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Show UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SPORTS MONDAY, NOVEM BER 20, 2000 Hoopsters blo,Nn out by Sun Devils Monaco led SUU with 19 points.including three-of-nine from three point land. The missing part for the offense during the game seemed to be Fred House. House finished with f5 points, but was in Fred House came out on fire Friday night against Arizona foul trouble the entire game and State by scoring seven straight fouled out with five minutes left in points, but the Sun Devils soon the game. cooled him and the rest of the "I didn't play like I should have,· Thunderbirds off and won their 11th said House. · 1got caught up in the straight home opener 94-72. crowd. Whenever a player does that After the the Thunderbirds were up it leaves only four on the court.. That 7-2 early in the game, ASU turned happened tonight. · things around and took the lead "Anytime you lose a guy like Fred without looking back. it is going to hurt,· said Evans. "They attacked our match-up zone," At one point during the game, said SUU head coach Bill Evans. ·we after being heckled by ASU fans, didn't guard them as well as I thought House drove to the basket, laying we would." the ball in the hoop after an ASU's offense seemed to overacrobatic move in the air. House power the SUU defense. 18 of ASU's , then looked at the Sun Devil fans 41 rebounds came on the offensive and did the "cut-throat" sign. side for the Sun Devils. SUU finished Guard Justin Sant and forward with 29 boards, nine offensive. Dan Beus both finished in double ·we just didn't do the little things figures with 11 points. that you need to do to beat a school The 'Birds seemed to be frustrated like this at their place.· said guard during the game. The 'Birds shot Stan Johnson. 45.5 percent from the field. Not only did ASU dominate SUU on · 1was just frustrated by not being the boards, but the Sun Devils shut able to execute offensively," said down the 'Birds offense. Evans. "Pressure does that to you." l "They kept the pressure on us,· The 'Birds will take what they said point guard Jeff Monaco. "They learned into tonight's game against denied the passing lane." Fred House shows off his moves against in-state rival Weber State at 7 p.m. in Monaco, from Scottsdale, Ariz., ASU Friday night. the Centrum Arena. The Wildcats are was making an appearance in front of coming off an 82-59 home victory over Cal Riverside. a home crowd, and.gave it something to cheer about. BY JASEN ASAY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR \) Moore running in NCAA championships today At 11 :15 this morning, senior Curtis Moore will run his final cross-country race as a Thunderbird, but it is the biggest race of the year. Moore will be the only Bird running in the NCAA Cross Country Championships, hosted by Iowa State University at Ames, Iowa. This will be Moore's second straight year running in the championship race. Moore is coming off a third place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championship and a Mid-Continent Conference first-place finish. His win at the Mid-Con meet was his second individual conference title in three years and helped SUU win its fourth straight team title. The men's cross country squad placed seventh and the women came in 15th at regionals, making Moore the only SUU qualifier for the championship race. "Curtis is gunning for all-America status," Head Coach Eric Houle said. "He is running in this race for the second year in a row and to run at that caliber of a race speaks well of his achievements and ability. He is one of the finest runners in the country and running in this race is a fitting way to end his career. We won't know what we have-until it's gone.· The top-25 American finishers in each of the championship races will earn All-American honors. 'Birds come back to win seaso·n finale (continued from page one) Sam Elliot takes a pitch on fourth down and scores the winning touchdown for the 'Birds against NAU. .,,. .... . . .. . . . . .... . . 4 .. . .. .,; "' " ... ... , . . ... _ ...,....... ... ........ .... . .._... On the ensuing drive NAU would look to their junior running back Marcus King. He racked up 58 of his 137 total rushing yards on the drive including a 36-yard scamper to take the lead. SUU had a chance to tie things up with 1:30 left in the half after a 31-yard Kam Brown reception set up a short Henderson score. However, the PAT was blocked and returned by NAU defensive back Ray Perryman for two points. In the third quarter Cannon returned to lead the Thunderbirds on a comeback. "He plays with a lot of pain," Gregory said. "His pain tolerance is much higher than yours or mine.