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Show a The Salt Lake Tribune SPORT MGOLFB-5 MINBA BASKETBALL B-5 Ml COLLEGE BASKETBALL B-6 II BAS! EBALL B-7 SATURDAY ICKEY 68-8 FEBRUARY27, 1999 a Jazz Win Yawner as MavsRest Starters for Kings those $200seats. BY STEVE LUHM TH It was a gamewehadto LT LAKETRIB! be careful of,” Nelson said. The golf was better than the basketball Friday night at the Delta Center. During the Jazz’s excruciatingly routine 80-65 victoryover the disinterested Dallas Mavericks, Old DeCourse : Dehlin ’ Mill Golf pro Devin won $5,000 during a third-quarter promotion by a sinking a o20-foot. putt Taete eee The crowd roared, Dehlin punchedthe airandthe gameresumed . z ;b 5! ei i Toobad. “Ty stb a a ae That wasn't very pretty,” said Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan Dallas didn't come to play," said Bryon Russell. Theydidn’t present a challenge.” € x “I didn’t want to burn up our starters and have nothing left” for the Kings Nelson only one aystartinglineup memberofhis a — 19-year-old rookie Dirk7 Nowitzki — after the es i first*. quarter. Nowitzki Dallas’ highest-scoringS starter. 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Same people cine tithats in the final minutes — a 8 : POOpIE Dey ony tae old-fashioned and demanding andall that, but we ecently and building leadjust 4 beforehalftime Wehad some moments,” said Sloan 5 é = = 2 : have to play like we are interested and want to be here : Sloa Just not too many The Jazz shot 37 percent and committed 20turn In fact, Mavericks Coach Don Nelson acknowledged he was far more concerned about saving his players for tonight's more winnable home game _mystarters at the end of the tonio, 1 pm game,’’ Nelson explained. ———————_ “Whenthat didn’t happen, I made thedecision that overs. Their second unit probably played worse than Nelson’s rag-tag group of reserves, and Sloan _knewit against Sacramento — their third in three nights — than testing the Jazz or entertaining the fans in I was goingto let the reservesplayit out.” Fan-tastic “Our first group had a pretty good run — they werealive,” hesaid. “But our second group looked 7 siste e was talk a is layers qeeat Ceeoes rar cleaticy oe " T've gotto worry about my team, not anyone cies ho aud * 2 : ca Rest AP See JAZZ. Page B-5 é Utah’s Miller Stares Down _ STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS It’s Down to Final Games in 5-A, 4-A Challenges Senior guard makesfinal home appearance today i Girls: Lone Peak returns to championship contest BY PATRICK KINAHAN THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE BY LYA WODRASKA BW Girls’ State Schedule THE SAL T LAKE TRIBUNE Issue a challenge to Andre Miller. Promote his opponent. 4 @ MoreGirls’ State Toumnament B-4 TAYLORSVILLE — The Lone Peak Knights arein the Class 4-A girls basketball championship gamefor thesecondyear in a row Now, maybe they can do them. the season and tournament with a tenacious defense. The Knights er academicrisk whowill strugglein college. But beware: If Miller senses what selves one better Doxey shut down Bountiful’s 6: and right now,” said Lone Peak coach ShaunaKay, “but the other team is going to want it just as bad. Thesecond-ranked Knights ad- her just six attempts for a season Worse, label Miller an inferior student. Slap a stigma on him, anoth- I hope wecan finish it here you're doing — andhewill — sprint out of his way In basketball, the Utah point guarddestroys anyplayer who might be consideredbetter than him. Mike Bibby can attest to that. Bibby, last vanced to today’s 2 p.m. gameat Salt Lake Community College with a 69-57 win over No. 5 Boun- summer's second pick in the NBA draft, watched in amazement as ble in Utah's 76-51 win over Arizona in the NCAA West Regional champi- onship gamelast March. Miller, whowillplay his last home game tc lay against New Mexico, continues fo meet challenges this Kristie Ferguson and Lindsay foot-1 Hailey MacKay, allowing lowsevenpoints. Shealso nabbed only seven rebounds as the Knights outrebounded Bountiful 44-30. Bountiful had just four of: fensive boards. Kristie did a great job in the year in thetitle first half and then when we switched to [man-to-man defense], Lindsay did a great job,” Kaysaid. “Our goal was to keep Lone Peak has cruised through See LONE PEAK, Page B-3 tiful. Th ey view game. Miller posted statistical triple-dou- earned Friday’s win lost to Region 6 foe Timp- last Boys: Baker's key late pl ays propel Bingham in 5-A season. Ask Chris Herren about it. In the first gamethis season between Utah BY JAY DREW and FresnoState, Miller dominated Herrenwith 17 points, 14 assists and Boys’ State Schedule Ba @ More Boys’ State Toumament B-4 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE six rebounds. Herren, a flashy player with abig 5-A semifinal game went two kle he suffered the prior month Events Center Friday night fig- OGDEN — After thefirst boys reputation, pointed to a sprained an- overtimes, few peopleat the Dee Miller must have had big ears. In the rematch, Miller threw down 19 ured thesecond onecould deliver as muchexcitement points and nineassists to Herren’s But it