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Show Wednesday, February 15, 2006 DAILY HERALD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ‘Timpview dirls blast past Provo; Oremwins ROUNDUP * Jace Anderson HERALD CORRESPONDENT The relationship between a val teams is usually based upoi hate, or at least strong dislike. Thatheld true on orl night Even though the Timpvi and Provogirls ae onVal entine’s Day, a day when love is celebrated, the Thunderbirds showed no mercy tothe visiting Bulldogs, and Provo hated every second of it as Timpview pounded Provo,61-46 in Region 7. Provo jumped out to a quick start that got the Bulldogs an 82 lead and sent.Timpview’s two post players, Alexis Kaufusi and Karlee Weight,to the bench with twofouls apiece. The T’Birds theninstituted a full court press that completely changed the momentum ofthe game. Timpviewtookitsfirst lead whenpoint guard Aubrey Reeves madea layupwith three minutes left. Dueto the aggressive defense played by Timpview, Provo opened the second quarter in the bonus,but failed to take advantage of the opportunity. Bulldogs went cay3for-10 from the free throw line in the second period. Timpview took advantage and continued to capitalize in transition as sophomore Gabrielle Pinegar led the scoring with ninepointsin the first half. Afterthe half, Kaufusi checked backin and took over. After a jumper by Weight got thingsrolling, Kaufusi scored six straight points and was seemingly unstoppable any time she touched the ball in the paint. “Alexis (Kaufusi) played great tonight,” said Timpview coach , Lehi Continued from C1 four points through most of three quarters,Lehi still managed to build a considerable lead. thanksto her‘otherabilities. “[ think Kayla (Burningham) felt the pressureat first andit hee a little while for her to re” Chandlersaid. “She knew ty weregoing to double her, so he would drive and kick,setting je a rest ofus to get shots.” Burningham cametolife to keepthe Lions at bay,finishing with 15 pointsto lead the way for the Pioneers. Chandler added eight points and eight rebounds. Payson may always wonder what might've happened if talented senior forward Aubrey Orton Wendy Anae.“But I think our MVP was Aubrey Reeves. She was the one setting up those shots, and really played great on both ends of the court. When Kaufusi (who led all scores with 14 points) finally checked ‘out with three minutes remaining, Provo wenton 154 run toclosethe contest and make the game seem Coset than it actually was. “The kids really came ot ready to play tonight,” Anae said.“I am proud of them because they got downearly but battled back.” Provowas led by senior Lacey Williams, who scored 12 as the Bulldogs dropped to 6-14 overall, 3-7 in Region 7. Timpview improved to 8-13, 6-4. PROVO (46) Ika 3, Wilkams 12, Heaton 9, Bosco 8, Spencer 2, Cox 1 Nelson 10. Totals 15 16-30 46, TIMPVIEW (61) Pinegar 9, Chadwick 9, Fisher 2, Wright2. Reeves 11 Woodfield, Jackson §, Head 4. Kaufusi 14, Weight 4 Totals 24 7-10 61 Provo 97 n 19 Timpvew 17 19 15 10 — 61 3:poit goals: Prov 0. Timpwew 2 (Pinegar. Reeves) Orem 54, Springville 42: At Ore m,Jamie Sagers and the Tigers avenged an 11-point defeatat the hands of the Red Devils earlier in the year. Thejunior centerled the Tigers with 16 points. “Jamie was onfire in thefirst half,” said Orem coach Ross Reed.“Wepounded theball in to her andshecarried usearly.” At the endofthefirst quarter Sagers was already in” double digits with 10 points, and cruised from there. Orem was unable to stop Springville’s Cori-Neilson in hadn't gotteninto foul trouble. Orton picked up herthird foul early in the second period with the Lions up four, then only played 22 seconds ofthe third quarter before getting foul No.4. “We knewwhen weplayed them before, she was their goto player,” Sikandersaid. “We put a box-and-oneon her andthat forced her to make somebaddecisions. But she's very talented and has earned that type ofre i Ortoncould only watch from the bench as Lehi turned a two-pointhalftime lead into an insurmountable advantage by going on a 20-7 run. The Lions neverthreatenedin thefinal period,allowing the Pioneersto celebratethe final moments. “This is what I dreamed about in the gym