| Show 2B Standard-Examine- r Sunday Nov 12 1989 i Sports Houston hands Jazz first loss as Olajuwon goes wild HOUSTON (AP) — Akeem Olajuwon scored 24 points grabbed 21 rebounds and had a 12 blocked shots — career-hig- h e of his cathe fourth reer — in leading the Houston Rockets to a 100-9- 2 victory over the Utah Jazz Saturday night Buck Johnson and Mitchell Wiggins both had 16 points for Houston followed by Otis Thorpe with 14 points and 12 rebounds triple-doubl- ‘The points John Lucas had nine assists to give him a career total of 6242 passing Jerry West’s 6238 for ninth on the NBA assist just came naturally If I just play to win the rest triple-doub- le will all-ti- Ust happen’ Houston took its first lead — Akeem Olajuwon since 9:20 in the second period when Olajuwon made two free throws with 4:01 left in the game A free throw by Malone tied the score 6 with 2:40 to play before a basket by Johnson and Karl Malone led Utah with 21 points and 10 rebounds followed by Darrell two free throws by Thorpe gave Houston a 6 edge with 1:24 remaining A driving basket by Lucas and a pair of free throws by Johnson gave Houston a 7 advantage with 24 seconds left 90-8- 94-8- Utah led at halftime but Houston cut the deficit to 3 with 3:44 left in the third quarter 6 before falling behind going into the fourth quarter 50-4- 3 65-6- 86-8- Griffith with 20 71-6- “Akeem was brilliant in every Olajuwon wound up one Mock shy of the team record shared by category" Chaney said “The sky Ralph Sampson and Elvin Hayes is the limit with Akeem He’s hitis “It was there and I went for it ting his shots now His jumper there” I was feeling good and I was Utah Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan mentally into the game” Olaju- was equally impressed with Olae won said “The just came naturally If I just play to juwon “He’s one of the best players in win the rest will happen” the league He can see the floor Houston Coach Don Chaney so well and when he hits his outwas pleased with Olajuwon’s per- side jump shot he’s really formance tough” Sloan said triple-doubl- a Falcon tackier and scurried up the sideline for the score Detmer then connected with Fred Whittingham who galloped his way to paydirt on a 0 BYU pass play and a bulge Jason Chaffetz made it 0 early in the fourth quarter field goal but Air with a Force refused to quit and cut the when Greg Johnson 8 gap to powered his way in from four yards away and Dowis skittered conversion in for the “They used up a lot of time on that scoring drive of theirs so I didn’t feel too bad about it” Edwards said “But then I didn’t think they were going to get the ball back on that onsides kick ei- BYU From IB 46-ya- rd kickoff) since they changed the rule” Edwards said “I thought about it last night and I decided to receive and see if we could get seven points on the board “Of course I didn’t think we’d get it in 13 seconds” However Air Force soon put together a pair of sustained scoring drives spearheaded by Dow-i- s to forge in front The Falcons’ first score came on a burst by Ron Gray drive after capping a BYU failed to pick up a first down on a play in ther” AFA territory Dowis and RodAir Force’s onsides kick worked ney Lewis vaulted the Falcons bounding off a BYU beautifully downfleld on their next possesthe Falcons the ball to give sion with Dowis going six yards player midfield at immediately They for the score and a 14-- 7 lead on Dowis scoring capitalized Then the Falcons’ Terry Walker — his d scamper batted a BYU pass into the career rushing touch39th waiting arms of teammate Mike — and Wood’s PAT kick Jurries who returned it to the down made it 5 with 2:10 remainline to set up a Cougars’ field goal by Joe Wood ing But BYU put the game away that made it 17-- 7 with 12:50 rewhen Detmer found tight end maining in the second quarter a fake draw But just when it looked like Chris Smith on fooled Falcons’ dewhich the BYU was in trouble enter “Comfense and Smith rambled 45 et” Corley again yards for the Cougars’ clinching The junior touchdown with 1:07 to go running back took the ensuing “We’re in