Show Anteaters almost choke while sucking up Ago by Kent Somers wrll-guaide- like gra(e serin income L'lah State’s basketball ami clusters in team fount! itsell in a vineyard of proMistake1 the University of California! r vine Anteaters last night in the S(hc truni The Aggies turned the ball over and took some tiieslionable shots at crucial times in a 101 99 loss to the I he loss record to UCI is now 14-- 7 for the 4-- drops USU's overall and ton-(erent- e 2 in 1CAA plav anil b-- vear The Sjiettrum might well lie renamed the “Heartbreak Hotel’’ after last night's loss The Airies ere behind In 10 (Hunts at halftime but battled hat k to within two (Hunts I he Ag with only seven set out is left had possession i timeouts to stop Aggie guaid the Irnyt h o 1 t lot k Jairv Bergrson L'SU Coach KihI "I tieller hail no mulling is going to work lor the kills ” said I ueller I he normally votal Aggie fans were more stilMhied last night and at time the was as met as a lor mimes "We’re on trial here a little bit" said 'fueller "They ’re great fans but they are a little bit sNult-- and don’t know what to do ” I ueller added that the partisan trowil dul help L’SU down the slrett h “ Realist It alls we an ltMik at tine game ’ at a time anti plav our guts said I ueller out I he Anteaters had no trouble iii m the told lziim t Innate and shot a st aiding bl jieti ent for the SH-itru- n " the ball but hud no fie- - Airies tom retr reasons for the Aggie loss their filth m a row “It seems like blems against Anteaters passed oil to a Cigar kN it khlle who missed a 25 imi pimp shot as the buzzer blew taps lor the 1 dttbbl-e- the lltnir ami then d Kame anti 74 (hicciiI lot the second flail I he Aggies were more frigid and sfiot 4b (MTieni for tfie 1 oiliest T lie Antealets stattril tfie game shtHrtmg the tiall hotter than the Sahara desert thunk to several inside butket by Kevin Magee tfie nation’s leading st orer with a 2 9 2 (Hunt prr Kaine average I he Aggie wete older than Alaskan tundta anti cjuit klv fell IK-2 with 1 4 24 left in the first hall I he Annies then lagan to find the butke! anil closed the gup to with 2 f2 left in tfie first stanza The Anteaters then oulscoied the Annies 12-anil went to lot ker room with a 54 44 lead "’I he last two minute of tfie first half were ttutiif" saitf T ueller Some sloppv passmn bv tfie Aggie and missed Itee throws helied UCI to nain the adv untune I fie An stalled tfie set uiul fialf 1 44-4- 1 T inui h the same way they had ended the first lao Cunmnnham missed a slam dunk and the Anteaters tame out firing to extend their lead to 1 1 points with 11:21 left in tfie (imr T fie Ags tfien began their romeback and dosed to within three with 56 set ontls left on the dink UCI’s Kevin Fuller was fouled and hit tine of hil two shots and Magee dunked the ball to give the Anteaters a lead Aggie Brian Jackson hil two free throws and Keith IftMid put in a shot with eight second left and then the Ag used their last timeout USU then fouled Magee on the in bounds pass but Magee missed the foul sfiot to set up the missed jumper by W'ii klille Jackson led all scorers with 32 point and also pulled down II re (hiuiuIs while playing one of his finest games t if the season Witklifle finished with 19 ioinl and Cunningham had 16 six-poi- he Utah Statesman ' Friday February 13 1981 Page 1 Irvine players give Ags advice by Dale BssMMs - - AV- Jt - While the Utah Slate basketball team has found a comfortable resting plate in the PC AA second division perennial conference dooimaf UC Irvine has found a plate among the league's liest teams Three players who played major rolrs in tfie Anteater program in tfie (last now apprec iate their tram’s progress from tfie vantage point of the bench luiuis Hremond Quentin Brown and Rob bie Beal were three of the Anteater starters a year ago Brrmond was the playmaker Brown a leading relxiundrr and Beal the leat ling sinter After this year's coaching ( t fiange at Irvine t lie trio now combines for 75 total (Hunts and very little playing time “They know they are the final three players on t lie fieiith" said UCI Coach Bill Mulligan "But those players' role are im (Hirtaut in team winning" None ol the thtrc playrt have liecome disc 011 raged "Ii's a lot more lun" says Bi own "We've atcepied our role at the ex (H'lise of winning" and Anteaters at b-he Aggies at have reversed their lCAA standings of recent year What advice doe Beal Brown anil n Brrmond have lor the suddenly T 3 3-- b loss-ridde- Aggies' "Tell them not to drop their head or give with the echo of the ocher two up" say Bealthere lirfnre but feel the Aggies ‘We've Ijren still have a gtHid shot at winning the PCAA Tournament" ihmi riafy w t |