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Show The M.IM7 tatty Utah dwMdde CHRONICLE Ml on 'Hurrictine. Porade MiSSesr Inleigims Chronicle Sports Editor was Senior Day TULSA, at the Maxwell Convention Center. Shea Seals and Rafael Maldonado tearfully acknowledged the grateful crowd. Their mothers received flowers. Scab's number, 21, was retired on a garish banner that hung behind the south basket all afternoon. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane fell behind in their game against nationally-rUtah-b- ut anked they mounted Okla.-- It LI.. ? ii third-straig- : , ht all-tim- - - i.vjv.Xv,', x n II " A. ' i " X 1.U1UU1.MI v x , x A" v XX X see "Utes" on page 11 III t. - ': ,u ..vl xf1 xx "x. . xxJxx : : V : i xV?. - Vx;: ' - , x n:V ...... x v v , x- x - x x : v. WAC Champs! U. Refuses to Share M..I, ,,o'-- " - x II - IxSx e day trying to give it back. Seals went ; .vXi.v.:-'-v , . . The day belonged to Seals, but the Tulsa spent most of die .11, v - x rw scorer. Majerus. "But this win, this one takes us a long way toward our goal" The 56 points were Utah's lowest ' w. V5?.' - leap-and-Ie- our last three games," insisted i.ui " - 1 It .11 scored a quiet 20 points to lead all scorers, while Miller chipped in 14 points and five assists. : Keith Van Horn was effectively shut down by the s tifling ..Tulsa defense, but he still managed to hit a jumper with 8:51 to half that allowed him first the in play to pass Billy McGill and become the leading University of Utah's that" '.:';;,. Utah (20-3- , 12-- WAC) now leads the WAC's Mountain Division by three games over New Mexico; only a collapse of Roman Empire proportions will prevent Rick Majerus and the Utes from capturing their conference tide. We could still conceivably lose 56-5- 4 H1IU.... s output of the year. Michael Doleac "The idea was to prevent them from getting a chance to win it.and I guess we did said in the afterglow. a desperate comeback. Seals tied the game with a tremendous putback layup with only 22 seconds to play. Storybook afternoon, storybook season, the extended prologue to the inevitable storybook ending. But with a flick of his wrist, Andre Miller swept it all away. Miller drained a 20 foot jumper in the final second of the No. 5 Runnin' Utes win over Tuba Saturday in Tulsa. Miller's shot was as audacious as it was improbable, but the junior point guard had no qualms about crashing the Hurricane's party. felt good when I shot it," Miller GREG BEACHAM S . XV XxXX BRANDON WINN Chronicle Sports Writer ' l " " x X - " XX" XX S VX x x; Nf.x. f V C X XX x xx, i ,x Xxx x. , x X"; Xxx X X V xxxKx.Xxx-xv.- 5 x x , x5 x . x x X xS . . xX x X x x xV V XX x X . X x JxV - x x S i X X W x x 0 1 " - Xv , x x x 'xx xxx,vvx fx. ,hV' .1' i'y'v"' li -t 1 - f- - l rx X C x, I II v "X - x txxxxx x. Xx - xxx xj xxi x x x X' Xx; x X Xx 'XX .x xxXX xxX . x X .x X x,x xx ( . - x x - - v v Packed powder Ute alpine skier Western Regionals. Britt-Cote- 's k seventh-plac- e , xX x x xx xXX Nv x x X H X XX xx Vxjj , x xt , x X X t 'xx XV XX Xxx. x X X v X V',,fVVW ,;-;;-x4vv- V " x x In the Utah locker room it was written on the board, "No sharing. No mercy The Utes took heed of mis advice and went out and captured the WAC Mountain Division it didn't come easy. Championship, beating Rice in the WAC, the athletic team the most likely Facing Utes struggled much of the game dying to run their offense against the Rice Owls. At halfumc the Utes were down largely due to a 31 percent shooting perfor.: mance and 15 turnovers. Desperate to get something going offensively, fittingly k was senior Lisa Thueson, in her final home game, who stepped up and sparked the Utes. Thueson came right out of the locker room and scored . the Utes first five points to give her team the lead that wouldn't be relinquished. " 23-1- - see "Utah" on page 10 Nxx x,Jx- - c Phcttd x x X"t xx x x X XC " X " X v x x - Vv Xx.x 4v SXXX XX Chronku Alain-Franc- x X x X v x XX . X x x" O x x XV x xxXX xX jAfivV"''" xxixNxXX x,Vx,x , yjFJ x XxXx XX" XXX x XX stc i v X X" X X' x; iU N x i Xx I x ' ' At.jx , x X - - N. X v) " - - ; X I xVx x; x xx v w-x-N x- Y fx x " V" ut - V x v X XX ' sx Xs x - XN X x" x ; s x x N v X S"vx xv xx x X X N0XN x X x ' V x'xxV X )!' Danny La e whizzes down the mountain in the giant slalom event at NCAA finish helped Utah win the competition. Britt-Cot- Ute Skiers Shred Field at Regionals Alain-Franc- RICK VAZQUEZ Chronicle Sports Writer PARK CITY - If the Ute ski team was looking to ride of confidence into NCAA Championships, it may have just caught a tsunami. skies and warm, spring-likcondiUnder crystal-clea- r tions, the University of Utah ski team whisked through the powder at Park City this weekend, and captured its third win in five competitions this year. Utah placed first at the NCAA Western Regional Championships with an overall score of 455 points. Colorado (408) and Denver (379) rounded out the Both teams are expected to provide Utah with its stiffest competition at NCAA Championships. The Utes overcame a first-rugiant slalom course racked with awkward turns and tricky gate placement to shoot out to a 226 total after the first day of competition. "It was probably one of the trickiest courses we've seen all year," Utah alpine skier Ryan Forsyth said. a wave e top-thre- e. n I v Britt-Cot- e Ute sophomore skidded on his turns near the top of the run and finished with a first-ru- n time of 1:00.32. After seeing his time, he slammed his pole against the railing in disgust. "The course was poorly set," Britt-Cot- e said. k "Everybody has similar times from good skiers "to bad. You can't prove yourself" . and the rest of the Ute men made resoundcomebacks on a smoother second run. Markus ing Britt-Cot- i e, l(fr Lcunig (1:55.39), Britt-Cot(1:26.20), Forsyth (1:56.30) and Michael Elvidge (1:56.62) placed fourth, seventh, eighth, and tenth respectively The finish for Elvidge was particularly gratifying. I , "I've been struggling with giant slalom all year," Elvidge said. "It didn't feel like the cleanest run, but I'm very happy with it." On the women's side, Marianne Winge (2:02.76), Tina Kavcic (2:04.28), and Christl Hager (2:04.30) all e sJjy - ! . . turned in typically consistent performances, placing fourth, sixth, and seventh in the giant slalom. Winge continued her dominance in slalom, placing sccond-h- er highest finish of the season. "The course was pretty hard, but the conditions were , ee "Ski" on page 11 , Cmnmku Pticn M NtdMH AH BSs plagued Utah with seven turnover the fir half, bat came up big la die second to hdp die Utes wn metr aecond cmaccDove WAC |
