| Show '" VTIva'— '' ' e&WWiVht '''' ' ' - -- 4"-- ""' '' '''''' '''''' " - tAtr! t 0t0m 9z4tI6"--'140100ANENfratIllokze11- -- ''' ' - I 41' V ''''''''s l'f ' ' ' s ' - '11 or‘ : C — - - - -- ' — — c 41107ito MK '1"Vif A - tc mum 46cl t ts 2D The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday January 21 1990 0 y1 4 pc ' 10" XV - t tiAtex i$ - 4- It' '114 to' '4 t !4 Ags Rally to Win Another Thriller 6865 Over Fresno f 11-overall with the victory Three of those five conference wins have come on the road "It's a great win for us" said USU forward Rich Jardine who scored 14 points and was instrumental in the Aggie comeback "At the half we were pretty down but we knew if we got a run going we'd be right back in it" The 40es who trailed by nine points at intermion fell behind 50-3- d with 14:27 left in the game and looked all but finished Then Kendall Youngblood got loose for a drive and that ushered in an 10-- 6 tear that closed Utah State to within two at 56-5- 4 The Ags couldn't have done it without Jarjunior-colleg- e dine The lanky transfer from Dixie College scored seven straight points in the middle of USU's decisive run on a jumper a dunk and a three-point"Jardine is capable 4) f being a great offensive force for us" said Utah State coach Kohn Smith "I thought he asserted himself at a critical time" By Joe Baird Tribune Sports Writer FRESNO Calif — The road warriors from Logan did it again Saturday night deficit in Utah State rallied from a the second half to snare a dramatic 6845 victory over Fresno State and complete a most e sweep on the road improbable The Aggies began this trek with a 72-7- 0 overtime victory against an improved Pacific Lenin Thursday in Stockton Saturday they topped the Bulldogs in Selland Arena for the first time in eight years USU guard Allen Gordon dropped in the most important points of the night for the Aggies After missing a pair of free throws just moments earlier he nailed both ends of a oneand-one with 15 seconds left to give Utah State its advantage and cement the victory in Big West play and The Ags are now "I'm a streak shooter" Jardine 7 two-gam- "When active" 5-- 2 J:::::t3 t :'::- i a' orIi: ' 'ZRIll ::'''''' t ::::v::: :rt: :1' C'''' ::: ::44 0 I :" ): ii 4e4t 3 - 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' l'16' 04 '1:':': 00-4i- z :': 0: ''''' :'' ::::'--::0:44:- time he sank both halves of the oneand-on- e Bernard missed another trey at the buzzer and the Ags again left a hostile court as winners "I had to make those two" said Gordon "I just had to have them I had to redeem myself for missing the first two" White led the Aggies with 15 points while Funk added 10 and Youngblood eight Hooker paced the Bulldogs with a effort while Bernard finished with 17 Fresno State which dropped its third straight fell to 5 in the Big West and 64 on the season A tenacious Bulldog defense and their own sloppiness while handling the ball undid the Age in the first half With Fresno aggressively contesting nearly every Aggie pass USU was able to generate lust 19 shots in the opening period and make just eight of those 1 ''"iiit 4W1C ::' - mokiiffetweeereetegimmt-mw'"- —Tribune Stott Photo by At Hartmann Tony Nicholas (24) Aaron Bell (32) and Chris Metke lead Weber State fast break Montana dealt Wildcats their first Big Sky Conference loss Saturday after three wins I The Bulldogs also had a band in the Ags' 12 turnovers But as often as not USU gave itself just as much grief in that de- ' partment with tentative or mistimed passes at halftime" "I was really disappointed said Smith "We weren't sharp We were lack1 adaisical We weren't attacking was really upset I thought our defense was good but was really luppy with our offense" Things got away early from the Andes Hooker scored on a rebound basket and folto put 'Preset) up 11t lowed with a three-point4 That advantage soon ballooned to 164 as Hooker and Bijou Ba ly combined for eight e stretch points in a The only thing that kept USU reasonably shootclose in the first half was its free-throing The Ago sank 11 of 14 from the line The Aggies now return home to prep for a contest with Long Bach Thursday-nigh- t State in the Spectrum New Mexico State vis- its Saturday Continued From 1)1 outside" be said Ute coach Joe Cravens admitted that Anderson's shooting hurt "They hit big shots Andy drifting out to the corner (for a trey is one that comes to mind We didn't expect that" But it was an assist by Anderson at the 3:34 mark that was just as big The 6400t8 Anderson was double teamed on the baseline and threaded a pass back out to the point to sopho more Lynn Tryon who hit a 