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Show Page B4 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. Monday, February 22. 1993 r idr works. HasEdns Wyoming ends ""i k losing streak 5 "5r' . By The Associated t 75-6- A) Press 1 1 y T- - f- " . - .... f"f 68-6- 20-poi- nt 16-- ex (4-1- 1, 5) is in eighth place. Utah and Brigham Young are i P T fa I - i v - Seton Hall's Luther Wright (50) goes airborne over Georgetown's Joey Brown to block a shot Sunday. As talk heats up about which teams deserve the top four seeds in the NCAA tournament, the top five spots in the college basketball poll remained the same. Indiana was No. for the fifth straight week after the Hoosiers (24-2- ) beat Purdue Sunday without forward Alan Henderson, who is out indefintely with an injured knee. They received 63 e votes from the nationwide panel of writers and broadcasters while improving to 0 in the Big Ten. 1 N.C. State celebrates with Valvano, but Duke comes away with win By The Associated Press 4 ( 7 9 9 11 11 i3 13 .933 .714 .571 .500 .357 .357 .267 .214 133 21 1 16 15 11 10 9 9 ft L S S S ct. .67$ .0 .713 .640 9 12 .625 .479 13 .435 15 14 1S .346 .391 360 Thursday's gamas Utah 97, Air Force 61 Tmaal Paao 77. San Diego St. 60 Brigham Young 90. Fresno St. 74 New Mexico 62. Hawaii 56 Saturday's games BYU 98. Air Force 60 Utah 75. Fresno State 65 UTEP 66. Hawaii 67 New Meiico 71, Sen Diego State 55 Wyoming 77, Colorado State 66 Force 10-1- 3) 5) 4) Hamilton, Rose lead Weber St. - 18-5- ). than five seasons. New Mexico now has won 11 of its last 13 games. San Diego State held an early lead through the first 10 minutes behind the inside scoring of Keith Balzer, who led the Aztecs with 12 points. But thanks to the scoring of Ike Williams, who had a total of 28 points. New Mexico overcame the sluggish start. Wyoming's win also broke point guard David Murray out of his slump. He finished with 22 points, shots from the hitting field. The last time he had a game was more than a month ago, at Colorado State. Theo Ratliff added 1 points and rebounds for Wyoming, while 'Brian Rewers had 10 points. Reserve Joe Vogel scored 13 points for Colorado State and Keith Bonds had 10.' 8, 3) 10-to-- 20-poi- nt 15-is still a But CSU (7-notch above Wyoming (5-- 9 in the league, 2 overall) in the WAC standings, at fifth and sixth, re7, The Wildcats led 45-4- 1 at half-tim- e, and extended their lead by scoring the first 12 points of the 6-- 5, , 1 7-- 4, 16-- 7 74-6- (10-4- 1 1 and For Weber St., Hamilton and Johnnie Moore tied for game-hig- h rebounding honors with 1 1 each. Stan OGDEN, Utah (AP) Rose and Al Hamilton scored 27 and 24 points, respectively, to lead Weber State University to a 6 victory over the University of Montana Saturday night. was led Montana, 15-- 9 and and Travis DeCuire Jeremy by Lake, each scoring 12 points. Mexico tnrnprt harV a latp San Dipon Sfatf: rally, and gave coach Don Bliss his luuin win wun uie iouos in less (6-1- lead a 30-1- 8 with 11:30 left in the first half. before The Falcons led 34-2- 4 BYU went on a 15-- 3 run to take a 39-3- 7 lead with 4:20 left in the half. Air Force tied the score at 39 on Steve Haase's basket with 3:37 left, but BYU went ahead for good on Nick Sanderson's basket with (3-1- 1, game. New second half. 9) 11-1- spectively. first-plac- 13-- 13-- 0 Indiana (24-Big Ten) played without starter Alan Henderson, sidelined with a knee injury. But the Hoosiers used shooting early and shooting late to extend the nation's longest home-couw inning streak to 29. Graham made 26 of 28 free 32 throws and scored a career-hig- h beat as Indiana points at Blooming-toNo. 17 Purdue His only two baskets came on and the 26 points from the line were a Big Ten record. No. 3 North Carolina 78, No. 22 Virginia 58 At Charlottesville, Eric Mon-trohad 17 points and seven rebounds as North Carolina overpowered Virginia. The Montross fouled out with 6:58 left, but by then North Carolina was up by 26. The Tar Heels (22-3- . ACC) moved into a tie w ith Florida State for the league lead. Vire had its ginia (16-6- . w inning streak snapped. No. 4 Arizona 70, record-breakin- g 91-8- "I missed that." Despite the emotional support of Sunday's capacity crowd. N.C. Atlantic Coast Conference) couldn't upset Duke ). (20-5- . Hurley hit two down