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Show 6 - Th Daily Utah Chronide Thursday, 1 1. December 1997 Utes from page 5 That chatter stopped, though, when Miller stole the ball and trotted down the court for an easy breakaway slam. People were actually cheering loudly. "I thought about just laying it home," Miller said about the dunk. But what's the fun in that? The Utes were now up 14 with five minutes remaining, and they realized the fun had to stop. No more teasing the Aggies. In reality this game was over early in the second half. That's because Utah State realized its offense was a lost cause compared to Utah's suffocating defense, which ranks second in the nation in field-goa- l percentage defense. The Aggies quit passing and tried beating the Utes off die dribble. defend"We've got good ers with Alex Jensen and Drew Hansen," David Jackson said. "People think we're slow on the perimeter." Those people are the national bias according to Jackson, but slowly opponents are learning otherwise. Jackson was definitely one of the big one-on-o- Doleac from page 5 satisfactory for Michael Doleac in the Huntsman Center last night. Doleac is calling upon the student body at Utah to get more hyped up for the No. 9 Utes. "Some of the student athletes were talking the other day about the stadium being a bit quiet, and we'd like the students to really get after it dur ger jerks. He hit backto-bac- k treys early in the second half just when the Aggies were gaining confidence. "I just got open," Jackson said while shrugging his shoulders. "If I get open Fni going to shoot" The entire Ute team found themselves getting open a lot. As a result Utah shot 52 percent from the field and 44 from behind the arc ' The biggest culprit of the open shots was Doleac He scored a career-hig- h 30 points on 8 shooting. Surprisingly, the Utes' superior size wasn't the difference some were expecting. They only netted seven more rebounds than Utah State. The biggest stat was the turnovers. For the second straight game, Utah's turnover total was in single digits. A big difference for a team averaging 16. "I think we're just getting the offense started a little quicker," Miller said. "Our bigs are getting good position and not letting their man get deflections, that's a big part." At this point, turnovers might be the weak link to the Runnin' Utes. If they work that problem out, who knows where this team may go. "I don't even think we're even close to peaking out," Jackson said. . ft- ffi f PI 11-1- ing the games," said Doleac. "I know when we go to SMU and Rice, the students are down there yelling and heckling telling us we suck, we're terrible, and it's fun. I enjoy that atmosphere, and we'd like to have a student section that gets rowdy like that." Doleac has a specific proposal which will be laid further in the Chrony after the break, but for now, a more rowdy Huntsman Center would be greatly appreciated by the undefeated Utes. Ifte m LA JMBifl: Jm s jSSv 'ffl:.N Ugs : Chronicle Photo Danny La Angie Thill has been a surprise scoring threat for Utah's basketball team this season. Stats Prove U Better in f by Brandon Winn Chronicle Sports Writer Ute Thillogy NBC's Saturday Night Thrillogy, that tried to attract those a line-uwho love cops, killing and the chase, may have flopped and been pulled from the air, but the Utes have a similar feature. And it's pulling rave p Losing three starters off of last year's team, especially since all three were post players, had the Utah coaching staff a litde concerned that this year's squad might struggle a bit defensively and on the boards. If Utah's first six games are any indication, holding down opponents scores shouldn't be much of a prob- $$$ lem. 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Utah is on Montana's home floor, and will have to reverse its fortune in order to break the record. hard-presse- d 0-- 5 Stat Attack Julie Krommenhoek had a career high with six steals in Utah's win over Idaho State Tuesday. Krommenhoek already owns Utah's career steals record and she's also on pace to break the steals record. She's averaging almost four thefts a game. Holly Rawlings holds the current record, as she swiped 88 balls in the 1980-8season Kristi Rose will also enter the record books this season if she keeps up her block shots pace. The center has smacked 12 shots out of the air this season, which puts her on track to break Lori Parrish's old record of 55 blocks. 75-5- 7 single-seaso- n 1 18-ye- DECEMBER 12TH 12:00 NOON INSTITUTE CHAPEL Free Tire Rotation With Purchase of Full Service Includes: - REFRESHMENTS IN THE CULTURAL HALL FOLLOWING THE FORUM (fj&oro Yim |
