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Show B Scoreboard C4 Iff The Daily Herald Jerry Jones has most to lose in Bowl Bryan Christiansen became a very painful battering Ram for BYU Saturday night. The Colorado State reserve from Emery County threw in a bomb with five seconds left to lift the Rams over in the Marriott Center. BYU 78-7- 6 Christiansen scored CSU's final 8 points of the game to end BYU's home win streak. The pressure of the Super Bowl stage is unique. Money and reputations are at stake. There is an awful lot to be won, And lost. back-to-bac- f.Ahalysis..::; Nobody would ever accuse Switzer of being a better coach than Johnson, but if the Cowboys win next week, Jones is off the hook. He will have proven his checkbook could overcome who was standing on the sideline. One of the reasons Jones didn't want Johns'on anymore was that he was feeling slighted when credit was passed around. But if the Cowboys lose next week, Jones goes back to being the guy who let his ego get in the way of winning. Just getting to the Super Bowl is not good enough in Dallas. ' Troy Aikman: A third Super Bowl title virtually guarantees him a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Two titles might already have gotten him there. Aikman is 1 in playoff games and is the best big-gaQB since Joe Montana. And with Switzer's laid-bac- k approach, Aikman is more than just the QB of this team. 9-- He-i- its conscience. s Emmitt Smith, by the way, has assured" himself a place in the Hall with four rushing titles and the single'' season TD record. Neil O'Donnell: There is a tremendous amount of marketing money 'waiting for the winning QB. Leigh Steinberg represents Aikman and Steve Young, who combined to win the last three Super Bowls, and he also represents O'Donnell. He said a victory million immemeans about $3-$- 4 diately and more down the line for O'Donnell, whom he is encouraging to shave off his beard to make himself more recognizable 24-ga- Seconds earlier Christiansen missed a pair of free throws, giv- -' ing BYU a chance to. lead the Rams 76-7- 5 with 28 seconds to ' "But I wanted the ball. I was' asking for it," said Christiansen who watched BYU close down on star David Evans, then cut off a drive by Bobby. Sellers as the clock wound down to 7 seconds. Sellers, driving the key after getting a pass from Evans, tossed a pass outside of BYU's tight zone to Christiansen, who was all alone. Christiansen didn't mess up a second chance. "I thought the shot would be short when it left my hands," said Christiansen. "But it went down. That's what it's all about, making a shot like that. I had family and friends here and this was big." The Ram victory gives BYU and CSU identical 10-- 6 and 4-- 3 records. But for Stew Morrill's team, who took Utah into double overtime in Salt Lake City Thursday, it was gratifying. "Not many teams can win twice; on this road trip," said CSU center Joe Vogel. "So this is big. It makes up for losing to Utah, a game we should have won." Roger Reid, whose team out-- , rebounded the bigger and more experienced Rams, 46-3- 6 and had just 10 turnovers to 16, said his team was devastated by the loss. "But I'm proud of our guys. We put ourselves in a position to win this game. Their shot went down and ours didn't. That is basketball." BYU trailed 46-4- 2 at the half and had Nathan ; Cooper,. Todd ',Christensen and Bryon Ruffner in foul' trouble and Justin Weidauer ' limping with a sprained ankle. But Jeff Campbell (10 points), Ken Roberts (22 points) and Ruffner (20 points) led a second half 70-6- 9 : charge to put the Cougars up with 4:48 on a pair of free throws by Ruffner. The former Timpview star, who was 7 of 15 in the game, hit two big shots before that to place the Cougars in position. A third which was partially blocked and missed, had Ruffner knocked to the ground on a no call. The to I .2 ; V II rebounds 'J A JRStrk L pfi ' t pif r Sv f Ju jjt'' J Sv T l ( rtl " I ui J fT Hi J field goals of-18 three-pointe- ' mW W V-t- -- 20 points okdirJ 'vl V! W ' I rs "It's fun to win games like that, but it's hard on this side." -R- oger Reid. I 1 -J Utes drop Wyoming SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Keith Van Horn scored 8 points and Michael Doleacj, 14 as' added a season-hic- h No. 15 Utah rolled to an 65 victory over Wyoming Saturday, night. Van Horn and Doleac each scored six of their points as Utah (14-- 3 overall, ' 6-- 1 in the Western Athletic Conference) began the sec-- ; ond half with a 17-- 9 run With 12 minutes to so, the-Utted 57-3- 7. , 1 es ' BYU's Jeff Campbell (33) and Colorado State's Dei- monte Madison (15) battle for a rebound during the . ating," said Reid. But Roberts, battling the taller and quicker Rams underneath, didn't get too many breaks, even through he was 6 of 9 from the line. "CSU has a great team. They have two seven footers and seniors and everybody back. They were my pick behind Utah to win the WAC," said Reid. "No shame in losing to these guys because they are good." The Rams shot 52 percent while holding the Cougars to 39 percent. David Evans led the Rams with 19 points followed by Bobby Sellers and Delmonte Madison with 15. With players in