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Show eee8 } ; : : BASKETBALL Sunday,January 14, 2001 Brigham Young 79, San Diego State 50 50 Years Later, BYU’S NIT Still Memorable. , Improved Aztecs: Lyday, Whiting bury SDSU from the outside and scored 17. The Cougars tied a ‘school record with 13 threes, on 26 named the tournament’s MVP for averaging almost 27 points for the three games.“Everything came together for us.I believe it was no accident they'll call an offensive foul,” Minson said. “They played a different style in the East. So I said, ‘Guys, let’s go hard to the basket. They can’t stop us.’” The question, however, was: Could they stop Seton Hall’s 7-foot center, Walt Dukes? “We may need stilts,” fretted Watts. They had something better, though: Hutchins, the All-America center, who held Dukes to 17, while Minson scored 26 to disappointthe Rick Egan/TheSalt Lake Tribune BYU's Terrell Lyday blocks the shot of San Diego State’s Marcelo Gorrea in a Mountain West matchup Saturday at the Marriott Center. BYU 79, San Diego State 50 But BYU was ready and waiting Jake Chrisman was busy under- for exactly that worked on thatall week, on drawingthedefense and passing the neath. After San Diego State gathive rebounds in the first two minutes of the game, or three people on someone, guys are going to be open.” , guys named Ter- “He flat told me my entire job was to rebound. [Randy] Holcomb was killing us,” Chrisman said. “I his six aad out,” said Cougar Coach Steve Cleveland. “Any time you put two assistant coach Heath Shroyer gave Chrisman challenge. this season put them at big dis- advantage. “We had the same exState [in an 80-52 loss] when we ‘SANDIEGO STATE(02, 105) Holomb 5-13 34 13, Epps 24 02 4, Corea 34 2:3 Mowe05000 Faur26008Acten240.06Wek OS00 mee perience a month ago at Arizona threes bei points, while with24 Whiting went 5for-8 Holcomb, who led the with 13 points, had only six. Aztecs them were lured to BYU by re said Hutchins, who was the NBA’s rookie ofthe year in 1952 and had a distinguished seven-year pro career. cruiter Dave Crowton — grandfather of the new Cougar football coach, Gary Crowton — andit’s a group remarkable for more than basketball.U All 13, for example, are It was an even bigger deal after BYU’s “nomads ofthe hardwoods,” as The Tribune called them, wal- BYU. They have 300 grandchildren towomen they met at them, andmost served a5: Again, Hutchins provided the de, But thattournament remains FockyMaurtatsConbrers utTie impromptu parade that night, fill between first went on the road,” he said. “We're not 30 points better than loped Dayton 62-43 on March 17 for thetitle behind Minson’s 26 points. fense, hand Dayton star bishops or higher in the Mormon Don Meineke, who scored only Church. ‘seven points. : San Diego State, but tonight we —_were.” ‘Fisher didn’t buy the excuse. fresh in thesee eats rell Lyday and TrentWhiting, who just tried to get to every ball I “We could have played this in the shot potuters the way Tiger» oud: ; Staples Center in Los Angeles and Woods putts, Lyday made five of He got to eight in 20 minutes, it wouldn’t have made any differae championshipfeat and remember their days under Coach Stan Watts, who died in April. Many of _Provoans celebrated with an tng Oster Street with cars, these Hep INiMwEGNIL ey inoitowtane headed to New York, where “no-” “That wasa great team. It was » nat, i Be body gave us much of a chance, ence. They just shot very well. said reserve forward Leon Heaps. e-mail: pmiller@sltrib.com “People back East didn’t believea great year,” said Hutchins. “These are theclassiest people I've ever known.” STATE Utes Plodding Their Course Back Into Top 25 : ecmcae ; ty of Utah women’s basketball team isbacktowinning defense as Weber State rolled toa ee ad gw'sevsutmsnosiscameos ight victory athe Big Conference. WSU 50 per- centto Sac State's $4 percent at the games in its own style. McColl 00 22 2, Suk 02 22 2, Red-Castagnetin 03000. Dee Events Center in Ogden. nents to about -Boy Be SancoSTATE86,11 for the : Be Cate sone s9 in good shape,” said SUU Coach oa Hilt whose io: is 97 ove and 41 in Continent Conference. id- e2124412tangean 1-4 0-1 2, Mortensen 2-9 7-10 Mitaty 18244 Wage 8 125, 0826004 tee TOE Hornets, who were out- ,,wereen675730, Janam 211024,Hexen 98007, clamped downonSan Diego State, eeeStictnoRsnsts scored 51-19 inthe second half, ——_ayasv0sGow (3002totnydesnTams218 game Saturday at Cox Arena in San night The Utes rarely win elegantly, but they are battling their way back toward the Top 25 after consecutive losses knocked them out of the