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Show Page B2 — 'rtti: lll- until) Prov. . l'tah. Monday. March 15. 1993 Hawks get some unexpected help Benefit games During the Atlanta Hika m e33!"? “inning streak. Dominique llltlns is awragmg 33.8 points. KCVIn Willis has double figures in Points and rebounds in every came and Mookie Blaylotk is .oeriiginc .4 assists. \ i On Sunday night. a surprising Clement — Jon Koncak ~ w as added tothe mix. Koncak. recently called “the . most reviled pro athlete in local Sports history” by the Atlanta New York won its 11th straight home game and handed Indiana its ninth consecutive loss on the road as John Starks had 31 points and 10 assists and Patrick Ewing scored 29 points on 10-for- 12 shooting. The Knicks. who moved a game ahead of Chicago in the Eastern Conference. also won their sixth straight game overall. It originally was scheduled for Saturday night. but a blizzard forced postponement Journal-Constitution. is known . more for his outstanding contract ~— 6-year. $13.1 million -— than > for outstanding performances. But in a 117—107 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Koncak had 15 points on 7—for-11 shooting and nine rebounds in 47 minutes “This if the first time I‘ve seen Koncak playing with confidence for one day. Detlef Schrempf and Reggie Since I‘ve been here." coach Bob Miller scored 19 points each for confidence. it‘s the difference be- the Pacers. Pistons 101 , Bulls 98 tween night and day. If you don‘t The five—game winning streak for the Hawks is their longest of . the season and lifted their record to .500 (3 l -31 ) for the first time since - Feb. 9. Wilkins led Atlanta with 35 points. the 30th time he‘s reached the 30-point mark this season. Wil'.lis added 19 points and 14 rebounds and Blaylock had 17 points and 14 assists. James Worthy scored 25 points andAC. Green had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Lakers. In other NBA games. it was Detroit 101. Chicago 99: the Los An- geles Clippers 124. Minnesota 107: New York 121. Indiana 90: Seattle 105. Orlando 97; and Charlotte 96. Boston 93. Sonics 105. Magic 97 Shawn Kemp had 27 points and 12 rebounds and Gary Payton scored 18 points for the Sonics. who tightened up defensively after allowing Orlando 36 points on 73 By The Associated Press The No. 1 team in the nation wasn‘t even the top team in its conference tournament. North Carolina. ranked atop the poll. fell to Georgia Tech 77-75 in the final of the Atlantic Coast Conference tourney Sunday. It didn't hurt the Tar Heels for the NCAA tournament — they were made the top seed iflthe East Regional — but it earned the Yellow Jackets a No. 4 seed in the West. "I really hope we can show people this wasn't a fluke." said Georgia Tech coach Bobby C remins. “I . really hope we can go into the NCAA tournament and play well. 1 , don't know what's going to hap‘ pen. I still think we can play a little bit better. [just hope we move forward." Also moving forward into the NCAA tournament with victories. Sunday were surprising Missouri. which took Kansas State 68-56 for the Big Eight crown: No. 9 Seton Hall in the Big East. 103-70 over Syracuse; Long Beach State in the Big West. beating No. 24 New Mexico State 70-62: No. 16 Louis: ville in the Metro. 90-78 over Vir: ginia Commonwealth: No. 4 Kentucky in the Southeastern. 82-65 I over LSU: Texas Tech in the Southwest. 88-76 over Houston 88-76: and Southern in the Southwestern Athletic. 101-80 over Jackson State. In other Top 25 games. No. 2 -Indiana beat Wisconsin 87-80 and format. will begin at 6 pm. Shauna Kay of American Fork is coaching the North team. Gregg Smith of Springville has the South. Smith's South team includes Melissa McCarty and Johanna Peterson from his own team. Val Oldham and Analice Roach from Spanish Fork. Rhonda Jensen and Kris King from Payson. Ronalee Wright and Leslie Wright from Provo and Rebecca Brinton and 2 ’ ' i fomiat for the 17th annual contest is non-traditional as the two writers drafted their teams. Game time is 8 pm. Hudson's team includes David Liddiard of Provo. Galen Ander- son of Timpview. Cole Cooper of Fork. Riley Marshall and Jason Beardall of Payson. Jacob Hawkins of Orem. Eddie Miner of Springville. Ryan Bromley of American Fork and Mark Norman of Pleasant Grove. Warner‘s team consists of Matt Butler of Timpview'. Phil DeGraffenried of Payson. Ryan DeMille and Fernando Diego of American Fork: Bart Brockbank and Ryan Turpin of