all summer,” Burn- the first three quarters but switched to a zone on defense and held her downthe stretch. “She was killing us,” Reed said. “I thought that the zone defense helped us double team her.” With the win Orem (12-8, 64 ‘SPANISH FORK Region 7) heads into the state Sheppard scored 20 points to lead Monument Valley (6-14) to an upset win over Tintic (10-11). at 4-17, 2-8. forTintic. (42) en Neon 19, ayer 4 Een 8 Cnet’alas 104 2 MOMUMENT VALLEY 1, SportSCoy 8, Play 2 Loy, ‘or‘Totals 21 13-18 58. ahlbery 4, 2, Boesenderg 10, eet Saee|Tomese Monument Valley 1 - 8 a port goa: Monument Vale 30), Te 2 (Steete 2) tournamenton a four -game winning streak and ready to make a run. Springville finished Ween77 ‘agers 16, Downey 6, Larsen 1, Nelson 3, Salty13, Bur1, Totals 22 9-16 54 wuw 4-2 Orem 0 18 10 — ‘3-pointgoats: ea 1 (Wilson), D Spanish Fork 57, Pleasant Grove 50: At Spanish Fork,all five senior started for the Dons on senior night as Spanish Fork pulled out the victory over the Vikingsin Region 4. After some shaky shooting in the first half, Spanish Fork(1010, 46)put it together and won its way into thes5A state tournamentthat starts next week. Led by senior Jessica Anderson,four of the five seniors got on the scoreboardto help with the victory. Andersonhad18 points and anchored the Spanish Fork defenselate in the fourth quarter. Sophomore Jenna Johnson led all scorers with 19 points, shooting 10-for-11 from the free throwline. Kailee May paced Pleasant Grove(12-9, 3-7) with 15 points. The win gives the Dons a fourth place finish in Region 4. PLEASANT GROVE (: (50) Sampson 4. Doras10; Jonnigon 4; Yuzon 2, Giles 6, Yarn 9, May 15, Totals 19 10-18 50. Thur Swan 19 Ts118,7 120 7 6,Ht 5, Pleasant Grove tery Spat te «17 13 11 Tao ones apprefrac 2 Gores!ey Tons DAMonument Valley58, 58, Tintic 37: ima 1A state play-in game,Riva Meshe Steele scored 16points Boys D Wasatch Academy 50,Tintic 48: At Eureka, Wasatch Academy (1-15, 1-7) got its first win, hold- ingoff Tintic (6-10, 4-4) in Region 18. Peter Manwell scored 21 points for Wasatch Academy. ASAT AEAOENY 1 Mare21 Gath 14, Benson ShereTotals 18 Bra Ryan 2, Bre Ryan 7, Hust 7, Alison 7, Myers 7, Ruiz 48. Tatas 416-248. Academy 7 13 18 12 — 50 goals: Wasatch Academy6 (Benson26Gockiey, indore Brean els Fo » Dugway63, Meridian 34; At Lehi, Landon Wilkins scored 24 points to lead Dugway (16-3, 7-1) past Meridian (3-12, 2-6) in Region 18. DUGWAY (63) Wooltt 3, Scofield 21, James 4, Sikins 24, Edwards3, Stromberg 4, Karthner 4. Totals 23 13-23 63. (MERIDIAN (34) exis12 Rucker 5, Cun1, Ha 4, ata2, Slate Kwon 6. Totals 11 12-2 Dugway 211813 1 — «3 St tf 7 =e ‘point goals Dugway6 (Scofield 5, Kartchner), Merdan 0 - View a 13-2 lead. A Timpanogos timeout stalled the Mountain View momentum,but it didn’t stop it. Weitzeil added twofree throws, but Ornelas came up with a steal and layup and Harrison added another basket to put the Bruins up 17-4 with 1:30 ROBB COSTELLO/Daily Herald Mountain View's Michelle Harrison (5) dribbles around a Timpanogosdefi nder Tuesday. lot of ‘confidencein our these girls. I know they're not satisfied with this and they'll work even harder.” Thewin helped the Bruins take a 16-5 recordinto the state tournament and gave Mountain Viewthe outright Region4 title with a 9-1 region record. Prior to the game, Mountain View honored its senior players andparents with flowers and also honored former coach left in the opening quarter. Jenn Harris tried to keep the Timberwolves close. She Dave Houle, whoresigned dursank a 3-pointer, but Mountain ing the season. Viewstill took a 21-9 lead to Timpanogos, which was the second quarter wherethe led by 14 points from Harris Bruins continued to pile on. * anc 12 from Weitzeil, finished at 7-2 ‘n region play and 174 Ornelas hit back-to-back 3s to give Mountain View a 39-13 overall. Both teams figureto be lelead. Harris addeda pair of gitimate contendersfor next free throws for Timpanogos, but-Riggs scored consecutive week's 5A state championship. | basketsinside the paint to TIMPANOGOS (50)) | pushthelead to 33-15. Nielsen 2, Weitei 12 Haro Even when Timpanogos got Bartholomew 8, Totals something going, Mountain View had the answer. Chelsey Brownsank a 