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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, Pag B2 F1 March 25, 1998 n m J Crispin leads Nittany Lions into finals "Sometime, the plug's got to be pulled on it, and this is the appropriate time. It's time to go." I. Chicago coach Phil Jackson r. on the rampant rumors about IT next season's Bulls. j- NEW YORK (AP) With a unification bout with Lennox Lewis put off, Madison Square Garden. The fight will be Holyfield's first since he stopped Michael Moorer on Nov. 8. Holyfield and Lewis had been negotiat- ing to unify the heavyweight title, but when HBO and Holyfield could not agree on the financial terms that fight was put on the back burner. Holvfield is exDected to earn about $10 million for the Akinwande fight, about half of what he made against Moorer and what he asked for against Lewis. Akinwande is expected to earn $2.5 million. Tennis d with some controversial help from a trainer and edged Z. '.I With oflf-cou- rt problems to America watching from the stands, Fresno State's troubled season ended with a loss. Kevin Clark scored a career-hig- h 30 points and Sam Jacobson added 24 as Minnesota advanced to the NIT championship with a 9 victory in overtime against the Bulldogs. Fresno State's season of included which scandal, arrests, suspensions and substance abuse problems for some of its star players, was recently the focus of a "60 Minutes" feature by CBS correspondent 91-8- Mike Wallace. After the story was aired, Fresno State coach Jerry Tarkanian criticized Wallace for not being up front with him about its content. But at half-timWallace, a Madiaon Square Garden regular for Knicks games, said he and Tarkanian had spoken before the game and had "a very civilized conversation." e, Martina Hingis escaped unscathed Top-ranke- - the man who exposed its ; Evander Holyfield will ; defend his WEA heavyweight I title against Henry Akinwande on June 6 at I NEW YORK (AP). -- il Penn State's men will now get a Fresno State falters in overtime c: Ccxirrr - 1 Serena Williams 6-- 3, 7-- 1-- 6, 6 in the quarterfinals of the Lipton Championships. That's one Williams down and one to go for Hingis, the chance to match what their women's team has already But the Gophers (19-1put an end to Tarkanian's difficult accomplished. 5) season and will play the winner of Tuesday's second semifinal I Joe Freshman Crispin scored 18 points and the Nittany Lions advanced to the championship of ths NIT on Tuesday night with a 0 win ? between Penn State and Georgia on Thursday night in the final. Jermaine Fowlkes led Fresno State (21-1with 25 points and Chris Harrsn had 14 all in the second half. The second meeting between Fresno State and Minnesota was much tighter that the first, 2 a Gophers victory in December. The clubs went at each other hard from the outset, and went to overtime tied at 77. 66-6- ',1 over Georgia. . will meet Penn State (19-1a familiar foe in Thursday night's final. In Tuesday's first semifinal, Minnesota defeated Fresno State 9 in overtime, and will now play Penn State in an all Big Ten title game. The teams split their two meetings during the regular season. a The Fresno consolation game will precede th title fame and mnt.pi 2) 2) 91-8- . . 92-7- ""of 'W" nwsno er. om FowkM 25 Robenon 00 10. Abney 0 3 3 13. Alston 4 12 2 2 13. Koran 4.104-- 14. 0 Warton 7. Porief 0. Laurie 0 Tool! S9. MfNKttOTA Jecobeon 2. C) 2 3. Nathaniel O.Totse) S- - State-Georgi- Bulldogs vs. Bulldogs. GFOOOIA J.Jones (19-15- ) 23 ChaoWck 12, Brown 7. Harrison 3 6. Oliver 2 3 2. Hall 4, A.Jones 0. Nortfel 04) 0. Totals 04) 2. Smith 0- - 0 9. Dulun 4. Ransom 60. CltVIB 24. Lewfe) 64 18. Sanden 30. Herrle 45 12. Terver 0. Brosie 12 1. Stanford 00 91. 9 4 PENN ST. 11. ivory Crispin -3 2. Stevenson Minnesota 38. Fresno St. 32. End of Fresno St 77. Minneaote 77. Regulation Alston gotie Fresno St. 12 29 (FowHtee Robereon Henen Walton Porter Uacobaon 39. Clark Mwwsotn lewis Hama O S). Fouled out Roberaon, Herren. Walton. Rebounds Fresno St. 41 (Fowrkes 14). Minnesota 46 (Lewis 10). Assists Fresno St. 19 (Alston, Harrsn 5), Mnrutota 7 (Herns 5). Total fouls Fresno St. 24. Minnesota 18. Technical Robertori A NA. HsKlfcne tin liiT! - mi iIiiimi r Jackson 4. Booth 410 18. Lreiclw 13, Stephens 2 5. Grays 2. 