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Show B2 Page - THE HERALD, Proo, Utah, u&ier Mondav. February W3 1, Basketball injury may affect '93 (ielsman race to Austii'alaasi title sweeps By PAUL ALEXANDER Associated Press Writer MELBOURNE. Australia -What better way to cap a victory than a refreshing swim? Well, if it's the murky Yarra River, there are plenty of better alternatives. But none is closer to the National Tennis Center, so there was Jim Courier taking a quick dip again, just like he did when he won the Australian Open last year. "Don't drink the water. Jim!" a bystander warned as the American top seed celebrated his 5 victory over Sweden's Stefan Edberg in sauna-lik- e conditions Sunday for his fourth Grand Slam title. Not to worry. Courier, still shoes wearing his tennis gear and all and coach Brad Stine barely had time to get wet before making their way to shore. "At least this year, I knew it was the river in the world," Courier said. fitness Courier, a freak from Florida who figured his chances for victory increased with the length of the match, said before leaving his hotel Sunday morning: ' 'The hotter the better. ' ' With the air temperature at 104 degrees and the court surface broiling at 153, he got his wish. Some fans used umbrellas to fend off the brutal sun. Others doffed shirts or stripped to swimsuits to work on their tans. Thirty people collapsed from heat exhaustion, and 'nundreds moved to the stadium's indoor concourse to watch the end of the match on television. "At one stage, I felt like death." the Edberg said. "It's quite impossible to play your best tennis in that heat. Sometimes you wonder when you're two sets down what you're doine out By CHRIS SHERIDAN AP Sports Writer JT Strangely enough, the 1993 Heisman Trophy race may have been affected by a basketball game that took place on the last day of January. star Charlie Ward, the who plays point guard and quarterback for Florida State, dislocated his left shoulder Sunday in the vic7 Seminoles' tory over No. 22 Georgia Tech. Ward's status for the remainder of the basketball season is not yet clear. He will need surgery to repair the damage, but a final decision won't be made until football coach Bobby Bowden is consulted. "He will need to get it fixed eventually," said team physician Dr. Kris Stowers. How the injury affects Ward's football status and his status as for one of the early the Heisman also remains to be ) 12th-ranke- rf 6-- 2. 7-- 18th-dirtie- ft ' & , "The important thing for Charlie, this is not his dominant shoulder," Stowers said. Ward, a righthander, threw for 2,647 yards and 22 touchdowns and finished sixth in the voting for the 1992 Heisman. AP Photo moves to close the retractable roof. "I wouldn't have gone out on court. Then they'd be real stuck," Courier said. With his higher ball toss, the d Edberg had problems serving into'the sun. committhe first ting a pair of double-fault- s time. He tried wearing a baseball cap for one set to shade his eves, but still was broken three of the first four limes he served from that end. winner here Edberg. a two-tim- e before the event was switched from grass to the rubberized asphalt surface, looked fine at the start, having forsaken the brace he used the last three matches for a strained back. His first serve was about 10 mph faster than in his d semifinal victory over second-seede- third-seede- Colorado State University's victory over Utah Saturday night ended the Utes' winning streak and handed the team its first defeat in Western Athletic Conference play. CSU's win was the first over a nationally ranked team in Ft. Col9 lins since a win over No. 4 University of Texas at El Paso in 21st-rank- ed 73-6- 1985. "We feel we should beat teams like Utah at home." said guard Ryan Yoder. "I think when we're on, we're right up there w ith the '' top three teams in the W AC. 1 CSU ( 6 overall and 4 in the Conference Pet. Ulbh BYU New Krnco Colorado St. UTEP WyominQ Frei.no St Hawaii Ar Fotcr San Diego St. S 8 1 SH9 1 6 5 5 3 889 667 556 556 444 333 .333 .222 .111 4 4 4 5 3 3 'j 6 2 7 1 8 Pet. W 15 15 13 13 12 10 4 6 7 8 e io 7 10 10 13 3 5 8 rs Saturday's games Wyoming at BYU 7 35 p m Colorado S'a'e at Utan 7 36 p m: Hawaii at Air Foae 7 35 p m San Diego State a' Fresno State. 