shape (in the kickoff at his own line race for the great conference champishot up the sidelines and then how but we’ve still got broke out into the open field onship) to teams (Utah and San two play This time it took him 12 seconds that beat us last year Diego State) to reach the end zone cut the gap — and inject new life and are great offensive teams So 4 to it’s not over yet" Edwards said into the sagging Cougars Yes emphasis on the word “I didn’t find out I’d be return“yet" ing kickoffs until five minutes before the game” Corley said Air Fore 14 3 3 15 — 35 7 14 14 9 — 44 “Everything was pumping — the Brigham Young BYU — Corley 99 kickoff return fans the team — and I heard the band playing “Batman” and I re- (Chaffetz kick) Air Force — Gray 6 run (Wood kick) ally like that theme song — Dowis 6 run (Wood Air “On the first one everybody kick) Force Air Force — Wood 25 field goal got their blocks I saw one of their guys trying to catch me but BYU — Corley 85 kickoff return all I could see after that was the (Chaffetz kick) BYU — Frandsen 20 pass from Detgoal ’ine On the second one we mer (Chaffetz kick) just did exactly what we do in Air Force — Wood 47 field goal practice and I saw a hole open up BYU — Boyce 25 pass from Detmer and went for it I just got the op(Chaffetz kick) pYU — Whittingham 46 pass from portunity and made the most of 35-2- 38-2- 36-ya- rd 38-2- 64-ya- rd fourth-and-o- ne NCAA-re-cor- 38-3- 10-ya- rd 25-ya- rd 210-pou- 15-ya- rd 17-1- Robert George Jackson (32) celebrates his touchdown with Eric Price Weber From IB Southwest State’s greatest threat was its sophomore receiving tandem of speedsters Wayne Hawkins and Walter Sutton and sophomore quarterback Chad Boom WSC defensive coordinator Bill Smith was aware of the team speed and Boom’s short drops that made him nearly impossible to sack and countered with a different bit of strategy “We made our defensive linemen aware of the throwing lanes as opposed to just getting to the quarterback” said Smith “Since nobody had packed him (Boom) and he got his passes off quickly we worked on getting ofT the pass rush and getting our hands in the air" The ploy worked as Wildcat linemen deflected six passes They got an added bonus when CD Beck Tim Otton Bob Croyle and James Fundark recorded a sack each “Those deflections intimidate a quarterback" said Smith “He doesn't feel as confident in bringing the ball down and getting as much zip on the ball” Pressure ended Southwest State’s deepest threat to the WSC line A Bill Reiser interception ended the Mustangs’ oth 19-ya- rd usu From IB “We had opportunity after opportunity in the first three quarters and didn’t take advantage of any of them” Shelton said “They (San Jose State) are a good football team and that's what happens “Certainly the loss of a Brett Payne is impactive But at the same time we didn't win any battles on the line of scrimmage It got to whenever they laid their ears back and come after us they did it Every time we had a chance for something we would get an interception or get a sack on a three-ste- p drop of all things" On the other side of the field San Jose State quarterback Ralph Martini overcame a shaky start and two interceptions to have a day through the superb air for 288 yards This was the junior's first start at quarterback since high school “I was nervous and anxious 23-of-- 39 er visit into Wildcats’ territory “He (Boom) just overthrew his receiver and I was able to get to the ball” Reiser said' While the defense was stopping the Mustangs the WSC offense enjoyed its best statistical outing of the year The Wildcats rolled up 610 yards of total offense including 168 rushing yards from George Jackson “The offensive line just opened up huge holes” said Jackson “I got a great trap block on my long touchdown run and a great one from (quarterback) Jamie Martin on my run” As for Martin the redshirt freshman bounced back from his outing of a week ago with a respectable outing He threw for 232 yards and a pair of touchdowns while teammate Rich Ericson added a TD toss with 1:41 remaining “Jamie played much