3-pointer,but Timpanogos that’s when Eyestone banked in View goas in her 3-pointer to keep Timpa- 3-pont ountan Vw nogos from making a run. The Bruins took a 44-29 lead into the locker room andled 6238 after three quarters before | Timpanogos put its foot down. The T’Wolvesput together a 10-0 run after Stacy Bartholomewscored six of her eight points during the run that They are projectedto play East. » Jared Lloyd can be reached at 344-25 52 or jlloyd@heraldextra.com. For moreprepanalysis, check out his blog at http://blogs. heraldextra.com/Blade. won 7 8 18 Poms Peyonenon. hi 5arora3, urmngham, Zmmetman Continued from C1 weplay with patience we're able to execute our offense,” said Mountain View coach Laura Romo.“We switched some things up with our defense, we went to a man, which is something Mountain View doesn’t always do. Timpanogoshas great shooters. Wedidn’t wantthem to get comfortable andinto a rhythm.” Ornelas hit five 3-pointers and led the Bruins with 23 points. Despite battling foul trouble, Harrison had16 points andhit the first shot of the gameto get the Bruins going. Eyestonefollowed with a 3pointer. After Amy Weitzeil answered for Timpanogos with a bucket, Eyestone nailed another Spointer. Harrison followed with an offensive rebound basket and Ornelas knocked down a 3pointerto give Mountain D Lone Peak 58, American Fork 50: At American Fork, Lone Peak opened the game with a 15-9 run and then held on to defeat American Forkin Region 4. Mikala Wilkes led Lone Peak (15-6, 6-4) with 17 points. cut the lead to 64-48 with 4:03 Haley Holmstead had 17 points and Kaycee Mansfield to play. Harrison then scored four straightpointsto finish off hadeight points and nine Timpanogos and avenge Moun- rebounds for American Fork tain View's only regionloss. (4-16, 1-9). ingham said. “When we won,it was like a dream.Itstill hasn't really hit me.” Thetop seed from Region 7 opens the 4A state tournament at 11 a.m.on Feb. 20 at UVSC. PAYSON (48) at 18 Mango 10, rl 9, Crouch 8 Bateman 3 Totals 1710-1 eH6 Burningham 15. Wardwell 13. Rogers 10, Chander8 n 7 -zinmerman&Pice 2 Stade2 Downs2 3 Bruins “Stacy (Bartholomew) did MARIO RUIZ/Daily Herald Lehi’s Kayla Burningham, left, drives past Payson’s Keera Crouch on Tuesday. a good job of making her workin the fourth quarter, but Ornelas wasjust onefire. It's hard to stop someone who is shooting that well,” said Timpanogos coach Elizabeth Darger.“Hopefully, we'll see Mountain Viewin the state championship.I still have a LONE Harmer PEAK10, (58) 5 a" Me z Loné Peak Fo Seton Hall rebounds from 42-noint loss with upset win over No. 11 WV THE JATED PRESS EAST RUTHERFORD,N.J. — What 42-point loss? The Seton Hall players had trouble remembering what happened last Saturday against topranked Connecticutafter their 71-64 victory over No. 11 West Virginia on Tuesday night. “That's the type of team weare,”Pirates center GrantBillmeier said. “We TOP 25 weren't goingto sit around and feel bad. We had a chance ROUNDUP against another Top 25 team and wetookadvantageofit.” Kelly Whitney had 21 points and 12 rebounds and Brian Laing added a career-high 19 points for the Pirates (16-7, 7-4 Big East), who had wonsix SARA D. DAVIS/AssociatedPress Duke's J.J. Redick, left, is presented with the gameball by formerVirginia player Curtis Staples after breaking Staples’ record for career NCAA 3-pointers on Tuesday. Redick rolls to 3-“point record ___ Ken Tysiac THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER DURHAM, N.C. — Curtis Staples hugged J.J. Redick as he presented him with the gameball and formally turned over there spot in the NCAA record Tuesdaynight. By then, WakeForest had left the court, overwhelmed by Redick’s scoring and secondranked Duke’s defense in a 9370 defeat. Staples, the former Virlayer who once coached Renein a summer camp in their hometownof Roanoke, Va., sat with Redick’s family as the Duke senior axe his career spa recor: Afterfailing to score in the first six minutes, Redi scored 18 points in a period of 8 minutes,24 seconds. He scored 416 career 3-point33 and ers, three more than Staples. “It was extra special, Redick said of stapes‘appearance.