Show - v Jazz Fall to Spurs Continued From B-- 3 shot was grabbed by Carey Scurry The ball was fumbled out of bounds though and referee Wally Rooney gave it back to the Spurs Layden said he was satisfied with that call although Scurry noted: “They grabbed my arm I went down and twisted my ankle I had control and they knocked it out of bounds” Alvin Robertson who finished with 17 points quickly made the call hurt when he hit an open with 48 seconds to play That gave the Spurs a 102-9- 9 lead and when Stockton an 84 percent foul shooter made just 1 of 2 free throws with 27 seconds left At that point the Jazz were hurting Still there was enough time to hold the Spurs and get off a shot to force overtime But after running the clock down Wood’s three-pointiced the Spurs’ victory “Our goal was to spread it out run the dock down and let one of our three guards take a long shot" said Weiss “We told them to to hit something — the rim the backboard — so even if they missed the clock would run out Fortunately we got three” er The Salt Lake Tribune 105-10- 0 free-thro- w attempts 27-1- 1 edge in the second half Layden said: “That’s a fact then Whether they caused it I don’t know It just seemed we got the ball inside the whole game and didn't ever get into the bonus Who knows? Maybe we wouldn’t have made the free throws if we’d gotten them” For Utah Thurl Bailey added 16 points and eight rebounds Iavaroni 16 also contributed a season-hig- h 14 in and Darrell minutes just points Griffith scored 13 Griff had six in the final 7:08 r m m m 8-- 5-- Hey-war- red-shi- rt m non-seni- top-rate- m m m Johnson defensive lineman Darrell Reed and linebacker Dante Jones Randall McDaniel of Arizona State was the other first-teaguard The center was Nacho Albergamo of Louisiana State and Michigan’s John Elliot and Southern Cal’s Dave Cadigan were the tackles Auburn’s Tracy Rocker and Syracuse’s Ted Gregory who both missed games late in the season with knee injuries still made the team on the defensive line Their teams will face each other Jan 1 in the Sugar Bowl Air Force’s imposing Chad Hennings was the other defensive lineman Greg Lombardi Award-winne- Chris r Spielman of Ohio State headed the linebackers Also making the first team were Aundray Bruce of Auburn and UCLA’s Ken Norton Jr son of the former heavyweight champion player Spielman was a second-tealast year “Everyone thought former OklaBrian Bosworth homa was great but Chris Spielman is 10 times better” said Bill Conley Ohio State’s inside linebacker coach last m It would be easier to fathom Dant-leyscoring ability if he were a great leaper But he’s not The Pistons hoot and holler the rare times Dantley dunks Ask Dantley how many of his points have come on dunks and he smiles and says “Probably about 20” But Dantley doesn’t care Many players are more spectacular Few are more effective or more consistent He has never shot less than 50 percent from the field in any season and only once has he averaged fewer than 20 points a game “How many times are you going to take the ball go the basket and dunk in a guy’s face?” Dantley said “If that’s all you can do you’re in trouble “Most guys in the league don’t know the first thing about footwork how to set up a guy how to get a guy off balance That’s my game I have to know because you won’t see me taking off from the foul line and dunking “Sometimes I think about what I’d be like if I could really jump I mean I might really be tough to stop But you know I probably wouldn’t be as I probably wouldn’t have good worked as hard or made the one-on-o- Dantley often has trouble sleeping he’s too keyed up But instead of going out he often watches tapes of Pistons games until he gets sleepy What does he look for? after games because Continued From B-- 3 night” said Farmer “And believe me you won't see that kind of effort ever again” Utah can thank and Weber State can blame in part the Utes’ disape loss to pointing Utah State Saturday night It made the Utes want to grab their first road win in a big way “We had a bad game in Logan and people were saying we can’t play on the road” said Smith who shot 5 for 8 from the field “This was a good win to get for us Weber has a good team double-overtim- We just executed our offense tonight” Singletary’s point total was his and the Utes’ season-hig- h “We were a little hungry tonight” said the junior from New York “We were determined to see how good we really are We ran the ball and got it where w’e wanted it At Utah State we didn’t run our offense very well” Each team showed its early-seaso- n rough edges taking turns with spurts of turnovers Weber State threw the ball away three times in the first 1V4 minutes while the Utes were scoring four unanswered field goals Later in the half Utah turned it over four times and missed a wide-ope- n layup in the space of two