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Show Fr day March 11 1904 Standard-Examiner Moore leads ’Pack= over Cal-Fullerton Darts’ defense, determination make difference LTE LAARSE? 5-A BOYS TOURNEY SALT LAKE CITY — Whatdoes “D” in Davis stand for Try determination and defense — two areas that Davis High excelled n Thursday at the state 5-A boys basketball tournament The state-tournament tested, tradition-rich Darts were not about to lose two straight 5-A tournament games at the University of Utah’s Huntsman Center and go back to home Kaysville with their heads downand pride dam aged. So, Davis put the “D™ to Hillcrest and showed its grit in drilling the Huskies, 61-47, in a consolationbracket contest to stay alive in the 5-A tournament ‘The Bingham game (Tuesday) vas a tough (61-60) loss for us,” 1d Davis coach Jay Welk “Once these kids set their minds to something, they are determined to see it through. They wanted to play four days in the tournament and go as far as they can on the other Side of the (consolation) bracket.” Davis (12-10 ) faced former Region | rival Roy (13-9) earlier to- day in the consolation semifinals, with the winner playing Saturday for the consolation championship andsixth place. “Welost by one at Roy (61-60 on Dec. 17), so Friday’s game will be a good one,” Welk said. “You know it will be a hard-fought and wellplayed game onbothsides.” The Darts didn’t allow Hillcrest to score morethan 11 points in any ‘quarter until the fourth period, eawhen the Huskies scored 19. Hillcrest (13-9) shot just 34.5 percent and was 2-for-14 on 3-point attempts The Huskies’ normally sharp- shooting guard, Zac Love, was 0of-8 overall and went 0-for-5 shooting 3°s. Teammate Chad Hales had Layton High got served a huge dose of reality by the Region 3 champion Minersin their state 5-A tournament championship quarter- final showdown as Bingham belted the Lancers, 76-47, knocking Layton iio the second-round losers’ bracket. “After what happened Tuesday (a 60-55 first-round win over Hillcrest), I was worried about a letdown,” said Layton coach Scott Applegate. “We were ugly. We got our butts kicked — that’s the bot- Welk said. Davis junior Kelby Miller drew the defensive assignment on Hales, and held him to 6-of-13 shooting. The 6-foot-5 Miller, meanwhile, dropped in 9-of-13 shots of his own for a game-high 20 points. He also nad six rebounds for the Darts, who out-rebounded Hillcrest 42-3 “Miller is a quiet player, but he's - tough to stop inside. He’s like a guy coming to work and punching in and out on the (time) clock. He always gives you a good day’s work,” said Welk. Davis’ backcourt duo of Kyle Olsen and Greg Emery combined for 30 points and 16 rebounds, with Olsen scoring 18 points and Emery contributing 12. Both players had eight boards The Darts trailed just once, at 2-0, with Emery hitting a 3-pointer to start an 8-0 spurt. Davis led by four after thefirst quarter and took a 29-17 halftime lead. “Defense was definitely the key — we came out and got after it. Hillcrest likes to get the lead and spread the floor, and we didn’t want to allow that to happen.” said Welk. “It’s hard to dictate tempo when you're behind, and we've been ‘ there before. The kids responded to . the changes that Hillcrest threw at us.” Welk says he isn’t sure why Davis always seems to play well in the state tournament. He’s just hoping it continues. “I'm not exactly sure why, but Davis High has the tradition of coming down here and doing well “We'll find out what kind of team weare Friday, and whether we want to play another day. If I knowthese kids, we'll give Mountain View everything they want,” Applegate said. The Lancers shot a frosty 33.3 percent against Bingham, and were 0-for-10 on 3-point attempts. Layton’s leading scorer, 6-foot-5 junior Tyson Murdock, never got untracked, going 3-for-11 and scoring just seven points. The Lancers’ two guards, senior Casey Trujillo and junior Trevor Black, totaled only six points and were a combined 2-of-16 from the floor. In his two 5-A tournament games, Black — Layton’s secondleading scorer — has scored just seven points on 2-for-17 shooting with one 3-pointer and two free throws. take advantage. Theycertainly did tonight,” said Applegate. “That was the key to the game. Once we started missing shots, our confidence went downhill and continued going. Don’t look at the score — the game wasn’t ever that close. “It was just basic Bingham; they played their game. Theyraised their level from the Davis game and we didn’t. We got our butts kicked by a better team,” he said. Bingham (17-4) hit 51.9 percent of its shots and put four players in double figures. Quynn Tebbs tossed in a game-high 15 points, Jason Kemp finished with 14, Dwayne Horsley had 12 and Lance Barnes added 10. Jason McMillan led Layton with 