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Show Religion B6' S3 H Financial Markets B9 The Daily Herald Saturday, December 23, 1995 Possum has career night for BYU Jeff LUBBOCK, Texas Campbell has that look. h is the look that makes him appear much older than he really andlruly is. He's just a baby at ; 23: ;But you can't convince fans in arenas on the road. They're all over Campbell like alphabets in soup. Friday in Lubbock, Campbell was once more the brunt of the crowd poking fun of him because of his receding hairline -- and mature look. ; But the junior from Athens, Ala;, who is called Possum by teammates, just stuck it to 'em. Campbell rammed down 20 points in a losing 8 71 BYU effort against Texas Tech. But By DICK HARMON The Daily Herald Sports Editor BYU LUBBOCK, Texas entered a Southwest Conference hornet's net Friday and came out stung. First it was Cory Carr's first half bombs. Then it was a smother- ing Red Raider second half defense. In the end SWC favorite Texas Tech notched an 1 win over BYU in a pre- - Christmas showdown on the plains of west Texas. "I told our guys after Monday's Old Dominion game not to get ready for Christmas until after Friday," said Tech coach James Dick"I ey, whose team moved to told our guys BYU was physical, 81-7- 7-- 0. they'd come at us, and they'd set more screens and picks than any team we'd see all year and they had better be ready." -l 5 free Texas Tech made throws in the final six minutes and held BYU to one basket plus a meaningless Lance Archibald field goal in the final 9:22 to kill the Cougars. BYU's drought, from inside and out down the stretch, came with four turnovers and missed shots forced by a Red Raider defense which was the best the 3 Cougars have seen all year. "That surprises me," said Ken field Roberts, who made goals for 19 points. Jeff Campbell had a career high 20 points on shooting and Randy Reid has a career high 14 assists, to pace the 14-of- 5-- Cougars. "They were a very physical team. We didn't go anywhere without feeling their pressure on us and as time went on they picked up their intensity and at one stretch, they took us out of our patterns," said Roberts. Bryon Ruffner (19 points), scored on a driving jump shot with 9:22 left in the game to put the Then Cougars within one at the roof caved in on BYU. Ruffner couldn't hold on to a Randy Reid fast break pass thrown low; Reid then missed a shot; Roberts lost the handle on an inlet pass and freshman Nathan Cooper missed a driving jumper. Both Roberts and Campbell lost the handle on passes during that shoot stretch and BYU's 59-5- ing ( time. 1 -- 1 1 was a vacuum ) in crunch Meanwhile Raider reserve Carr made all Five first half shots and all seven of his field goals during that time while the rest of the Tech team went Carr's bombs gave Tech a 39-3- 4 halftime lead, the only difference in the game at that point. "I'm sitting here going over it and can't get a handle on it," said coach Roger Reid. "This was a very physical game, yet they shoot 31 free throws, and we did foul them at the end, and we shoot just for the entire game. But give them credit, they are a very good, 8. 1 1 experienced team." Roberts said BYU came away from Lubbock with an education. "We understand in big games like this, when the pressure gets tough, we have to hang onto the ball, communicate better, stay together as a team." Roger Reid said BYU's team stopped running its offense at crunch time. "Too many guys were standing around, not making moves to get open and that hurt." Ruffner agreed. "We were taking some tough shots inside with Ken and Jeff, but the rest of the team couldn't hit baskets. They just weren't falling. You have to give them credit. There was a lot of holding, but that's not an excuse. We need to run our offense better, set better and harder picks and get more physical ourselves. If refs aren't (See RAIDERS, Page B2) 1 -- Temple Brotherson paces UVSC to victory z; . Harmon despite the loss, it was a career night for the lanky southerner. He made 10 of 12 field goals, scoring on a myriad of jump shots, a hanging hook and two thundering jams. He had five rebounds. But the amazing thing is he never went to the free throw line the entire game, playing 32 minutes. But, then again, neither did Justin Weidhauer, Randy Reid, Todd Christensen and Nathan Cooper. But that's road kill. Campbell, who ate grits with fellow southerner Coach Tony Ingle in the hotel Friday, flies to Salf Lake City today, then switches planes and returns to Dallas for a Christmas flight home to Alabama. A long ways for a career night. Campbell doesn't know why he did so well offensively. "Sometimes the ball just bounces your way and it was coming my way tonight. Randy (Reid); had nine assists in the fifst half and he was getting all of us' the ball." Campbell's previous career high was 11 points against New Mexico last year. "I thought we had a chance, but they took us out of our offense in the second half. We didn't have much motion and broke dow n. I do know they were, holding us pretty good. It's hardo.run an offense when a guy like Bryon (Ruffner) can't get op'eti. can't get to the ball because he has to take a guy with him." i