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Show 2D The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, January 22, 1964 Utags Victimize 49ers in Rare Laugher , Special to The Tribune LONG BEACH It's rare when the Utah State Aggies have a laugher on the basketball court, and it's even rarer when Tann Tueller, the coach's son, gets into a game. Those rarities oceured here Saturday afternoon as Utah State came away with its first blowout of the times. The Aggies rode some hot first half shooting (63.3 percent) into a 5 42-3- campaign, routing Long Beach before a regional televiState, sion audience. The victory evened USUs Pacific Coast Athletic Association record at boosted the Ags to 6 overall and took some sting out of a bitter overtime loss to New Mexico State last Thursday. The 49ers in the conference and dropped to overall. Long Beach State, playing its finest and most emotional contest of the year last Thursday, upset Cal 94-6- 9-- 3-- in four over- 52-5- State-Fullerto- 95-9- 4 0 halftime lead, and with Greg 27 Grant scoring a career-hig- h points and three other starters scoring in double figures, Utah State quickly jumped to a big lead at the start of the second period and was never in trouble. continuing to 22 before 49ers center Ivan Verberckt broke the see-sawith a foul pitch. Ron Ence, with eight points, Vince Washington with six and Grant with four did most of the early scoring for Utah State, but a jumper by Jeff Anderson and a short jumper by Grant put the Aggies ahead for good with five minutes remaining In the first half. Long Beach State never came closer than 3 with 150 to plav before intermission. Chris McMul-lihaving one of his better shooting games this season, scored off an alley oop, Washington hit a set shot, McMullirt added two free throws and the Aggies began to roll. Some good defense on Long Beach States leading scorer, Joedy Gardner, also helped spark Utah States second half rally. Gardner finished the first half with 12 points, but he 34-3- Coach Rod Tueller was able to play his entire squad, with many of the reserves in the game with still five minutes remaining. His son, Tann, tasted his first action of the season, and he contributed a basket that gave USU its biggest lead of the game, 90-6- 3. The game featured another rarity in that at the outset, the contest was tied 11 times, starting at two and n, could manage only four points in the second period. McMullin bombed from the corner to open the second half, and after Gardner hit a lumper from the top of the circle, Utah State pulled away as Grant scored on a short jumper, Ence laid one In and Grant canned two free throws for a 7 50-3- nt the rest of the way. Bailey finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Ralph Sampson, who spent much of the night in foul trouble, had 18 points and 15 rebounds, and Lloyd led the Rockets with 22 Tueller felt the early shootirtg by the Aggies was a key to the gime, but Utah State also put the clamps on Verberckt, who scored only 57-4- Darrell Griffith led the Jazz with points, and John Drew, held to eight the night before, contributed 25 21. first-perio- The Rockets, who had won three in a row entering this one (all at 3 lead at the half, home), had a 59-5- and they could mostly thank reserve Pro Mat Card Nick Bockwinkel puts his American Wrestling Assn, worlds championship on the line Tuesday night at the Salt Palace against Brad Rhein-gana former Olympian, but a bunkhouse match between Blackjack Lanza and Bobby (The Brain) Heenan may steal the show. In this novel match, 10 wrestlers stand around ring and if either contestant tries to leave the ring, the grapplers toss him back until a winner is declared. Other matches: Greg Gagne-JiBnmzell vs. Jess Ventura and Mr. Saito in tag team, Ken Patera vs. Billy Robinson and Buck Zumhofe vs. Steve Regal in the 7:30 opener. s, Idaho State Stays Special to The Tribune Idaho State was the coldest team in the Big Sky Conference at the start of the season, but has since warmed up. The Bengals won their third straight league game to move into sole position of the conference Associated Press Laserphcto Bullets Jeff Ruland (43) tries to launch a jump shot against double-teaof Sixers Saturday. See NBA roundup on D-8. m Red-H- ot ISU had lost nine of its last 11 games before the conference season got underway, but hasnt lost since. 