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Show D8 DAILY Sunday, February 17, 2008 HERALD BYU SPORTS D' Cougars hold top MWC scorers down with Jason Franchuk DAILY '. HERALD I handled it well." While Loyd didn't take a shot in eight minutes, Collinsworth and Fredette each went from the field. They in were each, however, the first half. BYU led by 16 after it. points (39-2Lee Cummard thought Collinsworth played "like a man possessed". in his eight first-haminutes. :'. v .,- " lf I man: Jona- I than Tavernari was looking dapper in a black sweater vest, Gatsby white hat, tie and sporting last year's MWC championship ring on his right hand. His guardians from his senior year of high school spent in Las Vegas, attended t he game. The BYU sophomore was trying to impress his parents with his style. They told him how to dress to impress Sharp-dresse- - day. Adams, a point Trent Plaisted guard, couldn't produce BYU center much against a lineup that was more ready for him than a month ago. That included r freshmen Mike Loyd and arena, in a game that would Fredette. who backed up go a long ways toward desenior guards Sam Burgess termining the MWC regular-seaso- n and Ben Murdock. champion (whether " We did a really good job of the Cougars wanted to admit that or not), their inclusion challenging shots and staying with our assignments," BYU helped to create the outcoach Dave Rose said. come. Adams had nine points, Getting that kind of extra Jim-irie- d ihe leaguexhampion with 78-7- BYU has won 20 in Tip-in- s: I (HI - games f or t he 3 1st time 1V1 output, UNLV coach Lon Kru-ge- r said, was important for the Cougars. BYU junior center Trent Plaisted couldn't agree more. "I thought the freshman couldn't say enough posi-tiv- e were amazing," Plaisted said. "They showed how much things about the young players like the guards, and theyVe grown from the beginbackuppower forward Chris ning of the season until now. I Collinsworth. In a sold-ocan't give them enough compli school history. including the last three. ...UNLV has been the best in the MWC at not turning the ball over (10.7 per game) but had 15 against BYU. ...The 48 total points ties UNLV's worst scoring performance (Louisville in November). MARK JOHNSTONDaily ...Tavernari had 18 assists in BYU's Jimmer Fredette plays defense against UNLV's Corey the first 20 games of the year, but has 16 in the last five. Bailey (15) as he goes for a shot on Saturday. BYU Fellow freshman Jimmer - ; Fredette (nine points, four assists) looked extremely comfortable in his most extended role this year at point guard the spot the New Yorker grew up playing. He picked the ball early in the first half from Curtis Terry, who torched the Cougars last time, and got an easy lay up for a 3 lead. BYU scored the next nine , points, and never was threatened again. The end of the first V " i he revenge factor wasn't there," Plaisted said after a ;: game-hig- in h 22 points that came on a series of highlight-ree- l part dunks (season-hig- h four). "We just wanted to acknowledge the fact that it was a really important conference game, turnaround from when these teams met last month in Las Vegas. That Rebels win, during BYU's second MWC game, actually set the tone for Plaisted and his teammates! They 've won eight in a row since then, improving to 20-overall (9-- MWQ and feasting on the opposition b becoming a more tight knit group defensively while using that tenacity to get easier scoring opportuni" ties. Second-placUNLV (19-6- , , was put of its element, failing to inflict the same blanket coverage defensively and also shooting 29 percent from the field characteristics that : made the last game against BYU so darn easy, ' "We didn't take away very " much defensively," UNLV coach Lon Kruger said. "We've hung out hat on that all year and we didn't do it tonight. BYU won every battle offen- - ' sively and defensively, and did things they wanted to do. And we didn't take many things away. They had their way." There was a buzz in the building that mirrored the last home winning streak, of 2000-0Students were in all white, loud and proud. Andy Reid, the NFL coach, was there to see his team as was former NBA player Shawn Bradley. It was the kind of atmo- sphere Lee Cummard said made him get. a little upset when coach Dave Rose opted to substitute for him, so memorable it was to be on the floor in front of 22,580 of his closest friends. 