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Show Page D2 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday, February 5, 1993 paos Lsfeirs past Jass !?eii INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -A.C. Green, one of the few veterans to play well for the Los Angeles Lakers in a loss to the Orlando Magic earlier in the week, had Plenty of company against the Utah Jazz. Each team scored 30 points in the last quarter. The Lakers led throughout the period, with the Jazz getting no closer than two points. Karl Malone scored 15 of his 32 points in the third quarter for the Jazz, who outscored the Lakers 7 in the period to narrow a 1 halftime gap. Malone also had 10 rebounds and seven assists in the game. Stockton had 19 points and 10 assists and Jeff Malone added 18 points for Utah. "We were 18 or 19 down at one time in the second quarter and ended up 12 down," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. "Our guys played awfully hard to get back in the game. "I think I went too long to make a substitution at the start of the fourth quarter. I thought we would i Green's season-hig- h 23 points and 11 rebounds led the way 29-1- Thursday night as the Lakers beat the Jazz 14-- 10 to snap a e losing streak at the Forum. 1 1 three-gam- James Worthy had 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists; Sam Perkins had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Sedale Threatt had 17 points for the Lakers. The trio combined for just 13 points and eight rebounds against Orlando. "We had the fire, spark and mental attitude to go out there and kick some behind," Green said. "My effort only means something is vsv I y v "I have no feeling about the fans who booed me," said Malone, playing at the Forum for the first time this season. "What's important is between me and Magic. ' ' After the Lakers took their lead in the second period, the Jazz used a 15-- 4 run to get back into the game before halftime. Jeff Malone scored nine points in the final six minutes of the period, leading the Utah rally. In other games, Chicago 5 in downed the Clippers overtime, New Jersey stopped Sein overtime, San Anattle 1 5 and tonio beat Indiana New York beat Golden State nt 51-3- 107-10- 52-3- iLl : AP Photo 76-7- 84-8- 13-1- Utah's David Benoit fouls Duane Cooper of the Lakers on a layup attempt during the second quarter of Thursday's game. Cooper made the basket. The Lakers beat the Jazz, 114-11- 133-11- 0. mmms stum No. 9 Bowa By The Associated Press 4, They've dominated college basketball news for the past couple of weeks because of a tragedy and the inspired victories that followed. d On Thursday, the Iowa Hawkeyes were once again the focus, this time because of a 2 wild game with Illinois (13-that the last on was won Big Ten) play, a desperation by Andy Kauffmann that caught all net and gave the Illini a 7 victory. In other Top 25 games, No. 8 Arizona crushed Stanford Pacific upset No. 10 UNLV No. 13 Wake Forest topped North No. 18 Carolina State downed Virginia Tech No. 21 Utah defeated Wyoming Clemson surprised No. 22 0 and No. 24 Georgia Tech beat Maryland Virginia Iowa's loss was its first since the death of starting forward Chris Street, who was killed in a car crash Jan. 19. The Hawkeyes (14- ninth-ranke- 6-- 6, 78-7- 96-6- 1, 62-5- 6, 65-5- 4, Tu-la- 72-5- 88-6- ne 9, 4, 83-8- 70-6- 8. COUGARS: (Continued from Page Dl) gar defense smothered Stew Morrill's team from start to finish. "All that happened is that we played very badly," said Morrill, a native of Provo. "We played very poorly against a very good team. That's a bad combination. They arc a good team. But we have to put this behind us and go on. "BYU did a great job defensing us. We couldn't get the shots we normally would. They have great size. We were trying to shoot over big people all night. They dominated in all areas, all phases of the game." Morrill concluded. BYU held CSU to 22 points in the first half, the lowest Ram half of the season. BYU won the re TUCKETT: (Continued from Page Dl) had won twice since then. 3-- 3) Kaufmann's game-winn- er Thursday came after the Iowa players had already celebrated what they thought was a win. Iowa went ahead 5 when a rebound deflected into the basket off the hand of an Illini player. The clock ran down to .5 seconds, but the officials ruled that Illinois had called timeout a second earlier, and the game clock was reset to .5 seconds. No. 8 Arizona 96, 77-7- 1 Stanford 61 At Tucson, Ariz., Arizona 4 Stanford and as leads 42 as opened big points in the second half. Pacific 62, No. 10 UNLV 56 As J.R. Rider goes, so goes UNLV. Rider, averaging 35 points in his last seven games, missed his first six shots and finished with just 16 points as the Runnin' Rebels lost to Pacific for the first time in their last 27 games. ed 54-2- the worst CSU bound battle ratio of the season. CSU shot 29 percent the