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Show Sweet Music ] For Orangemen,, In Nashville —College Football,’C7 SheSaltLakeTribune SPORT fCTOy, RSDAY NHL HOCKEY C-2 @ TOP 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Ce4_ mi NBA BASKETBALL C-5 * Jazz Get 600th Win for Sloan Coach ‘doesn’t care,’ but he now ranks Cougars Get Win Despite ‘Weak Effort’ BY PHIL MILLER ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE among NBA’s best SANTA BARBARA, Calif They've played onboth coasts and ali! four time zones thepast two weeks, but nothing changes about the BY STEVE LUHM THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan reached a Brigham Young Cougi painfully thin, dangerously v ble whentheir shooting is off, entirely too dependant upon M milestone Wednesday night during the Jazz's 101-80 victory over Vancouverat the Delta Center. eeaod wasn't ‘Game at a Glance Wesley and Terrell Lyday. They Sloan becameonly And oh yeah, one other thing: NBAhistory to win 600 games with one They keep winning. BYU improved to 9-2 Wednesday night by holding off UC Santa Bar. ine third coach in bara, 57-48, in The Thunderdomede- spite the Cougs’ worst offensive night ofthe season. The Cougarssuffered through a 29 percent shooting night, including 3. of-20 from free throwsin the final two zantes of a close game, yet won. They “Nobody is inter- gered their coach with ill-advised ee cisions, blew a third straight double. digit lead in the secondhalfand, for the secondstraight game, committed atechnical foul becausethey can't get the paperworkright. Yet they won. “Two years ago, we had some games like that and welost by 30,” “Over the years I've been fortunate to coach [John] Stockton and {Karl} Malone and someother good players. Those guys ‘re responsible for the wins. I really didn’t have muchto do with it.” » Sloan's record with the Jazz improved 600-281. Auerbach won 795 games with said Coach Steve Cleveland, whose e Celtics, and Holzman won613with the Knicks. team has already won more road games — three — thanalloflast season. “This is a nice feeling,” He wasn’t nearly so chipper during a horrid first half, when the Cougars kepttrading errant shots, nearly ‘The only thing that counts in this business ii s winning a championship and Striving to do that,” Sloansaid. He was far more impressed by theef- fort of Stockton, who hadfive points and all of them from outside, for Gaucho turnovers. Cleveland laid into his 13 assists in 24 minutes just two nights after suffering a broken nose. » “He never said anything aboutit,” oe said. “Hejust said, ‘Fix it andlet's . Hey, I wantto see ifa guy has the players during consecutivetimeouts, hot overtheir willingness to settle for outside shots. “He wasn’t too happy about how wewere executing,” said reserve guard Todd Christensen, puts to play with a broken nose. That’s ‘whatit’s all about, if you ask me.” Stockton has missed only 22 games in his 16-year career, including 18 at the See JAZZ, Page C-3 ‘AlHarimann/The Salt Lake Tribune Utah forward Bryon Russell scrambles forthe loose ball underthe basket with pressure from Vancouver's Dennis Scott, left, and Grant Long. The Jazz defense forced 15 tumovers bythe Grizzlies,including fourin a row during onestretch. Pleasure of the Pursuit ‘winning in perspective BY JAY DREW ‘THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE after 21 years at the U. TAYLORSVILLE — More schools may want to consider 2 p.m. as the starting time for their varsity basketball games after the thrilling double- BY GORDON MONSON overtimecontest Taylorsville and No. 8-ranked Cottonwood produced on ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday afternoon. Basketball’s foremost lesson, among In a rare Christmas Break matinee, the many Elaine Elliott has absorbed over 21 years of coachingthe college game,is __________— almost shocking, alONSON’S | most unfathomable, the Colts survived a clutch shooting display by Taylorsville’s Jared Ruiz and got the breakout game everyone has been waiting for from 6-foot-10 almost heresy. It runs straight Brigham Young signee Derek Dawes. Cottonwood (8-0) made7 of 8 free-throw into the hot, gassy wind blow! the mouths unwise coaches everywhere. Butit is truth still, Tt is th: hum attempts in the second overtime and held off 4-4 Taylorsville’s mighty upset bid for a 66-62 victory. Dawes had his way against a