Show "'"t T B4 The Salt Lake Tribune f rf ¥ y y1 Wednesday December y f m m v raj Syracuse Ace Finds Life 9 1987 Short Powers Rockets’ Win X Tribune Wire Services Purvis Short obtained from Golden State the day before the season started has been nothing but golden for the Rockets the past two games After hitting 13 of 15 shots in Saturday’s victory over Golden State shots Short hit seven of nine first-hal- f Tuesday night and finished with 25 106-9- 7 points helping the Rockets to a comeback victory over Sacramento ‘The shot is coming back” Short said “I’m more comfortable because I'm understanding the offense more I can get a good look at the basket” The Rockets sagged at the start of both halves and had to rally in the fourth quarter to beat the Kings winless in six road games this season “They made some excellent defensive adjustments in the fourth quarter” Kings Coach Bill Russell said “By the time we figured it out it was too late I called an extra timeout to try to get the guys back in the game” Reggie Theus led the Kings with 25 points but he was held scoreless in the fourth quarter when he scored 14 of his game-hig- h 33 points 103 Backs 101: At Indianapolis Steve Stipanovich scored 24 g points including the free throws with 12 seconds to play as Indiana defeated Milwaukee Stipanovich’s free throws gave Indiana a 102-9- 8 lead Jack Sikma who scored 26 points for Milwaukee sank with eight seconds left to a pull the Bucks within a point Randy Breuer led Milwaukee with 28 points and Terry Cummings added 17 points and 14 rebounds Pacers game-winnin- Lakers 98 Nets 81: At East Rutherford Byron Scott scored 21 points and Magic Johnson collected his third triple-doubof the season to lift Los Angeles past New Jersey the Nets’ ninth straight loss Johnson finished with 13 points 13 rebounds and 14 assists James Worthy added 18 points for the Lakers who snapped a three-gam- e losing le streak Mike Gminski’s 18 points led the are tied with Golden Nets who at State for the worst record in the Tough at Top 3 when the Pistons went on a burst that gave them the lead for good 7 with 1:28 remaining in the period Detroit's Adrian Dantley who was held scoreless in the third quarter hit a layup with 11 seconds remaining in the game making him the 13th NBA player to score 20000 points Dantley in his 12th season finished with 17 points Bill Laimbeer led Detroit with 30 n points Thomas had 25 points and finished with 20 and a career-hig- h 20 rebounds as the Pistons won their fourth successive game 22-1- 88-8- By William Kates Ma-hcr- Knicks 116 Ballet 92: At New York Patrick Ewing scored 14 of his 29 points in the third season-hig- h e quarter as New York broke a losing streak Ewing whose best previous scoring output this season was 27 paints scored all his points in the first three quarters Bill Cartwright came off the bench to add 23 points and Pat Cummings had 14 as the Knicks posted their largest margin of victory this season four-gam- ’ Lakers’ Magic Johnson leaves behind New Jersey’s Otis Bird 1 song at a pick set by AC Green Lakers downed Nets 6 after Philadelphia leading three quarters could not stop Michael Jordan in the final 12 minutes 80-7- league Pistons 127 Blazers 117: At Pon- tiac Isiah Thomas scored seven points and Rick Mabcrn six in a key third-quartrun as Detroit beat Portland snapping the Trail Blazers’ NBA winning streak at nine games 6 with The Trail Blazers led 8:30 remaining in the third quarter 74-6- 6-- 98-8- 2-- 76ers 199 Balls 96: At Chicago reserve guard Gerald Henderson led a fourth-quarte- r Philadelphia surge with 13 of his 16 points and Charles Barkley added 32 points Barkley who sat out more than half the third quarter with four fouls contributed seven free throws down the stretch Sonics 107 Cavs 96: At Seattle Dale Ellis scored 15 fourth-quartpoints as Seattle held off a late Cleveland rally Ellis and Xavier McDaniel led Seattle with 25 points each The Cavaliers were paced Brad Daugherty with 20 points and 19 by Dell Curry With 5:32 left in the game the Cavaliers trailed 6 after Curry scored 11 points to pull them within one But Ellis went on a scoring tear with 12 of Seattle's 14 points in the next four minutes giving the Super-Sonic- s 2 lead