8:35 UTEP at New Meico. 10 p m Western Athletic Conference) and their and 8-- setback dropped Utah into' a first place tie with BYU at The Rams' offense was bolstered by guard Keith Bonds, who scored 19 points. 15 of them from range, and scored two in a 14-- run first half run at the that put the Rams up half. first the of mark 8:40 8-- 1. 1 32-1- 6 Wyoming coach Benny Dees pointed to one statistic that summed up the Cowboys' loss Saturday to Brigham Young: 34 percent shooting. "Our basketball team has trouble scoring." he said. ""It's really tough on your team when you play just as hard as you can on defense and not be scrap and snap able to score on offense. We're missing good shots. ... When you come down and clang, clang and clang, it's hard to catch up." Three tunes in the second half. Wyoming had chances to shave BYU leads to five. Three times, 77-6- 4 Colorado State then cruised to a halftime lead that Utes coach Rick Majerus said threw Utah a curve it couldn't negotiate. "We weren't ready to play psychologically at the outset. We ran into some adversity and didn't deal basketballs clanged off rims. Three times. BYU went to the othwell w ith it." Majerus said. end and answered with baskets. er A tough Ram defense kept Utah Wyoming missed another CSU an in foul trouble giving chance in the final five minutes in final the minutes advantage when the Rams used cool free when a jumper from reserve guard throw shooting to secure a lead Roman Totta rattled BYU's Nick Sanderson answered they had kept since the quickly with an open mark of the second half. 1 eight-minu- te three-point- 5 22 points scored a career-hig- h and Trevor Ruffin added 20 more conferto lead Hawaii to a 74-5- 9 ence victory over Air Force. The Rainbows (7-1- 0 overall and 6 in the WAC) led the Falcons by as many as 19 points during the second half. Woodard scored 1 1 of his points in the first half to move Hawaii to a 23-1- 6 advantage with 10:33 left until intermission. Ruffin then took over, scoring 12 points to key 10-- 3 and 10-- 2 lead runs, to give Hawaii a 43-2- 7 at the half. Tim Shepherd had 1 1 points for Hawaii. For the Falcons. George Irvin had 18 points. 12 of them coming in the second half. The Rainbows hit 22 of 25 free throws, including 16 in a row. By comparison, the Falcons came up w ith just 2-- 7) "In practice. Coach (Riley) Wallace made us run sprints if we missed free throws there's no wanted we to Woodard run," way said. finish. The Hoosiers (19-2- ) moved up replace Kansas (17-2the No. 1 ranking for before losing to Long at home. Preseason choice Michigan, like hit six free throws in the final four the Hoosiers a member of the Big minutes and led New Mexico's patient and productive offense to a 2 win Saturday over Texas-E- l one spot to which held two weeks Beach State 96-8- 7 oncc-hcatc- d mind-boggling- only game Sunday, a lead in to Super Bowl cov- league's lele-visio- erage. But the retirement of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson before this season dimmed its luster. "Players have retired but. for us. this is our job." said Los Angeles' James Worthy, who played at tl'.e peak of the rivalry. "We're a team in tiansition. We're not the team ue used to be." Only twice in the 45 meetings era did neiduring the Magic-Buther team get 100 points. It's unlikely any of those matchups meant less than Sunday's, the first since their retirement. The NBA spotlight was on the n Los AiiL'cles is Paso. Logan finished with 23 points as 6-New Mexico (13-kept alive its conference title hopes with a crucial road w in. Boston 8, 6. 78-6- 4, 57-5- 4, 2, 88-6- 87-7- 2, 8, 73-7- 0, 94-7- 97-7- 80-5- 0, 9, 65-5- 72-6- 2, 4, 65-6- 2, 78-6- 1 1 -- 1 59-5- 3. 3-- 3, 5-- 2. 3, 2, Pac-1- 9, 7-- 0) 0. No. 10 UNLV 87, Utah State 78 At Logan, Utah, UNLV (13-1 Big West) trailed 45-3- 7 at half-tim- e, but used a 12-- 2 run in the final 2:00 to pull away. J.R. Rider had 29 points. 