| Show Too hotter Frees Utah sees its WISL season end with playoff loss to Dallas 7C Standard-Examin- Scoreboard Executive Sports Editor: Sunday December 3 2000 er ’Cats Anally put away Division Weber State takes tournament win over Anderson University INSIDE: Cougars Utes on the road 2C BACHMANN: fall WSU post player was the By JIM BURTON key to Saturday's 81 73 victory Standard Examiner staff MUNCIE Ind - Think of the Anderson University basketball team as a gnat buzzing around darting in and out and making a general nuisance of itself Now think of Weber State as a guy trying to relax and enjoy the picnic That in a nutshell was the scene Saturday night in the consolation game of the First Merchants Classic at Ball State University All the Wildcats wanted to do -- was pick up a nice easy win against a Division III opponent and get out of town with a e tournament record and a -1 third-plac- ribbon WSU eventually got what it was looking for - an 3 victory - but not without a fight from 81-7- a pesky group of kids who seemed to enjoy scaring the stuffing out of their Division I coun terparts loss to tournament host Ball “That’s a very typical small college team in Indiana” said WSU coach Joe Cravens himself State an Hoosier state native “They’re loaded up with those Indiana kids who can all shoot They’re a little undersized and maybe a little slow but boy give them a look at the basket and they can zing it in” Boy can they zing it Senior forward Jim Scarbeary shot from the floor - infrom cluding range - and scored 20 points to lead the Ravens who despite going winless in two games went back home to nearby Anderson Ind as the talk of the tournament On Friday Scarbeary went from beyond the arc and finished with 21 points in a 80-7- 6 “The psychological about playing a team like son) is that they’ve got nothing to -9 thing 6-- 8 sophomore (5-- (Ander- WSU guard Quynn Tebbs added 12 points including a pair of v WSU started the game with a couple of outside shots from guard Stevie Morrison but didn’t also come (3-- while forward Jake Shoff added 14 points and nine rebounds from To keep the Ravens packing the middle defensively lose” said Cravens “They come out and play free and easy They’re not supposed to win There’s probably no such thing as a bad shot in a game like this they just come out and play” Of course that’s not to say the Wildcats to play 28 points Center Stephan Bachmann was the key to WSU’s attack In the end the ’Cats were able to negate AU's impressive shooting quickly moved to the inside game with Bachmann and SholT During a 5:42 stretch of the first half Bachmann and Shoff combined to score 13 consecutive points giving the ’Cats an 0 lead Although the Ravens would never let themselves be taken out of the game completely that stretch helped WSU established 18-1- by simply exploiting Bachmann’s size advantage at the other end of the court Bachmann a sophomore finished with a career-hig- h See ’CATS2C INSIDE: NBA This Week Mailman much alike the past 40 years Wilt has been as one of the greatest basketball players of all tune And rightfully so After all when he was in his prime the legendary Chamberlain -who died in October 1999 at age 63 - was the most unstoppable offensive force to ever play the game During the 1961-6- 2 NBA season Wilt amazingly a erased over 50 points per game - by far the highest scoring average in league history The next year he averaged 44 8 points per game the sceond-higheNBA mark ever The third- - and 'V 5C For The Associated Press CHARLOTTE NC - Vague- ly aware that Karl Malone was trying to make history the Charlotte Hornets didn’t want it to happen against them David Wesley points including a scored game-tyin- 30 g with 57 seconds to play Saturday night to lead the Charlotte Hornets to a 94-8- 9 victory over Utah snapping the Jazz’s winning streak Malone trying to pass Wilt Chamberlain for second place on the NBA’s career scoring list finished with 14 points on shooting He needs eight points to pass Chamberlain’s mark of six-ga- fourth-highe- Who’s the 1 14-ye- ar didn’t attempt a 20-ye- ar all-tim- did that stopped me” Malone said “I took 13 shots and didn’t make half of them You can’t be Superman every night” Jamal Mashbum finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds for Charlotte Jamaal Magloire had broken CHUCK BURTON The Associated Press Utah's Bryon Russell is corralled by Charlotte’s Hersey Hawkins Mashbum (right) during Saturday night’s NBA game The Hornets won 94 -89 GETTING PHYSICAL: 7C best NFL coach race is as tight as 8C battle for playoff spots MBA 4-5- C Charlotte 94 Utah 89 Atlanta 101 Milwaukee 94 Philadelphia 112 Cleveland 78 Orlando 95 New Jersey 74 New York 100 Minnesota 90 Miami 93 Washington 90 Portland 96 Houston 85 Denver 103 Seattle 92 Dallas 97 Golden State 78 Cougars advance Aggies go home PROVO (left) and Jamal All that said Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz will pass Chamberlain and become