0. Totals 66. Hat!rie Perm St. 32. Georgia 28. ChaoWck Georga 624 (J Jones 0- - win" JOHN UUNNThe Associated Press Up and under: Minnesota's Kevin Clark (10) slips under the arm of Fresno State's Terrance Roberson (44) during their NIT game Tuesday. goals SnMh 4. i Nordin Ransom Harrison Dunes Hal 0- - 4). Perm St. b. .400 QJsicky Cnspm Ivory - 3. Grays Fouled out None. Reborn ids Georgia 39 (J Jones 5), Penn St. 39 (tisicky 7). Assists CeortM 8 (Smith. Harrison 3). Perm St. 12 uvory 4) 18. Pern St 16. A Total 1,043. (7-- 4) defending champion. In Thursday's semifinals shell play Serena's sister, Venus, who beat Silvia Farina Hingis appeared on the verge of exhaustion before she . fended off the two match ' points and held serve to trail Then she made a dubious request for a trainer, complaining of leg cramps, and received three minutes of treatment. 6-- 1, 6-- 2. play works for Well-design- ed fourth-roun- d play at the Lipton Championships, Petr Korda second-ranke- d squandered his chance to overtake No. 1 Pete Sampras in the rankings next week by losing to Tim Flenman Sampras was eliminated Monday by Wayne Ferreira. Steve Campbell, a old journeyman from Detroit, became the first qualifier in Lipton history to reach the men's quarterfinals by beating Ferreira 6-- 4, J ; 6-- 4. -" 6-- 7 (3-7- ), 6-- 2, 7-- Marcelo Third-ranke- d Rios, who could become No. if he wins the tournament, beat Goran Ivanisevic 6-- 2, 1 6-- 3. No. 5 Greg Rusedski was upset by Thomas Enqvist 6-- 2 and No. 6 Yevgeny - Kafelnikov lost to Jeff Tarango 3-- 6, 6-- 3, Coach CLEVELAND the designed Popovich Gregg play, and Tim Duncan and Vinny Del Negro executed it to perfection Tuesday night. baseDel Negro hit a line jumper with 3.3 seconds to play to give the San Antonio Spurs an 5 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. "It felt good when I shot it and better when it went through," Del Negro said. "We diagrammed it in the timeout and executed it well." Del Negro drove around a pick by Duncan, freeing him from defender Derek Anderson, and buried the fallaway jumper to snap Cleveland's e winning streak. "I put my arms up but didn't want to foul him," Anderson said. "It was just one of those things." Del Negro said Anderson nearly ruined the 12-fo- ot 86-8- four-gam- play. "He played great defense and I felt him when I went up Football CBS had already raided NBC for its football announcing team, so now it is targeting the GOP. CBS hired former San Francisco tight end Brent Jones as a studio analyst Tuesday, outbidding Newt Gingrich and the Republican party for his services. Jones, who retired at the end of last season, thought about running for political office in the San Francisco area. "I did consider a run at Congress and talked to some people about it," Jones said. "But staying involved with football was what I wanted to do long term and things worked out great with CBS." MAJERUS Continued from Bl aren't Virginia on Thursday much to gaze at. But if nothing else, they know how to defend. o Majerus threw a at the Wildcats backcourt of Mike Bibby and Miles Simon. Bibby finished with seven points, on shooting, and had one from assist. Simon was the field, scoring just six. Top scorer Michael Dickerson also had six, 12 below his average. Utah's Andre Miller had 18 points, 14 rebounds and 13 Arizona's assists to out-stperimeter trio all by himself Backup ballhandler David triangle-and-tw- at Basketball Former Denver Nuggets eoech and Hall of Fame player rUan Issel has been offered ITthe team's general manager ITJob, according to Denver's daily newspapers. n Issel, who works as a basketball analyst, Monday night that he nias had talks about the job JTwith Ascent Entertainment Group, which owns the team. "I've been told I'm one of the HJandidates, and that a decision ZLvnil be made soon," he said ,!lMonday night. n ZL, The general manager I has been vacant since ,3?J2an Criatow was fired Feb, 4. telsvi-7sio- con-SErm- posi-ntio- BUCKS 118 ROCKETS 108 By The Associated Press well-time- d 6-- 2. Spurs victory one-poi- nt 4-- 5. In men's w Del meg ro .IfIs Sasi AntonEO JAZZ Continued from B 1 mission nearly matched the 15 by the entire Suns squad. And Foster left the game for good with two minutes left in the third quarter when Utah was slaughtering Phoenix by 29 points. "Anyone who picks themself up and plays above where they have been playing, that's what you look for," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said of Foster's effort. 