8 ISU's victory over Weber State Saturday night in the Minidome left the Bengals with a 0 overall. Weber league mark and fell to 1 in the conference and for the season. The difference in the game was ISUs ability to make the front end of situations in the final minutes of play, while the Wildcats weren't able to do so. 62-5- 3-- 1 11-- 5 Buck Chavez, who missed eight games this season because of an ankle injury, was the main cog in the ISU triumph. Chave? scored 11 of his 12 points in the final 10 minutes of the game. After Doug Moratzka put ISU up 46-3with a short jumper with 9:55 to play, Chavez took over control of the offense and the game. John Price cut the ISU lead to 4 with less than two minutes to play, but then the Wildcats started missing from the free throw line after going 80 percent from the charity stripe in the first half. A pair of Chavez free throws pushed ISU out to 4 with 1:20 remaining. Weber State's Greg Jones appeared to have scored on the Wuildcats next possession down court, but the basket was taken away on an offensive foul by Jones Still, the Wildcats were given life when Tony Malveaux was called for an offensive foul giving the Wildcats and Jones another chance at the foul line. Jones shot however was too hard and the ball came off the iron 57-5- into the hands of an ISU player. ISU closed out the scoring from the foul line as Weber was forced to foul in trying to get back into the game. Center Mike Denkers led the Bengals with 15 points, nine of those in the first half. Mike Williams 12 as did Chave and reserve Nelson Peterson. Randy Worster tossed in 12 for the Wildcats, Nish had 11 and John cont-gribut- Price 10. Weber lost the services of Shawn Campbell, who picked up his 4th personal foul with 16 minutes left in the second half. Campbell did not return afterwards. It marked the second straight loss for the Wildcats in the Minidome dating back to last year's final game in which the Bengals upset the Wildcats and cost them the host spot in n tournathe league's ment. The Wildcats went cold from the field in the first five minutes of the game and found themselves trailing Weber Coach Neil McCar ISU, center post-seaso- 6-- thy called a timeout to get things turned around in a positive direction. Price hit a free throw to put the Wildcats finally on the scoreboard and Nish came off the bench to drill a short jumper to pull Weber to within five, But McCarthy wasnt through with his bench coaching. After tne Wildcats began to hit from the field and gain confidence, McCarthy n deswitched from the fense he opened the game with to 8-- man-to-ma- zone. That switch enabled the Wildcats to get back into the game as the Bengals were forced to shoot from the outside without too much regularity. gave Weber Campbell's tip-iState its first lead of the game at 0 with just over four minutes remaining in the first half. be1 Weber built the lead to fore the Bengals reeled off five straight points to close to within 6 with 19 seconds to play. But a pair of free throws by Worster enabled the Wildcats to leave at intermission up n 21-2- 28-2- 28-2- 30-2- Colleges: N.C. State Startles Deacons Tribune Wire Services Wake Forest basketball Coach Carl Tacy was concerned about shutting down North Carolina State's Lorenzo Charles and Terry Gannon, the NCAA defending champions most potent offensive threats. Not only did the Demon Deacons fail to stop Charles, but Anthony "Spud" Webb and Cczell McQueen turned in unexpectedly strong performances as the Wolfpack upset Wake Forest 9 Sate urday, snapping N.C. States Atlantic Coast Conference losing streak. 12th-ranke- d 80-6- five-gam- Charles, a junior forward, 23 points and scored a game-hig- h pulled 12 rebounds. Webb, meanwhile, matched his career high of 18 points and dished off 13 assists, also a personal record. McQueen scored 15 points. a career-hig- h We paid special attention to Gannon and Charles, and McQueen and Webb came through for them," said Tacy. "Lorenzo and Cozell played well," agreed N.C. State coach Jim Valvano. "It was probably his (McQueens) best game since hes been here." The victory Improved the in the to 12-- dfrd ACC, vttuIc the Demon Deacons fell 6-- 7 7 5 Frank Layden, the coach of the Jazz, has shown a good deal of restraint this season. His slimmer waistline testifies to how hes controlled his diet But he's also controlling his sideline rage at the referees. Figures provided by 76ers p.r. man Harvey Pollack recently show that the race for the league leadership in technical fouls has boiled down to two men Dallas Coach Dick Motta with 16 and Chicago Coach Kevin Loughery with 13. Layden, who had a dozen or so last season, is not even in the running. He has only two, and thore were for stepping beyond the coachs restraining line, not for any temper tantrum. vow Layden made a not to collect technicals, and so far, hes been true to it. One of Laydcns reasons is economic. Unlike some coaches in the league, who allow their teams to pay the automatic fine that goes with a technical, Lay-de- o has paid his own, and he said sitiply, "It was getting too expensive, for one thing." But theres more to it than that "I felt that you cant win, said the Jazz coach. Theres no sense in getting a technical. . . . You're trying to defy something you have no control over. A lot of coaches in the league, I think, feel that the refs can be intimidated. Ive come to the conclusion that exactly the opposite happens. I talked to Jack McMahon (76er assistant) about it, and he said he came to that conclusion years ago. 55-5- standings. 