the N BA’s second-leadin- g scorer of all time this week Yes as dominating as Chamberlain once was Malone will move ahead of him into second e place on the league’s list with eight points on scoring See HOLLIS '2C -- No 12BYU Utah State 1 9 on Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA women's volleyball tournament at Smith Fieldhouse Nina Puikkonen led the Cougars’ attack with 14 kills Hailey MacKay led the Aggies defeated 15-1- rival 5-- 15-1- 0 0 with 15 kills The host Cougars improved on the season The No 21 Aggies saw their best season in many years end at to 26-- 6 22-1- 0 Late Friday No 3 Hawaii 2 eliminated Utah with a 15-15-victory in Honolulu No 19 Utah saw its season end 15-1- 8 8 a with mark 23-- 8 Dixie Ricks snag JC bowl victories Travis Blackwell nailed a field goal with two d left in the game as State College won the seconds Dixie g field goal until the 5:39 mark Malone’s first points came on two free throws with 33 seconds left in the first half his lowest point total in one half of the season His first field goal didn’t fall until his sixth attempt a on Utah's first possession of the second half “I’ve seen everything everyone has so it wasn’t something PJ 11 st scoring averages in league history belong to the man Randy they called Wilt Hollis the Stilt (a nickname which he hated) and the Extra Point Big Dipper as well Wilt is the only player to ever score 100 points in an N BA game he averaged 30 points career and per game for his he's the league’s second-leadin- g career scorer with 31419 points Kareem Abdul-Jabbpassed Chamberlain on the league's all-tilist in 1985 and went on to score 38387 points in his illustrious career Of course that’s to say nothing of all the scoring Wilt was reportedly doing off the court too The late great Chamberlain is e the league's leading rebounder as well and 27 years after his playing career ended he still holds many of the NBA's scoring and rebounding records some of which might never be PJ Brown known throughout his career as a defensive stopper limited Malone’s good looks at the basket “I knew about the scoring record and I decided I just didn’t want him to have a ferocious night on me” Brown said “If he had got the mark I would have shook his hand like a man and told him congratulations But I do prefer the way it happened” Malone who came into the game needing 22 points to pass 28 12 while playing a career-hig- h minutes Bryon Russell hit five and led Utah with 24 points and John Stockton finished with Oklahoma Florida claim conference title game wins st 31419 Chamberlain Bring on the BCS Sports Shorts Big Dipper Jazz forward still eight points away from scoring mark after loss to Hornets 1 625-426- 5 over William Rotary Bowl Rainey Harper College on 17-1- St George 1 4 before for final field goal the driving The Rebels have won 10 bowl games through the years At Pocatello Idaho the Ricks College Vikings scored 24 unanswered points over the last 19 minutes of the game to defeat the Snow College Friday night Badgers 45-1winning the 2000 Dairy Bowl at Idaho State University Ricks finished its season with a record while Snow losers of its final two games finished with a record Saturday ' in Dixie trailed 4 next-to-la- 8-- 3 7-- 3 TAKE A TICKET Bobsled: America's Cup at Utah Olympic Park men's and women s skeleton at 9 a m men s bobsled at 3 p m Local sports: See complete schedule on Scoreboard 6C On The Air 11am- - NFL football Denver at New Orleans CBS - I 30 p m NCAA football BCS Selections show at New York ABC 2pm- - NFL football Indianapolis at New York Jets CBS 2pm- - NFL football San Francisco at San Diego FOX 6 30 p m America’s Cup races Royals’ Pilkington makes nationals ON THE RUN: Winners crowned at Top of Utah swimming wrestling invitationals The Japan I duo makes its start on Saturday at the Amenca’s Cup bobsled races on Saturday at Utah Olympic Park Action continues today with skeleton and bobsled INSIDE: Prep basketball roundup 3C Standard Examiner staff Roy High's Seth Pilkington was one of three Utah runners to advance to the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships national finals during regional competition Saturday in Walnut Calif Pilkington finished seventh m the West Regional race running in 15 38 Seth Watkins of Montana won in 15 21 with Mountain View's Chandler Goodwin second at 15 27 Alicia Craig of Wyoming won the girls race in 17 36 with Bingham's Laura Zeigle fourth in 18 07 The top eight runners in each division will now prepare for the national race set for Dec 9 m Orlan- ' See PREPS 3C races ALAN MURRAY Standard Examiner t I - NFL football Green Bay at Chicago ESPN II pm - Rodeo PRCA national finals (delayed tape) ESPN2 Sports Quote That hurts After Denver Broncos lineman Mark Schlereth underwent his 29th surgery David Whitley of the Orlando (Fla ) Sentinel wrote He s only 1 1 behind the American Medical Associat on leader Cher ' - Stardarvl Examiner s!ai ana wire sendees |