with 1:10 a remaining Hawks 90 Clippers 79: At Los Angeles Kevin Willis led five Atlanta scoring with players in double-figur- e 16 points as the Hawks won their fifth straight 101-9- 87-8- Los Angeles surrendered fewer than 100 points for the fifth consecutive game but has lost three of them The Clippers haven’t scored 100 points in six straight contests Hawks leading scorer Dominique e Wilkins returning after a absence with a sore toe didn't start and finished with 10 points two-gam- Fighting Irish Rout Boston U Tribune Wire Services Boston University collapsed in the second half as an ailing Notre Dame offense revived to give the Fighting Irish a 9 victory Tuesday night in South Bend Ind “I was surprised at the spread in the second half but I thought we handled the press very well” Notre Dame Coach Digger Phelps said of his 1 team “We controlled the boards and we made them force 16 retion 48 grabbed a game-hig- h bounds in his first home game Gary Voce scored 16 points for the Irish and Mark Stevenson has 10 19th-rank- 74-4- Indiana Boston University Coach Mike Jarvis said his leading scorer Drederick Irving suffered some bad breaks Irving entered the game averaging 225 points and finished with 10 “Irving had some good shots that didn’t fall” Jarvis said “When you’ve got a player like Drederick who is so consistent game after game many of the players look for him to do it all night in and night out” Larry Jones led the Terriers 2 with 14 points Notre Dame's David Rivers scored 19 points and led the Irish with five assists “I don't think anyone will stop him this year” Jarvis said of the senior guard “We had to play equal and try to neutralize the inside game and that’s where they killed us” Notre Dame sophomore Keith Robinson sidelined last year by Proposi 59-5- 62-5- 63-5- 3-- 63-6- 61: At Pel-kows- ki their shots” Indiana’s Brian Sloan and Vanderbilt’s Barry Booker stretch 1 for a rebound Hoosiers beat Commodores Tuesday Vanderbilt 63 Bloomington Ind Rick Calloway scored 19 points and Magnus came off the bench to add 15 to pace No 6 Indiana to a victory over Vanderbilt Barry Goheen hit two free throws with 4:48 remaining to give the Commodores their only lead of the game at 8 But Indiana’s Keith Smart who sat out the entire first half hit a shot with 2:55 to go and added a baseline drive with 1:10 left to make it 9 Calloway added a free throw with Van9 16 seconds left to make it derbilt’s Will Perdue closed the scoring with a layup with four seconds remaining Dean Garrett added 12 points for Indiana which improved to 1 Perdue led the Commodores 1 with 27 points and Goheen added 9 1 with 13:45 reIndiana led maining in the first half The Hoosiers then went on a 2 run to take a 3 lead on a Pelkowski tip-i-n with 10:47 left Indiana led 2 at halftime 2-- — Associated Press Photo 3-- 3-- 13-1- 7-- 20-1- 37-3- anced scoring attack with 14 points including two three-poiplays in the final eight minutes as No 4 Arizona defeated Northern Arizona The Wildcats 0 led by as much as 15 points early in the second half before Northern Arizona pulled with9 on Mark Anderson’s (20 in of the half points) fourth and sixth of the game with 13:02 left Missouri 76 Drake 74: At Des Moines Iowa Derrick Chievous scored 24 points to help No 9 Missouri to a victory over Drake Byron Irvin and Nathan Buntin added 11 points each and Greg Church added 9 of his 10 points in the second half as the Tigers pushed their record to 0 Drake’s Eric Berger hit a three-poifield goal with three seconds left in the game to pull the Bulldogs within the final margin Walter James had 18 points and Bart Frie-dric- k 3 17 points for Drake CSU 79 S Colorado 59: At Fort Collins David Turcotte scored 17 points and snared 10 rebounds to pace Colorado State to a 9 basketball victory over Southern Colorado The Indians led early but with the CSU outscored the game tied 1 Indians 22-- 9 and vaulted to a 6 halftime lead CSU improved to while the Indians slid to 4 nt 6-- 47-3- 3-- nt 79-5- 11-1- 45-2- Arizona 77 Northern Arizona 59: At Tucson Sean Elliott led a bal 4-- 1 Independence Bowl Got a Dandy — Tulane Lost by 59 By Steve Harvey Universal Press Syndicate The Bowls: It isn’t easy to find a team that was drubbed in a