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Show E4 __TheSaltLake Tribune COLLEGE BASKETBALL Friday, March 12, 1999 Now Heels Know BYU Falls in Final 10 Minutes Why Arceneaux Is Called ‘The Show’ @ Continued from E-1 AONE BYUshot 24 percent in DICKROSETTA the second half — “Our worst of the season,” said Shippen — and Colorado SEATTLE — Harold Ar- shootingstartto hit 50 per- ceneaux was trying to ex- cent in the secondhalf. It all 00 4 00 00 00 0 en See = Clrnaa. added up to one of the strangest 17-point blowouts ever in front of 4 small (1,796)but spirited crowdin Boulder. “It helped having played them last season,” said Colo- rado Coach Ceal Barry, who will go for her 400th career win Sunday, “I knew they liked the outside shot. In the secondhalf, that’s about all the Cougars attempted. BYU played its best to open the second half, and had a 42-38 lead after Amanda Covington, Megan Jensen and Stacy Jensen hit consecutive three-pointers. ‘That may have been a bad thing, though Soon, the bombs stopped falling and the Cougars seemingly had forgotten how to get the ball inside They wentthroughaneightminutestretch with only one field goal — another three- plain his nickname — “The Show” — after his 36-point outburst fueled Weber State's startling, 76-74 upset of North Carolina on Thurs- day night in the NCAA our campus mentioned it miss and freshman Mandy Nightingale knocked down a three-pointer. ‘Thatwas big,” said Shippen. “From that point on, they continued it ani couldn't sustainit. And their crowd gave themenergy, especiallyondefense.” Nightingale, who averes six points a game, led ihe Buffs ith x careen!high 16. Jenny Roulier also more than doubled her average with 10. The Cougars couldn't monikeris applicable. It seemedlogical that Carolina would figure him out byhalftime, seeing as how have askedfor a better start. They took a 12-4 lead and Arceneaux dumped 16 led by nine points midway points on the Heels. Backing out over the three-pointline through the first half. Colo- and measuring carefully, rado pieced together an 8-0 the 6-foot-6 junior swished 3-0f-4 attempts. He stepped upto the table for 2-of-3 in run around the five-minute mark, however, and led 3231 at the half. Adams had 10 of her 14 in the first half, and the Cou- first half, In the second half, Ship- then missed a free throw. The Buffs rebounded the and it stuck.”” The packed KeyArena crowd, aot to mention the shell-shocked Tar Heels, knowfull well now that the roovers 17 (Williams 3, Covington 4, Hayes 3, Heny-Culf2 Adams M Jensen 2 Griffeth, teamColorado 11 Wee 3, ‘Shots — BYU 3 Van Koren 2. Cov ington} Colorado 9 Johrsoa 3, —T Porter. Porter: McAndrews. 6 lead. Right after that, the mo- trate the young Cougars. Colorado's only senior, Shelley Garcia made and His response was mea- sured and humble: “I don't really know. Somebody on gars were effective inside. Lori Henry-Cuff had all eight of her points in the mentum swung in Colora- Tournament. ByU pointer by Covington with 12 minutes remaining that gave the Cougars a 46-45 do's favor, and its crowd came alive to further frus- the second half. Carolina CoachBill Guth- ridge was nearly tonguetied. “Wejust did not have an answerfor him,” “He wassensational pen said the Cougars stopped going inside when showingagainst Rice in early December, then three 35or-better outings against Eastern Washington (twice) and PortlandState. “We've physicalplaygo on when we drove in,” Shippen said There weren't a lot of fouls called.” With herstarters struggling, Barry went to her bench early and Colorado's bench outscored BYU’s 4713. “Their balance hurt us,’ said Shippen. “The people we thought we hadtostop. wedid a good job on. Their other players killed us." ‘The coach said BYUwon't go anothersix