first half and 33 percent for the game. "Our guys played hard and with emotion and made things happen," said coach Reid. 44-2- 7, Jared Miller had 16 points and nine rebounds as Gary Trost scored 16, Russell Larson 15 and Reid to pace BYU. Doug Larson and Dwayne Molyneaux led the Rams with 10 each. 1 1 CSU, which blew a lead at home when BYU turned to a pressure defense in the second half, tried to spring a press at BYU to get back into the game. It backnt fired. "It spread the court and allowed us to use our quickness," said reserve guard Kurt Christensen, who once again starred in a three guard lineup, scoring six points. "We do BIG MEN: No. 13 Wake Forest 65, N.C. State 54 At Raleigh, N.C, Rodney Rogers scored 21 points and Randolph Childress added 20 as Wake Forest (14-won its sixth straight Atlantic Coast Conference game. 3, 6-- 2) No.l8Tulane72, Virginia Tech 59 At Blacksburg, Va., Tulane won its 1th straight game, getting 1 8 points and seven rebounds from center Anthony Reed. Clemson 83, No. 22 Georgia Tech 80 6 At Atlanta, Clemson (11-the an of absence overcame ACC) injured starter and a fouled-ou- t starter to end a losing streak in ACC road games. No. 24 Virginia 70, 1 6, 2-- 20-ga- Maryland 68 4, 5-- 3) three-gam- have some quickness on this team, in spite of what some people think. We have guys who can get out and run. We got some layups. When they pressed, that's when we opened up our big lead." Christensen said the team wanted to go out and spank somebody and have fun doing it. "We wanted to play a full 40 minutes and put it all together. I think we did. This was the first time this season we played hard and had fun . " Mark Durrant agreed. "It's been a long time since we had one of these games. It was overdue. But we've been working hard in practice so it's nice to have." Durrant said the last three games Gary Trost has linked up with Miller and Larson inside with back- - breaking passes. "When guys team up on him, the other guys are killing them." Reid was most impressed with The Tucketts are the parents of "First it is no accident that we hold this press conference here. four daughters. This particular facility is near and One of Tuckett's close friends who attended the press conference dear to me." Karl Tucker, former BYU Tuckett spent a total of 34 years was coach who retired last Sept. . at BYU, 17 of those as head base- golf I have been best and "Glen ball coach. When he stepped into friends years," said the A.D.'s shoes in 1976, he was an office The shared Tucker. two the ninth winningest baseball 17 years in the Smith for coach in the NCAA with a record His BYU teams, won of 489-25"I am happy to say that what 13 divisional titles, three WAC success I've had, he's had a great NCAA and two championships in it. He's always gone the part District 7 crowns. extra mile for a recruit, helped me "It's hard to realize that my with golf functions. We are gonna love affair with BYU and miss him. The best thing I can say BYU athletics is coming to a close. about Glen is that when he leaves it I've been blessed in my life. I've will open people's eyes. He does made some good decisions in my so many things behind the scenes life. The greatest and best was that will don't know about," Tuckwhen I asked Josephine Whittaker er said. to be my wife. If there were a Hall Jensen, who takes over Sept. 1, of Fame for coaches' and Director said he looks forward to the chalof Athletics' wives, she would be a lenge. charter member." "This is a rare opportunity and also saw Tuckett line up such schools as Penn State, UCLA, Washington, Notre Dame and Miami on BYU's schedule. "Beyond the confines of BYU, as I have attended WAC and NCAA meetings, I am reminded of the great respect and prestige that Glen has brought, not only to himself and BYU, but athletics in general. I think it is safe to say that Jn NCAA circles, there is no one living today who commands greater respect that Glen Tuck- ett." Tuckett said he appreciated the irony of having the announcement made at Cougar Stadium. for-man- Field-hous- e. 8. 34-ye- ar (Continued from Page Dl) 1 64-4- light." Byron Wilson also scored 16 points for the Utes (16-while Grant contributed 14 points and 14 rebounds and Phil Dixon added 12 points. "We got some fastbreak baskets that got us up and hit our 3s quickly. Rydalch took some good shots. He played very well and we need that from our bench," Utah coach Rick Majerus said. Brian Rewers led Wyoming with 14 points. 0 tie with The Utes broke a a 12-- 2 run midway through the first half to take the lead for good at Rydalch scored eight of the Wilson had four in the and points run. A 0 run on three by UTEP Colorado .5S6 St .500 .400 .400 .300 .200 .200 Wyoming Fmno St. Hawaii Air Forca SanDwgoSt. BYU .800 .900 .667 1 .