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Show Sunday. March E) Tysn urapu - LAS VEGAS, Nev. iAP Mike Tyson, the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion, took the World Boxing Association title away from James "Bonecrusher'' deSmith with a mauling cision Saturday night at the Las Vegas Hilton. About 14.000 people showed up at an the outdoor arena anticipating 120-M- punchers. What they got was a disappointing fight, as Iron Mike and the Bonecrusher spent a lot of time with their arms around each other. 119-10- The AP scored it for Tvaon. 119-10- "Tyson's never been in an adverse situation where he's had to survive." Lou Tabat favored Tyson Judee said the Smith, making his first WBA defense But Smith never came close to putting Tyson into an advserse situation. Smith's best punch may have been a right to the jaw in the final seconds of the final round. It rocked Tyson, but Tyson came back with a left hook. He chose not to mix it with the The short, blocky Tyson did not have the style to make a boxing match out of it. and Smith chose unbeaten who was making his first WBC defense. A full I OBJUI JL finisher N.M. borough, an 80 percent foul shooter, missed. The Lobos got the ball but couldn't get off a shot. 64-6- 84-8- 2 s 25-1- Top-ranke- at-lar- 94-6- 13 m not to turn it into a slugging match. The pattern of the fight was set in the first round. Tyson, who had to go the distance for only the third time in 31 pro fights, tried to get inside and work the body and head. But when he got inside, the Smith would tie him up. report on sporting events WW nation and the world. WyoALBUQUERQUE, in the ming, a fourth place regular season, defeated host in The Pit here SatWyoming's Eric Leckner scored 27 TournaWAC win to the points and was named the toururday night nament's most valuable player. ment and a bid into the NCAA playoffs. In national cage tournaments: The NCAA bids will be revealed Second-ranked North Carolina at 3:30 p.m. Sunday on CBS. But the needed two overtimes to get by in and will probably Cowboys are unranked Virginia Saturday, take part in the first round at the the game on a desperation tying of Utah Special Events University shot by Scott Williams in the first Center Thursday. overtime and winning on Kenny-Smith'New Mexico. regular season jumper with one secchampion L'TEP and BVU, runner-u- p ond left in the second. in the regular season, could Nevada-La- s d Vegas receive invitations as an automatic bid to the earned teams, but the chances are that no NCAA Tournament with a 9 rout more than three WAC teams will be of San Jose State in the championinvited. (See related story Page 15). ship game of the Pacific Coast Saturday's championship game Athletic Association tournament. was a fitting climax to a thrilling tournament that had only one rout Indiana and Purdue, meanwhile, UTEP's 5 opening night win ended in a tie for the title in the Big over San Diego State. Ten. which has no postseason tourAnd the Lobos might have lost the nament. The fourth-ranke- d Hoosiers 1 while Michigame on a strange strategic move beat Ohio State d Boilerin the final seconds. gan routed the 9 New Mexico trailed to leave each team at with 11 makers 104-6seconds left to play when guard Indiana received the league's Kelvin Scarborough who had played automatic NCAA bid under a combelow par earlier, drove home a plicated tiebreaker system. Seventh-ranked shot to knot the count at l. Georgetown and d . Syracuse, meanwhile, Then, New Mexico coach Gary advanced to the Big East TournaColson took a real gamble. He had ment final, the Hoyas with an his team foul Wyoming guard Sean victory over Providence and the Dent, a 50 percent foul shooter Orangemen with a victory d sending him to the line without a over Pittsburgh. d second ticking off the clock. LSU and Alabama Dent, who had missed the front reached the Southeastern Conferend of a against the ence finals. LSU beating Georgia Lobos in the regular season enain another double overtime bling them to win. stepped up and game and the Crimson Tide beating knocked home both free throws to Auburn No. 18 UCLA beat California in make it for Wyoming. The Lobos got the ball to Scarborthe Pac-1- 0 tournament. No. 19 Missouri reached the Big ough who drove for the basket and was fouled. Now, needing both Eight final with a victory (See CAGE, Page 18) points to force an overtime, Scar New-Mexic- n in Central Utah, around the 'Pokes capture WAC tourney and NCAA bid - Page THE HERALD. Provo, Utah. Seneenjsfaeir while judges Dalby Shirley and Jose Guerra favored Tvson action match between two big 8. 