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Show lot i .ill l Section U Sunday Morning 12. January 1'JHG Page l(. ol .I. I srnl .1 ... ..I lmt-l'uj:- i in r.uo (,(, HI i l m ei all 0 4 in t lit- VAC. An! bony Jones and lin k Dmnonkos eai li fin ished w itli 12 ponds It wasnt enough to prevent the Hows from wondering wiiat hit them in the final IS1-- - minutes, however That s when I'tah outseored Hawaii. ulim 89-6- 4 i y "W e were playing well for aw lule. Arnold said Hawaii Coach ' wc Hut right then when it was had two players request to he taken out because of the latigue factor and another quickly got Ins third foul "In less than a minute, we had three guys out of the lineup that had been playing so well Mien that hap" pened. we lell apart a little Int Said I'tah Coach Lynn Archibald. "We weren't in a good rhythm early But give them credit. They hard very hard The key lor us in the second half was we start ed playing delense and we started mnning our offense. When we did l hat. it was a different story "Hey, I thought it was a great second half for us. Not the whole thing But for short periods of time, we play ed as well as we have all season. Tonight, when" we had to piny, our learn played Individually. Struman and Adair played well for the C'les 48-4- 17-- tali quic kly regained command, lead just V-- nunules building a beloie halftime Hut back came Hawaii again and. with 15' minutes lell in lie game, the Ute lead was gone II was Hut that's when the Utah finally I 48-4- sprinted clear and pul the game away The I'les reeled oil 15 straighl een points, including nine by tei Hobby Adair, to build an insurmountable ti.'MH advantage with 11 21 wen-playin- . lo play Il was. finally. ov ei tin- L'tes. who upped their refoverall and in he WAU. old lo Jeiry Slroman led the way with 2(5 points Adair finished with 15 points - while Kel 11 in the second half vm I' pshaw added 12 For the Hows, who tell to - HI-- This time, BYU missed a couple of in the final two minutes. But this time it didn't matter. The Cougars connected on from the tree throw line when San Diego Slate mounted its final challenge und shot a commendable 7t) from the line lor percent I he evening So maybe, just maybe. BYU turned-tha- t undefined corner between narrow victories and close defeats before 15,117 onlookers Saturday niglit on while sending the Aztecs to in the conference. the year and thought we turned the corner last night in an 6 conquest of Hawaii Friday)." judged BYU junior guard Bob Capener, who collected a 21 points and also had career-higseven rebounds from his backc-ourposition. "Now. we're basically expecting to win instead of hoping to win." contin ugu This time, the Cougars found a way to win. Ttiis time. BYU torpedoed Sail Diego State Saturday evening in the Marriott (.'enter despite committing a few of the cardinal sins that two or three weeks ago would have meant the electric chair for the 82-7- Uou-gar- 2 s 1 80-0- This time. BYU shot only 41 percent at home - and still won by 12 points. Tins time, the Uougurs gave halftime advantage away a hut weathered the storm to climb on the year und square their to WAC record at h t 2 Again By l.ex Hemphill itnine Sports Writer The depth ol the J.i s cui lent slump can tic mca suieu hi the wav lln-- lell about Sal luii loss lo the Den ui dav mu lit v ei Nuggets The Ja were up hi 14 points with It minutes to go in a building where tln-almost never gel such a good i li.nii e lo w in Then they embairass iiielv blew it bv tailing In score a lias kel in the last seven and a half mm dies ol Hu- game Yet tlu-- still well-lelwith mote positive than negative leelmgs ahoul this game Now, that s w hen the ilelimtioii of a real slump disastei leels good simply because you wen- ui a position to have ilisas i DI-,- sill i i l Ill-ha- decisive second-hal- ter happen Bv allowing the Nuggets to out scon- them over the game's last 14 minutes and by missing their last II held goal attempts ol the game the Jaz slid to their filth loss in a low. their tilth loss in the last II games, and their eighth straight road toss But at least these grim numbers don't have the loot notes of stodgmess and boredom attached to them, as they were in the last two losses Tins Jaz team, rallying to make up for the absence ol Adrian Dantlcy. had some hie "I think this is the best mil team has looked in a couple ol weeks." said Maik Katon. the Jazz's "Even though we lost, we still feel good about the game because it's Hie best we've looked in a while " "I told the team was very satis fied with their performance." said Jazz Coach Frank Laydcn "They played great." credited Nug gets Coach Doug Moe, who then ol fered the most intriguing theory ol the night, as he often does "Irohahli the tiling that beat 'em was they played too good We got behind by 14 ami it seared the bleep out of us and got our adrenalin going. For some icason. got the feeling that, if they had kept the lead at six or eight ot have come points, we might streak that f broke the game open. Said Adair, "Wc just ran the to my side a couple of times. Jerry Slroman got the ball to me inside and I just decided to take those shots. I just tried to play hard . like last night. I figured if I did it last " night. I could do it tonight, too tie's anil