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Show STO WEBRESBAI! BYUoutscored 14-71 in nughty and Nice final minutes of1-paint loss to South Alabama he key word for this year’s nee wish-list column is. . joy. Ye and peace. . and love Renderness. First and foremost, we all of that on everybodyin and ind the world of sports. It’s just in somecases, we wisha little pin’ extra. Like for Rae Carruth. Wish him joy,peace,love, tenderand, if convicted, a life sentence sout parole.It’s the holiday season, ail. ne tosis aUbapedood and give andgive. thegifts we ndge ieee an Santa fop on sports’ naughty and nice. SFee i iitigeeces seetiee ea ee ee ee eeree Jags ip Cougs BY PHIL MILLER THE lost the basketball gameby a single point. The game of H-O-R-S-E was evencloser. South Alabama outscored the Cougars 14-7 over the final) 3% minutes Tuesday night to capture a 64-63 victory that featured more n inan, who was often urged, “Give hell and Tish Baldridge, who sat, “Give and let live” and to who- down one-handers, both-sides-of-therim-and-off-the-glass prayers and ey pie Pies wipe vnnes Bo ar: trad ition w: ie significant trpm, See oe “eesiomakingastand one-legged three-pointers while \lean ing almostparallel to the floor. Most playground games, anyway. |The game-winner was a running bank a shot that shook the backboard.) Bi- spre Olden Polynice — amade free a zarre? You half expected them to choose upshirts and skins and play odtive made free throws. avin. Instead,7-2 BYU was left to agoniize - {and a gameunder control. When South Al- rary ies— Jon Huntsmy’s private number. ae center Virgil Stanescu, the ’ only reliable inside scorer, pee) out with 7:35 to play, BYU led foeKaniMalco — 0,0 pote A ohnSockon— 10 ants overthe endofits five-game winniing streak, made especially painful ibecause the Cougars seemed to havethe for Jerry Sloan — ‘a bench. for Ron McBride —a full stadium. 53-44. Fa henagcha a forpractice faci for aridi sage wealtl hylertorfrom. SLC. Dave Arslanian —a coaching | y and -— shots “There wasa lotof bizarre stuffout there, wasn’t there?” said Jaguars Coach Bob Weltlich, shaking his head. Nah, most gamesincludefalling- will eat es andfightlike devils” and my Carew, who penned, “Give me e love or more disdain” and Harry jor JeffHornacek —a hundred con- | —| RIBUNE ill-advised — yet effective than fraternity part inft | LAI MOBILE, Ala. — Brigham Young He eaieos Sener a Sasctonee The Cougars,whohadnot playedia gamecloser than 11 points all year., Ze oan nee figured they knew what camenext. Terpers flare as Weber State's Dan Del Vecchio throws a wil punch at Utah State's Brennan Ray, who had fouled Del Clear the bench and cuethecredits, Vecchio from behind during the second half on Tuesday night. Del Vecchio received a technical foul because of the incident. right? Nobody told Ravonte Dantzler and Fromesont Weber State KOs Utah State |." lor Rance Pugmire—a conference. || é brtrele GaniGene id brValHalefag to burn, br. Judkins courage spek on the record. ter pr Pat Kinahan —a courtside seat at te Huntsman Center. thee 4 ee me 8 Re Kramer — dysentery. ; death br theBCS br undefeated Marshall — some- thig more than the Motor City Bowl. br — bowl berths in $n Diego and Tucson. Danny Ainge — Barney videos. sabe hates Bariey —an open iets on br ee — Andre Miller. niveraotesse Club. oe br inl petalito tee ee Moae te ae eae i Jeff Triplette — ‘a Clee re — Brett Favre. Favre — Mike br Brett Fir the Utah Starz —an oe Dancers — rhythm. ctkgtieetmem Pr SLOC—nota i i { % eps that the Aggies could have i Top 25 Men with some desperation three-pointers been expected to beat the Wildcats on onyaftr the Wildcats (63) got bored in 1 BY MICHAEL C. LEWIS ————__—_. ir home floor, “These guys beat North Carolina last ea OGDEN—CoachStew Morrillhatesto admit it, but his Utah State Aggies prob- ably never did stand much of a chance Dee Events Center on Tuesday night. against the Weber State Wildcats at the “We're not tough enough yet,” he said. Simple as that. And in the wake of an 96-73 loss that Morrill said. “But