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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Sunday, January 24, 1999 Utah WinsIts SanJoweSiM ORG PT Sa Murray Aggies Title Chase, OR AP Momentum Derailed In Loss to Vandals Oth Straight @ Continued from B-1 ee MOSCOW, Idaho — Any momentum Utah State gained in a basketball vic- And it finally created someaction worth watching tory at Boise State quickly waslost Saturdayat Idaho. Trailing 39-35, the Utes began pressuring with 12 minutesleft in the game. The Vandals blasted USU 77-58 at the Kibbie Dome, San Jose State's next three possessions resulted in just two nights after 58 was enough points for the Aggies in Boise. That six-point win seemingly had saved their season,but they are back to anuphill chase of New Mex- turnovers. Utah, meanwhile, scored onfourstraight possessions to surge ahead 43-41 Shooting — San Jose State 48 L 59 (Mottola Andre Miller accounted for six of the points and MFG FT R APF TP 3300 4116 4044 4192 Mou 41 300 a 22 45 3B HOM 2312 points for USU (9-8, 2-4 Big 12 00 0003 West), which trailed 36-27 at 00 4223 halftime and shot 41 percent 00 09 0000 12 6027 from the field — making one 2 1022 of 12 three-point attempts. 330 7 What's more, USUwas 11of-20 from the free-throw Shooting. Percentages 428 Idabo 474 Free Throws USU 550, line. Donnie Johnson and Ty- m5 Shooting — 112 (Rolle 1 rone Allick added nine pris01Rana O1 ot 02 rove 02 points each for the Aggies, abo 9-26Curry 48, Sot 3-10, Miler 12, Toal Banks 0-1, Tos 01) ee re credited with only 12,‘Steals — USU (Ett 2, Mao 7 (Banks 3}. ix assists, among their 23 Tamees = USU 29 (Et 8 ato 13 baskets. Abig chunk of their (Scott 8, Dickens ‘TecheShouUSU2 (Der, ih, abo 2 scoring obviously came as a (Byrne, Curry) result of 19 offensive reTechnlal Fouls — None bounds. USU committed 20 Offieias — Seyphers, Krahn, Burkhart turnovers, and four players A-S1M were responsible for 17 of ico State, Boise State and Idaho in the Big West Con- Sharp addeda layup. Once the Utes got the ference’s Eastern Division. Pharoah Davis scored 14 lead, they buried San Jose State. “Once again, every night we take everybody's best shot,” said Majerus, referring to Utah’s dominancein the WACthe last several years. “We've takenit for a decade.” ‘The Utesgotrolling when their best defender, Alex jensen, was sent to the thefield in the second half They're more athletic at absolutely every position With the Spartans going said Majerus, who then small, the 6-foot-2 Sharp amended his statement to loomedlarge. His strong de exclude Harvey But while the Spartans fenseled to at least two San bench with four fouls. Jose State turnovers “Sharp was sensational.’ Majerussaid. Since Tony Harvey's sus pension waslifted nine games ago, Sharp's playing time has diminished. “Sometimes, I'll get called upon,” Sharp said. “I just need to be ready.” Harvey was right there with him. Thejuniorcollege transfer scored 13 points and was effective on both sides of the court. ‘Any comments from Har- vey will have to wait. Ma- cooled off. the Utes never did. Theyshot 70 percent third best in school history Miller, Sharp, Harvey and Nate Althoff made all of their shots, Miller scored 16 points in thesecondhalf Hereally asserted him self,” said Phil Johnson, in his first year as San Jose State’s coach. “Wegotalit. tle undisciplined in the second half. A play here or there,andit could have gone downto the wire. Fatigue was a factor. jerus has a gag order on him “We wore downa little it. with the news media. Like his teammates, Har- stretching their conference ‘The Uteswill lookto keep lead whenthey play host to FresnoState in a 10 p.m shooting 68 percent from game Monday vey could not prevent San Jose State (9-9, 2-3) from BYU Drops Close One to FSU @ Continued from B-1 ene froma severe ankle sprain to add 14 and Willie Farley had13. Thethree combined for eight of Fresno’s 10 three-pointers. The Bull dogs shot 53percent Indeed, it seemed likejust about everything was going down, except for free throws. The Bulldogs (13-6. 