the stretch as Duke e losing streak snapped a n and got its 10th straight 5. two-gam- 20-wi- season. "The law of averages was with me on my threes." Hurley said. "I'd missed so many over the last week, one or two was bound to go in." long-ran- ge free-throwi- -TJa- mie Hoilingshead and American Fprk's boys' medley relay team won first places to highlight Utah County participation in the J.R. Simplot indoor track invitational Saturday. r run Strauss won the in 4:22.8. The American Fork team of Kevin Davidson, Clayton Patch, Joel Jorgensen and Chris Mcrkley won the relay in a time of 3:37.80. According to Caveman coach Rod Jorgensen, that would give the relay team the second best lime indoor time in the nation this car in high school track. "I saw the National Scholastic Track Digest magazine that listed the top times, and ours was in the top five," he said. Hoilingshead won the long jump She with a leap of placed seventh in the djsh. Timpview's Judy Hoffman took .600-mete- 55-mct- cr one-poi- first-plac- 4) (21-6- nt lle one-ha- There were two new teams in the rankings as Louisville and St. John's each fell out after holding a spot in the poll for just one week. BYU, which was ranked for one week after a surprising second-plac- e finish in the Maui Invitational, and Xavier, Ohio, rt top-rank- 93-7- 8 n. ss ot BOSTON (AP) The fight for University and finished in 45.91 continues for Butch seconds. Rouser also won a place redemption on the U.S. squad for the champiReynolds. Now the r world will take his onships, March 4 in Toronto. battle onto the world stage. "Rouser isn't as strong as me comehis Reynolds, continuing yet. I was thinking of taking him on back from a controversial 2'2 year the backstretch, but I decided, No, let's wait 'til the home stretch drug suspension, won the national trials Sunday to capture a plate on and take him there,'" Reynolds the U.S. squad for next said. month's World Indoor ChampionReynolds pulled even with at the 1991 ships. Rouser, runner-u- p Reynolds overtook Jason Rous-e- r NCAA Indoor Championships on the final stretch at Harvard while a sophomore at Oklahoma, 400-met- with 50 meters to go and took the lead for good with 30 meters remaining. Rouser finished in 46. 1 1 . In the 200 meters, James Trapp and Kevin Little earned places on er record-holde- 12-1- the U.S. squad for Toronto. Trapp, the 1992 NCAA indoor champion, was timed in 20.82 and Little finished in 2 1.01. Failing to make the squad for the event was 1991 world indoor champion Antonio Petti-grewho finished in 47.44. Brian Irvin (46.58) and Darnell -- 400-met- er 400-met- er Woodforde oets Indoor title 11-- 2 8-- three-gam- No. 10 Cincinnati 60 At Phoenix, Chris Mills put Arizona ahead for good w ith a three-poiplay and the Wildcats held on nt for their 17th straight victory. Arizona (19-2- ) held Cincinnati (20-3- ) scoreless in the final three minutes. PHILADELPHIA -- Mark Woodforde was simply following his plan to keep Ivan Lendl moving when he hit a backhand drop shot in the ninth game of their championship match at the U.S. Indoor Tournament. But as Lendl ran for it Sunday, he suddenly grimaced and grabbed his back. After one more point, Lendl withdrew, leaving Woodwinner. forde the "I wanted him to be moving around, but not to actually injure himself," Woodforde said after collecting the S96.0O0 winner's check. 5-- 4. No.l4SitonHall66, (AP) Georgctow n 56 At East Rutherford. Terry became Seton Hall's career scoring leader and the Pirates maintained sole possession of first "I was hoping to win, but not place in the Big East. Dehere pass- like this," Woodforde added. ed Nick Wcrkman on Seton Hall's "But I'll take it (the win). I'm not scoring list early in the second half bothered by it. I've been out with when a free throw gav e him 2,274 injuries. I'm sure he'll come back points. better than ever." Lendl, the player, said in a statement he would be examined in Greenwich, Conn., today to determine the seriousness third in the 1600 and the of his injury. 