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Show DAILY HERALD MWC BASKETBALL BYU Men Dickson Continued from DI Continued from D1 rolling and culminated with a 25-minute presentation on Saturday. |. Balderson 3-pointer from near the team bench, Starting a whole new game for a rowdy and large crowd whichinclud- ‘ime clock was set at 20. minutes but was stopped several times to accommodatethedignitaries and applause. shirts to honor Cosic, a 6-foot-11 center from Yugoslavia whostarred at BYU At BYU, the jerseys of Cosic, Ainge, Steve Young and former BYU women's basketball great Tina Gunn ing students who wore white No. 11 T- are retired. The numbersof former BYU football players Marion Probert (81) and Eldon Fortie (40) have also jored. BYUhas somestrictcriteria for from 1970-73. The three children and wife of Cosic, who died in 1995 of cancer, wat his former school get another balanced night of scoring. Five werein double digits — Keena Young had13points, Rashaun Broadus 12, Reichner 11 and TrentPlaisted 10 to complement Balderson. UNM led forthe last time with 4:31 left. Kellen Walternailed his second consecutive trey, but the Lobos didn’t score again until 19 seconds before the final buzzer. The most critical call cameafter a UNM timeout at the two-minute mark. On the inbounds,a five-secondcall was made,giving the ball back to BYU. this honorto take place, but as we saw this year with Utah retiring Andrew Bogut's jersey less than a yearafter heleft the schoolfor the NBA,thosecriteria can be more of guidelines than rules. Utah'slist for retiring a jersey includes being a first-team All-American; a two-time all-conferenceplayer or conference | playerof the year; playing for your country in an international compe- tition; being oneofthestatistical leaders in school and conference re- with a two-pointlead. neSS cks cords; playing four years and passing oneclass. OK, I'm kidding aboutthelast one. Bogut metall of the criteria except Ritchie McKay, UNM’scoach, mocked the call by acting like he was makinga very, very fast count. The joke, though, was on the Lobos. Broadus drained twofree throws, Starting a string of 10 consecutive playing for four years, but because moreplayersarenot staying four years these days, Utahofficials de- points scored atthe line. cided that the four-year requirement shouldn't apply anymore. During thatstretch that put the game out of reach, star Lobo Mark Walters Here's a look at BYU'scriteria: » First-team All-American » Recipient of major national award (13 points) fouled out. He refused to let the student section get the best of him, andstood the rest of the night to avoid the left-right-sit-down chant. “Wetooktheir best shot,” Rose said. It was a surprise one. Rarely used Jeff Hart had 15points,all on 3-pointers (5-of-9) before Rose stuck Lee Cummard onhim.The five-inch height ) University graduate » Minimum15-year waiting period ROBB COSTELLO/Daily Herald BYU's Rashaun Broadus (1) takes a shot in front of New Mexico's David Chiotti, amU er- ). Thefinal one was a uniqueone,too, but in a better way. That was exemplified by junior Vuk Ivanovic recording the pregame andhalftimecelebrations for family back homein Serbia and Montenegro. Hegrewup,like many from the formerYugoslavia, worshipping Cosic. The halftime show included gifts, thejersey unveiling (next to Danny BYU Women Continued from D1 the Lobos had more todo with the lopsided loss than any let- » Jason Franchuk can be reached at jfranchuk@heraldextra.com. BYU76, NEW MEXICO 68 New ween (17-12, 6-8Mw) w ea 05 Harden 2023 00 a fon So eee Waite 3400 Colins 1920 The crowd didn't bother the Cougars early on. They hit their first six shots — threeof them 3-pointers. ‘ Kubik had four points and Mal- lary Gillespie hit back-to-back —- - aoe ote os eke ee Siespe Bi ae asec 28 «22 2 «0 3 8 bounder(7.6 rpg), was injured with 8:53 left in the first half. an Bis 3 bt 1 Se gee oO 7 94 00 @ 3 0 0 by Marsh.Marshfinished off half but played just two minutes