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Show __B3 Weber Stumbles in Opener, Falling vs Crimson Tide Rested Aggies to Meet ‘Motivated’ Nevada THE SALT LAKETRIBUN! THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE, Joe Cravens’ Weber State head coaching career and Year 2 of “The Show”started poorly Fridaynight. Alabamablasted the Wildcats 81-61 at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, a. The Crimson Tide had needed overtime to outlast WSU in a Hawaii tournamentlast December, but WSU’s 1999-2000 basketball seasonopener was 018, Hayes 29 448, 5 Cum 1S £4 Lo 0, Davis0005, Bakken 5125 Hagin 98026 Tos Nalftime-Alabana 3, WSU 2. Point Goals WSU 4:19 26, Moore 15, oesabbas 6 rary 68 Meade Landon 01,Towns 01) Rebounds Wi (arcevenix9, Alabama) (Citon , Aists 2 na 1 (Meade 2, Total foulsWS ‘Slabama 22 Tecechnical A-6513. anotherstory. Harold “The Show” Arceneaux opened his senicr season as an AilAmerica candidate by making exactly 1-0f-13 shots from the field, scoring eightpointsin 32 minutes. Guard Eddie Gill scored 21 points, but the Wildcats shot 31 percentfrom thefield — including 24 percentin the first half, whentheyfell behind 38-23. Schea Cotton came off the bench to score 20 points for Alabama, while for« ward Rod Grizzard added 19. The Tide outrebounded WSU 51:31. Weber State (0-1) Galo 63 242, Arser warig 01121 25, Woods0.102 Utah ‘Loses Again To Kentucky a SUU WOMEN Megan Lofthouse scored 23 pois andSarahPratt collected 17 points and 14 reboundsas Southern Utah opened the women’s basketball season with a 79-70 victory at Air Force. Melissa Hines added 11 points and 11 boardsfor the Thunderbirds, who madethe most of their height advantagewith a 63-40 reboundingedge. Southern Utah (1-9) LotteuseS31 2Jokason49729, Gresaman 281.25, Prat$956 17, Hines 3. Shaheen 1962 a. Hille 16 098, West na 308 Bellamy 11 002 Langman 00020, Totals 264 24-40 7, ‘AirForee (1) Kentucky's fullcourt bey caused only three Utah turnovers. The problem came once the Utes crossed Q SUU MEN Southern Utah's men’s team downed WesternState 96-78 as Tyson Hancock and juniorcollege transfer Fred House each scored 18 points in a season openerat the Centrum in Cedar City. Jeff Monaco added 15 points and 10 assists for SUU. Travis Bradl the Mountaineers with 30 points. Western State (0-1) 107 44.36, Ba 18 Puree 1.012 Whecler 9 12 7 | Monaco60015, Evans00100, 9, Chanter 12448 Fulhner 0000, Dav2 000,Wallin bs1418 Miles0090, bloom 23604 Te tals 9 Majerus. While notplaying until Nov, 29, be. cause the NIT possibilities kept them the Utes have pientyof time to rectify any mistakes. Coach Dave Arslanian, ing with lots of motivation” at Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nev. In his first season(1996), Tisdel led Nevada to the BWCtitle and was the coachof the year. But Nevada with a 72-10 loss at Oregon and never recovered. Arsla nian hopes Tisdel is “stepping back on his own accord,” but suggests his de- week on Oct. 1 the Aggies played perhapstheir best game of the season in a 34-31 overtime loss to BYU in Lo- gan. Since a victory over Arkansas State the following week, the Aggies have not won and havescored only36 ints four games, If nothing else, today’s game has offensive stars galore, including Ne- vada quarterback David Neill, whose performances of 328, 317, 405 and 306 yard Trevor Insle Al allt 2 leading yards. And N back Chris Lemon, alrea all-timeleader with50 ra: downs, needs oniy two T s of any kind parture was prompted more by Nevada’s disappointing season. Arslanian can empathize withTisdel andhopeshis 2-7 team is motivated breaking a four-gamelosing skid. ‘he guys practiced early this week as if they were gearing up for a confer- ‘The last time USUcameoff a bye ural a) Collen 09.00 0, Jensen #9 1210, Aho 2600 4 Harvey2105810,Kllin 6-4 00 18, Whiting24 v5 tals 18-44 67 aa BYU vs. UC Riverside WAtthe Marriott Center, Provo ; pet7us m. i RadlerKSL (AM-1160) @ Records: First game @ Series: First ‘irst meeting : They havesettled on starting lineup of Matt Montague, Terrell Lyday and Michael Vranesoutside and Mekeli Wesley andEric Nielsen inside... Steve Cleveland beginshis third seasonat BYU with a 21-37 career record. . Wesley scored 30 points intwo exhibition games. and reserve F Nathan Cooper led BYU with 12 rebounds About the Highlanders: Theyplayed Dominican College in Riverside on Friday night... They ate the only ision Il school onBYU's Peaioneecosction Moai hosnever hod 0 tong season,though