regular-seaso- n game by 59 points But Independence Bowl officials searched diligently and found one: loser Tulane author of a spectacular 3 setback to Florida State The Green Ripple is matched against otherwise unwanted Washington previously left at the altar of the Rose and Aloha Bowls It's the battle that will answer the question posed by every football fan: Who really has the 100th best team in the nation? five-tim- e 14-7- long-await- Meanwhile Alabama (7-- had to close fast losing its last two games to qualify for the Hall and Iowa (9-of Tame Bowl while Wyoming (9-meet in the Holiday Inn Biowl (unless someone loses their reservations) And UCLA and Florida with seven losses between them stumble into the Aloha (Hawaiian for “Also Ran”) Bowl The Rankings 3) Independence Bowl (Tulane 5 vs Wash Probation Bowl (SMU 0 vs Opponent to Be Charged) 4 3 Hall of Tame Bowl (Michigan vs Alabama 4 Blue-Gra- y Game (anyone who's In the neighborhood) 2 5 Holldoy Inn Bowl (Wyoming vs Iowa 6 6 Powder Puff Bowl (La Verne U Calif vs Go 7 Boredom Bowl (Arizona State 4 vs Air Force 8 Woes Bowl (Kansas vs Konsas State 9 Stun Bowl (W Virginia 6--5 vs Oklahoma State 2 10 (tie) Aloha Bowl (UCLA vs Florida 6-Saints Bowl (Holy Cross 11-- 0 vs Holy Toledo Featuring teams stunned at being Invited to any bowl 1 Pros: How embarrassing that during the of the summit America’s Team should be in such a shambles The Dallas Bowboys have dropped 12 of their e last 15 ball games and their president Louisiana (he no longer calls himself Tex) Schramm says “This is the lowest point of my career which is 38 years” Look for Tex’s career to hit a new low Sunday when the Bowboys clinch their second straight losing season by falling to Washington But what do you expect from a team whose owner is named Bum Bright? Typical of the pampered athletes of today the No 3 Philadelphia Beagles virtually refused to work any overtime against the New York Ants Sunday losing a combined three yards in the extra period in a 3 setback week US-Sovi- AP Sports Writer NY — Rony Seikaly No 1 player on the the as was tapped ‘ nation’s No 1 college basketball team to start the season But the Syracuse senior center has found life at the top different than he expected “I didn’t think I’d draw that much ' attention coming into the season” ‘ said Seikaly who has become the fo- cal point of opposing defenses draw- -' ing double and triple coverage in tightly packed zones “I’m not really disappointed with my play I just have to adjust to the '' attention I’m getting on the court” he ' said 10 and 157 reJ points Seikaly’s bounds per game are actually up slightly over last season when he fin- ished with a 151 scoring average and an 82 rebounding ratio It’s just that ! getting them has been harder a to lot of he’s going “He’s get attention” said Jim Boeheim coach of the eighth-ranke- d Orangemen “Patrick Ewing got a lot of attention so did Bill Walton Danny Manning gets a lot of attention If he wants to be one of the top five players in the country he’s going to get attention He just has to learn to deal with it” Seikaly came to Syracuse four years ago from Greece as a raw freshman who had only two years of organized basketball experience As a diamond in the rough and surrounded by players such as Wendell Alexis Rafael Addison and Dwayne Washington Seikaly was often the last player about which opposing coaches were concerned ' But that was then The Lebanese-bor- n athlete emerged as one of the country’s best big men last season and used the NCAA tournament as a personal showcase win- -' ning the MVP of the East Regional1 averaging 26 points and nine ree stretch' bounds over a : leading to the Final Four d team With Syracuse the of the preseason and Seikaly selected it was as a preseason only natural that the center would be-- ' come a center of attention “It’s a lot of fun when you draw h lot of attention It’s a lot of respect’ for myself when I draw that much attention” said Seikaly “But sometimes it gets a little frustrating be- cause you can’t do what you are able to do” Seikaly has gotten visibly frustrated at points this season thinking he should be providing more to the Orangemen’s efforts He has told teammates in uncouched terms that