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Show Page D8 - THE HE RAID, Provo, Utah, Sunday, January 21, 1990 Jazz pummol Calif. (AP) -John Stockton scored 27 points as the Utah Jazz won their sixth straight game, defeating the Sac1 ramento Kings Saturday night. The Kings' point total matched their lowest score of the year, a 9341 loss to Detroit Nov. 28. Karl Malone had 21 points for Utah, while Danny Ainge topped Sacramento with 16 points and Rodney McCray had 15, including nine straight in the fourth quarter. With the win, the Jazz claimed the top spot in the Midwest Division of the NBA following San Antonio's loss to Denver. Mavericks 105, Cavaliers 96 DALLAS Nine straight points in overtime by Derek Harper spoiled Cleveland coach Lenny Wilkens' bid for his 700th victory as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Cavaliers 105-9Harper hit four straight baskets, SACRAMENTO, 94-8- 6. Saeirammeinito with 17.7 secincluding a onds left in overtime, to hand the Cavs their third straight loss. Harper scored 28 points and Adrian Dantley 27 for the Mavs, who won their second consecutive game after dropping five in a row. Dantley had six points in the overtime period. John Williams scored 23 points and Larry Nance 20 for the losers. Rockets 127, Bullets 107 HOUSTON Otis Thorpe scored 11 points and Mitchell Wiggins 10 in the third period, sparking the Houston Rockets to a victo7 ry over the Washington Bullets. Thorpe finished with 19 points and Wiggins 16 as Houston defeated the Bullets for the sixth time in their last seven meetings. Akeem Olajuwon had 23 points and 23 rebounds for Houston, with Buck Johnson adding 23 points and Sleepy Floyd 20. Ledell Eackles led the Bullets - 127-10- with 23 points. CCBmigis games. Denver broke the game open midway through the second period. Denver outscored Leading the Spurs 34-- 6 to take a 0 lead in the third period. The Nuggets extended their lead to 7 with 4:43 left in the quarter. David Robinson led San Antonio with 24 points. ; Suns 117, SuperSonics 98 Tom Chambers PHOENIX scored 34 points, while Kevin Johnson and Jeff Hornacek had; 22 apiece as the Phoenix Suns won their seventh straight game, : defeating the Seattle SuperSonics 117-9I- 76ers 108, Nets 98 PHILADELPHIA - Johnny 28 Dawkins scored a season-hig- h points and Charles Barkley had 26 points and 22 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the New Jersey Nets 108-9Dawkins had 14 points in the fourth quarter, 'including the Sixers' final 10. 9 The Nets led midway through the fourth, but Philadelphia rallied for a 21-- 2 run to take a 100-8- 7 lead with 3:44 left in the game. Purvis Short led the scoring for the Nets with 24 points and Mookie Blaylock had 22. Nuggets 126, Spurs 99 DENVER Fat Lever scored 23 points and Blair Rasmussen had 22 as Denver routed San Antonio 126-9Eight players scored in double figures for the Nuggets, who had lost eight of their previous 11 8. 85-7- 9. 41-3- 4, 75-4- 97-5- 8. ' 4 ' Seattle, suffering its 10th straight road loss, was led ; by Sedale Threatt's 21 points. It was the Suns's sixth straight victory over Seattle in Phoenix since December 1987. The SuperSonics haven't won on the road since Nov. 25 at Dallas. Mike Reid's 67 good for second in Bob Mope golf Peter Jacobsen doesn't falter AP Laserphoto Second seed Boris Becker Delaitre of France, 6-- 6-- 1, reacts Saturday after whipping Olivier i, in the Australian Open. Lendl, Graf a little ot y, sloppy but effective MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -Defending champions Ivan Lendl and Steffi Graf overcame unusually sloppy play Sunday, while American amateur sensation Angelica Gavaldon kept rolling to reach the quarterfinals in the Australian - Open. Gavaldon, an effervescent from Coronado, Calif., who entered as a qualifier ranked 192nd in the world, upset Gigi Fernandez , Gavaldon, who takes high school correspondence courses, is playing her first professional tournament outside the United States and is the left in the year's ?oungest player Slam tennis tournament. - Lendl had 46 errors, yet never was threatened in beating Simon Youl of Australia Graf started with an ace and ended with another one to notch her 3 over 45th straight victory, d Raffaella Reggi of Italy. Helena Sukova, who lost the 1989 final against Graf, ended the surprising surge of Japan's Kimiko Date 64, Unseeded Soviet Andrei Cherka-so- v upset No. 9 Andres Gomez of ). 6 Ecuador (tW), 6 Graf was in control of her match throughout, but was annoyed by an I unusually high 28 unforced errors. ; "I have a lot left to improve," Graf said. "I need to find my right " timing and I'm making too many 15th-seed- 6-- 2. 