17foot jump shot to make it 5248 The Utes1 Keith Chapman (12 points) then missed an open three point try and after an offensive re four-minut- 2 goalpercentage defense (Weber was tint at 427)- - While the Griz stuck to their pres sure man defense the Wildcats mindful of Montana's horrible three pointshooting percentage came out in a 32 zone Huston stuck to the zone for the first 33 minutes of the game saying later "We were going to stay with it until they got on top of us" And that's just what the Grizzlies did thanks to a shooting burst by Reckard a 61oot6 senior who led all scorers with 21 points including five threepointers in nine attempts In a span of just two minutes Reckard hit three of his bombs to ignite a sudden 142 Montana run that turned the game from a 4339 Weber lead into a k 5345 lead for the visitors "He's a streaky shooter" said Montana coach Stew Morrill of Reckard "When be gets on a roll you better find him" in Reckard's The first three-pointstreak cut Weber's lead to 43-4- 2 His second one again a bomb from the left corner put Montana ahead for Then he came out of a good 48-4- 5 timeout to hit another one and make don't-look-bac- er it 51-4- 5 6-- Cougs Escape I ' ' 'At r14 ' 4: '' erit 11101blit '''1kii:4" 1:4'''''t::' oll :ttiL '4:' !:::1::: t::k-:!- " :fi' they felt they had done everything right for most of the game but were victimized by one quick burst In fact in that stretch of 214 min- utes the Grizzlies scored 14 points on five straight possessions (almost three per possession) In the other minutes they struggled for 51 points They didn't dent the Weber zone for long but they dented it for 37Vs good "I think Denny did exactly what he had to do" said Morrill a former Provo High player whose mother now a Salt Laker was in attendance "You just have to look at our I percentages" "That's why we played sone" said Huston "We thought we could have them shooting from the perimeter end we'd be on the long end" The Wildcats would have had i better chance of being "on the long end" if they bad played the last minute of the first half a little smarter They had a lead and the ball in the last minute but then Reckard struck banker for five points (a right-angl- e at the buzzer) in r and a three-pointthe final 40 seconds What should lead have been at least a and possibly eight was instead just 8 one at the half That was discouraging for a Weber team that had scored the gamels first eight points and had held Montana ' scoreless for the first five minutes The Wildcats who shot 35 percent in the second half just could not build : intermisenough on that Sion lead to survive a Looting burst like Montana had Anthony McGowan who got some' tough calls (five fouls and two walks) persisted enough to lead the Wildcats in scoring with 14 points Tony Nicholas who scored 33 the last time out against Idaho State was the only oth- : er Wildcat in doubleligures with Aaron Bell contributed team highs of eight rebounds and seven assists For Montana Judge Memorial product Tom Lytle started at center and played 18 minutes gathering five five this' and rebounds points wasn't a night for inside work on the Grizzly beat It was rather a night to -- six-poi- six-poi- 27-2- simple" The Colorado State coach said Mitchell was his own worst enemy in his lowest offensive output of the year "Mike didn't help himself He played especially tight And he took chances on defense that cost us bas ': '4(g'N tgi:iV' ' ' : tt :77''A "'' 4 9 Then they got into the hearse 1 I f " rot 4ri tA " :: ) V A i No mtiv074$4cee1 (7 —3 pl i !Z! J ' - - ' : "- :' ! 4i 4 : Oik "OW 4 L z:t4:6 AP PitatO Dick Motta a fandliar face to Jazz coaches Instructs his newest team from sidelines SACRAMENTO Calif — Though the ties naturally weaken as the years go by Jerry Sloan and Phil Johnson still felt a twinge of nostalgia Saturday night That's because Sloan the head coach and Johnson his No 1 assistant guided their Jars against the Sacra mento Kings Specificady they coached against Dick Mott for the first time since be took over the Kings on Jan 4 Sloan's relationship with Motta is strictly player as coach He played for Motta for eight years (1968-7- ) r an member of the Chicago Bulls Until Michael Jordan began roaming Chicago Stadium those were the Bulls' most glorious years "Broken down into college (seasons) that's like play ing for a guy for 32 years" Sloan laughed "SO yeah you've gotta learn something from him" Johnson meanwhile has known Motta since he attended Junior high in Grace Idaho He then played for him in high school where their team won the Class M state championship in 1959 Stints as Motta's