| Show rP'mr'4' 20 The Sali Eike Tribune Sunday February 26 198a o ':''' ''' 1 '' - i l''' :'' Li' ' ' " '' J: 1 :1'A !'4' 7 '' 4t ':5 '':': '' ' S ::i""it 4:': fi: t 0 k t r V1 1 "! i t'!4 : te' 1 1"N 4 17 :1:'):: ---- : ::: ctr 41 '" :Z l'i 4444 xp-- ) i i"L:: 7 4 f' 1 -0 i : ' 44 :':: " tItgi sV t1 t:''''k ti:' W' -- k ' " ''''"Vookii A101) - ':: ::: 14: ':: !"- '7'9441!440'"440" :0'444-:i:0"- ? 4 !z e:'-- z? : "t':" 4 " 0:: :" "F" (t -4 4 4' ' t''4-- 0l'P: IF -- $71' 404 1 t: ? 44 '':3:4 ''': V 'd ' 410:'44:''' :' - a Cgi4et: '' 'ii eit: - - ::: '40::::'94 ?: ': :' - Jazz Pacers K0':: :":":':::A"' point guard faces ' rlk IF ' ib e rookie head coach : L It's a reunion neither could have an ticinated after that first meeting when:4 17:?' ' t v 1 Bradley '''i1 k A :6 1C '1i: :Ile' 150- it University and Les was a V pound point guard from suburban 1i 11 js::'::ii ' 4Chicago -'1: “I still tease him about it" Les reit dl" cf' - i' called "lie came to watch me play Ev 1:611 '': erybody knew be was there with that could white Afro You pick him out of Dick Versate the crowd "Anyway I had a very marginal gsme And after that he tol me that he was sorry bat there was no way I could play Division I basketbalL" :As a result Les went to Cleveland State immediately after high school It was ha only Division I offer But 112 years later when CSV - fired its coach Les decid- is- -- -- ' '''': : e4' :1::(:":'' :fa: '''ilrfl''''''": ' 41:ileHZ :' 4: i : 'AA lie a ' N r ' ' 'V L ' c 1) A c y' ' - 311) t ‘ co J'h d1togrotdv- - —Tfibuno f:' ecintoelleha k-- Itz k016 " ois Phc4c1:1 MCie Ito" Feisty guard Jim Les will have reunion with Ma college coach Dick Versace Sunday a successful freshman- season averaging seven points and six assists So Les contacted several schools in his home state of —Bradley-NorthwesterLoyola and DePaul — and there was some interest in him He ended up in Peoria with Versace visit to Versace's office at Les remembers Ilia first-ever er nes ougars Pay Back Continued From D-- 1 pereent shooter will have some fall outr Viti le the Cougars were hurting free theipselves with below-normthrow shooting it was their success from the stripe in the final two minutetthat sealed the verdict With two minutes remaining and BYU holding a 74-7edge Smith eanfod two free throws Kevin Santisgohit two more followed by a pair &oft Marty Haws Steve Schreiner made the first of two with 19 seconds to play to finish off the scoring Mitch Smith led Utah's scoring with 24 tints foliowed by Madison's 20 Jos Grant who scored 24 points in the girst Utah-BYmeeting looked to be off to a fast start in this one The freshman forward had 10 points by halftime but he scored only four in the iecond half Why? "tou have to give Santiago a lot of crellit for that" said Ute Coach Lynn Archibald "He did a nice jou of taking him out of his rhythm" Slid Santiago "I had to put more pressure on him If left open he'll hit it lite's an unselfish player who looted for the open man" Grant took onl$ three shots in the second half The Cougars led most of the way 0 but the Utes bad their momenta and hot spells lead was BYU's biggest first-hal- f 6 The Utes trailed by five at halftime After the Cougars opened up a 48- 42 lead in the first five minutes of the second half Utah went on its best run — thanks in part to Mike Smith's intentional foul HowevUtah's last lead was er Andy Toolson the Cougars' -leading averscorer (167-poin- t age) who was held without a hoop for minutes of the game the first r fired in a and BYU went ahead for good The Utes managed to get within a three-poideficit on several occasions late in the game but they could never get over that final hump Andersen credited Haws with get ting the Cougars off on the right foot in the afternoon TV game starts "We've seen too many and we didn't want that to happen again" said Andersen "We talked about that before the game" "That's true" said Haws "We talked about not getting behind early It wasn't designed that I would do the early shooting Haws hit the first three hoops of the game It was that I 41-3- 27-1- 7 52-5- 0 second- 26-pl- three-pointe- 53-5- 2 nt 0-- 8 191IT's Haws c - -- 128 P'': cf ' :5 2'4 thagain rookie No1 ' oft i' ' ' By Steve tuhm Tribune Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS — Eight years after the college coach told the high school recruit he was wasn't good enough to play Division I basketball Dick Versace and Jim Les meet I - A !Iri - mrgerf:Y:?' ! L'ito'" - N11 ''' !:- l''''''4 ' 4 ''r::: e" ' - f 14 vi4 :: : 05fg-- 4: ii: ) :A: :°VW- r i 44 ::t4 ' ' 81-7- flas' 6 trio 7 4-- Bonneville 84 Granger 56: The Region One champion Lakers clinched