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Show DAILY Wednesday, March 11. 2009 a HERALD NBA ROUNDUP COLLEGE BASKETBALL RYU's rally falls short in opening-roun- d loss Darnell Dickson 2009 MWC WOMEN'S HERALD DAILY .I.M'- - I LAS VEGAS Building a hill to climb, the BYU BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT . a:i''TVr V. . - ( nt (4. New women's basketball team almost made it all the way back. But a huge from Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year Jamie Smith with 2:18 to play crushed the Cougars' hopes and earned UNLV a 8 victory in the first round of the MWC tournament on Tuesday. The Rebels the league's No. 6 seed, move on the the next round today against No. 3 TCU. No. 6 BYU, which finished the season will hold out hope for an WNIT bid. BYU trailed with 9:55 to play but scrambled back into the game with a press and strong defense. A from Coriann Wood and a pair of free throws by Shawnee Slade brought the Cougars to within three, with 334 left. "We got ourselves into a huge hole and I was proud of our team for coining back, not just once but several times," BYU head coach Jeff Judkins said. "We came back and had a . chance'tb win this ball game." BYU forced a turnover and had a' chance to cut the lead to one or tie, but Jazmine Foreman missed a short jumper and Smith, who tormented the Cougars all night long with 18 points and 15 rebounds (eight on the offensive end), drained for a a baseline lead with 2:18 to play. "It was critical for our team to get the momentum swing," Smith said. "It was crucial for our momentum because we had started to go on a downward spiral That play picked us up , and things went our way for the next couple of minutes." Smith wasn't done. Erica Helms missed a pair of free throws with a minute to play March 10-1Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nev. Mexico 84 ) 4. New Mexico ( 9. Air 41 Force 5:30 p.m.; TV: The Mm. 66 ) ( S. Wyoming 1 ( 8. Colorado St 64 8. Colorado St. ) ..- lp.m,;TV:TheMtn. - t ,. J s - ( 1. Utah 66-5- ( 6. BYU &T) ( 7. UNLV 66 2 p.m.; TV: Versus 7. UNLV (13-17- ), ' WOMEN'S J (3. j TCU CHAMPION " 8 p.m.; TV: The Mtn. 3:30 p.m.; TV: The Mtn. 18-1- ( 2. San All Diego St. times are Mountain Standard Time 51-3- 5 and UNLV clinging to a 8 lead, but BYU failed to block Smith out. The freshman tipped the rebound away and was fouled, then drained two tosses for a 658 UNLV advantage with 57.4 seconds left. BYU, which had beaten UNLV twice during the regular season, didn't score after that. "I told the team before the game that was the key, to keep Smith from getting eight or nine offensive rebounds," Judkins said. "She has a great knack. There's no question she's the best offensive in our league, period. I wish she was a senior." UNLV started off fast, hit- - ' ting five of its first six shots to take an early 104 lead. It was 16-- 9 after a pair of free throws by the Rebels' Jamie Smith, but a driving layup by Mindy Nielson brought BYU to within 8:25 to play in two, the first half. An 11-- 2 run from UNLV, capped by a play from sophomore India Chaney, gave the Rebels their largest lead of the half at BYU got back in the game on the strength of off the bench by 61-5- full-cou- rt 58-5- 61-5- 31-1- back-to-bac- k Stephanie Buhler, and the Cougars trailed 6 at the break. Slade led BYU with 15 points and was the only Cougar in double figures. Stephanie Buhler and Wood had nine points each. UNLV had a huge advantage at the foul line, converting Smith to BYUsl2-of-15- . and Shamela Hampton led the Rebels with 18 points each. I New Mexico 84, Ar Force 41 : At Las Vegas, Nev., the 31-2- ' I Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be 5 or reached at at ddickson by heraldextra.com 344-255- I Colorado State 64, Wyoming 56: At Las Vegas, Nev., the Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team lost in the first round of the MWC tournament to the Colorado State Rams. Amaka Uzomah, Bonnie Barbee and Zoi Simmon each . finished with 11 points for Colorado State, while Uzomah also led the way with nine rebounds. The Rams were (.411) from the field, (.667) from the free throw line and outrebounded the Cow- women's basketball team defeated the Air Force Falcons in the first round of the MWC tournament. ' Junior Amy Beggin led the way for the Lobos with 18 all in the first half. points The Lobos, the No. 4 seed, advance to the second round with an overall record of 21-- The Falcons, the No. 9 seed, end their season with an overall The victory marks record the 26th consecutive time New Mexico has defeated Air Force. The Lobos ted by 20 points at the half thanks to Beggin's points. New quick 18 first-haMexico put together two runs that sealed the deal early. The lead Falcons had an early but a by junior Eileen lf 5-- 0 Weissmann and sparked a 13-run. The Lobos ended the first half on a 12--2 run. Senior Angela Hartill added 11 points and five rebounds. Sophomore Amanda Best pitched in eight points,and 11 rebounds and fellow sophomor e Jessica Kielpin-sk- i had 13 points with five as' sists off the bench. 