Show ' I'M Anteaters nip Aggies in conference contest by Kent Somers Girls and Utah State’s men’s basketball team have something in common— diamonds seem to be each inW best friend But the Aggies’ diamond is a defense andtU bring it out at least once a year against the Anteaters Utah State which used the defense las year to defeat Irvine couldn’t pawn the diamond and loam Irvine Saturday Utah State’s record now falls to overall and in PCAA Irvine is 14-- overall and in conference play The Aggies put Michael McCullough on Irvine’s Kevin Magee while the other Aggies played a sow and USU was able to use this defense to jump to a halftime lead But in the second half the Anteaters obtained the lead and pulled the ball out forcing USU into a man defense The Anteaters had craftily stolen the diamond USU did have its chance to tie the ballgame with 1:12 in the game But the Aggies tried to get an inside sh and turned the ball over with 21 seconds left UCI then hit foul shots to seal the win Larry Bergeson who had 16 points in the game and went from the field passed up good outside shots in that la minute in an effort to get the ball inside “I was thinking of shooting” said Bergeson “Iwishnowl e diamond-and-on- 71-6- e 8 3 1 3 4-- 0 4 left several 6 would have” Bergeson has been shooting more in recent games and is the only Aggie regular above the 50 percent mark in field goals “Yes I have definitely been looking for the shot Teams have been sagging in on us and that has opened me up more” said Bergeson Irvine which has a 61 percent field goal average shot only 49 percent against the Aggies Usually a post player Magee 5 was often feet from the basket because of the Aggie defense “I have been taking the this year became everybody has to respect me because I have a soft touch” said Magee Magee made only five of 1 1 foul shots He still scored 21 points 17 of which came in the second half "Magee misses a lot” said USU Coach Rod TueDer “He did last year and we were able to capitalize” The Aggies McCullough on Magee in the diamond defense But when the Anteaters pulled the ball out USU was forced to put 1 against Cunningham and Haakon Austefjord Magee 10-1- USU sLf® Cunningham and Irvine's Kevin Magee go up for Saturday night's opening tipoff Magee jcored 21 points and the Anteaters handed the Ags their 13th loss of the season man-on-m- 49ers turn Bengals into pumpkins in by Dale Bublitz Two cinderellas made it to the Bowl Ball but only the San Francisco 49ers Super returned home with the glass slipper and Super Bowl rings The cinderellas of San Francisco took advantage ofuheir couterP arts’ mistakes to win Super Bowl AVI It appeared in the opening moments the 49ers and Bengals were being offered the slipper only to fum-bl- e or throw it away The opening series of both clubs ended m turnovers 49er Lawrence Taylor fumbling the opening kickoff and Bengal Ken Anderson returning the favor by throwing an interception The difference was that the Bengals weren’t able to capitalize on Taylor’s fumble After Anderson’s pass was picked off by Dwight Hicks the 49ers did 26-2- 1 produce some points Following the interception San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana calmly directed an 68 drive Montana’s passing to Dwight Clark yard Charle Young and Freddie Solomon set a Montana sneak from the one Ray Wersching’sup PAT ‘ gave the 49ers a 0 lead Cincinnati’s misfortune didn’t end with that first 11-pl- 7-- interception Anderson steered the Bengals on an apg drive but one that never parent got past the 49er seven It was here that Bengal Chris fumbled away the scoring drive Montana and company came roaring back with a drive of their own with a 93 yard drive A 20 yard pass to Solomon an to Clark yarder a personal foul on Bengal lineback Jim LeClair and setup an scoring strike to Earl Cooper Wersching’s PAT gave San Francisco a 14-- lead It was a play designed to clear out the linebackers and have Cooper fill in front of the game-tyin- th 12-pl- 1 1 1 0 weakside zone” said 49er coach Bill Walsh The Bengals’ next possession produced no more than one first down and a punt From their own 34 Montana directed a drive that ended with a field goal They were the only points that could not be attributed to a turnover and the drive was one to run out the clock before intermission With I? seconds remaining the Bengals wouldn’t let the half end without any more scoring Archie Griffen failed to handle Wersching’s squib kickoff Eric Wright fell on the ball at the Bengal three and Wersching knocked another field goal in to send the 49er halftime lead to 20-- 0 22-ya- 26-2- 1 win An apparent halftime pep talk seemed to put life into the scoreless Bengals During the third period Cincinnati outgained San Francisco board yards but put only seven points on the NFL the him made that the form Displaying Player of the Year Anderson marched the Benj 83 yards with the second half kickoff Andenoni five yard TD run closed the scoreboard gap w That led to possibly the key series of the to the Bengals got the ball back and drove dew 49er the one Four plays were repulsed by Bengal highlighted by Jack Reynolds’ stuffing Johnson on fourth down from the one footaD “It was a play that no one had stopped ye long” said Cincinnati coach Forrestline and get any penetration on their linebackers all day long” The Bengals came back to score on Ander Dan Ross TD passes of three and four yar’ I scores couldn’t offset Wersching’s two final goals pm' Bay Wersching’s four field goals tied Green Chandler for most field goals in a Super 49er points were setup by a fumble 138-1- Gregg-didn’- t 1 WrUk1 OC I |