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Show The Daily Herald Wednesday, February 17, 1993 Pfssid, ininifiiai to visit IYU Th ursdav GHps I NOTABLE QUOTES: the game will be broadcast on KSL By BOB HUDSON Assistant Sports Editor "Patrick Ewing would be my starter. It's ridiculous with what Patrick has accomplished in his career and this year that he's not the starter. Patrick has sacrificed his game to get seven other players involved." New York Knicks coach Pat Riley, who will team this guide the East All-Stweekend in Salt Lake, blasting the selection of Orlando iookie Shaquille O'Neal as the East team's starting center ahead of the Knicks' Patrick Ewing. O'Neal is averaging more points, rebounds and blocks per game, but the Knicks lead the Eastern Conference. ar MERIDIAN WINS: Adam Huff scored 1 8 points and Aaron Huff added 14 to lift Meridian to a 69-5- 9 win over Tintic Tuesday. Tintic led period, but Meridian came back to take a 6 lead at halftime. A 26-1- 7 run in the third quarter gave Meridian a lead it never relinquished. - PROVO Welcome home, Brian Santiago. BYU probably won't welcome the former Provo High and Utah Valley Community College star Thursday with open arms. But, according to Cougar coach Roger Reid, he won't be the most hated man in the Marriott Center either. Santiago now plays for Fresno State, the Cougars' opponent in a Western Athletic Conference game. Tipoff time is 7:30 p.m. There will be no live television but 27-2- HILL SIDELINED: By The Associated Press Shaquille O'Neal's line in the boxscore is as impressive as they come: 46 points on shooting, 21 rebounds and five blocked shots. Read a little closer, however, and another line stands out: free throw shooting. Inaccuracy from the line has been O'Neal's weakness all season (59 percent), and on Tuesday night it helped cost Orlando a Duke FOOTBALL PLAYOFF: The No. 1 problem in college athletics could lead to a new system of determining the No. team in college football. The problem is money. And one of the possible solutions is a Division playoff that could generate $60 million for financially troubled athletic departments. Although most coaches and college presidents remain opposed to a playoff, NCAA executive director Dick Schultz thinks there will be one by the end of the decade. He said Tuesday that economic pressures will force schools to seriously consider the idea. 1 A COACH MOVES: Former American Fork High star and Snow College defensive coordinator Bronco Mendenhall has been named defensive secondary coach at Northern Arizona. "Bronco is an excellent young football coach who did a terrific job at Snow," said NAU coach Steve Axman. Mendenhall w as an defensive back at Snow and went on to play for Oregon State. ASU TRIMS: To save $350,000, Arizona State is cutting men's gymnastics, men's and women's archery and men's and women's badminton, athletic director Charles Harris said. Harris also announced Tuesday that the Pacific-1- 0 Conference school plans to cut five e positions in the athletic department, three of w hich are already vacant, as part of a plan to pay off its $3.4 million debt. The four coaches in the sports also w ill lose their jobs. "We're trimming as much as we can," Harris said. "We spent the last 12 months looking at our options, to try to address both our hort-terissues as well as the longer-terissues. What we really concluded w as, w e needed to address the issue of debt. I am very pleased we've been able to do that." full-tim- 10-ye- ar m INITIAL CHECKS OF FIRST FIVI OA TOUR MILLIONAIRES won 114$ (Ft. Arnold Palmer Wayne Open, 1955) 133.33 (Western 2. Billy Catper - - Open, 19S) 3. Jack Nickleu $33.33 (L A. Open, 196?) 4. Lee Trevlno $600 (U.S. Open, 1966) 5. Bruce Crempton $69375 (Houston Open, 19S7) Source: World Feature Syndicate World Features Syndicate wiH pay SS for your Utt H published. Send Kite to Sports features, P.O. ftei AO, Maple Shade, N.J. 08052. In- clude name, address, phono number and source. Wednesday put. College basketball, Maryland at Wake Forest (ESPN) Sports talk (KOOL 106 I FM) 5-- 10-1- 1. 