(42 16 14 13 13 10 .762 .77a 650 .650 .526 .474 7 11 .368 .421 .316 Thurao'av'a aa 1, Colorado Slaw 57 Utah 86. Wyoming 64 San Diego Stata 72. Air Force 62 Freeno Slate 68, Hawaii 64 Saturday'e mat Wyoming at BYU, 7:35 p.m. Colorado State at Utah, 7:35 p.m. Hawaii at Air Force, 7:35 p.m. San Diego State at Fresno Stata, 6:35 p.m. UTEP at New Mexico, 10 p.m. ), 3, (10-9,4-- 6) 10-1- 22-1- 1 NmMtilco two games," Dees said. Rydalch had 1 points in Utah's 5 victory at Laramie on Jan. 28. "So often, the other team focuses on guys like Josh (Grant) and it leaves some of us open," Rydalch said. "I was wide open and when I'm wide open, I have the green . Confarane I Pel. Utah 2. 9-- Rydalch, Jimmy Soto and Dixon gave Utah its biggest lead of the with 4:16 left. The half, Utes sank eight in the half. "We didn't get any defensive stops. They hit all their 3s," Dees said. "To beat a team that's better than you and Utah's better than we are they have to miss a shot. We couldn't get a break. ' ' Utah opened the second half with a 2 run to make it 5 1 35 . Wyoming's Roman Totta hit a layup with 13:39 remaining to make it the closest the Cowboys would get the rest of the way. 41-2- 5, 5-- -- 59-4- 8, Fresno State edges Hawaii - Travis FRESNO, Calif. (AP) Stel scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half to spark Fresno 4 State to a Western Athletic Conference victory against Hawaii Thursday night. Fresno State, 0 overall, 6 WAC) trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half and was down 7 at halftime. 8 Hawaii had a lead with just over nine minutes left in the game before Fresno ran off 10 straight points over the next three minutes.. Stel and DeAndre Austin each had four points in that run. Austin 69-6- 4-- (9-1- 33-2- 55-4- basket with also hit a three-poileft to give Fresno State a 7 4:20 lead. Hawaii trimmed the lead to one point with 1:35 left in the game on basket. Jarinn Akana's three-poiBut Stel converted on a three-poiplay with 54 seconds left in the game and added two free throws 14 seconds later to seal the victory. Trevor Ruffin led Hawaii with 18 points, 16 of those coming in the first half, and Chris Walz finnt 61-5- nt nt ished with 11. Austin scored 12 for Fresno State and Brian Santiago had 10 points along with 10 assists. San Diego State stops Air Force (Continued from Page Dl) last few games, we would have been hurting. He's a great team player. He plays his guts out.' "They were coming off that big win over Utah and we knew we had to be ready mentally to go to the boards, run the floor and post up strong," said Larson who had 5 points on 6 of 7 from the field. 1 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Joe McNaull scored Colo. (AP) 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds to pace San Diego St. to a 2 victory over Air Force in Western Athletic Conference play Thursday night. Air Force's leading scorer, George Irvin, tallied 1 1 points before suffering a broken nose midway through the second half. The Aztecs led 4 at the half. Air Force fell to overall and 8 in the WAC. 72-6- (6-1- 3, "The guys were unselfish inside and out. More importantly, we showed a lot of patience in finding the open man. Coach Reid has been stressing rebounds and defense." That was reflected in the final At College Park, Md.,- - sophomore guard Cory Alexander field goal shooting for CSU. BYU 27 points and held the Rams to 34 percent shootscored a career-hig- h the Smith made decisive basing from the field. CSU shot itself Doug ket with 1:31 left as Virginia (13-- in the foot even more, hitting only e skid in 15 of 26 or 57 percent from the ended a the Atlantic Coast Conference. charity stripe. 1 pacity from 30.000 to 65.000. The resulting explosion in fan interest 63-5- still have energy." Karl Malone had little to say about constant booing by fans. He was outspoken in saying that Magic Johnson should retire rather than play with HIV. i if we win." Lakers coach Randy Pfund was happy with the contributions of his veterans. "It seems like when we play well we get a good effort all the way down the line," Pfund said. "A.C. had a season high in points; Worthy had three big plays in the fourth quarter. "We started running and stayed with it. We kept the ball out of John Stockton's hands and broke their rhythm. If we continue to get offensive rebounds, things will turnaround for us." The Lakers outrebounded the Jazz 8 and had 23 on the offensive end. Eight of Green's rebounds were offensive. 3 After trailing in the second quarter, the Jazz rallied to tie 6 the game late in the third quarter before the Lakers took an 0 advantage into the final 12 minutes. UTES: 30-2- 2-- 8) 8-- 2-- Utah State ends - Jay LOGAN, Utah (AP) Goodman scored 17 points, dished out 10 assists and had six steals to 1 win lead Utah State to an over Cal Thursday night in Big West Conference ac86-6- on tion. Carlito DaSilva and Todd Gentry' came off the bench to add 14 and 1 1 points respectively for the (7-- 1 1,4-6his team's defense, which took Aggies losThe win breaks a CSU out of its offense early, then USU. for streak shut down the outside shooting of ing Aaron Sunderland led the Titans Ryan Yoder (4 points) and Keith (11-22 with a season-hig- h Bonds (0 points). Bernard came off the Dijon points. "They are so good at catching, bench to add 12 points for Cal St.