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Show 2C The Salt Lake Tribune, 17, 1986 Friday, January Jazz Satisfied With Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer It's halftime for the Jazz, and even though they re down three, they have to feel they have a good chance of basketball winning their season-longame. The Jazz have reached the season. midway point in their 1985-8It may seem like they barely limped there, given the way the Warriors embarrassed them Wednesday night in Game No. 41, but if you had promised the Jazz back in October that record at the halfthey'd have a way point, they probably would have taken it right then. What the Jazz did Wednesday, besides get killed by the Warriors, was complete a demanding schedule stretch, the likes of which they wont see again this season and, they may hope, ever again. In the two months from Nov. 16 to Jan. 6, the Jazz had to play 21 out of 30 games on the road. They had their bags constantly packed; even home games seemed like road games. But stretch finally When that ended Wednesday night, the Jazz had record out of it. It is (ashioned a actually quite a remarkable record, especially considering that it includes one stretch in which they lost DALLAS MAVERICKS the Salt Paloce, 7.30 p.m. 19-2- two-mont- h 14-1- 6 of 11. In all, the Jazz were at home on the road in the last two and months. By surviving this grind, the Jan, Probable Starter! Pol. Mavericki, 22 19 Adrian Dantley, 29 Karl Malone, 14.4 Mork Eaton, 8 Detlef Schrempt, 7,2 F 2 Sam Perkins, 16,7 F 7 C James Donoldson, 90 G Brad Davis, 9. 8 7 John Stockton, G Rolondo Biockman, 19.3 Bob Hansen, 10.7 The Mavs may hove to ploy Movericki Glonce this one without scoring leader Mork Aguirre, who was listed as doubttul Thursday with a bruised left ribcage and muscle spasms. Rookie Schrempt, who has started nine times this season, would get the cal! In Aguirres place. The Mavs, who lost at home to New York Wednesday night, have played the fewest games in the league so for (35) onr c e fewest road on the rood, but one of games (16). They are those five victories wos a decisive one over the Jazz, 13. The Mavericks, after going on Nov. ogamst the Jazz last season, ore against them this season. After accepting the lorgest defeat Jazz Glance their Utah history, the Jazz return home to open at home, the second half of the season. They are at home against Midwest foes, with the but only losses to Dallas, Denver and Houston. After getting some game time Wednesday night, Dantley, who hod missed three games with a hip pointer, moy return to the starting lineup In place of Thurl Bailey (14.0). The Jazz rank eighth In overage attendance (11,371) and that Includes eight sellouts In 17 home dates. They ore ploying to 93.4 percen of capacity, In January with seventh In the NBA. The Jazz are eight games left. In JO 19-2- 26-1- 5 18-2- ' Jazz open up the second half of their season Friday night at the Salt Palace against the Dallas Mavericks, which is no bargain, considering the way the Mavs have spanked them this season. But, from a longer perspective, this is the date the Jazz have been awaiting. In the second half, the Jazz have 24 of their 41 games at home. That includes a homestand that bee hogins next week and a mestand at the end of February. e five-gam- So now comes the good news. The East, where they have already played eight of their 11 scheduled games. Not only does the schedule look standbrighter from a home-roaa looks but it from better also point, competitive standpoint. The Jazz will be playing more games that, on paper, they stand a fair chance of winning. In the first half of the season, the Jazz played both their games with Boston, four of their five games with the Lakers, and five of their six games with Houston, including all three in the Summit. Those are the three best teams in the league, by virtue of their current records, and the Jazz have already dispensed with 11 of their 13 scheduled games against with two overtime them, going 9 losses. So there is opportunity awaiting the Jazz in the second half of this season, and there is also the experience of last year's second half, the first time in Jazz history that the record in its team has had final 41 games. If the Jazz can match that second-hal- f record this time, and will probatheyll finish at bly be in better playoff position than they are now; they are currently seventh in the West, with eight teams making the playoffs. 