4800-mete- r relay team of Jaren ATP Tour trainer Bill Norris Anderson and said Lendl had a muscle pull on his Picalo. Blake, Strauss finished third. left side below the rib cage. He had Provo's Alan Gulledge took secpain in the intercostal area between ond in the pole vault and the Bulthe ribs and the external oblique, a ldogs' Mary Huang was fourth in back muscle, Norris said. De-he- re the 1.600. For American Fork. Windy Jorgensen finished second in the in a time of 7.23. while Joel Jorgensen, only a sophomore, was second in the boys 55m in 6.57. Melinda Boice was another who fincame up w ith a second-plac- e ish, soaring 8 in the high jump. Coach Jorgensen said all three of those finishes were amongh the top 5 in the nation in those events. Also. Wendy Thurgood was second in the long jump at 1 0 i and the girls medley relay team of Jamie Hall. Carrie Mocller. Thurgood and Holly Hunsaker was third in 4:22.13. Also. Aubrey Goodwin was sixth in the er 5-- 1 6-- d "I hear it's maybe going to be weeks and weeks before he plays again." Woodforde said. 5 The abrupt ending to the final came after Woodforde survived three break points in the third game and lost his service in the fifth game after three more break points. Woodforde then broke Lendl's service in the sixth game as Lendl made two forehand errors. best-of-- In the doubles championship, top seeded Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg stopped the run of Provo's Brad Pearce and partner Marcus Ondruska. The unseeded duo to the fell pair. 6-- 7 Grabb-Rencbcr- g (4-7- ), - i. lf ' " x v" V 6-- 3. 6-- 0 Hall (46.60) were third and fourth Sunday and are expected to be selected to run the 1 ,600-metrelay at Toronto, along with Reynolds and Rouser. er Reynolds, who recently returned to competition after a drug suspension by the International Amateur Athletic Federation, contends he never took drugs and that the positive test in August 1990 at Monte Carlo was the result of faul' . ty procedures. Martina ends Seles' streak PARIS (AP) "X Vi t f ffi, Martina isn't finished playing t Navra-tilov- a top-lev- el ten- nis. - Navratilova ended Monica winning streak Seles' with a Y - showed once again that she 34-mat- 6-- 3, 4-- 6, 7-- 6 (7-- 3) victory Sunday in the final of the Paris Open. At 36 years, 3 months and 29 days, Navratilova became the oldest player to beat a No. 5 Locals shine at Simplot meet 1 which hasn't been in the rankings gars have won 12 in a row since a loss to Utah, and the since 1990, came in at Nos. 23 two meet at Utah on Saturday . and 24. Xavier (18-3- ) has won 11 of Utah, tied with BYU for the WAC lead with a 14-- 1 league 12, the only loss to Cincinnati. record, led the Second Ten and The Musketeers, who lead was followed by Wake Forest, game in the by UNLV, Seton Hall, Arkansas, Midwestern Collegiate ConferTulane, Purdue, Iowa, New Or- ence, also lost road games to Deleans and Marquette. troit and Louisville. BYU (21-5- ) beat Oklahoma Louisville was 22nd after beatand Memphis State before losing HaDuke in to ing UNLV last weekend, but the Cardinals (14-8- ) lost waii. The quick run in the rankings ended with losses to Oregon games to Western Kentucky and Oregon State in the Far West and Houston and fell right out of the poll. Classic the next week. The Cou and North Kentucky (20-2- ) Carolina (22-3- ) held second and e third as each got a vote. Arizona (19-2- ) and Michirounded out the top gan (21-five. Florida State ) jumped from ninth to sixth, followed by Kansas, Vanderbilt, Duke and Cincinnati. still fighting for redemption eynolds - fourth-seede- Idaho POCATELLO. impv iew's Mike Strauss and breaks into poll at 23 BYU 1; 2, It was an emotional day for g North Carolina State, a one for Indiana's Greg Graham and a record-tyinone for Duke's Bobby Hurley. Hurley equaled his school record with 15 assists as No. 9 2 Duke beat N.C. State at Raleigh, where former Wolfpack couch Jim Valvano and his 1983 national championship team were honored before the game. "We knew that their crowd was going to really be into it, and their players were feeding off that." Hurley said. "You have to give them a lot of credit for the w ay they played. They never gave up out there.' Valvano. who has cancer, stepped slowly on the court and was slightly bent at the waist. But he showed that the disease has not dimmed his enthusiasm. Valvano. now a telev ision commentator, hugged each of his players from the title team. He also began humming the Wolfpack fight song, prompting the crowd to shout. "Go. State!" "That's powerful." Valvano (7-1- 1 4 San Dwoo