years before playing in the postseason. Of the team’sfour seniors, only Covington playsregularly BYU's Lori Henry-Cuff grabs a rebound Thursdaynight, in front of Colorado’s Kami Carmann in Women’sNITaction. Colorado earned a 70-53 victory,eliminating BYU in the first round. Detroit Gives UCLA Early Exit From NCAAs THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Daniel Whye scored four points and grabbed a key rebound in the final minutes as 12th seeded Detroit beat UCL 56-53 Thursday night in t opening roundof the NCAA South Regional JermaineJackson had 17 points and Rashad Phillips 16 for Detroit, which survived going seven minutes without a field goal in the first half and fiveminutes in thesecondhalf willie Hate. 2, MaraSt 21Plt Gaal Cenlgn tps HAL Sv 4, Penn 18 Reo MARYLAND 82 AUBURN 80 _ VALPARAISO 60 ORLANDO,Fla. — Laron Profit and Terence Morris h scored 18 points, and Steve Francis had 15 points and seven as Maryland beat Valparaiso in the NCAA tournament for the first round of the NCAA first time. South Regional valHay WINTHROP 41 INDIANAPOLIS — Scott Pohilman and Doc Robinson scored 14 points apiece as Auburn routed Winthrop. which was playing in the MPG OFT 19 25 60 3) 4124 26 9173.7 4 40 INDIANAPOLIS— Des- mond Mason scored 28 nd Adrian Peterson including five 3 pointers, as OklahomaState beat Syracuse syracuse(21-12), hurt by 200 2459 Halftine Score — Peceentages — Field Pree Th free throw (she did not make cold any), and they had to watch tied it at make asingle basket. They ty 8. Pots 5. al, Soa, 5 (Black made 10-of-12 free throws to redeemthemselves after having blown their own NCAAs by losing to Creighton at home in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference tourna: ment We had prove,” said Blackstone. And mostlyto ourselves The Utes came away believers, anyway. Theydid a respectable job on Blackstone and fellow 6-foot-4 post player Haley Sames — Blackstone did score 21 points, but she and Sames combinedto shoot only 13: for-29 — but could not stop the Bulldogs from gaining ground, even when either was out of the game. Drake scored 10 straight points near the end of thefirst half while Blackstone sat down with three fouls, and led42. 32 at halftime. Everysingle oneof their kids stepped up,” said El. shooting fromthe free- throwlinelate in the game while the Bulldogs pulled away without having to chance at advancing to the OKLAHOMA St. 69 SYRACUSE 61 but Joe Adkins then hit a 3-pointer to put Oklahoma State (23-10) aheadto stay a 59-58edge onKristina An: n's two free throws with 4:31 left, but Black. stone responded with a jumperandtheopportunity was lost Sparks everges O41Jos 26. care Att 2. Teen Lobos Nip Missouri on Long’s Buzzer-Beater (they made 42 in their last two games) andcontributed virtually nothing offensive: ly. And while center Kristi Rose could not handle THE ASSOCIATED PRESS After Long beat Missouri's John Woodson the go-ahead 216 Vasa014 Rk Long finished with 17 Is Texas Sa Diruwn 17 1 Re, 02. Wins 0 Coancicu 13 ambos 8 Haron 12 Wick Moore 3 Et Amin 3) 6 drew Drake out and bailed out New s confusing matchup- Blackstone defensively points Mexico, which nearly squan 1OWA 77 zone defense when Lindsay Lauren Beckman shot just dered a latesix-point lea Sodja and Erin Gibbons 2-of-9 in her place. ALA.