0 6 girls, " 39-2- 9. Weber State falls in Big Sky semifinals Doug Alden Wildcats shot 33 percent in the game and were just f 6 from range. Trevor Morris bad 15 points and eight rebounds for the 4-- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Branden Johnson OGDEN while made four scoring 16 points as Montana Weber State upset State 70-6- in the Big Sky Conference tournament semifinals on Tuesday night. The Bobcats were the ) only conference team to beat Weber State (21-9- ) during the regular season and did it again on the Wildcats' home court to advance to the Big Sky championship game for the first time since 1999. Montana State plays defending champion Portland State on Wednesday for the conference's automatic NCAA tournament berth. Divaldo Mbunga added 11 ; points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats, who lost the last : five games of the regular season but have won two in a row in the conference tourna' ' ment. ; Kellen McCoy led Weber State with 16 points. The Wildcats. TT or-2- , 'A r I Weber State led by 10 early in the first half, but could not hold off a surge by the Bobcats as Montana State took a 9 lead into halftime. Johnson quickly discouraged Weber State's hopes at a cometo start back with a the second half, which the Bobcats opened on a 16-- 7 run. Damian Lillard's dunk got but ' Weber State within Will Bynum and Bobby Howard hit 3pointers for Montana State, which held on for the win despite going 10-- f 8 from the foul line in the second half, y? Weber State missed some crucial free throws that al. 4 .Xmw lowed Montana State to stay Marcomfortably ahead, then Press COUN BRALEYAssociated quis Navarre gave the Bobcats with Montana State's Erik Rush, front right, slips past the defense a 2 lead on a of Weber State's Kellen McCoy, left, and Damian Lillard as just under five minutes left in the game. , Montana's head coach Brad Huse, back, looks on Tuesday. 1 32-2- (14-16- 42-3- back-to-bac- k c' or-1- y X -- 57-4- . Cleveland St. upsets Butler for NCAA tourney bid ' coach Brad Stevens said. "Our seasons at Cleveland State and my teammates helped me out on the defensive endj and that guys really wanted to win this its first berth in the NCAA since 1986. That year, as a No. was the most important part." game, they played as hard as Cleve14 seed the Vikings knocked , Butler's last lead was 4847 INDIANAPOUS they could. They played great. "I'm looking at the stats off Bob Knight's Indiana Hoo- -' midway through the period, land State is heading to the Cleveland State goes .then Jackson hit a NCAA tournament for the first siers and made the regional from 3. Cedric Jackson was and a floater in the lane to semifinals. time in 23 years and coach ' in front for the unbelievable, and he's been ... waited feels so "It I've is Vikings Waters put good. finally getting Gary. ' unbelievable the entire tournatwo had chances Butler it's four five , good. a new ring. years, years, ment." to tie in the closing seconds, so amazing, just to get this Cedric Jackson scored 19 The Bulldogs led most of the Mack Shelvin and Gordon but said used a Jackson, and the championship," Vikings points , first half, although a late rally to beat No. who was voted tourney most Hayward missed flurry of "I was trying to get the best helped Cleveland State close valuable player. "It means the 16 Butler 4 Tuesday night, 8 within at halftime. This shot team has me. to world Horizon possible," said Mack, a League winning the Butler regained an &point tourney championship and an stuck together day in and day freshman who led Butler with lead at 1 on a dunk by Matt 18 points and a career-hig- h automatic berth in the NCAA .'out." of Cleveland State's first nine rebounds. Howard, but a by tourney. ' lost to Butler JNathan Bullock started the Cleveland second in State field the seven to the been I've goals "Everytime in the Horizon championship half were Vikings' comeback. helping NCAA tournament, I get a erase an ) They pulled within 0 game last year and twice