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Show Page B2 Till: DAILY HER VI D. Inm, Hah, Monday, December 4, 1995 Hp s win NOTABLE QUOTE "If people want surprised by us. then let them." Carolina linebacker Darion Conner, who had three sacks in the Panthers ) ictor over Indianapo13-K- lis. BASKETBALL I'tah has waived reserve center James Donaldson, who was signed last January after starter Fclton Spencer was sidelined with an Achille's tendon injury. The Donaldson played in 43 regular season games and all five of l'tah"s live playoff games last spring. Donaldson is a NBA veteran, hut had himself been on the injured list since the preseason with hamstring and quadriceps injuries, team officials said Sunday. While w ith the Jaw. the Donaldson averaged 2.6 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. He hasn't oeen needed since d Spencer made a recovery. Dixie College finished the preseason at a perfect after downing Oxnard Collesie 100 60 Friday and McCook College 102-7- 0 on Saturday at the Dixie Center Invitational in St. George. Dixie's Kavvika Aki-n- a was named tournament MVP while teammate Kevin Simpson was named to the team. For the third straight year. Michael Jordan is America's favorite sports star, according to a Harris poll. And even though he is retired from pro football. Joe Montana remains the No. 2 choice. Linmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboy s moved up one spot to third place, followed by Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins, up from No. 9 to No. 4. Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cow hoys, dow n from No. 3 a year ago. completes the top five. The results are based on a poll of l.)07 adults surveved between first-roun- By The to continue to act d Mary land. It doesn't gel any as next up is No. 10 Wake Associated Press John Culipari is as had a soothsayer as he is a good basketball coach. His Minutenien had beaten Florida 80-5- 8 Sunday to win the Franklin National Bank Classic when Calipari let the world in on his preseason prognostication. "At the beginning of the season 1 thought there was a chance we'd start Calipari said. "You may think I'm joking, but we lost to an AAU team and we played awful. The kids have really come around in the last two weeks." Led by junior Marcus "the Minute-me- n d Camby. have come around enough to including wins over then-Ngo 19 Kentucky and then-N- and its star center Tim Duncan. "I want to know how we will play in the NCAA tournament. Who will give us problems and what we need to work on," Calipari said. "Then w e hav e three or four months to w ork on it as w e get better." In" ranked games involving Vil-lano- o. o. a involving teams on Saturday it was: No. 1 Kansas 85. UCLA 70; No. 2 83. St. John's 68; No. 4 AriHouston 69; No. 5 Ken-tuck- v 73. zona 89. Indiana 82; No. 6 third-ranke- mm games ranked teams on Sunday, it was: No. 9 Connecticut 63. Boston College 62 and No. 20 Maryland 98, George Washington 81. 1 1 other In ," 3-- 0. easier Forest Georgetown 86, West Virginia 83; No. 7 Memphis 80, Florida A&M 50; No. 8 Mississippi State 79, Brigham Young 74; No. 10 Wake Forest 68, Lehigh 53; No. 1 1 Missouri 117, Chicago State 45; No. 12 Iowa 79, Cofeate 59; No. 13 North Carolina 87, No. 24 Stanford 63; No. 20 Georgia Tech 89, Appalachian State 65;" No. 21 Illinois 75, No. 18 Duke 65; No. 19 Virginia Tech 71, William & Mary 66; No. 22 Michigan 68, Detroit 48; and No. 23 "Louisville 79, Michigan State 59. Camby finished with 30 points and eight rebounds against the Gators (2-and was named MVP of the four-teatournament at USAir Arena. He matched his 2) m f11'1 ivyy quickcr-than-expecte- with 32 against Kenthe tucky and came up big dow n stretch against Mary land. "He's so good, I caught myself watching him a little bit out there tonight and he made me pay for it, Florida center Dametri Hill said. Carmelo Travieso had points and Edgar Padilla had 12 assists for the Minutenien, w ho led 37-1- 8 at halftime. LeRon Williams led Florida with 17 points. "We learned a lesson today. It was painful, but a lesson we can benefit from." Gators coach Lon Krucer said. No. 9 Connecticut 63, Boston College 62 beat the The Huskies (4-1- ) Eagles for the 16th straight time, dating to 1988. but it wasn't sealed career-hig- h BOWLS: IK.... W ' (Continued from Page Bl) ;yh 'A 18-1- r 7) won its fourth straight at home, Der-wi- n using a face mask penalty by Gray to set up John Kasay's winning field goal. The Panthers sacked Jim Harbaugh. d the NFL's passer, six times, knocking him from the game with a sprained knee. Vikings 31, Buccaneers 17 At Minneapolis, Warren Moon and Cris Carter hooked up for tw o TDs, Amp Lee ran 66 yards for another score and the Vikings (7-had eight sacks. Trent Dilfer. p m Dnf! Snow irS"1! X a Smng iLSPN) t tloa Con no Koa IFS0M Classic (f'SPN) ii 6) A r AP Photo icks' George McCloud can block it during day's NBA contest. Sun- - There's no maaic on roa as Orlando I alio a t Portland By The Associated Press The Orlando Magic is finding the road rough again this season. Last season, their sparkling 39-- 2 home record was in stark 3 road contrast with their mark, and this season seems to be shaping up similarly. at Portland on Losing" 90-8Sunday night. Orlando dropped to 4 on the road. Hie expansion Vancouver Grizzlies can't win anywhere. With their 15th straight defeat. 