Taylorsville squad that does not have a startertaller than 6-4, scoring 25 points. He made10 of 17 field-goal attempts, Leah MoqstenToe Salt Lake Tribune of Utah women’s besketball Coach Elaine Eliott keeps an eye on her than the pleasure of.....eqyad during a-recent practice. Elliott has been head coach atthe U.since 1983. ‘the pursuit. ‘To Elliott, this was news. Since she-) Moments after her Utes defeated BYU UtahFalls to Stanford See BYU,Page C-4 E Wednesday'sBig5Basketball C-3 Cottonwood Goes Double-OT For a Win Over Taylorsville ElaineElliott putting OPLE their three starting guards, yet won. They missed seven ested in that, and I don’t really care aboutit,” Sloan said. q cz evenget the scorebookstr‘aight pres franchise — joining Boston’s legendary Red Auerbach and Utah 101 New York’s Red HolzVancouver 90 man — after the Jazz Fest Fact: Jazz now 16-0 Pulled awayfrom the alltime vs. Vancouver pesky Grizzlies in the Next: Monday, at final six minutes. eBay DECEMBER30,199:9 C3 ‘The pleasure-of-the-pursuit profundity was learned — prompted two daysearlier by.a confrontation between the veteran head coach, who has won 332 games at Utah, and then-point guard Alli Bills practice, “We're winning andall,” Bills says, “but are you having any fun? If you are, I’m notseeingit.” Fun? Since when was basketball fun? "Thiswas no game.It was heavy lifting. Tt was succumbing to the hard pull. It was a construction project that tranone game, one team, one pro- gram. It was bigger than any of that.It See ELLIOTT, Page C-6 Boys, Boys BH G Girls isHoop Round Roundups ‘< C4 grabbed 11 rebounds,blocked five shots and hadfive assists. Ruiz, the younger brother of Taylorsville'’s national champion wrestler Justin Ruiz, matched Dawes with a career-high 26point game, making six three-pointers. “If you could ask for anything outof a non-region game, that wasit,” Cot- tonwood coach) Blair Martineau said. “All those tight, pressuresituations in the final momeats are what you hope for out of these. It gives you some good experience, We couldn't have scripted it any better.” Dawes could have. At the endof regulation, he took an inbounds pass with four secondsleft, spun right and suddenly found himself free for an easy, game-winning dunk. See COTTONWOOD,Page C-4 Tallaire Tallies Pair; Grizz Tip Moose ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. It takes only one player to break a slump. Sean Tallaire didit for the Utah Grizzlies. Tallaire scored twice in regulation and again in thetie-breaker against his formerteamtolead the Grizzlies to a4-3 shootout victory over the Manitoba Moose on Wednesday in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Tallaire scored against the Long BeachIce Dogs to help Utah break a three-gamelosing streak with a 3-1 win Tuesday. “He scored two unbelievable goals,” Utah Coach Bob Bourne said. “Even though he went on a five-game scoreless streak, Tally has been our most consistent ms all year long. He just keeps proving Utah (18-10-3)| has won both ofits games in Manitoba. A rare thing concone the Western Conference ling Moosearte 11-4-4 at home. The Gris trail Manitoba by six points, but Utah has played nine game less than thefirst-placle Moose. It was a see-saw game, as each time the Grizzlies toolt the lead the Moose responded. Tallairte gave Utah a 3-2 lead midway through the final period with his second goaloff the night, but Jim Montgomery tied the gamewith 51 seconds left as Manitoba pulled its goalie to get an extra atteicker. John Purves, Tiallaire, Richard Park and Jeff Sharples each beat Jason ‘See GRIZZ, Page C-5 A quick look at key final results in the world of sports #19 Wake Forest 84, Ohio 78(207) IML Hockey #22 Oklahoma 94, Mt. St. Mary's 41 Utah 4, Manitoba 3 Calgary 3. = 1 Philadelphia 3, Vancouver 2 (OT) Women's Top 25 Basketbail NHL Hockey #1 Connectiout 64, Oklahoma68 #5 Georgia 78, €. Tenn.State 61 Una ous fol sith Win Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2 (OT, Ottawa 3, Montreal 2 y : The Universtty of Ulah men's basketball te f shoot for ite 10th win of the #10 Notre Damme 88, Vaingrsiag 63 #16 UCLA 82, #18.0K Dominion 78 #19Arizona 60, Loutevite 70 New Jersay 5, Boston 4 (OT) Toronto 2, N.Y. Islanciere 1 Dalles 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 (OT) vs. Wisconsin: Nawau Huntsman Cen’ whe ~ Detalio, C-3 Colorade"A, Los Angolos 2 ee » Si |
