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Show t Page B2 THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Saturday, March 9. .996 4A: Vikings reach the finals rott twice to keep the game close. k Church answered with and of a couple treys If your SALT LAKE CITY Provo countered with for it foul do to don't profit, going Marrott and Diana Tobiasson to the Pleasant Grove. 2 underneath, but still trailed Provo learned that lesson the after one. hard way Friday night, as the BullThe Vikings maintained a small dogs tried just that. The Vikings hit lead with free throws while Red 26of-3-5 tosses to beat the Bulland Overson hit from outside. in the 4A girls state dogs 54-4- 7 When Red hit a short jumper with semifinals at Salt Lake Communi2:20 left in the half, the Bulldogs ty College. tied the game for the first time at Grove Pleasant will play But West cashed in twice winner over Sky Ogden. a 45-3- 9 before the break for a 25-2- 1 View, for the state title today at 5 Vikings' lead. p.m. Provo plays Sky View at Marrott scored the first three ! :40 a.m., and Timpview. a 30-2- 7 in the third as Provo buckets winner over East, plays Logan at moved ahead 27-2The teams 10 a.m. for the consolation title. traded then points through the rest Tirzah Church and Linsey Fran-cor- n of the quarter. refused to miss from the stripe Marrott opened the fourth with and the Bulldogs were using the a bucket to give Provo it's biggest wrong people to commit those 39-3West drove in and fouls as Lori Red and Natalie lead at play, then Overson fouled out in the waning converted a three-poithe ball and Francom swiped moments of the game. The number of fouls called on picked up two from the line to put both teams was even in the middle the Vikings up to stay. "These kids have worked of the fourth period but the Vikings were getting fouled driving to the together for a long time and the hole and spent the night shooting have great confidence in each othand hitting freebies. er," said a very pleased coach Pleasant Grove took an early 0 Rachel Thompson. "Those two lead on a jumper by (Church and Francom) just step up Kristy Peterson and free throws. when they need to, but it takes the With the Vikings' Jessica Johnsen whole team to win a game like dogging Red all over the court, this." Church lead all scorers with 24. Provo went inside to Jamie Mar- - Francom had 18 and West 10, For Provo Marrott had 19, Tobiasson 12 and Red 10. Timpview 30, East 27 at Mandy Young hit a the buzzer to lift Timpview past East after a very' slow start in the 4A consolation game. How slow a start? Minutes into the second quarter, East led Finally, Julie Chambers hit a to break the for the drought. Timpview crawled back to within four at 12-- 8 when Alyssa three-poiplay Whitby got a inside. But Timpview still trailed 14-- 8 at the half. The finally stepped it up in the third quarter with Amanda Valgardson driving down the middlefor two and Heidi Sorensen getting free inside for two more. Timpview took its first lead midway through the period when Megan Cannon hit two free throws and a jumper. Young hit a a which gave the 6 lead at the quarter break. East got back into it from the free throw line, tying the score at 21. Then Ruth Donaldson got a three-poiplay to put Timpview lead East took a 27-2- 4 up 24-2on a Elvse Stowell's three-pointwith 3:20 left, but Chambers tied it three-pointwith her own with two minutes to go. r. That set up Young's UVSC: WAC: (Continued From Page HI) 22 off the offensive glass. But it didn't matter. (Continued From Page Bl) Smith and Company literally kept this game alive and converted it into a win. "This hurt," said Tarkianian. "This really hurt us bad because our players put their hearts on the court." 