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yTTrugl Standard-Examin- er Friday January 22 C Charles 1 999 lirector of of Health Weber State discouraged with slow start vs Cal State Northridge ' 1961 lo lirector of r' By JARED PAGE staff Standard-Examine- r at work Aggies Cougars snag wins 6B INSIDE: istitute It j tat he be-cancer kemia in it proved he estab-ap- y as a 1 :ancers eived the i NORTHRIDGE Calif Wildcats didn’t make any excuses The They played poorly and they knew it “We didn’t have any intensity” forward Harold Arceneaux said following Weber 8 road loss to Cal State North-ridg- e State’s on Thursday night WSU coach Ron Abegglen wasn’t near78-6- in He also ly as he Amer- - ling 2u-- ’ Medical tight-lippe- d Jazz II lito the than “We didn’t show up” Abegglen said “We didn’t compete We didn’t execute We didn’t hustle We didn’t work hard (Northridge) just took it to us” Abegglen wasn’t just being hard on his team Much like their road losses at Portland State and UNLV earlier this season the Wildcats got behind early - this time by 19 points in the first half - and let it rattle them “We’re funny that way” Abegglen said “When we miss a shot we think we should make we duck our heads and don’t rebound or play defense We get discouraged We let a missed layup or a missed jump shot affect our total game “When a competitive player misses a shot he goes to war and gets the second third or fourth one That’s how you win basketball games You win it with effort You don’t win it with fancy plays or looking good You win basketball games redefense hard-nose- d with hard-nose- d bounding and execution on offense W'e didn’t do that” he said But unlike the previously mentioned road disasters Weber State shook off its dismal first-haperformance and even put itself in a position to win the game in After shooting 276 percent the first half the Wildcats connected on 477 percent of their attempts in the final lf 20 minutes and cut the Matadors’ lead to four points at 64-6-0 with 6:40 left in the game But WSU scored just one point - a free throw by Arceneaux - during the next 4 12 minutes and again got discouraged “We came out and made a pretty good run and had a chance in the second half” Abegglen said “But our execution wasn’t very good the last five minutes We started ducking our heads again" Weber State which meets e Big Sky champion Northern Ari- two-tim- See back NBA in ’CATS6B business 30 plans to emation- ' PUTTING of heart turn LINE: in-t- he Tokyo Jacque wife He Vaughn and the rest of the training camp players in a stretching exercise against the wall during Thursday's opening practice bbom of blocked violent he Utah Jazz captain Karl Malone (left) leads Bryon Russell busy 1 IT ON A i and that i farm-i- d crude mselves and riot i kao 48 pledged Below Malone plot and Jazz owner Larry H lowers share a laugh at a morning news conference Miller (right) BRIAN NICHOLSON Standard-Examin- Sloan not convinced Jazz players in shape at Rest IS ivided and 0 our uaries and a essage irmat lie at s and ional reived or to for PM er All be 1 iiBtrpnupryqpEgjMngnqEgajfMipi 625-426- 5B 1 nding Y or 0 INSIDE: of NBA rushes to oift training camp rosters 7B By TOM McEACHIN Standard-Examin- the Delta Center rolls around Monday night Sloan will have a better notion of fill scrimmage staff with all that talk about how his players were working our regularly throughout the NBA lockout He wants to see for himself i“I wouldn’t put any credibility inwhat people have said because I've heard a lot of guys (over the years) who were in good shape in the summer” the Jazz coach said “yet when they come in in the fall they’re not in very good shape (“That’s what training camp is about What we have to do is see w(iere they are” While Karl Malone spent the extended offseason working out on his own the rest of his team- mates participated in pickup games nearly every day since September (Malone however was one player Sloan knew he wouldn’t have to worry about (“After 13 years in this league I would be willing to bet you he’s in as good of shape if not better shape than anybody that stepped ot( this floor today” Sloan said “I don’t know that but I know where’s he’s been over the last 1 3 years what kind of condition he’s in” NBA rules prohibited Sloan from seeing first hand how hard his players were working so he withheld judgment until he could see for himself restricThe final league-wid- e tions were lifted at noon Thursday and by 1 pm Sloan had his team lined up and ready to run laps around die team’s new practice facility at the Franklin Covey complex By the time the team’s public where everything goes from here” said Scott Layden Jazz director of basketball operations “It’s an unusual year There are so many free agents and such a short time to try to place everyone but we don’t know how it’s all going to fit or fall out” Despite the lack of a huge deal the Jazz still suited up 16 See CAMP7B into for 40-poi- nt pep talk turns second half Ogden High’s girls By DENNIS LARSEN Standard-Examin- staff GARLAND - With five state titles under his sizable belt Ogden High coach Phil Russell has a distinguished and enviable record in girls basketball (But what often goes unnoticed is Russell’s unflappable way of dealing with the ups and downs that are packaged as one in the emotionally-charge- d girls gdme If there is a better motivator in the game let them step forward attr (Challenging his players at halftime to play to their ability aijd make a statement the Tigers responded with a 40- - ' Malone Miller put their relationship on the mend day After trailing by two