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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS + B7 Sunday, February 10, 2002 LIGHT RIDERS STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL First-Half Stumble Puts Cougars Behind for Good added 15 points for the Utes, who shot 48 percentfrom the field. Utah trailed 25-23 at eo but shot 59 percent in the second en’s basketball lead Saturday, but the Cou- nthe Utes are fifth in the Mountain West, No. 19 Colorado State. Shannon Strecker scored 19 points and Angie Gorton added 18 as the Rams won 75-65 but could moveup if UNLV’s Linda Frohlich, the league’s two-timeplayerof the year, remains ineligible. Carrie Bacon scored 21 points for the Cowgirls, who shot 34 percent. points, followed by Jennifer Leitner with 14, Melanie Pearson with 13 and Stacy Jensen UTAH (1190, 45) Metal Harbed $3.22 15, Bachman 7-143 17, Gboons 27005, ‘Stroman673515, Webbe6-00000, let 0-100, Stn0-1 000, Handi25 906 Macs 18002 ToaZTEs ‘WYOMING noses32 10,Ca Bac 7-18 56 21, MoCol 38.006, Sucky 17002 (Che Wiersma 3-71-28, Prcasp 0-1 0-00, Eliott 1-20-02, Rimsity 1-10-02, Cr. Bacon CSUshot58 percent to BYU’s35 percentin the first half, building a 42-27 lead, and broke the Cougars’five-game winningstreak. Trailing 6147, BYU went on a 13-4 run, including 10 points from Leitner. Thorn’s three-pointer with 41 secondsleft got BYU within 70-65, but Gorton’s free throws sealed CSU'svictory. “We got in a hole early, but we came back,” said BYU coach Jeff Judkins. “We've played well this weekend.” Colorado State 75, BYU 65 YOUNG(157, 63) Lather 6151-1 4, Osgdtorpe 24 0.05, Cheesman23.004, Thom 7-18 12 17, Jenomn 5-11 13 12, Pearson 5-13313,Larson60000, Rose0-10.00, Taye 0-400, Hansen010-00 Totals 27.67 6-11 65 (COLORADOSTATE (104, 64) 173-46, Boron03000, Srocar6-1124 19, Fomuchn36007, Goren #10 10-1 18 Venekamp34446 12 Naiowez 23 005, Campbel2300 5. den 12008 Tete4.810957. forg521 tone ai i 05 ado St 6-20 (Venekamp 2-3, Strecker 1-2. Feerucho 1-2, 2, Campbel Jaton 12 12 loppae 18 Bota. Gotan og eee 10, Cora 8.36 (Seat 7) DigYoung 10) Ii Cooma 8 etn ea jase Seghan Youg7, Coad S18. A-2.22 Utah 66, Wyoming 53 23 pole gol4-4 (He97. Gb Aas S28 2 Wyo 13 Fedcube. Wer Teal bounced backwith 17 points and 10 rebounds in Utah's victory at Laramie, Wyo. Lindsay Herbert and Kelsy Stireman each 16. We GRIZZLIES 5, ADMIRALS 3 Valparaiso 57, Southern Utah 48 Southern Utah battled the Mid-Continent Conference leaders, but could notsustain the effort for 40 minutes at Valparaiso,Ind. The Thunderbirds ied 29-24 with 15 minutes remaining, but Valpo rallied and eventually pulled awayfrom the free-throwline. SUU madeonlyonefoul shot. Caroline Heaton led SUU with 20 points and Sally Johnson added 10. Jeanette Gray ported.elpoateand 11 rebounds for Valpo. Yeti +7002 soma51200 10, He 1-120.03, Hemerney 120.03 Wilms00000, Hain 0 -0 , Thoman 4022 nen27004 Hacn24004 Taz VAPAABSOIT7404) Schober 37007, Gray$-107-10 15, Neuwveen41022 10, Kaoester 1.32.2 out—-Hile.Totlfouls—-SUU 19,Vato8. A143. Utah Keeps Road Streak Alive by Sinking Admirals THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The Utah Grizzlies’ stunningly successful trip continued Saturdaynight, even if they did not moveintofirst place. ‘The Grizzlies scored three first-period goals and wentonto a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee. Ryan Jardine’s hattrick was Westminster 74, Montana Tech 70 Westminster College took a Frontier Conference victory at Dillon, Mont. the highlight. Grand Rapids, however, maintained first place in the WestDivisionofthe AHL’s Western Conference. Obviously glad to have the Grizzlies out of town after losing twice to them, the Griffins beat Hamilton STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL 10. Last-Second Shot Dooms Cougars ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Vince Booker’s three-point basket from theright angle as time expired lifted UNLV past Brigham Young73-70 Saturdaynight in aMotnisin West Conference game at the Thomas & Mack Centerin Las Vegas. The Cougars had come from 16 points down to forge a tie at 70 when Jared Jensen put back his own miss with 21 seconds left. Butthe Rebels won for the final shot with guard Marcus Banks finding Bookerfor a fadeawaytrey. Theshotleft Booker’s hand with five-tenths ofa secondleft on the clock. ‘The Cougars rallied from a miserablefirst half in which they shotonly 36 percent and trailed 43-27just before intermission.