minutes allowing 1 the Wildcats within three points But Weber took its rightful turn by coughing it up on three consecutive possessions Midway through the second half with Utah leading 3 the Wildcat’s halfemployed a double-teamin- g court defense that forced the Utes to three quick turnovers and cut Utah’s lead to 10 points “Their half-coutrap hurt us a little but we called timeout and adjusted nicely” said Archibald 24-2- 59-4- rt sacrifices” Ask anyone who knows Dantley and they will rave about his disci mistakes” Dantley said Morgan Wooten his coach at “My ’ AP Football Writer Oklahoma is ranked No 1 and Miami is No 2 but not everyone is con- vinced that their Orange Bowl clash histhe 23rd such game in the will Press Associated of the poll tory decide college football’s national championship Syracuse University Coach Dick MacPherson is among the dissenters “Ultimately it should be a team that ends up 12-- 0 and there are not Mac- going to be many teams ” how see “Let’s they end Pherson says Year’s New on Day” bp Only two teams have a shot at gowinOklahoma-Miam12-- 0 — i the ing ner and fourth-ranke- d Syracuse in which meets No 6 Auburn Florithe Sugar Bowl Third-ranke- d da State 10-- 1 with a 5 loss tc Miami the only blemish on its record 10-- 1 in the Fiplays No 5 Nebraska even on Christmas Dantley knew he couldn’t leap as high or play as spectacularly as many of the players he competed against as a kid on the Washington playgrounds So Dantley decided to outwork them “That’s just part of Adrian’s maketo be the best at anything he does” Wooten said “I had him in one of my history classes and he ended up being the best student in the class He just loves to compete “He’s one of the few guys I’ve had who started in the ninth grade He was a little heavy but I told him to lose weight and he did I told him to get on a weight training program and he did I’ve never been surprised by anything he’s done As far as I’m concerned AD’s the man” up Dantley who played in college at Notre Dame has earned unquestioned respect among his peers He’s nicknamed “The Teacher” Isiah Thomas has called Dantley “the best I’ve ever played with” Pistons Coach Chuck Daly worries about a million things but he never worries about Dantley’s readiness to play year Joining Blades in the secondary Deion Sanders of Florida State Rickey Dixon of Oklahoma and Arizona’s Chuck Cecil Sanders and on Rockers are the only the defense Tom Tupa the nation’s leading punter and Clemson kicker David Treadwell are the specialist Aikman who transferred two years ago from Oklahoma joined UCLA teammate Gaston Green a running back to lead the second team Oklahoma State’s Thurman Thomas was the other running backs The rest of the second-teaoffense was: South Carolina’s Sterling Sharpe and Tulane’s Marc Zeno at receiver Florida State tight end Pat Carter tackles Paul Gruber of Wisconsin and Johnson of Oklahoma guards John McCormick of Nebraska and Tennessee’s Harry Galbreath and center Chuck Lanza of Notre Dame The second-teadefense was: linemen Reed of Oklahoma Michael Dean Perry of Clemson Nebraska’s Broderick Thomas and Tony Cherico of Arkansas linebackers John Roper of Texas A&M Van Waiters of Indiana and Jones of Oklahoma and defensive backs Todd Krumm of Michigan State Riccardo Ingram of Georgia Tech South Carolina’s Brad Edwards and Louis Oliver of Florida The specialists were punter Greg Montgomery of Michigan State and kicker Derek Schmidt of Florida State are non-senio- rs m 12-0- ’ 26-2- esta Bowl Miami completed its second consecutive 11-- 0 regular season by de-- ‘ feating South Carolina 6 Saturday 11-night Oklahoma which finished 0 two weeks earlier received 47 of 57 first-plac- e votes and 1129 of a pos- slble 1140 points in Tuesday’s final AP poll Regular-seaso- n e first-placvotes and 1088 Nine points went to Miami while Florida State remained third with 1018 i 20-1- ballot points The other first-plac- e went to Syracuse which received 955 points Nebraska held onto fifth place with 926 points and Auburn remained No 6 with 847 points “Oklahoma and Miami are playing a good opponent each other and so are we” MacPherson said “Any team that wins the Southeastern Conference is a good opponent” But even MacPherson concedes that there’s nothing he can do about the Orange Bowl matchup and all the attendant hype — past present and future “If one of them is a dominating factor they deserve to be No 1” he said “We’re the next best game The voters can see one game Fiesta Bowl at 1130 (am MST) one game Sugar at 1:30 and one game Orange at 6 and see who deserves to be No 1” LSU stayed seventh with 794 points South Carolina LSU’s Gator Bowl opponent was the only other member of the Top Twenty in action over the weekend and their close loss to Miami dropped the Gamecocks 3 from eighth place to ninth with 653 points