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Show Sp The Salt Lake Tribune SUNDAY, January 14, 1996 COLLEGE BASKETBALL ; Pages C-4,5 | Utah’s Get-We ll Greeting HONOLULU— Utah was with- out Coach Rick Majerus Saturday | Sunday, a game summary was unavailable at TheSalt Lake Tribune's presstime. Utah (11-3, 3-1) took care of matters so quickly Saturday that Majerus was probablyable to rest easy As it turned out, the No. 13 Utes didn't need him Keith Van Horn scored 21 points, Brandon Jessie added 14 and Mike Doleac had 11 as Utah hammered the Rainbows82-46at Special Events Arena, the worst loss in Hawaii’s history Majerus, who has an inner-ear infection, remained in Salt Lake City to recuperate. The Ute coach It will be published in Mon- day's Tribune. With assistant Donny Daniels second half, closing to within 4430 on consecutivebaskets by Seth assuming the head coaching duties, the Uteshit 7 of their first 12 Sundberg and Alika Smith. But shots and galloped to a 16-4 lead in the opening seven minutes. And it got worse the Utes came right back with a jam and afree throwby Doleac: The only thing that slowed the Utes was a power outagethat darkenedthearena with 14:52 to play. After a 20-minute delay, Already up 20-9 midway through thehalf, Utah unleashed a 15-2 run Hawaii rallied briefly in the is expected to rejoin his team today when it arrives in San Diego play. and the drubbing, resumed HOCKEY Page C-4 BYU Runs Road Loss Streak to 10 Because the University of Utah's basketball game against Hawaii in Honolulu ended after midnight MST for Monday's game against firstplace San DiegoState night at Hawaii orts @ Late Finish | To Majerus: Rout of Hawaii > SECTIONC sy Patrick Kinahan C-5 Press Dooms Ute Women C5 from winning there. The Aztecs. in Coach Fred Trenkle’s second year, are sud- school-like his denlya threat in the WAC, They beat BYU 83-76 Saturdaynight to the Aztecs movedtheirgamesthis yearbackto the San Diego Sports Arena. All ex pt one game. In this case, “We lost the basketball gameinthefirst five minutes of the second half,’ Reid said. Maybe BYU will havebetter luck whenthe Aztecs moveinto a forced Brigham Young to play in run their conference mark to 4-1 BYU fell to 2-2 in the WAC and 8-5 overall. The Cougars havelost 10 consecutive road games dating back to last season. BYU Coach Roger Reid has voiced his disdain for the high they were outscored 47-31 in the Slow Start Costly for Y. Women C-5 tiny Peterson Gym, and upstart San Diego State kept the Cougars The Cougars seemed in control at halftime, leading 36. But @ Double-Overtime Goodto Ags C-5 facility, teams have now where second half. The Aztecs erased the halftime deficit with a 23-12 run to start the second half. They grabbed their first lead since the 6:08 mark ofthe first half when Paul lost twice in a row. Seeking an atmosphere more in line with Division I basketball campus arena, under Jarrett's shot made it 59-57 with 10:51 remaining Bryon Ruffner gave BYU its last leadof the game at 65-63 on a basket with 8:14 left. The Cou gars. who committed 18 turn overs, then hadtwo turnovers and @ See BYU, Page C-5 construc- Malone Gets Holding On | tion ™@ Weber Stumbles in Montana THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SAN DIEGO — Anice show Paying Off $20 Million For 2 Years For Cowboy ByMichael C. Lewis THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Dan Wolfeis $10,000 richer todaybecause his rodeo buddies are painsin the neck. Out of the sport 18 monthsafter breaking his arm, Wolfe onSaturday competed in just his third Bull Riders Only event since the fellas convinced himto come back onthecircuit last year These guys don’t leave you alone when you're trying to get out of it,” he said. “They hound the s--- out of you.” By Ste azz Saturday morning Sources say it is ) million ar-old Malone already under contract will be nearly 37 when the rich extension expires after the 1999-2000 season Owner Larry Miller announced Malone’s new deal at a hastily called press conference which was held strangely, during a Jazz practice session at Westmin: ster College. We, as a franchise Said Miller: We did everything that was available for Karl under through 1997-98 WI! hat he’s trying to say, boys, is thank you Afterriding “Alley Cat” to a 72 are pleased in the preliminaries, Wolfe drew the terms of the new collective bargaining agre¢ ment “Grumpy” in the championship round. Then, during uhm Karl Malone signed a two-year contract extension the most hair-raising, bone-jarring, fringeflying ride of the night, Wolfe held on just long enough to A) survive, and B) score 91 points: ne effort sent the 10,162 Delta Center fans ae a tizzy and se- Miller, who told The Tribune in October he wa close” to signing Malone to a new contract, wa relieved” the longer-than-expected negotiatior had been concluded n't pretiy ‘hesaid “But you're trying, ometimes s--- worksitself