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Show THUNDERBIRD SPORTS THETHUNDERBIRD•SOUfHERNUfAHUNIVERSITY•TUESDAY,JANUARY 191 1993 • PAGE 9 Ladies bounce Nevada, GCU BY JAYH! TO N Thunderbird Spo,,s Editar Angie Alvey srored 29 points in SUU's wins ooer UNR and GCU. 111 SUU women's basketball team helJ th e Lady W olf Pack of Nevada to just two points in the fi nal ix and a half mi nutes to clai m 6 1-44 win Monday night in the Centmm. The wi n pu hes the Lady 'Bird clo er co the .500 at 6-8 and d1ey will cry to improve un that record tonight as they battle Idaho State in Pocatello, Id. In their first meeting of the year in d1e Centru m the Lady Bengal nailed a th ree·pointer at d1e buzzer to snatch cl1e victory. The 1-9 Lady W olf Pack enjoyed brief leads in d1e opening minutes, but Libby Pri e' short jumper wid1 13:30 left in me half put the L,dy 'BirJ up for good. Trailing 19-10, UNR dim~-.d lx,ck lnto the game wid1 a 11-4 run in the final ix min utes of the half to trail by on two, 23-2 1. SUU came out in the second half wid1 trong defense a nd a powerful inside game to hold off the ch argi ng Lady Wolf Pack. Becky Sd1ofiekl and Cherri Shurtl iff h it two 4uick buckets and pu h the score ro 27-23. Price and Angie Alvey scored in the lane and Schofield drai ned a 18foot jumper and the L1dy 'Birds were up 10 at 33-23 wiclt 16:4 7 to play. evada scrapped back into the g,une at d1e 6:38 mark when down by five, but a horrible scoring drought ma t didn't end until 10 seconds left in clte game sealed the Pack fate. Freshmen Denise Parker and Cherri Shurtliff took charge in the fi nal six minutes. Parker hit six consecutive points for clte Thunderbirds, which included fou r of(. ur fr m the li ne and a driving layup tu push SUU to a 51-42 aclvan rnge. Shu rtliff hi t two of two from the li ne and two lay up and her sister Sue hit two fr m the line and a bucket fo r a 6 1-4 2 lead. U NR broke its scori ng drought on th e last basket of d1e game, leaving SUU with a I ?·point wi n . QWe just came our li n die second halij and played really tough ," aid mch L1rry hu rtliff. "We moved the ball w II iind clte o pen person rook me shot and it went down li ke a ra t going down a hole. The-re was a period of fou r o r five minmes cliat we playeJ really gcxxl o n die defe nsive end and hit d1e open man and d1e hots went down ." Cherri Shurtliff had a game-high 16 points wid1 S\.'VCn boa rds, while Price netted L3 points and pulled Jcwn nine rcbounJ s. In acti n Friday n ight, the bdy TI1underbi rds registered anocl1cr big win in a 84·68 decision over Grand anyon University. The bdy Antelopes appea red to have control of d1e game in th e opening minutes by jumping out to a quick I l-5 lead with 15 mi nutes to play. The L,.Jy 'Birds trailed by o ne point afte r ba kets by C he rri Shurtliff, two baskets by Sue Shunli ff, and a jumper by Amanie N iei man n , but i was Alv:y' two du ce-points cltar put die Lady 'Bi rds up l l 3 wim nine minute left in die half Using full court pressure UJdy Antelopes pulled within one at 44-4 3, but SU answered wiclt a 17 run fo r a commanding 76-60 adva ntage. In cltc final two minutes SU hir six of eight fo ul shots fo r the win. l11e Lady ' Birds had fou r playe r in do uble-figu res, Alvey had 2 1, Niemann 19, C herri Shurtliff 16, and Schofield added I l . m 'Birds b~at Rams, lose to Indians Gymnasts fall at Utah BY JAKE CUDNEY Thunderbird Sports Wrir.e,Soucltem Ura.h's men's basketball team soared into action Monday night, but were shot down by clte Ind ians of Southeast Missouri State, and ended up with their seventh loss of clte season 947l. The Thunderbirds went into the game hoping co increase meir season record to two games over .500, but instead dropped t0 7-7 o n me year. Coach Bill Evans decried his club's inability to control clte ball, citing Ute 31 turnovers committed by the 'Birds. "We didn't handle the pressure as well as we needed t0," he said, "and we need to take better care of clte basketball." Evans noted that alcltough his squad played well, "Southeast just played better. They deserve a lot of credit." The lndians, wim the win, improved clteir record to 8-6. The Thunderbirds' high scorer, forward Curtis Loyd, c.ame away with 22 points. He was followed by Richard Barton who finished wiclt 19, and Andy Ward who finished with 11. On the defensive end, the 'Birds had 27 rebounds compared to SMSU's 17. The difference came with the Indians' 16 offensive boards, conttasted by SU's three. Barton led all Thunderbird rebounders wiclt eight The 'Birds took a sizable lead over the Indians, 20. 