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Show DAILY Sunday, February 19, 2006 HERALD COLLEGE BASKETBALL Rosegives credit to ‘icials after game BYU women Continued from D1 Wyoming jumped out in the second half, breaking a 30-30 tie by hitting six ofits first (e ‘nine shots. Zavecz (20 points) banked in a 3-pointer and mo-mentslater, beat the 30-second clock with a 28-footer for a 43- -36 Wyoming advantage with ‘12 minutes to play. Jason Franchuk “His (Wyoming coach Joe DAILY HERALD Legerski)style is run the clock and makeyou defend them for 30 seconds,” Judkins said. “They hadsix opportunities with the shock clockat less than five secondsand they converted all six.” BYU managed to claw back ‘into the game,sparked by the BYU head coach Dave Rose wasn't pleased at the time they. happened,butsaid he was satis fied with the explanations from referees following a couple of technical fouls called on his team Saturday. Freshmenwerewhistled in poe instanc- ‘energyof freshman Shawnee Sladeoff the bench. Herdriv.ing basket got the Cougars ‘to within two at 45-43 with 7:02 remaining. But Wyoming respondedwith back-to-back triples from Dominique Sisk and Zaveczto push the Cow- girl advantageto 51-43at the 5:24 mark. BYU madeits runat that point, using mainly the foul line. Anderson and Kubik combined to go11 for 14 from “the stripe inthefinal five minutes Wyoming, which ‘lost twostartersto fouls, held onto the lead with Hicks and Zavecz getting layupsoutof the spread offense. Anderson ROBB COSTELLO/Daily Herald Wyoming's Michelle Taylor (25)tries to rebound over BYU’s Lauren Riley on Saturday at the Marriott Center. cameup short in the last sec- ondsona playthat both Judkins and Andersoncalled their “moneyplay.” But the ATM was empty and the Cougars were left to wonder where their earlier dominance hasgone. BYUstill leads the MWC bya gameover Utah with fourto play, against San Diego State, TCU, Colorado State and NewMexico. But three of those four games will be on the road. “Weneedto start playing as a team and with the confidence wehadat the beginning of the season,” Kubik said. “I know wewill do it. We haveto get our mindsetright.” > Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be reached at 344- 2555 or by e-mail at ddickson@heraldextra.com. You canalso readhis blog at heraldextra.blogs/darnell. WYOMING57, NO. 19 BYU 56 WYOMING (18-6, 8-5) Wee on me Ae Boenck 49 18 00 2 1 5 2 fer 397-13 «12-7 6 BOD Vancenat 7 03 00 2 1° 2 0 9 25 34 1 2 6 8 Goesten 1 81 G2 0 9 0 0 Hels 448 12-9 4 210 MeGuttey 27 48 00 6 5 1 9 Tyo 7 44 (00 1, 5 0 8 tw 7 01 90 0' 0 0 0 Team 3 jotals 251 58 3 2 15 57 BYU (20-3, 1 FLOR PFOA TP Sehaas C0 402 on 3 ieeie oo 3 1 4 2 Hutson 1 O-+1 0 4 Gilespre or 1 0 2 Siage oo 31 1 4 Aceon 910 5 2 3 19 jonnsen 00 3 4 5 2 ton mM 8 2 0 Filey 24 4 1.0 2 Team 4 Totals 19-28 32 15 14 56 Wyoming es Hn - F BYU 2 » -— & 3-gont gone: worn 8-25 Bolerack 05, Zac 5.8 var Sek Woke 4 wee2, 1" Keele 0-1. 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Jackson Emery’s moment cameat 13:52 of the secondhalf, whenofficials ruled that he pushed Brad Jones from behind during a fast break. “They had good explanations,” Rose said. “Youjust go with it.” DA teammate's spark: Wyoming’sJustin Williams and Steve Levenlit into each other during a timeoutearly in the second half. Williams was heardyelling at his teammate to box out his man.The two got intoit before a Wyomingassistantdiffused thesituation. Uponreturningto the court, Shaun Vandiveralso madesure the two slapped hands. I MWC | STAND I | TEAM MWC OVERNALGL S| | spsu 112 || aFA BYU UNLV UNM o4 84 84 75 Utah || wo | csu 58 58 210 | Tou 444 187 | | 169 || » Ewing sets mark: Wyoming 521 Ewingis the new scoring king of MWCfreshmen.After putting up 25points against BYU, | he has 200 in league games. That's 18 more than former Utah star Andrew Bogut, who tallied 182 in 2003-04. Air Force 52, Utah 51 SDSU 83, TCU 71 Wyoming coach Steve McClain downplayed thealtercation. “They wereout there competing, challenging each other,” McClain said.“If you can’t take that, you can’t play. Justin's trying to win games on the wayout(to graduation). He makes that point to a lot of people.” The disagreement hadaneffect on Williams. Shutoutin the first half, the 6-foot-10 senior had Wyoming’sfirst six points following intermission, two of which cameafter the argument. Healso hadsevenofhis ca- BYU.men =a season-high 20 — and some Wyoming meltdowns. The Cowboysmissed their last four free throwsin thefinal 37 seconds; BYUhitits finalsix. That's how one team has won six ofits last seven games, and the the other has been the exact opposite. “Wehaveenoughfightin us,” Wyoming coachSteve McClain said of a team thatfell to 12-14, 5-8. “There's only one choice — keepfighting. Maybe ball will bounce our wayone time.” The chances werethere for the Cowboys to maketheir BARBARAJ. PERENIC/Associated Préss own good fortune. After BYU capped