23-1- 8 42-4- 0 Actually, the Jazz are sixth in the West by the Moe Standings. Denver Coach Doug Moe thinks a better guage of how a team is doing is to give it a plus for a road victory and a minus for a home loss. This method gives a better overall picture of how a team is doing witn its particular schedule, whereas a simple won-los- t record wouldnt reflect a home-roaimbalance, like the split the Jazz have had. d The Celtics, Lakers and Rockets have a combined home record of 54-But the Jazz have only one mere road game against them, that at the Forum in early March. They've already endured six of their scheduled seven road tortures against these guys, winning one of them and holding scary leads in the fourth quarter of three others. And theres more. Half of the Jazz's s 22 NBA rivals have won of their home games or better at this point, thereby establishing themselves as sturdy home teams. Those 11 are the three powers mentioned above, along with Philadelphia, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Denver, San Antonio, Dallas, and Portland. The Jazz have already played 14 of their 22 dates in these hazardous cities and have just eight left. That means that nine of their remaining 17 road games are in buildings where the opposition has shown at least some ability to win. two-third- 5-- 4 Jazz earned themselves a 2 halfway mark that, while it may be three games below .500, matches the second best halfway record in franchise history. It is topped only by the halfway record of two years ago, when the Jazz went on to win the Midwest Division, and it is one game better than last years midway mark of road trips, e d (570 AM) KLUB-radi- four-gam- only one of which takes them back Jazz Tonight At Record on There are two g 6 Mid-Seas- 17-2- 4 By the Moe Standings, here is how the West looks at the Jazzs midway 2, tie, Houspoint: 1, Lakers, plus-11- ; ton and Portland, plus-5- ; 4, tie, Denver and San Antonio, plus-3- ; 6, Utah, plus-2- ; 7, Dallas, minus-1- ; 8, tie, Sacramento, Seattle, and Phoenix, minus-4; and 12, 11, Clippers, minus-6- ; Golden State, minus-7- . s Even by Jazz Coach Frank sets winning two of every three at home and one of every three on the road the Jazz are on target. They are one up on the road and one down at home. So they are essentially where they want to be. Lay-den- Thursday was a day that appeared as an oasis on the Jazzs calendar. They have gotten off the road and have survived to the halfway mark. The schedule favors them in the second half; itll be interesting to see what they do with it. Whats Happened to Weber State Offense in 1986? By Ray Herbat Tribune Sports Writer Weber State MISSOULA, Mont. Coach Larry Farmer has to be a bit concerned. While his Wildcats head north for Big Sky action, his offense lately has gone south, a And an immediate remedy may not be forthcoming since Weber State visits Missoula and Bozeman the next two nights for conference games against Montana and Montana State. The Wildcats did not score well on this trip last year. Webers first conference road begins here Friday at 7:30 ,,, j - m. JJJhe Wildcats opened the 1896 portion of their schedule averaging more thanks to than 80 points a game s outings against Utah State 100-plu- Weber at Montana At Dahlberg Arena, 7:30 p.m. KSOS-F(107) Radio Probable Starters Pos. Weber St., Montana, G Scott Zanon, 11.8 Alan Campbell, 11.1 G Guv Beoch, 6.5 Todd Powell, 7.3 C Darryle McDaniel, 9.6 Lorry McBride, 9.3 F L. Krystkowiak, 20.9 Walt Tyler, 15.8 F John Boyd, 4.6 Harry Willis, 10.2 and Western Oregon State. But in the last three outings, WSC has slumped to a average, with a low of 45 coming at home against Boise State. I think, offered Farmer, we have to get back to basics. We have to look to pass the ball around more, be more patient and look for the good Second-Ha- lf Gopher Rally Shocks No. 2 Michigan Tribune Wire Services Marc Wilson sparked a second-hal- f Minnesota explosion, lifting the GoBig Ten basketball phers to a Michigan upset of second-rankeThursday night. in Michigan, 16-- overall and regular-seasothe Big Ten, had its conference winand ning