“It was a fun basketball gameif you missed thefirst 10 minutes,” said the Cougars’ Mark Bigelow. But as poor field-goal shooting doomed them early, free throws did them ii n down the stretch. The Cougars front end oftwo one-and-oneopportunities in the final five minutes. Each team losta key player, with BYU's Eric Nielsen going out with a concusssion at the4:13 mark.Nielsen scored 12 points ofhis 14 pene in the secondhalf. Is’ leading scorer, Dalron Johnson, ae out with 3:02 to play after scoring 14 points. Hansen mn pacedth Cougars with 21 points. LouKelly led the Rebels with 22 points, 17 in the first half. UNLV built an 186 lead and used 67percentshooting to lead 43-31at halftime. Hanson 6-12 6-1021, Bigelow411 22 13, Nasi 00 00 0, Bcbik 1.3.00 2 Balderson0-2444,Melson101-214,Martague030-00 Jepsen2-40-04, Crile 6900 12Totals25-54 1520 70. 128 Wris4119612.0 koveon6162214|Barks23226.Lkiran} 103 Pee 0212), Kay 17472, tert 45008 raion (eh 34007.Tob moe 08 3hTine paet gne-BMU 519 igo 35, VarunNn12 Bon 2 Moos UNL 516 Pay 28. Barks 13, dhnaon i, Booker 12,0. Jobraen02. Northern Arizona 85, Weber State 79 WeberState fell 14 games behind Big Sky Conference leader Montana State,losing at Northern Arizona after a demandingtravel oe « Friday's overtime win at Sacra- sa‘State, the Wildcats had to get up Utes @ Continued from B-1 Saturday morning,fly to Phoenix and bus to Flagstaff, arrving about four hours before tip-off. But this was not a case of WSU wearing down.The Wildcats actually played thier waybackinto the gameaftertrailing 49-30 at halftime. John Hamilton led WSU with 18 points and Pat Danleyand Jermaine Boyette added 14 each. Matt Gebhardt led NAU with 21 points, makingall 12 free throws. STATE (16-8, 74) ‘Srerettte ‘Woods 0-2 2-22, Thur 1-1 3-45, Bachmann 4-9 0-1 8, ‘Hamilton 7-100-0 18, Sparrow 3-70-07, Barton 0-1 2-22, Eyre 1-22-54, Morrison 1-6 1-23, Carter 0-0 2-2 2, Danley 6-8 2-4 14. Totals 28-61 18-28 79. ARIZONA(1210,54) cade+088 8, Gunman0141, Gear 98 12122)Lope48 0, Ferguson 246 22 7, lack $5 227, 95,2, ve24227, Feverbach0-0 ea+3224 Tt 8297 ee ‘ ‘Asssto—Weber &towSten, tare '5(Lopez6) Totalude—WeberSt 28H. After losing to Southern Utah in last year’s Mid-Continent Conference tournamentfinal and in Cedar City last month, league-leading Valparaiso beat the Thunderbirds at Valparaiso,Ind. Jason Bakerled the Thunderbirds with 24 points. The Crusaders hit 15 of 16 free throws in thelast four minutes after the Thunder- birds cut Nero's lead to 54-50 on Baker’s three-pointe! Lubos Bartonfaced yeino with 23 points and Milo Stovall added 22. SOUTHERUTAH9-4) 962538 Bows 1-7446,Walin 040.00, Gardner5-900 19, Coins 57120 Br 1120024 ay1000 len 432 1 ToaOEDTV64 Barton 612 88 23, Gomes04 000, Gras 48 44 12, Stovall 5-11, 8-12 22, Nara9222Nea9000Taaps00000,01898268arid1000 2Tre pak goae-S. 17 (Beus 02, Souierneecerseine Shoal 48, Nuness 053, Nok Wali Ush 90 ‘Bous 6), Varaioo $2 (Stal 8) fatct apesPe ‘Total foule—6. ah22, Valparaiso 13. Utah State 62, UC irvine 61 UTAH STATE(184,103) Pia 61455 18 Jobson 13129, Vague 10+2, Ross 3658 12. Been11222Som000¢Bown0000Fay Amat 400 2, Evans1 000 Total ore(177, 103) 0 Har.1401 Pada4102910G291218 to 39008, Chet 2002, Baka 1 000 Tavs881 19 plngosls-USU 7-117. Brown56,os s.puige 2dren, USTpandotae 25ak Gen st). During the last 14 minutes ofthe first half, be bg outscored SDSU 90-11. A briefflurry the Aztecs to within 12 points in the secae half, butit only aroused the Utes enough to start playing well again. Utah’s run coincided with Phil Cullen's entry into the game.In 11 minutes, Cullen madeall pe of his three-point shots and its. really important to balance our team out,” said forward Jeff Johnsen, who tied his career high with 20 points. “Phil's big. When heshoots well, we play well.” Tn last Monday'sloss to Wyoming, during which the Utes went 