1 De-And- re 27-poi- nt 124-12- r Ajir; : ij I tiS It I : 5' ; . ; The San Antonio Spurs, playing their third game in four e winnights, had their ning streak snapped by undermanned Golden State at Oakland, Calif. Golden State played without Chris Mullin (thumb injury), Billy Owens (knee injury) and leading rebounder Tyrone Hill (death in the family). San Antonio was without Sean Elliott (strained back) and Antoine Carr (bruised right hand). eight-gam- Rockets 149, 76ers 111 At Houston, the Rockets shot a franchise-bes- t 68.5 percent and Robert Horry had a career-hig- h 29 points. Houston's best previous shooting performance was 66.7 percent against Portland in 1984. The NBA record is 70.7 percent by the San Antonio Spurs in 11 a m. Women basketbsll, t Auburn (tSPNI 3 P m. Skiing (CSPN) Alabama 3.30 p.m. English Lesgue soccer (PSN) - .00-- THE MILLER FILE ! - Jazz VaV : y. - w .or Bulls Ex-gri- d r ? Age: 18 Ht: 6-- 2 Wt: 235 Class: Senior School: Provo Stats: 30-- 0 record; state 4A heavyweight champ THE LEG AS FILE Birthdate: Aug. 2, 1974 Birthplace: Big Spring, Texas Age: 17 Ht: 6-- 3 Wt: 189 Class: Senior School: Mountain View Stats: 33-- 4 record; champ at 189 pounds 4A .Jl ;bulls: (32-1- (34-1- 7) star pleads guilty to forgery x f . 'r WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah Former Dallas Cowboys (AP) a wide-receiv- er Golden Richards has pleaded guilty to forging his name on stolen checks to obtain narcotic painkillers. Richards, who is best remembered for catching the touchdown pass that clinched the Cowboys' 1977 Super Bowl title, was arrested in Salt Lake City Dec. 22. West Jordan Police accused him of passing checks he stole from his I t parents. . Some checks were written to the Family Medical Center for office visits with Dr. Robert Davis, who is accused of 130 instances of unprofessional conduct in cases unrelated to Richards'. Davis faces a trial in federal court and hearings before the state professional licensing board later this year. Defense attorney Mark Moffat would not say what medical condition had prompted Richards to visit Davis. J 1' s - - - - J m x. ... v A 7 Prosecutors said other checks ( also w ere w ritten to a pharmacy to pay for prescriptions from Davis. The checks w ere w ritten last October and totaled nearly $900. said West Jordan police detective Robert Shober. "f . ft? 9 V n i it ( T;r- -- aw - i i AP Pholo Detroit's Dennis Rodman is fouled by Orlando's Shaquille O'Neal during overtime Tuesday. O'Neal had 46 but the Pistons beat the Magic 124-12- Suns 110, Celtics 97 At Phoenix, Charles Barkley had 32 points and 12 rebounds and led the Suns with nine assists. Nets 100, Bucks 88 At East Rutherford, N.J., Dra-ze- n Petrovic and Derrick Cole 0. Knicks 117, Mavericks 87 man combined to score 25 of At New York, Hubert Davis New Jersey's 29 points as the Nets rallied for a hit his first seven shots and finished with 8 points as the Knicks win. Petrovic finished with 28 won easily. in the final SuperSonics 112, Bullets 102 including points At Seattle, Sean Kemp had 25 and Coleman added 27 period to lead the SuperSonics. 16 rebounds. and points points fourth-quart- er 1 1 1 Originally, Richards was charged with seven felony counts of forgery, but Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney Roger Blaylock said the charges were reduced to misdemeanors as part of a plea agreement. Earlier, Richards' brother, Royal, said the drug habit had forced Richards to sell his football memorabilia for money. Now, Moffat said, Richards has enrolled in a drug treatment program and has a job, "There's no question Mr. Richards had a pretty significant problem with prescription drugs," Moffat said after Tuesday's pica. "These offenses to which he entered pleas wete part and parcel to a much larger problem. He was seeing a physician who was prescribing pain medication on a fairly regular basis." underdoes attain wrestfa By DARNELL DICKSON Herald Correspondent Birthdate: June 20, 1975 Birthplace: Provo 231UTAH Records: &. nt FawD&ite, vo. ys Trail Blazers 105, Haw ks 90 8. 12th-ranke- TV: KSTU, channel 13, WUN caoie Radio: KISN 570 AM CHICAGO .'.Sum, V 92-8- d to keep pace with 12-- 1 in is which also Utah, league play. The Utes entertain Air Force Thursday. The two Utah teams trade opponents on Saturday with Fresno State moving on to Salt Lake and Air Force coming to Pro- WJChicago 1983. 82-7- 10-ga- Aft dV . Terry Porter's two free throws to open the fourth gave Portland 3 an lead, and Rod Strickland's three-poiplay gave the Blazers their biggest lead, 2 with 4:46 left. Dominique Wilkins, who had a 31 points, responded game-hig- h with six straight points, closing But Portland the lead to outscored the Hawks 13-- 2 the rest of the way. BYU has a winning streak, but needs to keep winning -- I 0. away." Warriors 133, Spurs 112 playing as well as we have for a long time. Each guy understands his role. Our front line is playing well and we are getting a lot from them. They do a great job inside looking for each other. " When: 6:30p.m. 