Show f IB The Salt Lake Tribune Frirlav March lflSX 11 v Thought of Playing CSU Again Gives 'Nightmares’ to Wyoming’s Dees Boyd (Want - a great basketball coach But that s no magic act They re not doing it with mirror- - They've got three or four guys who can really play And I think they haveone of the be'-- t plavers m this league or any other ” league in Pat Dm ham He just gives us fits Durham had 36 of CSU'x 104 point s in the two previous games this yeru Wyoming hasn't enjoyed playing against teams It has been held below 60 five times in 29 games this year — twice by CSU twice by Boise State and once by San Diego State At least the Cowboys have had practice at it so they'll know what to expect “They the Rams play a slowdown game By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer PROVO — The Wyoming Colorado Mate uime Friday niijtit in the WAC tournament einifnials may be a dream game to CSU fans " But to Wyoming cTir Coach Benny Dees0 Nightmares he 'aid when asked down-temp- XI"- - about playing the Cci tU I al Hams 't'ain (jV Who can blame him? The Rams split their two games with Wyoming this sea— son winning at hume and losing in Cow boss The Laramie by can expect another struggle Fnday night Colorado State if we play with the defensive intensity and lack of defensive patience that we did today thevll chop ux up like chopped liver” warned Dees after hts team s v lackluster irtory over San Diego State We must play better They re plnvinc very well right now asch-r- i and every possession is very important” said Wyoming center Brie Leckner who got off only four shots against the Rams the last time he faced them ”1 think we've got to jump on them early They can't really make every possession important when they're down five six or seven” After losing to his old Wyoming players Thursday San Diego State Coach Jim Brandenburg joined the parade of WAC coaches who have been warning us all week about Colorado State “Ml tell you u hat it’s going to be a heckuva 14th-ranke- d 57-5- 0 83-7- UTEP Pulls Out Victory Over New Mexico Centur 9 05 p m rodio (11601 Channel 2 the A! tf XSt-A- Probable Startort Continued From when the Miners made the commitment among the eight of them as junior guard Tim Hardaway phrased it: “To win it for Antonio” There was some question that would happen with the Lobos taking lead behind the early secontheir d-half surge of Charlie Thomas (17 points for the game) and center Rob Loeffel Those two Lobos gave their club that lead wih 10 44 left But Thomas picked up his fourth foul with nine minutes left (he wouldn't score another point) and 'the Miners seized the opportunity to pounce when Thomas went to the bench Terry Stallworth popped in a three-poin- t shot at 1024 and Sandle hit three free throw s to forge a 54-5tie at 9 04 Hardaway's bucket (20 points for the night) sent UTEP in front to stay at the 8 50 mark Proceedings then bordered on the incredible with the Miners assuming total control — a patient offense and a zone defense that totally baffled the Lobos AVayne Campbell converted a ihree-poin- t play followed moments later by freshman Prince Stewart's ihree-poin- t play and when Sandle followed m Hardaway’s missed shot 'it 4 37 the Miners bad burst to a lead B-- 3 54-4- 8 54-4- 4 64--5- 7 I Wyoming j A Wyoming I oniinued From 3 iand better than we’ve seen him “thoot on the stand" said Eranden-urg “The book we had on him was that he really wants to put it on the 3nocr and that he won’t shoot the tall iute as deep as he dd " That was news to Fox who smiled hen told of his old coach s assess tfmnt and commented I thought the k on me was that 1 lked to stand t’l and shoot ” I hatever he was allowed to stand - 11 and shoot and be made them - X ben he made his la-- t three-poirt-Mo push Wyomrg’s lead to 59 52 11 451o play and when McMul-Vgot a point bark ugh a free Throw Ihe Aztecs ‘uddiuly came vjon what rrandoT-vjrie ihe turning point m the game drove the nthl bast line gainst little Fry an Williams and A) ill jams was railed for the foul in r ne of those ambiguous block - barge 'ituations When Williams marled by Raping from the floor with otra tarnation he was hit v i'h a techrn cal foul Dembo went to the Lne and B-- 1 -- n -- 3 don't know” me Mono Cemei 7 CS p ro CM- -e 2 Probe We Start J5' II Po G S 9 Scty" Dc$ (CD I tc lee net 14 J -s Joscmas Dentc 22 G C 3 Stm-re- 7 i f f CSU1M1M ni Pond ippen tu’co-- e 9 5 13 8 fnc piTiaut 8cm Say Py Djisan By Lex Hpmphill Tribune Sports Writer PROVO — The only superlatives the University of Hawaii basketball team had earned this season were negative ones