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Show nn Page D2 jwn yirw 'liar jwrjiri THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Tuesday, January 23, 1996 21 ills Hl NOTABLE QUOTE "We're just physically not By physi- The Associated Press The Atlanta Hawks can thank their defense for extending their winning streak to eight games. "The defense is out there working hard and everyone's getting rewarded on the offensive end," forward Grant Long said Monday night after the Haw ks beat the two-tim- e defending champion Houston Rockets 105-9"If your defense is constant, it gives you opportunities, because if you miss a shot you can come right back, be up on people, bother them and maybe make them turn the ball over or take a quick shot," Hawks Louisville coach cal enough." his team was after Crum Denny overwhelmed by St. John's, 86-64. FOOTBALL Utah State got some good news on the football front Monday when the NCAA granted a hardship year g West runof eligibility to ning back Abu Wilson. Wilson missed the entire 1993 season with a knee injury. He had already used his redshirt year. That meant he had to wait until his senior year to petition the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility. Wilson averaged 134.2 yards per game last year. Tony Dungy, interviewed but passed dver by four other teams hiring head coaches in the last 10 contract years, agreed to a to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Dungy, Minnesota's defensive coordinator for the past four seasons, replaces Sam Wychc, who was fired Dec. 27. The Bucs were 9 last year their best record since 1982 but lost seven of their last nine games. Dungy, 40, is only the fourth black head coach in NFL history. Bill Walsh could be on the verge of returning to the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers called a news conference for today, and team spokesman Dave Rahn said Walsh, president Carmen Policy and coach George Seifert would be there. Rahn would not confirm report, that Walsh, who coached the 49irs to three Super Bowl titles, wouId rejoin the team in a yet toie defined role. Overall attendance at NCAA football games declined in 1995, but increased for the largest programs. Attendance was 35.6 million for all 565 NCAA teams, down about 2 percent from a record 36.5 million jn 1994. Only Division showed an increase in attendance, drawing 25.8 million fans. The Big Ten had the largest average attendance at 67,537, with Michigan reporting an average of 103,767 for seven home games. All-Bi- 6. coach Lenny Wilkens said. "I liked our defense." The Hawks forced Houston into 27 committing a season-hig- h turnovers, and capitalized six-ye- ar Steve Smith scored 26 points, 25 and Craig Ehlo a season-hie- h Mookie B lay lock 20. In the only other NBA games, Miami defeated San Antonio 96-8- 9 and Vancouver beat Milwaukee 100-9- 2. "Atlanta's playing as good as anybody in the league," Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said after his team lost its third in a row. Atlanta's eight-gam- e streak is second longest in the NBA, behind only Chicago's II -- game string. "The pressure all the time, their quickness outside was evident," Tomjanovich said. "They're very good at stripping the ball, but we helped them." Ehlo made nine of 13 shots, and including four scored 18 in a stretch of just over six minutes when the Hawks turned a 2 deficit into an 87- 65-6- 78 lead with 8:20 remaining. Ehlo capped the spurt with his third stretch. in a three-minu"I got rolling pretty well and got off some shots that got a lot of net," Ehlo said. "It was one of those lucky nights when everything was going in." "Ehlo was good," Tomjanovich te said. "Smith was good, and I thought our guy Henry James was fantastic. If we don't have him tonight, we don't even have a game." y James, who signed a contract with the Rockets on Satur10-da- day, scored 16 points on shooting, including four He lifted the Rockets into ties twice in the opening 90 seconds of the final period with his long-ranshots. with 9:13 left Ehlo's 8 Atlanta an lead, one it gave -8 ge 81-7- never lost. Clyde Drexler led the Rockets with 23 points and Hakeem Olaju-wo- n added 20. Besides his 20 points, Blaylock had a season-hig- h 10 rebounds, nine assists and six steals. "We didn't execute as we normally do," Drexler said. "Atlanta was aggressive on defense and hustled. That's how they win." Heat 96, Spurs 89 Alonzo Mourning outplayed David Robinson down the stretch, and Miami scored the game's final 10 points to beat San Antonio. Mourning scored 25 points, and the Heat held the Spurs without a basket in the final seven minutes. San Antonio, which