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Show i'dge D2 THE 1)4 H.V HKRALI), Provo, I tah, Tuesday, December 19, 1995 -- - Emm - - ' Iflf, M rtiOTADLE QUOTE 'I won't call him He's the Postmaster General." Golden State's Greg Papa on Karl Malone after Malone scored 51 points aeainst the Warriors. BASKETBALL The University of Utah women's "basketball team improved to 1 on (lie year with a 5 victory over Santa Barbara Monday at the Huntsman Center. Amber McE-Ma- n led Utah with 26 points, while Julie Kromnnnhmk. who missed all si of her shots in the first half, in the sec- . icame hack to hit - fnd half and added 15 points. New Mexico forward Clayton ' shot at Shields, who hit a the buzzer to beat New Mexico Siaie. was named WAC Player of ' the Week Monday. The Lobos were trailing 6S-6- 6 before Shields - rebounded a missed free throw and banked the shot to give New Mexi- a 69-6- 8 win against their rival. Shields, a sophomore, scored career-hig- h 26 points, hitting 10 ' f 18 from the field, including four He also led the team - in rebounding with eight. The win the improved New Mexico to team's best start in 22 years. Mater Dei of Santa Barbara. Calif, used a strong second half to in the Reebok defeat Orem 67-6- 2 at Durango Classic Holiday Prep High School Monday. Orem led 30-2- 6 at the half, but Mater Dei 2 outscored the Tigers to cruise -- to the w in. and Webb Tyler pencer Abney each had 17 points jTor Orem, which plays toniuht at S:45 p.m. Point guard Krjsty Peterson "scored eight of her points in the Pleas-- v second half as No. 2 ant Grove raced past Highland iii girls' action Monday. The Vikings took a 14-- 4 ead alter one quarter. They struggled a bit in the second and third quartets as Highland scored 20 of 'its 32 points. But. a 19-- 8 run in the '.nJ"oiirtha.tiarter ended all doubt as to the oulcome Withfamily, friends and former coach Jerry Tarkanian in attendance, two players who helped UNLV reach the pinnacle of col-- " .. lege basketball, returned to Las Vegas Monday night to have their jerseys retired. Charlotte Hornets star Larry Johnson and Atlanta Hawks swingman Staeey Augmon were saluted for their contributions din ing the WO NCAA championship season and the Rebels' Final '"'Pour appearance in 19ul. "It really ..means a lot." Augmon said. "Now we have a new coach in. a new president. I mean there's a whole new altitude. It feels good to come ; -- back and support the university. I " hope the town does the same." -Augmon ami Johnson were given their game jerseys, replicas of the banner and a t,. IV'JO championship Nevada Gov. front "proclamation Bob Miller naming Monday as Johnson Day Stacey Augmon-Larr- y rin the slate. 7-- 71-4- . 55-fo- -- '. "Tn te ree-pointers. 7-- 0. 41-3- ' 53-r3- '. . w I SOCCER RYU freshman forward Shauna Rohbock. the Cougars' leading scorer, has been named National Soeeer Coaches Association of America Second Team Region. "This says quite a lot for ' ""her and it gives our program some ' exposure and credibility. It's a great - honor for Shauna because of the calibre of teams and programs that were selected." said head coach Jennifer Koekwood. Rohbock is only one of two freshman named to iilhcr the first or second team. P.vcr 90 percent of the players et'cted played on top 20 teams tUiIiili: this vear's season. All-We- st fOOTBALL Admitting he submitted a term w his brother. Southjniper ritten by Methodist quarterback Derek ern Canine has dropped out of school. 'Canine, a freshman from Birmingham. Mich., withdrew before final iexams but returned Friday to face lanTIonors Council hearing hoard Uncharges brought by a teacher. Zfiic Pul 'las Morn in g News reported HJoday. The usual penalty for acade-- '. jnic cheating is a probated suspension, which means further aeadem-'- e infraction would result in expulsion. Anyone coin icted of an hon-- '. rs violation is ineligible for Extracurricular activities, including jJJMhall. for one year. Canine ; j'ouldn't be reached for comment ; 'Monday: but his father told the ; ZtXlorh'mg News his son "made a niig-tim- e mistake." The newspaper ' Canine, who started the Mus- -' r?IM?s' l'n;l' s'x games of 1995. is i seeking permission to transfer to ' mother school. SMU coach Tom t&ossky said he probably would fTallow Canine to transfer to a school l on the Mustangs' schedule. JSMU ioins the WAC next year. ; iaid I 4 IX ,1 . S 30 p m NHL FMm at Ovtl (ESPN) 6 p m Skn (PSP) 6 p m. NBA. Suns nt Rockntt (TNT) Wrdntudsy m Hiuentiisn tnmpeMion (PSP) p m, Y,ir.h!inq (PSP) Dck) sh'w (ESPNI o M'(M school PASfcthfl. Amnran (wk dl Pio.is.iril Gnw IK TL'E S2 3 FM f 10 antt M-f i i 3pm 1 5 j k W"i.n bMk!t!jn, Sunn R.iHa BYU (fBYU Chnn( tl, KSHR 1400 p "i V By DOROTHY KNOELL The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor the Mailman. 