Friday's experience in Texas did have a few brjght spots. Reid had a career high 14 assists against a very athletic Texas Tech team that was denying the ball. He did not haVe a turnover in 36 minutes. freshman Nathan his tough, physical as BYU's He finished pliiy. leading rebounder in the game wjrjh ejght, and he only played !j jviinutes. Ruffner had six rehjiiinds. J -"We have a lot of respect for RouerReiJ and his team." said TtJxasTech coach James Dickey. "Ttidy- know how to play. TbeS'il be a factor in the WAC aitd I predict they will be in the NCvSA tournament in March. Trjcy; make you execute, play rqrcbriosed and learn a lot about clinsiting picks, they put on a ic Cot our players." fotekey said Tech got the IcLiJ iihd ran ahead of the Cougars because of defense and storing some quick baskets in Coop-errcoiuinu- I - trp.Csir.ion. tried to stretch out ryU their possessions to get sijmifpf u ho foul and control the knows how to get it to tik. right guy at the right time tem-pV;3y- U and f lace." Cougars return home Saturday and will take two days off. before getting back to practice Tuesday for a Thursday game "against Morgan State. : 'CVVe were battling most of ttorBjIl game." said Reid. who praiseil Campbell. "Hopefully thi j iirakes us a little better team trumrwhen wc came." -- Kansas WHEW! Sidelines c stuns By BOB HUDSON The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor Dick Thanks to Danny Brother-son'- s second-hal- f explosion, Utah Valley State College edged Pima Community College 76-- 7 I Friday night. Brotherson scored 19 of his 21 points after intermission as the Wolverines edged the Aztecs in UVSC's Christmas Tournament. freshBrotherson, a man guard, stepped up his game after the Wolverines lost scoring leaders Derrick Elliott and Brad Willden to fouls in the final moments. Leading scorer Scott Benson and reserve guard Ryan Lewis, a pair of key sophomores, were out with injuries. Utah Valley went ahead for ' '- f. c ? By JIM O'CONNELL AP Basketball Writer t EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. John Chaney has no one to blame but himself and no one deserves as much credit either. Just nine days after beating then-N2 Villanova, Temple beat in overtime No. Kansas 74-6- 6 Friday night in the opening game of the inaugdral Jimmy V Classic at the Meadowlands. Chaney does the scheduling. He also does the coaching. "Everybody we play has a number. They're No. 5, No. 1, No. 10. There's a lot of numbers out there." Chaney said after his Owls (3-scored the first 10 points of the overtime to take control against Kansas. "I schedule as many tough teams as I can. The more tough teams you play the more character you develop." The Owls lost to No. 9 Cincinnati in between the w ins over Nos. and 2 and things didn't look too good for them against the o. 1 Svvx v. dm ) 13 vVW! good when freshman Mark Michaelis hit a basket with 2:16 That gave left in the game. 4) UVSC a 65-6- 4 advantage. Brent Hawkins, another freshman who was at that point, hit a with 1:46 left to give the lead. BrothWolverines a 68-6- 4 erson, a 46 percent foul shooter, free throws as the then hit lead Wolverines built a 73-6- 4 with 46 seconds to go. "The puppies took over and did a great job." UVSC coach Jeff Reinert said of his freshmen. The game was close most of the way as Pima did a great job of controlling the tempo. The Aztecs' slowdown tactics caused the Wolverines, who were averaging 103 points a game, trouble throughout the contest. with 3:04 left Pima led 64-6- 1 in the game after John Surina's 1 Jay-haw- ks -6 layup. But Brotherson pulled with 2:49 to UVSC within go and Michaelis hit after a pass from Brotherson. who finished (7-1- 2-- Daily Herald PhotoJason Olson 1 Brad Willden (35) dives out-of- in an effort to save a loose ball as team- - Utah Valley's on with two assists. His other came Hawkins' trey. "When we post (Brotherson) mate Nathan Hallows (25) and Pima's Arturo rio (12) watch. UVSC won, 76-7- up, he's really good." Reinert said of Brotherson's second-hal- f Vale-boun- 1. (See UVSC, Pane B2) Tebbs leads Weber past Wyoming the second half, to lead Weber State to an 85-6- 8 victory over Uniof Wyoming Friday. versity With Weber St. (5-leading 40-2- 9 at halftime. Tebbs started the 4) second half straight hitting by three 18:04 to At play the Wildcats led 49-3However, the Cowboys (4-4- ) fought back, as guard LaDrell 3. Whitehead scored 10 out his team's first 14 points in the 2nd half. The Cowboys closed to w n ith-i- on a head with 14:21 left. 51-4- 3 by White- But that was as. close as Wyoming came. The Wildcats UEVla enjoyed their widest margin at 68-5- 0 with 5:30 to go as Ryan Cuff made a layup. The Cowboys were led by H.L. Coleman with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Whitehead added 14 points and Chris Haslam had a game high 15 rebounds for the Cowboys. Weber State also received 16 points from Jimmy DeGraffenried and 13 from Cuff. N. Illinois 70, Air Force 63 FORCE ACADEMY, AIR Jamal Robinson scored Colo. at the 16 points including line to lead Northern Illinois to a 70-6- 3 victory over Air Force. The game was won at the foul line with the Huskies hitting 16 of 8 17 in the