· With the team trailing 2~ 13, SUU once again used a long pass play to set up a touchdown, SUU would end up with 127 yards through the air. This time _ ........ .. _..u - • ••~........__ ~ wideout Lane Earl hauled in a 43-yard Cannon bomb. Five plays later, Madsen hit paydirt for the · second time on a three-yard run. SUU finally took the lead in the fourth quarter. Cannon made the final big play of his career, a 35-yard quarterback sneak, to set up the play of the game. On fourth down from the NAU 11 , trailing 23-20, Gregory called option right and senior slot back Sam Elliott scored the final touchdown of his career off the pitch. While Cannon exit wasn't the thing movies are made of, 14 other seniors walked off the field for the final time as victors. "I've been happy with my career and I wanted to end with a win," , Woolston said. With the win Southern Utah finishes the season 7-4. This marks the first time since 1992 the Thunderbirds have had back -toback winning seasons. - - - . J.a .. - ·- · JAY'S . NOTES SPORTS COMMENTARY BY JASEN ASAY The inadvertent whistle During Saturday's 27-23 SUU victory over Northern Arizona , I saw the worst call ever made by a referee during a football game. With SULJ. trailing 23-13, cornerback Jackson Peck chased Northern Arizona's quarterback Carson Bradley outside the pocket and sacked him , forcing a fumble which Peck recovered. However, tlie Lumberjacks kept possession because of an "inadvertent whistle.· That's right , one of the refs was a little whistle-happy and blew it before the play was over, and the referreing crew decided to re-do the down. In other words, the ref screwed up, and decided the best way to cover it up was to pretend that it didn't happen . That way he wouldn't looks so bad. Wou ldn 't it be nice if we all had an "inadvertent whistle" that we could blow when we messed up? Whatever we did, the whistle would make it seem as if it didn't happen . It doesn't matter if it hurts someone else, as long as we look good. That would come in handy during sports. Scott Norwood, a former kicker for the Buffalo Bills who missed a last second, game-winning field goal in Superbowl XXV, would love one. I'm sure he'd like another shot at the kick. Mike Tyson could use a whistle. Maybe he could take away the fight when he bit Evander Holyfield's ears. Or the night he crashed his car into a tree. Or when he tried to pick-up a beauty contestant and got put in jail. Well , he might need a few whistles. Not as many as Darryl Strawberry, though. That guy has done so many things to blow an "inadvertent whistle" on he'd need a lifetime supply. Non-athletes could use the whistle as well. I'm sure John Travolta would like to blow it and erase his movie Battlefield Earth. If you are one of the few who saw it, you'll know why. The Spice Girls could have used a special whistle after their hollywood-flop Spice World. Even though their careers were already heading down the toilet, this movie flushed them. A friend of mine recently made fun of his girlfriend on the radio for getting his car stuck in the snow. If he had an "inadvertent whistle,' she would have to forget about what was said. If I had one of these great whistles, I would have used it about a month ago when two football players, who will remain nameless (numbers 4 and 14) , visited the Power 91 Friday Morning Sports Show in their underwear. I'm still trying to lose that picture in my mind. Even though they don't know it yet, my exgirlfriends will soon realize they made a mistake leaving me and wish they could blow an "inadvertent whistle.' Well, maybe not. Anyway, he SUU football team taught us a lesson from this bad call by the refs that head coach C. Ray 'G regory called a joke . Bad things happen to us , we need to move on . That's what the 'Birds did. After NAU 9ot the ball back, SUU's- defense stopped the 'Jacks, and gave the ball back to the offense. SUU went 80 yards in seven plays to score a TD and pull within three at 20-23. The 'Birds kept their mfimentum going and scored again. Now the 'Jacks wish they had an "inadvertent whistle" to blow to somehow change the result of the game. It's too bad that the men in the zebra stripes get to have all the fun. , .. •· - ....... . ,., • • .. . · - - • .. - .... -- · -- -.. - - --- - - - - -- .. - - - - - - - - -- - -- ..- - ----- -- . 1• |