UCR was 14-13 last season. Mas! is 405 168 in 20 seasons, with eight conferencetitles... Senior F AntwonElis is the lecding retuming scorer. He averaged 9.2 points last year | Cal Will Try to | Ruin Stanford’s || Dream of Roses THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | i | | STANFORD,Calif. There have been five different Pac-10champions in the last five seasons. With a victory today in the Big Gameagainst California, Stanford can makethat six in a a "The Cardinal, whose goal of making the Rose Bowl this season seemed un. | reasonableafter going3-8 lastyear, are { onthethreshold of going to Pasadena | for | the first time since 1972. “The Pac-10 kindofgives teams like | us hope. It’s up for grabs every year,” ' quarterback Todd Husak said. “I think the way the Pac-10 is, it gives teams coming off 3-8 seasons the chance to believe we cangoto the Rose Bow! the Utah vs. Washington State e w Series: First meeting About the Utes: They have Elliott is 328. 140 in 16 seasonsat Utah, A 12-14 record in 1993-94 is heronly losing season. She has coached Utah fo eight NCAA Tournament appearances. About the ms: Four start ers ond seven reservesretumoff last season's 11-16 team. F Yvonne Volkman had 17 points 14 reboundsin their exhibition win last week. G Tricia Lamb made the Al-Pac-10 team last season JennyPreekwas, who directed St. Francis College to the last four NCAA Toumaments, is in her first season as coach. About thy : They retuin four starters from a team that went 16- 33)SFAer oeea the Wom tlamns (12.5Meo:‘and @.sitee (10.5) ore double-figure scorers who tetumfor their senior sea‘oachTrentShippenis 337 in hee seasonswith the Cougars. ‘About the Stars: They are the defending NAIA national champions. and retum all five starters and 11 of 13 letler-winners from that 28-7 team... Senior G Patty Cantella is an NAIAAll American who averaged13.8 points, 6.4 assists and 4.5 steals. Taiwo Rafiu, a 6-foot-6 center who averaged 12 points, aiso is anAll-American Bickering Buckeyes Try to Salvage Season at Michigan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS since1988, Cooper’s first year as coach ANN ARBOR, Mich. If they gave points for bickering, Ohio State mighi be back in the Top 25, Instead,the unranked Buckeyes (65, 34 Big Ten) need a victory over No. 10 Michigan (8-2,5-2) todayjust to make themselves eligibie for a bowl bid. But no one not the coach, not the players — can be certain the Buckeyes have the heart for this fight. And even if they do, it is uncertain whether a bowl 3 right for the Buckeyes this after replacing Earle Bruce. Still, the coachhas to believe his team will find vThere may be someplayers who might not wantto go to a bowl, but we're good enough to beat Michigan, I'm sure we'll gotoapretty good bowl,” Ohio State coach John Cooper said Thursday. Even so, the Buckeyes have been bugged by discontent the past few weeks. Ohio State players have pointed fingers and exchanged harsh words. The discord has been made wor losses to MichiganState and Illinois in last two | next year.” n't lost threestraight Oregon, SouthernCalifornia, Arizona State, Washington State and UCLA were conference champion in | each ofthe seasonsfrom 1994 to 1998. 8 feito,EVNU (810), KWLW (700), KVFM (94.5 FM) w Records: USU(2-7, 1-3 Big $950 REBATE West); Nevada(3-7, 2:3) & Series: Nevadaleads, 10-3 a a to get itself up for this great rival This is Michigan they're playing, after all. “T cannotimagineoneof ourfoot ball players not preparing himself and playing as hard as and as good as 1 was capable of playing,” Cooper aya the Buckeyes, even in the best of times, have had trouble beating Michigan for Cooper. His record is only 2-8-1 against the hated Wolverines and Cooper's teamsare0-5in Michigan Stadium, also knownas the Big House. “It’s a tough placetoplay,” Cooper said. “It’s not the loudest in the cot feren yut it’s a toughplace toplay.” So, how doeshesell a teamdivided onthe meritsof laying it onthe line for what at best might bea trip to one of the lower-rung bowls? “We sell them on huge effort and sell them on the fact that wehave got to quit making mistakes," Cooper said “Wecan't turn the ball over, We can't blow assignments,” Aboutthe Aggies: They are 1-2 alltime in Reno, winning onlyin 1997 (38-19) to clinchthe Big Westtitle and Humanitarian Bow!bid. Theyhave won at least one of the season's last two games for 10 years in a row. Senior LB Brent Passey leads BWCin tackles (13.1 per game)in a bid