leads the Midwest Division, has lost three of its past four games, all on the road. Robinson had 25 points, but only four in the second half, when By The (10-- 7, Bonaventure kicked-Wilkerso- w n College basketball, Michigan at Indiana 'ESPN) m N&A, Bull at Knicka (TNT) 6pm NBA. Trail Bla7m at Jut (KISN 7pmKYKN 103 9 AM, 570 FM) 7 30 pin Coiitga baskatball, Antantaa at Alabama (ESPN) Boning (USA) 8pm Witdnasday 11 a m. Tennit. Aunfalian Open (ESPN) Z p m. PGA. Phoanii. Open (ESPN) 1( - I r ' hi Mfc I h Ji y , ? best wishes. Among thew.wiis. Arkansas' Nolan Richards(jn,J5e; ;T played for Haskins. Utah coach '. Rick Majerirs,J whose teams is scheduled to play UTEP Thursday, planned 'to "visit " L aia wi 1"$mmmir mm i illitl fcifaiC&fc , .1" im ii' imhi 1 Jl 1 AP Photo befriended Jenkins and got the Cougars involved recruiting him. Jenkins, who is a long jumper and sprinter, rushed for 2.168 yards on 257 carries this from Boulder High (Colorado) star Will Snowden. who must also still post a test score. They also received a verbal commitment from the No. junior college running back, Brian McKen-zi- e (Arizona Western), who must graduate to be eligible. Over the weekend, the Cougars got verbal commitments from three other star players in what is becoming a benchmark recruiting effort. d Ben Archibald, a 6-offensive lineman from Seaside, Ore., verbally committed Sunday night following his visit to Provo. LaVell Edwards 72-6- 68-5- 1, 5-- (5-1- 0, 5) 63-5- 1 1 Haskins before the game. "If we have to cancer this game, forfeit this game, postpone this game, I'm amenable to a!Kf ' .; ;. those, Majerus said. The Utah coach has himsejf, been sidelined in the past bhca problems and has undergonesevs eral bypasses. He said Haskins': first priority should be caring 'for his health. ; ;, ,' , it said was "emotion-Majerus ally traumatic" for him to Vniss games during his illness, but' said his best advice t o Haskins would be for the UTEP coach to listen to his doctors. Kv.;1' - 66-5- 6 66-5- 9. But Vaughn, w ho had 1 1 24-fo- ot all over again," Millen said. "That's the question the Steelers have about him. They're hoping he's not Rypicn, but you never know." Then again, Rypicn did win a Super Bowl. He passed for 292 i ' 'l; 'offi-cial- s said Thompson university don't know if the coach, jwho has seldom missed a game because of illness, will bejabJa to; return to the sidelines this'seds'oS. He will remain at UTEP, howeVer. "He wants to continue coachtng,'-Thompso- n said. "He's the" head coach here. He's not ready to retire?' Thompson said since Haskins became ill, people from arOund the nation have been calling trtin'quire about his health and offer their RECRUITS: (Continued from Page Dl) r well Monday. In Olean, N.Y., Damon Watling- - the quiet lifestyle in Provo. "BYU is a quiet place and I am a quiet guy. I like to stay by myself and BYU will be good for me." Jenkins was reportedly turned off by the party atmosphere at ASU when he took his trip there two weeks ago. BYU got into Jenkins early with assistant Barry Lamb through the help of former Cougar defensive back Mark Sherman, who f,-- A he-wil- assists, (Continued from Page Dl) 4 they were very upoeat, Thompson said. "Dr. Kidd.'as very upbeat about the cqnditjo,!! o (Haskins) was in." None of Haskins' doctors nayc publicly discussed the coach's Hse. But Thompson said he w'aSjtrjtd Haskins had trouble wLthctwo blocked arteries. Otherwise;r.s heart is in "very good shapejjj' t ; Thompson said. "The anticipation is that l recover from this very nicel'j"t he said, adding that Haskins' Ipibfd Kansas freshman Paul Pierce (34) goes up for a shot and Tyrone Foster during Monday's Big Eight game. against Oklahoma's Ryan Minor, left, Nate Erdmann The Jayhawks beat the Sooners "We just gave him different lofted an alley-oo- p pass to ton scored 22 points and Ace 9 Custis 13 as Virginia Tech (12-looks," Vaughn said. "First it was LaFrentz for a dunk for a 0 Jerod. then Paul, and even I was on lead with just over two minutes Atlantic 10) won its ninth him for awhile. left, and time began to run out on straight game. St. Bonaventure "I think the challenge is what I the Sooners. cut Allen Field House worked its Virginia Tech's lead to 8 with desire, and that brings out the best .9 seconds left on the first of two in me." magic again for a Kansas team that Pollard fouled out of the game had won its first two league games free throws by Shandue McNeill. But McNeill missed the second by fouling Minor with 3:59 left, on the road. and Minor made both free throws "It's early, but we're happy to be free throw, Watlington grabbed it, in that position," Vaughn said. "To