fifth place in the tournament while the rejuvenated Lancers finished seventh Tanoka Beard led the Lakers with 23 points and eight rebounds while Sylvester followed with 17 points The Lancers received a super performance from Jeff Hudson with 18 points and 10 rebounds come" Sluga was able to play a1115 of his players Bingham built its lead to 2818 at halftime and when it held a 39-2- 0 lead midway through the third period the Miner fans were already starting to celebrate Mike Van Staveren a senior center led the Miners with 17 points and 14 rebounds Junior Kenneth Roberts — the last of als brothers who have played for Slugs and helped him to all five of his state titles — contributed 18 points and 12 rebounds KC Tebbs added 17 points American Fork's two big men did everything they could to keep their team in the game Junior center Eric Franson led all scorers with 19 points Senior center Jonathan Miller added 11 "I thought it would be a close game" ad 4-- Bountiful 81 Roy 64: The Braves won the 4-A consolation championship for Coach Mike Hall who coached his final game The 11- year veteran whose clubs won the chrmpi- onship in 1982 and finished second in 1983 to Woods Cross is retiring With Saturday's win the Braves finished tournament while Ted sixth in the Smiths Roy Royals were eighth 4-- A 81-7- 4 in the first round It was no contest "We'd had a great year" Les said "and we were a little disappointed about being seeded so low But Versace told us not to let that beat us down He told us to accept the challenge He turned it to our advantage We were really ready for UTEP" In the second round the Braves ran into eventual national champion Louisville Again the low seed meant a tooth early tournament opponent for the Braves "He surprised us" Les said "He said he couldn't wait to play Louisville He said it was the kind of game we'd waited for all year He had us believing we were better than we probably were And sure enough We were up two : with five minutes to go" r - Eventually Bradley lost Versace left to become and assistant with the Pistons Les failed in his first couple of 'NBA tryouts before sticking with the Jazz this season "It's amazing in one respect" Les said referring to his reunion with Versace Sunday "Going into my senior year be told me I could be an NBA player But I didn't believe It He kept telling me 'Sure you can because I'm going to " meet you there someday was a Bradley steppingstone for him And why now? He'd done everything he could do there He wanted more Bradley "Here's this guy sitting in this beautiful office" he said "and the guy's got mirror sunglasses on I sat there looking at him and all I could see was my own reflection" Toward the end of the meeting Les remembered the coach handed him an NIT trophy: "He said 'Son before you leave here you're going to have another trophy in your hand and a ring on your finger You're going to be a winner because that's what Dick Versace is all about'" Les whode fractured foot was in a cast at the time white-haire- d ' laughed ft "He continued that motivational sp-e- h for awhile" he said "and I was ready to go Cast and all I was ready to go down and start practicer e issista record deLes went on to set Bradley's spite some of his coach's "crazy" methods "He liked to use me sometimes especially when I was a senior" Versace's quarterback said "When he wanted to make a point to the other guys he'd back me into a corner so nobody could see his face He'd get about an inch from my nose and really start yelling and cussing Obviously he got everybody's attention and all the time he's screaming at me he's also winking and ' ' t smiling "He'd get done and he'd tell me to wait We'd be the last ones out of the locker room and he'd say 'Jim you saw what I was doing there didn't you?' And &Aid ThA was one of the ways be motivated people" Motivation Les says is the key to Versace's success It was one of the reason the Braves went 314 during his senior season That's when Bradley went to the NCAA tournament wu seeded eighth In the West regional and played UTEP all-tim- - ' p 4t challenges" Now Versace has got them with the struggling Pacers And Les? "It's been a great story for us both" he says "I hope it continues for another 10 years" And who's to say it won't? After all it wasn't long ago that these two met after high school basketball game in Illinois They've come a long way since - !fi''' was the one open My quickness got Inc to the hoop a lot and we felt that we could exploit that quickness to Cs 0) :4 open up other things for us" Haws ran an effective offense that shot 55 percent from the field Each team committed 12 turnovers Archibald