better and I knew he would after last week” Arslanian said “He was a bit conservative early but showed confidence as the game progressed" Martin’s passing combined with the footwork of Jackson Geoff Mitchell and Greg Patterson gave the Wildcats a 17-- 0 lead after one quarter Patterson’s field goal opened the (40-yar- d) 46-ya- rd ill-fat- ed 34-ya- rd scoring Patterson who would also add but after the first couple of series I settled down” Martini said “I think we could have scored more points but our goal was to win the game and we got the win" Martini’s collegiate career took him to Brigham Young University his first two years However Martini never got a “chance" and was asked to play tight end his freshman year “Playing tight end was just a season thing I always wanted to play quarterback” Martini said “I didn’t think I had a fair shot at BYU That was partly my fault I wasn’t Mormon and I was raised a little differently “Ty (Detmer) came in and they moved him right ahead of me After I threw four TDs in a spring game they (BYU coaches) came and talked to me like they wanted me to stay but I had already made up my mind to transfer” After a scoreless first quarter Martini put his club into the driver's seat directing three scoring drives for a field goal touchdown and a field goal for a 13-- 0 lead Jim Kirk had field goals of in Weber’s 55-- 0 win over Southwest another field goal and seven PATs became the school’s leading kicking scorer with 226 points He surpassed Roger Ruzek and needs three points to reach Sean Sanders’ career scoring mark Mitchell’s TD run and a TD pass from Martin to Melvin Maxwell finished the ’Cats scoring Martin’s TD pass to tight end Peter Macon and Patterson’s 51 yard field goal were the only points scored in the second quarter Macon grabbed 10 catches for the day giving him 83 for the season to surpass the school record of 77 set by Craig Slama in 1985 Jackson rambled 40 yards late in the third quarter to give Weber State a 34-- 0 lead going into the fourth quarter Willie Chapman’s scoring runs of 9 and 3 TD yards and Ericson’s pass to Rob Trebilcock completed the day’s scoring “I don’t think we represented ourselves very well" said Buer “We only have six seniors to go with a sophomore quarterback and two sophomore receivers We will be in the NAIA national playoffs next year but weren’t that good today" all-ti- 37-ya- rd first-quart- er goal Weber State — Mitchell 3 run (Pat- terson -- 28-ya- rd 0—0 0 0 0 Southwest State 17 10 7 21 — 55 Weber State Weber State — Patterson 34 field 29 and 40 yards while Martini found wide receiver Kevin Evans for a scoring pass “He (Martini) did a fine job after he relaxed a little bit” said San Jose State Coach Claude Gilbert “It is probably a little more difficult to start games than to come off the bench as he had been doing all year” Moore’s TD catch for the Aggies did pu!? IJSU to within 13--7 in the third quarter but the Spartans who finally shook off last 0 loss week's to Big West Conference champion Fresno State finally put the game out of reach with their fourth quarter The Spartans improved to 4 1 in the Big West Uuh State slipped to 6 2 in the league with two games remaining The Aggies’ chance for a winning season? In a word — 27-ya- rd heart-breaki- ng three-touchdo- 5-- 4-- 3-- 3-- shot Weber State — Chapman 3 run (Patterson kick) Weber State — Trebilcock 28 pass from Ericson (Patterson kick) Att — 1622 SWS WSC First downs 10 32 Rushes-yard-s 23-1- 4 Return yards 25 Passes 20-42-- 0 15-43- -2 Punts-avera- 11-4- 1 2-- st Penaltles-yard- 309 73 116 Passing yards Fum Wes-to- 1 58-30- s 6-4- 0 1 0 14-1- 11 7 1- -2 68 19-9- 13-6- Receiving — Southwest State Hawkins Warwick Sutton 3-- 8 8 Johnson 6 Weber State Macon 3 Trebilcock Maxwell Hall 4 Mitchell 2 Orton 6 2-- 9-- 10-12- Shaw 9 San Jom Stata — Kirk 40 field goal Utah State — Moore 39 pass from Johnson (Moody kick) San Jom Stata — Franklin 31 Inter ception return (run failed) San Jose State — Canley 12 run (Kirk kick) San Jose State — Togisala run 11 Detmer (Chaffetz kick) BYU — Chaffetz 36 field goal Air