But Thursday night it earned a positive one Coach Riley Wallace declared that his Rainbows have “more heart than any other team in America” after their amazing upset bid fell a couple of inches short in a 76-7loss to Brigham Young at the Marriott Center Who could argue with him’ The Rainbows entered this game with a meek record exactly the opposite of the nationally ranked opponent they’d be playing They had lost by 31 to BYU on this floor back on Jan 7 They had left the Marriott Center that night as a laughingstock ‘‘When we were here before and BYU beat us by 31 it came out in the 4 4 8 9 D 9 3 made three straight free throws and the Cow boys were up by nine with 1 1 minutes left SDSU was never closer than seven the rest of the way "That was a critical point m the ballgame” said Brandenburg But the Aztecs never quit They were still within seven at 72-6- 5 with four minutes to go And then Ros tried a from the top of the arc that w ould hav e draw n SDSU to within four But Davis got a piece of the shot and it never got to th° iron Wyomirg recovered and Davis then made a free throw and a reverse layup at the other end to pu-- h th Rad back to a safe 10 Davi who finished with 12 poms was credted by Dees frr volunteer-lrfor the d f drive assignment on the sharpshootzrg Ross n the second half He wan'-- d Boss at ha’Pme and 1 a thought he did pe prtt good second half ' said Dees r ‘ State” Pass the Mustard: was at his w yoming’s Fennis Dembo best in Thursday’s game against San Diego Siaie You could almost fill a sheet just charting his antics He started with some after his first energetic when the game was only three minutes old and he didn’t finish until the end of the game With Fennis everything including free throws is a production He gesticulated so much that his coach Benny Dees scolded him at one point After g play-bv-pla- y three-pointe- r paper we were the worst basketball team in the world — not the United States but the world" said Wallace “I think you’ve seen some improvement We may have been that night but these kids have the most heart in my 24 years of coaching that I've ever been around’’ They had enough heart to take the Cougars down to the wire Trailing by two Hawaii got the ball back with 18 seconds left Wallace elected to go for r to the tie instead of a win it His two options were his two best players guard Chris Gaines and forward Reggie Cross When Gaines couldn't free himself the Rainbows went low to Cross whose turnaround missed Mo had a tap-ithat hit the heel of the rim and bounced out with a second left “I thought it was going in for sure” said Gaines ‘‘Once he tipped it I just three-pointe- Kleine-Brockho- ff n knew it was in There must have been a little leprechaun up there playing ping pong with it or something It was a tough break” If it had gone it would have meant overtime and the state of Hawaii could have been reminiscing about Chaniinade-Virgmi- a all over again “I couldn't be prouder of them" repeated Wallace “and I know the state of Hawaii would be if they were here to watch” coach is probably as The first-yea- r proud of Gaines as anyone Gaines was Mr Basketball in the state of Iowa two years ago and led Frank Arnolds UH team last year as a freshman with 17 points a game When the demanding Wallace came along in the fall he drove Gaines to become a more complete player Thursday night they both saw the result Gaines was the best player on the floor He scored 27 points on 10- - shooting And y vs lie believed miracles “Right at the beginning of the game we stayed right there with them” said Gaines when asked at what point upset visions danced in his head “We didn't let them get away We were playing good defense and we were patient and taking good shots We played them tough right through the game All the Rainbows had to lose was a game and they had lost a bunch of those already What they gained was some respect I only won four ballgames my rookie year here this year but I'll tell you one thing it hasn't been a bad year” said Wallace “When you’re coaching kids like that you sleep at night and you come back for practice because they work hard and they've improved tremendously As a coach you get a lot of rewards out of that” for-1- in Colorado State Backcourt Duo Is Unlikely Catalyst By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer FKOVO — Colorado State starting e guards Trent Shippcn and David were born on the same day — July 10 1063 And their stars must have been m the right alignment Thursday Shippcn and Turcotte combined for 32 points in CSU's conquest of Utah at the Marriott Center a victory