EN 4 22 0 percent. TheLobos played their final ae oneae ae fore a crowd of 15,9 their secondlargest of the season. “It's hardto play here,” Judkins said. “There's alot of emotion, our girls aren't used to that.” get ’s who of 1¢ Oo 0 eG 2 01 00 0 0 0 0 jg oa oo § 1 to} retae eres 9 02 22 4 2 0 2 Neen Btd STi 8 B wesc 15-year mark is coming up. Other 8 8 football players who wonnational awards include Jason Buck and Mo Elowonibi (Outland Trophy) and Luke Staley (Doak Walker Award). Gifford Neilsen won a majornational award recently for being in the Top 5 academically in his national graduating class, In basketball, how about Michael fy OGe EMME) i 3} 312 00, o2 PeFee ed Mash 21 G10 57 fi@y % 43 58 ee ReeTGLATE Ae ee The Utes Cee5-10 Mountain West) wereled by sophomore guard Johnnie Bryantwith 17 points. Ute senior forward Bryant Markson scored 16 points in his final home game,including 14 in the secondhalf. Freshman point guard Brandon Ewing scored 25 for the Cowboys(1217,5-10), even thoughhe didn’t score his first point until 11:46 remained in the game. Senior center Justin Williams ee a double-double for Wyowith 22 points and 10 rebounds. Leading 27-21at the half, the Utes went on runs of 13-0 and8-0 in the secondhalf to pull away. The Utes led by as many as 20 before Wyoming went on an,8-0 run thanks in part to back-to-back Ewing 3-pointers to cut the Utah advantage downto 12 with 3:52 to play. The Cowboyscut the lead to five with 50 seconds to play, but Utah made th free throws down the stretch the rally. Both teams now head fo Denver for the Mountain West Conference Tournament next week. With the win, the Utes clinched a sixth seed rebounderand secondall-time leading scorer? Or Devin Durrant, wholed the nationin scoring as a senior? In baseball, what about Cory Snyder, or Wally Joyner, or Mike Willes, or Scott Nielson? The BYU men’s volleyball program has wonthree national champion- ships, and RyanMillar led the wayto thefirst in 1999. Nowhe's oneof the topvolleyball playersin the world and has played in two Olympics. Carlos Moreno swepteverynationalplayer of the year award when the Cougars wonin 2004. Anddon't forget former BYU. sprinter Frankie Fredericks, who won a silver medal in the Olympics. Speaking of Olympicsilver med- als, Shauna Rohbock brought one homelast monthin the bobsled. She's a former BYU women’ssoccer AllAmerican. It should be noted that there are morethan 150 athletes in the BYU Sports Hall of Fame. Thatis a great place to honor those who have excelled at BYU. But a retired jersey? That should be extia special. On Saturday nightin the Marriott Center,it was. » Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be reached at 344-2555 or by e-mail at ddickson@heraldextra.com. Read his blog at blogs.heraldextra.com Darnell. ct LOCAL ROUNDUP 3pointshotsall went awry for bg 3 wintotal oflast year. Wolverines won10 of through outthe entire game. Leading 54, UVSC went ona season at Texas-Pan Amesican. Freshman Robyn Fairbdiks 0 Utah Valley finished 16-12. The lowing a lay up by Thomas six points and eight rebounds. | ey ap 6 ) 2 7 0 DAILY HERALD NEWSSERVICES 2 ccna A 4 01 0 17 8 1 6 16 a at See ee Feit aiheLed wae ee 1-2Back 1, n 35)Tumovr SU 13 uD eineteoe teoesou Brody, Harti). Blocks: BYU (Kubik, Sela). N veo (2 ms1ee : Technical fouls: None. A—15.119, theirfinal I2games. Last year in alsosnapped a six-game homewin streak by Longwood. Petersonstarted the game hitting five straight 3-pointers. David Heck chipped in 13 points. Ben Devoe added 10 10-1 runto take a 15S lead fol- led the Wolverines with 15 D Utah St. 61, SanJoseSt. 