to join Tony D'Amato (1998) and BenHolbrook(1997) as USU's third straight BWC defensive player of the year. . Senior RB Demario Brown needs 293 yardsin his final two games to surpass Abu Wilson (3,933)as school’s ail time leading rusher... Junior PK Brad Bohn has made just one his last sevenfield goaltries... They have beenoutscored 82-23 in the secondhalf of thelast four games, all losses. Wolf Pack: They were Big West champi ons as recently as 19% and wentonto the win Las Vegas Bow/ over BaliState. Senior receiver WR TrevorIns ley is one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikotf Award, given to nations top receiv id Neili has extended Nevade's streak of Passingfor at least 2,800 (direct factory rebate) title since the conference went from the Pac-8 to the Pac-10 in 1978. Standing in the Cardinal's way is traditional rival Cal. The series, tied for 10th longest in the nation, hasfeatured upsets throughoutits entirety @ Records: 1 Ga) a ed ee ENE BOW ROADHOU Wer el 1986. SUU 7-3; MSU 54 QB Matt Canon has rushed for 1.193 yards and 20 touchowns, a school record... SUU ranksfifth in Division I-AA. averaging 478 total yards G gare. Aboutthe Eagies: MSUis QBPhil Simms... Uke SUU Morehead Is a |-AA indepen deni. but plays at a lower level and does notoffer scholarships... QB David Dinkins averages 310 total yards, including 119 rushing yarels the alma materof former NF V6, Front Wheel Drrve, Leather, CD Player, Sunroof, Traction Control, Heated Seats, Luxury Sedan LARRY H.MmLLER Lex<XUusS 5701 South State ¢ 264-3600 exchaton MAU” $4.280 $5,000 fatal dae at ae sigrsng. 12.000 rales per yar, Flemihan! $20,021.68. Marit p Clserory mast tie then cu of ahr vertry by Owe 31, 1000 OAC fac #9667 | Unat Stite tong tat, wre 1 1 All you needto play the gameand take ere oot fthe table. to. _ __fite with your poo!table purchase. Ex, This game was added fo the scheduleonly in September. after a mixup caused SU's opening gameto be can: celed SUU is trying for its fs eight-win seasonsince A J 1 FREE Accessories Kit About the Thunderbirds: The gamepits twonearly opposite aE CY ' w Series: First meeting ears. Sx ' @ Kickoff:11:30 a.m. MST the Bears, whohadfielded a team for 10 } (8-4, 446)is last in the conference in all | threeof those categories. ia 6835 So.State Salt Lake City, Utah www.valleyspa.com 6 MONTHSNO INTEREST 100%Financing- Same As Cash/OAC SUUat MoreheadState as 300 1 in the conference in passing offense, | scoring offense and total offense. Cal VALLEY SPAS & BILLIARDS AtJayne Stadium, Morehead, Ky. in thefirst Big Game, on March 10, 1892, Stanford madeits intercolleg! football debut with a 14-10victory over teams. Stanford (61, 63 conference) is fourth in the nation in tc with 473 yards per game and ranks No. On select Brunswick Billiards Lables yardsin a seasonto 16 years LexKUusS | Stanford has not won an undisputed Nevada. USUat Nevada S Last meeting: Nevada 26, USU21 (1998) gi wonsix consecutive games ‘against WashingtonState, includ ing both athome.. They won both exniotion gamesoverthe last two weeks... CoachElaine Brown had 148 yards and a touch- down in last year's 2621 loss to aT ck 5,Pri OL Aili iinthgane O41), Fouledvat None. Uiah, 9degen 9 Renuchy 3 {Prince 1) AsitsUush To (Jensen. Harvey 2) Ken tucky U1Smith 8). Total fouls Ua17, eatucky 10 @ Atthe Marriott Center. Provo w Series: Utah leads, 6-1 @ Last: Utah 81, WSU70 (1998) Nevadayielded David Ward, 199 to Oregon § e's Ken Simonton and 147 to Colorado State’s Kevin McDougal a ateeip. (MST) BYU vs. OklahomaCity @ Atthe Huntsman Center Last week, Jonathan Adams had 165 yards rus ont Zachery added 149 as State rompedto a 44-28 win @ At Mackay Stadium, Reno. Nev. @ Line: Nevada by 3 MEN'S: COLLEGE: BASKETBALL TONIGHT. to becomethe league's all-time TD leader. ‘The Wolf Pack have to deal with USU senior DemarioBrown, pursuing his school's e rushing mark of 3,933 yards The table will last for generations. ence championship game,” says Arslanian, whose Aggies comeoff their second bye weekof the season. halfceurt. “Ouroffense is way behind sen nowfer a myriad of reasons,” said from scheduling anything next week, & Continued from B-1 cu ). Ret or FA 9 Rs 1). Assists SUL Ti lonhous3 AFA 6 (Hunter 3), A250 Utah State and Nevada seemingly hadlittle te play for today until Jeff Tisdel announced it would be his final game as the Wolf Pack hi GelmRyZA LS. Inetee BN TAL Be sure to catch Jazz Tonight” Pe HOLUA A) | Your Utah Jazz Station... 1 t di |