1987 Provo b lows pasti Sef By TOM CHRISTENSEN Herald Correspondent Provo coach Craig OGDEN Drury called his team's 3A championship a "traditional" Provo win on defense and offense. Provo overcame Kurt Miller's 39 points with relative ease, using balance to claim the 3A title with 6 a victory Saturday night at the Dee Events Center in Ogden. - 74-5- Provo's defense and offense frustrated Ben Lomond, especially in the second quarter when the Bulldogs took command. Going into the second period, lead. But Provo held a slim five inside shots by James Johnson and Tom Rogers and five three-poibombs by Matt Rollins and Brian Santiago confused 9-- 8 nt 85-6- 90-8- third-ranke- 62-5- See other prep results on Pages 14, i6, 17 8 15-- 62-al- lOth-ranke- 84-6- 6 99-8- 5 llth-ranke- ninth-ranke- one-and-o- 89-8- 8 87-6- 64-6- 2 72-6- 9 Lady Wolverines earn trip -to NJCAA nationals EPHRAIM The UTC held off a determined North Idaho club Saturday night to take a victory and capture the NJCAA Region 18 tournament. The Wolverines earned a berth in the national tournament to be held in Senatobia. Miss.. March UTC survived a cold opening 10 minutes and did not get a field goal until the 14:51 mark and trailed 10 minutes into the first half. From there, UTC went on a 13-with spurt to tie the game at 4:50 left in the half. Steals and the hot shooting of Paula Sawyer, who had 13 first half points, helped the Lady Wohalftime bulge. lverines to a The UTC team held a 6- - to lead throughout most of the second half until North Idaho closed with a rush to draw within two at 0 with two minutes left. North Idaho had the ball and a chance to tie it but a tenacious UTC defense kept them from getting off a shot and the 30 second shot clock shot expired. Tania Hasson then hit a jumper with 24 seconds left to put Barb Henderson UTC up came back with a layup for North Idaho to close the gap at Sawyer hit both ends of a ones 76-7- 4 16-2- 21-1- 3 25-a- ll 39-2- 9 72-7- 74-7- 74-7- with 13 seconds left. North Idaho hit a layup at the buzzer. Hasson led' UTC with 19, Sawyer had 16, Stephanie Trane added 14 and Sherri Snow had 12. Henderson led North Idaho with 16. UTC is 23-on the season. Trane was the tourney's MVP. Sawyer was on the team along with along with Haven King of Snow, JoAnne McDonald of Dixie and Jocelyn Pfeifer and Christine Anderson of North Idaho. Friday. UTC downed Dixie 7 in a semi-fina- l game. After Dixie jumped off to a lead over UTC, the Lady Wolverines ran off 13 straight points, and the game was never in doubt. Trane led UTC with 22. Hasson had 19, Vickie LaFontaine added 14 and Sherri Snow had 13. and-on- e 3 95-6- 0 Region 18 men's tournament Second-ranke- d TWIN FALLS, Idaho of Idaho Southern College Dixie 110-8- 9 whipped No. Saturday night to win the Region 18 tournament. The victory gives CSI an automatic bid to the NJCAA tournament. In the consolation game. North 9 Idaho came back to claim a victory over Ricks. - 98-8- Hawks plow under Jazz Bv The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) Dominique Wilkins had 19 of his 30 points in the first quarter and Kevin Willis had 16 of his 34 points in the final quarter as the Atlanta Hawks' one-tw- o punch led them to a 122-9victory over Utah on Saturday - 7 night. "We were able to get out on the break and really push the ball at them," Willis said. "We are beginning to play like we are capable of playing. We still have mental breakdowns, but we are more consistent for longer sketches." Willis had 15 rebounds and Wilkins 14. It was the Hawks' sixth consecutive victory, their longest streak of the season. "We were beaten worse than the score. We were really beaten up," snid Jazz Coach Frank Layden. "It is evident by the number of offensive boards they got and the num ber of foul shots we got." Part of the reason, he said, was center Mark the loss of Eaton, who has a bruised rib cage, "Some of the guys are affected by Mark's absence," Layden said. "People are taking the ball right at us. With him out of there, teams are coming right at us. Other teams become more of a perimeter team with Mark in the middle." Wilkins had 11 points in the first 4:08 and the Hawks went on to take lead after the first period. the second quarter, the Hawks had a 12-- run to go ahead Nets 114. 76ers 102 OrlanPHILADELPHIA (AP) do Woolridge came off the bench to score 33 points, leading the New Jersey Nets, who have the second-wors- t record in the NBA, to a victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Saturday night. (See NBA, Page 16) a 36-2- 7 In 0 114-10- 2 Lomond's defense and al0 lowed Provo to build a halftime lead. The Scot didn't know if they should pressure the outside or stay in on Rogers and Johnson. Provo took advantage of whatever Ben Lomond gave them. "They (Provo) shot the lights out on us," said Ben Lomond coach Evan Excell. "They do a good job of getting the ball to the person who has the available shot." Miller scored 10 of Ben Lomond's 12 points in the second quarter. But it was a frustrating 10 points as Ben Lomond looked to its team leader almost exclusively. Provo was able to clog up a lot of the inside play of the Scots, who had to take longer than they wanted to to find an open man inside. "Their fastbreak met our traditional Provo defense," said Drury about his matchup defense. "The kids went out and got it done." The Scots made a momentary run at Provo in the third quarter. for Miller, who scored 10 the Scots to end the first half, continued the