did Bingham’s Jason Baker madea ham coach George Sluga. “This time, you might have both In a game that was tight throughout, Bingham senior guard Jake Schroederhit the biggest basket, an NBA-rangethree. one point and 11 assists. But that’s all basketball. The biggest myth he creamed camein the classroom. Coming out of high school in Southern California, Miller entered onds left and blocked a shot moof the game as the Miners edged Jim Jimas, “Other than that, it was pretty even.” student-athlete. He was an honor student at Verbum Dei, but never knownfor their outstanding ju big plays downthe stretch. Bing. Doug Nielsen madethreefree throws after being fouled on a three-point try with 1:09 left to cut Bingham’s lead to one. How ham will meet Mountain View, an 89-81 winner over Hunter, in to throws 30 seconds later. pair of free throws with 38 secmentslater in the defensive play Brighton 56-52 In a matchup of teams best the University of Utah as a Prop. 48 could get a 700 on the Standarized Achievement Test Thelast time hetook it, he missed by 10 points. Under NCAA regula tions, he could not play his first year. The rules forced him to be an out cast, forbiddento evenpracticewith the team Painfully shy as a freshman, an niors, the Miners (22-1) madethe Minersafive-pointlead. ever, Baker hit his two big free ‘Thebest teams, not always the 1 wantedto makethemfor the team,” Baker said. “I didn’t want to let the team down, We worked for the championship,” said Bing See BINGHAM, Page B-3 night's 8 p.m. championship Danny La/The Salt Lake Tribune Bountiful's Haley MacKay(left) and Lone Peak's Amber Harr fight for a rebound during their game Friday. Lone Peak won 69-57 to advance to today’s Class 4-A statefinal pointer with 2:21 left, to give the Schroeder's threes were the big keys,” said Brighton coach game. teams with the best talent, play isolated Miller concentrated on aca demics, While peers broke from the pressure of college, he went to sum mer school. My mom mademe doit,” Miller said. Two years ago, the NCAAruled non-qualifiers could regain thelost year of eligibility if they graduated in four years. Hardly anybody grad uates in four years, never mindath. letes Go ahead, challenge Miller He graduatedlast spring, with a See UTES, Page B-6 MBAI-WAC Women's Basketball TeamB-2 Women's Basketball Previews IB Hoskins Has Fond Utah Memories BS IB Aggies Looking forStrong Finish 8-6 ‘Perfect’ Kulikowski Boosts Utah Gymnasts to a Road Win Over Utah State 1 Utah 80, Toronto Utes scored 197.625 to beat USL (195.675) and Boise State (194.20) at the Minnesota 92 Charlotte 97, Portland 95 Orlando 103, Indiana 100 Detroit 05, Miami 03 Boston 04, New York 80 , a COPY USU’s Christy Densonfinished second Utah's score was the third highest in school history andfreshman Theresa Kuli kowski's 39.725 all-around score was the Utah’s Angie Leonard. Denson had a 9.975 onfloor, receiving a 10 from onejudge in the all-around at meet, Shannon Bowles and Traci Sommer Bowles won the vault (9.875) for the Utes and Kulikowski took the beam (9.950) title. Eachh team was competing for the third fifth best. With 10.0s on bars andfloor, Kulikowski becamethefirst Ute freshman to earn a perfect score ontwoevents in one scorea 10 (OT Top 25 Men Charleston 08, Furman 74 39.550, just aheadof timein eight days. That seemed to bother Marsden morethan USU Coach Ray Corn aretheonly other Ute freshmen ever to Denver 96, Milwaukee 95 Seattle 92, San Antonio 82 Gold State 94, Phoenix 90 I AL rs 99, L.A. Clippers 83 Dallas 65 102, Marsden said of Kulikowski. No, 19 Utah State, meanwhile, “has im: proved tremendously,” Marsden said Spectrum SCORE.LIN NBA She's going to have agreat four years and will be one of the best gymnasts in college during that time,” Ute Coach Greg LOGAN The gymnastics teams from the University of Utah and Utah State brought out thebest in one another Friday night going into the meet, but the Utes hardly wereaffected Maybe we shoulddo that more often, Marsdensaid. “Weactually built on our performance each meet Diana Loosli (39.20) was Boise State's topall-around performer ‘TheUtes now will settle intoapatternof weekly meets. They play host to Washing ton next Saturday, then visit OregonState ___UTAH, USU GYMNASTICS 19 sao WAOte’ Oi SURO A Arwen nee ry Dow wae cos. Uh usnen wh : ‘e _ = x tot Tere Kibo dba and New Hampshire before comi to meet BYU to end the r Then come the NCAA r 10, followed by the NCAA Championships, April 22-24 at the Huntsman Center USU is regional host. A quicklook at key final results in the world of sports Big 5 Women SUU 78, Western[inois 65 Top 25 Women Tennesse: 02, Old Dom. 74, Georgia7 2, Mississippi State Kentucky 81, LSU 7 Oregon 60, Oregon State 52 Alabama 76 Auburn 7 ¢ Wilmington 52 Los Angeles 2, Chic Houston 5, Utah Edmonton 6, Buffalo 3 Dallas 6, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 4, Calgary 2 Vancouver 1, Carolina 0 Anaheim3, San Jose | NHL Hockey N.Y. Florida 60 N.C Duke 90, Florida State 57 IHL Hockey Women's Gymnastics Utah197.625, UtahState 195,675 Ranger Phoenix 0 Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 1 Florida §, Detroit 5 On |