Lehi. R.J. Staheli and Chris Strong of Provo. and Steve McCandless and lace Stringham of Mountain View. Kay‘s North squad includes McCall Fagan and Kelli Walker from her Caveman squad. Sherry Ras- Joe Dumars scored 27 points and passed the 10.000 mark for his mussen and Marsha Snow from career for Detroit against visiting Orem. Kara Baker and Amber Chicago. Measom of Pleasant Grove. ManThe Bulls. playing without in- dy Hodges and Kim Morris of jured starters John Paxson. Horace Mountain View and Tammy RafiGrant and Bill Cartwright. nearly overcame a 14-point third-quarter deficit. With the score tied at 95. Alvin Robertson gave the Pistons a twopoint lead. After Isiah Thomas and 8.]. Armstrong each hit a pair of free throws to make it 99-97 with By The Associated ’ress 1:48 left. Michael Jordan and Again on Sunday, it \ ts no day Scottie Pippen each missed jumpto play baseball around F . orida. ers in the final minute. Unseasonably cool temperaJordan finished with 28 points and Armstrong 22 for the Bulls. tures prompted fans in the shady while Terry Mills scored 23 and first-base seats at Bradenton. Fla. AP Photo Thomas 21 for the Pistons. to use their cold-weather gear during the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ 3-2 deClippers 124, Timberwolves 107 Detroit's Isiah Thomas shoots past the defense of Chicago’s feat of Toronto. Ron Harper scored 25 points as Michael Jordan during Sunday's NBA game. Thomas had 21 points “I froze my tail off.“ Pirates Los Angeles won at Minnesota. as the Pistons beat the Bulls 101-99. extended the Clippers‘ winning manager Jim Leyland said. “You streak over the Timberwolves to might get a month's worth of days percent shooting in the first quarter Hornets 96. Celtics 93 like this in Pittsburgh and not even Charlotte won for the first time 10 since Dec. 11. 1990. Shaquille O‘Neal scored 29 Doug West led Minnesota with think about it because you're used points and Nick Anderson 26. in- at Boston Garden. beating the Celtcluding 17 in the first quarter. for ics behind Alonzo Mourning's 25 28 points. Stanley Roberts scored tort. “It's a shock down here. I was the Magic. points and 1 1 rebounds and Larry 20 for the Clippers. cold. I'm still cold " The weather also took a toll on Tim Wakefield‘s knuckleball. “I couldn't get a decent feeling in my hands." he said. "I‘m not using that as an excuse. because I cats (26-3) to their 17th SEC tourSouthwest just didn’t have a good one today. " nament crown overall — two more Texas Tech 88, Houston 76 Ideal conditions for the knucklethan all other league schools comAt Dallas. Lance Hughes scored bined. 27 points and Will Flemons added ball are warm temperatures with "We are playing our best ball of 21 as Texas Tech (18-11). the fifth light winds. No. 18 Purdue lost to Ohio State the season right now." coach Rick seed. won its first SWC title since “A day like this makes every— 72-62. Pitino said. “If our defense 1986. The Red Raiders shot 56.3 thing very dry." Wakefield said. ACC doesn‘t leave us. I think we can percent from the field compared to ”You like to have a certain moistGeorgia Tech 77, definitely w in the national charnpi- Houston‘s 40 percent. ness to grip the ball. I wasn't very No. 1 North Carolina 75 onship." comfortable. There‘s no excuse. I At Charlotte. NC. sixth-seedSouthwestern Athletic Confer- just didn‘t pitch very well. " Big East ed Georgia Tech t19-10) used ence Wakefield pitched the first three No. 9 Seton Hall 103. James Forrest's 27 points and 10 Southern 101, innings and allowed five hits and Syracuse 70 rebounds against North Carolina Jackson State 80 two runs. At New York. top-ranked Seton (28-4). which had won 11 straight. At Baton Rouge. La.. Terry Because of high winds. rain and The Tar Heels couldn't overcome Hall easily beat Syracuse. which is Thames scored 33 points as South- coldtemperatures on Saturday. 10 the loss of point guard Derrick on probation and can't go to any ern (20-9) earned its fourth pos- exhibition games were canceled Phelps. who sat out after bruising tournaments. The Pirates (27-6) tseason trip in seven years. Torr- throughout Florida. It was cold his tailbone in a semifinal win over won their llth consecutive game ence Williams added 16 points for again Sunday. with the most points and biggest Virginia. Southern and had 19 rebounds. victory margin in Big East title- Jackson State's Lindsey Hunter , The temperature at Bradenton Big Eight was 51 degrees but brisk. steady game history. Missouri68. had 31 points. winds made it feel cooler. Kansas State 56 The players appeared to be Big West At Kansas City. Mo. Missouri Other Games ready for a September game at Long Beach State 70, 119-13). seeded seventh in the Big No. 2 Indiana 87, Chicago's Wrigley Field. They N0. 