SI. w Hoosiers still No. " AP Photo State Fmno St. Hawaii Air Fore 20-3- 1, 1 S S AIK2am Pel. W .93) 21 L 5. By JIM O'CONNELL AP Basketball Writer said. Wyoming 1, 9, (7 UTEP 77-6- (5-- Colorado Si. BYU 71-5- 5 free-thro- NewMulce W 14 14 10 Utah 3:11 left in the first half. Gary Trost gave BYU 23 points and George Irvin led Air Force with 27 points, 15 of which came in the first eight minutes of the M if, ET Conference 98-8- Hawaii coach Riley Wallace knows a trick when he sees it. Paso Wallace says Texas-E- l coach Don Haskins got himself ejected from Saturday night's game on purpose, hoping to upset the Hawaii players. Haskins picked up a technical foul minutes into the first half when he stormed onto the floor arguing a referee's call. Moments later, he was ejected from the game when he bumped and argued with the same official. "Don Haskins pulled it again. He's as sly as a fox and he knew exactly w hat he was doing when he did it. My guys were playing well, and his kids were a little dead and the crowd was dead. As soon as he got his first (technical foul), I knew he was pushing for another," Wallace said. Whatever it was, it worked. UTEP beat Hawaii 7 in overtime after coming back from a deficit in the second half. The win places UTEP (8-- 6 in the 9 league and overall) in fourth in the Athletic ConWestern place ference while Hawaii J tied for the top of the league for the second week in a row. Utah beat 5 in Salt Lake Fresno State City Saturday night while BYU downed Air Force 0 in Provo. In other WAC play this weekend, New Mexico was in third place in the conference after downand Wying San Diego State a ended losing oming streak with a 6 w in over Colorado State. Utah standout Josh Grant scored 25 points for another Utah (14-) victory. The Utes remain undefeated in 14 home games this season and have won 16 of their past 17 games. Grant shot 12 of 12 from the line and grabbed 13 rebounds and four steals. Phil Dixon added 14 points. Lee Mayberry and Travis Stel paced Fresno State with 17 points apiece. 21-BYU (14-spotted Air UTEP wins player. Billie Jean King was several weeks younger when she beat Navratilova in 1980. "I was really overwhelmed after the match," Navratilova said after beating a player 17 years her junior. "At the beginning of the week I thought I had no chance to win. But then I made myself believe myself I could do it. will look back at this one with undiluted pleasure," Seles, whose previous loss was to Arantxa Sanchez last August at the Canadian Open, has won 10 of 17 matches against Navratilova. Seles had beaten Navratilova three straight times since a loss last August at Los Angeles. Navratilova, playing in her third final in three weeks on three contiAP Photo nents, had made seven straight finals. She lost to Seles last week at Mark Woodforde returns a shot during the U.S. Indoor final. He won Chicago. the title when Ivan Lendl withdrew with a back injury. "For her age it's incredible," Seles said. "But she is so much physically stronger than me. Her 5 in the body is so different and can take it. With Stich leading At Stuttgart, Germany, Michael Stich earned 5355,000, one fifth set, Krajicek attempted a But Martina just played a great, of the biggest prizes on the ATP risky stop volley. It hit the net and match. " Navratilova has been playing Tour, by winning the Eurocard fell back on Krajicek's side of the well since her loss in the second with him Richtennis tournament over leaving net, serving Open round of the U.S. Open to Magda- match point against him. ard Krajicek. He blasted a serve that looked Stich won ), in a match that lasted 3 like an ace, but chair umpire Peter 5 "It's very sweet and to be able it now w ith the kind of tennis from referee to do a 46 and Richtcr. in ended minutes, hours, Stuttgart, I am playir.g now and to do it at my shot the German The colcalled also long. controversy. lected 414 points for his victory Krajicek argued to no avail and age is pretty fantastic." Navratilo-- . will move into the Top 10 Stich clinched the match off Kraji- va said. and In the third set, Navratilova batranks when the ATP Tour rankings cek's second serve, hitting a deep tled from a break down at corner. the into come out Monday. volley J I 4 t " J - ,"" 6-- 4-- 6. 7-- 5, 7-- 6 (7-4- 3-- 6, 7-- 5-- 4. |