109-9- 5 to Milwaukee, they drew within five kisses of matching the NBA record for consecutive losses. In other eames. it was Miami 112. Toronto 94: Cleveland 108. Dallas 107 in overtime: New York 107. Washington 83: and the Los Angeles Lakers 104. Indiana 96. Orlando was coming off a 109-10- 6 loss Saturday night at Sacramento and shot poorly. 18-2- 2 3-- Portland rookie Childress hit Randolph shots as the Trail Blazers handed the Magic, whose point total was a season low. their second loss in as many nights. The Blazers had an incredible 67-- 3 advantage in rebounds but still trailed much of the game until they used a 15-- 0 run to take lead on Clifford Robinan 84-- 7 with 6:46 left. son's 'I don't remember being beat that bad on the boards." Orlando coach Brian Hill said. "They're a big team, working hard on the boards, and they 're one of the best rebounding teams in the SWIMMING International Ba'ioon MUM -i 4. VERNAL The Timpview girls basketball team survived a brutal schedule that saw them play three games in one day to w in the Uintah Classic Saturday night, downing Moffat County (Colo.) 3 in the championship game. Junior guard Megan Cannon came off the bench and scored a career high 14 points to spark a 48-3- 1 7pm Athuoi'f'qii F'O'U (I SPSli C Cleveland's Terrell Brandon, left, fires a past to an unseen teammate before the Dallas' Maver- - g (ABC - jX after the death of Olympic gold medalist Sergei Grinkov. the remaining cast of the Discover Card Stars on Ice figure-skatintour returned to the ice. "We couldn't get it all done last enough, and hope you understand." tour hcadliner Scot! Hamilton tokl the crowd Sunday at the Olympic Center in l ake Placid before the tour's annual preview show. "What we're presenting, on Sergei's shoulders, is the best yve've got. and I'm sure it's going to be good enough. We're going to give you something real special." Cuinkov paired with wife Kkateri-ti- a Gordeeva to win gold medals 3n the I9SS and 994 Winter ply mpics. He collapsed on the ice and died of a heart attack while practicing at Fake Placid on Nov. 20. "Sergei Grinkov was one of the finest people I've ever had the pleasure to know, and I speak for everyone in this family." said world chamHamilton, a four-tim- e 1984 and the Olympic gold pion medalist. pHfS II Lies George Washington 81 rallied from The Terrapins (2-loss to MassaSaturday's 50-4- 7 chusetts with the easy win in the Franklin National Bank Classic third-plac- e game, leading 52-3- 5 at halftime. Johnny Rhodes had 21 for Maryland, while points Alexander Koul led the Colonials w ith 22 points. (2-2) by quarterback Tommie Frazier, the Huskers will take a nation-leadin- g winning streak into the Fiesta Bowl. Notre Dame and Florida State will renew their recent rivalry in the Orange Bow l on Jan. 1. The Irish won their "Game of 4 in 1993. the Century" Seminoles on to went although the national win the championship. Florida State beat Notre Dame 6 last y ear. 31-2- 23-1- sacked six times, was ejected for fighting with tackle John Randle in the third quarter. Rams 23, Jets 20 At East Rutherford, N.J., finally broke free and TD passes caught two second-hal- f from backup Mark Rypien. who replaced the injured Chris Miller (mild concussion). The Jets are the Rams 7-- 6. Saints 31, Patriots 17 At Foxboro, Mass., Jim Everett had TD passes of 50 yards to Quinn Early and 69 yards to Lorenzo Neal and Mario Bates TD run chipped in with a for New Orleans (6-7- ). 66-ya- rd Timp girls claim title 3 day s Monday 7 p m NFL (3-1- Isaac-Bruc- e top-rate- two-tim- e Man-- : t fr." . 