24 New Mexico State 62 Eight tournament. ended its shock, Wisconsin80 were bundled in jackets with towAt Long Beach. Calif.. the ing tournament run by securing an fourth-seeded 49ers (22-9) At Madison. Wis.. Greg GraNCAA berth. The Tigers beat grabbed an automatic'it‘CAA berth ham scored 27 points and Calbert Oklahoma State. Iowa State and Cheaney had 22 in Indiana‘s final for the first time since 1977. Rod Kansas State to win the conference Hannibal scored 18 points and warmup for the NCAA tournacrown. tournament MVP Lucious Harris ment. “Everybody is loose." Heller Ohio State 72, and Bryon Russell each added 16. said. "We‘re not worrying about No. 18 Purdue 62 this or that. We‘re not worrying if Metro At West Lafayette, Ind.. freshthe shot is going in. we're just No. 16 Louisville 90, man Derek Anderson, in double shooting it. We‘re playing our Va. Commonwealth 78 figures every game since becomgame." At Louisville. Ky.. the Cardi- ing a starter on Feb. 20. scored a SEC nals earned their 23rd trip to the career—high 23 points as the BuckNo. 4 Kentucky 82. NC AA tournament. A 17-6 run in eyes (15-12, 8-10 Big Ten) upset LSL' 65 the last five minutes of the first half Purdue (18-9, 9-9). Ohio State Cole Cooper Ryan Turpin In its home arena. Kentucky got gave them control. Dwayne Mor- opened a quick 28-8 lead and the off to another sizzling start with 12 ton scored 24 points for Louisville Boilermakers could get no closer straight points. That sent the Wild- (20-81. than six thereafter. Rules will be slightly different than high school rules for the games. The games will feature 10minute quarters. no zone defenses and the collegiate foul-shooting rule. That is. teams will shoot oneand-one after seven fouls and two shots after 10. Spring ball: Cold takes toll on fans, players cage Roundup Austrian teen grabs World Cup slalom title ' County Journal. both of whom covered prep basketball all season, will coach the boys' all-stars. The Lehi. Robbie Reid of Spanish The girls' game. which w ill feature the traditional North-South Georgia Tech claims ACC tourney berth ' ald and Neil Wamer of the Utah Jeni Ross from Timpview. Weiss said. "When he plays with have confidence out there. it‘s like playing without one of vour offensive players. " ' ncr and Amber Christensen of Lehi. Bob Hudson of The Daily Her- ‘AMJ-m‘ 2W751...; .L-w’ Johnson's 23 points and 16 rebounds on his 24th birthday. The Hornets. who lost their three previous games with Boston this season. were 0-9 on the road against the Celtics since entering the league in 1988. Charlotte still trails the overall series 17-3. Boston was led by Robert Parish with 2] points and 13 rebounds. Kevin Gamble with 20 points and Sherman Douglas with 15 assists. Knicks 121. Pacers 90 By The Associated Press Twenty high school seniors are going to do something for some of their peers Tuesday. They‘re going to play a benefit basketball game. Some of the best boy and girl players in the area will meet in the annual Boys' and Girls‘ Club of L'tah County benefit games at Utah Valley Community College. All the proceeds will go toward the programs at the club. Tickets are $3 for adults. $2 for students and SI for children 12 and under. luau in 117-107 victory over Lakers feature top cagers LILLEHAMMER. Norway ing. and no other woman has man- fourth place into the lead with a er. dropped to sixth. (AP) — Take it from a woman who aged to win in only her second combined clocking of 1 minute. Placing second. and matching knows. Austrian teen-ager Renate start. 