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Show r mm SECTION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. SPORTS EDITOR I DameH Dickson 5 2007 ddicksonheraldextra.cofn BYU HOOPS 2007 UTAH VALLEY SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR 0 FILEAP head coach Dave Rose claps for his team against Air Force on Feb. 27. BYU plays Michigan St. today at EnergySolutions Arena at 2 p.m. BYU ii c9 Rose, Izzo similar in Y many ways Jason Franchuk DAILY X P W Mr I .... ,sj '' ft ' " W f! - it--' Si 7 , 1 I 1 A , HERALD They do not know each other that well. Shouldn't they? Tom Izzo may have a men's basketball r national know this isn't a big recruiting area for us,but "I 'I I'll a fatter contract and more widespread name recognition at Michigan admit I'm selfish. State. But I if want to go see different places and let my teams have different Jared Lloyd "- - I s, t's not easy to make a 7," cer ball disappear in the mid- die of a game. That is, unless;.. you're Orem senior defender Brianne Larsen. Throughout" ' the season, opponents woul ;1 . come charging in to pressure the f Tiger defense and it would look liL 3 she had no idea they were there. 7 Then suddenly the ball was gone, i . Rnt Vi wren crazy. Maybe they longtime assistants. Both nearly took I am." t ; ; f r an assistant's Tom Izzo is job at another school, which leads their fans Michigan State 'head coach . : a I I soc-- ; coach' Dave Rose, right? challenges. One extremely of the referees Patient m for had noticed our waiting chances to coach at proschedule, and where asked if was gramswere Brianne "i Daily Herald there's a clone of him, it's gotta be BYUs third-yea- r V ::: to ponder how much their career paths not to mention MSU and BYU would've been altered. And both successful programs, each 1 at this point, are proof : 7-- ., See MEN'S : HOOPS, C4 SEE LARSEN, PAGE C6 No. 9 Michigan st. VS. NO. 20 BYU 1 XX o.e. SHUTOUTS BY OREM GOALS ALLOWEDGAME 1 Today, 2 p.m. At EnergySolutions Arena I The overall series s LARSEN is tied, 4-- 4 I Radio: KSl 1160 AM (102.7 FM) ITV:BYUTV and KJZZ Cti. 14 UTAH JAZZ HAPPY IN 'HAPPY VALLEY' Missed free throws sink Jazz Elizabeth White THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO Manu Ginobili scored 37 points r ERIC OAYAP San Antonio Spun guard Manu b defended by Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams on Friday. Ginobili, left, for the second straight game to lift the San Antonio Spurs to SPURS 104 a 104-9- 8 UTAH 98 win over the Utah Jazz Friday for their fifth straight victory. The Spurs remained , unbeaten at home despite their second straight game without Tim Duncan, who is recovering from a sprained the game and were up by as many as 11 points. But the Spurs inched their way up in the fourth, and took ankle. their first lead since the first Tony Parker had a rough quarter at 851 off Matt shooting night but added 16 Bonner's jumper with 6:36 points for the Spurs and Mi- to play. chael Finley contributed 15. Once they took the lead Deron Williams and Caragain off Michael Finley's los Boozer had 28 points with 5:31 to go, it was for good. The Jazz apiece for Utah, which hasn't won in San Antonio were always lurking and since 1999. Williams also' were within one, with 19 seconds to play after had 10 assists and Ronnie Brewer added 14 points for Williams hit a long 3, but the Jazz, who have now lost Spurs' eight free throws in two in a row. The Jazz led for most of See JAZZ, C3 99-9- 8, Li J MARK PHILBRICKBYU team celebrates during its Sweet 1 6 match against Middle Tennessee State on Friday. The Cougars won 36-2- 2 30-2and 34-3-2 to advance to play Penn State. Story, C4. The BYU volleyball . |