- turning and shooiing without dribbling mat we worked hard on taking away their spots. I thought Randy and Nick did a good job of getting them off balance early, That was a key for us. We got over their screens quicker." said Reid. Asked what he will do to keep (Continued from Page Dl) BYU's players in an aggressive, those panels do not come easily; hungry attitude, Reid replied. "Pat Tuckett pulled the right political in the kick the them them on back, chains and charmed the right powis be I'll whatever butt, necessary. a cheerleader. I tell them the race er people in 34 years and is himself isn't over a long time ago when considered one of those rooks on chess board. everybody said it was. Anything the collegedom the media, he exto You a read book of. Turning can think you and if you see a quote that's good, pressed appreciation for the image makers of the Fourth Estate who you put it on the bulletin board. I had been kind to him through 34 don't know." years. "Being a .250 hitter all my life, I've been lucky to have friends who have been kind . ' ' this is one that deserves a person's Tape recorders whirled. best. I asked why I would want to Afterwards, Tuckett received take on an additional responsibility praise from Edwards who joined at this stage of my profession. longtimers Rod Kimball, Floyd There are two good reasons. One, it is really worth doing and worth doing well. The other is that at this stage of my career, the university doesn't know what else to do with SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -Pme. Grove's Rocky Smart got leasant his for Jensen praised Tuckett toward his goal of four a start good athletics. contributions to "There is not a better project state championships Thursday. leader or committee member of at Pleasant The ninth chair in college athletics. Because Grove Junior grader recorded a pair High of Glen's skills in that respect, he's of matches pins in two been used extensively by the Collead to pace the Vikings to a lege Football Association, the over West Jordan in the 4A state WAC, the NCAA and coaching tournament. organizations. In his first match, Smart pinned "I doubt if there's been anybody in college athletics in the past 15 East's Mike Moore in 55 seconds. years who's been more involved In the second round, tie pinned with committee assignments that West Jordan's Guy Petersen in have to do with the razor edge 1:45. The defending 4A champion Vi issues of athletics than Glen." ). six-ga- 6, 6-- 4) HARMON: In the second half, the Aztecs 4 2 run to lead posted an with 14:25 left, only to have the Falcons rally with a 14-- 5 run and with 9: 1 1 remainclose to 8 44-3- 11-- 49-4- ing. The Aztecs the ran off eight unanswered points to push their lead 8 with 5:44 left. Air Force to never got closer than five points after that. San Diego State closed with a flourish, making 12 of 14 free throws in the final 1:41. 57-4- skid six-gam- e Fullerton. The Aggies used a 23-- 3 run to break a close game open and take the lead for good 28-- 8 with 11:50 left in the first half. DaSilva had 10 points and Goodman added nine during the run. Sunderland scored six straight to 2 with pull the Titans with 18:37 left in the game. But Fuller-to- n would get no closer. USU put the game away with a 10-- 2 run to take a 5 lead with 3:49 to play. The. Aggies outrebounded the Titans, 45-3- 79-5- 51-2- 7. Taylor and Karl Tucker in the gallery. "He jogs a couple of miles, then still beats everybody to work," said Edwards of Tuckett's impending retirement. So, when he's so fit and full of vigor, was this the season to put away his mitt? "Heck, yes," responded Tuckett. "They need new blood, new thinking and energy. There comes a time you have to pass the baton. ' ' As the press conference wound down, Tuckett finished his moment, although he holds the baton for seven more months. Quoting Walt Kelly, he surmised: "Too soon we breast the tape and too late we find the fun was in the running. The fun really was in the running after all." Pi. Grove grabs wrestling lead 125-pou- 92-9- 0 kings 4uaiined seven wrestlers for tonight's semifinals, which start at 7 p.m. in the Salt Palace. West Jordan has six men in the semifinals, with two each at 103 and 1 12 pounds. Wasatch moved into the lead m the 3A competition with 82 points. Mountain Crest has 69 and Payson has 62. Three-tim- e defending champion Uintah is in fourth with 54 points. Delta is on track to win its ninth straight 2 A crown. The Rabbits have 79 points while Juab has 45. Hurricane and Millard are tied for third with 34 Vi. |