'C-'VY- foul shots including four in as Detroit beat the overtime Magic In other NBA action, it was New York 117, Dallas 87; New Jersey 100, Milwaukee 88; Phoenix 110, Boston 97; Houston 149, Philadelphia 111; Seattle 112, Washington 102; Golden State 133, San Antonio 112, and Portland 105, Atlanta 90. "I played pretty well. I missed a lot of free throws, so obviously I'm upset at that," O'Neal said. "I had a chance to put it away and I didn't put it away, but next time I'm in that situation, I'll put it Jul et Bulls (WGN, 6 30 p.m. NBA. KSTU Channel 13. KISN $70 AM) basketball. Teias 30 6 p.m. College ASM at Houston (PSN) Hall Seton at 7 p.m. CoHeoe bssketball, St. John s (ESPN) 106 5 USA (KOOL m. Byline I p Sports FM) National Indoor 10 p.m. College tennis. Championertips (ESPN) 10 p.m. Women's basketball, Baylor at Houston (PSN) Thursday 76-7- 1 O'Neal missed five straight S ilpni. 1 win. 92-8- 1. oft-injur- ed 19-of-- forward Grant Hill will be sidelined indefinitely with a sprained left toe suffered in last weekend's loss to Wake Forest, coach Mike Krzyzewski said Tuesday. Hill was injured midway through the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference game, then played a few moments of the second half before coming out. The Hill, second in the ACC in field goal percentage and eighth in scoring, will miss Duke's two league games this week at Virginia and North Carolina State. ' rant, Russell Larson and possibly Jared Miller. per game average. If he doesn't play, Kevin Nixon Although he is in an extended might get a few more minutes of shooting slump, Sanderson is still averaging 13.5 points per game. playing time. The .5. forward said, "I'm ready to Larson is averaging He was the Fresno's to I'm play. probable starters inready go." win over then clude Santiago (8. ppg) and 5 hero in BYU's Austin (7.2 ppg) at guards, Oklahoma during the No. Maui Classic, and has had a couple Lee Mayberry (4.1) at center and of outings, but played forwards Travis Stel (11.9) and last week's wins over Devon Satterwhite (9.8). Santiago in sparingly also averages 5.3 assists per game Hawaii and San Diego State. for the Bulldogs. Reid and Nick Sanderson Randy "We are starting to peak now," will likely continue their roles on the guard line for BYU while the Reid said. "We are getting great front line could include Mark Dur- - production off our ber.ch. We are gars in scoring with a 13.8 point radio (1160 AM). "The crowd will be nothing but happy for him," Reid said of Santiago, whose two brothers, Kevin and Mark, played at BYU. "The Santiago family has nothing but respect here." BYU is 12-- 1 in league play and 19-- 5 overall. Fresno State is 7 and BYU center Gary Trost, who was slightly injured in an automobile accident Sunday, has practiced sparingly. Although he should be ready to go, it's not known if Reid will play him. Trost leads the Cou THE FAVORITE: Sure he was big, but so are a lot of the heavyweight wrestlers. One kid. the kid from Davis, is pushing the 275 pound upper weight limit. What made Provo's Chris Miller stand out at the state wrestling championships was as plain as if there w as a sign over his head: RETURNING STATE CHAMP. UNDEFEATED THIS SEASON. "Don't be stupid," he told him"Don't be caught in stupid self. moves. Absolutely REFUSE to lose." Mountain View's Tad Legas d was seeded third in the w asn't just any he so class, weight wrestler. But there were two ranked ahead of him; tw o he w ould 189-poun- have to beat. "Don't look past me," he warned. Both Chris Miller and Tad Legas returned with titles from the For Miller, the sign had become state wrestling tournament. Titles a weight he bore on his shoulders. well earned. There are similarities The pressure: would he repeat? Or in the way these two wrestlers apw ould it break him? proach the sport. But Miller, the favorite, and Legas, the underdog, THE UNDERDOG: He was an- had different roads to travel to the gry. He had lost in the region meet, state title. and knew he could do better. Miller swept through the regular Hadn't he been the Colorado state season, then pinned all his oppochampion last year, and undefeat- nents leading up to the state title ed at that? match. But that has been happen- - Chris Miller ing for a long time. "I've known Chris since junior Tad Legas high." said Provo wrestling coach (Src CHAMPS, Paget?) |