58: At Logan, Nate Harris scored 19 _ After the Wolverines scpred _first to take a 2-0 lead, thee Broncs wenton a 10-2 run‘and led the rest of the way. Devin Reed scored a careerhigh 24 points for Pan Ameri- points and eight rebounds. points and Chaz Spicer added _can on 7-for-14 shooting to go pee pee coach Dick unsaker. “Matt Peterson was sensational and Pierre (Thomas) read the chargedefensively andset the tone for us that we were going tocompete onthe Cass Matheus dropped in four free throwsin the final 1:17 totie the gameandpush Utah State to the win. San Jose State had achancetotie or winwithnine seconds remaining, but three aoe and three steals in her final collegiate game. The Wolverines finish the season with an 11-16 record, tying a schoolrecord for wins in a season at the NCAAlevel. _“It was a terrific effort to- minutesinto the game. During thatstretch, Petersonhit three straight 3-pointers. 14 to lead Utah State. Utes finish off regular season with win over Wyoming SALT LAKECITY — Utah broke a three-gamelosing streak and withstood late rally, aS Wyoming 79-70 Saturday night. Smith, the school’s all-time leading the Spartans. The Aggies end the seasori with a 21-7 record,11-5 in the WAC. 2 Women’s basketball eae Parti fexas-Pan American 49: At Edinberg, Texas, UVSC droppeditsfinal contest of the at when they really needa hoop.” {253 'taue1-2 Gncane25 seaic 02 ghaton THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ceremony on Saturday. es sea FARMVILLE,Va. — Matt Peterson scored a career-high —_defensive end.” 28 points on 9-of-13 shooting UVSCshot51 percent from from thefield tolead UVSC to _thefield and turnedthe ball a es peor over Longwood cet say oe oe r on Saturday. e Wolverines foug] _ With the win,the Wolverthrough several Longwood ines (16-13) matched their 16Tuns and maintained a lead t! see Mexicoled ae wre rson was injured and t! Lobos steadily pulled away from there to a 40-24 halftimelead. —_Briody, Jana Francis and Brandi Kimblehit 3s in that spurt. Detmer would seemto be the next in line. Heleft BYU in 1991, so his Cosic’s jersey wasretired during a : og ie scored on two jumpers and a 3-pointer and Briody hit beforelimping off the court. She scored three points. “She didn't haveachanceto play,” Flanagan said. “But she wasn't atthat point being a big ee puie eetae national award andbeing a university graduate are probably the most important considerations. An athlete's contribution to his community can the Marriott Cénterrafters after opt oR PF OA TP ey at Ses Brown Sie" eS ing pool the run with two free throws that put the Lobos up 21-16 with 11:12 left in the first half. Dani Kubik was the only BYU playerin double figures with 11 Pots: The Cougars shot only DuffTittle said receiving a major NEW MEXICO 74, BYU 49 Foy"ure 3s to give BYU an early 10-point lead, But the Cougars missed theirnext seven shots andNew Mexico’ offense took over. BYU's offense took another eeeecone en son,the leading scorerin conferenceatnearly 19 pointsa game andthe Cougars'topre- Andersonstartedthe second orotherreligious affiliation BYUAssociate Athletic Director So who's next? Following the above criteria, former Heisman Trophywinner Ty few Mexico baraBYU11 Youn eee M2Cir"62 ouCag (ast New Wet? far, Clis.vara, ans 2) Sms BYU 8 Young. PastaCoot Broadusrem 3 AngeVes. NalsnanEaerson TechnicafulNone A-20 732 downby the Cougars. came out and defen-_ sively took it tous,” Judkins said. “Whenthey'rehitting 3s like that it's hard to guard them because (Dianne)Maretseq goa aT ars! Lobos’ w points, 11 of them in the second half. 3pointers around a free throw » Faithful member of LDS Church also be watched closely SwenecaauR BYU was 14-1 at the Marriott Center. Only the first one, Nov. 18 against Loyola Marymount,was failure. coggoung while Utah is sixth in the nineteam league. Moe loved BYU,” daughter. Anasaid. “I don't think heeverleft it. Provo madehis life and career.” His family saw that BYU still cared, and could still win and entertain like “Kresh.” onea-onk z to irst oa 's No. 22) and a choked-up fam- a ith Now, BYU will prepare fora 10 p.m. game Thursdayagainst Utah in the first round of the MWCtournamentat Denver's Pepsi Center. The teams split their series this year, each winningat home. BYUentersas the No.3 seed, R cove’ made a in Significant accomplishmentsafter BYUgraduation(athletics. community, church) ROBB