assistant at Weber State and with the Bulls leaves Jolmson shaking his bead too "I've had a wide range of relationships with the to player guy" said Johnson "From teacher-studen- t coach to colleague" Still business was business Saturday night at Arco Arena d confrontation Asked about his first with Motta since they coached the Bulls and Mays reSloan said "I hope be loses" spectively in 1981-8- 2 Said Johnson 'People make more out of this than there is I mean I haven't worked for the guy for 16 years And even though my roots are in there some where were probably not as close as we once were because we've gone our separate ways" Translation: The Jaes-KkI game was just another night at the office Just one of 82 games on the NBA trail "It's really no big thing" said Johnson Added Sloan 'What point passed a long time ago Maybe I thought about coaching against him when I re tint started but ng there Besides I don't "Really there isn't have that much to do wi happens (in the game) Ite not me against him It's our players against their Continued From D-- 1 straight road win although the Kings fourth-quartcut a deficit to five with 444 minutes left Enter Mark Eaton The big center who averaged 42 points entering the game reached double figures for the second straight night with 10 points He had 12 in Friday's win over Charlotte but the Jazz needed his scoring more in this one Eaton's biggest play came after the Blue Jan's lead dropped to 79-7- 4 Edwards missed an and it looked like a long rebound would nt follow Maybe the Kings would come eet running? But Eaton pinned under the basket somehow got his hand on the ball as it flew over his head and swatted it toward the basket It went in and the life drained out of the Kings "That was I nice play by Mark" said Sloan "The ball kinda went astray but Mark got piece of it That was all planned' Sloan laughed an did Eaton when asked about the key bp-i- n "It was a thing of beauty wasn't it?" he asked "Actually I got a hand on it and went in I'd like to take great credit for it but it was actually more like a controlled The Kings' rally never regained the same momentum after Eaton's play and the Jazz cruised to a victory that put them in first place with their next three games scheduled for the Salt Palace It also moved them within 2Ve games of the Lakers in the race for the best record in the West LA tinues a road trip in Detroit Su star tr7 — Steve Lulun ) aemnown er er bead-to-hea- players" f) I !!!rr - it' Lt upgrade the team's three-poin- t percentage It was left to Morrill to quote that profound and in this case fitting coaching axiom: "The game looks a lot simpler when you make shots" ' It Isn't Pretty But Jazz Beat Kings Move Into 1st All-Sta- ''''--- nt -- - kets Maybe he's a little tired" Mitchell third in scoring in the WAC said there was "no pressure They tried a lot of guys on me and I just felt there was someone else more open than me" Cravens said it was a game "of miniruns Except they were only six or eight-poiruns" He was refer ring to Utah making up an early 16-deficit to lead by 2423 at halftime and CSU coming from 4442 down to outscore the Utea 13-- 2 in the stretch Utah's "mini" droughts were far more important The Utes went 11 to open the game and then finished - ' ? h It - — - Continued From 111 utes left when rated Kenny Smith tried to ignite the Cowboys with In side penetration He brought the Pokes back with free throws "We played against a good basketball team" said Dees "They are very very experienced Everybody on the team is 24 or 25 (years old) and you can't make the kinds of mistakes we did and win games in this league "We have to play to win not play not to lose I'm very disappointed" Meanwhile Reid could not have been prouder "A lot of people think all they have to do is stop Haws and Too Isom Good I hope they continue to think that way We've got several guys on this team that can come in and do the job" BYU spread its points around Haws led with 15 while Durrant had 12 and Too Ison Santiaa career-higgo and Schreiner each scored 10 But Toolson's streak of 18 straight hoop came games with a three-poito an end He was nine points below his average "I was a little off in my shooting in the first half" he said "But I thought our defense was good and we had an effective trap that slowed them down and took some time off the clock" A crowd of 12512 got into it to spur the Cowboys "That was the best most behaved crowd I've seen in my 11 years coming here" said Reid BYU plays its next four games in the Marriott Center against Utah Colorado State San Diego State and 41 Hawaii good defense from a team that ranks