Emery’s long-distance BYU guard Rashaun Broadus spark with a TrentPlaisted (1) shoots a jumper over layup, to go ahead10points, Wyoming's Ross Forman on Wyoming marched back with a Saturdayin Laramie, Wyo. 15-1 run. gaveout. Whatfollowed was beautiful to the Cougars.A pair of Cowboys who shoot around 80 per- | 12.12 1244 1312 | Continued from D1 Justin Williams started it with a dunk,part of a fantastic effort. He had eight points to go with 13 rebounds and 11 — yes, e-lev-en — blocked shots. He was anequal opportunity rejector, going after guards as well as big menlike the 6-foot-11 Plaisted, who actually has a oneinch height advantage. “Let me tell you, that guy is really, really good,” said BYU coach Dave Roseof a guy who camein ranked second nationally in swats.“It’s hard to judge how he'll do with blocked shots becausehe didn’t have any against New, Mexico in thelast game,but he had19 against us in two games. You wonderif he'll be healthy. . You try to prepare the players for how he mighthelp out, but at the same time you don't wantto get them So nervous that they’re just throwingthe ball up.” Williams wasn't available the last 2:54. His constantly injured ankle, which had been tweaked several times yesterday, finally Leven (seven points) didn’t scorein the secondhalf. The 84 percent foul shooter clanked the front endof a bonus situation when he replaced Williams, after he hurt his ankle with 2:54 left. 215 167 1410 | Saturday results 's UNLV 80,-Colorado St. 72 BYU 74, Wyoming 68 | || reer-high 11 blocked shots. His total also tied a schoolrecord, matching Theo Ratliff's mark set in 1994 and '95.It’s also a new Mountain West record. freshman point guard Brandon » Tip-ins: The Cougars had balanced scoringearly,as all five starters created the opening 10 points....The Cowboys have out-rebounded their opponent in 18-of-26 games and are 3-5 whenthe other team does a better job on the glass. The Cougars, who had a 45-34 advantage Saturday, have accounted for two of those UW losses.... BYU created a season-low six assists. The only other times it had fewer than 10, at San Diego State and Utah (both nine), the Cougarslost big....The crowd of 7,237 was Wyoming’s largest this year. » Jason Franchuk covers BYU basketball for the Daily Herald. He canbe reached at jfranchuk@heraldextra.com. Aingehadhis best game of the year against Wyoming last month, and Broadus didn’t play because of suspension. Instead, another guy burned Wyoming. “I didn’t try to force anything,” said Emery, who had sevenfirst-half points.“I just did what Jimmy or Lee would havedoneif they werein there. I took the shots when they came to me.” Young,notrelied upon for his outside shot, laughed that he defeated Emery this week ina game of H-O-R-S-E. A 3-pointer created the surprising victory. But Emery didn’t shock him- self in the game. “] just wentin there and playedlikeI doin practice,” he said. Wyoming is probably wishing it had looked at those tapes,too. » Jason Franchuk covers BYU centat the foulline combined for three misses. Down four points with 15 seconds left, all Wyoming could muster was a 3point attempt from center Derek Wabbington, whohad only jacked up onetry this year. Asked initially about Emery, Rosecalled it'a “total team performance.” Keena Younghad15 points ‘and 12 rebounds,his second double-doublethis year. Plaisted had 12 points and Jimmy Balderson11. Emery, Rose noted,did have a solid week ofpractice that had the coachingstaff feeling like he'd be the one who should have the chanceto control Ewing, Wyoming's freshman whoput up 25 points and five assists. Emery downplayed the performance,saying that his chance was created more because of Lee Cummard’s foul trouble and Brock Reichner needing the occasional breather. No one could blame McClain for being more concerned with BYUballhandlers Austin Ainge and RashaunBroadus. basketball for the Daily Herald. 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They just keep battling,” Air Force coach Jeff Bzdelik said. “We call it wire-to-wire. Just keep battling.” Local D Utah State 66, Northwestrn State 63: At Logan, Nate Marris scored 27 points and Jaycee Carroll added 19 to lead the Aggies (18-6) past Northwestern State (18-7) in non-league action. » Portland State 77, Weber State 66: At Ogden,Portland State's Jake Schroeder scored 20 points anRyan Sommer 7 added 18 as the Vikings beat WeberState. Portland State turned a . Saathalftime lead man loublé-digit advantage with a 16-and-3 run after the break, WeberState missed its first 12 shotsof the second half, not a basket for more than nine minutes. D UMKC 98, Southern Utah 83; At Kansas City, Mo., Dee Ayuba and Quinton Day scored 22 points each as Missouri-Kansas City beat Southern Utah 98-83 Saturday night. Kalu Guasco had 18 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, Tim Blackwell scored 17 points and Dane Bi had 11 for the Kangaroos (12-13, 9-5 Mid. Continent), |