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Show B Scoreboard B3 Comics B6 O Financial Markets B7 Saturday, January 11, 1997 The Daily Herald fn)OT the rival iry v. uibfc l A BYU plays host to No. 9 Utah By DICK HARMON The Daily Herald great has. He's subject to explode on any team any time." Ninth-ranke- spoiled Mike Jacobsen declared the thundering fireworks and light bombs would end at halftime. He never counted on Tennison Tripple lighting up fuses, then bombing the show. The Utah Valley State College athletic director spearheaded a show equal to dazzling circus-lik- e any Delta Center extravaganza Friday in Oam It was a night of nights. A show of show s. The stuff that historians tab pages for. Jacobsen masterminded a brilliant marketing campaign to tit the billboard and hype: Drawing a NJCAA junior college crowd (8.063) to the David O. McKay Events Center to see Utah Valley versus Dixie College. The package came complete with Roman candles, a laser show, an appearance by the Utah Jazz Bear making a cetling spotlight entrance: a roaring encore topped dunk through a by a spring-boar- d a flame that workring of fire ers could not extinguish until they 'd sprinted outside. "Can you believe it." the Bear told reporters. "I'm wearing two left shoes." There was the stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by "Suspension." a white-shir- t, black-vequartet comprised of Mitch McCustion. Scott Adams. Ron Anderson and Gary Brown. tip eOsis i D Utah "(Keith) Van Horn typifies the talent Utah All those old sayings from the rivalry "expect the unexpected" or "throw out the records" may noi apply tonight. d Utah, complete with its powerful inside attack and intense defense, faces a Cougar squad that has straddled one earthBYU quake after another this season. Here is a matchup between the WAC's best and. well, a team trying play the toughest team and the not to finish last. team on our schedule in Tipoff is 7 p.m. at the Marriott Utah." Center. The L ies are led by three-timNormally this game is totally league MVP Keith Van Horn, a unpredictable. But do these Cougars senior who is averaging 22.2 points even belong on the same court with per game. Van Horn, a possible top-K- ! the Utes'' NBA draft choice, needs 270 "We ai. trying the best we can to points the rest ol the season to break e stay focused with a young team." Utah's scoring record. BYU inlerim coa-.'Tony Ingle said. "Van Horn typifies the talent L'te coach Rick Majerus believes Utah has." Ingle said. "He's subject BYU-Uta- h speaks for itself. "It's to explode on any team any time." always very much of a dogfight." The Cougars are ranked last in the WAC in both scoring offense and Majerus said. A week ago. Wyoming stunned defense, while also holding bottom in the WAC openthe Cougars 89-- 6 spots in rebounding and shooting er at Laramie. percentage. That doesn't leave much else, but Losing may noi have been a shock, but the way it occurred set Majerus is adamant about the fact who that Ingle and the Cougars are doing back the Cougars appeared to be making progress Dec. all they can under the circumstances. 3 in an overtime loss to San Diego "Tony Ingle." Majerus said, "has done an excellent job in a difficult State. "Our halfcourt defense needs to situation. People will recall there toughen up. We need to move our was a role reversal of sorts four feet." Ingle explained. "Now we years ajio. BYU-Uta- h night Tony Ingle, coach highest-r- anked e 0 W V ). Daily Herald PhotoMatthew R Smith ; Utah center Michael Doleac (51) guards BYU's Ken Roberts during a meetforward Keith Van Horn (44) lead ing last season. Doieac and the No. 9 Utes against the Cougars tonight in the Marriott Center. I - AND THERE were those intermittent, cherry. bomb blasts that nearly drew body fluids from patrons. "Don't worry, there are no more of those in the second half." said Jacobsen. as some attendees complained in literal terror. UVSC had it all: the crowd, the lead that record and a seemed in the safe. But once Dixie made a run. it all came crashing down in crunch time. Then came another bomb. And another. It w as Tripple. And his pair of double trey triples. A second-hal- f