string with 11 more points in the third period. His surge helped the Scots with close to within seven at 3:37 left in the quarter. But Provo didn't allow Ben Lomond to get any closer, going on a 12-- 4 run to close the third period of plav with a comfortable Ben 34-2- wh 4) ?y d ill r 40-3- 3 52-3- 7 Lam-- lead. Provo increased its margin to as much as 20 points, 63 43, in the fourth quarter as the Bulldogs nailed down their 11th state basketball championship. "We are the best of friends on and off the court," said an emotional Santiago after the game. Johnson led Provo with 24 points as he got open underneath on a consistent basis. Santiago I'ritser I'hulo You could see it on Tom Rogers' (51) face and others on the Provo team. Rogers, here making a driving layup Saturday night against defending champ Ben Lomond, was one of several bright stars in the Bulldogs' run to the 3A championship. balanced Johnson's inside game with 17 points. Rollins was right behind Santiago with 16, and Rog- ers added 12. Miller was the only Scot in double figures. L)rur' said he went into the Pame 'itn tne P'an to defense Miller in a normal way. "We treated him like any other player. As far as I know it only counts for two or three points every time the hole." he said, ball goes in the The Scots led momentarily to begin the game. But Santiago's three-poin- t f"" shot gave Provo the lead for good at 54. Richfield destroys Lehi's dream of another title By DOUG FOX Herald Correpondent The old adage CEDAR CITY goes that you can't teach height, but the Richfield Wildcats rewrote that old standard Saturday night in the 2A state championship game with a slightly different variation you also can't teach speed. In a classic matchup pitting Richlield's smaller yet sleeker unit against Lehi's tall front line, the Wildcats pulled off a upset over the defending state champions. Throughout the contest Richfield passed the ball crisply, hitting the open man before Lehi could shift its zone. That resulted in numerous short-rang- e jumpers and layups. Meanwhile. Lehi was never really able to get its inside attack Matt Gallon off the ground as Matt Redmond combined and for only 18 points in the game. With Richfield leading down the stretch and running a spread offense. Lehi was left with no alternative but to foul. And Richfield was hitting - 68-6- 1 6-- 6-- 8 near-perfec- t, from the line in the final three minutes, including 12 in a row to seal the victory. "We wanted to run and push it up and down the floor and get them tired." said a jubilant Richfield coach Dewain Peterson. The game started slowly with from the top of the key to give Lehi a 94 lead. The Pioneers led at the break. With U'hi leading by nine and on the verge of breaking the game open in the second quarter, Richfield guard Ryan Cuff turned the game around Wildcats. the for freshman, scored Cuff, a eight straight points off three straight steals, driving his team lead when he sank a free throw within a point at with 3: 17 left in the third quarter. Lehi only managed two more At Cedar City, Larry Shurtliff points in the quarter, and Richscored 15 points and Robert Shur- field led at the half. tliff added 12 as Enterprise ran to The Wildcats opened the second a 494 2 victory over Beaver in the half in an extended spread ofchampionship game of the state's fense, which was answered by a 1A boys high school basketball zone from Uhi. The defentournament Saturday, sive switch worked, resulting in at half-tim- e three straight turnovers, getting Enterprise lea ran and' played Beaver even the four points from Price and cutremainder of the game. Ladell ting Richlield's lead to But the Wildcats stuck with the Eyre had 15 for Beaver and Scott George added 11. spread offense and ran it to perAlso Saturday. North Sevier took fection for the rest of the game, overtime victory steadily pulling away from the third with a over North Summit. In other con- Pioneers. solation games. Piute beat Kanab Price got hot in the final minand South Summit defeated utes, tossing in four Dug way 5944. but it was too little too late. the two teams at tied 44 with under three minutes to play in the first quarter. Ihi guard Scott Price broke the tie with a turnaround move in the key. Steve Veach then came off the bench to sink the only three-pointe- r of the first half 11-- 6 single-handed- Bonneville nets 4A award SALT LAKE CITY ( AP) Mike Sivulich scored with four seconds remaining as Bonneville defeated Cottonwood in the championship game of the state 4A high school basketball tournament Saturday night. Sivulich, who finished with 10, dropped in his winning basket near the key to end the see-sabattle. Kendall Youngblood led Bonneville with 14 and Jim Woolverton added 11. Cottonwood's Dave Lloyd, who finished with 23. gave his' team a lead with 19 seconds left before Sivulich's winning shot. Lloyd sparked a comeback bv Cottonwood, which trailed 3023 at halftime, and gave his team a 52-5- 1 w 51-5- 0 37-3- 6 6-- 2 22-2- 29-2- 4 29-2- 2 31-3- 58-5- 7 77-6- 5 three-pointer- ly |