that earned the Rams their first trip ever to the WAC tournament semifinals Granted there’s nothing particularly amazing about two guards combining for 32 points What’s amazing is that in the two previous Utah-CSencounters this season Shippen and Turcotte combined for — get this — 17 points on 7 for 24 shooting Yes that was two games' worth No wonder Utah won both Turcotte an honorable Tur-cott- All-WA- three-poiru-- do nine-poin- 78-6- 8 Wyoming vs CSU Struggles Past SDSU J "You know that zone we went into because of foul trouble and a shortage of personnel has backfired on us several times It seems every time we play it teams hit 4 or 5 three-poin- t shots” said Haskins But this time with Thomas and Loeffel on the bench the Lobos fired from the outside and failed — only two conversions in their last 13 field goal tries ‘‘We really haven't had a lot of success against a zone" reasoned UNM's Coach Gary Colson "but when your two best shooters have open shots Hunter Greene and Rob Robbins and they don’t fall what do you do?” Agonize You agonize over what a loss might do to your NCAA chances with an overall record of 20-1and five losses in the last six outings? ' 1 have no comment on our NCAA chances” said Colson Thomas the only Lobo in double figures was more blunt “We were working hard We just weren't in sy nc And we knew it was an important game for the NCAA But now we wards Does admitted he thought the Cow bo v antics had gotten out of hand ‘ Don’t lose the fact that we've got really good people” said Dees "If you don t think we have great people on our basketball team visit with them And don t lose sight of that because sometimes we celebrate too early We re the celebratingext team m America W c lead America in two statistics — celebrating and shirttails out" As for Dembo who may lead the nation in in amount of mustard spread Dees said ”1 give him hell and he takes it He does a good job of handling it He’s a personality in thisI game and sometimes he does some things don t ike And I tell him And he laughs and says I ‘Aw Coach Fm having fun’ And if we win agree with him But not only has he played hard for mp all year but he’s been a good friend a very good friend” The crowd did get a laugh at Dembo’s expense however Midway through thea first half he broke away from the pack for solo lay up but m his indecision to dunk the hall or lay it in he missed the easy shot The crowd roared longer than it did all afternoon I was going to do something really crazy said the irrepressible Dembo ‘‘but my knee buckled and 1 couldn’t do nothing ” other man had to go around you not charge over you And I still think he (referee Bob McKendry is w rong I still think w e hav e that right I haven't read anything in the rules vh( re they've changed that so in mv opinion I thought the referee was totally wrong in not calling the charge ' He told me we were faking it That s not true That's the way we get into our offense And if you're going to let someone run over you like that I think it makes for a poor basketball game VV e don't fake things at Colora- g Rainbows Lose Game but Gain Respect BYU vs UTEP 74-7- 1 ballgame” said Brandenburg of the semifinal “When CSU played us at the Sports Arena in San Diego thpy handled us easier than anybody did this year T think that CSU is peaking right now And they do have a contrasting offensive style and they have a contrasting defensive style that has the potential to give anyone in this tournament a great deal of trouble Tempo is the main thing when you're playing Colorado State University” Grant’s First Tech: CSU Coach Boyd Grant got his first technical foul of the season in the first half of Thursday’s game against Utah The Rams had the ball and a t lead late in the first half when guard Trent Shippcn was knocked to the floor three times on one possession as the Utes ran through the picks he was trying to set Grant was enraged that no fouls were called and he parned his technical by venting his anger ‘T lost that one” said Grant of the argument “Fm glad I didn’t lose the game” Rovd then gave his side of the story:‘‘That was my first technical of the season And I did deserve it I guess But when I was playing you could screen to get a man open and the mention choice and CSU’s second leading scorer was especially snake-bitteagainst the Utes going 2 for 12 in the two games this year and a total of 8 for 30 over the last four Ute-Rameetings ‘ When we played them I was in a period of not play ing well mvself and it was psychological" said Turcotte of his problems with the Utes “1 was putting a lot of extra