Show The Ubih Statesman Monday January 7 1 980 Page 1 1 member break gives Tueller’s Aggies some maturity basketball of a While Dean Hunger and Brian Jackson were holding their end of the scoring the supporting cast U-- was not Inside the key the Ags were taint punished on the hoards with opponents oulrelxnindmg them on an average of 10 a yame The At center leo Cunningham appeared to be confined to the role of Lofafmewme take tme require a proper for U appear period and within Sul the proper time been the eight- Mkmiyht have Win W) December schedule n span one mM this hool toughest in recent hi Coach Rod Tuelleraml - carefully handled the team the pro the team mpled process They eri located and corrected mas and improved PC t to be able to face he t ‘ ‘ Bgh dule ahead rarly December e said Tueller utruuifling as a team were and we frit Bublitx i(un‘d many of u fn-nami instmas gifts from ami the I’Si nJy Bruce Snyder flR11 team reonved a gift of it 11 A A crown rn in undisputed week before Christ man )uhr Iew Over AA Commissioner unfed the Af another footlwdl Bind the conference crown on I basis of an alleged vioUtion At icovered by the league office I PCAA winter meetings Over Used the following statement “Sn Jose State I mvpTMtv mut rft seven game and it h 1V A xhinpionship for tiding an in Hhile The player and Sdn ! would not reveal the the ineligible player the benefit iarie of office buitm of indicated K " office league htx bactioa Spartans won three of and tied game "wud Cryer “Their eann “The seven ko NUwr be adjusted from ti-wins wiU he awarded aoni will and 1 to Oregon Fresno State (Jkrton Utah State " The pme with USU hud ended in 48 tie the result of a Steve and lake the field goal with no time left dock The tie marked the both teams 4 0-- The awarded championship was ‘“schools first in football in 41 One to go bai k under the direction of Romney thev finished h in dd Rocky Mountain Kacultv toe Conference for the last Ude A highlight of that M memorable 14 win 'Colorado and the fabled Hvron hite the Hutfalo and current numler of i '1836 would have when L’S Supreme Court twhing we U go around wg our chests about said Ag Chris Pella “since Q prefer to win At the same the games on the time our primary the conference cham- - indicated that the Ags' play and its showing ntonal powers has allow- - faensen leaves £Eastern Utah l1 State iBUnt Ofgetisen has fonthall coach accepted the job at the College of lni Utah Jorgensen associated with the who has Ag pro-years as a player assistant and as a w‘0 assume the pose 1® t j fj1 JlF C0ch Bruce Snyder his plans to 0rgnsen but indicated djustment would be “ said it would be ° bU the void in nl recruiting respon-cause- d by the departure has handled local worked with the W reveal qj Cunningham's tribution offensive con- changed radically designated defenseman rarely Although his scoring did not put more a than three shots shooting him among the nation's leaders he game This enabled teams to slack was scoring averaging 10 shots per off Cunningham and double team game and at least forcing his Jackson and Hunger when they defender to play him honest made moves to the basket It was an area we had to Welxr Slate opened the holiday change” said Tueller "It was get- season bv exploiting the Ags’ early fie a to psychological thing ting problems to win Respective J6 and Players would look inside and see point outputs by Jackson " 79-7- him open and pass to someone else and Hunger could not overcome the handed PCAA football championship igs igbie Met ween I he secoiid W eler State game and Albuquerque site of the Classic many of the problems were cured or reduced in severity Metween games Tueller held clinics in aggressiveness and relxtunding resulting in the slicing of opponent's relxiunding edge in half yj J" jjand ed them to go head to head against defensive line defensive bai kfieldand at quarterbai k With big name schixils in recruiting wars Many of the athletes they are the graduation of Trie Hippie and lixiking at and that are coming to Craig Bradshaw and the return of I'tah State for visits are plavers v irtuullv the entire receiv ing corps Coach Bruce Snyder needs to find sought by the L’SCs Michigan and Notre Dames That was more someone tapable of getting the ha II the exception than the rule in re- to a talented group of receivers cent times The defensive Itne lose nea'v The Ags priority in recruiting ap- every minute of game time at left pears to lie in the areas of the tackle and at nose guard team s W xxr ildiat the and shooting s scoring balance Against a young Nevada-Ren- team the Ag a bench squandered a big lead but held on to win With 10 57 remaining and holding an lead Tueller ordered the bench cleared In a stretch the lead was narrowed to 1 13-9- XJ-5- c SIX I wo days later they whipped Idaho State H7 77 Again they squandered a big lead while experiencing a shooting drought Possibly the most disappointing performance (ante against Colorado where they let a lead get away and lost M 79 They led all hut the final four minutes when turnovers and pixir shot selection cost them Returning to a Spectrum filled with "buy college credit” signs in reference to since declared ineligible I'te Danny Vranes the Ags turned aggressive to Utah A not her excellent night from the line offset the dominating 30 point performance of Cte Tom Chainlx-rI a ter in the week PCAA officials Roy M Kercher and Dick Schromm made SOOO Ag fans unhappy with lx-a- l 9h-X- s prayer shot giving the Cougara a 43 41 lead McKercher and made their presence Schromm known The Ags received a greater portion of the duo'a judgment 21 calla to the Cougar'a four Thia imbalance sent the Cougara to the line 2X times while the Aga were limited to three free throwa These uncontented opportunities kept the Cougars in the game and aroused the anger of the mild mannered Jackson as the clock expired The week after Christmas the Ags raised a few eyes by winning the Bobo Classic their first tournament win in eight yeara More importantly it marked the team s first road wins and came against quality opposition Against a powerful La Salle of Philadelphia and premier forward Michael Brooks they played their finest game Hunger held the powerful Brooks to 22 points while Jackson and McKlralh popped 29 and 23 points respectively in the X9 XX win In the championship game they easily handled New Mexico 117-8- Jackson s performance earned him tournatheir judgment in a his to ment MVP honors while McKlrath BYU After a physical first half and Hunger joined him on the allt ended with a Scott Ruma tournament team X9-X- |