points 1 into the third period the Tigers went on a mom- 12 minutes 17-- 4 entum-grabbing run opening up an 11 point lead “We were more patient in -- the second half and our defense became our offense” staff r ALT LAKE CITY -Thanks to new restrictions in the NBA’s labor rules Karl Malone won’t ever see the $20 million salary he once coveted He can’t sign the $16 extension team owner Larry Miller wants to give him either million-a-ye- ar See M&M7B 7B Ottawa 3 Boston 1 Philadelphia 4 Washington 1 NY Islanders 5 Pittsburgh 2 Florida 2 NY Rangers 1 Detroit 4 Carolina 1 Toronto 4 St Louis 2 Tampa Bay 3 Nashville 2 Chicago 3 Montreal 0 Colorado 4 Calgary 2 Anaheim 3 Phoenix 3 New Jersey 3 Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 3 San Jose 3 Sports Shorts Austin Nembhard sign with Magic - ORLANDO Fla Penny Hardaway was determined to do whatever it took to get free agent Ike Austin in an Orlando Magic uniform “I offered him my house on weekends my car anything that might help him make up his mind” the guard joked Thursday “I wanted him - All-St- here that much" It turns out Hardaway was quite a salesman Rejecting an opportunity to make more with other teams Austin signed a three-yea- r $15 million contract to fill Orlando’s void at center as training camp began for the NBA season “I really do feel with me coming here and the guys they have here that we can be contenders It's going to take a lockout-shortene- d everybody has the effort and wants to put it in and wants to win” the sixth-yea- r pro said To clear room under the salary cap to sign Austin the Magic traded second-yea- r forward Johnny Taylor and the Standard-Examin- Natalie Bennion (left) and Bear River’s Sami Burton wrestle for a loose ball on Thursday night in OGDEN Nickel defense From syndicated columnist Norman Chad: “How come stamps go up from 32 to 33 cents and the of the top high jumpers in NCAA Division I aim to better their marks Saturday at the annual Wildcat Indoor Track Invitational at Weber State University And all three will be wearing purple Weber State’s Charles Clinger became the first high jumper in school hiswith a leap of tory to clear 7-- 3 14 last week in the Snake River Open at Pocatello Idaho Clinger’s jump topped the 2 14 mark set moments earlier by teammate TL Bartlett Clinger and Bartlett are joined by Toearlier this ry Bailey who cleared 1 season All three jumpers are juniors Region 7 girls 7-- basketball action KORTDUCE On The Air pm - Skiing: SPORTS QUOTE staff - Three Acord Arena College women’s gymnastics: Southern Utah Sacramento State vs Utah State 7 pm Smith Spectrum Prep sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 8B - High Ogden High's pm Open (delayed tape) ESPN2 jump takes spotlight for Saturday’s track invitational BEARS VS TIGERS: College women’s basketball: Northern Arizona vs Weber State 7:05 pm Dee Events Center IHL hockey: Manitoba vs Utah 7:05 pm E Center College club hockey: Weber State vs Utah 8:30 1 1 FIS World Cup men’s short downhill ESPN 1 1 pm Tennis: Australian Wildcats host indoor meet NFL expands from 30 to 31 teams? “The postal service has to stop nickel and diming us one penny at a time make stamps 50 cents and get the dam mail out And the NFL should go to 36 teams restoring franchises in Cleveland Los Angeles Houston Decatur Pottsvile and Kenosha” - Standard-Examine- r staff and wire services Sandart-Examn- See INDOORS8B See PREPS6B I OR COPY He won’t even make the full $61 million he was scheduled to earn this season Because of the lockout and shortened season he must settle for $37 million But what’s important to him now is a newly mended relationship with Miller and - he hopes - the fans of Utah “What I want to do now is and go take my three-seve- n By TOM McEACHIN Standard-Examine- Bear River - NHL TAKE A TICKET 54-3- themselves the attitude is much better They realize they are a good team” Russell said Ogden which stretched its winning streak to eight - the Tigers’ last loss was a 52-4- 5 road setback to Union on Dec 11 kept its share of the league lead with Morgan which comes to Tiger Gym on Tues- Expansion Browns name Palmer as first coach 7B Miles Simon point second half in Thursday’s 4 Region 7 victory over “The team is believing in Cleveland’s coach Weber State standout Ruben Nembhard The club also was Derek working on Strong Gerald Wilkins and Danny Schayes as well as deals with rookies Michael Doleac Matt Harpring and Tigers rise to challenge Halftime Rafter Novotna ousted from Australian Open 6B first-roun- teams and scores of players changed more rapidly than anything Wall Street has ever seen For the most part however the Jazz avoided the frenzy There were no surprising faces at training camp no big trades or free agent signings to announce Instead the Jazz will continue to scour the league to see whose stock might drop to the point they would fit into the Jazz’s price range of about $175 million “We like the camp the way it is now and we’ll just have to see Falling stars rights to rookie Keon Clark of UNLV to the Denver Nuggets in d pick exchange for a in this year’s draft Later the team announced the signing of free agent Darrell Armstrong as well as former whether the team is in shape “I can tell in a couple days where we are” Sloan said Thursday was one of the wildest days in NBA history as the fortunes of more than a dozen WEST VALLEY CITY -Jerry Sloan wasn’t impressed LINES lot of work But I think TlMSCHOONand ay if deficit first-ha- lf ncer Re f I Executive Sports Editor: ’Cats can’t claw bade from )inal men- - 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