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Show The Daily Herald Saturday, April 4, 1SS2 CUps NOTABLE QUOTES: "Jeff Homacek is one of the best open shooters in the league. You can't give him the open Jumpers. You can, thought, give them to me. I need to have someone running at me." Utah Jazz guard Jeff Malone on the Phoenix Suns forward. - TEXAS FINALISTS: Two the qualified for the finals in their events in the Texas Relays at Austin. Sophomore Shu-Hw-a Wang was clocked at 13.74 in the 100m hurdles, and junior Cathie Guischard was 11.74 in the 100m dash. The times are season's best for both athletes. The relay squad of Wang, Guischard, Brooke Stanton and Anu Kaljurand advanced with their time of 45.76, five-tentof a second off their school record pace set in Tempe last Saturday. In the javelin finals, Kaljurand threw 148-- 0 to place seventh overall. Brooke Stanton in the 100 and Tiffany Freeman in the high jump were stopped at the trials. . . FASTEST TIME: Louisiana 100-met- er : ; : HARASSMENT: Another sexual harassment charge involving the New England Patriots was filed Friday in a $6 million lawsuit brought by a former employee of the NFL team. Carolyn Palla, 28, of Providence, alleges she was harassed by Patriots vice president of administration Patrick Forte and the Patriots didn't do anything about it. Her claims were made in the lawsuit in U.S. District Court. During the 1990 season, Boston Herald sports writer Lisa Olson filed a lawsuit charging that she was sexually harassed by several players while attempting to do interviews in the locker room. The lawsuit was settled out of court after a lengthy investigation by the NFL and Olson no longer works for the Herald. "The Patriots and Patrick Forte firmly deny Miss Palla's claims of harassment," Robert C. Weber, the Patriots' legal counsel, said in a statement. WOMAN A.D.: The Michigan State board of trustees voted Baker, Friday to hire Merrily an assistant executive director of the NCAA, as athletic director, the first woman to head both men's and women's athletics for a Big Ten school. In hiring Baker by a 2 vote, the university's board of trustees apparently ended a two-yecontroversy over football coach George Perles holding both jobs. Only one other woman holds the post at a major university, Barbara Hedges at Washington. Ian 6-- ar FREEMAN SIGNS: Freeman McNeil, the New York Jets' career rushing leader, signed contract Friday and will a one-yebe ready for the team's mini-cam- p next week. McNeil has gained 7,904 yards in 11 seasons, averaging 4.5 yards per carry. He has averaged more than 4 yards per carry for all 11 years, breaking Joe Perry's NFL record. Last year, he rushed for 300 yards on 52 carries. He played in 13 games. 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"We've had Gary down in that sixth spot all year, I've stayed with he surely got the big Relays and Memorial Stadium record Friday in the collegiate women hurdles qualifying with the fastest clocking in the world this year. Bowles, a senior from Neptune, N.J., was timed in 12.92 seconds to beat the Texas Relays record of 13.11 by Lynda Tolbert of Arizona State in 1983. It also eclipsed the Memorial Stadium record of 13.06 established by Benita Brown, also in 1988. ; Bowles is second ranked in the United States behind Gail Devers- Roberts, who ran for UCLA. She holds the American record of 12.48 and the collegiate record of 12.61. 10 a.m. Auto raetno, (ESPN) 11 (.m. WofW Flour Stating 13-- him, I believed in him, and today, State's Dawn Bowles set a Texas ar SALT LAKE CITY It was definitely a walk in the park for the University of Utah Friday at Derks Field. With nine free passes to first in the first five innings, the Utes made particularly Gary Ogden some key hits really hurt the visiting Cougars as they downed BYU 9 in WAC baseball action. Utah is now 2 1 on the year and in the WAC. BYU fell to 0 The same two teams and square off today at 1 p.m. at the BYU diamond. "There's no question we've been struggling offensively we the haven't been big just getting hits. We left 14 on base against San Diego Sunday. But we got them today," said Ute coach Rick 1- -4 bases-loade- Ogden's hits." triple in d the first inning and three-ru- n home run in the fifth inning were the biggest blows for the Utes. But t, Jeremy Chiles, with a two-ru-n homer and Shane Jones, RBI single and an with a two-oRBI walk, also came through in the two-ou- ut clutch. But the Cougars helped. Of the six men Ogden drove home, four reached first on walks. Six of Utah's 13 runs got aboard via walks or being hit by a pitch. Two By ANTON GARRITY Herald Correspondent The Utah SALT LAKE CITY Jazz came home after two straight road losses to clobber their Western Conference rival, the Phoenix Suns 113-9Friday night at the - 4, Delta Center. and drove home runs . "It was a matter of guys 'trying to do things they hadn't done all year," sighed BYU coach Gary Pullins. "That wasn't Eric Smith (the starting pitcher) out there. It wasn't John Vandenburgh (the first reliever), either. "Somehow, they seemed to feel they had to try harder. They haven't played-tha- t way all year. Eric has been so very good all year; he'll be back." It was Smith's first loss of the season after six straight wins on the mound. The Cougars opened the scoring two-ru- n t, with Dave Madsen's the first. homer in the top of In the bottom of the frame, Smith got the first two Utes on a groundout and fly ball, but then ran into trouble. He walked the bases full and Ogden then knocked a ball to the gap in field, clearing the bases and giving Utah Karl "The Mailman" Malone scored a game high 32 points folperformlowing a dismal ance Thursday in Portland. Phoenix now drops its record to 49-2just a half game ahead of the Jazz, who up their record to 48-2- 6. 