again ring," said Waters, who also ; the Vikings 'on consecutive lead by the Bulldogs to the Bulldogs this regular by took Kent State to the NCAAs seasoa Butler, ranked in the Jeremy Montgomery and tied (265). in 2001. the game at 42 on a basket by "It really wasnt the game Top 25 most of the season, is. "See this ringr he said, ( ' Bullock. There was one more to receive an about It was ag- in air in the fist being expected his plan. pushing tie and one more Butler lead NCAA tourney bid Sunday. celebratioa "I've had this ring gressive and knowing when "YouVe got to do a lot of lit- .before the by Jacktoo long. This is my Kent ring. to step up and make plays," on son tournament out to the a tle said. "We win started CleveJackson top for put a Vikings things Now I'm going to get slow and Butler was sagging good. championship, and obviously land State ring, and IVe been Qeveland State's biggest L, off me, so I had to step up and when yuu win your league , .u. dying to do that," lead was at 0 on the final in the regular season there's just count on that shot to go It's the first conference a lot to be proud of," Butler , basket by Jackson. in. I took a few bad shots; but tourney title in Waters' three l ', Steve Herman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 57-5- 32-2- 39-3- 42-4- (25-10- " ' . , , rvSrMs University of New Mexico . 56-5- AJ Press MASTAssociated Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur, left, is fouled by Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert in the second half Tuesday. Jazz turnovers, resulting in 26 Utah points. "It's disappointing, mainly because we beat ourselves," Jack said. "We really killed ourselves in the turnover de22 Continued from Cl . "I don't pay much attention to that," he said. "We'll just try to keep going day by day-- To reach 15 will be a chal-- . lenge. Utah's next three games are at Atlanta, Miami and Orlando. "We're going to set our sights high," Boozer said. "The thing about our streak is that we've been able to take it one day at a time. Today, we had to focus on Indiana." For a few minutes in the fourth quarter, it looked as if the Pacers could snap Utah's winning streak. T.J. Ford's jumper with 7 minutes left tied the score at 90, but the Jazz answered with a 164 run over the next three minutes to pull away. "They're the hottest team in the league and we just couldn't get the stops coming down the stretch," said Pacers forward Troy Murphy, who finished with 23 points and 13 rebounds. "We had a good shot tonight, but we weren't able to take advantage of it." Paul Millsap had 22 points and nine rebounds, Ronnie Brewer scored 18 and Deron Williams added 12 assists for ), who haven't the Jazz lost since falling 116-9- 6 at Golden State on Feb. 8. "We have confidence that we're going to win every game we play, no matter what the scenario might be," said Boozer, who finished with 11 points and seven rebounds. "At the end of the day, we have the pieces, the confidence and the belief in each other that we're going to win the game." .. Jarrett Jack and Ford each had 21 points for Indiana which continues to battle for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Pacers finished with (41-23- (28-38- ), partment." ' Despite committing 14 turnovers in the first half and trailing by as many as 12 points, the Pacers managed to stay within 5448 at the intermission. Murphy had 21 points in the opening half and hit seven to tie a Pacers home record. "They were losing me a little bit in transition and T.J. and Jarrett were able.to find me and get me open for some 3s," Murphy said. "It's probably one of my better nights shooting." Indiana jumped ahead, on Jack's two free throws early in the third quarter, but 61-5- 8, the Jazz regained a seven-poilead minutes later on Brewer's dunk. Jack's jumper to end the period brought the Pacers within nt 82-8- I Spurs 100, Bobcats 86: At San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and San Antonio stopped Charwinlotte's franchise-recor- d ning streak at six. Tony Parker and Roger Mason added 21 points apiece for the Spurs, who couldn't shake the Bobcats until late before ending Charlotte's recent surge that pushed the Bobcats into the playoff picture. IKnicks 120, Bucks 112: At Milwaukee, Nate Robinson scored 10 of bis 32 points in the final five minutes, helping New York beat Milwaukee for a rare road victory. Larry Hughes added a 39 for the Knicks, season-hig- h who have won only eight road games all season. 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