1 38-ya- rd FIGURE SKATING Ip"1 s 1 (Continued from Page Bl) l tail Valley State College's Wolverine Club will meet Tuesday at noon in Room 213 of the I'YSC Student Center. Coaches Jeff Reiner! and Cathy Nixon will report on the men's and women's basketball teams. The BYU men's and women's swim teams came away w ith some high finishes at the Speedo Cup in Long Beach. Calif., over the weekend. BYl "s Cherrill Haws took fifth in the women's 1650 free ( I6:3S.5S while Sarah McKmrr was eighth in the 200 tlx (2:06.07) and teammate Amic Nielsen w as close behind her in 2:06.98. The BYl' women's 400 free relay team w;ts eighth at 3:32.82. In men's events. BYl "s 400 free relay team was sixth at 3:08.50. Ben Pickens was sixth in the 200 fly (1:52.89) and Craig Davidson was ninth in the same event at 1:54.20. Glenn Abcrtnethy and Scot! Nieolarsen were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 200 hack at 1:51.74 and 1:52.08. (10-1-- and No. 13 Virginia Tech ). The Fiesta will be the th bowl game between No. I and No. 2. the most recent was No. I Florida 6 State's victory over No. 2 Nebraska in the 1994 Orange Bowl. Nebraska hasn't lost since. Led NFL: BOOSTERS Tusday Sugar got No. 9 Texas 2 (9-2- ;J5 v? Michael Jordan was the top earner among athletes for the fourth consecutive year, increasing his annual income to $43.9 million from $30.01 million. The Chicago Bulls star earned $3.9 million in salary and $40 million in outside income. Forbes estimated in its Dec. IS issue. Jordan has made $170 million since 1990 and could become the first athlete ever listed in the Forbes 400 of wealthiest people. Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, out of prison and back in boxing, was second at $40 million. Dcion Sanders was third at $22.5 million, followed by boxer Riddiek Bowe at $22.2 million and basketball's Sliaquillc O'Neal at $21.9 million. p 2 ... 2-- Just Thomas then lost track of the situation and scored on a layup with 1.8 seconds to play. Ray Allen led the Huskies with 22 points. 20 in the first half, while Donya Abrams had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the visiting" Eagles ). No. 20 Maryland 98, 24-ga- 3.;. 0 Nov. 1 1 until Doron Sheffer made two free throw s with 9.2 seconds left to give lead. Be van Connecticut 63-6- 0 er league. Robinson scored 22 points and Aaron McKie 17 for Portland. Dennis Scott and Horace Grant scored 20 apiece for the Magic, playing their second of four road games in five nights. Anfernee Hardaway scored 15 points, but w as only 8. Nick Anderson w as just I for-1 -- 1 a season low. beating the Bullets for the 15th straight time. Anthony points and with two straight wins, but is now approaching the record of 20 consecutive losses set bv Philadelphia (1973) and Dallas (1993). Yin Baker paced the visiting Bucks, scoring 12 of his 27 points in the third quarter and finishing with 15 rebounds. Glenn Robinson added 22 points points, including 12 of 12 from the line. Heat 112, Raptors 94 Miami won its fifth straight as Alono Mourning scored nine fourth-quartpoints during a 1. run. from the Mourning. free throw line, was perfect in a first half, making all four shots and all five attempts. He was held scoreless in the third quarter, but scored 15 points in the fourth, helping the Heat stop the Raptors' four-cam- e home winning streak. Knicks 107, Ruflets 83 New York held Washington to er w 19 1 1 Gheorghe Muresan's 14 points led Washington. Cavaliers 108, Mavericks 107. OT Chris Mills scored all 22 of his points after halftime. sending the game into overtime with a clutch Mills" shot with 9.9 seconds left in regulation tied the score at 103. He also got the last rebound of overtime, helping Cleveland to its fifth w in in six games. Jamal Mashburn. who led visiting Dallas with 28 points, had a chance to w in the game in baseregulation, but his line jumper was long as the buzzer sounded. The teams exchanged baskets in overtime until Dan Majerle's lay up with tw o minutes left put Cleveland ahead for good at 1 Lakers 104. racers 96 Campbell snapped a tie with four straight Elden 91-9- 1 points in the final 2:20 and Nick Van F.xel scored 26 points for the Lakers. Antonio Davis forged the tie for Indiana by making the second of two attempts with 2:40 to play. free-thro- w Cowboy takes step toward history LAS VEGAS Adam (AP) Carrillo of Stephenville, Texas, qualified for the S3 million National Finals Rodeo only because Montana bull rider Clint Branger was knocked out of the Finals due 10 injury two months ago. But Carrillo. 16th in the Crow n Royal world bull riding standings just three days ago. moved up to No. 2 Sunday night thanks to an ride uboarc1 Burns Rodeo Co.'s bull Sports Machine. 83-poi- Carrillo won the third round of This year. 126 contestants gathbull riding, topping Scott Breding ered to compete for a handful of of Edgar. Mont., by one point. He world titles. In other events, bareback rider earned SI 1.035 for the ride and his Clint season to earnings Corey scored 83 points on pushed $75,276. He trails standings leader Sankey Rodeo Co.'s Copenhagen William to win the third round and Jerome Davis by just $700. No contestant from outside the a check for $11,035. More importop 15 has ever gone on D win a tantly, perhaps. Corey vaulted e world champiworld championship. Only the top ahead of 15 contestants in rodeo events on Marvin Garrett for the standings lead. Corey has $103,401 in qualify for the prestigious rodeo. The MR is professional season earnings to Garrett's rodeo's most celebrated event. $98,837. three-tim- rd 6. 