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Show rs re WHS The Salt Lake Tribune COLLEGE BASKETBALL Red-Hot Aggies Sunday, January 16, 2000 Thorn Leads Cougars Over the Aztecs UTAH STATE UC IRVINE (> (cra 32128denen Green 3432 & Jactson 4223 Boratssncet enat32004Beam0¢08 Ohare 2903dome4 7% CraN STATEGrS 30 Daniels 35006 Brown 37 46%, Jorusen 35226 Rock 35004 Rolle #10 1-5 Mk Stewart @3 12 Wikies 141 HER Thomas 13022 22025, Bailey 24014 Bobb 4656 18 Mahorn 25004 Halftime Rolle the Anteaters : BY MICHAEL C. LEWIS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE enn, os~rey Rolle and Jerry was riding a pretty hot Sireak when Utah State played UC le pe Tae mk oe When it was over, though, onl; Rolle was still rocking. ee een Carla Taylor said. ONT 4 D1) trouble with San Diego State in women's basketball Saturday night. The Cougars won 60-37 at Cox Arena in San Diego. BYU led 33-16 at halftime, and the Aztecs could not even match the 44 points they scored Thurs- The gies put together a complete defensive after day in a nine-pointloss to Utah. Jill Adams added 12 points for BYU and Jennifer Leitner had 10. BYU (123, 2-0) had its best de- shots and scoring 18 points in an 81-46 victory that gave the Ags a 20 start in the Big West Conference. Last year, Rolle was 8of-8 from the field — in- renee coereentrs gree UCL “When Troy wants to play,” team- mate Curtis Bobb said, “he's an unbelievable player.” Rolle missed hisfirst shot, buthit was the desperation three-pointerthat forward Brennan Ray heaved in from 24 feet away, after picking up a loose ball with one second left on the shot clock just before halftime. “Hedid that samething in practice, a coupleofdaysago,” Rolle marveled. And the result could mean a lot WERESTD (Geckos 142-24 Harmar 444 Sarwan $4028 Surge 612 34 1G On S17 64 18 Weg 3722 8 Mes 00 000, Seeeee 2 Reger SS Teme poe 62 3ae ComperPpa1; WUDSarge 27, Onan 28 Wg 1” Southern Utah 62, UMKC 48 Rr Lindsay Hate pot teen0 (ile 24 Sapeen 12. Pa 1 (chee02 Jahren 24 Veta 1Power 1,Kage man01) WAL 420 25 Ada02 Fer02. Jommtowe02, a Hill scored 17 points and Southern fensiveeffort of the season,allowing its fewest points. San Diego State shot just 31 percent. Guard Jamey Cox was the only Aztec to manage double figures, going 4-of- “Weneed to take this act on the ~ ‘Nobody more than Bernard Rock. The Aggie point guard drew the defen- sive assignment against Green, who had scored 52 points in his last two games,and held him to eight points on 3-of-8 shooting. Green also committed four turnovers and made only two assists. inst the Aggie defense,the rest spasm.The only shot more impressive Conger5064 Wp2047 2 Repe +7082 Kar qaget mgoseez Ragwoneet Memes: 908 Vahey 12007 068 Deg37616 TomeZO 12% e of the Anteaters did not do anybetter. Only forward Sean Jackson cracked double figures with 13 points, and the Anteaters were forced to settle for far too many outside shots because they could not set up an inside game. Utah State wenton a 15-4 run early in the second halfto increase its lead to 22 points, “and basically it was over,” UCI Coach Pat Douglass said. “We had Olowoyo, Spivey Lead SLCC to Win night. “We need him to do thatfor us,” Morrill said. Only two bits of bad news marred the Aggies’ biggest conference since beating the Anteaters by 37 three years ago. ees eae aee eee tly straining a muscle in ine ina fight fora Yoose ball, and y Brown's constreak ended at26. Brown actually missed two foul shots (of six), something he had never done in making 83-0f-88 free throwsin his preriaaes pace ee en A Gill Lifts Weber Past Montana THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Eddie Gill’s 10-foot, leaning shot with twoseconds left gave WeberState a 78-76 victory over Montana in Big Sky Conference basketball Saturdayat ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Missoula, Mont. Carmie Olowoyoand Travis Spivey Harold Arceneaux scored a seasonhigh 33 points and Gill added 24 for the Wildcats, accounting for all but 21 of WSU’spoints. Shane Christensen led era with 22 and Matt Williams combined for 35 points as 20th-ranked it Lake Community