1, 6-- Svracu.se 76, No. 14 Seton Hall 76-6- 7 At Syracuse, N.Y., Syracuse held Big East scoring leader Terry Dehere to 10 points. The Pirates 3 (15-Big East) haven't won at Syracuse since 1951. 5, 5-- ix UTEP ( nearly forced overtime after forward Ralph Davis knocked in a pair of in the final minute. But the Miners could not shake Davis loose w ith their final possession in the final 12 seconds, and guards Gym Bice and Antoine Gillespie both missed on in the final seconds. In San Diego, Davon Satter-whit- e scored 20 points and Travis Stel added 18 as Fresno State broke a tie in the closing minutes for a victory over San Diego State Saturday night. A run, including four free throws by Stel, gave the Bulldogs a lead with 2:37 remaining. 12-- 7, 5-- 4) three-pointe- Thcv faced each other in the 1984. 1985 and 1987 championship series. Neither is likely to go far in this year's play offs. For now , the Lakers are playing 2 1 . better. Sunday's victory came after a triumph Friday night at Charlotte, leaving the Lakers one of six teams with winning road records. They are defense, "We played we rebounded well and we got easy baskets." Los Angeles coach Randy Pfund said. 'The veterans play cd well, and the young guys contributed." vetSedale Ihreatt. the eran who succeeded Join. "on at 123-10- 8 12-1- 1. vc agg-essi- I seasons. Indiana hasn't been No. 1 since the middle of the 1982-8- 3 season, when the Hoosiers held the posi- tion for two weeks. Their only losses this season have been to Kansas and Kentucky. y I HIGH EFFICENCY t V C-- . FILTER SYSTEM! rs three-pointe- rs 72-6- 7 9-- 0 68-5- 9 San Diego State's Chris Walters was fouled with 28 seconds to play, but missed a free throw that would have cut the Aztecs deficit to 70-6e In snapping a losing streak, the Bulldogs 0 overalf, 6 Western Athletic) denied San k Diego State a chance to win in the time first for games two years. 8. six-gam- a Lennox clean burning natural gas furnace and get a Buy FREE filter system. Our attractive cabinet with a 4" pleated filter is much more efficient at cleaning the air than the standard 1" fiberglass filter. It's easy to change no furnace doors. Just unlatch a clip, slide out the old and push in the new. hard-to-remo- ve 3-- back-to-bac- The Aztecs (5-1- 3, 8) This offer ends February 28. Call now for an appointment. were "We knew what we had to do to coming off a 59-5- 1 victory over win: draw the foul, step up to the Air Force, which ended a string of 33 consecutive losses to Division I line and knock 'cm down. " In El Paso. Texas. Steve Louan opponents. 22-- ). Ten, Duke and Kentucky were the other No. Is. Five different teams held the top ranking in 1989-9- 0 and three Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri were from the Big Eight. UNLV and then Duke monopolized the top spot the past two 4, (8-1- For Ruffin, who was at the line, motivation was a matter of mind over matter. "We went up there to the line and tried to relax." Ruffin said. 10-ye- 22-2- 1, 71-4- 65-6- MATUHAL (7& .JSt Itics sweep past Lakers, 96' 87 BOSTON ( AP) Super Sunday was Mediocre Sunday for the Boston Celtics. Being on national television didn't help. Renew ing a rich rivalry didn't get the adrenaline flowing either. And the Los Angeles Lakers certainly weren't going to do Boston any favors. While the Lakers played aggresvictory. Bossively in their ton's passionless performance was more symbolic of the state of the competition. "We were flat," Boston coach Chris Ford said. "It's 1 93-7- . 1 (8-1- 0. p m. 0. Indiana takes top spot in college poll his-form- 3-- 5-- 3-- 40-- 3 five-sette- Woo-dar- Thursdays games 6-- 4-- 3) 5, 4-- Colorado State nt BVU i 35 pm. Wyommo at Utah 7 30 p m San Dtego State at Atr Foice. 