second in the country in points allowed at 574 Utah's senior guards Connor and Hansen were 2 for 6 and 1 for 5 respectively "Utah's ability to create and make things happen hurt us but I think we made the proper adjustments" said Coach Grant "They had to work for their shots especially there at the end If we don't play good defense we lose It's that Beating Motta No Biggie to Jazz Coaches Laramie With Another Win - - After an unlikely bank shot by Woods stretched the lead to eight the Wildcats tried to regroup and got within 53-4- 9 with five minutes left But then the Grizzlies got treys on their next two possessions from Woods (15 points on from be hind the are) and Reckard who was knocked dowo on the shot and still made it That all but sealed the victory at 59- - But Rains Aren't Celebrating Ute guards who were 4 for 17 for the night Grant had 16 points on shooting but the Rams' Mitchell spearheaded a defensive charged that denied Grant just one shot — a des with 10 secperation three-pointonds left — inside the last 10:21 And why didn't Grant shoot more? Was it Mitchell's defense? "Mitchell played some pretty good defense inside but we run a motion offense and other guys were open There's no rule on our team that says Josh Grant has to shoot every shot" the big Ute sophomore confided But it was the Rams' defense that sealed this one and you'd expect three-pointe- i 51 and the disheartened Wildcats who didn't score in the lut four min- utes seemed to know it It was as if one-poi- bound by Tommy Connor was called for traveling on a wide-ope- n layup Two free throws by Tryon with 2:13 left let the Rams cruise home alr by Jimmy Soto though a after a steal left Utah with just a 55- 51 deficit with 21 seconds left Craig Rydalch missed two free throws with six seconds left for the final nail "We had our chance" Cravens said "You just hope you're in it with a chance to win at the end Their big shots went in Ours didn't" While Mitchell was held at bay by a bevy of Utes notably Chapman the Rams were doing a suffocation job on 9 sophomore Josh Grant Utah's leading scorer at 188 ppg and on the ' er No Leadership Coach Comp lam CSU Buries Utes Down Stretch S' first-perio- d Grizzlies tury Wildcats ombs With Second-Hal- f ' 4 said get a little more 62-6- — "4'4' I USU put together six straight points on hoops by Randy Fmk and Darrel White and a pair of free throws by Jardine to take its first lead since early in the contest — 0 — with 4:21 remaining Helped along by a technical foul on the Bulldogs' Tod Bernard for hanging on the rim a pair of White free throws gave the Aggin a 66-6- 3 advantage at the 1:41 mark Fresno's Sammie Lindsey sliced that to 66-6- 5 with two charity tosses Utah State did a good Job running the clock on its ensuing possession and Gordon drew the shooting foul with 43 seconds left but he bricked both Fortunately for the Ags he got another chance After Bernard missed a three-poishot from the left angle at 20 seconds Gordon was fouled by Fresno's Wilbert Hooker This er 68-6- 5 hit a couple I f:ViwmmmoViike'mwOrPoStoligr0kiqn Despite starting sluggishly on of-- : fense the Jazz dominated most of the first ball and grabbed a 7 lead at intermission Utah the top shooting team in the NBA made only two of 01 first 11 shots 'The Kings took advantage — well kinda — to take an 0 lead with 310 left in the opening quarter But then the Jars started finding the range and Delaney Bailey hit an Rudd followed with another buket from the perimeter Two free throws by Karl Malone and a Rudd-to-M- a lone lob gave the Jam an 1 lead It was 22-1- 5 heading into the sec ond quarter when the Jazz used the hot shooting of Bailey to maintain control After the Kings got within a point Stockton's layup and Bailey's three-poiplay gave Utah some breathing room It was 1 with 3111 minutes left when Bailey hit four consecutive shots: a drive across the lane a 12 footer from the baseline a from the angle and a dunk When Stockton added three free throws— one after a technical (out on Wayman Tisdale — the Jazz enjoyed a 50-3lead Danny Ainge's jumper cut It to CO 37 before Bailey nearly ended his siz shot at sling stretch with a three-poithe buzzer But it rimmed out and the Jazz settled for a cushion at the ball $ ma Nom Sioetoen moiled nint mitt : 50-3- 11-1- - ' - 18-1- 24-2- 3 nt 39-3- 5 nt oho Menet Win tO miaow oixt Mt Item on Ow "Itxtm's e Woe plows In to league teSt tot tot Ne't not txtitY Otatiet but he't s ototte Hal sp and eciuttn grit watt kx ettortteng he get"— tre Eaton blocked sttote ended ug evoking only 6441 et 14 on 1431-1- 6 OWN hot— tinge The ottoent I' &I me PO 434 : - |
