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Show Page §—-THE HERALD, Provo, Utah Thursday, Novemb« Sports A full report and commentary on winners, losers and coming events Brewer Leads Spurs by Cavs Houston forwards Elvin Hayes, Robert Reid fight for the ball. By United Press International With two of their big guns missing Wednesday night, the San Antonio Spurs went to Ron Brewer for some much needed firepower — and he came out smokin’ Brewer scored a career-high 39 points to lead the Spurs past the Cleveland Cavaliers 128-102 Brewer, who was15-of-25 from thefloor, connected for 35 points in the first three quarters to help ovecomethe loss of injured starters George Gervin and Mark Olberding Brewer's shot at the close of the third period gave San Antonio a 100-83 lead and Cleveland never came closer than 16 points in the final period “When I got here last year, I hadn't been playing muchin Portland and I knew my game would improve with more playing time,”’ Brewer said. “I never.ost my confidence. All I haveto dois get involved and I can play like this.” Kenny Carr led Cleveland with 21 points and James Silas, traded to Cleveland by San Antonio in the offseason, scored 18. Mik: Mitchell and James Edwards scored 14 eachfor the Cavaliers and Reggie Johnson had 17. PaulGriffin hit 16 and Johnny Moore 15 for San Antonio. Celtics 113, Bulls 93 At Boston, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale combined for 47 points to power the Celtics. Bird tossed in 2€ whilescoring only in thefirst and third quarters, and McHale, soe the second and fourth periods, added 21 as the Celtics downed the Bulls for the 10th time in their last 11 meetings. Reggie Theus led Chicago with 26. ‘Wers 107, Pacers 99 At Philadelphia, Julius Erving hit 15-of-19 shots and scored 30 points to spark the 76ers. The 76ers are 40 andIndiana0-3. Billy Knightled the Pacers with 21 points. Hawks 95, Nets 86 At East Rutherford, N.J., Charlie Criss and Dan Roundfield each scored 20 points to lead the Hawks. Buck Williams led the Nets with 18 points. ae 129, Clippers 128 At KansasCity, Mo., Reggie Kinghit an eight-foot jump shotwith five seconds to go to give the Kings their victory. Phil Smith keyed the late San Diego rally with three field goals but wascalled for an offensive foul with 38 seconds left and missed a desperation shot at the buzzer. Nuggets 112, Rockets 100 At Denver, Kiki Vandeweghe scored 25 points and Alex English added 23 to pace the Nuggets. Houston forced the high-scoring Nuggetsto play deliberately, but could not overcome Denver's accurate shooting. Blazers 109, Warriors 1 At Oakland, Calif., Mike Harperhit a layup with 11 seconds to play to give the unbeaten Trail Blazers their fourth straight victory. Portland trailed by 14 points entering the final period and by seven with a minute to play. Lakers 108, SuperSonics 103 At Seattle, Norm Nixon scored 22 points and the Lakers outscored the SuperSonics 18-4 in the final seven minutes to win. With Gus Williams and Lonnie Shelton combining for 8 points, the Sonics opened an 11-point lead with 7:10 left but were held to just one free throw in the next five minutes. Holmes-Snipe Bout Card Friday do, especially a guy at the stage of his career. We'll find out where he’s coming from first of all. Let's see what he’s gonna do.” Holmes and Snipes were scheduled to weigh-in today at 11:30 a.m. EST. it’s no secret that Holmes took on Snipes as a tuneup for his multi-million trip. He always knows where the fish are dollar March fight with hard-punchine and whatbaitto use. “Larry will get to him,” said Futch, who has been in the corner of many champions,including Joe Frazier, Ken Norton and Alexis Arguello. ‘‘He's got SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The too manytools, too muchskill for him. Utah Jazz owner Sam Battistone Jr. He's (Snipes) never seen anybodylike sayshehas ‘‘substantially completed” him.If Larry gets him on the hook, he negotiations to attract $4 million in inwon't let him offit.” vestments in the National Basktball Futch said Holmes’ fight plan will de- Association franchise — with more pend on how the undefeated Snipes (22- thanhalf of the money coming from his 0) comes out. . . father. “Styles are important,” Futch said. Battistone said Wednesday the team “You can’t tell what a ciiallenger will decided to opt for major private inPITTSBURGH (UPI) — Veteran trainer Eddie Futch, who will be in Larry Holmes’ corner Friday night when he defends his World Boxing