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Show fXM (Stiff ififfir 1 2 Ji The ''alt Lake Tribune, Saturday January 1i.ifi )H. Kalamazoos Nichols Frustrates Eagles over the (.olden hagles in tliri e garni s Salt I.ake played the game without tin lemus of Gary DcGrio (sbgtit contuss on in Wcdncsdus nights loss ai feoriai and Bobby Simpson (leg, injurs ) Then there was the flu bug that swept through the hidden hagles plasers earlier this wei k, leas ing goaltendirs Kick Kosti and Kir k Hein under the weather lif 'I r ilium KM iajs another rough night on i in, id (or tlo (10I1I1 u Louies .end a good one fur h ,l.im.ioc, l(ol) Nm hoi. u I10K pi p i d .1 major role in helping the ings ,i ot tin ( i h n .ogles 7 :i Tridav night m onng Sm ( i.il to 1io 11 I It I ( iv o go d .md i1' mg out thrc e assist-i hod o lot of (homes to score und didn t niiimi on tin in ohsc rved Golden Eagles Coat, h U Ini 1 lioino- - The ( iidden Eagles squandered lino 'ii,i. ei pl.e.s und gave up a short handed gool he (e Idi n I ogles put 47 shots on Koloinooo goolti infer Dave Itu s hut Jioss stopped 44 of t t also snapped the 18 game point string of llll. st oring leodet Si ol t Mat Leod We had main prime scoring opportunities Ill, v wercnt (lie some varilv as theirs though." of shots taken e to the s nd Thomas in I Ik Wings si ored on breakawavs and rebounds as the (.olden hagles defense sputtered at times in th game Wemadi some pn ttv basu mistakes the first this season for Kalamauo tie w in , j' I a W .ngs Wayne Crawfoid opened the scoring for the Wings at 4 03 of the first period on a rebound into an open net of a Nichols' shot Lawrie Nisker scored in a sinnliar fashion seven minutes later to put the Wings in full command breakaway goal to Nichols and the breakaway to Neil Hawryliw The loss of DcGrio and Simpson foried Thomas to make some line moscments DeGriu and Simpson are proven penalty-killer- s and work on the team's power play "We tried to experiment with different people back there the power play and came out on the minus side " Thomas said With the absence of DeGrto and Simpson Thom as had to move Doug Morrison to center the team s tpe t the Kosti had to battle his way through the game muh support from his teammates lie without gave up 1 left-ren- third line with Todd Hooey on left wing and defenseman Kandy Turnbull on the right sale Turnbull scored the first Golden Hughs goal as he took a pass from Morrison from behind the Kalamazoo net and beat Koss Other than that the first two periods belonged to short-hande- ' W , was all Kalamazoo in the second period The gs scored four goals, two off the blade of Nich-olBill Terry and Hawryliw rounded out the s scoring KtuOBiun Mu heal Rav ltic liardson Michael Spinks Ilorford Looking at More Schools ot Houston jnd Tito Ilorford ruled ineligible to plav for the I'nivcr-atunwanted at Kentuc ky and I ( LA said I ridav lie is c uiisidi ring at tend ing either Baylor. Louisville or Miami ot Honda The 7 foot center said he has nu mtc ntion of plav ing professionally m Europe and will make a du ision Eridav on w Inch school he w ill attempt to enter ' I don t want to go to Europe, lor lord told the Houston ( hroiin le know I haven't done anything wrong The CA has told me I a n go anywhere except Houston and the SEC Southeastern ConlereiK Micheal Ray Released From Rehab Mu heal Ray Richardson, the New Jersey Nets troubled All Star guard, has been released from a California drug rehabiliation center after undergoing treatment for a ocatne problem, j source c lose to the team said Richardson was admitted to the center early this month alter admitting on Doc 31 that he once again had used cocaine It was his second offense under the league's drug policy and he was suspended Jan 2 without pay Spinks, Holmes to Fight in April Michael Spinks will defend the International Boxing Federation heavyweight title in a rematch with Larry Holmes sometime in April as one of a series of bouts leading to an undisputed heavvw eight champion 1 Golden Eagles defenseman (jury Stewart scored the second Salt I.ake goal before Nisker added his second of the game for the Wings Morrison finalized the scoring with a late goal The Golden Eagles move on to play Muskegon Saturday night third-perio- c c Todays Forecast: Cowboy Reign Could End Bv Steve L.utim tibune Sports Writer - Utah wins here I, K MIE, Wyo about as often as it's 50 degrees in January But that s what the Utes have in mind Saturday when they put a three-gam- e winning streak on the line m an important, regionally televised West- Utah at Wyoming At Ai end Auditorium, Laramie, Wyo , 3 00 p m TV (Channel 2I.KALL-ARadio (910) Probable Slorters KUTV ern Athletic Conference contest against Wyoming Tipoff is 3 p m overall and 3 2 in the Hull WAC. husnt won here since Tom Chambers. Danny Wanes & Co .cored a 64 60 win in 1078 In all. Wyoming has won 10 of the last 12 games with Itah. and it could be worse The I'tes" two victories durwins ing that stretch were Why have the Cowboys had such success at Utah's expense? Just lucky. Wyoming Coach Jim Brandenburg says But llte Coach Lynn Archibald has another idea Says Archibald. "We