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Show I THE DAILY HERALD. Page B2 (JeraUcitr.coni. mg Ptomj, L'tah, Fnday. March 3. 2O0O E) sdKDVJS By TAD WALCH The Da- S HeniJ - ::oTEcoc;t Houdini waited till everyone, thought he was dead before he emerged victorious from impossible predica- ments. BYUY defense materi- alized Thursday night after a disappearing act of its own. The Cougars he'd Air Force scoreless for more than .a quarter of the game Thursday to blow out the Falcons and revive hopes of an NTT bid. After Lawrence Yaxr.e hit a "eft 'm the juntp shot w:h firs- - half to cu: FYVs lead to Ajt Fence w'culir.': Axre have to take some blame." Minton said. "I don't think wi did a great job shooting, but some of that was them." The Falcons shot 33 pervv: for the game, the first time u a month that BYU had held opponent under 4 percent. The Cougars had alicwed opponents to make 45 pence n cf their shots or better m six C the seven nre")ous cames. ':V1I'.t4.'. BYU ' c.:; over that si e pem;c. but :t was enough :'; r a bulge, ..."1 ihini was cj;is t Srccoi minuses grcif poir..: f we hadn't s:vrei bucket.." Air F.ircir hrc cciflch j.yiic.-;Kegpe Mmton sasi areai ur an; they were by v: and 1 th:ght' .'Tnank "1 ':;' 'Mirjr-- OArrA'Js'&ae'a free. xhrcw :tr. frid.thr Air" Force ' SHOES: When. BYU Yrarses and Mcr.ael guards ' t::-.i- 1 - .? to go in the Tt: Fajrons went anoth- i .i'f er their dry spell fr:irr.'tht'.fj.'':r endei witba :.: :r :r: Jarvis. Crofl. Air F:r-- t managed just four haslets in 24 percent). and we 3-.- ;. i"ftc5 white sweatband around his right calf with a big "2" drawn in black marker in honor of his teammate and roommate, Silester Rivers.. The senior forward had surgery on his left knee Tuesday and will miss the rest of the 4 Baseball Colorado pitcher Pedro Astacio faces deportation by the U.S. Immigration and ' . 'i Naturalization Service because of his guilty plea to an assault charge. Astacio, from the Dominican Republic, received t r deferred judgment a on Jan. 28 but the federal law considers that fhe same as a conviction. The INS told KCNC-Tin Denver on its case began ' that Thursday after the plea. Under federal law, immi- - f. grants convicted of domestic violence and other offenses arc subject to deportation. two-yea- , (4-9- (0-1- Basketball 2-- 0 UNLV. ' The sixth seed plays the third seed in the the MWC tournament of first-roun- d - This year's WAC tourna-- ' ment will he dedicated to retired. Texas-K- l Paso .coach Dpn Haskins and the conference's men's .coach of the year1 ' award will hear his name. commissioner Karl Benson said Thursday. , Haskins, ..who retired after 37 years at the end of the 1998-9season, won a national champio'nship with the Miners in 19(6 and had a 719-- ' 353 career record. Haskins is he conference's career leader in games coached (460), games won (262) and WAC titles (seven): He took L'TEP to 14 NC.U Tournaments and to the NIT ' seven times. The WAC. Tournament is s for March in Fresno! Cah:. iThe coach of the year award will be .announced Sunday. " 5-- 7 - - '' POSTSEASON: The loss relegated Air Force ) to seventh place in the Mountain West Conference. San Diego is eighth and last. State BYU will finish sixth unless it beats San Diego State Saturday night at 7 in the Marriott Center, Colorado State loses to Wyoming and UNLV beats New Mexico. BYU and CSU would then finish tied at for fifth and BYU would win the tiebreaker because it was against , there's plenty of room and take a look at the world today through his eyes. A littl Fort ' frightening, isn't it?" columWorth Star-Telegra- 464-44- MY BUDDY: BYU guard Terrell Lyday wore a large, John nist Jim Reeves. n Ds.v:i Xelsar.n wo.re black Nikes Thursday night, they, apparently, jumped the run on 'a. new team trend. ""We were going to break them out for the Mountain West tournament," forward Nate Cooper said with a smile. 'Michael and David couldn't wait, I guess.:' Nielsen, a redshirt freshman, scored six" points in 16 minutes. He had played a total of 47 minutes in his career. '; ' cr:up.t v.tr. . ' 'In-th- halfianf 0 (I ! , Rocker's head for a moment Terrell Lyday by 11 points in the team scoring race entering Thursdays game. Wesley 'scored IS points while Lyday had 10. 1...:.: With one regular-seasogame to play Saturday night against San Diego State, Wesley has outscored Lyday ' only-ana- Notable Quote "Climb into TOP SCORER; Forward Mekeh Wesley led guard .YEW 31-2- 0 NO FREEBIE& The first half was played without either team shooting a free throw. The teams were called for a combined nine fouls. The refs called 26 fouls in the second half, when they swarded 33 free throws. PROVO -- nap season. He sat on the bench in street clothes Thursday night. DYU 1 MORNING : BRIEFING Thursday in Las Vegas. KETN LEE The Dail Herald Sweet elevation: BYU's Terrell Lyday, left, raises for a jumper in front of Air force's Tyron Wright on Thursday at the Marriott Center. " , - : " 9 GYMNASTICS C :n::nued from Bl ' around them, joking and semiring their photos. vWow. these are cool," senior Guard Young said. "Can I r.ave one each?" The Cougars snatched up the souvenirs like they were the last chunks of the Berlin Wall. "h:ch was fitting. After all. the poster; represented the remaining pieces of a program doomed to crumble at the end of the season. "After 50 years, this is the last one," coach