he wants the ball more often SYRACUSE et non-strik- 20-2- There was one exception The leg of Beagle kicker John Teltschik was said to be resting comfortably after dispatching an NFL record 15 punts The Rankings 230-pou- four-gam- "They blanket him He doesn’t see them sometimes but there are always two or three guys around him We can’t get him the ball when they cover him like that” said guard Matt Roe Monday some of that frustrathe Orangemen’s game against Cornell into a benchclearing brawl that led to the ejection of Syracuse players Derrick Coleman and Derek Brower and Cornell’s Greg Gilda The fight occurred after Gilda and Big Red forward Nate Grant hammered Seikaly on an offensive rebound On tion transformed Seikaly finished with 17 points against the Big Red after being shutout in the first half He made nine of 14 free throws in the second half Last Loss Next Loss 1 Atlantis Washington 27-3- 0 Irwlndale Clncy 20-2- 3 (5-Miami (Fla) NY Ants 7 Tompa-at-Ba- y Roms 34-4- 4 ) Saints Detroit 7 San Diego (8-- 4 three losses In a row) 9 Cincinnati (4-10 Pocatello (Ida- “Against Cornell he didn’t get frustrated and he played well” said Boeheim “When he was covered he started getting the ball to the others guys who were putting it in When they do that it opens it up more for him” ho) Cordlnals (5-CRUMMY GAME OF THE WEEK Detroit Edsels (4-at Tampo-at-Bo- v (Check your local listings If you're lucky It won't be there) QUOTE BOOK: Associated Press writer Ed Schuyler Jr on Dallas' miserable season: "It things get much lower the hit song In Dallas could be 'Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys'" Syracuse’s poor outside shooting this season has contributed to the collapsing defenses that surround Seikae ly But Boeheim said the offense will come around as the season matures Record 1 Dallas ) 2 KC Leafs 3 Philaldelphia 4 Detroit 5 Tampo-at-Ba-y 6 Seattle (7-8 Lean Bay long-rang- Eagles Win Lively One Vs Rangers Eagles’ Owner Envisions ‘Neighborhood’ Division Golden Eagle Owner Art Teece partially got what he wanted last spring when the International Hockey League added the neighboring Colorado Rangers to its membership six-tea- roster Now Teece may be on the verge of getting the rest of what he wants — which is a Western Division made up of name cities that are considerably closer to Salt Lake than Muskegon Flint and Fort Wayne Teece along with Colorado Owner Dennis Champine and IHL Commissioner Bud Poile spent last Sunday in Phoenix talking with a Veterans Coliseum official and an Edmonton businessman who wants to bring a hockey team to the Valley of tne Sun Teece says both are eager and serious about bringing an IHL franchise to Phoenix full-fledg- “I couldn’t have been more pleased" the Eagle owner said after his whirlwind tour of the Coliseum and discussions with arena manager Jerry Welser and prospective owner Lyle Abraham "I don’t think I’ve spent a more fruitful 24 hours in the last 25 years “Abraham likes to winter in Phoenix” Teece added “He likes hockey and he’s well known in hockey circles He’s very interested in owning a team Welser took us through the building and told us they’re closing the arena on July 1st to put in 8600000 worth of new ice It’s supposed to be ready by Oct 1 Welser says it’s to his building’s advantage to bring in a hockey team now” If the Phoenix franchise does come into being that could be the trip wire that lures a whole new group of cities into the league the longtime Salt Lake owner said A new Western group playing its entire regular season schedule within the division would eliminate those budget-bustin- g costs Teece added "And I really think that with a new division of western teams we could double our season ticket sales The fans can identify with cities like Phoenix and Tucson “But these teams only want in if we can get rid of the subsidy problem” Teece said finding NHL working agreements for these expansion teams shouldn’t be a problem because of the desirability of the locales “I think this can come about because there are a number of NHL teams that have signed just one-yeworking agreements with their American Hockey League affiliates We just have to be careful that we don’t take an NHL working agreement away from