6-- we came out and reaction aftpr the a with played very disappointing loss Thursday, noted Tueller. "We really got after it, and we have to play like this to be competitive in this league. I thought Washington was consistent, and of course. Grant played well. Our outside shooting helped our inside game. We could spread the defense." "It looked like The Deacons third and to conference loss disturbed Tacy. 'This puts us in a bad position in the conference race, said Tacy. "But a loss is still a temporary setback. We have too good of a ballclub get us down too much. 5 halftime N.C. State took a lead, but Wake Forest used accurate outside shooting to pull ahead 7 with 14:06 left. Charles then caught fire, sparking a strong inside game that put the Wolfpack back on top 8 with 8:10 remaining. N.C. State 8 as the Deacons went ahead were scoreless for over four minutes before Anthony Teachey broke the ice with two free throws at the 3:35 mark. N.C. State maintained its lead by dominating the boards and hitting 12 of 14 free throw attempts in the final four minutes. 12-- 3 Layden says hell still argue if the ref has bungled a rule interpretation, but thats about it. It doesnt mean that hes no longer critical of how the games are officiated. The game is impossible to refer,-ee- ; thats another conclusion Ive made, said Layden. "Its impossible for two people. In baseball, youre just standing around and they have four people calling it. In our game, everybodys moving and we still have only two. ) think we need three people, maybe four, I dont know. The excuse before was they didnt have enough refs, but then when they had no refs (during the officials' strike), they had enough to play the games. Given the working conditions, Layden seems sympathetic now to the tough jobs NBA refs have. And, besides, he points out, "The officiating in the NBA is 100 times better than it is in college. More on Frank: Layden has been getting a lot of notice in other NBA cities since he nailed down the Game coaching honor. The two Dallas papers had big spreads on him Friday, Including some praise from his division coaching rivals. Denvers Doug Moe in the Dallas Morning Neus: "Its the best thing that has happened to the NBA. For some reason, certain coaches are always pumped up as the best You never hear about what a good job Frank Layden is doing. But hes not only doing a great job, hes got a great personality. I tell you who ought to be happy. The press guys ought to thank God for Frank Layden. Usually you get some deadbeat Game) who doesnt (at the have anything to say. Not Frank." Dallas Dick Motta in the Dallas Times Herald: "Utahs success is a testimony to patience, to letting the right people handle the personnel moves. Frank is a good coach. You fool you. Becant let the hind that is a serious person, a coach with a lot of rules. I couldn't be happier. He is a nice man, a people person with a genuine good heart." Liaeap Switch: In the Jazzs big victory over Dallas Friday, Layden started Rich Kelley at forward over rookie Thurl Bailey. Hes done It before when he thought Bailey was fatigued, but this time the reason is, I think (Mark) Eaton plays better with Kelley than he does with Thurl. I thought that was a good combination (Eaton and Kelley starting) at the end of last season. Im not saying well do It all the time." Layden said he makes such evaluations as a matter of feel. And the thing that helps him make it is that Bsi'ey, who came in and got a team-hig- h 12 rebounds in 24 minutes against the Mavs, seems to be able All-St- All-St- 37-3- 53-4- ar one-line- rs 60-5- 70-5- N. Carolina 78, Duke 73: At Durham, freshman Kenny Smith scored all 10 of his points in the last 3W and unminutes to rally beaten North Carolina to a narrow ACC victory over Duke. The Blue Devils were thinking upset when a David Henderson follow shot gave them a edge with 5:19 to play. Michael Jordan retaliated with a pair of jumpers to pull Nojth Caroli-Se- e Page D-- Column 1 I I i j pre-seas- Bengals Hand Wildcats Sky Loss POCATELLO' 6-- Cal-San- ta once-famo- off-gua- points. ot Utah States previous most lopsidon the ed victory was a Barbara, but road against that game was not stored away until the final moments. USU now has a 4 road record, and the Aggies continue on the road next Saturday night, playing at San Jose State. Utah State has played only five home games thus far this season. Layden Reduces Speeches to Refs guard Terry Teagle for that The second-yea- r guard, averaging only three points a game coming in, hit five outside shots for 10 points during a 14-- 2 Rocket run that turned a 3 deficit into a 8 lead with two minutes to go in the half. Teagle, shooting only 44 percent for the season, was pressed into service Lewis Lloyd when starting got his third foul late in the first quarter. Lloyd wasnt the only Rocket in d foul trouble. Sampson was too Ralph, who was in constant foul the last time the two teams met (in Las Vegas 17 days ago), picked up three fouls before the game was nine minutes old and had to sit out the last 15 minutes of the half. His first foul came on a drive by Griffith, his second on a bank shot by Mark Eaton, and his third when he reached in on Eaton in the backeourt after Mark had blocked his shot and controlled it. Sampson was off to a big start too, as he had scored 14 points before he went out at that early Juncture. The Jazz bad one scare with 148 left in the first quarter. Dantley drove the left baseline, Sampson blocked his path, and A.D. was called for the offensive foul. He went down and stayed down for a seemingly long time. He finally left the game, favoring his left leg a bit, but he returned to start the second quarter in the backeourt. 