10 points and six rebounds. “We weren’t focused in on our shooting and Bingham had something to do with it. We can be cocky one day and get humbled the next. I don’t question our effort, but we got beat bya superior team. At this level, defense will win it for you,” Applegate said. “TI would like to play Bingham again, but we welcome playing Mountain View. We have some young kids that can produce, and nothing but pluses will come out of it. We came in here with the intention of winning, but we didn’t getit done.” “I think we may have beensatisfied with winning one game,” said Trujillo. “We didn’t have the strong mental effort we needed, and after we started missing easy shots, we lost confidence and started to panic.” Layton got outscored 21-6 in the third quarter, fell victim to a 19-2 Miners’ run and trailed by 24 points entering the fourth quarter. “It was just a blur. Everything we did was wrong and everything they did was right,” Trujillo said. “But if I knowanything about this team, we should come back strong Friday.” From 4B Viewmont 76, Mountain View 64 Viewmont wants to make it to the championship game of thestate 5-A tournament, and Kline Adams thinks the Vikings aren't the only ones who'd like it that way. Adams, coach of Mountain View High, watched his Bruins accumulate 24 more fouls than Viewmont in the Vikings’ 76-64 quarterfinal win Thursday at the Huntsman Center. “I think (the referees) wanted Viewmont in the championship,” Adams said. The Vikings (19-3) still need to get past Bingham tonight at 8:50 p.m. for a ticket to the finals and a chance to make it back-to-back state titles. And Viewmont coach Brad Christensen isn’t buying Adams’ remarks. “I don't agree with that viewpoint,” Christensen said. bara to dismal 14.7-percent shooting in the first half. Cal-Irvine (8-19) advances against Utah State in a quarterfinal contest this afternoon. Doug Muse led the Gauchos (13-17) with 11 points. ed from the 5-A tournament. ways been that way, even back when Davis won the state (A) title in 1949 when John Dawson, who is Roy Cal-Irvine 53, UC Santa Barbara 48 — In another first-round game, Chris Brown scored 16 points to lead Cal-Irvine to an upset victory over UC Santa Barbara. The Anteaters had a 26-14 halftime lead, holding UC Santa Bar- Layton (9-13) draws Mountain View (18-5) in a 5:30 p.m. game today, with the loser being eliminat- in the tournament,” he sad. “It’s al- a coach at our school, played on that team.” Nevada (11-16) now headsinto a quarterfinal matchup tonight with No. 1 seed New Mexico State at 8 p.m. MST. tomline.” against a team like Bingham, they just a good, all-around player.” * Another blowout like Thursday's 1] points. Hales was their best shooter and the season 8-19. maining in the game, and Marcus Iverson took a bobbled ball from James French, feeding Moore with six seconds left to put the game out of reach. Fullerton took a 36-31 halftime lead on the strength of Darren Little’s 10 first-half points. The Titans fell behind early in the second half, then came back and knotted the game at 48-48 with 10:57 remaining. Fullerton led 64-60 after a layup by French with 1:55 to go, but the Titans failed to score again. Jerry Hogan added 12 points on four 3-pointers for the Wolf Pack, including one that started an 8-0 29-point debacle against Bingham and it’s lights out for the Lancers. a team-high 17 points andeight rebounds, with Andy Bowers getting were really conscious of. We felt Nevada run to end the game:Greg Vernon led Fullerton.with 13 points. Littke and W*rrston Peterson each contributed 11 points for the Titans, who. fifiished nected on a 3-pointer with 1:18 re- Bingham 76, Layton 47 “Trevor is not the only one missing shots. We missed so many easy shots that we lost confidence. When you miss those type of shots “We knew Love was a good shooter, but Hales was the one we BiG WEST TOURNEY While the personal-foul numbers — 37 for Mountain View compared to Viewmont’s 13 — confirm inconsistent officiating, the Vikings put up some other numbersthat may have contributed moreto their win. Like a game-high 25 points for forward Alex Jensen, 15 for Tom Evans and 11 apiece for Jeff Holt and Jeramie Martin. Guard Nate Chappell led the Bruins (18-5) with 19 points,all of which came on 8-for-10 shooting in the first half, that kept Mountain View within 38-34 at intermission. In the second half, Chappell vanished from the offense and the other Bruins couldn't pick up the slack. “Wedid a better job of contesting and making (Chappell) work hard to get theball. I think he got fatigued in the second half,” Christensen said, crediting Evans for keying Viewmont’s defensive effort. The Vikings led by nine points on six occasions and finally pushed their advantage to double digits in the fourth quarter. Point guard Jeff