 17 M 23 3M 3344 lotah fonttafca: FC J519. FT .773. Bam Andenwn 2 S Rydalcb ifa 11 0 M Air Kmc UB A 04 1 16 I Era, I 0 2 C Hanoi a 34 33 04 3 J Chapman Jtnatn Mdmoh nH 3 3 2-- 1 91-8- 9 9 4-- 9 4-- 2 (Van Horn 2); Air Force Turnover! Utah 13 flawe 3. jenaett S, Haraen J, Van Horn, Dotcac, Proton, Rydakh); Atr Font 11 floors 5, Lott, Barren, Andenon, Mintoa, Carey, Freeman). Steak: Utah 3 fleiaie 3, Jemen 2, Rydakh Carnal, Prenon); Air Force S (Freeman 2, lott, jonet, Kilgore) Tidwioifc!.: none U. roller-coaste- "We're happy coming out of this road trip Judkins said afterward. Early on Monday, Utah appeared determined to shoo the Falcons out of dune Arena. Van Horn scored Utah's first eight points, and freshmen Michael Dolcac also got into the act inside as Utah dominated the paint. "We got the ball where we wanted to in the first half? Judkins said. Utah shot an 64 percent from the field in die first half in route to a advantage. Ute assistant Jeff 2-1- ," OX La . X 11 Wife 45-2- 8 changed in the second half when the basket seemed to have a lid on it. "We had good shots in the second half, wc just missed them," Judkins I I 1 said. Utah shot just 34 percent in the second half. After his burst, Van Horn didn't score again until the e mark. All the while, the Falcons were fighting back. Otis Jones, the WAC's leading scorer despite his frame, was floating jn layups and e swishing jumpers. He finished with 24 points, two below his average, and his bucket with 5:40 cut Utah's lead to A pair of Chris Loll (18 points) free throws seconds with 3:43 to go. later made it But following a timeout, Utah's see "U. hoops" on page 7 first-ha- lf eight-minut- t a 4 v fv long-rang- 59-5- 11 ; ; f . But Utah's fortunes quickly 4. skiers end invite with GS win 1 : "J eye-poppi- 59-5- 7 victory. Si V ' ' . CHRONICLE mom I TfaVi'a Almr Tmim and tMmnutf Rranrfnn Tsci fcnrawll tmt rv brate a Jessie dunk during a home win earlier this season. Jessie scored 20 points in Utah's victory over Air Force in Colorado Springs. 78-6- 6 Jazz improved Mavs BY PATRICK SHELTRA Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor Patsies no more, the 1994-9version of the Dallas Mavericks are an improved team over their counterparts of the last four years. The Mavs, however, are still a young team and a veteran Jazz team made that evident with a 106-9- 0 win last night. die first quarter, hitting on 10 of their first 12 shots for a 22-- 7 fearf In past years, you could have : :i i iiiaucuj una unc away cariy.- Tjr out, as this Mavs team explained before, is different. v. " never 5 " - , " "They quit. They play hard," said Jeff Hornacek. "I've-seein the past couple of years, see "Jazz" on page 7 iiii.i.!!" CHRONICLE PHOTO Crafj ILakw Utah skier Andy Hare helped the U. win the giant slalom with his ninth place finish. BY JAMES EDWARD Chronicle Staff Writer and according to Utah head coach Pat Miller, "A lot of individuals expected to do better than they up for that. So what did the runner-up- s at last year's NCAA Championships do, What else they went out and won the giant slalom. ' Utah was led by Chrisd Hager who finished the giant with a time see "skiing" on page 7 did." Entering yesterday's competition, Utah ski team was in third place at the Utah Ski Invitational, which did not please them. After all, they were skiing on their home course the Knowing that it would be nearly impossible to catch Colorado who was in first place, they decided winning the giant slalom would make ' U.'s Krommenhoek earns WAC Utah guard Julie Krommenhoek's banner performances in wins against Montana and Texas last week were impressive enough to earn her the ' ,1rr" Western Athletic Conference women's basketball Player of the I ' 1 Week honor. In the two games, Krommenhoek, a freshman shooting guard, shot 50 percent from the field, scoring a total of 44 points. She made six of 14 of her attempts, made 10 of 11 " .-': i JULIE KROMMENHOEK . honor free throws, pulled down seven rebounds, dished out nine assists and totaled three steals. Krommenhoek had 17 points in a win over Texas on Wednesday and 27 points against scored a career-higMontana on Saturday. Against the Grizzlies she made nine of 11 field goals, four of five treys, a perfect five for five free throws and added four rebounds, three assists and a steal. a j M h -JamesJardine CHRONICLE PHOTO Jazz forward Bryon Russell looks to shoot over May forward Jamal Mashburn in last night's 106-9- 0 Jazz win. I |