was fouled and hit both foul shots to pull the Sooners to a deficit. to seal the win. p get two road w ins and then to proThe Bonnies, who have lost A by Tyrone Foster" tect our turf is a good sign for us." four in a row and seven of their last No. 8 Va. Tech 65 with about three minutes left made St. Bonaventure 58 it eight, were led by Jerome Spell-ma- n man-to-ma- - gOOa. inside players, Kansas' Scot Pollard and Raef LaFrentz, combined for 27 points and 20 rebounds. Pollard had 15 points and nine rebounds and LaFrentz 12 points and 1 1 rebounds. "I thought we did a good job in the first half of rebounding and controlling the' tempo, not just defensively, but offensively as well," Pollard said. "We played the way we wanted to." The Jayhawks kept throwing defensive players at Minor, alternating Jerod Haase, Paul Pierce and even point guard Jacque n Vaughn on him in defense. h O'DONNELL: 6 30 p - 65-5- 8. sometimes." ? Tilt' ". IA al BYU senior center Kenneth Roberts, who averaged 27 points a rs since suffering whanlw described as a mild heart during a game Saturday. j Haskins' physician, Dr.i"oc Kidd, scheduled the surgery rfftr; today at Providence Memorial Hospital. Kidd could .hotJbef reached for comment MofldayIjyv The Associated Press. ( UTEP athletic director iohn?Thompson said expectations, wjerd ly Kansas used a 15-- 4 run late in the first half to surge to a 39-2- 8 lead. But the Jayhawks couldn't finish off Oklahoma until the final moments of the game. Minor finished by making five of his last seven field-goattempts and seven of nine free throws. "Their (inside) guys are huge," Minor said. "They are fundamentally sound. When they get the ball inside, they are either going to score or you are going to foul them. It raises your level of play BASKETBALL Bonaven-ture.,Docto- hi 2-- single-handed- 1 1 Bryant Reeves scored 22 points J for expansion Vancouver, whjchl hadn't won away from homejsincep a 92-8- 0 victory at Portland in the! season opener on Nov. 3. ized. al Aqua-Pentathl- ' ;'r buzzer. u "We did everything we could do to stay in the game. We played hard," said Minor, who is carrying the weight of the Sooners on his shoulders. "They seemed to get all the bounces. A couple of calls here, a couple of bounces there, and we might be in the game at the end." Minor, who has made just 30 percent of his field-goattempts in Big Eight games and 39 percent in all games, was on Satthe were Sooners when urday defeated by Kansas State in a rare loss on their home court. He missed four of his six attempts in the first half against Kansas before he almost rallied the Sooners in the second half. "For a team like this, you have to hope somebody steps up," said Minor, who seemed to grow increasingly frustrated as things started to go bad in the first half. "I tried to step up. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's a concentration thing. I did the best I could to spark my team." In the only other game involving a ranked team Monday night, No. 8 Virginia Tech defeated St. Mountain View and Orem High swimmers fared well at the annual at Cottonwood High over the weekend. Each swimmer competed in a series of 50 and 200 free, 100 five events fly, 100 back and 100 breaststroke and earned points toward an overall championship. Jenny Sorenson of Orem was first in the girls' event with 3,030 points, followed by teammate Clare Gerst-ma- n at 2,003 and Mountain View's jonyce Johnson at 1,758. Orem's Trina Bridges was fourth at 1,310, followed by teammate Eliza Johnson ( ,3 0) and Bruin Melissa Swain (1,288). Orem won the girls' te4m, event with Mountain View second. In the boys' competition, Orem's Steven Lau placed first (3,153) and Mountain View's Michael Kern was fifth (2,453). Tne Orem boys finished second as a team and Mountain View was third. : punch, and Mobley capped' jhe surge with a dunk just before he EL PASO, Texas (AP) Doef j ! that doubled are tors optimistic tw to bypass surgery repair blocked arteries is the best optioij Paso basketball 5 for Texas-E- l -coach Don Haskins. been has 65, hosi;iif! yHaskins, 3-- SWIMMING free-thro- "V. faces surqen Associated Press Ryan Minor's shooting slump put Oklahoma in a hole that was too deep to overcome against Kansas once he found the range. Minor finished with 22 points, 15 in a furious second half Monday night, but No. 3 Kansas (15-- 1 overall, 0 Big Eight) held on for a 72-6- 6 victory over the Sooners A game last week, was named the WAC men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday. Roberts also averaged 9.6 rebounds during last week's games against Hawaii, Wyoming and Colorado State and shot 60 percent from the field and 