Show The Utah Statesman Monday March 9 1T3 rtif USU fails in PCAA toumoE: by Dale Bublitz A masterful piece of coaching by USU’s Rod Tueller and a strong defensive effort were not enough to overcome Fresno State University Friday night in the PCAA tournament in Anaheim The Aggies lost by a deceptive 7 score ending their season For the second straight night Tueller’s defensive architecture was the right struce ture In the win over it was the diamond-and-onOn Friday it was an assortment of zone defenses and a refusal to go to a man defense that left Fresno confused and “Even after we beat their man defense twice this year I didn’t expect to see a zone” said FSU Coach Boyd Grant “We tried to force them to play man but they wouldn’t We waited for USU to make mistakes but that didn’t occur” The Aggie defenders held together as if they were the Alamo’s last line of defense Only as time ran out and the Aggies were forced to foul did the Bulldogs inflate the 71-5- 93-9- 0 UC-Irvin- e off-guar- d final score Against Fresno’s slowdown game that required a total defensive effort the Aggies forced 17 turnovers "Rod had them ready to play” said Grant "but we lacked patience too” The night’s shortcomings came from the Aggies’ offense that scored well below its 821 season average Credit might be given to Fresno one of the nation’s stingiest team to score against The BuBdngs physically kept the ball out of Brian Jackson’s hands and pounded him when he didn’t touch the ball Although Jackson 25 points to pass Cornel scored a game-higcareer scorer at Green as the USU his arm and upper body were reddened by Fresno’s physical abuse "If Jackson had shot 20 more times he would have set a scoring record and beaten us" said Grant Tueller unimpressed with officials Tom Finken and Charlie Range saw it another way "We would have liked to have gone to him more down the stretch” he said But h second-highe- fUy held Saturday in the Nelson Ficldhousc i Khows give victory omens' track team fir " iJugj V M ihov 1 Up The championship meet was Nelson Pieldhouse and all four ’ere committed to compere flrs rrt the iU X1 ®Drhe 1981 Beehive Classic and Utah “oor Track and Field Championships but of University of Utah’s coach Utes from the meet while com intkKir facilities left his team unable to S'arn You ni University also failed to ap- u (H ahead and offer an excuse V7t'w Cwri r? yKmtdion understandably disap behavior of the two absent universities fTl BYU-Wju -- relationships with crd ” the Cougars unexplained and ’'unprofessional and non-honable” cheduledt though as the Aggies h from Weber State 109 points as Weber took 1 Kuusela was the only BYU competitor 5 em points for the Cougars by The U of U was not awarded any Col-wt- se-j- IT1 ’ 1 ' j - quality °w er'"- Jlr Cou ' ? fit meet” commented Knud chance to really go headbarely aoaed out the and USU was fociiatj loaded tridi I st Tueller indicated that Jackson’s physical stature wouldn’t have been able to overcome the pounding he would have been forced to take When Tueller tried to bargain for assault charges Rang kit kiss with a vengeful technical foul Jac kson hit on ail five of his field pdri-temp- ts JT in the first half tying Green’s record at the 4:53 mark of the period Midway through the final period he moved ahead of Green and finirited with career 1900 points The Aggies were outshot only 531 percent to 571 percent from the door Only on a few occasions were their shot srlrninns questionable Key turnovers 18 in a3 and a few good free throws proved a sma3 but significant difference in the game with slow moving Bulldogs ‘‘We played with a lot of effort but our execution was lacking at crucial times” said Tueller The game began as if the Aggies weren’t impressed with a league leader The Bulldogs had entered as if they were the legion of Rome but Keith Hood’s ornuirj d brought the back to contemporary time It was a seesaw affair until Ajpe turnovers allowed Fresno the luxury cf td- break baskets uncommon of Fresno’s image In the halFs final three oriautes Fresno took advantage of two 1 calls 10 build a halftime lead Fresno quickly budt mnmmtum and a — fS -- i er red-da- 29-2- in r r— r second katf Ti ' the naaciand swl — S7-2- 7 ' food switch fisn the aone Bulldog turnovers At the C - I f — 11:3 closed tie £ ' Edgar Wicklifle’s 1 but the Ags never got do oor to 7 "We couldn’t believe they wouLLat nut of the zone” said Grant The game’s final minutes riwwsd parade of Bulldogs going to the Bne The charity tosses awarded to them tend 1 the Aggies’ defensive effort Hood Jackson and WidUe made their final appearances in Aggie uniforms 39-3- kzi I -- - Ags pepper Kings 21-- 2 in 'opi:' Utah Slate University’s baseball team its season with an explosion of hitting Saturday afternoon as it demolished the Cat he Valley Kings 21-"It was a good way to start the season” viid player-coacGreg Schaum "It was a 2 h solid offensive showing” Offense was indeed the Aggies' strong point as they came from the plate with 19 hits accounting for their 21 runs Cache V alley on the other hand was held to only three hits had been scheduled for the A double-headafternoon but the second game was later cancelled as the Aggies began their hit parade The Cache Valley Kings is a local team which plays in the Beehive League Bob Steele was the winning pitcher as he Agheld down the first three inamgs far Css Crr r e ‘i gies Croce i ' T ’— r t er 6t d " ch±tinot"lrritrsrlr-T- r" ' j J v ’C 1 i trj C three from the plate as be dsr and two RC1 for the Apes UTJ baseman Darwin Cad hfowd ty ting three for three and attl’ig tbrtr Lzi3 Ag Kevin Mackey brought home a two RBI as he played a self fcforiw in center field “Everyone played and every era t!l C n baft” noted Crimea ”k heading into EYU” w3 1 a The Agues’ next rs header agsuw the Jrilzr V Brigham Youeg ' afternoon in risvs Cy £ ’ ) A C:i t' c " £3 sa ses a t £--- tod7 "J dhotml torrre - - ' ’j £rr - ' I |