38.01 seconds. She then withstood her career best. was Sweden's “I was hoping first ofall to qual- the charges of World Cup slalom Kristina Andersson in 1:38.63, Goetschl will soon be asking herself if she really did write a page ify for the second run." said points leader Annelise Coberger of with Chauvet in third at 1:38.69. Andersson was bouyed by the into the history of World Cup ski Goctschl. who failed to do that New Zealand and three-time slawhen she placed 32nd in her first lom champion Vreni Schneider of fact the last two slaloms of the racing. ' Recalling her own emotions World Cup start at Cortina. Italy in Switzerland. season are in Sweden, at Klovsjo "I didn‘t have problems with and Are. over her first career victory earlier January. Only the top 30 qualify the course." Goetschl said. “I was this season. France's Patricia for the second run. ‘ ‘l h0pe to do some good races at “I prepared (for the second run) able to ski down normally and I Chauvet predicted that Goetschl would sit in her room Sunday night in the usual way. I went down and didn‘t have any trouble at all. The home,“ she said. “I know it's hard and ask herself if all of this really had a snack in the cafeteria and course was in good shape and well- and I’ll have to ski really well, but then had the normal preparation prepared and I didn’t have any I feel good now. " ha ned. After Chauvet got over her own F3): the record. and the record for the second run. just like the trouble.“ other races I‘ve run this season. book, itdid. Coberger and Schneider each case of disbelief, she found that The 17-year-old Austrian. mak- Nothing really special. said they felt the snow was a little victory changed the way she ap“I didn‘t set a goal for the sec— softer than for the first run and that proached a race. ing only her second World Cup “It used to be when I finished in start. stunned the world‘s best ond run. I just wanted to ski well they sacrificed precious hunwomen racers by winning the sla- and then find out what happens." dredths of a second by edging too the top 10 l was glad." she said. “Since I won at Hans and I‘m third Whatoccurrcd was beyond all hard on their skis. lom on the Hafiell Olympic hill on Sunday. Victory with a stan num- expectations. Cobcrger. second in the mom- here. I feel I can go for the podium ber of 42 is unprecedented in the By posting a second-run time of ing. dropped to fifth in the final in the future. My goals are a little 27-year history of World Cup rac- 49.53 seconds. she vaulted front reckoning and Schneider, the lead- more narrow. " els serving as scarves. Orlando Merced wore a ski cap that he dug out of the bottom of his equipment bag. Tom Foley fashioned a mask from socks. Don Slaught took advantage of the winds to fly a kite in the outfield before the game. Slaught. it turns out. is a kite buff. “This is what I wanted for Christmas.“ he said of the newest addition to his fleet. The game-time temperature for the game at Clearwater, Fla. between Philadelphia and Minnesota was 47 degrees. The Phillies won 5-4 in 10 innings but allowed three unearned runs. “It was an unfair day to judge our defense." manager Jim Fregosi said. At Fort Myers. F1a.. several of the plastic signs that ring the outfield walls at Boston‘s spring training facility were blown off during heavy winds Saturday and early Sunday. but the new City of Palms Park suffered no damage from gusts of up to 70 mph. Though conditions were breezy and brisk during Sunday's game ; against Texas. they were much 1 better than the swirling winds Sat— ».urday at Sarasota that turned the game against the White Sox into I what manager Butch Hobson called “ajoke.” On the injury front, the first test of Bryn Smith’s surgically repaired right knee under game conditions was successful. “All systems are go.” the C010rado right-hander said Sunday after pitching one inning in a “B" game held prior to the regular ex- hibition game against the Califor- . nia Angels. Bart Brockbank Barton Gensch Lehi, Emery stars head \ Region Seven all-star list LEHI — Cole Cooper of Lehi and Kevin Ediger of Emery, who led their teams to a Region Seven co-championship. are the coaches‘ picks as the most valuable player in boys' basketball this season. State 3A champion Lehi placed two other players — Bart Brockbank and Ryan Turpin —— on the first team. Joining them are Tyson Hancock of Union, Brian Barton of Emery and Barton Gertsch of Wasatch. Members of the second team include Emery‘s Brian Christiansen, Uintah‘s Bruce Sutton and Rhett Taylor. Carbon’s Grady Buchmiller and Guy Coleman of Union. Valley claims 1A cage championship CEDAR CITY. Utah (AP) —Lynar Young scored 16 points to help the Valley Buffaloes beat Mount Vernon 58-40 and setae their first l—A state championship since 1981. The title made it a basketball sweep for the Orderville school, I wuuae girls” team won the l-A title last month. In the final day of the toumamerit. Piute thumped Rowland Hall-St. Marks 92-73 for third and fourth place, while the Monticello Buckaroos beat Escalante 81-67 for sixth place in the consolation final. |