-BIRM. 64 Nevertheless, Elliott said drilled a few long three DENVER — Iowa ly in the second at's no surprise for Gibbons; thethree-pointline in her native Canadais farther from the basket that it is in the United States.) Then, against the Bulldog man-to-man, Utah finally manage someshots closerto thebucket Utahcut the leadtothree right away, andto two sever- al minutes later. Both times, however, the Utes commit WOMEN’S NI she remains most frustrated 7 by the Utes’ inability to mus: ter enough fan support to entice tournaments like the WNIT fromletting them play postseason games at 149-1 20, Long rieo abnee 340 0, Walkie 0.0 0-0 0, Totals isn't ready to bid farewell to Coach Tom Davis or the NCAA tournament, The Hawkeyes (19-9) hit 10 of their first 12 three-point “We'vegot to quit having to go on the road and play: ing good teams on theroad, said Elliott UCONN91 Otherwise, this GONZAGA75 MINNESOTA 63 SEATTLE —Richie Frahm scored 26 points, including five three-pointers, as Gonza- demicfraud. And two of the remaining eight players — Joel Praybilla and Kevin Nathiel — fouled out, TEX.-SA, 66 DENVER — Richard Ham: 0000 enon 09 000 oun01880 Totals 653 13:82 7 led Connecticut, playing 1OWA 14%) withoutailing Coach Jim Calilton had points as top- houn, beat overmatched Tex as-San Antonio, Kevin Freeman added 16 points and Khalid El-Amin two own 37, UAB 32 The yr Pat Goan Uh 1 (ions Word 0 Ms Ue RowMa23 2 Result devastating first-half Vi Mreated owtOber had a career-high 10 as ists for Huskies, who used no upset. Weknew we were the Wildcats, wholedfor all but about 10 minutesof the game, Arceneaux would to his assault as “making take charge A key juncture camesix the margin back to seven points. Then, with Weber going to win.” Arceneaux, who referred lucky shots that my teammates set up for me,” had a career-highfive three-point Okulaja,” he said. “It was a tough matchup witha little guy like 5-11 Jacksontrying trying to stave off another to stay on him. We saw how Carolina rush with seven minutes to play, Arceneaux good he was late in the put ona Michael Jordan-like game. I was sitting over there hoping like hell he would, start missing some Cota, an All-ACC defensive team member, was im- othe Wildcat coach, who exhibition by scoring 11 straight points. pressed: “I wasall over him on defense and he managed to get a shot off. He played a great game. will step downafter the season is over — wheneverthat might be — didn’t have to wort His superstar was making Carolina worry — all the way back to Chapel Hill, NC. WEBER SUMMARY WeerSueM FG TR A PETE won 8 $5 00 38 4 8 8 ALCORN ST, (22-7) there than I did," he said. “I was @ nervous wreck on the sideline, We made good passes andshot well. We got outreboundedthe first half and still we were ahead. Thattells you how focused the guys were. Arceneaux was focused. He hit 14-of-26 shots, in- cluding 5-of-7 from three. point range, and was 3-for-3 from the free-throw line Nobody, including UNC's heralded senior, Ademola Okulaja, could stop him. “It was all confidence,” said Arceneaux. “I luckily got open and I luckily hit some shots. That was the gameplan.” GONZAGA Cary $8 111, on 69 94 1, Ha34 3-410, Santangelo 4:12 221 ui Poyd4008 Leuureoo000' a04 80, Dac 08 To Hays Lewin 4102-28 Rychart 10-10 34 28 Prop Willa 1-2 22 4, Obastad 6. 3:10 1-48, Sinvile0.0 awe 1201 Maiftine 3 ‘ThreePolat Goals #1 (Praben 11, Santangelo 24, Poyd 1:1, Hall 14, Calvary the postgame dais, was nod in agreement: “We're used re PalaGoa ‘Ar 8 7. Cameron 12. St 15, W amberHarper 01, dues P,P (0.2), Stanford4:14 (Sauer 3:2, Lae 3, Moseley 14, MeDonald0.1, Weer04) FLORIDA 75 PENN 61 Jetson Ketcham Baskerville DelVecchi laws Totals 6527 2016 qia3 1200 0000 ns MoPG PT RAPP TP 35 618 00 6 2 317 Abegglen, who last sum- Okulyja Lang 5348 35-6 OT mer agreed to a contract Haywot 25 03 12 0 1 2 1 $B 11 40 1 m0 buyout after a series ofoff- Cot m 8 M22 4127 court troubles, shrugged off Brimoy 15 610 12 10 0 2 3 any “win-for-the-Gipper” a ee) suggestions after the upset. Cyl 10 01 00 61 0:0 0 “The players had moreof an Benticker 10 26 1 § 00 § idea of what was going out Totals 200 28-48 817391518 14 All Abegglen could do on Saas (Pain 2-3, Preeny 1 Stewart 0, Can 