10-poi-nt 6, Jeff Malone added 24 points for .... 4 u 9 v, aW 9 4 . jMnuji.ji. mil iww " v 3 V i..4 . m - II, 0 V. & V I 7 J- - "Utah played well," Pullins said. "And when we made a pitchwhich were plentiing mistake ful they let us know. They really blasted it when we put it down the middle." The Cougars tied it in the top of the second, as Mike Espiritu led off with a double and scored on Eric Larsen's single. But Utah took the lead for good in the bottom of the frame. Two singles a sacrifice bunt, a walk and a strike- (See BYU, Page B4) Utah, while John Stockton scored 17 points and dished out 13 assists. This game started out as evenly as these two teams have played for the past three years. The score was tied seven times during the first few minutes before Utah took an 4 scoring advantage. However, Phoenix came back behind seven straight points to hold a 8 lead with point guard Kevin Johnson getting the last five points by himself. The Suns ended the first quarter with a 17-- 6 run to increase its lead to 3 1 24. Utah's Jeff Malone scored 10 of his 24 points in that first period, 23-1- -- 'iri NCAA tournament with stories about making his players dig . mr t lues - a i, . Herald PhotoJason Olson second baseman Brent Turley grabs a late throw from the catcher as Utah's Mike Hughes steals second in the third inning. Hughes went on to steal third and came home on a squeeze bunt. but Phoenix countered that by shooting a blistering 75 percent from the field in the first stanza. halftime team hold the lead. The Mailman then scored the first two baskets of the second half Utah was down by nine points lead. to give his team a shortly after the start of the second Former of Utah star, University quarter before the Jazz scored Tom Chambers, countered with three quick baskets and forced the five straight points before the Jazz Suns to take a time out. Following their lead to 15 points, extended the time out, Utah scored four 0 behind an run. The game was more buckets, with Mike Brown decided during that stretch as getting eight of the 14 points durfailed to make any subPhoenix ing that run in relief of Mark Eastantial run the remainder of the ton. game. After Utah came out firing on all The half ended with Utah up The Mailman scored the final cylinders in the second half, both six points for the Jazz to help his teams traded baskets the remainder six-poi- nt 10-poi- nt 8-- 50-4- 4. there would have been one then, and how we would have had to go there. We couldn't fly. We'd have to walk or go by horseback. ' ' "I'm a little bit tired from all that stuff we've been doing," Indiana center Eric Anderson said, in- team." half-doze- BASKETBALD: Former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian and TV analyst Dick Vitale both have books out and they appeared together Friday at a book signing in Knight also said he took his team hike Monday . on a "I wanted to give them the total experience of 100 years of baskeMinneapolis. Brian Baxter, who owns Baxtball," he said. "I wanted them to imagine that we were going to the ter's Books, said about 200 people first NCAA ournement in 1 892, if showed up looking for autographs 20-mi- le t BYU tended to keep pressure off his team during the tournament, Knight said: "If it helps my team play better, then I got a weird 20-min- - js E5 tongue in cheek. Asked if his wild stories are shark-infeste- .st .. a 3-- 2 lead. - anti-terrori- st 1 .... A p I left-cent- er IndiMINNEAPOLIS (AP) ana coach Bob Knight, who's often curt with the media, was back entertaining reporters with long monologues of farfetched stories. Knight began his sometimes biz-za- re ramblings at the start of the late-seas- J I N 55 pressures don't curtail Knight d ditches and swim in a moat. He continued Friday at a news conference in which reporters could squeeze in only n about a questions. "I brought in the guy from the CIA who's an expert in Chinese water torture," Knight said when asked why his team has recovered so well from a slump. "And 1 brought in the guy who set unit for the up the United States Marine Corp, and he ran practice for three days. " - m m two-ou- 18-1- NCAA t walks came with the bases loaded By DOROTHY KNOELL Herald Sports Writer - BYU women tracksters and Cougar 4x100m relay squad Utes claim WAC game, m 13-- 9 and just to hear what they had to say. But those wanting to hear from Tarkanian were bound to be disappointed. "Mr. Vitale was obviously the most vocal," Baxter said of Vitale. "No one can speak much when he is about." Baxter said the appearance was a boon for book sales, but one fan wasn't satisfied with literature. The book store had hung in the window a photo of Vitale rubbing Tarkani-an'- s head, and a man came in and offered $ 1 50 dollars for it. larger-than-life-siz- ed Sold. DAVID VS. GOLIATH: Much has been made of how Cincinnati, with only one starter taller than will handle the Michigan Wolverines, whose starters are all (See NCAA, Page B4) of the third period. Utah clung to a commanding 1 lead going into the final quarter. The final period ended up being of no consequence as the Jazz were never threatened. 