liked what he saw from the Cougars: "I want to compliment Udell Andersen and BYU They had a great game plan and they controlled the game and were very patient Haws and Smith were the difference Haws' penetration was a key factor" Mike Smith didn't even let a little thing like a hole in his lip bother him He caught an elbow from Haws while they scuffled for a loose ball under the Ute basket to start the second '': 10 I' A9tr7 irrr i i:: e -- ' ::: :ik k 3:: ':: -- e::: ' 4 t ''':l 4: f fr 1:ItTP104 t ' 1d' : 4t' Despite getting 30 points Mike Smith credited Boo Singletary and Madison with having played good defense on him Singletary was in foul trouble much of the game and occupied a seat next to Archibald "He Boo got a little frustrated with the foul trouble" said the Ute coach BYU plays Wyoming here Thursday while Utah hosts Colorado State They switch partners next Saturday to close the regular season ' 'w ::i t f 1 - 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k 1::1 4 90-8- 6 shots were falling when they didn't the first game 5 for 15 at Salt Lake" It appeared to be clearly a showcase event early for Haws He took the first four shots "It wasn't set up for me" he said "I got great outlet passes from Mike Smith who had 12 rebounds That made it easy" The Utes had easy shots off the BYU zone defense They just wouldn't fall as evidenced by 468 percent shooting and only 20 percent from three-poirange "We had great great shots and they didn't fall" said Archibald "I couldn't believe we were only three or four points down when they were shooting so well and we weren't Only great board work kept us in it" Mitch Smith (11 re6ounds) and Josh Grant (10) provided that work There was a bottom line other than the better BYU shooting "They played with great composure and we hurried" said Archibald "especially when we 4 Pk121 lakW Ilk W ilk 4-- 1 I in-sta- te rr r 1 ': 90 ': ::— 1 got back even" The Utes earned ties at 48 and 50 and then got a basket by senior Jimmy Madison to make it But BYU took off on a 14-- run after that as Utah went from the field and commited three turnovers "They started going to their money man after that" said Archibald Three baskets by Mike (Money) Smith helped key the run although Andy Toolson's only field r delivered goal of the game a BYU a lead with 13:26 left Utah's Smith whose last game at the Marriott Center was memorable despite the loss (his 24 points matched his previous best in the first game of the season back on Nov 26) said his club has just one recourse left after falling to 4 overall and 8 in the WAC "We've got to prove we can beat somebody on our homecourt Colorado State Thursday and Wyoming to close out Saturday) so we can get ready for the WAC tournament" said Smith Madison who had 20 points in a reserve role was even more specific "We have to win a couple to get anybody interested in us for a post season spot" 52-5- 0 Nan during Saturday's infighting Both were called for foul on the play Fulfills Archibakl's Greatest Nightmare By Dick Rosetta Executive Sports Editor PpOVO — Utah Coach Lynn Archibald doesn't have to go to a house of horrors to find scaty things unless of course you consider the Mariott Center a haunted abode Sitturilay it was BYU sophomore Marty 24 points that left the veterHaws' career-hig- h an Clte coach shaking as if he'd seen Casper the unftiendly ghost The action in its entirety was sort of ghostly for Pie Utes as BYU carted off an victory "flaws Mike) Smith and Andy) Toolson — they all scare me but today it was especially said Archibald "We just had no one to stay with him He did just what he wanted to do What Haws did was score the first six points to sort of set the tone and then he went on to a shooting performance that along with foul shooting netted him 24 points to surpass his previous career best of 22 against Northeastern and Colorado State this season a good guard "That's been our whole year get4 his rhythm and be beats us" added Archibald It Haws was sary to Archibald he must have 1 Cottonwood 87 Brighton Si: The hardest game in the tournament to play is for third place Both teams — Brighton and Cottonwood — came so close to the championship before losing to American Fork and Bingham that it was difficult to get the teams up for the Saturday night game Still Region Three's Cottonwood with Travis Warner and sophomore sensation 8-foot-Just Weidauer had enough left to a victory over Region Two's Brighout pull ton for third pace in the championship eunion Brings Les Versctce Together Again V N ':''' -- 1?- :f' '' ''''' ( 11c 4 z: 1! o" t1 g ' ' ::':' :''': ' - 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