6-- 3, 6-- 1, 6-- 3, 6-- 1. 6-- 2, 6-- 13th-see- 6-- 3. 6-- 3, ; 7-- 7-- (7-5- errors." Meanwhile, America's Zina Garri BYU (Continued from Page D7) de No. 3 show-busine- le ss as Saturday. The field trimmed and only the pros will play the final round at the Arnold Palmer course at PGA West. With Tom Kite and third-roun- d leader Don Pooley in the late going, Mike Reid came on to claim second at 270 with a 67 at Indian Wells. effort Jacobsen's came at Bermuda Dunes. Kite, the 1989 Player of the Year, and Pooley each led or shared the lead at one point, but neither could bring it to the clubhouse. Kite stumbled to a bogey-boge- y finish and Pooley had a shattering four-pu- tt from 12 feet on his 16th hole. "That's two days in a row seed, caught her foot and tumbled down and immediately thought about what happened to Sabatini earlier in the day. "It really did flash through my mind," Garrison said after beating France's Isabelle Demongeot 4 to reach the fourth round. Becker, seeking his third straight Grand Slam title, beat Olivier De4 to join laitre of France John McEnroe, Stefan Edberg, Aaron Krickstein, Mats Wilander and defending champion Ivan Lendl in the fourth round. "The court is very sticky and when you're a little tired and just hanging in there, that's when your ankle can go," Becker said. "I've had too many problems in the past. I'm taping everything I have to tape." Woodforde, leading the second set 4 after American david Wheaton Colo. BYU, LITTLETON, won the first set sprained his which won seven conference footon ankle of a court different right ball titles in the 1980s, dominated the National Tennis CenWAC team anthe ter. nounced Friday. It was voted on by the WAC media and Sports Information Directors. The Cougars placed nine players more drew brass tion, this game on the squad and BYU quarterback than the ground of a shooting Jim McMahon was named offensive range. of the decade. Cougar coach The WAC sent commissioner Joe player LaVell Edwards was named coach commissionand assistant Kearney, er Jeff Hurd. BYU, in full color of the decade. New Mexico wide receiver Ter-andetente, sent President Rex Lee, Mathis was the only player vice president Paul Thompson, and on every ballot. Mathis set named athletic director Glen Tuckett. BYU also scheduled the music troupe The Young Ambassadors for a joint Friday concert in Laramie. The Cougars had representatives from all sorts of heirarchy short of custodial services. FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -AIn a letter to the studentbody in Anderson scored a ndy the campus newspaper Friday, Wywith 6:08 left to give Colorado goal oming athletic director Paul Roach State a 6 edge en route to a 57-pleaded with the community to exdecision here Saturday night hibit sportsmanship at the game. over Utah in Western Athletic Con"We love to play BYU because ference play. we fill our stands," said Laramie Colorado State raised its record Bob Webb. councilman "But city to 1 in the league and 14-- 3 overall we wish some of our fans acted start and is off to its best better." in school history. Utah fell to Before tipoff the Young Ambassaand 4 in the WAC. dors joined with Wyoming's CentenMusic-typin e a Sound of nial Singers Anderson led scoring with 20 rendition of the national an- points, and was joined in double them. With out Julie Andrews, the figures by teammate Mike Mitchell with 11. game began. BYU came out smoking, outshoot-in- g Leading the Utah offense was the Cowboys hitting 9 of 13 to Josh Grant, who had 16, and teamWyoming's 5 of 18 field goals lead- mates Keith Chapman and Walter ing 5 then 7 at the buzzer. Watts each added 12. Steve Schreiner did most of the Utah led 3 at halftime and the damage inside (10 first half points) as Wyoming's interior defense appeared blind to BYU's entry passes. The Cougars also opened up with a press which took Wyoming, a KITZBUEHEL, Austria, (AP) -team plagued with turnovers, out of Atle Skaardal of Norway, who for it's offense. two years has shown signs of crackThe Cougars used a collapsing ing into the elite of ski racing, zone to box up Cowboy star Reggie finally got there today by winning SUter who didn't get his first field the most prestigious title in the mark. goal until the sport, the Hahnenkamm downhill With Andy Toolson and Schreiner championship. bion the bench the final minutes of Although it was a somewhat World the first half, the Cowboys made a zarre race the first-eve- r 0 run to close the first half gap to Cup downhill in two runs, owing to with two minutes to play. The a lack of snow on the famed run came on the strength of offen- "strelf" course Skaardal did sive rebounding and two field goals beat the best downhillers in the and a free throw by Tim Breaux. world. 