28 Smith scored a career-hig- h in overtime to points, including key the victory. FSU's Dominick Young led the Bulldoes with 26 points. "There is no question the Pit helped our players in the overtimes, picking them up when they needed it," said UNM coach Dave Bliss. No. 10 Utah 71, Colo. St. 69 Keith Van Horn's two free throws with no time left lifted No. win over Col9 10 Utah to a orado State in the late semifinal , the WAC regThe Utes (24-5ular season champion, had to overcome early second-hal- f shooting problems and a late Colorado State rally led by point guard Bobby Sellers to dodge the upset. Van Horn finished with 24 points. By CARL WALTERS Special to The Daily Herald NOTABLE QUOTE "I couldn't care less about all those fiction stories about what happened in the year 1500 or 1600. Half of them aren't even true." Pro golfer John Daly on his lack of interest in world literature in college. back-to-bac- two-pointe- 15-1- BASKETBALL Two years, two teams, two dismissals. For the second straight season, Don Nelson has been ousted after feuding with his players. The New York Knicks fired Nelson on Friday morning in Philadelphia and replaced him w ith Jeff Van Gundy, who was in his seventh season as an assistant coach. "It became very obvious that we needed to go in another direction," Knicks president and general manager Ernie Grunfeld said. 'The team was in a downward spiral, , we're not the same as we used to be." The blame fell on Nelson, who also was ousted by the Golden State Warriors last season. Weber State jumped to an early lead and foul trouble and poor rebounding hurt Boise State in its 77-7- 0 loss to WSU Friday in a semifinal of the Big Sky Conference tournament. Second-see- d Weber State (20-9- ) advances to Saturday's championship game against the winner of the State game. Jimmy DeGrafTenried led four WSU players in double figures with 21 points. 21-2- 1. 1 5. 5. nt 5-- 17-fo- ot Idaho-Monta- 6-- 0. nt 17-fo- ot 21-1- 1. er game-winne- SOCCER The Pleasant Grove Vikings battled Murray to a 2 lie in 4A boys preseason soccer action Friday afternoon. Junior Kurt Taylor scored both of Pleasant Grove's goals. The Vikings held a 1 lead until the last minutes of the game, when Spartan Jared Goddard pushed the ball past Viking goalie . Brian Fullen to forge a tie. There was no overtime period or shootout, and Jose Marzan. Viking assistant coach, said it's difficult to know what to take from a tie game in preseason. "We outplayed them," he said. "But we made some defensive mistakes. But it was a tie so you can't really tell." The Vikings will be without the services of senior goalie Ben Ringer all season. Ringer hurt his knee in the offseason playing basketball and won't be available all year. Mar?un said the Vikings are training two new goaiie. Fullen, a junior, and David Deegan, a freshman. Provo beat Tooele 1 in preseason soccer action Friday. The Bulllead at halftime on dogs took a a goal by John Abegglen. which was assisted by Jeremy King. Tooele tied the match early in the second half. But Matt Dalebout scored the winning goal about 20 minutes into the final period off an assist by Dustin Guymon. Provo is on the year. 2-- !MHWaawawaBwaMBiaaawawawawaBMBwaaiadallaMawB Daily Herald PhotoJason Utah Valley's Tricia Ferrin (42) goes to the basket against Kerri Good-e- ll (33) of Ricks near the end of regulation play Friday. The Wolverines in overtime. The Vikings' Emily Freeze (21) awaits won the game 84-7- 6 2-- 2-- -0 BASEBALL He's a utility infieldcr with a an enthusiastic glove, good demeanor and, most of all, a famous last name. Bill Ripken is back with the Baltimore Orioles, eager to enjoy a lengthy reunion with his illustrious big brother. Ripken, 31, signed up for a second tour of duty with the Orioles during the offseason. He got a minor-leagu- e contract and absolutely no guarantees that he would make the team, but for now he's in the locker directly to the right of Cal Ripken. If the most popular Oriole has a say in the matter, Bill will have a locker at Camden Yards on opening day. SOFTBALL The Utah Valley State College women's Softball team split a pair of games Friday, beating Snow College 10--5 before losing a tight 4-- 3 decision to Colorado Northwestern. UVSC combined a it offense with McCall Fagan's complete game on the mound for the win over Snow. Fagan also had two hits and four RBI in the w in. 13-h- Saturday 9:30 a.m. MAC basketball championship ffSPN) 9:30 a.m. Conteranca USA basketball lour, namant (PSP) 10 a m. Skiing (CBS Channel 2) 11 a.m. Eihitttnn baaaball. White Son v. 