current Press poll. Utahis30in the MWC, with home opener against Colorado State. Th ‘Halt . S08U 28,S08U17. oC o u Boyd 3:10 TaTao00 Santen 40519082 UNLV 61, BYU50 Young was swept on wenenstaiepad) 1, Saegr30014 eumeen201Carcaniee 34009, Yang34248,Gaieo20 1-15, HarartShap02 0,Sargoon0.0121. Towle570 122207 We. Montana 79, Westminster 64 scored 26 points, UNLV 31-18 at halftime and SUU 69, Y: tier Conference loss at Dillon, Mont. Thy , the Cougars fell Center Lauren Beckman posted gag, Utes, while guards Lindsay Her- weber $1. $7, Sacramentn St.45 ——e Stat dhbse eee Megan Woolston scored 20 Crystal Howe led a balanced of- sey Hille had 12 points for SUU at Im rove to 2-0 Carla Taylor endorsed her team’s “Ifwe keep this going, we will be ’ season-high 14 rebounds and Lind- Yi , Ohio. BY MICHAEL C. LEWIS the ballgame.” THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE: fashion, contributions from every! while Daniels and guard Tony Brown were shut They did it in typical Aggie Bobbled the team for the second straight game with 18 points and seven rebounds his three- center Jeremy g Hi Vague pulled down five boards in minutes. But the key was (lefense, and Daniels. The Ags hayeheld four of their last five opponents to less than 40-percent shooting. “Tt’s not just one or two people playing ” Daniels said. “It’s the whole team, and that’s the reason we won.” e-mail: mcl@sltrib.com Utah State 73, Pacific 59 PAC ones 46 1-211, Bulngame392:2 10, Shenil2-7 7-8 12, $47.7 101024 Cowngon7-184 1. Gesanan02000, Semen ee Montana35, Westrinstr$3. Penguins Put Chill On SUU Streak ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Youngstown State broke Southern Utah's six-game winning streak with a 73-67 decision Saturday night in Mid-Continent Conference men’s basketball at Youngstown, Ohio, preventing the Thunderbirds from taking early control ofthe league race. Craig Haese scored 24 points and TeJay Anderson made all nine of his shots in adding 20 points for the ins, JeffMonaco led SUU with 18 points, Dan Beus added 13 Fred House had 11. The T-birds had rallied from 15 points down in the second half to within two in the last nine min- tes p’ In Conference @ Continued from C-1 team if we hadn’t struggled in the preseason,” said forward Phil Cullen. Going into the conference season, Utah had taken outa patent on losing close games, In their 3-5 De- cember, which included only one quality win, the Utes led late in all five losses. : Once the New Year dawned, Utah put away childish things and ing the outcome of pulled away in the last five minutes. Now,nail-biters don’t faze Utah. “It helps you grow,” said center Said forward Britton Johnsen: dunk away from House and gave him a charging foul. “That was a crucial turning point in the game . . . it killed our momentum,” said SUU Coach Bill Evans. The T-birds made 16 of 26 shots 10-8) 4-101910,Han 51222 12, Jaton240404, 26.22 6 Holaw 5-8 22 6, Kictowsl “The losses helped us, because you realize how sick that feeling in your gutis afterwards.In the past, in close games, we usually messed itup.” Against the Rebels, with the score tied at 63-63, Utah went on a 100 run over a_ three-minute stretch. While UNLV (1046, Bat half day. layups. “It was nice to finish a game," said Utah acting head coach Dick Hunsaker. “Wereally haven't fin’ ished a game in such a manner.” Utah finished thefirst half well, after ing numerous mistakes to let UNLVtakea lead. The Utes committed 13 turnovers and allowed seven offensive rebounds in thefirst half, allowing UNLV what seconds left tied the score at 33-33, , In the secondhalf, Utah turned the ball over only three times and gaveupfour offensive boards. “The game was changed on the defensive end,” Hunsaker said. UNLV’s all-conference center, Kaspars Kambala, can attest to those words, Faced with a doubleteam each time he touched the ball; Kambala was forced to get most of his 12 points on offensive rebounds. Utah's strategy offensively was to attack him. Playing only sit minutes before fouling out, Utalt center Nate Althoff scored eight points. ‘i For the second consecutive game,four Utes scored in double JC transfer Kevin Bradley, led the Utes with 13 points. Utah 79, UNLV 70 LY(14, 106) (D. Johnon4-11008,Klly 1-60-02, Kamba4-11 4-4428 = i gia a i[i i : il Hi f i i Fae ee | ati fe ephee 8a5 itii the U One-Man ‘Swat’ Team: Daniels Lifts Ags * " WESTMNSTER(I25,31) sixth Utah’s leading scorer, missed her fense with 17 points and Coach laf but Westminster suffered its first Fron- points asstraight Southerngame. 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