46-4- shooting well, couldn't shake the 49ers until at the end of the first half because of some sloppy passing. At one stage of the second half, McMullin, Washington and Grant poured in 16 Aggie points and the game was out of hand, 8 midway Houston Downs Jazz, 115-10- 5 Continued From Page D-- l lead. ley, to get back to a nine-poiThe Jazz never got closer than seven The Aggies managed to cut down on their first half turnovers en route to the second half rout. USU, despite After scoring eight quick points, Ence fell Into foul trouble, picking up his third early in the first half and his fourth personal just moments into the second stanza. Anderson and Reid Newey picked up for Ence and the Aggies didnt seem to lose any momentum. 66-4- in the seven points, all coming games first 15 minutes. through the second half. Washington saw his foul pitching streak come to an end. The Aggie point guard entered with a string of 35 straight from the stripe, but he missed the first of a two-shtechnical foul situation. He then hit seden more in a row, giving him 69 oot of his last 72. Washington finished with 19 points, which gave him 48 for the road trip. Aggie lead. 94-6- 9 top-rank- 67-6- 2 AvxkjwJ Presi I ov poo Notre Dames Joe Ilof ard pwis defensive clamps on Garv McLain of Villanova fltorday during Irishs 8 victory? 81-6- ar to come off the bench and contribute, as does Kelley and Jeff Wilkins. Layden feels he has a lot of flexibility with his four big men, and hes using it Rocket Launch: The Houston Rockets, who lost by 30 points in San Antonio a week earlier, came back Friday night to beat the Spurs by 34 in Houston. It was Houstons best game of the year, and in it, the Rockets got season-higperformances Robfrom four different players ert Reid (32 points). Ralph Sampson (23 rebounds), Phil Ford (17 assists), and Allen Leavell (15 assists). Reid was quoted after the game as saying. "Now we may have finally hit on it," meaning the philosophy Bill Fitch has been teaching since October. The big win came in the Rockets 41st game of the year. They reached the halfway point in the season at 10 games better than their halfway mark of a year ago. And if Fridays game was any indication, they will get even better in the second half. All of which ought to make the Jazz happy that, after Saturday nights game here, they will have gotten the Rockets five times in the first half and will have to play them only once the rest of the year, that in Salt Lake City in April. That could be considered a schedule break. h 16-2- Ted Goes North; Ted Stepien, the owner who presided over the demise of the Cleveland Cavaliers, now owns the Toronto Tornados of the CBA. Through the first week of January, his team was seventh in the league in attendance (1,225 per game) and was last in the Eastern Division. But Ted is still thinking big. He was quoted this week by Sheldon Ocker in Akron: "Within five years, well either have a strong ABA league or I will get an NBA franchise. First we have to get away from the Billings, the Lancasters, the Oshkoshes, and the Caspers. Weve got four good cities now Toronto, Louisville, Detroit, and San Juan and next year we can get Memphis and New Orleans. Bet TedU be 3 big hit 3t the CBA Game in 10 days in Casper. All-St- Miscellaneous: Other news from Dallas: After Indianapolis was awarded the 1985 NBA Game last week, Dallas expects to win the bidding to host the 1986 game. When Seattle beat Dallas last week, Lenny Wilkens became only the eighth coach in NBA history (fifth active) to reach the The NBA last week plateau named R. Harcourt Dodds as its independent expert in the leagues new anti-dru- g agreement with the players. Dodds will be responsible for determining whether a suspected drug-usin- g player should be subject to drug testing. He is a former deputy police commissioner for New York City . . . Kansas Citys LaSalle Thompson has some of his best games against centers. In the last 10 days, he had 28 points and 20 rebounds against Kareem and against Robert Parish . . . Jaz assistant Phil Johnson, who will help Layden coach the West next Sunday, suggests the first thing they should do is switch the starting guards and forwards. As it is now, the West team has the rarity of having its starting guards (6-Magic Johnson and 8 George Gervin) bigger than its forwards (6 ff Alex English and Adrian Dantfty). All-St- ... All-St- 21-1- 3 All-Sta- 9 6-- 6-- 5 |