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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, MWC Still Two-Tea- 2000 13 Race m With the Utah men's basketball team's loss in Las Vegas this past Saturday, the race for the inaugural MWC title got a little more contested. However, the two other conference games played this weekend did little to dispel the notion that it is still a race for the conference crown. Wyoming dropped to 4 in MWC 9 overall with an 9 overplay time loss to Air Force. The Falcons overall, and 4 MWC. improved to New Mexico pulled Meanwhile, within two games of the Utes conference lead; but that may be meaningless, given ;ts opposition. overall The Lobos improved to 7 3 in the MWC, but their and win came against hapless San Diego overall which remained State winless in conference games at BYU and Colorado State were idle on Saturday after playing cn Thursday two-tea- m 3-- 82-7- 12-- 7-- 3-- 0 78-5- 4-- 5-- 0-- 7. night. After Falcons' the watching Lawrence Yazzie bomb them into the ground with 22 points, including 6 of 8 from three-poirange, the Cowboys were ultimately done in by Tyron Wright. Wright hit a twisting, reverse layup, drew the foul, arid converted the free throw with 3.4 seconds left to provide the final margin. Wright finished with 20 points in loshelping Air Force snap an Falstreak The ing against Wyoming. cons beat the Cowboys for the. first time since Feb. 20, 1990. LaDarvon Jones led the Cowboys with a career-hig- h 30 points. In the other Saturday MWC game, Lamont Long propelled New Mexico to the blowout win by hitting 8 of 14 shots en route to 23 points. He also contributed six assists and five steals. Kevin Henry added 15 points and Tim Lightfoot chipped in 14 for the Lobos in sending the Aztecs to their nt The Utes were overmatched athletically UTES continued from page 10 to go with a his own. pair of chaiity tosses of That's when Dickel ran off six straight free throws and Utah went 4 12 minutes without a basket. Jensen again brought Utah close with a long three, but the Rebels held off the Utah attack. "Defense won this game," Bayno said. "And against the best defensive team in the country, we' executed our offense." Tough road games are becoming familiar story for Utah this year; ail four Utah losses have come on a the road. "On the road, there are things you have to do" Jensen said. "You have to play harder than the other team, and we didn't." "We get the best shot from every team, every night," Mottola said. "We didn't respond to that." Utah coach Rick Majerus offered a familiar explanation for the loss. He gave credit to the Rebels, and pointed by UNLV in their Saturday less. to a lack of effort from Utah. "Down the stretch, I thought we did well," he said. "We didn't come out in the first half with the energy, effort and enthusiasm that were required. UNLV played hard the entire game; that's why they won." The conference season is now halfway through and left on the Utah schedule are two difficult road games against New Mexico at The Pit, and at Wyoming. "For every team in this league, the biggest game is at home against us," Jensen said. He also offered a means of correction for Utah's road woes. "Practice." The loss to the Rebels ends the Utes streak of consecutive conference wins at 23; the last Utah loss was two seasons ago in Wyoming. It also means the Rebels, 2 in the MWC, are now only one game behind the 1 Utes in the race to be the first MWC regular season champion. Utah hosts San Diego State Thursday night. Andre Miller's jersey will be retired at halftime. II ..,V i . Utah's Gary Colbert (left) and chasing a loose bail. the Rebels' Donovan Stewart collide while eighth consecutive loss this season. San Diego State has now dropped 15 of its last 16 games against New Mexico. The Lobos hit 51.9 percent of their shots, including 9 of their 20 three-poiattempts. Myron Epps led San Diego State with 15 points, but couldn't prevent coach Steve Fisher from suffering just nt the second season in his coachalso lost 15 games Fisher career. ing while at Michigan, back in the 1990-9- 1 season. MWC action resumes this coming Thursday, with Colorado State taking on UNLV, and the Utes hosting the Aztecs. ss ERIC WALDEN 85AAICTABC 5-- 6-- Tl $m$m CASH BONUS ?im $5G,oGo FOH COLLEGE, Choose to serve in one of the Army's occupational skills, and you could receive a cash bonu s of up to $20,000, if you qualify. Pius, earn up to $50,000 in money for college through die Montgomery G.I. Bill and the .Army College Fund, if you qualify. Find out more about these great Army benefits. Talk to your local Army recruiter today. It could be one of the most rewarding calls you've ever made. top-priori- ty 808 - I5SA - ARMY be: can you mi corn www. goa :e rmy. Need help? If) COMPUTING SOLUTIONS j r Li n 581-477- rt rr ww COMPUTER SERVICES 6 m m 1 581-545- 8 |
