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Show SPORTS SECTION DailySHerald WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2006 SPORTSEDITOR| Darnell Dickson - 344-2555 - ddickson@heraldextra.com BYU MEN’S BASKETBALL Junior Mike Rose headed back to his Houston roots Cougarguard returns to his hometownfor Rose has been one of the most affected returning players from last year's 921 team. Once a regular, he’s now been relegated to spot duty and hasn't even BYU’sfirst-round NIT played in the past three games. “T'm hoping to matchup in Texas (6) BYU at eet some =o Jason Franchuk (3) Houston intonext year,” DAILY HERALD Rose, a MikeRose couldn't wait to return home,the smells ofsalsa,tortillas and other Mexican-food favorites wafting through his mindas he prepared to go back to Houston. Whether he gets some grubwill remain to be seen. The samegoes for playing time, as BYU plays at UH ina 6:30 p.m. MST first-round NIT gameat Hofheinz Pavilion (notelevision). NITTOURNAMENT —6-foot-3 junior Radio: 1160 AM, ingly limitless First round Today, 6:30 p.m. TV: None 102.7 FM knownforhis quick shooting release and seemrange whenhe’s hot.“It'll be nice to play.It is kind of weird going back(while not playing much). I know this sounds trite, but it really is true with methatit's about winning.I’mstill hopeful for next car* * Rose will have a crowd cheering him on. A brother, Jordan,is a student at UH andhis parents, Gordon and Sharon, still live there. He considered the hometown university"during high school, as those Cougars also needed a shooting guard. The red-head bomber was considered oneofthe best in the area. Mountain West noesntpont, in shooting percentage. Last was fourth in the MWC byjet 56 treys. This year, he’s attempted seven fewer, making 18-0f-49. Incoming freshmen Jackson Emery and Lee Cummard havetakena lot of those opportunities that used to go to Rose. After playing 21 minutes the first game, a homeloss to Loyola Marymount, he’s never seen that muchaction. Instead,he fulfilled his dream and went to BYU. Hehas a connection — head coach Dave Rose is his uncle, See COUGARS, C5 Gordon's brother. But BYU's then-assistant coach stayed out of the way, MATT SMITH/The Daily Herald letting Steve Clevelandrelieve the Rose family of any concern of nepotism. BYU's MikeRose (2), shown here in a Rose was promisinghis first two game in January 2004, will return to his years.His first college outing, he hometown when the Cougars take on drained eight 3-pointers and heled the Houstontonight in the NIT. PREP BASKETBALL UTAH VALLEY ALL-STAR CLASSIC LIN NGOOD FUN South boysAll-Stars use barrageof3s to rally, win in overtime ‘AUTUMN LORIMER/Daily Herald Pleasant Grove's Alisa Sampson, middle, playing for the North All-Stars, fights for a rebound with South All-Stars during Tuesday night’s All-Star BasketballClassic. Phillip Morgan HERALD CORRESPONDENT The 10th anniversary of the Utah Valley All-Star Classic was an original as the South All-Stars defeated the North Brown leads the way as North girls set best of South All-Stars 104-101 in overtime. is fun,” said North head coach Neil Warner. “It is good for these guys to finish their high school careers on the court with their friends.” Trailing 84-79, the South used a barrage of 3-pointers from Stephen Broadbent of Payson — three in a row at one point — andthe Provo tandemof Tan- ner Gregory and Mark Walkerto take the lead 96-90 withless than a minute left in regulation. “This gameis a gameof runs,”said Warner. “They got on one and we couldn't stop them.” Well, “they” (theport) did stop _Jace Anderson HERALD CORRESPONDENT It was a game ofruns in the girls 2006 AllStar Basketball Classic on Tuesdaynight at the Timpview Thunderdome. But it was the North that had the upper hand m” (the South) — tein the nick of SOUTH 104 time as Taylor WilNORTH 101 liams of Mountain View hit a 3-pointer when the buzzer sounded,taking a 76-65 vic- and Cory Chase of Lone Peak drained three pressure-packed free throws with tory over the South in a gamethat matched up the top senior girls from Utah Valley. Timpanogos forward Chelsey Brownled the just two seconds left on the clock te tie North with 17 points and was named the MVP the score, After the turn aroundshot ala Chris. tian Laettner from Tanner Lambof Orem fell short, the game wentinto was just fun to be out there history. “It was fun to be here and hangout with myfriends,” said Lamb, the MVP of the South team. “To comeout on the winning endis even better.” Chaseled all scorers with 26 points and was named the North MVP. Lamb, finished with 22 points including two 3-pointers. Broadbent had 17 with help for her team. “I think they felt bad for me so they decided to cheer meup by giving methe award,” Brownjoked after the game.“But overall it overtimeforthe first timein the 10 year andplaying in such a hard NORTH 76 fought game with the girls SOUTH 65 te have been my rivals for ng.” Though the finals score separated the two teams by ninepoints, the game was a see-saw battle most of the night as both teams were fairly streaky. After Lehi’s Kayla Burningham drained a trey from the top of the key to get things from his three 3-pointers. started for the North, the South went on an 8-3 run capped by a layup by Cori Nielson from Springville. After the layup, North coach Liz Darger from Timpanogos called a timeout and ’ See GIRLS, C4 AUTUMNLORIMER,/Daly Herald Orem's Tanner Lamb dunks the ball at the Slam Dunkcontest Tuesday nightbefore the boys All-Star gameat Timpview High School. Lamb went on to win the competition. BYU BASEBALL HERALD DAILY opener)HtMiler at See BOYS, C4 UTAH JAZZ BYU fails to hold lead in one-run loss to rival Utah PROVO A ninth-inning rally for BYU fell short as it lost 54 to The festivities began with a good, oldfashioned slam dunk contest in which Lamb of Orem was victorious with a scoreof 48.5 over Mitch. Peterson of Pleasant Grove | ys Tim Reynolds THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Z MIAMI — By the time most of the always-late-arriving Miond ie od the Law,“but we came out on the short end tonight.” In the top half of theninth inning, the Utes started swinging — ou otiaodgas on against James Platt with one out. tat Fewen (03, 5.06) With the Cougar infield Bentthe Use easy playing in, Ute catcher strong innings and Adam Frank poked a ball leftwith the game tied at over Crosby’s head into 2allin a non-decision situ: mmm left, allowing two runners ation. Heallowed just two UTAH 5 toscoreto put Utah up Tuns on seven hits while BYU 4 4-3. The Utes then scored walking two and striking » another run to makeit 5-3 * out five. With the loss, the Cougars ‘ going into the bottom of theninth. drop to 4-12 while Utah-evens its In the bottom of the , BYU recordat 8-8 in a rare non-conferits first two runners on base, tilt. Kent Walton up with no “This is the best we've competed all year,” said BYU coach Vance See BASEBALL, C2 Heat torch Jazz early, often in blowout win by 36 at Sacramentoon Nov.15. “Wejust got annihilated,” Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said. Wade had 19 points in the first quarter andfinished with 25 — one fewer than the outcome ws Miami's Dwyane Wade, left, to the basket as Utah’s Greg Ostertag defends in the second quarter Tuesday. ‘ total that the Jazz starters Dwyane Wade and his Heat combined toscore all nij ie teammates sawto that. 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