3-of-26 in the second half, Cullen made two of three shots in his three second-half minutes. Refusing to criticize Majerus, who said Cullen did not match up well with Wyoming’s big men, the senior forward apparently played good defense during his 22 minutes Saturday. dene-8 from the field doesn't hurt, vie whol found me" Cullen said. “I was Y scored in thefirst 25 seconds and Jardine added two moregoals in the opening eight minutes. dardine's third goal camelate in the secondperiod. Thefinal Utah goal was an empty-netter with five seconds remaining. LOOKING AHEAD Grizzlies’ lone participant in the AHL All-Star Game.He will skate for the Today: Utah at Milwaukee,4 Canadians. ESPN2 will televise the PlanetUSA team and against the pm. MST Thursday: AHL Al-Star Game, game Thursday at 5 p.m. MST. St. John's, Newfoundland Friday: Utah at Houston,6:30 will have to travel to the AHL's Grizzlies games are broadcat ‘on KJQS-AM wails Grizzlies’ third visit to Houston on pm.NST NEWSWORTHY Forward Roman Lyashenko is the After the All-Star Game, Lyashenko Grizzlies 5, Admirals 3 Ua a5 O12 Fist Perod—1, Utah Lyasherko 9 (Gainey Fossier). 35.2 Uh,are3(Morigomery,Ganow) 126.3, Ut,Jane 10(Schualr, Merge), 747. Second Perod—4, Minekoe, Bouchard 6 (Godt) (pp), 6:17. 5, Utah, ardne 11 (Hamgood, southernmost point, Houston, for Friday's game. That will mark the this extended trip. The Compaq Centeris one of the few places the Grizzlies have not enjoyed success on the trip, with a tie and a loss. Gannon Leads AFC to Victoryiin Honolulu PRO BOWL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU — This might not makeup for a snowy overtimeloss to New England in the playoffs. Still, Rich Gannon came away with more than just a win in the Pro Bowl. He becamethefirst two-time MVP after leading the AFC to a 38-30 victory over the NFC onSaturday. “You look around and you've got the best receivers, the best tight end, and the best line,” said Gannon, also the MVP lastyear.“It’s like a dream come true for a quarterback. If I could have this every week, we'd be in business.” Gannon threw two touchdown passes, including a 55-yard strike to Marvin Harrisonfor the squad’sfirst scoreaftertrailing 10-0.Hecompleted 8 of 10 passes for 137 yards and the teams combined for 34 first-quarter points, the mostpoints in a quarter in the Pro Bowl. “It's awesome, did you see him?” AFC backup quarterback Tom Brady said. “He does a great job seeing the wholefield. It's something I’m trying to pick up on.” Six days after leading the New England Patriots to a Super Bowl win, Brady was the third-string quarterback. The 24-year-old Super Bowl MVP waited patiently on the sideline for his turn, tucking the football under his left arm, then BroncosRally In Fourth After Crofts’ Threes ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE =: “We set a lot better picks,” said Cullen. “That was a huge emphasis [in ore hard as you can.” SDSUpplayed without coach Steve Fisher, whowas tending to his ill mother in Illinois. Assistant coach Brian Dutcher ran the team. His first move was to yank guard Deandre Moore and center Mike Mackell from the were lineup. They were late for a team Also for the Broncos, Luke Allen nearly earned a triple-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. ‘San Juan 43, North Sevier 41 V7 nea Noth See (1-73.19) u 10 18-43 Sanan (53.107) “He's right vas he should be,” Majerus said. “There's very little in life that you have one of. Most guys have more You have more than onekid.” one wife. 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Waterordwine, 730 pm, Note Ragen 16 concludes ts gue ura cy inPie 6 oe SanJuan (14, 2-14) 11 915 17-82 Noth Sever (6, 12-4) Sanuy8, Cock 1, Ay 7, Tr, Akon9, Shrny 2 Totals 1747 8 NothSirver—Potaricn 14, Robots 13, Sky 18, Hows4, rown CTommieMe PontGoate—0 PAROWAN — Tori Edwards scored 12 to lead the oot?hh Wc (14-4) Fach (20+) | | 91514 S43 821 17 12-88 12, Hay 4, 4 7. Bag 3. (wal San an (0%. ams toa Region 13 win. Meagan Cooke added 11 for Machol‘Whittorio—Mart 4 TH5, Tefot2, ihlace 2. Tots 17 6-144. Parowan. 