that ruined the Wolverine party. He was knocking them down t. from So w ho is this guy. this party pooper. who brought the rain on Jaeobsen's parade'.' Well, he's a guy w ho got his first name Tennison from a family tradition of naming offspring with "T" names. Tripple. a classic name for a artist, got his T" streaky first name from an encyclopedia. His mom picked Tennyson out as in Alfred Lord of the book Tennyson. Tennison's dad is Tim. His uncles are Tony and Todd. And Tony's kids are Trent. Travis. Tate. Ty. Taylor and Tiffany. Todd's children are Tracy and Tony Joe. Wal-Mar- A RECORD night got upstaged by the only "T" of Tim. "I'm an only child." Tripple said with a smile. Tripple can get sizzling hot. according to Rebel coach Dave Rose, "lie sometimes goes six for eight from there (25 feet and out )." Rose said. And for Jacobson and the Wolverines. Tripple's launching spots seemed to be in7Timbuctix one of Lord Tenny son's most famous poems. guard from Tripple. anall-stat- e Pocatello's Highland High, averin aged 22 points a game last year Idaho. He had offers from Boise State. Idaho State. Idaho and other Big Sky schools. "BYU sent me a letter, but I guess that doesn't said count." Well. Jeff Reinert's No. Wolverines are counting it. And BYU. which is mavbe should have counted it. Believe it. Jacobsen is counting it. He just created a crowd to rival what the NBA s Los Angeles Clipper draw. And he didn't have Billy Crystal front and center. But there w as Tennison 1 npple. And his triples. Dick Harmon is a Daily Herald He am sports writer and columnist. J. be n ut lied by cullmu 344-255 at BYU WHEN Tonight SITE: Marriott Center TIPOFF: 7:05 p.m. KSL-Tchannel 5 RADIO: KSL (1160 AM). KALL (910 AM) overRECORDS: Utah TV: 9-- 2 all. WAC: BYU SERIES: BYU 0-- 1 0 leads 113-10- 5 LAST MEETING: In Provo last season. Keith Van Horn scored 38 points In that 96-8BYU loss, the Cougars got a combined 42 points from Ken Roberts and Bryon Ruffner both now gone AT A GLANCE: Coaching the past 27 days and four games with 50 percent of a regular staff. BYU s Tony Ingle will be joined tonight by NBA veteran Greg Kite. The former e BYU center was hired as a assistant coach for the remainder of the season. The Utes are ranked ninth nationally and have won three straight in this series. 5 L "We started a walk-o- n or two and we took them to a three-poigame down at BYU. I know BYU is of beating us." Utah's starters with Van Horn include guards Andre Miller at ) the point and senior Ben Caton forwards Michael Doleac (6-- 1 1. 269) and freshman Jeff Johnsen ) (6-2- i ): (6-4- Bailey takes charge st I II lie P By STEVE CAMERON Daily Herald Sports Editor Spotlights the criss-crossi- sky . Fireworks and laser shows. A joyous, crowd history-makin- g howling in full throat. A perfect night. Except... Somehow, against all odds. UVSC fell into a stuthe stretch and down por loss to Dixie absorbed a 95-9- 0 a numbFriday night College ing defeat that sent most of the record throng of 8.063 streaming out of McKay Center utterly 11 e 1 By BOB HUDSON The Daily Herald PAYSON Brad Bailey took 62-5- 9 in son's Pay Region charge Eight win over Timpv iew Friday. More correctly. Bailey took two key charges in the final three minutes. With 2:32 remaining. Bailey siood his ground when Timpview 's 14th-rank- Prep Qcan&p Dusty Dastrup went airborne w ith a lay up. The ball settled through 1 the net. giv ing Timpv iew ( 4 lead. But Dasa momentary trup crashed into Bailey, drawing a whistle lor charging. The basket . was wiped away and Dastrup headed to the bench with his fifth foul. "I was just playing the passing lane and doing my job." Bailey said. "When I saw him driving. I just got in my position and took (the charge)." Colby Alexander tied the score with two free throws at at 56-5the 2:23 mark. Then alter Anthony Mitchell stole the ball, he converted on the . led other end. Pay son 58-5with 1:50 lelt in the game. Nineteen seconds later. Bailey took another charge. He stood his ground w hen Quinn Fullmer drove the lane for a lay up. S-- 4. glassy-eye- d. This just wasn't supposed to happen. Not only was UVSC caning that spiffy ranking while Dixie had lost four