70-4- 5 1 e 8-- , 44-ga- ; half summed it up. Looking to add one last basket before halftime, BYU called a timeout when it had 23.8 seconds to maneuver and no shot clock to worry about. Fredette penetrated the MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald zone, lost the ball, got it back BYU's Jonathan Tavernari, then fired an airball. Cummard was there, however, for a traright, jumps to lay the ball ditional three-poiplay. up over UNLV's Joe Darger "And on the road I probably during their game in Provo on wouldn't have gotten that foul Saturday: call," Cummard said, a broad smile on his face just like he The 6 junior forward had worn for much of the did his part to make the day an game. indelible one, scoring 18 points oi7-of-1BYU 74, UNLV 48 shooting. UNLV las part of a special PR TP H FT FG Player ;nt offense, one that 2 10 28 3 Bailey27 5 0 .9 the ball with distinct Darger 2 3 Adams 3 34 9 and picked the Rebels Rougeau 21 .6 4 4 2 2.6 32 Terry apafta aercilessly by either 13 0 4 Rutledge 10 WaHace 2 0 0 looking inside, or looking to Hoflman 0 0 0 0 drive. a get there with 6 2 21 12 4 Cage 0 Sha 5 0 3 .13 BYU shot just 13 Team 4 nine fewer than average, but 10 Totals 38 22 48 had 42 points scored within BVU TP FG FT PF about eight feet of the hoop. Player 32 3 18 3 Cummary Jonathan Tavernari shot 4 7 Tavernari 26 6 7 2 2 22 Plaisted 29 only six times, but quipped to 3 23 3 7 Burgess Rose that he had to Compen- 3 4 Murdock 28 0 2 8 0 Loyd sate by doing other things. Rose 2 0 0 0 0 Marlmeau 3 0 0 0 0 He did, playing what could've 24 3 0 4 Fredette 9 been his best defensive exhibi9 CoHmswortt115 5 10 4 0 2 10 Wiles 6 M 1 tion in years as a Cougar, Team 5 while blocking two shots and 46 1715 74 Totals " with four a steal to ' 25' go UNLV 23 getting 48 39 35 74 assists. A nice day for a power BVU forward, huh? Darger (Bailey goals: 2. Adams Terry Cage Bench play was superb, too. Tavernari Murdock (Cummard Burgess Collinsworth Fredette Turnovers: Chris Collinsworth, Tavnera-ri'- s 15 (Bailey 2, Adams, Rougeau 2. Terry 4, 14 (Cummard backup, prov ided instant Rutledge 2. Wallace, Cage 3), 3. Plaisted 3. Murdock, Loyd 2. Rose 2, Martineau, action in the first half with a Blocks'UNLV 4-- 5 27-2- 28-3- 1 0 UNLV . BVU tip-i- n Fredette, Collinsworth). (Bailey), BVU 8 (Cummard 2. Tavernari 2. Plaisted, Collinsworth, Miles 2). Steals: UNLV 8 (Bailey, Adams 2, Rougeau 2. Wallace, Cage 2), BYU 10 (Cummard 2, Tavernari, Plaisted 2. Burgess 2. Loyd, Fredette, Collinsworth):, Technicals: None. basket and another offen- sive rebound that led to a free throw. He had five points and nine rebounds in 15 minutes. BYU women M to UNLV 56-3- 4 4-- 0 BYU 29-2- 26-2- 1 ' ; 30-2- (12-14- 6 UNLV ' 30-2- 8-- LAS VEGAS In a close overtime loss at the Cox Pavilion, BYU (12-1fell to UNLV Saturday night. BYU battled hard throughout the game, I but came WfVW'f'' ' 1 UJMM' up short as the team . struggled. Jr4 Riley-Varle- 6-- (8-1- , m UNLV 4-- 73-6- 8 jJ Despite theloss. four BYU players scored in double digits. Freshman guard Mindy Nielson 16 points, had a career-hig- h Mallary Gillespie-Carlin- g BYU 73 68 also added 16 points to the board, and Shawnee Slade contributed 11 points. Senior forward Lauren of had her fifth double-doubl- e the season with 10 points and 13 rebounds. During the first half, the Cougars got off to a slow start scoring just seven points in the first eight minutes of the game. But several three-poin- t shots and strong rebounding from various':, Cougars boosted the team's , After making all three foul shots, Carling tied the game forcing the game into overtime. ' During overtime, the Cou- lead battled to the gain gars with aggressive defense, causing four players to foul out of the game. The players included Slade, Nielson, Carling and freshman guard Jazmine Fore59-5- y "score. By the end of the second "" ; man. The Cougars will continue conference play Tuesday, Feb. 19 in Salt Lake City as BYU faces rival Utah in the Deseret First's Duel Rivalry Challenge. Tippff will be at 8 p.m: in the Hunts- half the Cougars were down . with, four seconds left in the game, when UNLV for'' man Center, and the game ward Sequoia Holmes fouled will be broadcast nationally shot. onCSTV. Carling on a three-poin- t , 56-5- 9 8-- 