'feme (WON) a 11:30 a.m. Conleranct USA baaketball championship (CBS) a 11:30 am. ACC baakttbaa tournament (ESPN) a 11 30 a.m. Conference USA baaketball tournament (PSP) a Noon, Swimming, U S Olympic tnaU (NBC Channel S) a 1 p.m. Bowling (ABC Channel 4) a 1 p.m. College baseball, BYU at Grand Canyon (KSRft 1400 AM) a 1:30 pm. SWC basketball championship (CBS) a 1 30 p m. Collage basketbaH. Stanford at Arizona Stale (PSP) a 1:45 p.m. ACC basketball tournament JESPN) a 2 p m. College baaketball, Purdue at Iowa (CBS) a p.m. PGA. Honda Classic (NBC) a 2:30 p.m. Wide Wortd ot Sports. Iigure skating, apeed skating (ABC) a 3 30 p.m. College baaketball, Washington Stale at UCLA (PSP) a 4:30 p.m. Atlantic 10 baaketball championship (ESPN) a 6 p m. Woman's basketbaH, Oregon State at Oregon (PSP) a 6:30 p.m. Big East baaketball championship (ESPN) a p.m. BtflSky women's baaketball (rSP) a IM p.m. WmC baaketball championship (ESPN) a to p m. Equeatnen competition (PSP) a 10:30 p m. Big Sky baaketball champ orsahie (ESPN) a 1 a m. VWeybaff. Stanford a) USC (PSP) i a 10 a m. Sports Show, World Cup (CSS Channel 2) sng Olson the outcome. Lagemann led the Eagles with boards. Michaelis led UVSC with his seven. Willden and Broth-ersoboth under-size- d at and collected six apiece. Meanwhile, Dixie, now 28-led from start to finish en route to a 93-7- 0 semifinal win over Snow. 11 n. women win thriller in overtime UVSC By BOB HUDSON The Daily Herald Assistant Sports Editor Call it the Great Escape! Somehow, Utah Valley State's women shook off 38 percent in shooting to defeat Ricks 84-7- 6 overtime Friday night. Ricks shot 56 percent in the semifinal contest of the Region 18 tournament. Ricks led nearly all of regulation time. UVSC tied the game at 68-6- 8 on Tricia Ferrin's two free throws with 13 seconds left. Mary Hunter then stole the ball with three seconds left, but the Wolverines didn't have time enough to get a shot off. UVSC went ahead for good when Ferrin scored on a layup with 2:36 left in overtime. She was fouled on the play. Her free throw gave the Wolverines a 75-7- 3 edge. They scored five more points before the Vikings answered. "Our girls won it on flat-ou- t, 'we're not going to give up on this thing.'" said UVSC coach Cathy Nixon. "Just heart and guts got it done for us." Ferrin led UVSC, now 25-with 29 points. Hunter added 18 and Kristen Pool had 13. led the Barbie Carmichael 17 Packwith Kris points. Vikings er added 16. Ricks led 50-4- 2 after a Carmichael steal and layup with 12:49 left in regulation. four UVSC got within 55-5- 4 minutes later on two Ferrin free throws. Each time Ricks slipped away, the Wolverines came back over the final minutes. But,, they couldn't make any breaks for themselves. They had chance after chance to take the lead, but missed open and layups down the stretch. But Ricks didn't help itself either. The Vikings had a pair of key turnovers in the final minute. UVSC will play Southern Idaho in the finals tonight at 6 p.m. in the David O. McKay Events Center. "Our goal all year has been to 4. JAZZ: (Continued From Page Bl) ton. At that point, Stockton was a perfect 8 of 8 from the field for 19 points. The Jazz kept the advan57-5- 0 lead at tage as they held a the half. Early in the second half it looked like the Jaz might be in trouble when Felton Spencer picked up his fourth foul and was forced to the bench. He had been playing Olajuwon very tough and Sloan was forced to put nx)kie Greg Ostertaq on Olajuwon. The move paid off as the Jazz hardly missed a beat. With 4:07 left in the third quarter Hornacek stuck the dagger in Houston's heart. He buried a trey which gave Utah a advantage and the Rockets seemed to break at that point. 