moved up Michigan State from ninth to eighth with 687 points and UCLA 2 completed the Top Ten just like a week ago with 642 points 8-- 191 Stores Nationwide Arizona Washington California HOURS: Mon-Fr- i 8:30-- 6 Sat 8:30-- 5 Nevada Utah Colorado New Mexico Texas Michigan Indiana 9-- IS£OUNT?YtRfeCi STS mamiaramg j SCOtJ De-Mat- High in Washington DC says Dantley would constantly ask for the keys to the gym so he could practice mi By Herschel Nissenson B5 top-notc- for Title? Don’t Take It to the Bank Oklahoma-Mia- 1987 pline He adheres to a strict diet gets plenty of rest and keeps himself in h condition On road trips he spends spend much of his free time in his hotel room saying “You’ve got to be able to stand four walls” And he apparently isn’t tired of it Dantley is signed with the Pistons to play another three seasons after this one and he might play longer “People ask me when I’ll retire” Dantley said “I might quit after this contract but I don’t know When they me and I can’t stop double-teamin- g take my man and score then I’ll know it’s time” ’s Utes Ambush Wildcats All-Ameri- cas UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK — Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown of Notre Dame runner-u- p Don McPherson of Syracuse and five players who will compete in the national title game between Oklahoma and Miami headed the United Press International Team which was Tuesday Brown received 35 votes the most of any player to make the UPI first team at wide receiver for the second straight year Louisiana State’s Wendell Davis a second-teamember last year had nine votes to join Brown as the other receiver McPherson easily earned the first-teaquarterback spot after leading the Orangemen to an 11-- 0 record and a Sugar Bowl berth The senior from West Hempstead NY had 31 votes to four for second-teamember Troy Aikman of UCLA Forty UPI writers from across the nation participated in the selection process Brown won the Heisman Trophy Saturday by 611 votes over McPherson He became the seventh Notre Dame winner of the award symbolic of the nation’s outstanding player “I had big games against big teams” Brown said of his season “I helped Notre Dame win That’s the rpost important thing I helped turn the team from a 6 record to 3 Other people just run catch or pass but I was dangerous all around” Brown finished sixth in the nation in yards — receiving running and returning — at 1676 yards per game ' Running backs Lorenzo White of Michigan State and Craig Heyward of Pittsburgh who finished fourth and fifth in the Heisman balloting were d also selected to the first team a junior who finished second in the nation in rushing was on the UPI first-teathe only offense ' d Tight end Keith Jackson of Oklahoma repeated as a first-teaperformer and led three Soon-er- s onto the team Guard Mark Hutson and safety Rickey Dixon were the other Oklahoma players Cornerback Bennie Blades of Miami was the only redefender Fellow peat first-teaHurricane Danny Stubbs who was a 1986 second-teamember earned first-teastatus ' ' Miami and Oklahoma — both 11-- 0 — will face each other Jan 1 in the Ofange Bowl to determine a national champion Three other Oklahoma players made the second team: guard odds” Detroit’s Adrian Dantley Tuesday night became the seventh player in NBA history to score 20000 points in his career Notre Dame’s Brown Tops UPI By Joel Sherman Continued From B-- 3 moves using footwork that post-u- p it took him years to perfect Dantley can score 20 points without using the same move twice Head fakes spin moves drop steps drives jump shots hook shots — Dantley uses them all at any time He is fouled so often because players can’t guard Dantley without fouling him In a league full of players who can dazzle you Dantley sticks to the basics And it has served him well “You may slow him down if you’re lucky I don’t think there’s a way to stop him” said Milwaukee Bucks Coach Del Harris last week “We’ve put three big guys in the lineup at once we’ve used quick guys strong — none of it has guys double-team- s worked My hat’s off to him because at his size he has really beaten the line” Informed of the Spurs’ Wednesday December 9 Dantley Reaches 20000 Plateau As a result the Jazz were left groping after another tough loss They’ve now lost four of their six road games by a total of 16 points They haven’t lost by more than 12 away from the Salt Palace yet they’ve only pulled out one victory In this one the Spurs’ enjoyed a big free throw edge They made 28 of 36 foul shots including 22 of 27 in the second half The Jazz have made just 13 of 23 including 6 of 11 in the second half and 2 of 6 in the final 8 minutes “It looked to me” Layden said “that we were getting the ball inside and not going to the line W'hen they got the ball inside they went to the in TSSt-ir-3-j RE CO I ’ ' |