Robison’s two free throws put Viewmont ahead 65-55 with 4:38 remaining. £ APES winpow repair BOott © wit ur The Associated Press Massachusetts captain Lou Roehasa victory kiss for the trophy after the Minutemen defeated Temple for the Atlantic 10 title. California, UCLA stay in hunt for Pac-10 title The Associated Press While almost every conference in the country hasfinished oris in the midst of their season-ending tournaments, the tournament-free Pac10 keeps plugging along. California and UCLA did what they could Thursdayto stay in the race for first place. The 16th-ranked Golden Bears (22-6 overall, 13-4 in the Pac-10) beat Washington 62-56, while No. 15 UCLA (21-5, 13-4) got past Oregon State 78-67. First place in the Pac-10 will be decided this weekend, and Arizona is in the most enviable position at 14-3 in the conference. If the Wildcats beat Arizona State on Saturday, they get the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. But if Arizona loses, aid either Reg. $39.99 Now “19,95 = Free Pickup andDelivery! 126 N. Main, Layton Approved by MostInsurance Companies 546-4125 40 EXOTIC DANCERS! Ladies of \yea wy), Lunch Special COLLEGE ROUNDUP points. For UAB, Carter Long had a season-high 28 and Robert Shannon had 26. No. 25 Texas 96, Texas Christian 75 — In the Southwest Conference Tournament at Dallas, B.J. Tyler scored 21 points and keyed a tenacious defense. “This is one of the best full-court pressing teams I’ve had,” Texas coach Tom Penderssaid after his team had 22 steals. “We've got guys with hands who can pick hubcaps off a car doing 70 miles an hour on J-35. Our pressing defense turned this game around.” $1.99 Prime Rib | Special ’$4.95 Mon.-Fri. 11:30-2:30 p.m. [LER co Tere AeA a CLUB & ’ EATERY Open To The Public 1847 WALL AVENUE., OGDEN Club Hours Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-2 a.m Sun. 4:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. “ae See the Classified Cal or UCLA(or both) wins, complicated tie-breaking procedures go into effect. Even so, it doesn’t really matter which team wins the Pac-10. All three teams are expected to be chosen for the 64-team tournament, and all should be seeded fairly high. Neither Cal nor UCLA looked sharp Thursday. Cal trailed 26-24 at halftime after being behind by as many as 11 points in the opening half. And Washington (3-14, 5-21) wasstill in the game after a pair of free throws by Sam Allen tied the score at 49 with 3:08left. But the Bears scored the next six points, and the Huskies got no closer than six the rest of the way. “It’s difficult to keep yourself motivated when you're playing against the bottom half of the league,” Cal’s Lamond Murraysaid after scoring 20 of his 22 points in the second half. UCLAtrailed 34-33 at halftime and didn’t take the lead for good until Charles O'Bannonscored with 11:13 to play to make it 54-52. “Our players read the papers. They know what OSU (6-20, 2-15) has been going through lately,” coach Jim Harrick said. “We weren't ready mentally or emotionally as we needed to be, but I’m sure we'll be ready by next week.” No. 9 Massachusetts 70, Temple 59 — At Amherst, Mass., the Minutemen (27-6) opened PIQOOQOOOOOO000' “EGGHUNT- (FOR KIDS 8 YEARS OLD AND UNDER) STUFFED WITH a cn & PRIZES the championship game of the Atlantic-10 Conference Tournament with a 24-3 run, then held off a couple of second-half bursts by Temple (22-7) to beat the Owls for the third time this season. Mike Williams finished with 21 points, while Lou Roe had 17 and Dana Dingle 10. Aaron McKiefinished with 33 points for Temple. The Minutemen got an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and are expected to be a second or third seed. Temple will receive an at-large bid and should be seeded fourth orfifth. No. 21 Saint Louis 80, Dayton 46 — In the Great Midwest Tournament at Cincinnati, the Jim O’Brien era at Dayton ended with a 34-pointloss. O’Brien was fired three games ago, but stayed for the end of the season. He did not speak to the media after the loss. Saint Louis (23-4) turned it into a rout early, taking a 49-16 halftime 6 NNIS LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jimmy Moore scored 22 points to lead Nevada to a 68-64 victory over Cal State Fullerton in Thursday’s firstround action ofthe Big West Conference men’s basketball tournament at the Thomas and Mack Center. Nevada's Shawn Pughsleycon- EOC OOQOOO OO) 6B anit AGHENDons|&E ae lead over the Flyers (6-21). Memphis State 91, No. 22 Alabama-Birmingham 86 — At Cincinnati, the Tigers (12-15) played one of the best games oftheir first losing season in 13 years. Rodney Newsom scored 23 points to lead Memphis State's bal- anced offense. David Vaughn added 19 and 11 rebounds, and Cedric Henderson scored 15 si OWE a ANYM JUST oe NURS EAST OF OBOCALSOiss DOOOOOOOOOOO™ |