streak snapped as Wilson tallied 24 of his 26 points in the second half. With the Wolverines leading with 15:18 left in the game, Wilson Minnescored 15 points during a sota run over the next 8:42 to lift the lead with 6 33 to Gophers to a play. Michigan never got closer than 10 points the rest of the way. Todd Alexander added 16 points for and the Gophers, Minnesota iced the game with its 73-6- 3 d 1 1 n 35-3- 4 25-1- 2 59-4- 7 11-- 6 excellent second-hal- free-thro- f 17 free shooting, hitting throws. Wilson and Alexander outplayed the more heralded Michigan guard duo of Gary Grant and Antoine Jou-beGrant finished with 19 points and Joubert 12. 15 of its last Wake Forest, and winless in four ACC games, got 15 points from Mark Cline and 14 from freshman Rod Watson, who collected 12 of his total in the first half. Another freshman, center Mike Scott, added 13. Tyrone Bogues scored eight points but 12 assists. handed out a game-higW. St. 53: At Texas Bradley 78, Peoria, 111., sophomore guard Hersey Hawkins scored 21 points to lead 19th ranked Bradley Braves to a win over the West Texas State Buffaloes in a Missouri Valley Conference basketball game. in The Braves, 17-- overall and the MVC, never trailed in the game, building leads of as much as 10 points in the first half. 0 First shot. In the Boise game, we fell into their hands. Coach Bobby Dye is an excellent coach, and he has them playing that slow down offense. They passed the ball around 18 or 20 times, getting the shot clock down to five seconds before shooting. Then, we'd come down and put it up within 10 seconds. up is Montana. The choice to win the Big Sky crown, Montana overcame early-seaso- n woes to post six victories in its last seven games. However, the one loss in that stretch came at Flagstaff against Northern Arizona. Thus, Montana takes a league record into this weeks action. We found ourselves playing 30 seconds of hard defense and 10 seconds on offense. That was not right. As a result of an impatient offense, Larry Krystkowiak is the Grizzly catalyst. In the last four games versus Weber State, the 9 senior forward Krystkowiak has averaged 18 points and nine rebounds. In Mon8 win over the Wildcats tana's here a year ago, Krystkowiak scored 17 points. The Wildcats will board a bus following Friday nights action and head (four hours) to Bozeman for a Saturday night date with the Bobcats. Montana State is overall and in the conference, having stands o lost both games on the road at and Northern Arizona last week. The Bobcats are at the bottom of the conference in both scoring (73 ppg) and rebounding (30 rpg). The Bobcats only victory of note this season came against University of Pacific, in Bozeman. plus Boises deliberate style, the Wildcats emerged for a conference victory with an output of just eight field goals. Thats a modern low for Weber State, and the Dee Events Center for field goal futility is 14, set by such hoop giants as Simon Fraser and Wisconsin Superior. The Weber offense, which clicked so successfully through a 10-- 0 early season run, has sputtered of late. In the two Big Sky wins at home over Idaho and Boise State last week, success at the free throw line pulled Weber through. The Cats cant count on 30 foul shots to get them over the hump on the road. 45-3- 9 pre-seaso- n 1 6-- 66-5- 9 0-- 2 Neva-da-Ren- third-ranke- d - The Golden EaKALAMAZ(X) gles hope they dont see a repeat of what happened earlier this week in Peoria The Golden Eagles were 2 0 against the Rivermen on the road beloss Wednesday fore absorbing a night. 6-- Heading into Friday's 5 30 pm (MST) game with the Kalamazoo Wings, the Golden Eagles have yvon both times in Wings Stadium It will be our longest road trip needless to say," offered Golden Eagles Coach Wayne Thomas He was pointing ahead to Saturdays game with the International Hockey League's top rated team, the Muske Special to The Tribune PROVO Iowa surprised no one. BYU surprised everyone even itself. That was the net result of Thursat the Smith Fieldhouse, as the No. 1 days mens gymnastics tri-me- et ranked Hawkeyes predictably of the evening's proceedings. in the The Hawkeyes placed competition, as Dan Bachman grabbed first with a 56.15, Joe Thome took second with a 55.05 and Ron Nasti scored a 54.50. was domination Theyre