pressure on myself I didn't want to come out and force the issue to score I just wanted to take the opportunities as they presented themselves and that's all 1 wanted to do” He finally succeeded in the second half In the first half while Tuicotte was shooting 1 for 5 Shippen a transfer from Ricks College took center stage making 5 of 6 shots for 14 points In the second half Shippen stepped into the background and passed the baton to Turcotte who made 3 of 4 shots for 11 points At the end the balance sheet showed 18 points for Shippen and 14 for Turcotte more than an ample supporting performance for forward Fat Durham who had 27 points “I thought Trent Shippen played extremely well m the first half and I thought Dave had a much better game and of course Lance Irvin s getting better every game" said CSU Coach Boyd Grant of his three ‘ guards I thought we played smart When we play smart and play at that level of intensity you gotta be around All-WA- somewhere” Turcotte could feel the intensity early in the game although he didn I expect to “For some reason I felt really tense coming into this game" he admitted “I had trouble running up and down the court I guess maybe there was a little bit more pressure than I would like to admit to go out and play well against these guys for myself ” Turcotte a Canadian citizen who has designs on playing in the Seoul Olympics on the Canadian team said he’ finally felt comfortable with his shot in the second half and he credited the work of his fellow guards for that “Lance came in and did a great job for us” said Turcotte ‘Trent just had a terrific game — 7 for 9 and 18 points 1 thought he was just fantastic I think probably a lot of my ability to get the shots I got was attributed to them in forcing them the Utes to extend their defense” Turcotte granted that Thursday's victory was probably the best CSU has had in his four years m Fort Collins Then he smiled and said that a triumph Friday over Wyoming would be even better Cougars Survive Gritty Challenge by Lowly Hawaii Continued From U am I ve ever seen It s a feather m their cap the way they played” Chatman when reminded that the Cougars mght be struggling said I den 1 think it s that as much as it is others are playing us so tough We've lnM two overtime games one by two points and the fia-c- o at UAB We feel pretty good about that s’ retch 1M list Saturday here since to UTEP Andfrma cm UTEP "We haven t forgofen last Saturday afternoon Yes they jj-ohoul a couple of key always has p’aytrs But that Ha-hto pick up the slack ' some never could shake a The Hawan team which has been wracked B-- 3 c by injuries and illness all year BYU held a 2 lead five mnutes into the seccrnd half but behind the brilliant 47-4- shooting of guard Chris Gaines the Rainbows fought back Games put on an exhibition before 14 504 fans several thousand of whom rooted for the heavily favored underdog Rainbows His 27 points were high for the game Chatman almost matched Games m the second half The Cougar senior forward scored 15 of his 23 point4 in the exciting period When Chatman scored cn a slam-durand Marty Haws added a hoop with 12 08 to play Bk U R ad over the tred held a Rainbows BYU eventually 60-5- ! CrrrvxT i n" with 10 stretched its lead to 65-5minutes to play Hawaii did no folderoo however Gaines and David Hallums led a 10-Hawaii run and the Rainbows had a 68-6lead By now the Cougar crowd sat stunned Following a free throw by Bill Holcomb the Cougars started run to vmtory their tension-packeChatman's dunk off a r bound tied the game and Andy Toolsons free throw put BYU ahead fer good at rh then scored layups off a pair cf offensive rebounds and the Cougars breathed easier 74-6BjI Gaines wasnt finished He drove around Call for a layup and drew a foul Hs three points cut the ctfcit to 74-770-Ji- Us-vit- r rr" iigni mammii Chatman’s tip-iwith 143 left upped the count again but Game-stole the ball and scored With 53 seconds left BYU's lead was two There was no further scoring in those final moments but Andersen went through a lifetime of agony watching the Rainbows draw blanks rff those missed opportunities Usevitch added 13 points to help the scoring load Mike Smith held to shooting scored 12 points rune below his average The first half w as much like the second period Earh time the Cougars mounted a small lead Ihe Rainbows battled bak to keep it close At half t:me the Cougars led 29-3- wqcstti - l'nii’iTP PIKSEIKIS TAW IRONS CLOTHING A LaS'M S’Drtry Du" Ut’X Ws’er"' Ss :i331 IDDK IW DfftriCyo‘ r tc ill E Sr! 2 Ser! 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