straight, but :he Wolverines blew out to an apparlead ently comfortable midway through the second half. The largest crowd ever to see a junior college basketball game had turned to partying, chanting along with the Jazz Bear and basically just lapping up the fun. "You' just wouldn't have thought that it could all fall apart from there, would ouT asked UVSC guard Phil DeGraffenried. "We really don't lose leads very often. Everything was right there, and we were playing our came. We just stopped." There w ere a couple of dramatic sea changes that precipitated nt (See DIXIE. Page B3l r o HQ (b 6 (5-5- 6 Daily Herald Phoio'Frea McGuire State's Jacob Hawkins (42) shoots Dixie's Tennison Tripple during the first half Utah Valley of Friday night's game. UVSC set an NJCAA dance record, but lost the game 95-9- 0. atten-ove- r (See PREPS. Page 112 West's quarterback club incDudles Sarkisian STANFORD. Calif. ( AP) Although he must deal with a crowded quarterback situaShnne tion on his squad for the East-Wecomno has Tollner Ted coach game, plaints. His only problem with the West team could be getting Arizona State's Jake Plum-me- r. BYU's Steve Sarkisian and California's Pat Barnes the play ing lime each deserves. "One game is really not enough to use three quarterbacks." Tollner said. "There just won't be enough series." Tollner promised all three they would get some playing time in the 72nd Shrine game Saturday at Stanford Stadium. "But' say we throw 40 passes." he said. "If you divide that by three, that's not very many." Tollner. who coaches at San Diego State, may rotate the three by series rather than by quarters. But which one w ill stall? "We might draw straws." Tollner st all-st- ar (I-- 5K-5- the. quipped. All three are coming off sensational seaHelping to protect the trio will be Plum-mer'- s teammate. Juan Roque. an all Pac-1- 0 sons. Plummer. Arizona State's career passing lineman. Wyoming's Marcus Harris, the leader, led the Sun Devils to the Rose Bow l Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation's lop and to the brink of the national champireceiver, will be among their targets. Ohio State's Mike Vrabel. the Big Ten onship. He ran for two touchdowns, but Ohio State rallied late to edge the Sun Devdefensive lineman of the year who spent ils 20-1- 7 in the Rose Bowl to foil the plan. much of the Rose Bowl harassing Plummer. touch"I'd love to score a leads the East squad coached by W isconsin's down to w in it ( Saturday I." Plummer said. Barry Alvarez. "I came close in the Rose Bowl." Joining Vrabel on the line are Wisconsin d Sarkisian was the passer in the defensive end Tarek Saleh. Michigan tackle his nation and threw for 52 touchdowns over W illiam Carr and Vrabel's teammate, defenlast two seasons at BYU. Barnes set single-seaso- n Matt Finkes. Pac-1- 0 records for most touchdow ns sive end The East w ill be quarterhjeked by Mart3l ). total offense (3.416 yards) and conseccus Crandell of East Carolina and Lance utive passes w ithout an interception (150). Funderburk of Valdosta State. "We have three great quarterbacks." In all. 72 senior players from throughout Barnes said. "I just want my turn. You have to keep your team on the field in order to the United States, along with two from - Canada and one from Japan will play in the keep playing. It does give you some ineenlast-seco- top-rate- I game, which benefits Shnners Hospitals for Children throughout North America. Organizers anticipate a crowd of about 70.(XKJ. including a host of NFL scouts, coaches and executives evaluating talent fot tne aratt mis spnng. "It's an opportunity to come out and have fun and have some scouts notice you and see you." Vrabel said. "I need all the help I can get. ... I think it's a stepping stone to another career. It's an opportunity to maybe put aside what I did in college. That's over with and it s time to move on." I ike his West counterpart. Alvarez said he was determined to get everyone on the squad into the game. "I told them all everyone's going to play." he said. "Anytime you compete you play to win. yet you have different parameters in a game like this. ... I'm not coming in . here to tr to feature anybody." |