1 6-- 3. 4. The Rebels opened with an run, in which Kevin Simpson had six points, and never were threatened. 1 play in the finals of the region tournament," Nixon said. "Now we need to get focused on CSI. Now it comes down to 40 minutes of basketball." Ricks led 36-3- 2 at the half after Emily Freeze nailed a jumper just inside the arc at the buzzer. UVSC led only briefly, at 2 with on Tara Ferrin's 17:54 left in the first half. That was their only lead until Ferrin's lay in the overtime. Ricks rode an 18-- 6 run to a 20-1- 2 lead on Carmichael's trey with 12:30 to go. Pool then had four points as the Wolverines used an 3 run to tie things with 8:03 to go. Shalei Valentine's two free throws did the honors. Ricks had a 38-3- 7 rebounding edge overall, but UVSC had a 24-- 1 6 advantase in the second half. LeLei Salea led UVSC with 10 while Carmichael had nine for Ricks. In the other semifinal, Southern Idaho beat Dixie 58-5Franci Olson's basket with five seconds left completed a comeback from a deficit for the Golden Eagles, now 27-Dixie had one last gasp, but Cori Benson's desperation was off the mark. 6-- two-and-o- -0 Keon Clark, the Rebels' center, got things started with a slam dunk off a Simpson assist six seconds into the contest. 1 Snow stayed close for awhile, on Trent Whitclosing to 28-2- 3 basket with 9:01 left ing's in"the first half. But Matt Williams, a freshman from Provo High, scored eight of his points as Dixie finished the half with a 19-- 8 spurt. That gave 5 the Rebels a edge at intermission. 1 1 51-3- 11-- 7. 20-poi- nt 4. Simpson led Dixie with 26 points. Clark finished with 13. Mark Bailey, a freshman from Payson, had 15 and Kawika Akina had 10. Kevin Carlston led Snow with points. Andrew Mavis had 12 and Pat McGrath II. 18 Dixie had a 40-3- 6 rebounding advantage with Clark and Simpson each collecting seven. Mavis led Snow with seven. 1 TRACK: (Continued From Page Bl) women's representatives in the 55m dash. For the men, sophomore Leonard Myles-Mill- s finished second in his preliminary heat with a time of 6.26 to advance to the semifinals. In the semis, despite running on a tender ankle that he twisted in the first race, he bettered that mark to 6.25, good for fourth place in the heat. However, the final eight were selected by taking the top two from each heat and the best four times regardless of heat after that. Myles-Milwas edged a 11 second 00th of by the fifth by place finisher in the first heat. "He (Myles-Mill- s ran well, but we'll just have to go for it another year." ls said men's coach Willard Hirschi. The women's 55m dash was The Rebels shot 5 1 percent on their way to the tournament finals. The Badgers managed just 39 J) Of lacaxfi Iff JL ), even closer. Cougar junior Windy Jorgensen was third in her preliminary heat w ith a time of 6.91'.' In the second semifinal she ran a 6.89. But a runner from Nebraska also ran a time of 6.89 in the first heat and then won the tiebreaker when the time was broken down in to and Jorgensen's time became 6:89.3 to 6:89.2 for the other runner. "Windy ran a good race; I'm very pleased with her," said women's coach Craig Poole. In the women's 3000m run, senior Janeth Caizalitin Alder finished fourth in her semifinal heat to advance to Saturday's finals and a chance at an All- - America award. Christiansen has a chance to collect citation in another Saturday's shot put championships. BYU's other representative in the NCAA Championships, long jumper Alicia Brimhall, finished 1 7th. Order By April 1st And wo Thank-Yo- Get A 11 UMOTyaJKTf 1 71-6- Note u ANGLERS' INN NoFoolin1 FISHING TACKLE STORES a xm i-- i IW&U. SINCE 1976 uEClfl STGDCuE 2C3 WZ XiW STATE STREET CFKEE WALLEYE FISHING CLINIC SAT., MARCH 9 -1- 0:30-11:30 A.M. 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