Mako Sakamoto said of the 7 p.m. meet at the Fieldhouse, where will the host Cougars Washington and Temple. OK, so it hasn't actually been 50 years ' the program is in its 44th season but the, team's legacy .makes it seem even longer. It has produced five since 1996. includ-inseniors Young and g Cortney Bramwell, who won titles lastyearon the vault and still rings, respecNCAA ... tively. "I'm upset that it's going to be the last meet at home," said Young, ranked second in the nation. "I think it's a big part of BYU that's not going to be around." all-arou- . ,, That's because .Title IX, mandating equality between men's and women's collegiate sports, has pulled the plug on. BYU's mens gymnastics and wrestling programs. the Cougars Wesley, who led" BYU with 18 points and seven rebounds, said he stopped trying Continued from B to drive on AFA's defenders and do I the same way game every started going over the top. " When he did that and BYU night." ; Cleveland started Cooper at clamped down defensively, the big forward, moved Michael game was all but over. "I tried to use my height Vranes to point guard and went with Terrell Lyday on the wing advantage because they vere - throwing me off my rhythm." and Mekeli Wesley at center. ' Eric Nielsen, who'd been Wesley said.. The Cougars outshot AFA 61 starting in place of Rivers most of the season, came off the to 33 percent after limiting the bench. Cleveland also turned to Falcons to just two field goals in the second David 15 minutes late into redshirt freshman " Nielsen for 16 minutes. He half "Kudos to BYU," .AFA coach scored six points. Marc Roberts, a starter Reggie Minton said. "But when against Wyoming, didn't step on we had shots, wc have to make the floor until --3:29 remained them and shooting 16 percent in and the Cougars were up by 21. the second half isn't going" to win a game." ."It all depends on matchups." Cleveland praised ' Cooper's Cleveland said. "We may have a effort and loved the job done by different lineup Saturday Vranes who brought down the against San Diego State." house on a shot with 6.7 seconds Cooper, ; a point guard at left in the first half. It was a drivTimpview High, has played ing from move the spin top of the point, shooting guard, small forkey that ended in a. finger roll ward and power forward in his between three collapsing AFA three seasons as a Cougar. defenders. , Air Force opened the game by "Right now Michael's playing scoring on eight of 1 1 possessions a3 well and with more energy to go up than anybody on the team."' But the Cougars, led by Cleveland said. "With Terrell not Wesley's spurt during a having a great game scoring (10 12-run, took control of the con points), it was great to 'see other with six minutes to people step up and earn- the test load." play in the first half 1 ; ' Tine Inf errist-:: Reviewed lor jf our icking pleasure.; . The best thing about the Internet is also the worst thing: The incredible amount of information and interaction that is just a click' away. So the trick is knowing where to click. Access Magazine will help you decide. In addition to its informative articles on every aspect of online life, Access reviews and rates more than 50 Web sites, every week. 19-1- 2 29-2- 1 - uvsc Continued from Every Sunday B one through 10, matching up with (CSD." he said. Leading 38-3- 0 at the half. CSI took full control of the game early in the second half with a 1 about 10 points behind.' and head coach Jeff Reinert said UVSCs Nil run. The run was sparked 4 by inability to break that barrier . by two ' was the Kendall his Minor, difference in the guard only big .' points Of the game. game. "We could never get a score or with 10 minTrailing 58-4- 4 e a stop when we needed it," utes remaining. UVSCs Reinert said. was scoring drought Against the top scoring team ended by a pull-ujumper from in the SWAC, the Wolverines Sonnenberg. But the Wolverines could not Only managed to shoot 33 per- Coming March 19 five-minut- p I cent. UVSCs offensive problems started with leading scorer Scott Sonnenberg. wh6 finished with 12 points on 4 of 21 shooting. He made only 2 of 13 three pointers. "We have been so inept offensively lately, we needed Scottie to score," Reinert said. "Not that I'm blaming him in any way. but that's what we needed to win." The only other double-digscorer for the Wolverines was freshman Jim Hanchett, who led the team with 13 points and eight rebounds. 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Rowland said $2.4 million was the only settlement figure ever proposed to the league. Attorney General Richard1 Blumenthal said pursuing legal action against the NFL or Patriots owner Robert Kraft could have cost "hundreds of thousands of dollars and have a very uncertain out. come. Ryan McNeil accepted more than a contract from the Dallas Cowboys. He also agreed Thursday to the uneiv viable task of being the guy who is likely to replace Deion Sanders at cornerback. McNeil, who made $1.8 million last season in Cleveland, was expected to sign a multi-yea- r deal filled with incentives and voidable years. It's surely cheaper than the $12.7 million Sanders would count against1 ' the salary cap if he's retainer!. Sanders, who is in spring " training with the Cincinnati Reds, has said he expects to be dumped June 2. He could re-- ' sign with the Cowboys, but he has said he's ready to go |