great, Young said of the Hawkeyes. Theyll be national champions, and if not that, at least cruised by the Cougars and Fullerton State with a 276.00. But BYU, keyed by the strong performance of Ken Pena, totalled a surprising 260.40 to ease by the Titans (250.50) for second place honors. I felt good that we beat them Fullerton," said happy Cougar Coach Wayne Young. I really didnt think we had a chance. We didn't hit as well as we could, but we did quite well and Im rather pleased, he added. second or third place. Their coach Tom Dunn does a great job. I have a lot of respect for them. Fullerton was led by the finish of Matt Stelling, who totalled a 53.00. BYU, which was coning off what Young characterized as a terrible BYU Wrestlers Edge ninth-ranke- d performance at the recent Kameha-meh- The Hawkeyes and Cougars will rematch get together for a dual-meSaturday night at Smith Fieldhouse, with the first rotations getting underway at 7:30 p.m. a Invitational in Hawaii, rebounded before the home folks and no one rebounded more than Pena, whos 52.95 score was good e finish. enough for a did a Pena Kenny great job, enthused the Cougar coach. Hes a junior college national champ and had major reconstruction surgery this past year. He began routines two days ago and he really hit for us. Still, it was hard to get around Io fifth-plac- 4th-pla- WSU, Stay Unbeaten Special to The Tribune PULLMAN, Wash. - BYU fresh- man Mark Willis defeated Tim Eyan in a pivotal match to elevate BYUs wrestling team to a 0 victory over Washington State late Wednesday night. With the win, the season reCougars now have a 21-2- 3-- 0 cord, while Washington dropped to State 2-- are dealing on our last 15 Hondao. While they last. 0 1 72: W. Kentucky 75, Ala.-BirAt Birmingham, Ala., Billy Gordon scored 20 points, including a jumper with five seconds remaining in overtime to pace Western Kentucky to a Sun Belt Conference bas- ketball victory over 1966 Civic OX Hatchback '250 DOWN 150 61 MO. 12th-ranke- d 5-Sp- d., The victory snapped a home court winning streak for the Blazers, who fell to 16-- on the season in the conference. Western and Kentucky is 12-- and e Purdue 85, Northwestern 64: At West Lafayette, Ind., Troy Lewis and Todd Mitchell each scored 19 points to lead Purdue to avictory over Northwestern in a Big Ten game. UN'LV 79, U.C. Santa Barbara 65 At Santa Barbara, Calif, senior Anthony Jones scored 31 points to lead the 0th ranked Nevada Las Vegas ICAA basketball Rebels to a 1 79-6- victory over U C. Santa Barbara league's best home record with a mark sparkling Hut Thomas isn't letting his team look past Kalamazoo We have to be more disciplined on the road and play a solid checking game. We cant look past anybody. Scott MacLeod had a pair of goals in the Golden Eagles loss to the Rivermen to raise his season total to 30, He has now scored at least a point in 18 straight games Brent Sapergia, who had his consecutive game scoring streak halted at 17, has tallied 29 goals Player coach Bobby Francis has scored 21 goals Rick Kosti will be in the nets for the Golden Eagles Kosti's only loss in his last eight games came last week to the Indianapolis Checkers He has five wins, a shootout win, and a Plus la A he ' f.O mos I 13 79 APR OAC HONDA LEASE $ Civic MISSIONARIES: 10 5 Winterize your wardrobe with a fashionable topcoat from English-PullmaWe also have the largest selection of two-pavested suits in the area! Hurry in today! APR 4-Do- or 48 monlhi OAC 200 dep. nt n. Ken Garff Honda w ValfcMi Fm Alt (flora Rmi Doo Pitting m American Tower 1 I Cougar Gymnasts Shock Fullerton, Fall to Iowa We gon Lumberjacks. Muskegon has the I Iowa, finishing 5th overall. h Eagles Eye Tough Road Games Special to The Tribune 1 82-7- rt Duke 92, Wake Forest 63: At Durham, N C. David Henderson scored 17 points and Johnny Dawkins added 14 as and unbeaten Duke cruised to its 16th straight victory with an Atlantic Coast Conference basketball triumph over Wake Forest. It was the fourth ACC victory for Duke, and it set up Saturday's battle and unbeaten North with Carolina in Chapel Hill. Mark Alarie scored 12 points and Bilas added 10 for Duke. gymnasts Thursday against No. t crnaT!3K5igffrt7iTi per mo. 3913.63 res. 2nd Easl at 5th South T otophone Opon 8am-7prSaturday 8arn-Gp521-611- |
