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Show n Scoreboard D3 n Business D9 n Financial Markets ' D, liDGDfflii) D10 aj The Daily Herald Bank on it: Chow will stay at BYU is in line to become a head coach for the first time in Iiis life. A dream for any coach right? University of Hawaii officials vere scheduled to meet with Chow this week, talking about the prospects of replacing fired coach I Job Wagner. Chow is the leading candidate. He is qualified and with a doctorate degree, he is perhaps more Norm Chow academically piepared over everyone in the field. He has experience and he is a native son. But it's my guess when Hawaii hires its new coach by Dec. 15, it won't be Norm Chow. And it won't necessarily be a bad thing for Dr. Chow. This is a personal observation OGDEN (AP) Thursday, December 7, 1995 and 18 points in the first half. Beginning with Van Horn's dunk, the Utes ) outscored the Wildcats 28-ending the run with and a foul shot by Van a Utah's Keith for Utah's Van Horn has atoned loss at Weber State two years ago. "I've lived with that whipping up here for two years," said Van Horn, who had 25 points and 16 rebounds Wednesday night d as the Utes beat host Weber 89-6"I took it real personal. I didn't want it to happen Weber went on an 0 run to start the second half, but that was as close as the Wildcats would get. With 9:40 to play, Bryan Emery hit two foul shots for Weber, makbut Michael ing the score 63-4Doleac made a three-poiplay and the Utes outscored Weber 23-- 1 1 the rest of the w ay. (4-1- 9, er nt Horn. 9. The Wildcats then went on an 2 run, with four points by Justyn Tebbs, who led Weber with 13 points. That closed the gap to 30-- 1 7, which was as close at the Wildcats (3-got in the First half. The Utes took their biggest lead 5 on Drew in the half at The Utes had Hansen's seven by halftime, three Mark Rydalch, and led by 8-- I4th-ranke- 0. again." nt Jimmy 47-2- onds into the game. He added another alley oop three minutes later and finished with four slams 47-2- I'""" pjljj i: III I who DeGraffenried, averaged 21.5 points per game, was held to 12 points and had 15 rebounds for Weber. "We really had to gang up on DeGraffenried and make it a team effort," Van Horn said. "If you can take out their best player, you're 2) of that from the start, hitting an alley oop 16 secHe made sure going to win." Utah coach Rick Majerus credited Van Horn w ith the defense of DeGraffenried and said. "Keith has really come together as an player. He really gave us a complete game." Rydalch scored 13 points for Utah. Ben Melmeth added 12 and Doleac had 10 points. Melmeth and Doleac each had 10 rebounds. "We totally got our rear ends kicked," Weber coach Ron Abeg-gle- n said."We have a lot of work to do with this team. They're a great bunch of guys, but we have a tremendous amount of improving 8-- 8. ITWI li IUMI Minim ill I in linn iiiiiiiiulll II mil 2; draws Matadors in Classic BYU mi J I to do." Except for his praise for Van Horn, Majerus did not have a lot of good to say about Utah's play. "We didn't play very smart. (Weber) is a good club," Majerus said. "They'll win their league (the Big Sky Conference)." In other games involving Top 25 teams, it was No. 3 Massachusetts 60, No. 10 Wake Forest 46: No. 5 Kentucky 74, Wisconsin-Gree- n No. 9 ConnectiBav 74-6cut 85. Notre Dame 65: No. 20 Mary land 88, Howard 71: and No. 23 Louisville 119. Moorhead State 61. By DICK HARMON Daily Herald Sports Editor F. Stephen Dick Austin and Louisiana Tech square off in the. first game of the Cougar Classic-Fridaat 5:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The Cougars host in the second name at 7:30. The Cougars are 2 following win over Utah Slate a Tuesday and their opponent, the after a loss Matadors, come in to Pepperdine. 90-8Tuesday None of this week's games will be televised. The Matadors w ill start Trenton Cross, a sophomore, and Robert Hill, a 1 senior on the guardline with 6 Eric Gray and 6-- 6 Damion Morbley at forwards. The center is 7 Kevin Taylor. Morbley. who averages 20 points a game is the scoring leader lor y Sidelines 2-- 24-poi- nt in advance of the decision making. Chow will be in Provo next fall. The Hawaii job has drawn attention from all over the country. Hawaii wants to hire a Division-- ! experienced coach. Some of the early applicants included former Wyoming. Texas and Purdue coach Fred Akers: Buz.y Preston, a former Hawaii player and assistant coach who has been at Washington State for the past two years: Joe DeLamielleure, an All-Pr- o offensive lineman who played with O.J. Simpson, now at Liberty University. Duane Akina. assistant head coach al Aiiona; Cal Lee, head coach and athletic director al Honolulu's St. Louis School; Adam Rita, fotmer UH offensive coordinator ami most recently a coach in the CI L; Fred Von Appen. an assistant al Colorado, ami Pill Young, defensive coordinator al Ohio State. This field of interested parlies has been nai rowed to an elite list of five people who have been invited to Honolulu for interviews. Ihh week UH athletic director Hugh Yoshida revealed his list is Chow, w ho is 19; Akina. 