“ As long as we're winning,it's a lot of fun. That's the most importantthing to me.” After top-ranked Connecticut's loss to Villanova on Monday, Duke (24-1, 12-0 ACC) has a chance to return next week to the No.1 spot it heldin the polls attife beginning of the season. WakeForest coach Skip. Prosser said Duke's ball pressure and the Deacons’ shaky ball ing made for a “horrific combination.” Duke scored 31 points off 18 turnovers. “It’s likea feeding frenzy,” Prosser saic The Deacons (13-12, 1-10) scored 12 points off 12 turnovers, Redick said freshman forward Josh McRoberts sparked the Blue Devils as he scored 12 of his 16 pointsin the first nine minutes to help Dukelead 26-11. But this was Redick’s big night. His record-breaking shot came on a baseline screen, a maddeningly familiar obstacle to opponents.In Duke's motion offense, Redick curled tothe left wing off a Lee Melchionnibaseline screen and got a step ahead of WakeForest's Justin Gray. Redick caught a pass from DeMarcus Nelson and swished a picture-perfect jump shot alts 7:56 remaining in the first nthe shot was barely in the books when Redickstole the ball at midcourt for a breakaway three-pointplay 19 seconds later. He has scored at least 33 points in each of his past four games. ao‘ve never had a kid put up many 30-point games,” said Dukeon coach Mike Krzyzewski, “We're not alwayslooking for him. We're trying to be balanced, and he gets 33 with 18 shots. He's an incredible player.” straight before the 99-57 loss to Connecticutlast weekend. “We weren't going to let one game makeus forget we had won six a row,” Laing said. “This was another big game and now this one is even bigger.” Kevin Pittsnogle had 24 points for the Mountaineers (18-6, 9-2), who had wonfour of five and host Connecticut on Saturday. “We're all trying to get as many wins as possible and they took a majorstep with the win tonight,” West Virginia coach John Beilein said. “I thought they played tremendous defense onus. Wecouldn't makeshots the way we normally do.” Seton Hall entered the game last in the Big East in shooting percentage(41.7), but the Pirates shredded the Mountaineersinside, scoring 44 points in the paint. Seton Hall shot 49.1 percent BILL KOSTROUN AssociatedPress SetonHall's Paul Gause celebrates with a cheerleaderafter Seton Hall upset West Virginia on Tuesdaynight Darius Washington and ShawneWilliams had 11 points each for Memphis (23-2, 9-0 Conference USA), whichled 34-10 at the half. Courtney Beasley scored 15 points for Southern Mississippi(8-17, 2-8). @:for-55) for the game, a numbereven more D No.6 Texas 90, Baylor 63; At Austin, Texas, impressivesincethe Pirates went 2-for-15 from LaMarcus Aldridge had 23 points and 12 re3-point rangein beating West Virginia for the fourth straight time at Continental Airlines Arena. bounds for Texas. PJ. Tucker added 21 points and Brad Buckman The Pirates’starting frontline was 18-for-25 from the field with Whitney going 6-for-10, Laing had 12 points and 11 boards for the Longhorns (22-3, 10-1 Big 12), who areoffto their best start 8-for-11 and Billmeier 4-for-4. in conferenceplay. West Virginia entered the game 15th in the Aaron Bruce scored 15 points to lead Baylor (216-team Big East in field goal percentage defense 9, 2-9), which has lost 17 in a row against Texas. (43.9) and Seton certainly took advantage. “Going inside was something wefocused on the last two daysin practice,” Whitney said. “I felt like D No. 18 lowa 66, No. 16 MichiganState 54: At IowaCity, lowa, Greg Brunner scored 15 I let the team down against Connecticut and my teammates got me the ball inside as muchas pospoints and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jeff Horner added 15 points andsix assists and lowa picked * sible tonight and this bounce back was huge.” The Pirates opened the secondhalf with an 11-3 upits fifth straight win over a ranked opponent. run to go up 48-34 on a free throw by Whitney with 14:22 to play. D No. 3 Memphis 80, Southern Mississippi 41: At Memphis, Tenn.,sonny Carney scored 15 points D No. 7 Rutgers 62, Villanova 56: At Piscataway, and Kareem Cooper had 13 points and13 reN.J., Matee Ajavon scored 14 points and Essence bounds in Memphis’ 12thstraightvictory. Carson added 13 to help Rutgers beatVillanova. |