really "Hobby played hard - . See , Column Capener. who buried from the line to bury the Aztecs. "At UTER and New Mexico last week, you saw us play with hope and not with expectation. Tonight and last night, we came out expecting lo win and that makes a big difference." On a night when BYUs leading scorer Jeff Chatman was limited to 11 shooting and points on starting forward Brent Stephenson was held to 17 z minutes of court lime and 1U points with a finger injury, Capener and Dixie College transfer Greg Humphreys picked up the slack expertly. I think we've come a long way as a team and I was just happy I could contribute like I did," expounded Humphreys, who popped in a career-higI 14 points and live rebounds. was just trying to do what I do best rebound and play some good defense See Column ued 1 1 i h D-- 1 36-1- 1 ' Sint lUti'W f ln1n l)v Pub I O' Ute Albert Springs uses his grace and power to slice through the middle for two during Utahs B!M7 pasting of Hawaii. back " What" The Jazz don't even know when lo stop building their leads now'1 Well, they couldn't stop lor a while Heleased from the shackles ol See D-- Column I Jerrys Kids Hold Off Utah St. Rally, By Joe Baud Tribune Sports filer I.tJGAN Utah State sulloe.iled on a breather here Sat onlay night And former Utah Coach Jeiry Iimm and his Santa Barbara Gauchos were the guys doing the sufto eating The Gauchos. who earlier Hus sea son looked to lie a gimme on what has been a lough Aggie home schedule, burned the nets with 6(1 percent field goal shooting and totally owned the hoards throughout lo upend USU and give Iimm Ins lirsl win m state since departing lor Santa a two seasons ago UCSH winch squared its overall l ecord at 7 7 jml i tanned its second Il'AA win of theyeai with Saturday's sprinted olf lo a 14 point conquest halttime lead, then maintained its poise as the Aggies made then ex peeted second-halcharge Hay Herbal Tribune Sports Writer (XI DUN - Weber Couch Larry Farmer wiped his brow, looked at the stats sheet and uttered "That's absolutely incredible." What caused Farmer to swoon was the fact his Wildcats scored a school-loeight field goals and yet defeated Boise State. before 9.177 fans in the Dee Events Center. The Wildcats converted 28 of 39 free throws, and guard Alan Campbell made 10 foul shots in the final minute to enable Weber State to imoverall and 2 0 in the prove to Big Sky Conference. Boise State fell to and at the interWeber, which led mission. went cold at the start of the second half. From the 2 46 mark of the first half until 15 07 of the second period Weber did not score. Meanwhile. Boise ran off 10 straighl points late in the first half until the maik of the second half to lead. take a "I don't ever reeall us shouting that poorly." added Farmer. "But if you are going to play ugly you might as 66-5- 45-3- Bui-Im- 12-- 0-- f 18-1- 6 And with ICAA power house UNLV coming up next on the Guueho schedule. well, the victory couldn't have come at a belter time 'This was really a must win lor us." said lmirti. who also claimed Ills Hist victory over Aggie rival Hod Tucllcr as a ICA.A coach "We really needed to he alter this trip It would have been very tough to he 4 " w it h Vegas coming up Guueho foiwunl Khns Forsion. five-minu- 24-1- D-- I Get Away Siionian. who had 50 points in day s y;j 89 overtime win over San shots from the Diego Stale, hit floor against Hawaii Arnold ("lie played a heckuva game and Archibald rlies gelling so consistent In nil said he was a key to the mil come Hut the senim suingmnn was humble "I'm really feeling great." said Slroman. who lias averaged 22 points during I 'lull's Iasi eight games yuan- playing together and the guys ate I getting me the hall Hey. the shots take every day ill practice are the ones I'm getting in the game." Adair, meanwhile, also came up with his second straight top effort 12 points and 14 rebounds against San Diego State and he came back with 15 points and six rebounds against Hawaii. He also keyed Utah's Foul Line See . Another W ildcats Win At 9 I i Jazz Let BYU Refuses to Wilt Against Aztecs Hv linger Graves Tribune Sports Writer IHUVO - Back in the olden days when Brigham Young almost seemed to invent ways to wilt, tins was a game the Cougars might have let slip away But there is a difference between BYU now und BYU four weeks I 1 Slroman Adds lo Mis Legend Willi 26 Points By I iMT-Jon- , Utes Fly High Over Rainbows Tnlmnc .spurts Wnlei l ull huffed und pulled .mil. mi Hit' l lurd try. I inollv blew Hawaii uwuv Salur day night at tin Spinal tvcfil ('fill IT Final score And il was easy Well. kimla easy Tlif Ties you sec. lurni'd this game inlu vintage tortoisc-unhare slull lead They jumped to an early Hawaii fought buck lo make it I' ..II i Column i This is where the Aggies lost Saturday nights game: inside where the team with muscle and determination can crush a I ihune StfjH AIUim 'Goto tmiin" finesse team like the Aggies. The Gauchos Carlton Davenport and Khris Fortson have this rebound well under control. I 66-5- 2 21 who finished with a game-higpoints, agreed. "Wc lost a tough one against Iacific, then wc didn't pluv well at all against San Jose State, so we needed this to get back on truck and get that winning feeling again " A feeling, needless to say. that