11, after Andy Jensen capped off an 11 -2 run hitting two key foul shots with just over IO minutes left in the first half. SU would take its biggest lead of the game, 29-18, when Ward hit a three-pointer at clte 8:24 mark. Southeast Missouri went on a 9-2 run to cut the Thunderbird lead to three at J0.27, but Southern Urah increased its lead to nine wiclt 3:56 left in the half. With 2:06 left in the half, the Indians had pulled to within four at 40-36, and at the half the Thunderbirds held only a one-point lead at 44-43. SU rumovers ajded the Indians in cutting the gap early on as clte ' Birds turned clte ball over 16 times during the period, but had only nine takeaways. Their ability to shoot from the field kept cltem in the game during clte first half as SU rut 14 of 18 from clte field, 87 percent, while SWMU o nly hit 47 percent. The second half started off on a bad note for clte Thunderbirds as they turned clte ball over two of their first three possessions, and with 17:39 left in the game the score was tied at 46. The 'Birds were only able to increase their lead to five befo re clte Indians c.ame back. SU ' s last lead came with just over 13:00 left in clte game when Loyd hit two foul shots to make the score 55-53. With 3:48 remaining, Reggie Ingram fouled out, and this started clte Thunderbird decline. The Indians went on a 13-4 run ro rake a 13-point lead at 85-72. ln action on Friday, SU defeated. the Texas Wesleyan Rams 87-63. Barton led the 'Birds in scoring with 21 . He was followed by Loyd who finished wiclt 11, seven of whid1 came in the first half. TWU's Kenny Kenvin led all scorers with 23. Barton, along with Squire, led SU in rebounding wiclt each pulling down six. Ward and Jensen added five boards apiece. SUU was successful in controlling clte ball, giving it away only six times during the game, while forcing 18 turnovers from the Rams. The Thunderbirds will be in action again on Jan. 20 in the Hilton Coliseum on clte campus of Iowa State. Tip-off time is set for 6 p.m. MST. The S U U gymnasts were in econd place after two rotatio n , but couldn't keep it up through d1e final two rounds and fi nished with a 186.30 in the Smiclt's C hallenge Cup Monday night in clte University of Ura.h's Huntsman Center. The Lady Utes maintained their number o ne natio nal ranking with a 196.95. Urah State finished seco nd wiclt a 188.45 and BYU finished ahead ofclte 'Birds wiclt a 187.95. SUU Coach Scott Bauman said that the Lady ' Birds struggled mostly on vault, but he they were still in seco nd place after two rotations. He said cltac sco res were low in most of clte events, but cltat the SU women stayed consistent cltroughout clte meet. Utah rook a clean sweep in clte all-around with Kristen Kenoyer, Suzanne Metz and Kelli W olsey with sco res of 39.60, 39.40 and 39.15, respectively. For Soucltem Urah in me all-around, Julie Aguirre led with a 37 .90, Jill Eagles had a 36.90, and Jodi McKay registered a 36.85, while Lisa Gomez had a 36.60. On clte individual events, fo r S0ud1em Utah o n vault, Aguirre had a 9.4 Mika Goldstein a 9.20 and Eagles a 9.0 5. Wolsey won the competition with a 9.90. On bars, the event where Southern Utah struggled most, Gomez led with a 9.35, Aguirre a 9.30 and StaGeY Fullmer with a 9.25. Utah's Kenoyer won clte event with a 9.90. On beam, Aguirre placed first for clte Thunderbirds with a 9.55 and Susie Specht had a 9.45. Kenoyer won this event also, wiclt a 9.95. On the floor exercise, SUU's strongest event, Kirn Francis had a 9.70, while Aguirre, Eagles, Gomez and McKay all had 9.65s. Kenoyer again won Ute event wim a 9 .90. The 04 lady Thunderbirds will go for clteir first win of the season Feb. 4 when they travel to Colorado Springs, Colo. to met Air Force Academy and Denver University in Denver, Colo., Feb 5. Southern Urah will be back in the Centrum Feb. 11, 15, and 19 when it hosts San Jose State, in-sll!.te rival Urah State and UCSanta Barbara. |