1 -- ,..1 iuy While it w asn't as much of an artistic success as BYU coach Soni Adams may have liked to see, the Cougar women cagers got just what they needed Monday evening at the Marriott Center. we "W;e really needed a win had to have this game," Adams said after her Cougars improved to 4-- 4 win on the year with a 65-5- 0 over Southwest Texas State. "I saw some very good things out there and some things, but we got a w in we really needed." The Cougars were coining off a loss to Oregon State last w eek in their home opener. Adams said then her team was better than it showed against the Beavers, and Monday the Cougars proved her right. Sparked by good shooting and a lot of hustle from senior Behka Stafford, who was in the middle of scramble for nearly every first-haloose balls despite playing with painful shin splints, the Cougars overcame an early deficit and took command of the game midway through the first half. "Behka really played well for us I don't know how she's even playing, because she's in a lot of pain, but she really played hard tonight," Adams said. "And I thought (freshman) Renae Hansen played really well tonight, too. She filled the lanes when we needed that, and did some good things." The visiting Bobcats got off to a hot start, moving to a 6-- 0 lead thanks to a couple of steals and buckets from Marcie Atkins and Monica Gauck. But the Cougars righted themselves and came back. Sheri Quin-to- n broke the ice for BYU with a basket inside off a nice feed from Cindy Pierce, then Hansen took a pass from Kim Henry Anderson and scored. Stafford added a rebound basket and two free A few throws to tie the score at minutes later, Stafford popped in a and Hansen scored on a fast break for a 0 Cougar lead vl vw . nm-- j 4 y m 37-poi- nt v '4 -- t-7 aa .. v lf 8-- 8. 1 12-1- Daily Herald PhotoMatthew BYU's Ann Olpin (41) scrambles for a loose ball while Southwest Texas State's Yolanda with 13:40 left in the hall. BYU never trailed again. "We played well the first two or three minutes, then it looked like we got flat-otired," said Southwest Texas coach Linda Sharp. "BYU hit a few easy baskets and then really clamped down defensively on us." "We got cranked up and stayed cranked up," Adams noted. "I thought we played well defensively most of the time. We kept the ball away from No. 10 (Yolanda Wilkerson). They go to her a lot. and she's very athletic, but I thought Sheri. Kim and Ann ut Wilkerson (10) falls to the floor during first half action in Monday's game. The Cougars (Olpin) did a good job keeping the ball away from her. I think that took them out of their offense a lot." The Cougars extended their lead as the half continued, getting scoring from eight different playfrom ers, including Stafford. Pierce and Shannon free throws from Anderson. Kari Gallup and Kim Morris buckets from Gallup, and Olpin. Stafford and Quinton. Many of those shots came off of drives and kick-ouor good interior at passing. The Cougars led 36-2- 4 the break, although they shot only Mac-Corma- c, ts football coach, athletic director Donnie Duncan called him a "builder of programs." Today the builder is looking for another program. Schnellenberger announced his resignation Monday, one year and two days after being hired. He said he made the decision after recently evaluating the program with Duncan. "I felt we made significant progress on many fronts, both on and off the field, that will serve this program for many years to coine," Schnellenberger said. "But in recent months a climate has developed toward the program, understandably in some cases and perhaps unfairly in cithers, that has changed my outlook on the situation. A change could help improve that climate." The Sooners were just during Schnellenberger's only season, during which they played poorly on the field and groused off the field. "Overall my decision is sim -1 nt 1 1 (Continued from Page Dl) and David Benoit made a Hornacek banked in a runner at the buzzer for an 87-7- 5 lead. "We have a lot of talent on this team, and sometimes that can be a detriment." said Hornacek. who scored 24 points. "We have so much confidence in each other, we begin to relax and feel we can turn it on when we need it." "We've added a couple of guys to a team that won 60 games last season and if we can get this group to click, then we'll definitely have something here." Associated Press By The It's and post-exatime in college basketball. m That means some easy home matchups for the better teams as they shake out the study cobwebs and get ready to head home for the holidays. Then a school like Mount St. Mary's comes along and throws a wrench in the plans. school in 'The fourth-smalleDivision I, with an enrollment of 1,400, beat No. 21 Georgia Tech 9 Monday night. "I can't remember a bigger University president David Boren said the resignation was voluntary, and that neither he, Duncan nor the school regents made an issue of the poor season. st SIGNINGS: (Continued