1 for the shot," Del Negro said. "I leaned back just a bit. That's a shot I like to take, a fade on the left side." David Robinson led the Spurs with 27 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocked shots. Duncan had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Robinson scored 13 points in the final quarter. Zydrunas Hgauskas led Cleveland with 21 points and 12 rebounds. MILWAUKEE Ray Allen scored 33 points and Armon Gilliam added a season-hig- h 29 as Milwaukee snapped a nine-gam- e losing streak and also halted Houston's winning streak. six-gam- W. e . d The Bucks, who have been without their injury-decimate- three best players in Glenn Robinson (leg), Terrell Brandon (ankle) and Tyrone Hill (back), lost forward Michael Curry to a sprained right ankle midway through the second quarter. HORNETS 106 RAPTORS 89 HAWKS 85 MAGIC 73 TORONTO Glen Rice had 24 points and seven rebounds and all five Charlotte starters scored in double figures as the Hornets cruised past Toronto. David Wesley had 10 points and 14 assists and Anthony Mason contributed 11 points and nine rebounds for Charlotte, which won for the 14th time in 15 games. Jackson also had better numbers than Bibby (10 points, two assists). The Wildcats, who had won 23 of their previous 24, trailed by nine at the break. Their 20 first-hapoints were 10 fewer than their previous season low. With 15 12 minutes left, the lead had doubled. The vaunted Arizona run never came. The Wildcats never scored more than five con- lf ft few ATLANTA Steve Smith scored 10 of his 28 points in the last 10 minutes to lead Atlanta over Orlando. After the Magic cut the lead to with 4:30 to play, Smith hit a pair of free throws in a 12-and two run giving that gave the lead with two Hawks an minutes left. 73-6- 7 Tex-Me- x, "You don't have to score to be successful. Greg (Foster) did a tremendous job for us. There's no secret to rebounding, ycu just have to want it and go get the ball." Much of Foster's success, even if he appeared camped out above the rim, came because the Suns' big men were ghosts. Starters Clifford Robinson, Antonio McDyess and Hot Rod Williams combined for a paltry 10 boards. Utah outrebounded Ittosaiz 5&S1. Danny Ainji threw in the A 'J41 0 85-6- 7 Continued from BI as much as Rick Majeru?, the coach who jolly, thinking-man'- s drew it all up. I loved Mike Doleac, the pre-Me- d major who could be the poster boy for this new AT style of basketball, talking about how Utah didn't have any great players, just the g players. Tell hardest-workin- 'em, Mike. DOUGLAS C. PiZAC The Auoctucti Press Q & A: Utah's Hanno Mottola lis- tens to a question during a press gathering Tuesday. ftm JOHN LtHMA.N VThc Assuciatcd Blocked: Toronto's John Wallace, right, readies to reject this layup attempt by Charlotte's Glen Rice. BISHEFF secutive points. They were averaging just over 90 a game. Their former season low was 70. Arizona was the ninth title team to return all five starters. The only one that added a second ring was UCLA, in 1968. So, while Majerus gets to eat Arizona coach Lute Olson can start working on his backswing. It was bis worst loss in 15 seasons at Arizona. 'AY'' MAYBE ALL the early departures to the NBA have begun to have their effect. When an Allen Ivereoa or a Kevin Garnett does come along, he gets snapped up Still, Ainge vas amazed at Utah's punch, coming off a long and go. road trip. "I was surprised a team "They beat us in every aspect of the game," Ainge declared. could run on us like that," "We were scattered all over Ainge moaned. "We're in a fight the place. It was a discouraging for homecourt advantage in the game. Two nights ago against playoffs and for some reason Seattle, we looked like one of Utah wanted it more." the best teams in basketball. The win gives Utah a Toiiight, we looked like one of record and tie with Seattle atop the worBt." the Western Conference. It slw It didn't help Ainge that extended Utah's win streak to guard Rax Chapman pulled a three heading into the final 14 groiii muscle iu the first half games which are split wcnly at " home and away. and lift the court. towel early in the fourth quarter. His horses couldn't get up 51-1- 7 early. He plays a year or two in college or he bolts directly to the pros from high school. College coaches have had to adjust. At least the better ones have. They've had to prepare for losing No. 1 kids by build- ing teams around more than . one player. The top coaches are doing what young Steve Lawn still has to learn to do at UCLA. They're going deep into their bench. Kentucky's Smith utilizes 10 or 11 kids every game, some of whom aren't particularly great athletes. But all seem to have a role, a niche. And all tend to make contributions. , Steve Bisheff is a columniri with the Orange County Register. "Utah has a tendency to make a team look a lot worse than they really are," Suns guard Kevin Jchnson said. Mctyas rC 4, 0pman 006. ManrariQ 4 flohneon 0 2 2 I. VWHams 2 2 7. JrjtrM 34 000. K)d 18 00 14 eent0 2 0O0. McOoud hiesh 15. 00 6. Mac 9. 0-- 5. Scott 6. Totals 3 82 6 73 iTAM mm Keen 2 3O0 4, Maavw 7 '3 19 FoeMrfM0 2 2 12 Homaoei4-I00 10. 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