first half to take a edge at intermission, and then making 8 of 16 in the second half. The Falcons (4-3- ) tallied 13 points at the line. Fresno St. 109, S. Colorado 88 Dominick Young FRESNO scored 26 points and Kendric Brooks added 24 to lead Fresno State to a 109-8- 8 victory against Southern Colorado. . trailed 57-5- 1 Fresno State (5-early in the second half but look control of the game with a 25-- 9 run over the next sev en minutes. James Gray, who had 22 points for Fresno State, scored 10 in that 41-3- 4) ss stakes claim on games left in the season. I don't know if we're the best team in the 25 By JIM O'CONNELL AP Basketball Writer EAST RUTHERFORD. N.J. Massachusetts had a chance to get back to the top of the rankings and the Minutemen didn't waste it. Minutemen d The beat No. 21 Georgia Tech Friday night, just hours after No. in overKansas was beaten time in the opening game of the inaugural Jimmy V Classic at the Meadowlands. "Number one means more to the other team. Now we're just a bigger target," Massachusetts coach John Calipari said. "There's second-ranke- 75-6- 7 1 74-6- 6 Jerod Haase of Kansas was at the free throw line with 8.2 seconds left in regulation and the He was score 56-5from the line until then, but missed both. Temple didn't even get""a shot off. but it didn't matter. Kansas, which had shot horribly throughout regulation against Temple's 3 zone, couldn't get any worse in the overtime. The Jayhawks missed their five shots and by the time they got on the board with :22 left. Temple had a 66-5- 6 lead. Kansas finished from the field (28 percent), well off its 49 percent season mark. "Their defense is always good and they are more aggressive in the way they play than mosi teams that play zone." Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "Their big players may not be flying high-wir- e acts, but they are very effective at what they do." The most effective by far was wide body Mark Jack31 son who had a career-hig- h 12 and He rebounds. had points four of the points in the opening run of the extra session. "Of course it feels good to beat teams like these, but we still have a losing record and we have to pick that up." Jackson said. Kansas didn't have a field goal over the final six minutes of regulation and the first 3:38 of over6. 64-6- 3 OGDEN Justyn Tebbs scored 23 points, including 16 in ). country." The Minutemen (7-weren't as impressive as in their other victories this season including one over then-Nbut Kentucky. run they took control with a midway through the second half. Marcus Camby had 8 points to lead the Minutemen. who had five starters in double figures. They accounted for all but five of the 0) o. 1 9-- 0 1 points. "Wc were a little tentative to start but this was finding a way to win and we did it again." said :f'v POOR COPYi 1& mm'-M4'$4- IMo. 1 Calipari, whose team had 10 days off for exams and showed some cobwebs early. of MassachuCamby scored 16 last of setts' points the first half his only points of the opening and the Minutemen 20 minutes halftime lead. had a 35-2- 6 The Yellow Jackets (6-5- ). who have lost four of five, were within 42-4- 1 with 13:59 to play, but the Minutemen went on the 9-- 0 run with Carmelo Travieso. who finished with 17, scoring five of the 1 1 points. A by Matt Harpring with 2:58 left had Georgia Tech run and Young added eight points. Ohio St. 72, San Diego St. 56 COLUMBUS. Ohio Rick Yudt scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half and fueled two Ohio State spurts as the Buckeyes beat San Diego State. Yudt hit seven of his 10 shots, from the field and hoth free throws. Jason Singleton came off the bench to score 14. while Tate had 13 points and Damon Stringer had 10. Kareem Anderson, playing his first game for San Diego State Jer-mai- after transferring from Oregon State, led the Atecs ) with 22 points. He also had seven rebounds. (4-3- ranking w ithin 66-5- 8. time. The Ja hawks, who had been No. for three weeks, entered the game with five starters scoring in double figures but the balance wasn't there against TemI ple. 30 Haase had a career-hig- h Kansas the was but only points, player in double figures. "They were more prepared and effective than we were," Williams said. "No excuses. They kicked our tail and John Chaney Roy Williams. We just never did a good job of getting our big guys involved." Kansas started the second half with an 0 run for a 37-2- 6 lead, but Jackson had his own 6-- 0 run to lead with give the Owls a 43-4- 2 II :5 1 to play. Temple held the lead until Kansas tied it at 56-5- 6 on a dunk by Raef LaFrentz w ith 1 :47 to play. Johnny Miller and Jason Ivcy each had 10 points for Temple. . but on the next play Harpring was called for a touch foul near midcourt and then was assessed a technical foul for jumping in the air in protest. "Massachusetts only hit two of the four free throws, but on the possession from the technical, Camby scored on a drive, the only field goal of the final 3:50. They weren't sharp at the foul line after that, making five of 14 the rest of the w ay. Freshman guard Stephon Mar-bur- y led Georgia Tech with 18 points, while Eddie Llisma had 17 and 15 rebounds. Min-uteme- out-coach- ed 8-- |