5--7, 6-- 6-- 3, 6-- 1, 6-- 6-- 3, Durrant, who had 12 points, led the Cougars in rebounds with five. "This is a good basketball team we played against," said Dees. "They're very, very experienced. Everybody on the team is 24 or 25. You can't take the kinds of mistakes we did and win games in this league." Just after half, BYU held a slim 3 lead, then promptly went four minutes without scoring a field goal. But the Cougars did weather an Intense Wyoming defensive spurt and fought through ties at 46,48 and 34-3- 60." 5-- - 6-- 3, foul-plagu- ed starter earlier. "The coaches didn't have confidence In me, didn't trust me and it was important that I come in and play hard. I can play 100 percent better than I have and it felt good to contribute to this win." The Cougars outshot Wyoming 50 to 38 percent, making only one of four three point shots while Wyoming could not find the range at that distance going 4 for 19. , "BYU's game plan was perfect. They sagged on Reggie Slater and invited us to take the outside shot. We not only failed to make some outside, but most the time didn't even try," said Dees. This game had all the makings of classic WAC basketball and more. Traditional rivals, TV, and the issue of sportsmanship fueled by incidents and executive league ac- - ot par-savi- 47-4- 51 4-- 2-- 23-1- 31-2- 24-2- J vs Irtv ( J-- ;.; : ; Australian Steve Elkington had a 69 at Bermuda Dunes and was alone in third place at 271. " . ,-- ' 1 i LPGA: At Montego Bay, Jamaica: Patty Sheehan shot a 68 lead Saturday to take a after two rounds at the LPGA Jamaica Classic. Sheehan overcame a bogey on her third hole and finished with a total of 137, Lynn Connelly is second in the tournament. She also shot a 68 Saturday for a total of 54-ho- le 142. A stroke back in third is Cathy Morse. Alice Ritzman, who shot a 68 in the second round, is tied with JoAnne earner and Missie Berteotti at 144. AP Laserphoto ." Fourth round leader Peter Jacobsen managed to hit his second, shot on the sixth hole and avoid the palm tree peril. - decade's top team or tied nine WAC and five NCAA center; Outland Trophy winner Jarecords during his career and is son Buck on the defensive line; currently the NCAA career leader Todd Shell and Bob Davis at linein receptions (263) and yardage backer; and Kyle Morrell at defensive back. (4,254). McMahon set or tied more than Every WAC team placed at least 70 NCAA records during his career one player on the squad. Air Force and still holds 10 WAC passing and Colorado State had four each. marks as well as being the NCAA's The Falcons had the defensive playall-tipassing efficiency leader er of the decade in Outland Trophy (176.9). honoree Chad Hennings on the deOther Cougars on the team infensive line, linebacker Terry clude Gordon Hudson at tight end; Macki, defensive back Tom Rotello, Outland Trophy winner Mohammed and punter Mark Simon. The Rams Elewonibi and Calvin Close on the placed wide receiver Jeff Cham-pin- e, offensive line and Bart Oates at offensive lineman Edgar Rams cruise past Utes, 9-- 3 Reserve center Todd Crow came the bench in place of Schreiner and hit four of six free throws, grabbed four caroms and added a crucial second half field goal. Crow had been benched as a I've played awfully well for 16 holes, then couldn't get it to the house," Kite said. "It's very disappointing, a little disturbing." He missed a two-foputt on his 17th hole and hit into the water on No. 18 at the Palmer course, but still salvaged a 69 that left him four shots back at 272. Those finishing problems followed a similar collapse Friday when he three-putte- d his last two holes and still came away with a 64. Pooley, once in the lead alone, double-boge- y had his four-put- t, disaster on his 16th hole at Tamarisk, where he shot a 73 and fell six strokes back. No surprise, BYU ce Steve Schreiner. off that could lead to her first Grand Slam final. These are nervous times for Garrison and other players as they tiptoe cautiously on sticky courts suddenly hit by an injury jinx. Boris Becker is complaining. Graf thinks the courts are dangerous. Gabriela Sabatini is out with torn ligaments in her ankle. Mark Wood-foris in the hospital facing possible surgery on his severed ankle ligaments. Other players have fallen, and now