from Page Dl) players eligible for salary arbitration agreed to deals. Pittsburgh outfielder Orlando Merced got a $5.4 million, contract. Boston pitcher Butch Henry got a $400,000, contract, San Francisco starter Rich DeLucia got a $1.05 deal and Giants million, reliever Sergio Valdez got a r contract. $2(X),000, Milwaukee chose to get rid of pitcher Bob Scanlan, placing him on the waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional two-ye- two-ye- ar one-ye- ar ar one-yea- release. Gaetti, 37. hit .261 with a 35 home runs and had career-hig- h 96 RBIs last year for the Kansas City Royals. He needs eight home runs to reach 300. "Wc needed to add some offensive pop to our infield." Cardinals general manager Walt Jockctty said. "Gary gives us a proven threat." long-baScott Cooper, the Cardinals' third baseman last season, had three home runs and 40 RBIs and ll NBA seasons with the Nets, before signing on in Utah. He finished with 9 points in 20 minutes. Kenny Anderson had 21 points and 10 assists for New Jersey, which lost its second in row at home after opening the season at the Meadowlands with seven straight wins. Gilliam and Kevin Edwards each added 18 points. In the only other games it was Chicago 123. Boston 114 and Sacramento 92. Vancouver 85. Bulls 123, Celtics 114 Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan scored 37 points each as the Chicago Bulls pulled away from the Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter for their 0th straight win. with 4:29 left in Trailing 80-7- 1 the third quarter, the Bulls outscored and took their the Celtics 43-1- 8 with 4:55 biggest lead. 114-9- 8 remaining. Pippen had 15 points in the surge and Jordan added nine. Pippen just missed a triple-doublgetting 12 assists and nine rebounds, while Jordan had six rebounds, five steals and three assists. Dennis Rodman had 17 rebounds, the fifth time in his last seven games he had that many, as the Bulls improved their NBA-berecord to 20-Kings 92, Grizzlies 85 At Sacramento, Brian Grant scored 22 points and Mitch Richmond had 20 as Sacramento held off Vancouver. The Kings improved to 15-- 7 and tied idle Seattle for the Pacific Division lead. batted .230. "Last night, when I was doing some Christmas shopping. I stopped by a sporting goods store to see what I looked like in a Cardinals cap, and it just looked right," said Gaetti, who grew up in Centralia. 111. Tewksbury gets $1.5 million next season, and the Padres have a $1.75 million option for 1997 with a $125,000 buyout. He was 7 with a 4.58 ERA with Texas in 1995 after six seasons with the Cardinals. "Last year we had the same look every night with guys," Padres general manager Kevin Tower said. "You get a guy like him around the plate, with his offspeed pitches and his location, that gives you a different look." Baltimore general manager Pat Gillick hasn't wasted any time in his moves to improve. He signed Randy Myers last week, acquired Kent Merckcr from Atlanta on Sunday night and then added with a 4.02 ERA McDowell. for Texas last season. 49ERS: 1 One of those guys was Chris Morris, who spent his first seven 8-- hard-throwin- 7-- g 4 "lie will be integral as a setup man at the back end of our bullpen," Gillick said. e, st 2. intercepted a Young pass and returned it to the line, setting up Moon's second TD pass to Carter. The Vikings closed out the half with another Reveiz field goal, cutting the Niners' lead to 27-2The Vikings tied it up midway through the third quarter, this time Moon finding Jake Reed with a scoring pass. The Vikings' defense played a part in this TD, too. Esera Tuaolo recovered a fumble by Niners fullback Adam Walker at the San Francisco 19. The Niners regained the lead when Jeff Wilkins kicked a field goal with 4:20 left in the third quarter. Since their 987 playoff v ictory in San Francisco, the Vikings have lost five straight at Candlestick Park. (You want to call it 3Com Park go ahead; it's still Candle-slic- k to most people.) In the five rd 0. rd 20-ya- rd 1 losses, the Vikings have been 164-7- 9. win," Mountaineers coach Jim Phelan said after improving his record in 42 years at the school to "I think we caught them perhaps in between good wins and tough games." were The Yellow Jackets (6-coming off a win Saturday over then-N20 Louisville and their next game is against No. 2 Massachusetts on Friday. "Across the country, people are going to look at this score in disbelief, but these things happen in college basketball all the time," Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremlns said. "It really, really hurts. It hurts a lot, but we've got 741-39- 4. 