86-7- In other NBA action Friday night it was New York 115, Atlanta 94; New Jersey 122, Milwaukee 103; Washington 119, Detroit 85; Cleveland 103, Miami 100; Indiana 101, Boston 97; Chicago 114, LA Clippers 103; Minnesota 104, Dallas 95; Orlando 1 13, San Antonio 106, OT; and Seattle 96, LA Lakers 91. Shaquille passes up senior year at LSU; opts for NBA draft SAN ANTONIO (AP) American - All- - center Shaquille O'Neal, saying he had as much fun as he could in college basketball, announced Friday he was leaving Louisiana State to enter the NBA draft. With his family at his side, O'Neal, 20, said he would forgo his senior year of eligibility at LSU. l teel that in my heart it s time for a change and it's time for me to move on," O'Neal said. "I think the experience was very much needed, but now I'm ready to take what I have learned on with me to the NBA." He said he would leave LSU next week, but intends to pursue his business administration degree during his off-seaso- Final Four ho opla also features coaches' sideshows Cincinnati will beat Michigan's Fab Five. And Indiana will knock out Duke. The Final Four kicks off today in Minneapolis with Michigan's freshmen facing Cincinnati's junior college transfers on CBS at 3:40 p.m. MST. Defending champion Duke will try to fend off Indiana 30 minutes after the end of that game. The Bearcats will edge the Steve Fisher's Kinderkids because they have more discipline and experience. Indiana will defeat Duke because of the Hoosier bench and because USA Today's computer sistant coaches and one iimited earning coach. The coaches would situation where like to see a College. universities are allowed to hire one Duke is Duke and Indiana is Inhead coach and three fulltime asdiana. sistant coaches. The university One sidelight to the NCAA Final Four is the annual convention presidents at the last convention of the National Association of Bas- voted to limit basketball ' coaching Long Beach Junior College and Nick Van Exel from Trinity Junior 1- -3 Dick Bsimcn Sports Editor Howard, Ray Jackson, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose and Chris Webber. They are all 18 or 19 years old. said so. Cincinnati shopped around and It shapes up to be an outstanding four hours of college hoops. The built its team from junior colleges kind of time that calls for hoagies, throughout the cfNuntry, from the drinks, chips and popcorn and no top programs. From winners and champions at that level. They ininterruptions. beclude Anthony Buford from the Michigan is on the verge of basUniversity of Akron, Corie Blount coming a dominating college from Rancho Santiago Junior Colketball team. Next year the Wolverines might. The starting five lege, Herb Jones from Butler Jun(the Fab Five) includes Juwan ior College, Terry Nelson from ketball Coaches. Every coach in the NCAA who is a member usual!;1 attends the Final Four and this convention. BYU coach Roger Reid and his staff are in Minneapolis this weekend for the games and meetings. At this convention there is a lot of scouting and hunting for head coaches and assistant head coaches. There arc a lots of friendships forged and political allies made. The coaches also get together and draft proposals for the NCAA convention in January. Coaches are concerned about " four areas of their college game which are changing. The first is the limitation to hire one head coach, two fulltime as staffs. A second area of concern is the presidents' vote to limit scholarships iixm 15 to 13. The current level enacted this year is 13. The coaches want a compromise of 14 scholarships. This issue is critical for a school like BYU which has LDS missionaries come and go. The limited scholarships leave colleges, especially BYU, no margin for error in recruiting. The other two areas involve summer evaluation of recruits by coaches by the entire staff instead of the current limit of two, and unlimited telephone contact with prospective student athletes which now can't begin until the end of the recruit's junior year. The Associated Press national coach of the year is Roy Williams of Kansas. In four years Williams has a:.iassed a 103-3- 0 record. He is the second hea: coach in history to win that many games that quickly. Only Everett Case got there faster. If BYU's Reid repeats a 25-- 7 record next year, that would put 8 out of the the Utah native gate. No. 2 ranked Kansas, you may remember, lost to UTEP of the Western Athletic Conference in the second game of the Midwest 92-3- Regional. It is also interesting to note Michigan beat BYU on a neutral court (86-83- ) by three points. Cincinnati beat UTEP on a neutral court (69-6by two points. Just five points separate the WAC from two of the Final Four teams. It didn't exactly prove anything, but it is an interesting noie. 7) Saddle down, pass the chips', take the phone off the hook . |