always seem to have big matchup problems with Wyoming They always have a lot of 11-- one-poi- win at Colorado day mgh't in a State In that one, the Utes held the Rams' Rich Strong to 19 points. But he had only six in the final 10 minutes, and the CSU made several turnovers late in the game when it tried to force the ball to Strong inside the zone Well play it a lot." Archibald promised An awful lot Why? Because it keeps the ball away from the basket, where Wyoming is good And our players did a good job with it " against Colorado State Wyoming, meanwhile, enters its fourth straight home game with a record of 8 7 overall and in the Texas-E- I WAC. Besides Paso, the Cowboys are the only team in the league with just one loss So it s a big game for the Cowboys, right? "Hey." says Brandenburg, "they are all big games in this conference. You've gotta be ready every time." Brandenburg hesitated. "But you're right," he said "This game could be a nice little momentum-builder for the team that wins " 5y-5- '1 big. strong players inside and we've had a hard time dealing with that " Guess w. It could ha, pen again Eric Leckner. a center, is Wyoming's top scorer and top shooter (54 percent from the d field). "The whole key to the game." notes Archibald, "will be how many points Leckner gets. He hurt us last year and we can't let him hurt us again." Anticipating the Cowboys attack, Archibald said the zone deUtes will again use a fense that was so successful Thurs inside-oriente- d 1 And what does Brandenburg think about the Utes, who have won seven of their last nine games? "They are a team, he esaid "They have a lot of experience. Plus, theyve got tremendous speed and quickness They are the quickest team in the WAC." Says Archibald, "Wyoming is very strong and physical "And that appears to be Utah's probagain lem here Saturday senior-dominate- d One thing, though It was 50 degrees Friday afternoon Game Notes Utah's Jerry Stroman has taken over the teom lead In scoring He averages 16 V points per game otter scoring 25, 30, 26 and 26 In his last four outings. Manny Hendrix averages 16 4 after scoring a total ot 12 points In the last two games ... In seven years at Wyoming, Brandenburg's teams are on the road at home . . . Utah Is this year. The Cowboys are at home, los) and New Mexiing only to Nebraska 100-2- co in 1987 The Holmes-Spink- s rematch and the series of seven title fights was announced Friday by promoters Don King and Butch Lewis and Seth Abraham, president of sports programming for Home Box Office, winch will broadcast the fights. Sullivan to Coach at Alma Mater Bat Sullivan. Auburn s 1971 Heismun Trophy-winninquarterback who played four undistinguished seasons in the pros, said Friday lie has accepted an offer to become the quarterback coach at his alma mater Sullivan, holder of 20 Auburn passing records, said he would leave the broadcast booth to coath for the first time when spring prac tice begins O'Brien Replaces Marino for Pro Bowl g Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, who will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in early February, was replaced on the AFC Pro Bowl roster bv the New Yoik Jets' Ken O Brien O'Brien, a third-yea- r pro, enjoyed his best season, limshing as the NFL's passer in his first full year as a starter He competed passes for 3,888 yards with 24 "touchdowns and seven interceptions in leading the Jets to the playoffs Tribune Wire Services top-rate- d 8 .. Utah has never won In the l which opened In 1982 . . . Weather or Utah forward Albert Springs end up guordlng Wyoming's Jon Sommers? . . . The famous San Diego Chicken will perform ot the game for his normal 56,000 fee . . . Channel 2 will televise the game In Salt Lake City. Aggies Host Hurting Spartans in Logan Tonight Bv Dick Rosetta Tribune Sporrs Writer One might easily surmise Logan the San Jose State Spartans, hobbled by injuries to such key players as Ward Farris (ankle stress) and Reggie Owens (a probable with a hip pointer), would be held back some Saturday Night when SJS invades The Spectrum to play Utah State A closer look at the statistics reveals. however, a much more liberal balance when those two Spartans are out and Aggie senior Greg Grant is in For heavens sakes, this is the mismatch the Ags have been yearning for. Here we've got a club with 25 points missing from the other side of the lineup. - But Spartan Coach Bill Berry will probably spoil the whole overture and start the two guys anyway in the 7 35 p rn tipoff where Ag fans w ill be San Jose at Utah State the Spectrum, 7 35 p m KBLQ-A(1290) Probable Storlcrs San Jose Stale, 9 5,1 3 Pos Utah Stale, 5 9, 4 Or eg Grant, 25 2 Ricky Berry, 18 3 Dan Bell, 2 8 Reggie 0ens, 12 3 Dan Conway, 6 6 Lance Wyatt, 4 5 8 Ontario Johnson, 6 Kevin Nixon, 11 Jet! Anderson, 6 9 Herb Simon, 6 0 At trying to watch only the third win in six outings this season There's another PCAA number some teams are beginning to take a like, long, wistful look at already for instance, the number of team losses. Right now if the PCAA tournament were to begin in Santa Ana, the USU Aggies wouldn't be there and Long Beach State 49ers