30-2- 5-- 6-- 0 344-255- 5 or at ddickson( hcraldextra.com : 6-- harder and figured I could rest when the race was finished." Perry's time is the second fastest in the nation so far this season. He finished in second place behind Northern Arizona's David McNeill. Keith Jensen, a junior from Coppell, Texas, set a national provisional mark in the run at the same meet, crossing the line in 1:48.85. Jensen s lime is ine imru fastest in the country. Running in fifth place for most of the race, Jensen had a strong kick and caught two runners over the last 200 metprs to finish third overall and first among college runners.: "I am ecstatic about Keith's time, and it looks like that is going to be enough to get him into nationals," said BYU distance coach Ed Eyestone. While those two athletes, along with others, were busy on the West Coast, the rest of the BYU men's and women's athletes were competing 800-met- in Nampa, Idaho, at the Boise State Team Invitational. The BYU women's team performed well, with multiple athletes setting personal best marks. Sophomore Kindy Long-mor- e set a career-bes- t time in the 200 meters, crossing the line in 24.97. Sophomore Madara Dzable jumped (11.99 meters) in the triple jump, good enough for a personal best and second place in the event. "It was a low-kemeet, and we performed well today," said BYU women's coach Craig Poole. "Our y training was pretty tough over the past week, so it will be nice to get ready for the conference meet coming up." The BYU men's pole vault-er- s took the one through four top-rank- 22-2- DAILY, HERALD -- 5-- A -- by (12-17- ' 6 reached at Herald 8-- 2 ' ;::iv Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be 6-- 1 ' 30-2- 11-- 0 1 R v:-- i Daily Laz-ari- double-double- 28-3- 12 M LAJ11J T: 5 5 (20-- 1111C, In other words, a repeat. sometimes, sequels are worth waiting for. HERALD- hit two A R line. Savannah, Ga , Curtis Brown ers and The No. 1 Coleman added a trio of IRVINE, Calif. BYU men's volleyball team's layups in a 26-- second-hal- f run that carried Savannah senior contingent continues to lead the team as three State to a 6146 victory over s seniors recorded Utah Valley. in a Chris Linton broke a 9 30- -26 win at UC Irvine Satdeadlock on a layup with 18:19 to play and Jovonni urday to remain undefeated on the year. With the win the Shuler ended the run on a on with Cougars improve to layup, making it 5:52 remaining. the year and 0 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Raye Bailey led the Tigers ) with 13 points and play, The Anteaters fall to Coleman and Joseph Flegler each added 12. Coleman also Outside Hitter Ivan Perez had 11 rebounds. led the attack with 22 kills Ryan Toolson had 18 and 10 digs. ) points for Utah Valley middle blocker Russell Holand Richard Troyer and Jormes held down the defensive dan Brady added 10 apiece. front with 10 blocks and 15 Bjorn Bohley's layup with kills with a .524 hitting pera second left in the first half gave the Tigers a 5 lead centage. Opposite Jonathan at the intermission. Charette was also a major contributor as is per usual with 11 kills and 10 digs. I BYU women's tennis: The The first set saw a four-poiBYU women's tennis team lead at one point for the earned a 3 victory over Texas Tech, improving to Cougars, but they could not hold on. The Anteaters took this seaosn. the lead at 6 and won the The Cougars won all three first set, thanks in part of their doubles matches. to 12 total BYU errors. "(Elle Carney and ElizaveThe Cougar offense reta Ezhova) played really well at the No. 3 position today," grouped and matched the' said BYU coach Craig Mandefensive production in the second set. As a team in the ning. "It's been a while since second set BYU hit almost we've won all three of our double what it did in the first doubles matches, and it was and held UCI to an attack good to win one at No. 3." In singles play, Kristina percentage of 0.00 in the set. The Cougars knotted the Doerr made quick work of match with a 2 second her Texas Tech opponent, BYU lost its set win. winning BYU's attack continued to next two matches at the No. improve in a 4 win in the 3 and 4 positions. However, third set. Three service aces senior Anastasia Surkova and only one attack error ' stepped up to win over the Red Raiders' propelled the team to the win with help from UCI's seven van