Force — Johnson 4 run (Dowis run) Air Force — Dowis 3 run (Wood “I don’t know how fast they were but it seemed like it took forever" Corley said “I hope my parents were watching (on national TV) Wow not once but twice If it happens again tbat’U just be something else" After Corley’s second kickoff return a WAC record the Cougars offense came to life BYU mounted a nine-pla- y drive fueled by the passing arm of Ty Detmer who found Jeff Frandsen in the front corner of the end zone on a scoring strike that put the Cou7 gars ahead It was a lead the Cougars would never relinquish BYU maintained that margin 84-ya- Time of possession 22:28 37:32 Individual statistics Rushing — Southwest State Haw4 kins 1 Keating Jungjohan Jerde Gregersen 2 Pomihie 5) Boom 36) Weber State G Jackson 16-1Chapman 1 4 Mitchell Martin lOminus 22) Passing — Southwest State Boom 0: Weber Jerde State Martin Ericson 1- -6 it kick) BYU — Smith (kick failed) Att — 66089 0 0—7 UtM Ststo I 45 pass from Detmer First downs Rushes-yard- s Passing yards Return yards rd Passes Punts-avera- Fumbles-to- st Penalties-yard- s 20-ya- rd Time of possession 40:43 19:17 Individual statistics 8 Rushing — Air Force Dowis 1 Lewis 22-8- 5 Johnson Howard Jones 2 Senn Gray 2) BYU Whittingham Bellini 4 Mortensen Corley 5 4 Detmer 12) Passing — Air Force Dowla BYU Detmer 334 Receiving — Air Force Van Hulzen Zdrolk 7 BYU Senn Smith Boyce Whittingham 5 Frandsen Nyberg 21-1- 22-8- 14-8- 8-- 3-- 9-- until halftime and after Air Force pulled within a point on field goal early Wood's in the third quarter the Cougars increased their lead to 0 on a touchdown pass from Detmer to Andy Boyce who shed 47-ya- rd 28-2- 2-- 26-ya- rd 4-- 4-- Olympic swimmer hurt in hit-and-r- un MONTREAL (AP) — Victor Tiflany said Davis a 1984 Olympic gold medDavis 25 was in a deep coma USU SJS alist in swimming was in a coma in intensive care in Notre Dame 14 First downs 25 in critical condition Saturday afi Hospital hospital spokesman 0 Rushes-yard- s ter being struck by a Jacques Charbonneau said 304 175 Passing yards His former swimming coach 198 0 driver an official with Swim Return yards Canada said Gifford Barry was with him at Pssms “It’s not good" said Trevor the hospiul all day and his faFumbles-tos- t chief swim coach during ther MeL arrived later Tiffany Tiffany Penalbes-yard- s the Los Angeles Games where said 3429 2531 Tvna of possession Davis won gold and silver medDavis who retired from comals Individual etatistica swimming this year won petitive “He’s got serious head injuries a Rushing — San Jom State Canley medal in the gold 4 Holms t Martini and swelling and they currently Francia Utah can't operate" Tiffany said in a breaststroke and a silver in the Togisala breaststroke at the State Brown WNte Payne telephone interview from Ottawa 1984 Games 6) Johnson 3) “We’re all for out there praying Passing — San Jom State Martml He held the world record for 286 Jordan Utah him” breaststroke until He was hit by a car while the Slate Johnson White Mike Barrowman 2—13 when a in Montreal August suburb walking Receiving — San Jom State Hooksaid His of the United States broke iL TifTany Saturday early er Evane Canley Davis who lives in Montreal girlfriend who was with him at Mom Francis Smith retired to devote himself to a was the unhurt time apparently Msnns Togisala Jthery y The driver of the car that hit company he had Utah Stata Newman Moore formed Duve Ml Jenkns Davis later surrendered to police (Kirk kick) Att — 12028 40-22- 31-9- 7 hit-and-r- un 12-34- 25-41-- 2 Punts-avera- 8-- 48 2 2-- 0 2 3-2- 0 4 200-met- er 21-8- 13-6- 7 4-- 5-- 6 18-6- 100-met- 5 2 er 200-met- er 9 10 3 20 — 33 0 0 7 San Jom But — Krt 29 fiskJ goal Ean Jom Stata — Evan 27 pass from Mamm (Krx kick) 6m Jom Ststo kick) Weber State — Maxwell 37 pass from Martin (Patterson kick) Weber State — Macon 18 pass from Martin (Patterson kick) Weber State — Patterson 51 field goal Weber State — G Jackson 40 run (Patterson kick) Weber State — Chapman 9 run (Patterson kick) 18-ya- rd 31-3- r PopeStendard-Examine- 7 0 9 9 6 4 6 pool-safet- 3 5 t r |