we're not.” are, Let’s talk about how good they are. and guard Eddie Gill — the two future extended the Wildcats’ homecourt win- ning streak to 28 games, Morrill was not perueiary inclined oieee deeper any problems mi have.In fact, he grew pretty angry at the qT ‘The Wildcats are a differentstory. Behind forward Harold Arceneaux They've got two pros out there. . ata taoacl bs cine ti Sores Lest pros to whom Morrill alluded — they finally broke from a streak of poor first first half doesn’t seem to be asking too before halftime,and his flurry ofaction at Instead, the Aggies missed eight of their first 10 shots and scored all of 25 points in the first half while falling be. ee ee me eaoeee straight demoralizing. the Aggies (6-4), who made it appear close ‘ Before Tuesday's 64-63 at South Alabama, BYUhad not played a basketball game decided by fewer than 11 points, The Cougars’ results scons = MAROM them?” halves to shoot 60 percent and bury the Maybenot. Aggies ear! But staying within 20 points in the __Arceneaux scored 16 of his 24 points much. Sleapers “I wish we were better than we are,” year,” he said, his voice rising as he threw a thumb toward the WSU locker room. “Let's not overanalyze how bad we C6 BYU minutes. * the end of the first half helped send the HeoWw 92-64 W 8-62 91: . 81-58 W Aggies to their fifth loss in seven meet- Sete. 78-67 -W. The Wildcats already were on their Weber 4.) 9883 Wy ings with WSU. Texas Southern wayto the rout when Arceneaux drilled a 76-61 W ea ee South Aiabema’ See WILDCATS,Page C-6 6483 1 O'Neal — the Mau- at te ; . 7 in first half of 86-73 victory br Alex Jensen —a crack at the NB. br Hanno Mottola — the NBA lot- | ; Wildcats shoot 60 percent down Stewart — 00-yard sports — peaceon earth, -—and reduced ticket prices fans. ° e 4 NQ, 1 Bingham Rallies * * ast Rival 2 . Finn ;Tightens. Grip on; Top Spot in Nordic Combined Riverton BY BRIAN MAFFLY BY JAY DREW Proheus ‘THE LAKETRIBUNE SALT brief moment in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Bingham- the biggest upset of the sosson top-ranked top seven spots in a close finish of a 7.5-kilometer cross country ski race. one Tip my heart out than to once the aa ee ee Bingham’s “Pit.” The Silver SOUTH JORDAN — For 8 Wolves seemed ready to pull off Riverton ip thought cronsed the minds ‘Miner stars Jason Baker Mike Higgins that they might STEAMBOATSPRINGS,Colo. — Scandinavians dominated Tuesday’s World Cup Nordic-combined sprint event, with the Finns and Norwegians claiming six of the apedl 51-47, 7 eseld vom hare Samppa Lajunen, a 20-year-old Finn, tightened his grip on the topoverall WordCupp ranking after ing hardly a eTtn— vin Seinentome lose their first game against the three guys who played signifi. cantly for Bingham last year — was leading by six points and had the ball in front of the 108¢ to ey on our thing: it, Baker made a huge three- pointer standing-room only crowd at ; bi Audimid/The Ammdaied Pree through the Sce MINERS, Page C~3 ton of the an Tuscday ubset ane ski-length ahead Norway’s Biarte Engen Vil dual-discipline sport's undisputed mas Beliaaeiaosaaecoat tion began with a singleround of amps ff bined’s traditional 15-km race. This sprint format, an exciting innovation to the sport, will make its Olympic de- but at the 2002 Winter Games. eam See FINN,Page C-2 Pot 3 4 i 4 LINE. A quick look at key final results in the world ofsports Top28 Men’s Basketbext #1 Stanford 76, Misa. St, 56 #11 Tent, 102, Amer.-Puerto 58 New Mexico 20, #3 Arisons 68 #90 Indiana @2, #8N. Carolina 73 #7 Auburn 73, Ve. ‘Tech63 #13 Okla. St. 64, Washington 72 Missouri 7%, #15 Dinois 72 #18 UCLA 68, Maine€2 #0 Florida 6, Rutgers65 Cal 72, #22 Gonmaga 64 #10Duke 109, Davideon65 5 Se Top 25 Women's Bestustbait ‘ _ #8 La. Tech 04, #11 Purdue 62 ¥18 Minots 68, CS Northridge 69 #4N.C,State 70,N. Hampshire 44/ W15 Rutgers 72, #6 UCLA 48 #9 Penn St. 79, Pittsburgh 58 #22 UC Santa Barbara 77, USC 58 #24 Tulane 81, Nicholls St. 58 #25 Texas 7, Arizona St. 63 #23 Kansas 71, #14 Arizora 68 #17 Duke 66, Liberty 45 i . T + |