82 percent from the line. His best outing was against Wyoming, when he scored a season-hig- h 32 points and had 10 rebounds. Former Payson High star Jimmy DeGraffenried was named Big Sky basketball player of the week. He scored 51 points and pulled down 19 rebounds in two games last week;?.vg:or z C3 i : "Marcus Camby, eight days after his frightening collapse, practiced with No. Massachusetts and will decide at the last minute whether he is ready to play tonight against Pittsburgh. The junior center missed three games after fainting before a Jan. 14 game against St. do not know what caused the episode, although many possibJTitics have been ruled out. Dismissed Indiana player Sher-ro- n Wilkerson's scholarship will be revoked at the conclusion of the school year. Coach Bob Knight off the team Friwhen redshirt the sophomore day was jailed after Bloomington police went, to an apartment where a woman said she had been struck in the face by the player. Wilkerson pleaded not guilty to a charge of domestic battery. ! UTEP coach 7-- 1 he was slowed by ioulTrl tie Sean Elliott also scored 25 for ail; Antonio. Miami's Rex Chapman scpre a 25 for Miami. .". season-hig- h Grizzlies 100, Bucks 92, r A victory at Milwaukee;- - ghi Vancouver its first road victory iij 17 games. Blue Edwards' 1 8 points lifan inspired effort by four former Milwaukee players. Former', Bucks Eric Mobley, who had nine' pdi (its, Eric Murdock and Anthony Ayent scorfng provided the second-hal- f past season for an 8.4 average. "He will give BYU a dimension to their offense they have never had before," said one observer. The Cougars return running back Mark Atuaia and freshman redshirt Ned Stearns as leaders in the back-fiel- d after the graduation of Hema Heimuli. Junior Tefua Bloomfield has dropped out of school. The Cougars got a commitment yards-per-car- ry yards and two touchdowns to guide Washington over Buffalo in Super Bowl XXVI in 1992. Rypien may have been a one-h- it wonder, but one championship is more than most get. After all. a lot of Bears have been living off 1985 for a long time. Jim McMahon's reputation wouldn't be as strong if not for that accomplishment, w hich was really a reflection of the team's defensive mastery. . 4, 290-poun- all-sta- te with 17 points. will be in Archibald's home Thursday. Archibald and another BYU recruit, Hans Olsen of Weiser, Idaho, were listed among the Seattle Time's Top 100 Nuggets in the Northwest. BYU got a commitment from highly recruited 6-- 7 tight end John Moala from Carrolton. Texas, who was recruited by Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The Cougars also got a verbal from receiver-defensiv- e back MarHooks of Waco, Texas, an hongin orable mention who can different three play positions. All-Stat- er "If they ask me to throw it 20 times, I'll throw it 20 times." O'Donnell said. "If they want to throw it 50 times, I'll throw it 50 times." And there is the crux of the issue, Pittsburgh changed its offensive balance in 1995 and passed more than they ran. as far as Glanville is concerned. He argues that the Steelers. a organization, never knew how good a passer they had until this year, when they asked O'Donnell to throw more. Like most NFL clubs, that's "I think Pittsburgh didn't appreciate how good he was," said Glanville. "He's the kind of guy appreciated three states away more than he is at home. Whenever I've left a pregame interview with him , I've walked away saying this is the kind of quarterback I would want." AIKMAN: (Continued from Page PI) t v ; Laufenberg, Aikman's first "rodm"-- ; mate with Dallas and now fit'lf r! vision sportscaster, thinks ill-man'- s calm demeanor allqws; J)(rn to excel with big stakes. ' "Troy reminds me of Montana, both real low-ke- y guys," ISiufea-ber- g said. "Montana hasiljTQs and no interceptions in "Super Bowls. Phenomenal. They!" have the ability when you have "a tendency to get pumped up iri to never look like In Super Bowls, average' qiar-- : jbjg-game- s terbacks sometimes beat'gd ones. Washington's Mark Rvrjie beat Buffalo's Jim Kelly. So d"kf the: New York Giants' Jeff HosteticrX ' Denver's John El way lost the Giants' Phil Simms complied" a record-breakin- g 22 of 25 passes (88 percent), and Elway iilso lost when Washington's ,:, ;,to.tig Williams threw four toychejoin .V'c-passes in one quarter. Aikman's health is a fcOiictM- lie won t be 30 until new but concussions, knee injiticVi calf injury have slowed l?nu expected surgery on his richtVlHow already has eliminated him- -' from the Pro Bowl. The "loose in his elbow have the potch'ttaj-t- o turn into nuge stones this week. :i i I ,2 '2 III 2 2 C i: I POOR 1 |
