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Show | The Salt Lake Tribune / Match Play Starts Today PAGE 8-7 SPORTS @ MWCSIGNS WITH VEGAS BOWL B-2 M@ MARQUETTE ROLLING B-2 1990-91 6games 54-28 Lost second round (Portland, 4-1) 1991-92 1992-93 7games 6games 55-27 47-35 Lost Westfinals (Portland, 4-2) Lost first round (Seattle, 3-2) 1993-94 10games 53-29 Lost West finals (Houston, 4-1) 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 14games 7games 15 games 11games Lostfirst round (Houston, 3-2) Lost West finals (Seattle, 4-3) Lost NBAFinals (Chicago,4-2) Lost NBAFinals (Chicago,4-2) 1998-99" 11games 37-13 60-22 55-27 64-18 62-20 Mailman’s defense has driven Utah to 53-29 30-24 ison around, thanks year-old Malone has d ‘or his workin thelast four games named the NBA's West playerof the ¥ z have e #8 mewining eralanother to build tonight. one “Thebig guyis playinghis best bas ketball, onto (94-85) ), Cleveland (1 seek No. 92), th against thestruggling Denver Nuggets ever seen Karl play better hesaid, It has beencon During the Ji gious winning streak, theirfive opponents have averaged 87.5 JAZZ points on 42-percent shooting. Only TONIGHT Toronto (.507) shot better thi —_— cent and, in the last two gai ee that Ma alone honor. After consecutive road winsat Indiana (98-82), Philade! Iphia (9 r * —lockout-shortened season ** — 28 games remaining in the regular season at thePepsi Center. since then.” Havingonce stood 6-11 and 22-22 Accordingto Sloan, Malone's enthu Utah seemsto siasmhasbeenevident onboth ends of points, 11.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists. Lost second round (Portland, 4-2) Lostfirst round (Dallas, 3-2) FEBRUARY20, 2002 M WEATHER B-5 SCOREBOARD B-3 e winning five me wins 1999-00 9games §5-27 Lost second round (Portland, 4-1) 2000-01 6games 2001-02" Sgames WEDNESDAY Seattle 103, Phoenix 91 Sacramento 99, Atlanta 79 Boston 109, LA Lakers 108 ener”Jazz Ride Malone Jazz Winning Streaks The Jazz's longest winning streaks during each season since 1988-89, with their playoff results: 1988-89 7 games 51-31 Lost first round (Golden State, 3-0) 1989-90 Q9games 55-27 Lost first round (Phoenix, 3-2) NBA B6 New Jersey 123, Golden State 115 Minnesota 117, Dallas 100 ‘San Antonio 99, Memphis 93, OT playing much better much har We seemto be much more together as a group. Our energy was very low at the All-Star break, but it’s beenlike day and night Vs.: Denver York (.397) and Cleveland (.366) have failed to shoot 40 percent We've been giving ourselves a chan John Stockton said. “We've Where: Pepsi Center When: 7 p.m TV: FSN been playing pretty solidly for four quarters Radio: sparked by Karl. He's had KFNZ-AM 1320 such a dominating attitude at the See JAZZ, Page B-2 PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: West Jordan 53, Riverton 51 Jaguars reviving memoriesoflast year’s success BY JAY DREW THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEST JORDAN Thisis all starting to look familiar to the West Jordan Jaguars. And that should make the rest of the Class 5A boys basketball field uncomfortable. Just as theydid last year en routeto the school’s first state championship, the Jaguars are peaking at theperfect time. They beat Riverton 53-51 on Wednesday night for the Region 2 championship and their seventhwineight games. West Jordan (10-4) Provo Boys ~ won the leaguetitle ‘Spanish Fork outright after tying last year (with Grang West Jordan's Joel Carter passes during the Jaguars’ league-winning gameagainst Riverton on Tuesday thought hehaddrilledit.” Winn got the chance Prep Boys, Girls or) by going 61 in the (eight points) miss Roundups BS second half of the five seconds left region season. “We might havethat samething going again,” acknowledged coach Scott Briggs, when prodded This one did not comeeasily. Riverton A had a chanceto win at the buzzer, but Je Jesse Winn’s running 40-footer online hit thefront of the rim and Photos by Emily Weirich The Salt Lake Tribune ll thew: bounced rmiessly into a sea