2,Gro 4, Johan 3, Weston 8 Nomis iy 5.6.19 11-95 Monat(07,69) Grand County 73, Rowland Hall 57 13.7 16 10-46 17, Shi 15, Cak3. Total21 14-29 88. Prrcwan (25, 9-12) 1 ing with his mother snowlast monthin Foxboro, Mass. Oakland receiver Tim Brown knew Gannon would make an impression no matter how limited his Moin.Tos2628 Thre: Goale—Valoy 5 (M. Hoyt 3, 0. Hoyt 2). Kanab 4M. Glaser 3, Near) Sevior—tinath 12, Leeming 6, Peterson 16, Warten 5, Jor: . wont‘Noth ca Toon ora 2.003, Gr 16 hortifyon, Parowan 46, Monticello 35 OR eee ing. eee who went through a similar - uationlast season,20lauded Fisher for Brady finished 2-of-5 for 22 yards and an interception to Washington's ChampBailey that led to an NFC touchdown. He hadn’t beenpicked off since outdueling Gannonin the Pats’ 16-13 overtimeplayoff victory in the ores ‘SALINA — Kristina Peterson scored 14 points in the Wolves’ Region 12 victory over the Broncos. Lynaie Roberts had 13 points and Taryn Story 15. etereeee bl Brady said. “I'm used to . You listen to the calls and try to stay in it mentally.” nena the Broncos with two three-pointers for the Region 12 win. Crofts led San Juan with 16 points. place of SDSU this weekend — the Utes were muchcrisper. playing. ley’s nonregion win over Kanab. Dabe Glazier scored ing percentage against Wyoming wascated by lousy execution, rather than with nothing to think about but basket- “You get bored sitting there watching,” Valley 73, Kanab 55 KANAB —Marvin Hoyt scored 21 points in Val- GIRLS shooting. shiftingit to his right hand. Bradyfinally got his chance with 14:16 left, with the AFC well on its wayto winning its fifth Pro Bowl in gi years. PREP BASKETBALL BLANDING— San Juan rallied after a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter when Farley Crofts sparked “You've just go to make the most of it,” oto fear4400,0341 fn said Cullen, who suffered a bruised back ina 0741 Mar10 0 Mal 1498 fe +1 062 nasty fll in the second half, “When you play good defensively, you're going to play more. concert by Loverboy. They responded with a strongfirst period, as Roman Lyashenko andhereally didn't wantto do that In town since Tuesday, the Utes worked hard ontheir offense. The miserable shoot- the conference did not schedule Wyoming in ‘Then again, they have as little control of the forecast they had of Utah’soffense. play the Admirals again today (4 p.m. MST),then will be off until Friday because of the AHLAll-Star break. Saturday,the traveling Grizzlies got an extra hour to rest, thanks to a pregame BY JANIE McCAULEY Valparaiso 71, Southern Utah 64 ball — aside from how lucky they were that stay, The Grizzlies are 6-2-1 during this 17gameroadstretch, created by the Olympic hockey tournamentat the E Center. They REPORT able to maketheir big guy go an outside Cullen Sparks Rally : ‘Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune nas ta tenale ieee pane th Ca Bacon 22 McCob 0-1, Stucky0-5, Che Wiersma 1-2, Eliott0-1), Rebounde—Rah 25 ee ean After struggling in Thursday's loss at Colorado State, center Lauren Beckman and Monday, with 40 contestants on each team’s roster. sank sr peapechaaen Totals 20-58 9-11 53. sesae sessed reread with 12. BYU shot 40 percentfromthe field to CSU's 49 percent. paatleacec at Fort Collins, Colo. Erin Thorn paced the Cougars with 17 Baeonfer~ ans gars fell behind early and could not catch i rae THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Young could have moved into a tie for the Mountain West Conference wom- Two lighted riders on horseback circle the darkened arena at the beginning of the Olympic Command Performance Rodeo Saturdaynight at the Davis County Legacy Centerin Farmington. The three-night competition between the United States and Canada continues tonight 10 12 4 21-87 618 4 79 —Seycr 2. Young 6, Petron 5, Randa 2 Biggs 10, Freon 10 Tos 2010 Thep 8 Rogerson6, Lautan 5, M. Cooke 1mm Ear 12 Sol Te 1618 Pont GoMod 2 (Young. Biggs) Parowan 4 (rpm Coa teas nen 2 2 Rr .K Ono, Rowtand Hall 42, Grand County 27 Oe ee |Coe? Wanhd Cope| Lipa, ae irGoa ToadMaltGoatecxceen MOAB - In Region 4, 14, Megan Andrews. scored 16pOints 0 lead theWinged Lionspast the Red Devi, (Gar6. 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