wasn't long in coming against the Ag Kii's. The Gauchos got out the gate quickly against USU. breaking open a run to ballgame early with a lead with 15 minutes take a ill to play m the hall W till USU an shooting dreadlully percent from the Held hookended nicely by 45 percent tree throw shooting for the halt Santa Barbara soon expanded on that lead to go up at the mark and finally retired at the buzzer with a eomly 37 23 advantage Aggie lorward Greg Grant was held to just 9 points on shooting in that stretch, while ringing up three personals to quality for some bench time Add to that the USU shooting and a 29 13 Santa Barbara advantage on tin- boards and well, the spread at the halt was no mystery "The defense was decent in the first halt." Iimm noted And though that wasn't the total reason lor Utah State's problems, it had something to hi with it We hustled and we did a ice-col- 29 30-1- I See D-- Column I Even in Death, Woody Hayes Will Never Live Down 4The Incident - In Woody Hayes' swan NEW ORLKANS song from coaching, the eulogy might well have been the same Mare Antony used as his funeral oration for Caesar: "The evil men do live alter them while the good oil is interred with their hones " Wiles Halllock. tormer commissioner ot tlie WAC and the Iac-tl)- . explained how Woody's mood could change ll.iyes, the former Ohio Stale coach, received the football coaches' highest honor a few days ago. Imt the public will remember him us the eoaeli who slugged a Ulemson player in a Gator Howl game next to Woody Of course, that outburst was just a climax to a scries of physical "incidents" involving the Buckeye eoaeli But it broke the camel's back and a few days later Hayes was fired as fool hall eoaeli Amos Alonzo Stugg award this man who had H rroned and intimidated ullieials, pi ess. opposing eojehes and anyone eNe who stood in tils wav. was a broken, sick mail, showing lie effects of a stioke and a In receii mg t t ullui Hr- k enni lung career. li.uigo.ibli' as a chameleon In Ins Wnmlv was as "I trail a job working in the press box at a ; Shrine game many years ago and my wife. Marge, was in the press box. seated Cast-Wes- t 'In the conversation, she mentioned she had attended Ohio Wesleyan and Coach Hayes countered his wife also had attended that college. They talked of mutual friends during most of tin- game, with Woody paying little attention to the action "Suddenly, the Cast had the opportunity to win Hie game and Woody was pacing around, demanding a telephone so In- could send instructions to the couches ol the Cast squad, and he wasn't even on the staff." Wiles laughed - Wuudy's tantrums were not lung new to l.ou McCullough, currently commissioner of the Trans Amcncj conference, hut a former assistant at W yoming and Ohio Stale You mentioned how Woodv hailed the never loll the area without Woodv 01 misrll giv mg Hie order "I came hack Rom some errand and saw the two busses hud moved out and an assis-int warned, you beiter get ill then-- lie's gn mg a Mill megaton speech ll.iyes was Irotlnng mail lounge had come to Hie practice, as and the let him in because Ins i u.stodiun wouldnt name wasnt on the approved list. He tinned to the equipment man and warned Floyd, m going to kill you for rclusmg admission lo Red til alige The custodian stuck by Ins guns His or admission unless the nami was dors wen-11oil the Hayes list and Woody li.uhi given the gates to the field and wouldn't let the Big 111 Skywriters tour talk to the players.'' he began. "It wasn't just the writers - nobody got into practice unless Wuody had put Ins name on a list the cqiiimcnt man l ari ted "I remember once Red Grange, the immortal Galloping Ghost from Illinois, tout a speaking engagement in Chicago and Woody at ranged lor Grange to v isit the Friday practice and address the squad "Aside from the controls over the visitors at practice, Haves had another ruie the fu st two busses w Inch earned the No niton sue and dclensive units to Hie dressing room I I u K "Then he noted the lms-.e- s had moved out lie hurled that attache ease like he was thinning the hummel smut ( lino State U ti d pa play s and ig cpui peis wen- scuttcicd ill. the hedge "We leeoveted the papeis ami lie dime across the campus a most tm miles an la mi to the tl aiding table w it limit a i 01 a I l as-.n- i W out w ho 01 dcred those oody fumed. busses moved and il it's ;m assistant coach, hellnevei liinsli this meal And it no one will uilmil who gave the order, maich the whole squad out lien- atlil well see who gives the "' 01 dels at (lino State went in as McCullough concluded. and returned to say no one knew why the busses had been moved and by then Woody was Ins normal eliuniung self, sug gosling, '('ouch, let's gu in an enjoy our dinnoi with the squad' I had a deal where Woodv would get $2 HHi lor a speaking engagement. Imt a lot ol times he'd turn down tin oltet with the excuse, We don't need the money and let's go visit some kid's patents instead It s mu h a pity Ins last act as a coach w ill be Ins monument fm the future I ' ( iition NX artl .eke Itomira was ime ol till ft- charter nu mbers installed in the Uoiiisinna Italian Vmeiiean II. ill ol I'hiiic, which unlientes a slim lage ol athletes ol Italian nneestrx nr the lu eil lor a token lost baseman - , |