foul trouble, who have Cougars, , $ fUX iWAl III . Daily Herald PhotoMatthew R. Smith first half of Saturday night's contest. CSU ended BYU's home winning streak, 78-7- 24-ga- Reid inserted pesky walkon Bryon Hofheins into the lineup for two minutes in the second half. "I looked out there at that point and we had two freshmen and a walkon on the floor against a veteran team. We were lucky to make a run at them." Randy Reid, who had one turnover in the game, had five assists and 12 points and appeared to have Evans blocked off on the Rams' last possession. But after the pass to Sellers and pitchout to a wide open Christiansen, BYU's defense gambled and lost. "I'd much rather have Christiansen, a reserve, shoot that shot 6. than Evans, Madison or Sellers who have played more and have proven they can do the job. But credit Christiansen, he has to hit it for a win and he did," said Roger Reid. The Cougars got the ball back with less than 4 seconds to play and worked a pass into Roberts at halfcourt, hoping to set a back screen for Ruffner. Vogel tipped the ball out of bounds. On the next play with 2 seconds left, Roberts got the inbounds pass and, under pressure, cast off a shot which missed. The Cougars and Utes hit the road to UTEP and New Mexico this week. 25-fo- ot Mo left in the game. Utah Valley maintained that lead for about a minute before Rusty Yoder scored on a layup to start a 13-- 3 CSI run. The Golden Eagles eventually expanded that with Yoder scoring run to 19-lead with nine, to take a 61-5- 9 10:56 remaining. But, the Wolverines responded with a 19-- 6 run of their own, w ith Hawkins getting six, to take a 78-6- 7 lead with 5:12 to go. . However, the Golden Eagles, perennial Scenic West champions, sprinted back with that 10-- 2 run. with Marcus Wallace scoring four, before Utah Valto close to 80-7- 7 By BOB HUDSON The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor non-footb- ts Derrick Elliott scored 1 7 points, including two key free throws with d Utah 1:17 left to lift victory Valley State to an 84-7- 9 over No. 8 Southern Idaho. Elliott's free throws gave 1 in the Scenic UVSC (16-West Athletic Conference) an 82-7- 7 lead afier CSI used a 10-- 2 run to close to 80-7- 7 with 2:28 remaining in the game. "Our kids gave a tremendous effort tonight," said UVSC coach Jeff Reinert. "But, if we're the team we think we are, we're supposed to hold serve at home." do that UVSC led 43-3- 7 at intermission tie after breaking from a 33-3- 3 with a 6-- 0 run with four minutes left in the first half. Jake Fugal had a key tip-i- n during that run. The Wolverines opened the second half with another 6-- 0 run. with the key Brent Hawkins' with 18:45 basket, to lead 49-3- 7 llth-ranke- . 6, . ly, it is Pittsburgh that has the most O'Don-nell- 's 2, Kordell Stewart: "Slash;" also represented' by Steinberg, already has drawn interest from national advertisers as a result of playing quarterback, running back and wide receiver. "It's a Refrigerator (Perry) type thing," Steinberg said. "It's not that heavy yet, but we're about to have a Super Bowl where this will all build. People are fascinated by players who play multiple positions." The NFL: It never intended for an owner such as Jones to be able to. spend $40.5 million in signing bonuses this season and, find a way for it to fit under a $37.5 million salary cap. If the Cowboys win this game, it says, yes. you can buy a Super Bowl. If the Steelers win it, it says Super Bowls can be earned by spending within the spirit of the rules The Steelers don't even get to Phoenix until Monday, but they already are sick of hearing how great Dallas is. As linebacker Chad Brown pointed out, "It's growing a little tiresome. They're a good team, but they've been beaten this year.1' He added, "The Washington Redskins beat them twice. They're nol unbeatable." ' - Brandon Jessie then scored six of his 12 points in an 8-- 2 spurt that buried the Cowboys (8-- 9, Jessie's" ). free throw with 8:34 remaining gave Utah a 65-4- 1 advantage. Jeron The Cowboys' Roberts scored 8 of his 25 points in the second half, but the closest Wyoming came the rest of the way was 19. ' The Utes, who lead the NCAA in field goal percentage defense, held Wyoming to just 33 percent shooting. Meantime, Utah hit 61 percent of its shots, and five Utes scored in double digits. Andre Miller had points, 1 1 ; 1 and Mark Rydalch scored 10 t points off the bench, LoDrell Whitehead had 2 points for Wyoming. The Cowboys had burst to an early 10-- 4 lead on by H.L. Coleman and Whitehead, and Cole1 hard-cor- 'i oV watched home teams get a 50 to 75 percent free throw shooting advantage on them in foreign arenas, went to the line identically 21 times with the visiting Rams. "I won't comment on the offici marketing experience." Steinberg said. "It transcends the e football narrow genre of fans and reaches out to fans. fans and "'Dallas has had a high degree of national coverage for a number of years. Pittsburgh has not." Because Dallas tends to be a national topic of discussion weekto gain. This will be, Neil coming-ou- t party." '- WJ ill H . mier K !'' r play.:' potential advertisers. Steinberg said Aikman has million off already made $15-$2- 0 the field as a result of his two Super Bowls and Young has cashed in at $4 million in the last 12 months. Another Super Bowl victory will just add to Aikman's riches. "The Super Bowl is the pre- non-spor- J o ? . high-archi- and Steelers meet nextSunday as the Super Bowl celehates its 30th birthday at Sun Deiil Stadium. Here are, some of thel people with the most on the line: , .' Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Twenty-tw- o months ago, he handed Jimmy Johnson a check for $2 million to walk away even though Johnson had just deposited k Super Bowl trophies in his lap. Jones said 500 coaches could win the Super jBowl with the Cowboys' tal-- 1 ent. Barry Switzer sure has seemed like No. 501 the last two years. Sunday, January 21, 1996 By DICK HARMON Daily Herald Sports Editor ' By GARY MYERS New York Daily News The Cbwboys 5J TaS fj g?J 6-- ANAHEIM. Calif. ( AP) Karl Malone scored all 2 of his points in the .first three quarters and the Utah Jazz held the Los AngeleV 32 perClippers to a season-locent shooting a they cruised to a ' ley slipped away. UVSC won despite shooting 43 percent from the floor to CSI's 56 percent. ' "I don't know how we win," said Reinert. "I guess we just get rebounds on the glass." The .Wolverines had a 40-3- 0 Brad advantage. rebounding Willden had nine to go with 16 i row. They have dropped seven of 1 ; w victory Saturday night. Rookie Brent Barry scored a 106-8- 2 career-hig- h 22 points in place of injured point guard Pooh Rich:irdson as the Clippers Jost their fourth in a : their last nine meetings with the Jazz. The 82 points represented the total of Clippers' second-lowethe season, one more than they scored in last Wednesday's loss to the Knicks. , st John Stockton helped pace Utah's attack with 14 points and 15 assists and Adam Keefe added 12 rebounds off the points and 1 1 ' points. Scott Benson and Mark Michaelis had seven apiece. Roger Hendrix had six, including four on the offensive end. Willden's key rebound came with "under a minute left. CSI's Frances Junger blocked an Elliott shot. Michaelis got the rebound, shot and missed. But Willden grabbed the ball out of the air and George Brown led CSI with 22 points. Wallace added 20, 14 n the first half. Yoder had all of his ? points in the second half. Benson eventually went to the line. He drilled both free throws. "Brad Willden was way above the rim all night,". Reinert noted. "And Roger did a super job. He got us off the mark." Benson, the team's leading Special to the Daily Herald 8 scorer, struggled with shooting and managed just- 13 points. Hawkins had 14 and Michaelis 10 to give the Wolver- ines five men in double figures. "Mark Michaelis' play was big." Reinert said.; "And Derrick Elliott is the premier point guard in this league. I'll say it until the son is over." i bench before an Anaheim Arena ' : crowd of 14,972. With forward Chris Morris spending his 30th birthday on the injured list because of a bruised rib, lead late the Jazz built an in the second quarter. They shot 57 percent for the second .light in a row while allowing 16 fewer points than their season average. The Clippers, the. only NBA nt 1 1 UVSC women', cruise past CSI By ROB COLEMAN Breaking open a close game, the Utah Valley State College women's basketball team opened the second half with 11 straight win over points en route to a College of Southern Idaho.. For the first six minutes of the second ' period, the Wolverines held the visiting Golden Eagles scoreless as they stretched their 4 halfti me lead to 64-4- 8 19th-rank- 1 42-2- 31-2- 4. "That was a huge key," said UVSC coach Kathy Nixon. "We didn't have any letdown to start the half. That gave us a boost." (See UVSC, Page C3) team that hasn't .played a game decided by three points or less, got no closer than 20 in the final, 18 minutes. The Jazz kept them. at arm's length in the fourth quarter; with the perimeter shooting- - of ; Keefe and reserve Antoine Carr. d Malone an atley-oo- p pass from Stockton to increase Utah's lead to 68-4- 6 with 5:53 left : in the third quarter. POOR man's jump shot 8 lead gave Wyoming 3:30 into the game. But Utah then reeled off nine unanswered points, including two foul shots and rebound bucket by jessie with 14 minutes left in the first half, to take a 2 lead in never relinquished. An jumper by Rydalch with 38 seconds to the break put the Utes up by 15. Wyoming's Roberts converted a three-pdiplay to trim the Cowboys' deficit to 8 at halftime. Utah shot 65 percent on the field goals and made foul shots in the open16-fo- ot 12-- 17-1- 18-fo- ot nt 40-2- ing half. The Utes now have won 30 of their past 31 home, games. San Diego St. 77 Air Force 69 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Anderson's Colo. layup with 5:46 remaining gave San Diego State its first lead of the night and the Aztecs went on to win the! Saturday. game 77-6- 9 Anderson's layup capped a 3 run in the Western Ath-- . letic Conference game. 9-- Air Force's Jarmica Reese tied the game for the with a last time at 62-6- 2 but the 4:30 at Aztecs, layup outscored the Falcons 15-down the stretch. Air Force led 7. slam-dunke- (5-1- 1, , COlll (Stt CA(;E,PaReC4) . |