3-1) wever 11-of-27 fromthe line, 1 O-6in the final 1:01 I've got to be the worst free-throwshooting coachin Amer ed Fresno ch Jerry Tarkanian "Werve beenterrible After mugging San Jose State on Thursday in the opening minutes, the Cou gars werethe ones who got sappedSaturday. The Bull dogs began their last WAC appearanceat the Marriott Cente:‘ by jumpingto a 10-0 Bylatein thehalf, the advantage was up to 36-23 with Herrencapping an 8-3 runwith a pull-up threeoff the break The Cougars finally col leeted themselvesin the fi nal 6:16, With Mekeli Wes ley on the bench in foul trouble, they went to a three-guard lineup and un leashed a 14-1 spurt that Vranes and Brian Dignan of at the half, but used another oo 2955 1127 317 Teche Fe ti each and Kevin Byrne had 10. Idaho shot 47 percent from the field. The Aggies come home to the Vandals (9-7, 5-2) with play North Texas on Thurs22 points. Cameron Banks day and New MexicoState and Gordon Scott added 12 onSaturday ting his seven points, nine reboundsand four assists. Guard Avery Curry led ’Cats Tighten Big Sky Race With OT Win FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — WeberState is learning to like those overtime games. A week after outlasting Eastern Washingtonin four Fresno State’s Demetrius Porter slaps the basketball away from BYU's Silester Rivers on overtimes, the Wildcats Saturday in the Marriott Center. Porter and the Bulldogs emerged with a 79-75 WACvictory. played their fourth OT game of the season Saturday ‘Theyedged Northern Arizona 92-88 at the Walkup Skydometo tighten the Big Sky Pacific Division Conference men’s basketball race. Center Andy Jensen scored 26points as the Cats Utoh = 4 0 144 avenged an overtime loss in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS foal Nov Meni 524 ubinon24Hex him intothird place onColo- NewMexico 3 2 16 4 Flagstaff fromlast season Nests 37 Mulahon v@ rado State's all-time as ist. FresnoSt. 3 4 13 6 Weber State (15-6, 6-2 Big EL PASO, Texas — Bran- at Smith McRae 12 Lacs 01, EsrobedoO1) ist with 369 total. He also (rep ag es Sky) actually es don Wolfram scored 16 hadeight rebounds and six gyiy ee points in thelast 1.9 seconds points and Pa UNLV95 of overtime. Jensen's layup scored 17 straight points #21 TCU 88 (OT) Jose S12 3. broke a tie and then Harold arly in the first half Satur- FORT WORTH, Texas — 70MIN) den2si2e tanigoo Son HOWall 44 Arceneaux made two free day to beat No. 12 New MexKaspars Kambala scored 29 We S.Diegost. 05 2 15 throws after NAU could not ico 67-49. inbound the ballin time. points as UNLV overcame ren Fe ae = It was the second consecuNoel Jackson added 21 Mountain Division tive rout of the rankedbut 41 points by Marquise GainB13 48 WAC Season_ points and Arceneaux and slumpingLibos who lost fo ous to upset Texas Christian Eddie Gill had 18 each in a in overtime lovesUake whe We New Mexicc te ‘ strong showing for the Lee Nailon, the WAC's 4, Pashe 19. Vv 414 "N77 four days earl leading scorer, was ejected altar — ie tom UNL igs threesomethat once played New Mexico. which came together at the College of just econds into the Sveti TCU See into the game averaging game for throwing a punch Mekinars aon nya 1, Tulsa. 3.2 155 Eastern Utah 5.2 points a game, finished The Lumberjacks (15-4, 7 Gainous took up theslack Rice 3.2 125 withits fewest sin 56-46 1) lost despite shooting 65 loss to Syracuse in the Hubli wasa Penongy TULSA 65 Colorado $2.3 12.5 percent from thefield and ond round of last y RICE 50 Wyoming 23 115 making 10-of-14 three-point NCAA tournament 4 HOUSTON — Michael SMU 23 8 410 attempts. Forward Ross After shooting a season. Land led NAU with 23 " Ruffin had 18 points and 14 Airforce 1 4 8 8 low 34 percent against _ UTEP Rips Past Slumping Lobos; ebels TTopple TCU in Overtime weoe Rebels i we Jonny Dro NMSU, the Lobos shot percent against the Miners mandefense u 9-0 runearly in the second period to take a 50-45 lead — its biggest of the night ‘Then we missed consecutive layups, the the lead and we'repli catchup. said Clevel: 1 Yt lead - ndof Regula &. oN ‘S it sah Herod8-11, Dickel