the Eastern teams” If the proposed arrangement can avoid heisting a working agreement from one of the lodge brothers Teece doesn’t foresee any serious opposition from the IHL’s senior members “It will still be the IHL” he said “Poile will still be the commissioner but now over two totally separate divisions It’s just not necessary to play an interlocking schedule and I think it would create a lot of interest to put the two division winners against one another at the end of the season” Of course there are no guarantees this is going to work out The IHL had similar expansion hopes last season and only came out of it with one new team — the Rangers “But I'm very encouraged by the reception we got in Phoenix and what we’re trying to put to Tucson has a modern 9000-sebuilding and Poile is set to meet with arena officials there next week Kansas City officials are still very interested in finding a hockey tenant for 17000-seKemper Arena and even Sacramento has reportedly sent out feelers with a new sports arena due to be finished there next fall scenario these prospecUnder a best-cas- e tive clubs — and possibly the Milwaukee Addivimirals — would then form a sion that would play each other exclusively during the regular season and meet the IHL’s Eastern Division champions for the Turner Cup championship in May The advantages in such an arrangement are numerous according to Teece “For one thing” he said “the subsidy expenses have just become too big a load for anyone to carry We had to keep Peoria here six days last week just to play three games We had to pay their airfare hotel and per diem for that whole trip It doesn’t work anymore With the crowds we drew for those games an average of 2400 fans per night it doesn't take a genius to figure out that we re not making money" at at six-tea- gether” said Teece who is hopeful of having a more detailed picture of the situation by the time the league meetings roll around February 9 in St Louis Both the parent Calgary Flames and Teece have expressed disappointment with the way the Eagles have drawn at home in the first two months of the season Salt Palace dates the Birds are averaging just under 3500 fans per game and didn't draw more than 2500 fan for any of the three home games against Peoria last week A year ago at this time the Eagles were averaging around 3700 fans per contest and with the push to the IHL title ended up averaging nearly 4000 a game by the time the season was over In 14 Calgary officials have asked why their Salt Lake affiliate isn’t drawing better with a better caliber of play throughout the league this season Teece has a pretty pat answer “I’m disappointed to an extent” he said “But I’m not blaming it on the fans We started the season by winning two and losing 10 That’s not conducive to getting people excited We won a championship last year and the fans are more concerned with wins and losses at this point than with the caliber of play “We’re young but we’re starting to play great hockey now” Teece added "And if we do well against Muskegon here Thursday and Friday we could be just five or six points out of first place in the league I think that will get people excited” Special to The Tribune DENVER The IHL’s Rocky Mountain rivalry raged here Tuesday - night But this time with a twist The Golden Eagles won for the first time this season in the Denver Coliseum conquering the Colorado Rangbehind two goals from Randy ers Bueyk and an unconcious goaltending performance by Marc D’ Amour Bueyk scored goals in 1 back-to-bac- k the third period to salt the victory D’Amour — the object verbal abuse from Rangers’ fans all evening after Colorado’s controversial 3 win here last week — turned in a magnificent night against the IHL’s team Like most Eagle-Ranggames this one had its share of extracurricular activity In a wild first period Eagle Captain Peter Bakovic and the Rangers' Rudy Poeschek dropped their gloves just 417 into the game then went at it again just after exiting the penalty box at 10:22 That latter fight also drew in Eagle Coach Paul Baxter and his Colorado counterpart Pete Mahovlich who went in a verbal fingerpointing confrontation with only a See B--6 Column S ‘ 5-- 32-sa- most-explosi- nose-to-no- I r |