College defeated Utah Valley State College 85-71 Satur- day night in Scenic WestAthletic Conference men’s basketball at Orem. Olowoyo finished with 19 and Weber State (11-4,3-1)trailed by 14 points in thefirst half and was down 57-46 on three-pointer by UM's Brent ies added 16 points and nine rebounds. ‘The Bruins built a 15-pointlead in thefirst half, but UVSC cameback to cutthe deficit to 40-39 at halftime. SLCCagain wenton a secondhalf run to buildits lead back to 17 points Leahh Hogsten/The ‘Salt Lake Tribune SLCC’s Tara Cook strong arms Utah Valley's Kristen Saliby, but Utah Valley won the game. and coasted the remainderof the way. dim Hanchett led UVSC with 17 points. The Wolverines outrebounded SLCC (48-38), but UVSC shot 33 percentfor the game, compared with the Bruins’ madea layupto cut the Montana lead to 74-73 with 1:38 remaining. Arcene- aux hit his sixth three-pointer of the e with 53 seconds left, giving Weberits first lead at 76-74. WEBER STATE (11-4) 2000, Arceneaitx 10-16 7.7 3, 52 percent. SLCC improved to 7-0 in conference Tanta. oe 1546 11, Hen 18.466, Jackson 26 Cheesman 230-4 Wits ooconcu 2002 foe iat 7117,Bewn0-0000 03026 play and 16-2 overall. UVSC is 61 in Teague play. In women’s play, UVSC used Kristen Saliby’s 17 points and 14 rebounds to defeat SLCC 75-66. Marie Worsham led the Bruins with 17 points. Kristi Fehr added 16. SLCC is 3-4 in confer- ‘Vecchio 0.0000, Morrison01000. Totals 27-5 131978. MONTANA (7-7) 2612.5Willems6117.10 3, Davis Laerprenmas BYU's six-game winning streak is the team’s longest since 1992-93 Oy season. At 12-3, BYU is also off to its best start since that season, a (pay es ces year when the team went 24-5 to capture the regular-season WAC ce title. yu (Caf 20-04, Wilkens 10-03, Adams44-4 12, Thom62-2 18, Jensen 32-2 9, Leitner 5 0-0 10, Beus 20-0 4. Totabe 23 Ho. ‘SAN DIEGO STATE 20-04, Osi 1 44.6, Apia 324 8, Lee 30-06, Cox 4 125 11, Wheeler 10-02. Totals 14 7-11 37. (Adame ‘3(Bundage Assiate—BYU 15 (Adams and Jensen 5) San Diego Sate 7 (Bundage and Le 2). Utah 76, UNLV 46 After beating San Diego State by nine points Thursday, Coach Elaine Elliott suggested that her University of Utah team would pe to battle that way in every ¢ this season. Not Saturday. The‘Utes blasted UNLVatthe Thomas & MackCenterin Las Vegas. P1SS/B0R13 —4 Radials For $60 MatsSoe ~ 4 Rate For $80 4 Sze - 4 Ral For $80 Sophomore guard Erin Gibbons has hada fairly quiet season _ after a strong freshman season, but she camealive Saturday. Gibbons scored 17 points on 4-0f-5 shooting from three-point range. Amy Ewert added 15 points and eight rebounds, while Lindsay Sodja scored 11 points for Utah (11-4). UNLV (8-7) was led by Con- stance Jinks’20 points. Utah used a 27-7 run over 12:18 in the second half to take a commanding 63-39 lead with 5:07 to play. 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HB493-4 12,Bove480-8, Ramey000-00, Galagher0000 Bene 18 for 11 points. 13 points and eight rebounds.“The whole game was dictated by our defensive pressure,” WSU Coach P235/60R15 Black Pt 4 $638 P195/60R15° P205/60R15* ry 55.99 ~Black letters. Call fr. other sizes. ‘Black letters. Call for other sizes. zs Ce Taye a Sale on Firehawk R45 ~- iF JC Basketball Has Big-Time Players, Too are from the state. The schools have to UNLV. The credits he earned at Dixie would havetransferred to Irvine Val- helped place Spivey with Parrish at ‘SLCC last August. Spiveyfell into Parrish’slap just as he learned his starting “Mypresident has madeit pretty clear we're a community college, and three credits short and was ineligible to transfer to UNLV,Clark asked Rose if Parrish said. “Over the years, we're probablybetteroff doing it that way.” Not all Scenic West schools are alike. The College of Southern Idaho, Rose's response: “Sure, that would be fine, big fella.” transferring to Weber State, where he is sitting outthis season. “That's the stuffyou deal with,” said Parrish,in his ninth season at SLCC. NowSan Jose State’s coach, Barnes is recruiting Spivey. But ‘Spivey, whois oral commitment. Most'players at Utah juniorcolleges kept the community college