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Show 10 - The Daily Thursday March 9, 1995 Utah Chronicle Sports women's win over Y. U. is three times as nice Krommenhoek, A.D. light it up from beyond the stripe that no matter what you put up it's going to go in. That's the way I BY JAMES JARDINE Chronicle Staff Writer felt." ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -There's an old adage that says: Don't mess with perfection. Apparently nobody told the Cougars before they tangled with Utah's women's basketball team which embodied perfection from the line m the first round of the WAC tourna- - - ment. Three of Utah's perimeter shooters were perfect from the three-poi- It wasn't only what she put up, but it was also what she pulled down and picked off. She compli- mented her 22 point performance by grabbing 11 boards and picking up five steals, Herold's outstanding play was crucial lorT7 Utah. Much I!!. J a game, u.c ruuay the U. started slow offensively and fell behind Wednesday paid the price uV 3r two min "That's the best BYU (BYU) has compet- their ed against us this Andrea "A.D." Herold, Julie Krommenhoek and Angie Bandy were a combined 7 due to BYU's stingy defense. and for V utes into the game line nt 6-- 0 fill 10-1- year," coach Elaine Elliott said. The Cougars led most of the first half and were up 6 with less than one minute remaining in the period. But even when they were down, Herold felt the game was for Utah's taking. "All year we've had confidence that doesn't break down," Herold said. "Even when we're down we're confident we're going to do well. We knew that they weren't going to last and that our shots were going to fall." And fall they did. Utah scored five points in the last minute of the a half by Amber McEwen and a by Krommenhoek to even the score .sjh 31-2- 0 from behind the stripe to lead Utah to a 2 victory over the Cougars. As a team, Utah shot 76.9 percent from the line, setting a new WAC tournament record. 71-6- Krommenhoek and Herold lived staup to their honorary the received Krommenhoek tus WAC Freshman of the Year award and was named to the team on Monday, while Herold recieved an honorable mention by each. draining four Bandy chipped in two treys of AU-WA- C - AU-WA- C three-pointe- her own and finished with 10 points. Said Herold: "Some days you feel The Utah Jazz's 114-8- 7 victory over the Mavericks last night provided the same excitement that one gets from watching paint dry. In fact, the most exciting play of -4 at 31-3- 1 at the break. In the second half Utah turned up its defensive- - pressure and forced the Cougars to commit 10 turnovers. "We've struggled with turnovers r BYU coach all year," said Soni Adams. The Cougars began to unravel as see "U. women" on page 11 7 three-pointe- r, appeared the Jazz were going to repeat its 119-9- 8 loss to the Mavericks in Dallas on Feb. 4. However, after Utah realized the Mavs leading scorer, Jim Jackson, was out because of an injury he suffered on Feb. 14, die Jazz went on a tear. ajamal and it Sparked by David Benoit's nine second quarter points, the Jazz closed run that out the first half on a them 4841. up put "We made a nice run at the end of the . second quarter." said Jeff h Hornacek who finished with a 26-1- 0 0 team-hig- 19 points. f 1 5 i W In the second half things only got ' uglier for the Mavericks. After falling behind by 16 points with 4:33 left in the third quarter, Dallas assistant coach Kip Motta was ejected from the game. Motta was the lucky one. He didn't have to watch the rest of the game. After Motta's ejection, Dallas essentially conceived defeat They pulled Mashburn, who had 17. points and Jason Kidd, who finished with 13. Once these players came out, it would have been easy for the Jazz ,playerS 'to:,get bored. However , Antoinne Cait said, "You can't be bored when your out there playing." That's easy for Can to say consid-- , 19 , cring he scored 10 of his . team-hig- h ' CknnicU PUt$ Ctf Lafca Jeff Hornacek drives by Dallas'. Roy Tarpley on the way to two of 19 points. "Horny" scored 11 third quarter points to his team-hig- h the Jan open up a 19 point lead. help . points in the fourth quarter. Surprisingly, the game got a little more exciting in the final quarter, but only because the Jazz had five dunk,, two of which came from Cart With the win, the Jazz extended its overall winning streak to six games. Mf I 2 victory over from behind the arc to help the three-poiline. 71-6- nt Men's hoops look to make victim Aztecs a tnree-peat first-yea- the night came when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve bung threw a football to a streaking Bear who dove in for the touchdown. The Jazz could've used some 49er Mashburn CknrnicU tlmtt BYU in the first round of the WAC Tournament Krommenhoek was U. set a new WAC Tournament record with 76.9 percent shooting from the 12-foot- er like magic in the first quarter. Utah fell behind 26-1on Li f Julie Krommenhoek, shown here in earlier action this year, scored 23 points in Utah's Jazz defeat Mavs; winning streak at six BY JAMES EDWARD Chronicle Staff Writer V i I- BY TY BRONICEL Chronicle Sports Editor 'Tournament. N.M. -will forge Utah season champ Regular ahead at this week's WAC Tournament, looking to hit the basketball equivalent of the. daily double by capturing its first ever postseason league tide. Utah returns to action today with a 630 pjn. quarterfinal up against No. 9 seed San Diego State, 7 victors over No. 9 Fresno State in Wednesday's late ALBUQUERQUE, 71-5- game at The Fit. But if coach Rick Majerus had his druthers he and his team would spend the next three days and nights studying - for his players, final exams; for him- a slightly different version of March Madness. Td like to have the week off to prepare for the NCAA Tournament,'' said Majerus, who's never fully understood self, the Majerus sees the postseason tourney this way: It involves making money (the universities) and missing school (the studen- t-athletes). But Dave Bliss, whose No. Lobos may get a chance to host Utah in a Friday semifinal, believes the WAC tourney keeps teams' postseason hopes alive. "For a lot of teams in this situation, this is the only way to get into the NCAAs," Bliss said. "It will provide incentive for teams to keep playing hard" Including Utah. Though the Utes, 24-No. 22 in the latest AP poll, have already bagged one WAC championship this season and are anxious for Sunday's NCAA tourney pairings to be unveiled, a postseason tide is a goal 5, worth shooting for. A WAC tide could propel Utah to as see "men" on page thinking behind the WAC 11 Aztecs defeat Fresno St., face U. tonight; Rams win BY TY BRONICEL Editor Chronicle-Sport- s . - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Even the Otis Jones couldn't the Falcons from prevent in WAC south another flying one-of-a-ki- lOth-seede- d Tournament. 64 percent and had four players score 15 or better, led by David Evans' 21. Jones moved into 8th on the WAC's e scoring list, passing former U. starJosh Grant (2,000). "fna disappointed," Jones said Tin sorry we seniors had to go out with a all-tim- loss." Wednesday night at The Fit, Jones scored 22 points, giving him 2,003 for his brilliant career, but No. 7 Colorado State soil prevailed . CSU advances to today's quarterfinal round, where it will bade BYU at 3 p.m. In the season series the Cougars were blasted by the Rams in Fort Collins then barely escaped with a victory at the Marriott Center a month later. CSU, who stumbled into The Pit 84-7- 5. with three straight losses, shot a'sizzling ' Still, AFA coach Reggie Minton Falcons: "I never, ever praised his 0 coached losers; these guys, they're winners." San Diego St 71, Fresno St 57 Utah discovered who its first opponent would be as the Aztecs used bal- anced scoring (four players in double figures, led by Leon Carter's 17) to pull away from die Bulldogs. SDSU shot 46 percent from the field compared to Fresno's frigid 34. , r |