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Show 1 GOLF: GEIBERGER LEADS BUICK D-2 @ UTES: GRAVES TAKES JOB WITH BILLS _D-3 PREPS D-4 FEBRUARY8, 2001 Aggies Get Evenin a Big Way FOUR CONTINENTS USU avenges only Big West loss with rout of UC Irvine ae es a 67-52, =e ee pear aoe away from UC Irvine. = ee ee ee ceri for the entire winning streak and extended the Ag- roaragg ciara er victory re snapped the Anteaters’13- ewle had to get them THE SALTLAKE TRIBUNE LOGAN — Eightdays later, the Utah State Aggies finally played the basketball jore importanttly, it moved the Re $i)) Mor back,” point guard Ber AWMMeete go back int a tie with UCI for snare nard Rock said. with six The Aggies did that, and some, With forwards Shawn Daniels and Curtis Fay biay ni sean Ot ieee gains ot Hee against Big West Conference opponents, Aggies brought everything they had to this' game. They whooped and a time and made a 17-2 team that was supposed ‘ to be challenging for league supremacy look likejust another Idaho. cost them 26-game and defended, and blew the Anteaters out i . “It’s a huge win,” Coach Stew Morrill said) they meantto play against UC Irvine. And boy, was it impressive. Fueled by a passion to avenge the loss that Pi ctl putpomare emg oe,| Certainly,if they come in here and beat us,they're ingreatshape.” careers, they blitzed the Anteaters after half- ‘he Aggies were not about to let that Backed by a crowd of 10:14 — just 158 “We're a better team,” Bobb said. “Not to a #17 UTAH 62, SAN DIEGO STATE 45 2nd-Half Storm Utes come alive with 31-11 blitz to throttle Aztecs Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune Usesire ite: Nik ation 6 the coo Gorn her short program at Continents Championships at the Delta Center on Thursday. Malinina Stumbles To Day One Lead Dlonahip 202 » @teteventforthe 2002 Winter Olympics. Five-time U.S. | BY KATHY STEPHENSON care THR GALE LANE TRE Falls and eectSenos Taare ove thehg Vase fig- ure skaters Thursday in the Four Continents Championship at the Delta Center. When it was all over, is fourth. “Tt was not so clean,” said the 1999 champion from Uzbekistan, who landed on both feet when completing her started when they and-coming skater Sarah c dahly 31-27 with also ‘from.’ the + < > ‘ yi United States, did not at tend. Both skaters are focusing their attention on the Grand Prix, next arg ateeot ase first, heading into the finals Saturday at 2 p.m. The short program counts for one-third of thefinal score. Fumie Suguri, the nacal was second, and Shizuka Arakawa of Ja-~ pan was third. Jennifer Kirk of the United States second hal, featur: ing a 31-11 run that champion Michelle Kwan and up- bass arabe » SCHEDULE TODAY 2pm. Free Dance Tp. Men's Free Skate won Me their 7 eighth straight game in was not the only one to stumble Thursday. Suguri fell on her triple'jump. Her Japanense teammate, Yoshie Onda, was fifth. Nikodinov, the U.S. bronze and defending Four Continents jion, slipped to sevmth when she failed to OS ercn — five trademark 4 players ranging from eight points. Actually, k surfaced as the team’s scoring leader in league play, averaging 16.7 points for the first trip around the MWC. As if design, the Utes proved they. survivewithout performance at the Skate halftime lead on Amy Ewert’s late SATURDAY Complete a triple jump — 2pm. it was only a double. She Women's Free Skate #180 missed a double axel. Last fall after a poor 7pm. ®xhibitionGala turned home to PnDee tts arly lates he. Teton Sik the Batoltalier ure skater of the six whoqualified for the Grand Prix Series Finalsto her Thursday. Utah trailed 15-10 midway through the first half when Beckman exited with three fouls, but they managed a 23-21 America competition in double axel and triple flip jumps. “I was terribly nervous going into the competi- tion, because I didn’t compete so layup and stayed barely in front second-halfcharge, to — including getting a new ee finished with 12 . See FIGURE SKATING,Page D-6 UsAryEwe, if, les San igo Sts Sophia Sor aoe bal Tay nit a he Huntsman Utes remained undefeated in the Mountain West with their victory. SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS For Schlopy in Giant Slalom ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE bikedtheme's hiked the men’s tpidwnhil Olympic downhill wins gold; Austrians shut OUt g..anin or super. He won this event in FO uperdrien BY TOM WHARTON races, part of the Nor Am Cup cir- ‘THR SALT LAKETRIBUNE ST. 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