7 35 p m. Hawaii at Fresno Stale 8 35 pm. 240-poun- 60-3- 5 8 633 750 .765 .684 .632 .556 .444 .412 .444 .278 6-- 8, 6, forward Jared Miller, who came off the bench to grab 15 rebounds. The Cowboys dropped to 10-in the WAC. overall and In Honolulu, senior Bert d 10-ga- (15-- 3 in the game battling Georgia d Tech's James ForPete Sampras. rest for a loose ball. Ward had nine But Courier was razor sharp, doubled-faulte- u assists, four steals and three points tattooing the lines with passing freshed. Courier 2 with the Seminoles (14-shots and pouncing on Edberg's at set point. Yelthe loud Swedish ahead over The fans, virtually ACC) second serve. when he In a nearly flawless exhibition, silenced during the first two sets, low Jackets (11-Courier committed only three un- came alive again, too. And the was hurt. forced errors in the first two sets packed Center Court crowd, He suffered the same injury last and yielded only two points in his whose loyalties seemed divided March in the NCAA basketball first seven service games. Edberg, early, switched to Edberg as they tournament against Montana. who relies on Ins net game, had felt the possibility of a great comewas a freak accident again, I "It only three volley w inners over the back by the Swede, who won three guess," Ward said. "It was nothwhile takconsecutive same stretch. ing I could control." tenlast U.S. unbelievable "He played Open for his ing year's In other Top 25 action Sunday, nis," Edberg said. "He didn't sixth Grand Slam victory. Syracuse beat No. 14 Seton Hall Courier had his share of make any mistakes in the first two fans. Several waved sets." But Courier my steriously and U.S. flags. A group of five held up He fought suddenly lost signs that spelled out "Go Jim." back from 0 to finish off the Another sign told him: "Just do it, By The Associated Press second set, then lost four consecu- Jim," referring to his recent teleIndiana became the fifth No. tive games to Edberg. Eight of his vision commercial. team this season today, a far cry from the past two years when one team held the top spot from start to 63-5- 3 lead. BYU was led by Sanderson's 17 play of points and the hard-nose- d 78-6- 9 first conference 190-poun- 14 unforced errors came in the third set as Edberg looked re- for a Press By The Associated dealt the Utes d Ward The suffered the injury with 16:17 left Jim Courier of the United States swept past Sweden's Stefan Edberg to win the Australian Open Sunday. ends Utah streak; now nas sn BYU rs seen. ld Courier added: "I was wondering what I was doing out there two sets up. You can't even breathe, it's so hot. You're looking for any shade between points. " But Courier and Edberg both said they would have fought any 96-7- d front-runne- st there." 88-8- two-spo- rt " 7 and No. 9 Iowa beat No. 7 Michigan On Saturday, No. Indiana defeated Northwestern No. 2 No. beat Florida Kentucky 3 Kansas crushed Rollins 103-5No. 4 Cincinnati beat DePaul No. 5 Duke topped Maryland No. 13 Wake Forest upset No. 6 North Carolina No. 8 Arizona edged Oregon State No. 10 UNLV defeated Utah State No. 11 Vanderbilt beat Auburn No. 16 Oklahoma downed Colorado No. 17 Arkansas defeated Georgia No. 18 Tulane topped Southern Mississippi No. 25 Michigan State beat No. 19 Purdue No. 20 Marquette St. Colorado Louis got past State surprised No. 2 Utah No. 23 Georgetown lost to Boston College 7 6 , and No. 24 Virginia lost to Virginia Tech No. 9 Iowa 88, No. 7 MicI 'gan 80 At Iowa City, the Hawkeyes played their first home game without the late Chris Street. Val Barnes scored 27 points as Iowa (14-2 Big Ten) pulled away with key plays down the stretch. Michigan dropped to 16-No. 8 Arizona 57, Oregon State 54 At Corvallis, Ore., Damon Stoudamire made four foul shots in the final 39 seconds, keeping Arizona (13-unbeaten in the 76-6- BY DESIGN point guard, and rxkie guard Anstarting for thony Peeler scored 16 Scott Byron A.C. Green, part of points apiece. the Lakers' 1987 and 1988 title teams, had 15 points and 12 rebounds as Los Angeles held a 63-4- 6 advantage on the boards. flu-ridd- "You can't allow any team to get second and third shots at the basket," Boston center Robert Pari h said. "One time, they had four shots." Parish played his 1.303rd NBA tying Llvin Hayes for secbut ond place in league history scored only seven points. game GUNIHERS AMERICAN FORK o 756-968- 3 |