out.” Anddon't think the rodeo folks don’t knowtheir drama. Wolfe's ride was thesecond of the final round, and only two of the next didn’t have much to say about hi Emotionally,” Miller said. Karl, I'm sure. When the Jazz's hourlons “I'm worn out. So i practice ended, Malon new extension I'm glad it’s over he said Asked if he was happy with the terms Malon as long as said, say “It's done That's about all I'm going t azz Coach Jerry Sloan, unhappy with his team sluggish play in a 101-94 loss to Midwest Divisior rival San Antonio on Friday, was nonetheless pleased for Malone Hopefully Sloan said Karl is happy and Larr nineriders held on long enough to score. (That would be eight seconds.) MyronDuartehit for 87 on “Alligator,” and Buddy Gulden got 85 on “AlabamaFa’ is happy and everybodyis satisfied with the deal the end of the Said John St ckon, a free agent at season who has also been discussing That brought the BRO’s best a new contract I know it’s been with Miller I'm glad for Karl weighing on him for awhile In 34 games this season Malone averages 26 bull rider, all-time leading money-winner Terry Don West, into the chutefor the final ride of the night on the baddest bull in the building, the 1,800-pound “Gunslinger.” And West rode him, all right Only trouble was, “Gunslinger” points, 10 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 37.9 minutes He ranks second in the league in scoring behind Ch cago’s Michael Jordan and almost certainly will sele ted to participate in next month’s All-Star Game for the ninth straight year Nowinhis 11th NBA season, Malone ranks third among active scoring leaders. andis one of 20 play Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Wooly Bully gets airborne in a successful effort to get California cowboy Sean Robertsoff his back Saturday @ See COWBOY, Page C-5 ers in history to surpass 20,000 points History Weighs Heavily on Minds Of NFL’s Conference Finalists | By MikeKiley CHICAGO TRIBUNE PITTSBURGH — Bill Cowher doesn’t want to dance. Call Indianapolis a fantasy come true if you want, a Cinderella ready for the | | ball, but the Pittsburgh coach knows dreams can fade faster than Barry Foster's career After all, Cowher was left hold- ing the pumpkin last year. The burdenremainsfresh in his mind ‘C: Packers Must Tackle Cowboys, But Also a Dallas Jinx NFL PLAYOFFS AFC Wild-Card Round @ Buffalo 37, Miami 22 B Indianapolis 35, San Diego20 By Ernie Palladino NNETT NEW DivisionalPlayoffs @ Pittsburgh 40, Buffalo 24 IRVING, @ Indianapolis 10, Kansas City 7 Conference Championship leday — Indianapolis at Pitsburgh Tose am Cc @ See STEELERS, Page C-2_ vating gnats. NFC championship game be- Wild-Card Round NBA Indiana 103, Minnesota 94 } Toronto 106, Washington 100 Sacramento 119, New York 111 Detroit 91, New Jersey 80 Chicago 120, Philadelphia 9: Atlanta 108, Boston 105 Charlotte 103, Dallas 103 Sarar nio 1106, Orlando 1055 Big 5 Women’s Basketball rday n in four gar ( Lifetime Act won 15-7. 15- ter. 5 t ¢ Utak r the Pred where the Spike Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre said. ‘‘We realize we've got ten our tails kicked ev time do’ Sunday, Jan. 28 — AFC champion NFC champion, Tempe, Ariz, 4:20 h5 San Diego State 67, Utah Frest 73, BYU ¢ second they lose ir Salt Lake We don’t discuss the defeats. Super Bowl XXX Big 5 Men's Basketball U tah 82, H waii 46 Sa an Dieg! l tah State 7 Mc ntana 84, Webe r State 7 : 4 k scoring nts tween Green Bay andDallas can't be avoided or dismissed. The numbers weigh that heavily in the Cowboys’ favor Philadelphia 58, Detroit 37 DivisionalPlayoffs @ Green Bay 27, San Francisco 17 5 night hen tt dled San Diego It means nothing they say But the history involved in the @ Green Bay 37, Atlanta 20 @ They win at home. California More proof cent history like so many aggra Nobody's a Cinderella this time of year,” Cowherinsisted Ss Dallas 30, Philadelphia 14 Conference Championship trying to dispel the aura of mythi cal destiny surrounding the Colts, Today — GreenBayat Dallas, 2p.m., who aretrying to become the first Ch. 13 dome team in a Super Bowl ‘They are here because they are ERVICE Texas — Players like to swat away thestatistics of re NFC = By Kurt Kragthorpe In the middle oF Hs 1 National Volley Assi season, the Utah Pre dators are hardly mysterious here. Wejust figure some How manyPredators does it take to return a shot? Tammy Liley, Michele Nekota and Kristin Klein teamup totry it where along the way we're going @ See PACKERS, PageC-2 WACBasketball | Wyoming 61 5 Ne w MMexico 58 E Colorado State 66, UTEP 6: | Top 25 Basketball | # Kentuck Cincinna TV Sports Marquett Michigan 76, Michigan St. 54 5 Az “<= Fs AFC: Steelers Wary OfColts, and Of Fatal Overconfidence As Usual, Home | Is Decisive For Predators 5) 10:30 AFC Ch a.m hij ESPN) 1 p.m. — 5 y t thall Ste Bask PSP) p.m ESPN) 3 p.m ege Hocke ESPN PSF ESPN) 2m. biep NHL Hockey i FIS || | |