39; Lee. 4'); Von Appen, 53; and Hill Young. 48. I can tell you Chow has the suplocal Honolulu media the of port and a lot of Rainbow boosters. I can also loll you he has a very loyal and devout supporter in Provo in I. a Veil Fdwards. who wants the very best for Chow if a head coaching opportunity is on the hoiion. but would love to have him back in the Provo nest. Chow and Ldwaids could continue to team up for anywhere from two to five years. O Chow could become the Chid Rainbow Warrior. Knowing Chow, he will use his position as a finalist at Hawaii to his advantage. If he is offered the job when the interviewing process is finished, he w ill make a counter offer. W hat does he have to lose'.' If Hawaii tcally wants Chow, thev'll have to pay for him. Ami there is some evidence Hawaii can't al foul his price lag. UH is still paving the salary of fired coach Wagner, who has at least two years on his contract with the university. Wagner was making about SIOO.OOO a year plus extras. It is only a guess, but it Chow is offeied the job. he probably wouldn't ever gel serious unless the contract on the table started at twice Wagner's salary. Chow's parents live in Honolulu. It would be nice to go home w ith a nice five year contract. Put he also gets to go to Hawaii as many times as IJYU will send him. in addition to gjimes with the Rainbows, including next fall. His family, his wife Diane and his college-age- d children, are firmly planted in Provo. a community (hey have lived in for almost 20 years. Pulling up stakes and going to the islands is no small deal for this Indian Hills Chow family. That's why if the Rainbows wani to take ItYU's main offensive guru away front his daily jogging urn past the Smith Fieldhouse cirup 1250 North am! around the an him make to have cle, they'll offer he cannot refuse. (SicllAUMON, Pagi'02) Jimf h X; ' - ' 5-- 6-- 6-- 6-- Austin is 1 and on the year. Louisiana Tech The Cougars have won the Cougar hisClassic 13 times in its 1 have a record. and tory Roger Reid is 1 in the tournament. The Cougars have won 7 home games in a row stretching back to last season which ranks Ith nationally. Bryon Ruffner. the junior college forward who transferred from Utah Valley, continues to lead the Cougars in scoring with a average. Stephen F. 3-- 22-ye- ar 31-1- 11-- 1 1 Wv sJe Vfi iltl til iTi. T'lir ni'i ii im " ! Minnesota's Christian Laettner, center, swats the shot of New Jersey's Jayson m hihim iii mwi i imn Williams (55) as Shawn Bradley watches for a rebound. Bradley made his debut with the T mr iwr i 1 11 Tna (See COUGARS, I'siri- - 1)2) Nets, scoring seven points and grabbing nine rebounds. Minnesota won 108-9- Watson opts for surgery 7. Koaman rebounds from caff injury By The Nov. 30, helped his new team halt an ll game losing streak in his 76ers debut. He had 17 points and 11 rebounds in 31 minutes as Philadelphia routed Dallas 108-8- Associated Press -- Dennis Rodman came back and practically stole the show from Michael Jordan. Derrick Coleman came back and stopped a slide. Rodman, who missed the pre-- v ious 2 games with a calf injury, was a surprise starter for the Bulls against New York on Wednesday night and made his mark, grabbing 20 rebounds in 38 minutes as Chicago rallied for a 101 04 victory. "Teams have to pay him respect." said Jordan, who scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half. "He gets you so many offensive rebounds that sooner or later, you're going to make some 7. In other games, it was Washington 96, Atlanta 79; Charlotte 94, Cleveland 82; Boston 105, Miami 101; Minnesota 108, New Jersey 97; Houston 112, the Los Angeles Lakers 99; and Orlando 109, Golden State 107. Rodman scored only six points, but his basket on a give-and-pass from Jordan cut the Knicks' lead to 73-7- 2 after three -- quarters. Scottie Pippen also scored 22 points for Chicago, w hich has the NBA's best record (14-2- ) and is 7-- 0 at home. 76ers 108, Mavericks 87 Vernon Maxwell scored 25 points and Jerry Stackhouse had 21 points and 10 rebounds in shots." Coleman, who hadn't played this season due to an irregular heartbeat and was traded from New Jersey to Philadelphia on Top golfers Annika NF.W YORK (AP) Sorenstam was a choice as LPGA Player of the Year while Greg Norman captured the men's award and Jim Colbert was voted the best of the Seniors tour, the Golf Writers Association of America announced Wednesday. Sorenstam won three times in the U.S. in 1995 and had three more victories in Europe to become the first player to lead both tours in money earnings in the same year. Swede The received 120 votes from the writers' group w hile Kelly Robbins got four and Betsy King and Laura Davies had three each. Sorenstam won the