of celebrat Riverton’s Jesse Winn,right, grabs the rebound away from WestJordan's Scott Horspool, center, and the jing Jaguars Silverwolves’ Nick Booth, left. The Jaguars won the game, sealing the Region 2 championship. “I thought it was in,” Briggs said. “I Winning Shot Puts Memories to Rest Johnsen’s free throw madeupfor earlier loss BY PATRICK KINAHAN ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Six years later, Britton Johnsen made amends to his brother and their high schoo! teammates. Johnsen made a free throwwith seven seconds left to lift Utah over New Mexico 66-65 in a late-night game Mondayat the Huntsman Center. With three conference remaining, Saturday at Brigham Young, the Utes (19-5, 92) are in first place, one-half gameahead of Wyo- ming. Utah will miss its dominant big UTAH MEN’S BASKETBALL said Britton Johnsen. He made it exciting. After coming up short on his first attempt, Johnsen calmly swished the game winner. ‘The Lobos hadonelast gasp, but Eric Chatfield missed a shot at the buzzer. senior for Utah, played his last game in “That was running through my mind.” ‘OPY |) court and dished off to Winn, who was a little more open. Besides, Winn hadalready made four three-pointers, including one with seven seconds left that cut West Jordan'sleadto 53-51. Stauffer made three treys. And so ended oneofthe better played See JAGUARS, Pape B-4 UTAH FOOTBALL MasonHired to Coach Receivers, Replace Kaufusi THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The University of Utah is replacing former defen sive ends coach Steve Kaufusi with a secondary coach who will work with the receiver When Kaufusi departed to Brigham Young last month, coach Ron McBride said he would use the Mexico's vaeancy to change the offense-defensedistributionof his staff. By hiring Derek Mason to coach the receiy+ ers, McBride will allow Vincent White to work exe]dus misfire negated New incredible rally in the final 3:30. Down points, capped by Chatfield’s three pointer that tied the score with 43 sec onds left After a timeout, Utah ran off 25 sec onds before Jacobson’ shot “We were very fortunate at the end ms y with the runningbacks. son is comingto Utah from Bucknell, a Divisions ban school in Pennsylvania. Under coach ‘Tom Gadd; a former Ute defensive coordinator, the 32-yearold Mason worked with ison receivers for two seas sons andthe secondary in 2001 ‘| interviewed three good candidates and Derek bronchial infection was by far the best fit for our program's needs,” Majerus was not pleased with his team's play in thefinal three minutes. As A former Northern Arizona defensive back, Masort coached former Ute receiver Daniel Jones at Mes# (Ariz.) Community College. He coached Weber State's New Mexico was making three three. pointers and two free throws, the Utes missed three shots and committed a turnover. With Utah holding an eight-point lead, ‘Trace Caton hoisted an ill-advised three. point attempt with considerable time remaining on the shot clock. taller, did not fail him a second time Silverwolves (9-5) wereout of timeouts, but got a good look Stauffer hurried the ball up the 65-54, the Lobos scored 11 consecutive there,” said coach Rick Majerus, who returned after missing one game with a son's miss and got fouled Monday, he had a flashback, In 1996, as 4 junior at Murray High, Johnsen misved two free throws against Cyprus in the final seconds of the Spartans’last home game: His brother, Jeff, who was a senior, walked aff his home floor a lover. Jeff, a when Joe] Carter a free throw with McBridesaid. “Heis enthusiastic, upbeat and smart,”* receivers in 198596 under coach Dave Arslanian! helping Pokey Eckford become an All American’ Masonthen coached running backs and special teams at Idaho State in1997-96 before moving to Bucknell By replacing Kaufusi with Mason, McBride has four assistants on defense and five on offense « common alignment for Division LA staffs. Gary Andersen will handle al) of the defensive linemen, after working with the tackles |