4) Anan 4, Trndley 3:7, Reid 24, Gipwon 24, Ghee14 Dea 0 wonits first NCAA Tourshots and extended Davis’ ca- ga game, Minnesota (17reer at Iowafor at least one nament Mae 11) was missing four players fc Mexio 6.21 Henry more game with a win over who wereruledineligible be sas14, Robinson It 01) Alabama-Birmingham, 126, Ate 13, Woods cause of allegations of aca- home. Drake is 12-2 at home, and drew 1,842 fans SHEDULE Tons Games orthoter at(2-6 a Arhanaa (114 pm (Onlahowna (14:19) at Wiehe Sate (XL € om nen(1010) o aphr (1OA "ht a itp Mee (2244 pam erpertine 2 pomsueiba teaages 1D Op beat AlcornState. Tolals 29-45 17.2340, ARKANSAS (23:10) Jelfries 51033 18, Walker 8:9 0.014, Hood basket, the Tigers (20-9) got the ball upeourt and guard Brian Grawer put upanoff. balance three-pointer that cameupshort there's nothing mediocre about ‘The Show.’ This was Heels would make a threat- ening advance to overtake ooo 5, $7 §, Wash 0.00Total36583 Matin — indiana 48, Geone Watton 1 Gor Wasting 3a mara 1, Ngongba 01 ust Ring 04) fod ‘ana 13 Guyton1-2, Recker01, 0.4) Minne3.14 (Ohastad 24 Nahai runs to quash anyhope Tex- ARKANSAS94 2, Rychart 0:1, Summons02, Lewis 0 DENVER — Lamont Long as-San Antoniohad of becom- SIENA 80 You've got to hit big hit a jumperin thelane with ingthe first 16th-seedto beat shots,” said Elliott, And we DENVER — Kareem Reid STANFORD 69 a No. 1 since the tournament 5.5 seconds left that gave didn't do that set the Arkansas career assist ALCORN ST. 57 expanded to 64 teams in Sodja finished with 22 New Mexico a 61-59victory 1985 record and the Razorbacks SEATTLE — Stanford pointstolead the Utes, and over Missouri in the first hit 15 shots fromthree-point flirted with going from Final round of the NCAA WestReGibbons added 14, but sev range. Four tofirst-round flop in eral other key players did gional on Thursday night oneseason before overcomNew Mexico (25-8) moved not show up. Al - WAC Pacif. ing a miserable 16-minute ic Division forward Lori Red into the second round for the stretch of the second half to fourth straightyear. toxsnenet managed just two points against four turnovers Fuertes committed five of the team’s 21 turnovers coming outof the Big Sky, Almostevery time the Tar cat Coach Ron Abegglen 39 3 1 1 36 Claims Upset Jenn *Arceneaur 341426 502 00-204 Gat 42 58 52116 Oftieals Chop A180 ted turnovers to squelch their chances at taking the lead. They finally managed people gave us a chance, ocre league,” hesaid. “But ORLANDO,Fla. — This was the way Indiana played back when Coach Bob Weber senior guard Noel Knight ruled the NCAA Jackson has seen his colST. JOHN'S 69 tournament In the highest-scoring leaguedohis thing, gamein OHIO ST. 72 SAMFORD 43 gamein their storied post: MURRAY ST.58 ORLANDO, Fla. — Ron seasonhistory, the Hoosiers INDIANAPOLIS — Mi- Artest had 17 points and 10 showedoff unselfish offense chael Redd scored 27 points rebounds as St. John’s ad- and tough man-to-man de- Weber and OhioState got 13 ofits vanced to thesecond round fense to beat George Washfinal 17 points from the for the first time in six ingtonin thefirst round of years, the South Regional free-throw line The Buckeyes (24-8) took SAMPORD (266) GEORGEWASHINGTON209) a lead at the break and 11.14, Kaiser 0-10 3 Over Heels 6. Dane quickly built their lead to 17 points in the first minute of the secondhalf. @ Continued from E-1 ary Francs 24, Stokes 1: bien, Feds O1 Mars 01, Coa: OR and gameout. “I don't think which some consider a medi- thing from him,” said Wild- the Heels’ hearts to spread ‘Johnson7-11 0.014 bin $70.08, Murray 1-5 Of Baad 11123 ein "i ighton, 23, ii 31 ala G. WASHINGTON 88 committed missed her third straight LOUISVILLE 58 cometo expect that sort of seeds ou 1965 — No 13 Navy 78, No.4 LSU 5 a8 