P was nearly perfect at both ends of the floor while breaking the game openin the game's first six minutes. The Miners hit 6 of their first 8 shots — four of COLORADOST.91 them three-pointers. New Mexico, meanwhile, was WYOMING 83 missing 14 of its first 17 FORTCOLLINS, Colo Milt Palacio scored ik added 14 as ley responded with a three from the left wing, and the Bulldogs never t again Colorado State beat tradi ahi Tous 1648 11 140 ona rival Wyoming dric Goodwyn and Sivesind scored 16 ein —_ HOw Te New Me The Assorted Pr 3ism 1, Saturday's Games Utah 70, San Jose 54 Fresno St. 79, BYU 75 UTEP 67, New Mexico 49 UNLV 95, TCU 88 (OT) CSU 94, Wyoming 83 Tulsa 65, Rice 50 SMU73, Air Force 74 Hawaii 87, SDSU 67 peeera 8113934 Wr9 Suck 16549 Humphry 08 SMU 73 73-71 Saturday night Earlier Saturday in the NBA’s post-lockout signing frenzy dthe player they wantedSatur y when Tom Gugliotta agreed to a six-year, § million deal Gugliotta turned down a last-diteh effort by Minnesota to re: sign him: d possibly trade him, and was to be in Phoenix for practic it is risky busine talotof gota guy that we are very excited about Suns ‘ h Danny Ainge said. Froma coaching perspective, We'regoing to have a great tcam, It's going to take some time, but we are b ackon track The signing was cruci to the Suns after losing power forward Antonio MeDyess to Denver. After the bizarre and eventual departure of waff the 24-year-old McDyess, Suns owner Jerry ( volangelo praised the maturity of Gugliot pe st Hilty: {ens socneone who's 1 pro,” Colangelo said He's a given a former all-star. He's compoti He love # to play, We know very at effort ni om of this uy Becausehe's a pro. The agreement cle red the way for the final two major moves » Sui must make, re signing Rex Chapr an and Clifford Robi The Suns ex pectto get both under contract in the next few day 1 TULSA, Okla. the days when proved the sign-and-trade deal that brings center Luc Longley to Phoenix for M Bryant, Martin Muursepp and Sam Jacobsen that deal, rather than signing Longley directly as a free agent, saved $2 mil lionin salary c: p roomthat was er: cial in acquiting ugliotta he Suns also re-signed George McCloud on Saturday WhenGugliotta finally madeuphis mind, Joe Smith nd r wolves finished their deal The No. overall pickin the 1995 draft, Smith agreedFridayto a rela tively paltry one-y contract in exchange chanceto re stablish himself as one of the NBA's bright young players But he put off signing the deal — t's everybodywait McHale said — until he was certain there was no chance of Gugliottastay: ing put It wasa relief but going by their wordI kind of forgot about {Gugliot ta’s situation), Smithsaid tryingto focus on ting better here and not worrying about who was com: ing back. I just hadto makesureI was comfortable here Smith still hadn't officially signed evenafter participating in somedrills during both practi os Saturday Melfale, Minnesota's vice presidentof basketball operations, d th tract was ‘on the fax after the night workout concluded, the SUU never could Golden Eagles. ence, little has changed ORU now has won all nine neluding Satur 3 decision at the Gugliotia will get $7.8 million the 0percent increase er Ac eruclal e after five when Gug Hotta would be eligible for a much higher salary as a 10-vear player. ‘The Timberwolves offered Gug liotta the maximum seven-year, $86.7 million contract allowed under the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement MORESIGNINGS, DEALS @ Forward Jason Caffey signed a seven-year, $35million contract with Jolden State Warriors. Caffi agent, was acquired fromChica goin atrade last February. Heaver aged 10.9points and 5.9 reboundsfor the Warriors and 7.3 and 4.3 overall improving in his last five games as a starter to 19.6 points and 7.4 re- End of Regulation — WeberState 80, North nr hooting Percentages — Field Goals: Weber Sut 57; Northern Arona84Pee Throw, Weber State 700; Northern 7 ona 08 and 97, Mer 4 Hg Hix 12, Akin Sie Weber Sal6 ene 3, Bsevile, Arceneaux. Gil), Northern Arizona 6 (Hix 2 Land. Frank, MeNair, McClintock) Turnovers — WeberState 14 Jensen4, Gill 4 Arceneaux 2, Mo re 2, Woods, Baskerville Northern Araona 17 (MéNair 4, Hix3, MeCun ek 5.ian 6 Land An, Gaia Wolters, Shots — Weber State 1 (GiNorth erm Arinoa 6 (MeClntok 6 ‘Teehnleal Fouls — None ‘Offielals— Robert Holloway, Jim Farmer and Tom Spitmagel A—7891 points and guard Michael McNair added 21. NAUhad won 23 straight home games. Even in Nowthat the teams arein the Mid-Continent Confer- mel at in the agreement is an opt-out Pr TP 12 59 15 22 58 1o 08 00 34 18 48 Southern Utah and Oral Roberts were beat jacio’s six Assit eyed N. Arona M land 8 Hix st Frank McNair 39 mM Gethardt 1 Hutchings 28 Wolthers 8 McClintock 25 ls Vs. Eagles basketball, points and 17 re bounds and Stephen Woods points as Southern Methodia Force WEBER SUMMARY_ WeberMoORG FT Pr TP Baskervile 4340 14 a7 Arceneaux 41 718 34 18 Jensen 41 1018 66 4% ca 3 510 44 218 Jackson 40 1018 02 32 Ketcham 5 12 00 12 fore 120000 00 Lamon 5 00 00 10 Condi! «2 00 00 00 voods «5 G1 00 00 Haws 1 00. 00 Totals 200 2667 14-20 16 9 T-Bird Men Still Winless twoof thelast independent schools playing Division | Suns, Gugliotta Agree on $58.5 Million Deal aeinaled in 70 Newt wt Saunt Lown, Thar Mind (11-4 it lng Net aBe Three pol adde Ft THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX The Phot nix Suns, 90 ‘Syrmcuse (13-8) ed tot play Nev rebounds, leading Tulsa to a rareroad victory TULSA (155) (Coley 484 ams second win in five —MEN— How the op tear: college maHO Ford Banks Byrne Cury Set Miller Watson Dickens Tost them. Guard Rashad Elliott had five turnovers, offset- Kevin Lee/The Associated Press BYU SUMMARY St MFG USU SUMMARY Wns. MFG TR APY TP spe not be 22 601M Johnson mosis Eltt 2936 8457 Alice 40129 Jorssen 1200 4012 Pres 300 1002 Randall o1 00 0000 Brown os 00 0010 Nelson oo 1010 Birch 3324 5018 Tolals 23551100 31 6 16 58 ter. Tarvish Felton and Jim Faulkner each scored 15 points for the T-Birds (8-12 3-5 Mid-Con) and Jeff Mona: added 10. Derrick Miller led four Ora Rober Taylor nttay 610 59 Pat 022 9 13 W382 40S eo Stas 00 2723 Mii 0148 00 3 0 12 o 12 1001 51 boin 1 1000 4 oro 13 It as mH " “ Halttes Sar - Oral RoberSosa uh 2t Shooting Pereeatagrs FieldGoals Southern Uh 415 Oral Roberts $00 Pree Throw: scorers in double figures with 17 for ORU (10-8, 5-2 The Golden Eagles shot 50 percent from the field to SUU's 41 percent SUU lost 21 turnovers, compared with 13 for ORU. ORU took control early and led 41-21 at halftime. Having played four con secutive road games, the TBirds return hometo play IUPUI on Thursday and Valparaiso on Saturday ~ Southern Utah 2 (Kaien8 wena 4Poise Pur. Cpde 8, Pager a, Johmiee, Pugnare Oral Roberts (Owens Taylor 2, Mone 3, Perry 2. Brow 2. Wilkerson} Blocked Shots Southern Utah | (Pelton! al Roberts Tayler, Perry, Orving Teehaieal Fouls Officials — Glen Milentre. Dan Waugh and Terry Davia A—Si23 O’Brien Wins Long Jump, But Starts Slow in Hurdles bounds THE ASSOCIATED PRESS W The Chicago Bulls acquired cen ter Andrew Lang fromthe Milwaukee SAN DIEG — Dan O'Brien got half of what he camefor Saturdaynight, winning the long jumpand finishing third Bucks for a conditional second-round 5-meter ae8 as the San Diego Indoor Games draft pick. The6 B-pound| nk has averaged 6.2 points and 4 bounds a game with the Atlanta in 10 NBA seasori. Hawks, Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee ary Trent, a 6-foot-8 forward whoplayedfor PortlandandToronto last season, signed a one-year with the Dallas Ma richs " his fourth season, high 11.7 points and6. relbounds in 53 games last season the cents Olympic decathlon champion and ecord holder, won the long jump at 23 inches. O'Brien hadalittle long-distance help, borrowing Renaldo Nehemiah's cell phoneto call his coach, Rick Sloan of Washington State, during the competition for sometips on his takeoff on the wooden runway O'Brien dido't havea great start in the hurdles, and came catch 1996 Ol ymple finalist Eugene Swift ¢ was third in 7.25 who won in 7 24 seconds, Rol De seconds and O'Brien finished in 7.26. ontoolatet |