everyone is worried. son is on a path Garrison, the women's Calif. (AP) -PJacobsen played a bogey-fre- e round of 66 on Saturday for a two-shlead after the fourth round of the five-daBob Hope Classic. Jacobsen, seeking his first official PGA Tour victory in six years, completed a circuit of one round on each of four desert courses in 268, 20 under par for 72 holes. That's the standard length of most Tour events, but another 18 holes remain to be played in this unique tournament that becomes a little more ordinary in Sunday's final round. The amateurs, many of them celebrity friends of the host, concluded their play LA QUINTA, eter 6-- in PGA 57-5- 1 Mitchell, ninning back Steve and defensive back Ron Bar-tal- Other members of the squad are: Mathis, linebacker Johnny Jackson and defensive back Ray Hornfeck, New Mexico; wide receiver Webster Slaughter, San Diego State; offensive lineman Jesse Sapolu, running back Gary Allen and defensive lineman Al Noga, Hawaii; running back John Harvey and place-kick- er Chris Jacke, UTEP; defensive lineman Mitch Donahue, ll Wyoming; and return specialist Tucker, Utah. "Er-ro- DUNN: teams traded leads until Anderson's key shot in the second half. goals Andy Wooda hit two 8 brought the Grizzlies within with 5:54 left in the half. The Montana 65, Weber St 51 Wildcats answered with a 3 run At Ogden: John Reckard scored and took a 1 lead when Mcin16 of his 21 points in the second half tosh sank a free throw with 1:22 as Montana rallied to beat Weber remaining in the half. 1 in Big Sky Conference State Reckard scored the final five basketball Saturday night points of the half, including a used The Grizzlies (11-- 7 and goal with two seconds left, nine points from Reckard in a 14-- 2 cutting the deficit to 6 at half-tim- e. run that turned a 9 deficit midNeither team wild gain a lead way through the second half into a 53-lead with 6:04 remaining in larger than four points until Reckard went to work with 9:37 remainthe game. Weber State (8-- 7 and got four ing in the game. The Grizzlies scored the final points early from Jerry Mcintosh to take an 0 lead. Kevin Kearney nine points to extend a 1 lead to 1. Woods added 15 for the Grizzfinally hit a lumper with 14:57 remaining in the half to put the lies while Anthony McGowan scored 14 and Tony Nicholas added 12 for Grizzlies on the scoreboard. An W Montana run in which Weber State. 20-1- (Continued from Page D7). Miami's Dennis Erickson, Alabama's Bill Curry (now at Ken-- . tucky) and Colorado's Bill McCartney. Holtz, Erickson, and Curry were here. McCartney was coaching: in an game and didn't think; he could break away. Instead he sent his son, Mike, to represent him. McCartney won the award fcnd Mike had to give the acceptance I talk. A record crowd of 700 people turned out for the banquet paring $125 a plate. A noted sportswriter, Mickey Herskowitz, was master, of ceremonies. In accepting the award for -- his father, Mike McCartney, who & In his third year as a graduate asBist-aon his father's staff, said: "He told me it's no big deal. Vou World Cup talk for five minutes and you'raout winning his first-eve- r race in the previous two races, but of there. I'm sure he never exactIn risking everythinghe pushed too ed this." McCartney's team finished Ztlie hard and crashed instead. Today, record however, was the talented Norweg- regular season with an ian's turn to enjoy a victory made then lost to Notre Dame In "the lt even sweeter because it Is the 50th Orange Bowl. anniversary of the Hahnenkamm. Last Thursday night's affair :as a success of the kind Bear Bryant Hoeflehner said he made an enjoyed on the football field. the to goldgive attempt en anniversary trophy to Austria. And there is every rcasoi to "I think everyone had some prob- believe that the Bear Bryant Afird lems, but you just have to make the Is very close to being No.l ur the said. best of it, hearts of the nation's coaches.' Hoeflehner 7-- 27-2- 65-5- 3-- 3) Holtz, all-st- ar 27-2- 43-3- 45 3-- 1) t 56-5- 8-- 65-5- ; most prestigious race Norwegian wins downhill's a made two runs 7-- 29-2- 7 o, Cor-tel- l. in Sknnrrtal combined 2 minutes, 26.20 seconds. The winner's time for the standard downhill course here is usually a few seconds under two minutes. Austria's Helmut Hoeflehner, a former World Cup downhill champion and one of the host country's favorite sons, was a mere .02 seonds back. And Switzerland's Pir-ml- n e downZurbriggen, a hill champion who is seeking a two-tim- record-tyin- g fourth overall title, was third. Skaardal seemed on the verge of nt 7 11-- 0 |