U.S. Open and the Australian Masters as she captured tournaments on four continents during the year. selected ld with leader money $9,592,828 in earnings. If it seemed like Norman was in contention every week in 1995, it's because he was. In 16 tournaments, he had nine top-1- 0 finishes and 14 times was in the top-2Colbert was also in contention nearly every week, winning four times and finishing in the top-1- 0 in half of his 34 starts on his way to setting a Senior record with $1,444,386 in earnings in his fifth year on the tour. career 5. single-seaso- n from Maxwell was range, and Stackhouse had eight assists for the Sixers in Coleman's debut. Bullets 96, Hawks 79 Chris Webber made 11 of 18 shots for 27 points and had 10 rebounds. Juwan Howard scored 14 points for the Bullets in their first win over Atlanta since Jan. 5, 1993. Steve Smith had 14 points for the visiting Hawks, who shot 35 percent in their third straight loss. Hornets 94, Cavaliers 82 Glen Rice scored 25 points and Larry Johnson had 19 points rebounds for the host Horand nets, who won for the fifth time in seven games. Scott Burrell also scored 19. Terrell Brandon, who was from the field, led the Cavaliers with 22 points. Bobby Phills had 20 points. 1 1 UVSC Norman was rewarded for yet another outstanding year. The Australian made 16 official starts, winning three times, finishing second in the U.S. Open, third in the Masters and setting a monnew PGA Tour single-seaso- n ey record with $1,654,959. That made Norman the PGA's Celtics 105, Heat 101 Todd Day's tiebreaking from the corner with Philadelphia's victory. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ; 17 seconds left helped Boston beat Miami for the second time in three nights. The Celtics defeated the Heat 0 in double overtime Monday at the FleetCenter. then did it acain at Miami Arena. Timber-wolve108. Nets 97 Isaiah Rider had 20 points on shooting as the Timber-wolve- s snapped New Jersey's three-gam- e winning streak. Christian Laettner added 18 points and seven assists for the Wolves, while Kenny Anderson scored 22 points and Jayson Williams 18 for the Nets, who fell to I 9 on the road. Rockets 112, Lakers 99 Clyde Drexler scored 19 of his 34 points in the third quarter and 121-12- Hakeem Olajuwon took To the surprise of teammate Karl Malone. Utah Jazz backup point guard Jamie Watson w ill undergo surgery Saturday for calcium deposits in his ankle. Watson is expected to be out of action for about a month. "Let's put it this way." Malone' said Wednesday. "If there was a. talented, young power forward, com- aiting to take my place. I might wait a little longer to have w surgery." Malone. who has missed four games in his career, including one because of a suspension, took note of Watson's sometimes bitter contract negotiations that lasted well into training camp and suggested Watson's agent might have con-- ! vinced him that surgery was his best option. To replace Watson on the roster, the Jazz signed Howard Fislev. who was thought likely to be available for tonight's game' against Denver at the Delta Center.' mand in the fourth. set to open league play By BOB HUDSON The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor in A successful preseason which they won six of seven is history. Now Utah games men will begin State's Valley their efforts to earn the right to be host of the Region 18 basketball tournament in March. That right goes to the Scenic West Southern Division team with the best record. To bring the tournament to town, the Wolverines w ill need to win their home games and record a few key road victories. But although the Wolverines had a successful preseason, winning six of seven games, the way to the tournament isn't paved ' w ith cupcakes, either at home or on the road. First up as the Scenic West opens league play is North Idaho. 0 The Cardinals bring an record to Orem for Friday's 7:30 p.m. contest. "North Idaho is. in my opinion, one of the four teams that can win the conference." said Utah Valley coach Jeff Reinert. The other contenders, he said, are Southern Idaho. Dixie and his Wolverines. "North Idaho is the deepest team in the league, besides us," he said. "We're very similar in style of play and talent." "Leading the Cardinals are and Eric Troy Thompson Sanchez. Thompson is averaging 8-- 16.9 points a game. Sanchez. Reinert said, "doesn't score a lot but does everything else that's a problem." Saturday the Wolverines will entertain Ricks College, again at 7:30 p.m. The Viking leaders arc Dave Isaacson, who is averaging 20 points a game, and Kris Cox, a guard out of Provo High. "Cox is a very good player who is starting to come into his ow n." Reinert noted. The Vikings are 5 entering this weekend's action. "The main thing for us is we have to execute," Reinert said. "We got a false sense of security when w e were blow ing teams out by 30. 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