1 p. 2 win. Chambers, Sorenson. and Mandy Young combined for 5 of the points, with Chambers (18) and Young (16) getting career highs. In other local action. lost a Springviile tough 52-3- 7 decision to Moffit County in the other semifinal game. The lead went back and forth and Moffat County led only 3 27 entering the final frame. But the Bulldogs in 0 outscored the Red Devils that stanza to secure a place in the finals. Abby Hjorth led Springviile w ith 12 points. Forced to play another game immediately following the loss to Moffat County, the Red Devils ran into a hot Carbon team and took an 82-5- 0 loss in the third place contest. Ali Gressmen led four Dinos in double figures with 18 points, while Hjorth again topped Springviile with 11." Wasatch defeated host Uintah for seventh place in the two-da- y event. Timpv iew's Chambers, who dominated the tournament w ith her defense and floor play, was named the Uintah Classic MVP. Also deserving was Sorenson, who led tournament scorers with 58 points. Lorey Bunce of Springviile and Heather Broadhead of Wasatch also made the squad. 60-5- 1 1 -- 21-1- Bruins ot 1 OS-10- 6. 1 free-thro- had rebounds, making field goals. Charles Oakley added 16 points and 6 rebounds for the host Knicks. who hav e won seven of nine. Derek Harper had 14 while leading New York's fast break. and Scott "I got good shots, open shots." Hardaway said, "but they weren't dropping for me or for anv of our shooters." Bucks 109, Grizzlies 95 Vancouver opened the season Mason 1 team to the victory. "Both teams had already played two games Saturday, so it was little ragged." said Timpview coach Barbara Dickson. "I was very pleased with the way the kids hung in there." led the entire w ay The but Moffat County managed to close to within four points early in the fourth quarter. Cannon scored six points, included four free throws, to quell the Bulldog rally. Heidi Sorenson added 1 1 points. In Timpv iew's first game of the day the avenged their only loss from last year's 23-- 1 state championship season by routing Duchesne 63-3Alyssa Whitby scored nine first half points as Timpview jumped out to a 28-- 1 8 halftime lead. Sorenson tallied 10 points in a 19-- 8 third quarter to put the game away. Sorenson led the with 15 points while Julie Chambers had 1 and Amanda Valgardson added 10 coming off the bench. In the tournament's semifinal w eary match-uTimpv iew held off a talented Carbon squad and scored a Top-ranke- d ace stiff challenges (5A) faces another of stiff couple challenges as it meets a couple of the better 4A schools in the state to highlight prep boys' basketball action this week. The Bruins entertain No. 3 Pro-v- o at 7 p.m. Wednesday and visit Payson at the same time Saturday. Action for both the boys and girls begins Tuesday. Boys' games include American Fork at Davis, Timpview at Orem and Springviile at W oods Cross. All are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Girls' games Tuesday include No. 4 (in 5a) Mountain View at Roy at 4 p.m.. No. 2 (in 4A) Pro-v- o d at Kearns at 6. (5Al Skyline at No. 3 American Fork at 6:30 and Pay son at Cyprus. Manti at Spanish Fork, East at No. (4A) Timpv iew, Lehi at ?."organ and North Summit at Wasatch, all Top-rank- ed fifth-ranke- 1 at 7. Wednesday's games include that featured View matchup and West at Spanish Fork in boy s' play. Springviile is at Tooele in girls" competition. All three games begin at 7. girls' schedule Thursday's Provo-Mountai- n includes Pleasant Grove (No. 4 in 4A) at Copper Hills. American Fork at Hunter and Skyline at Mountain View in 6 p.m. games: and West at Provo. Manti at Payson, Delta at Wasatch and North Summit at Lehi in 7 p.m. contests. On the boy s' side that night, it's Pine View at Wasatch. Mountain Crest at Springv iile and No. 3 (3A) Lehi at Hurricane. All list 7 p.m. starting limes. Friday's boys' games include Provo at American Fork. Woods Cross at Payson, Mountain Crest at No. 5 (4A) Spanish Fork. Copper Hills at Springviile. Hunter at Timpview and Snow Canyon at Wasatch, all at 7 p.m. pleasant Grove will play Granger and Lehi will meet Valley of Las Vegas in a Southern Utah 'invitational Girls games include Taylorsville at Orem. Spanish Fork at an SL'U Invitational and Timpview at the Northridgc Tournament. Satuiday's games include Mountain View at Payson. and Pleasant Grove vs. Lehi at SL'U in hoys' play and the continuation of the two girls tournaments. |