wouldn't be either (0-4- ) Thats putting it in pretty crisp, calculating language here just barely at 9.5 per game but past the Ags are cold from the field and having it one night and not the next isn't the remedy. That makes one figure that head Coach Rod Tueller will go with a lineup change Saturday with senior Bill Floyd to give the Ags a little dash of three-guarspice with Kevin Nixon and (11 1 points per game). The Aggies are shooting 44.5 for the season which is eighth in the league while San Jose, despite its problems, is at 50 3 percent from the field The Spartans are hurting also -ripe for the plucking With Coach Bill Berry now in his 7th season at San Jose and picked to challenge UNLV and Irvine for the (2-PCAA title, now at in the PCAA including a loss to Irsetback to UNLV vine and a y d 9-- 5 3 and a win over Fresno State) the noose is getting a mite tight there also However, the Fullerton setback. at Santa Jose Auditorium, was without Ferris and Owens in the game Berry, who transferred from Oregon State to be with his dad for his final three year. of eligibility, stands at an 18 3 scoring average, good for fifth in the league and considerably below Grant's 25 7 which is third highest in the nation USU Assistant Coach Mike Riley probably summed it most aptly this week when he commented, "Our main problem is not where we're taking the shots from but the timing of the shots where we can't rebound a bad shot." And where they can't rebound wins which put folks in postseason tournaments is what this business is all about 41-4- 0 PCAA-leadin- 129-11- 3 18-2- Bullets Nets At Landover. Md . Leon Wood establishing a ea for the fourth time in his reer-higfive games with Washington, scored 30 points as the Bullets defeated the New Jersey Nets Wood, who has scored 103 points since joining the Bullets, also handed oft a cuieer-higeight assists as Washington won for only the fourth time m its last 10 games Robert Parish each had four points the decisive streak Spurs 113, Knicks 100; At San Antonio. Artis Gilmore scored 7 of his 22 points in the final four minutes, allowing the San Antonio Spurs to break a three-gamlosing streak with a victory over the New York Knicks Gilmore hit 5 free throws and a dunk in the final 3 56 The veteran e Jazz Tonight ANGELES CLIPPERS At i os Anoces Sports Arena, 8 30 p m VST KSL TV (Channel 5), KLUB-radi(570 AV) Proboh'e Starters LOS 116, Celtics 123, Pacers 105; At Indianapolis, Kevin Mi Hale scored 17 of Ins game high 28 points in the first half including six in a spurt that put the Celtics ahead to stay, to lead Bos ton over Indiana as the Pacers dropped their seventh consecutive game Indiana s I creme Starisbtirv tied the game for the last time at with 5 27 left in the first half Danny Amges jumper gave Boston the lead lor good 20 seconds later, igniting an 18 8 spurt that gave the Celtics a halftime advantage Ainge and 46-4- 64-5- in tenter took advantage of foul problems by Knicks big men Patrick Ewing, James Bailey and Ken Bannister, all of whom fouled out in the final minutes Sixers 120, Bulls 118 (OT); At Philadelphia, point guard Maurice Checks connected on a jumper with just six seconds remaining in overtime to lift the 76ers to victory over the Chicago Bulls Suns 103, Sonics 100: At Phoenix. 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Holds The Line s. u ' SINCE 1914 fCCuPp: kri i r : 107-10- THE OLDEST CAR BUILDER IN JAPAN The Clippers, who hae the Clippers Glance record In the vest, open the second half of ith this ,'ame in the first holt, they the r season were 9 at home and 418 on the food The Chp ' pcs U a vr non tusf o gome Thursday night at the or utMiy pnst the Lakef s sc or mg leader Var nym veered o bt uspd right quodraccp m qi ( s j thr t ' . q ,or r d dn t return to the game, and IS lahe ed Jjubtf.ji for this gome against the Jo;: Tlrf ppeis tq.e been yew no good pla ie ce . ; yi e Beno't benioniin, m the lust fi vc e s u.e ay j l ) po nts and 7 rebounds g u1 r Glance Kings 125, Warriors 111: At Oakland. Otis Thorpe scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to help the Sacramento Kings beat the Golden State Warriors The Warriors closed to within four with 3 19 left in the points, game But Thorpe's strong play inside enabled the King's to pull away in the stretch. Sacramento closed out the fourth quarter with an 18-- run. with Thorpe scoring 6 points Thorpe finished the game with 20 points for the Kings Teammate Mike Woodson led all scorers with 31 points, while Reggie Theus had 26 i i f-- 5 Jon Volkswagen Intermountain 9te4lMMnMI4.Vi71 fi wst ail g Cureton Leads Slumping Pistons Past Nuggets Tribune Wire Services Earl Cureton scored a season-hig25 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a victory over the Denver Nuggets Friday night in National Basketball Association action won for The Pistons, now only the third time in their last 11 g.unes They also got 22 points and 19 rebounds from Bill Laimbeer and 20 points from rookie Joe Dumars. making his second start , Alex English led Denver, now with 26 points. 22 of them in the first hall, while Bill Hanlik chipped in 20 off the bench -j- M . ; |