ca Ne a "i —No 14 ArtaUte ack 50, No 3 Notre Dame 83 1967 No, 13 Xavier 70, No, 4 Missour 69 1967 — No, 13 Southwest Missouri State 65 No.4 Clemson 60 seeeeee '— No, 13 Richmond72, No.4 indiana68 No. 14 Murray Stale 78, No. N.C 1989— No. 13 MiddleTennessee State7, No 4 Por State 88 1989 — No. 14 Siena 60, No. $ Stanford 78 14 Northern fowa 74, No, $ Missoun 71 1991 —No 19 Penn State 74, No.4 UCLA 69 piti Remon pe v8 13 Southwestern Louisiana 87, No.4 Oblaboma 83 1962 No, 14 Bast Tennessee Stale 87, No. 3 Anzona 80 1968 — No. 13 Southern University 83,No. 4 Georg Tech 78 nie hes na em va No. 14 Old Dominion 89, No.8 Vian oval, 307 er 14 Weber State79, No. Michigan ae No. 19 Manhattan 7, No.4 Otaborna *ge No. 18 Pras 8 No 4 UCLA AL 1997 —No. 14 Chattanooga 73, No.3 Georg 7 eeee ie TH0No. 14 Richmond 2 No 8 SouthCar 1998-— No. 13 Valparaiso70, No. 4 Missippi 1999 — No. 14 Weber State76, No. $ North aro ORLANDO,Fla. — Rod- minutesinto the second half shots — but fell three points neyBuford led a big second- when Carolina had crept to shy of his career high of 39 half rally and Ben Walker within 44-40 and had the points. Weber's14 treysfell ed his best for the end as place rocking after Ed Co- one short of the schoolreCreighton beat Louisville 3:47three-point shot with cord. Walker, playing with four ta's Abegglen loved his team’s fouls, scored sevenpointsin play, especially on the dethefinal three minutes. baseline and then stuck one fensive end. ‘‘All of our guys cuEIcaTON9) ofhis three-point daggers in did a great job on [Ademola} INDIANA 108 normally be after four straight forays into the NCAA Tournament. But Dake that inexperience that cost Richards the Utes against the 19-9 Sams Blackstone Bulldogs Sa Twicein thefinal 31% min the Utes CREIGHTON 62 fon 8 Hatin @ Continued from E-1 Coma utes. sai ‘That's why they tall him “The Show. Arceneaux had a 34+-point somedrives weren't rewarded with free throws. “Thereferees let a lot of Utah Goes Cold in Loss to Drake turnovers by throwingawful passes on wide-open, back: door is to the basket Point guard Tiana Fuertes NCAA UPSETS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE (15-13) shook off a bad tothat kind of game.” You would think North Carolina would have been used to it also, coming from hooting Percentages — Pied Goals. Weber State 473; North Caroling 41.2. Pree Throws ‘Weber State 833; Nort Carolina 6922 ‘Taree polat jackson |); 921 kal 12, ‘arts doaPh Gung Capel 0) © Steals —Weder State 6 (G2, Lawson, Arce ux, Jerse, Ketcham); North Carona 3 (Cota 3, Okulaja,Prtimow) vile North Carolina 12 (Cota 3, Lang 2, Owens 2 Ot wed Cary, Cpe, eich = Weber State 4 (Lawame, Ar Kaden eek Mach Coca Maren 2, Ot, Ove Technical Fouls — Otis Rat HerOhad Poe ad Steve Weiter = 18001 tive first-round NCAA ames. Abegglen said this Wildcat team reminds him ofthe "95 squad thatbarely lost to Georgetown in the second round. “We're explosive the powerful ACC and all But for the second straight and can put ne on the board,” he said. “We are athletic like " ee in 95. Tar Heels wilted. The Uni versity of Utah beat — in behis last game as Weber's the Heels for a long time They had won 18 consecu He has become a master Of those late-night sessions. year, going against an underdog team from Utah, the Thisis just sweet.” Abegglen's next loss will head coach, But that's at TTLE — Teddy Du- lastyear's Final Fou least one more game. “I Cota was down) laying the thought when I left here earpay's fast-break layup com: pleted Florida's comeback idea that the Tar Heels over- lier today that [Saturday's looked Weber; "We didn't from an 11-point halftime Opponent) would be Penn, deficit and his three-pointer look past them. A 14th seed? 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