mission. he likes to see the ‘UT” ontherosters,” @ Continued from B-1 which has enjoyed enormous basketort currently has no players also get transfers from Divisionatenooln ‘Two UVSCplayers have Division I experience: former BYU guard Scot Sonnenberg and Shane Willis, who transferred from Utah after playing at Hawaii. Before going to UVSC six years ago, Reinert had never been involved with junior college athletics. A formerassistant at Nebraska and BYU, Reinert was a teammate of John Stockton at from Ir Utah inode do recruit out of state, using schol as enticement. As with the traditional Division I grants, the JCathletic scholarshippaysfor tuition, books, room and board, Instead of a finite numberofschol- arships, the coaches have a certain amountof money they can dole out.Ifa Gonzaga — “Back then, we passed to him,” he said? Until he got there, he had the wrong ee ofJC ball in Utah. “Tthoughtititwas a place for kids to develop,” he Instead, Teltoert found out, “You have to be ableto play right now.” G Light: In some ways, JC teams might play the mostentertainingbasketball. NBA ball has become a game of isolation where teams exploit individual advantages. At the Division o I r. one ortwo players handle most the scoring. Ie 0 bak hes ac batagn lz Sphere, in which there are no bad shots, “In junior college, every kid wants to score, because he thinks that’s his ticket out,” SLCC Coach Norm Parrish said. “You just see a lot of free ‘Thtee of the 10 Scenic West teams average more than 90 points a game. Like his eee West coaching brethren, Reinert scouts players with Division I talent. Because Division I usually player lives at home and does not need room and board, more moneyis available to theothers. An out-of-state player more likely would get a full ride. Not all junior colJeges give scholarships, though, which is an obvious benefit for the Utah schools. Well Traveled: With the full ley, his original college. Whenhefell hecouldplay a semesterat Dixie. Clark averaged 15.2 points and 11.1 rebounds in 17 games at Dixie and ae offers. Utahhas showninterest in season for his involvement with an agent. The Orlando Magic then took him with the13th pickof the 1998 draft. Parrish’s starting point guard also are filling a roster, JC coaches are like the small-town mayor whoalso serves as the justice of the peace and of the volunteer fire at gia Tech and transferred to TowaState. Anse having legal problems, he left TowaState for SLCC. adviser, weight training coach and who ended up taking a long road to me and another guy,” Rose said. “I Coach Larry Eustachy had Mills at Utah State. thestaff. “In juniorcollege, you're doing it all he was suspended muchof his senior has taken circuitous route to SLCC. Travis cary began his college career Utah State four years ago. Iowa State Eustachy’s assistant, Steve Barnes, ride, many great players have passed through the state. WeberState's Harold Arceneaux and Eddie Gill each came from out of state to play at Eastern Utah. Arceneaux, from New Orleans, played at Eastern Utah as a freshman and thentransferred to Midland Junior College in Texas. The nomadic Arceneaux is not unique, “There's a storyfo for every kid,” Rose said. “The stories of how they end up where they end up are unbelievable.” Rose cites the example At Dixie, Rose served as academic ee anthem before games. “I coached for10 years at Dixie,just cameto BYU,and there's five of us on D cedeettens. eealge yourself.” JustWhat Your Car Needs Bald or Thinning MEN/WOMEN WANTED BOUNTIFUL Firestone re replacement company Is looking for people of all ‘examples of the great look we can achieve for you.If you Guayouwl fave Yurhar restored to the way YOU WOUC0D, or 530 S. 500 W. Just the cost of the lab fee. COTTONWOOD * THE HAIR eae Eilat 5 R Dan! “Don't you think ae 's) going to ‘get Division 1 offers' Relnert's res) “TL hope he Irie doesn't,then I T'm reeruttingie ron since has given Utah an \ x Mal SALT LAKE Firestone 968-494 740"* 204 E. 300 S. 363-6741 24-5952 MURRAY ane he 4835 5Highland Di ir. 6102S.State 262-2658 2018. 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