COSTELLO/Dally Herald Kresimir Cosic’s jersey hangs from trash-talking with the CSU bench, ran MWC ROUNDUP over Layer. Burtschi said after the gamethat his contact with Layer was in the tournament while the Cowboys unintentional. earned a seven seed. Three-pointers by Burtschi and McGrawput Air Force ahead 52-45, » Air Force 63, Colorado State 59: At but the Rams trimmed the lead back Fort Collins, Colo., Antoine Hood had to 52-51 on Jason Smith’s layup 4:50 15 points and converted two clutch free remaining. throwsas Air Force endedits regular Dulce's layup put Air Force seasonwith a six-gamewil streak by 58-53 before a conventional anda victory over ColoradoState. ee play, but 3-pointers from Matt McCrawled Air Force (24-5, 12- Cory Lewis andGilling gave Colorado 4 Mountain West Conference) with 18 Stateits last lead with 1:34 left. points. In gaining a school-record 24th Smithled Colorado State with 17 win,the Falcons also claimed the No. points and nine rebounds. Creason add2 seed in the conference tournament ed 13 points and had twofree throws next week. in the final 1:18 of the first half that put With 1:34 left, Stephan Gilling’s 3the Rams ahead31-26at the break. pointer gave ColoradoState (15-14, 4-12) a 59-58 lead, but Hood gave the D UNLV72, TCU 61: At Las Vegas, Falcons the lead right back with two Wendell White scored a game-high 18 free throws. Seven-foot Stuart Creason points to lead UNLV over TCU in the missed badly on an uncontested 15-foot season finale for both Mounjumper with a minute left and Tim An- tain West Conference teams. derson sealed the win with a 3-pointer. White shot 8-of-10 from the-field Dan Nwaelele erased five-point and hadfive rebounds. Also for UNLV halftime deficit and tied the game at (16-12, 10-6), Jo’Van Adams added 17 41 when he converted twofree throws points with four assists, and Ricky awarded him when Colorado State’s Morgan had16points and nine ee Robinson was aeand asatRebels played withouteading a technical foul andrebounder Louis sen ho ened nny wh coming to CSU coach Dale Layer’s sprained right ankle. The senior forward Groot chia econ Barteidtowed averages 14.7 points and 8.7 rebounds. alongwith six rebounds,six MWCstandings MEN'S FINAL STANDINGS : Conf. Overaji UNLV,whichfinished fourth in the conference, next plays New Mexico in thefirst round of the conferencetournament Thursday in Denver. Nile Murrayled the Horned Frogs San DiegoSt. 133 218 Air Force 124 245 UNLV 124 106 207, 1612 (6-24, 2-14) with 16 points. Chudi New Mexico Utah Wyoming Colorado St. 88 610 17-41 1314 TCU 214 624 Chinwezeadded 13 points and four reds, Judson Stubbs scored 11 points with nine rebounds. This is the most losses in TCU’shistory, passing the 1976-77 Horned Frogs, who ended with their worst winning percentage at 3-23, The Horned Frogs,whofinished ninth andlast in their first year in the Mountain West,will now play Colorado State or Utah in the play-in game of the conference tournament Tuesday in Denver. After the Horned Frogs jumped to a 9-3 lead tostat, the Rebels scored the game's next 16 points and never trailed again. In the first half, the Rebels hit 19-of-25 shots from the field for 76 percent as they led at halftime, 44-20. In the half, ER Rebels were 5-of-7 from 3-point range and was 7-of-8 from the field. For the game, UNLVfrom the field shot 28-of-46 (61 percent), while TCU was 25-of-46 (45 percent). UNLVlaterbuilt its largest lead, 56-30 with 13:02 left in the game. The Horned Frogs ‘ogs would go on a 19-5 run, and later cut the lead to 66-57 with 41 seconds left in the game. 541 412 12417 1514 Saturday's results UNLV 72, TCU 61 Air Force 63, Colorado St. 50) BYU 76, New Mexico 68 ‘ Utah 79, Wyoming 70 : WOMEN’S rs STANDINGS i Overall BYU {33 New Mexico 115 218 TCU Wyoming, 415 106 17-10 20-7: Utah /UNLV Air Force Colorado St. San DiegoSt. 124 97 412 214 016 234 216 17-19 1344 819 323 New Mexico 74, BYU 49 TCU 82, UNLV 77 Utah 69, Wyoming 6 Air Force 79, cores State 65 |