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Show mm SECTION THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, SPORTS EDITOR Darnell Dickson I ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- 5 BYU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UVSC BASKETBALL Troyer has career night in UVSC victory Neil Warner K. DAILY . h 22 points as Troyer helped UVSC shoot down Arkansas State 7 in the McKay Events Center, "For the last couple of games, I've felt like my shooting was off. Coach gave me a tape he made for me with a bunch of shots I made. I watched it twice. That did it for me. It got my confidence up," Troyer said. "It helped a lot. I think my confidence fluctuates a lot. When I was career-hig- 72-5- HERALD In preparation for Wednesday night's game against Arkansas State, Utah Valley State coach Dick Hunsa-ke- r gave forward Richard Troyer a present. It was a Richard Troyer highlight tape. Troyer pulls up for a jumper. It's good! Troyer for 3! Bingo. 72 UVSC Solid D' in final minute helps BYU beat Falcons 40-2-3 lead at the half. Maybe Troyer wasn't the only one who got a present. The way Ryan Toolson shot against Arkansas State, perhaps he, too, got a tape. Toolson led the Wolverines with 29 points on shooting from the field. In addition to the big scoring performances, Josh OJsen tied a school record with 10 assists and Brett Ravenberg grabbed nine rebounds in 18 minutes of work. See Troyer from the corner. ARK. STATE 57 Yahtzee. ... and often. Troyer was on fire. And while he, watched himself succeed, his confiTroyer scored 13 of his 22 points in the first half on dence grew and that confidence carshooting from ried over on the court in the form of a the field as he helped UVSC build a BYU S 5 JordanChristiansen UVSC, t B6 4. , MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald UVSCs Richard Troyer, center, elevates over Arkansas State's Yima Chia-Ku- r as they fight for a rebound Wednesday at the McKay Events Center. 69, AIR FORCE 53 CORRESPONDENT HERALD .1 A watching it, I realized I had to quit thinking about it and to just shoot the ball." Upon further review, it turns out Troyer can score 2008 V ! ) When layups are falling as readily as half court shots and the arch shooting from the might as well be shooting from the Golden Arches at the Mickey D's down the street, you'd better play good enough defense to save your bacon. Down by three points with 26 seconds left in the game, Air Force had two chances to tie the game, but Lauren Varley blocked the first and Mallary Carling swatted the second, preserving the BYU women's lead and enabling the Cougars to walk off their home court with a victory Wednes62-5- 7 r o sj"T day night at the Marriott Center. The five-poi- win is the smallest margin of victory ever been BYU 62 the two teams, AIR FORCE 57 with BYU narrowly avoiding their first loss ever to the Falcons. BYU (10-suffered from extended scoring droughts in both halves that kept Air Force in contention. In the first half, Air Force went on a run over the course of 5 Vt minutes to go up 17-"It's like the measles," BYU coach Jeff Judkins said of the droughts. "One of them gets it and then it spreads. You just can't stop 4-- Cougars win at Clune Arena 9-- 0 r for second straight season it sometimes." Jason Franchuk DAILY 1 - M""V ' 1 HERALD COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The little nook doesn't look like much. Room 2083, locker room C, is merely the place i away from the Marriott Center where BYU is starting to get a tradition of celebrating. The Cougars took everything Air Force had to offer Wednesday night, and each time came up with something to pull out a 3 win at Clune Arena. 7 sv f ..,:'. '; I 69-5- See BYU MEN, B6 ; V - ' . Carling, the lone Cougar to shoot over 50 percent from the field, hit a step-bac-k trey to give the Cougars their biggest lead of the game, and some room to breathe, at 5045 with 1.10 in the and game. Carling went finished with 24 points and four steals while playing the entire 40 minutes of the game. "I'm proud of Mai," Judkins said. "I thought she played a heck of a game. She was the only one that really wanted to take a shot and was confident." BYU's Varley grabbed a career-hig- h 15 points, including seven See Tale of the tape Player of the game , Mallary Carling, had an game for the Cougars with 21 points, eight rebounds ancf five assists. shots, including four .A Stat of the game - ter J Ifl "I Carling also had three rebounds and four steals. Shooting percenage of BYU's Big Cum- Three Stat of the game than Tavernari and Trent Plaisted. Cummard and Tavernari both made eight shots, Plaisted four. i 7 ! ) ! v , improves to 5-- in MWC play with the win at Clune Arena. the 1 ever-toug- h KEVIN BYU guard Jimmer Fredette, left, passes around Air Force forward Keith Maren on Wednesday After BYU trailed by two at halftime, 22-2the Cougars outscored Air Force by seven in the second half, 32-2to pull out the win. 1 ' i. What it means BYU G, BYU The senior led the Cougars with 24 points and hit 6 solid , B3 Tale of the tape Player of the game Lee Cummard, F, BYU Cummard BYU WOMEN, KRECKAssocialed Press at Clune Arena. What it means It's the second victory in a row for the young Cougars, who improved to 4-- in league play. 2 PREP SWIEfMING Toolson unafraid to set her sights high Senior Simmons leads Beky Beaton DAILY Red Devils to state HERALD Lone Peak swimmer Taryn Toolson has set some pretty , lofty goals for herself in her ; sport, and she won't let anything including asthma stand in the way. "She's very determined to do the absolute best that she can," said Knight swim coach Nikki Xanthos. "She gives her best effort all the time. "She struggles with asthma, but she won't let that stop her. I've had to force her out of the pool at times just to make sure she gets air." outlook A g See T00LS0N, D4 .. J V, Jared Lloyd DAILY r HERALD When the Springville swimming pool had to be closed earlier in the season because of mechanical issues, many people would think the Red DevU swim team would be heading Out for milkshakes and a holiday. After all, these kids begin training for the high school season in September and don't finish until early February, so they sacrifice plenty of time for their sport. well-earne- d - 7, Lone Peak's Taryn Toolson Is l : DIMV BClTAIi i among the fawrites to win an individual state title at the 5A meet ,j But Springville senior captain Daniel Simmons and the rest of the senior leadership had other ideas. "He (Simmons) has always been a very strong leader," said Red Devil head coach Aymee Hargett. "When the pool was closed, he sent out a lot of and got the team together to practice. He has a great attitude and is always positive." Simmons shrugged off the praise, instead passing it off to See : SIMMONS, B4 rd |