der Drift. It came down to the play of service errors in the set. , The Anteaters gave it Carney and Chie Hayasaka. their all in the fourth and Carney pulled out a three-se- t final set, but did not have victory to clinch the match for the Cougars. enough gas in the tank to" Cououtlast the Up next the Cougars pregars. UCI found few seems pare to host Denver and the in the BYU block, and the Kansas State Wildcats on Feb. Cougars ran away with the fourth set, BYU track: At Seattle. BYU Friday's match between No. 1 BYU and No. 6 UC Irdistance runner Kyle Perry set his second national autovine was the longest in Cougar history, ending with a 6 matic qualifying mark of the BYU win in the fifth set. 2008 indoor season on SaturThe Cougars now lead the day, this time in the 3000 meseries against the Anteaters ters with a time of 7:51.20 at 31- -9 and 15-- 5 in Irvine. The the Husky Classic in Seattle.. Cougars are also 14-- 3 against Perry, a junior from the Anteaters since 2001. Sandy, already qualified for Next on the docket for the nationals in the mile on the unbeaten Cougars is a three-wee- k same track Feb. 2 with a time home stand against of 3:59.16. MPSF opponents Stanford; "I sat right behind the rabPacific, and Pepperdine. Stan- bit the whole time and my ford will come to Provo Feb- body was hurting the entire ruary 22-2- for two matches race," Perry said, admitting in the Smith Fieldhouse with he didn't feel well just minstart times at 7 p.m. MT. utes before the race. "Every i time I thought about slowing UVSC men's basketball: At down I just pushed a little DAILY (19-- 0 IUUI IlOJltCllt Seniors lead No. 1 BYU to victory over UC Irvine 0 mm VV teams sure bets at an NCAA invite. Higher seeds on the BYUUVSC ROUNDUP 17-1- come out and play hard." This was a sweet, little -- hosting the tourney. But those things will probably never happen. Could ProvO get the tournament? Not unless they relax those liquor laws ... Last year, the atmosphere was terrific at the Thomas and Mack because while it was UNLV's home floor, BYU brought a lot of fans. The Cougars got out to a big lead but couldn't hold it and UNLV won This year, the scenario could play out like this: BYU and UNLV meeting for the his visitors. "I'm a good kid, I'm obedient," Tavernari said with a smile. about seven shy of his average. It was the third time this year he's been in single digits, and two have come against the Cougars. Rose and his older players Continued from Dl Back to the MWC tourna ment. It will be held in Vegas again this year, which isn't a big advantage for UNLV it's an enormous one. We all know why the Rebels get to host the tournament: It starts with "m" and ends I hear there's with a new arena being built in Vegas (who knew they built anything other than casinos t here?) because Sin City wants an NBA team someday. So the MWC tournament could move there, making it a little more fair. Want to make it a lot more fair? Move the tournament back to Denver. Or reward I know when was a freshman it's scary playing a tough game against a good team. And they really "I ; Continued from D l ments, because thought the freshman were amazing. They Top scorers, beware. BYU's defense is pretty good showed how much at lot king them down. Wink Adams, UNLV's top point prothey've grown from from ducer, shot just the beginning of the the field. It followed the Cougars' season until now. I shutdown ..j V can't give them enough showing against compliments, because Colorado State's know when I was Marcus a freshman it's scary Walker, when the playing a tough game NOTEBOOK Mountain West Con-- , against a good team. ference's And top points producer went they really handled from the field last Wednesit well." ' Dickson 30-2- 28-2- , 3 Little leading the way. Little won the event, vault(5.26 meters). ing Whitney Neves (5.05 meters) Matt Weirich (5.05 meters) and Brad Ellertson (4.90 meters) were the following three finishers. Also performing well for the men was Tanner Emrich, a aujjiiuniui c iiuiu vnenaiis, .Wash. Emrich set a season-bes- t time of 8.44 in the hurdles, good enough for second place. i ieei reany good about our team right now," said BYU men's coach Mark Robison of his No. Cougars. "Pretty much ev- erybody is healthy right er now, and I'm really excited to have a week off to train and get ready for the conference meet." |