4) o. to move forward and worry about the next game." Jeff Balistrere's only basket of the game was a lay up at the final buzzer after an inbounds pass with .7 seconds to play. That gave the of the Northeast Mountaineers (4-Conference the victory over a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference. "Biggest shot of my life? Sure," said Balistrere, who missed his four other shots and was averaging 7.6 points. "I was just thinking point-- 7 seconds. I've got to get it up there quick." In other games involving ranked teams Monday night, it was Kansas 103, Pittsburg Stale No. 48; No. 6 Georgetown 88, St. Francis, Pa. 55; No. 12 Wake Forest 91, Appalachian State 50; No. 15 Missouri 81, Austin Peay 58; No. 17 Michigan 84. Cleveland State 55; and No. 22 Virginia Tech 68, West Virginia 62. Chris McGuthrie, a senior guard, had 37 points for the Mountaineers, including an 2) (Continued from Page Dl) outscored and Hansen sealed the win, , Stafford played only 26 minutes but led BYU with points, all. "in the first half. Gallup and Olpin added eight points each. Wilkerson 1 and Gauck 1 topped Southwest Texas with 3 each. The Cougars continue their home stand Wednesday when they play host to Santa Barbara at 5 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The Gauchos lost at Utah Monday. 7 45. The last time BYU faced Santa Barbara was three years ago in a first round game of the NCAA Tournament. The Gauchos. playing at home, sent BYU packing: . 1 1 -- stuns eorqia Tech ply based on a realistic evaluation the situation, what needs to be done at OU and what is best for our family at this point." he said. The announcement came two days after a newspaper reported often that Schnellenberger exceeded the NCAA's time limits for practices. The coach and Duncan both said that report had nothing to do with the decision. of 71-6- JAZZ" in 65-5- 0 Tiny school 'Program builder9 leaves Oklahoma NORMAN, Okla. (AP) When he introduced Howard Schnellenberger as Oklahoma's raced to a victory over the Bobcats the contest at the Marriott Center. 40 percent from the field. "We're still missing some good shots, but the encouraging thing is we're getting good, open looks at the basket from our offense," Adams said. "We're creating good shots out of our offense. Those shots will fall eventually it's just nice to see the offense working." The Bobcats w ere never able to get closer than II in the second half. BYU built a lead at one point, but the Bobcats trimmed w ith :3 left. But the that to Cougars were never really in trouble and free throws from Gallup 1 1 R. Smith 1 r- 16 performance from range. "That young man played a great game. What did he have? 50? He was sensational." Cremins said of Guthrie, Drew Barry scored all of his 14 points in the second half lor Geor-- . gia Tech, w hile Stephon Mai but y and Malt llarpring each had 13. The Yellow Jackets tied it 69 69 with 20 seconds remaining when Marbury made one ol tw'tr free throws. The Mountaineers held the ball until the final seconds when Riley Inge's shot from the corner missed, but Mount St. Mary's regained possession with .7 seconds left. Inge then found Balistrere alone under the basket and stunned the crowd of 8,562 at The Omni. No. 1 Kansas 103, " Pittsburg St. 48 ' scored 31 The Jayhawks (7-straight points in the first half as they cruised over this year's 0) small-colleg- te e, opponent who gets a chance to play in Allen Field House and take home a $22,000 guarantee. Scot Pollard had 16 points for Kansas, which led 54-2- 3 at halftime and scored the first 12 points of the second half. Marc Eddington had 14 points for' the Division II Gorillas ). No. 6 Georgetown 88," St. Francis, Pa. 55 Allen Iverson had 15 points and nine assists as the Hoyas (8-opened the game with a 13-- 2 run and led 47-1- 7 at halftime. Jerome (3-6- 1) had 14 points, ' 10 rebounds and seven steals for the Hoyas, who forced 28 turnovers Williams and had 16 steals and 12 blocks. Terrance Martin had 15 points to lead the visiting Red Flash ), who shot 18 percent in the first half. No. 12 Wake Forest 91,'. Appalachian St. 50 Tim Duncan had 15 points, eight rebounds, six blocks and three assists in 28 minutes for the Demon Deacons ), who welcomed back starting guard Jerry Braswell from a season-lon- g academic suspension. The sophomore had 10 points on shooting and committed just one turnover in 16 minutes. Clinton Crosston had 14 points for the visiting Moun), taineers who scored only 18 in second half. the points No. 15 Missouri 81, ' Austin Peay 58 The Haley twins combined for 41 points and '21 rebounds as the Tigers (7-1- ) cruised at home. Simeon Haley had career-high- s of 22 points and 14 rebounds, and he and Sammic scored 22 of Missouri's 37 second-hal- f points. Bubba Wills had 20 points to lead the Governors ), who never recovered from Missouri's 26-- 2 run in the first half. No. 17 Michigan 84, . Cleveland St. 55 Freshmen Albert White had 21 points and classmate Louis Bullock added 17 as the Wolverines (9-2- ) pulled away in the second half to win tljt ir seventh straight, (1-4- . (5-1- (2-5- ot (3-4- " short-hande- d i r |