Council Bearywelgit title against eighth-ranked Renaldo Snipes,is like the reliable second mate on a fishing No. 1 contender Gerry Cooney. Cooney will also have a tuneup fight, in Decemberagainst former heavyweight contender Joe Bugner. Friday night’s nationally televised fight, which will be staged in the Civic Arena, will be Holmes’ third title defensethis year and 11th since he won thetitle from Norton on June9, 1978. In Utah Jazz to Get $4 Million his last fight, he scored a third-round knockoutof former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks on June 12. On April 11, he wentthe distance with Canadian Trevor Berbick, snapping his recordtying knockout string in title defenses at eight. Holmes, who celebrated his 32nd birthday Tuesday, is not taking Snipes lightly. In fact, several times Futch has had to cut down the workouts of the Easton, Pa., native. MARK McKINNEY ROBBIE BOSCO BYU Jayvees Schedule Final Game With AFA Gametime for this Friday’s BYU-Air Force junior varsity football contest has been moved back to 2 p.m. at BYU Stadium. The Kittens bring their 2-3 record against a 4-1 Air Force record from the Cadets. Radio KONI(1480 AM) will broadcast the gamelive BYU has lost its last two gamesagainst SnowCollege and Idaho State, while AFA has won four in a row Starting quarte:back for the fifth and last game on the BYU jayvee schedule is freshman Robbie Bosco who needs 31 yards passing to break the 1,000-yard mark this season. Bosco’s backup this gamewill likely be Doug Gardner since Blaine Fowlerhas been sidelined with a minorshoulder separation which occurredin the secondhalf against Idaho State, according to BYU Coach Famika Anae Other Kitten players who are questionable to see action are offensive linemen Dave Wright and Todd Downing. Among Bosco’'s leading receiver targets are Mark McKinney, who has caught 23 passes for 319 yards and four touchdowns, and Clyde Sewell who has 15 receptions for 189 yards and no touchdowns Coach Anae says his team needs to develop moreoffensive consistency, despite weaknesses in the BYU defensive secondary. Cougars Upset UCLA At Pauley in 5 Games BYU’s womenspikers pulled a major upset at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles Wednesday night by outshining the Bruin ‘volleyball team in five games10-15, 15-11, 12-15, 15-12, 159 Thelatest TACHIKARA Top Twenty Poll lists UCLA No.2 in the nation and BYU No. 8. The Cougarvictory establishes BYU as one of the top four teamsin the country. Coach Michaelis has increased her career record to 299 wins against 81 losses. “Our blocking controlled the game for us,” said Michaelis. ‘Our blocks were so good that their hitters made manypassing errors.” UCLA's two outside hitters, AllAmerican Linda Robertson and Nuybia Patricia, ‘‘were afraid of the blocks,” said Michaelis. “Robertson committed 21 errors and Patricia had 10. Cougars Lisa Connolly had three block solos with five assists and Noreen Hoglund scored four block solos with 4 assists for tally of eight blocks each. BYU's MadgeFerreira made17kills with just two errors for a 480% ef- “He doesn’t let up regardless of the opponent,” said Futch. ‘He's working vestments in preferenceto a public of- very hard. My concernhas beencutting fering of shares in the Jazz. his program down. Hestarted back to feciency — ‘‘a .phonomenal percenthe gym in early July. I figured six The public offering, which was weeks to train for the fight but he designed to attract numerous smallin- wanted to get back sooner. I have to vestments from Utahns, was ter- constantly cut him down.” KOSHradio, 91.7 me on the FMdial, minated whenit was learned that Sam Holmes, at least from a monetary Battistone Sr. was willing to pump standpoint, is quick to agree with will broadcast the Orem at West footmorethan $2 millioninto the franchise, promoter Don King’slabel of the bout ball game Friday. Steve Garrett will do the play-by-play and Dick Belliston the team ownersaid. — “Imminent Danger.” tage,’’said Michaelis. “Ourace in thehole on thefrontline was Karin Knudsen,” Michaelis continued.‘She had 12 kills in 30 attempts withsix errors for a 200% efficiency.” Coach Michaelis cited Sheri Walker, Orem, and Andi Westover, whoset the entire game,for excellent ball in that category. Walker scored four blocks, and Westovertallied six kills out of 12 attempts with no errors for a 500%efficiency to help the Cougar cause. “Our serving kept them off balance,” said Michaelis. ‘‘We were aggressive and scored eight service aces. Lisa Monson served back-to-back aces in the fifth game to give us the 13th and 14th points.” The Cougars played without power hitter Brigitte McBride whois ont for the season with a leg injury. “The big thing is to beat UCLAin Pauley Pavilion,” said Michaelis. “That should show up in next week’s national rankings.”’ The Cougar team will remain in Los Angeles through Saturday to play in UCLA’s national volleyball tournament which begins Friday Morning. Orem-West Game to Air on KOHS Radio will provide the color commentary. Pre-game commentary will begin about 1:45 p.m. and game action will begin at 2. Marion Dunn, spor: editer BYU Basketball Squad to Mix It Up at Bingham Youare anold-timerif you can remember when college basketball was a no-contact sport. The college game is much more physical now in all aspects and seemsto rely less and less each year onfinesse. Offensively most people seem to be obsessed with the idea of taking the ball inside and sticking it down someone's throat. Much is madeofthe fact that field goal percentagehasincreased remarkably in college ball, Not too many years agoit has a rarityfor a college team to shoot 50 percent from thefield Nowit seemsasif half the teams in the country are shooting in that area. And the reasonis they are taking the ball to the boards and goingfor the high percentage shot That means contact and the play under the boerds has become brutal. It requires a special kind of courage to stick your nose into the area close to the basket. As a result basketball is now a violent sport. Hey, man, those big guysbattling on the boardsin basketball are taking as much contactas football linemenin the trenches and they do it without the benefit of all that padding For that reason I have a special admiration for the big guys in today’s college basketball. Their gameis physical all tis ng to cut him downtosize The action under the boardsis going to be furious andit should be something to see Well, this Saturday night BYU'sbasketball team will give fans a preview of that coming event. Arnold will take his team to Bingham High School, at 2160 W. 104000 S,, South Jordan, just a hop, skip and jump on the other sideof the Point- of - The - Mountain for an intrasquad game,the only one scheduled thisfall the way. BYU's basketball team has been in practice only a short while but the Cougars have been going after each other and coach Frank Arnold's injury list compares favorably with that of the BYU football team The Cougars open the college basketball season in a nationally televised battle with the team they closed out the 1981 season against Virginia The game will be played in Springfield, Massachusetts, Saturday Nov. 21 with the starting time set for 11 a.m. MST. It is the annual Tip-Off Classic in connection with the Basketball Hall of Fame and the Peachbasket Festival The gameshould be a brutal affair inside with 7-4 Ralph Sampson leading Virginia and BYU's big frontline of 6-10 Fred Roberis, 6-11 Greg Kite,6-8 Steve Trumbo and 6-8 Gary Furniss | youn FRED ROBERTS YOUNG GARY FURNISS The gamewill start at 7 p.m Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for students. All proceeds go to the Bingham High Athletic Department. Roberts is a graduate of Bingham High and will lead the Cougarsin that intrasquad battle on his old playing floor. But just becauseit is an intrasquad game, doesn't mean there won't be plentyof violence inside. Arnold will shift some of his players from squad to squad and along the way Roberts, Kite, Trumbo and Furniss will find themselves going at each other. ‘That should be worthtriple the price of admission. Talking to the Provo Kiwanis Club members recently, Roberts talked about his experience playing international ball. He said his BYU teammates — Kite, Trumbo and Furniss — wereat least as good as any of the big men he had played against or with. I think that one of the mostinteresting battles will take place with Roberts going against Furniss. I don’t know what their mothers fed them when they werelittle but whatever it was madethem absolutelyfearless, They love taking the battle to the boards. They stick their headsinto the mostviolent action on the floor, They ask no quarter and I have never seen them give quarter. Well, Saturday night they'll mix it up at Bingham High. If you can hardly wait for that Nov. 21 meeting with Virginia, that intrasquad game should help make the time pass more quickly. Andit's for a good cause You can't ask fer more than that |
