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Show 4C Friday, February Tbe Salt Lake Tribune, 7, 19B6 Sportlight: Grants 33 Leads Utah State Past 49ers PCAA scoring king points of e Ron Cornelius By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer LOGAN Utah State knew that feeling. Illinois stuck the Ags with it back on Dec. 7. And It hurt. It hurt bad. Thursday night, with Greg Grant continuing his inexorable march toward school and PCAA scoring records with a explosion, inflicted some triple-figur- e pain of its all-tim- of Pacific fired his cannon fairly accurately bursting from the frontline with six conversions in his first seven shots, and ending with 17 points. It's been 16 games and two months ago since Floyd was in such fast offensive company. He had 19 points against BYU (2,065 points). The question is, what took the Ags this long to find that "right mental frame of mind? Oh, you never know what will set a team off," reasoned the Aggies head coach Rod Tueller. This was a big mental thing for us tonight in that we re now 0 in the second half of the PCAA season. We have eight more games to play. 115-poi- own. The Aggies, running and gunning at will against a Long Beach State team which started three sophomores and a freshman, piled up its biggest point loss to total since Jan. 2, 1985 (142-14UNLV here) in burying the 49ers, 119-9- Dec. Its all a matter of confidence. The first couple of shots went in and I got a good feeling. I've had trouble getting the first two to go in. I've had a lot of trouble getting the first one to go in, Floyd quipped. When youve got the shooting rhythm and youve got teammates who drive the middle and kick the ball back out, scoring points can be easy, added the Floyd who had scored only 20 points in his previous six games. Grant had his rifle at the ready also in deflating a 49er team which fell to in the for the season and There was hardly any gloating over Thursdays romp before a halffull Spectrum 6,159 fans. It won't be hard to get the guys down from the high of this one. We cant gloat. . .not after the kind of season we've had the Ags are now in the PCAA). Weve overall and got to go to war with New Mexico State Saturday night here," Tueller said. Several Aggies were in a war of sorts Thursday. Senior Bill Floyd 0 5. Thats what we can accomplish 6-- 7 2 3-- 7 when we come out in the right mental frame of mind, explained Grant, whose 33 points pulled him within 31 points of the late Wayne Estes for the e school scoring record of 2,001 points. And Grant is now within 95 3. PCAA. entered who Grant, shooting 50 percent from the field, funneled in 13 of 16 field goal atin the second half), tempts free throws for his and added e 33 points, three shy of his all-tim- high of 36. Grant played only 27 minutes, resting over two minutes the first half and then playing only nine minutes the second half. There was a fatigue factor there. I could tell Greg was tired, as tired as Ive ever seen him," Tueller assessed. I just wanted to see how a good rest in the second and then putting him back in would affect him and I found out it was quite effective. I know theres a lot of talk about the record, but there's plenty of time, said Grant. It'll be tough against New Mexico State. I did score 28 against Coach McCarthys Weber team a year ago, but he's got an awfully tough team down there this year. It will be a tough game the game Utes Drop Hawaii Jazz Rout Knicks, Ewing Rides Bench Hendrix, Continued From C-- l Getting a faster tempo against the Knicks is difficult. They were allow102.4 points per ing a league-logame coming into this one, and they were only four nights removed from holding the Lakers, the league's highest scoring team, to a mere 96 points in a stunning win in L.A. But the Knicks were defenseless in this one. In the middle two 76-5- Karl Malone joined Dantley and Bailey in the Jazzs scoring splurge and 0 eight free throws. So the Jazz's three Dantley, Bailey, rotating forwards and Malone combined for 79 points in shredding the Knicks big men. Of course, the Knicks didnt get much help from their biggest man, rookie Patrick Ewing. He played only 11 minutes in this game before calling it quits at halftime because of a painfully sore right knee. He had nine points and five rebounds in his only Salt Lake City appearance of the sea- anti-Knic- quarters, the Jazz outscored the Knicks with 19 points, and he could have hit bigger numbers if not for missing shot 64 percent, including 71 percent third quarter. And during a so the Knicks, who had held 18 opponents under 100 this year, had to watch the Jazz get 100 with their first basket of the fourth quarter. The Jazz, who led by as many as 28 points, fourth-quarthad to slow to a crawl to avoid scoring the highest k total of the year; the most points the Knicks have surrendered in a game this year is 123. that the Jazz, as he said, "speeded the game up a bit. son. Special to The Tribune HONOLULU Manny Hendrix scored 24 points, including 13 in the second half, to spark the University 3 of Utah to a Western Athletic Conference victory over Hawaii here Thursday night. Kelvin Upshaw added a season-hig- h 19 and Jerry Stroman hit double figures for the 14th straight time with 10 points as Utah snapped a e losing streak. Utah is now 13-- 8 overall and 4 in the WAC, while Hawaii slipped to in the conference. overall and Hawaii was led by Kenny Walker with 14 points. Teammates Jerald Wrightsil and Anthony Jones added 11 points each. The Utes led 6 at halftime before breaking the game open in the first 10 minutes of the second half. 78-6- two-gam- 5-- 4-- Cougars Down San Diego State, Continued Frem C-- l nice conversation piece, had little to do with the outcome. BYU sophomore forward Jeff Chatman and junior guard Bob took care of the official business to power the Cougars, who havent lost since Jan. 4 at New Mexico, to a 1985 sweep of the Aztecs. Its sweet to win in San Diego, and thats a big, big win for us, assured Capener, who popped in 11 of his team-hig- h 22 points during the closing 5:54 to help the Cougars pull away from a taut 4 situation and win going away. Anytime you beat a team like San Diego State on the road, it's a big breakthrough in the conference, continued Capener, the former Torrey Pines High School standout who was cheered by a vast majority of the season-high 4,153 Sports Arena fans. Nobody else in the WAC has won here, so this really helps our position." While Capener finished off San Diego State for BYU, Chatman kept the Cougars competitive early. The silkyshooting Chatman became engaged in a riveting two-ma- n shootout with SDSU senior guard Anthony Watson in the initial 20 minutes. Chatman poured in 19 points, but Watson col25 points in lected an the first half to elevate the Aztecs to a 0 intermission advantage. Ca-pen- C 45-4- But BYUs Andersen 1 walked in the second half, limiting the Aztec leader to seven points in the final 20 minutes. That still left Watson with a game-hig- h 32 points on shooting, but Capeners 22 points and Chatman's 21 for the night were enough to offset the individual brilliance of the 1985 performer and carry BYU to victory. I really thought changing the defense was the difference in the game, admitted BYUs Andersen, who saw the Cougars climb three overall. games above .500 at 12-on Watson Putting that made a big difference. It slowed him down and denied him the ball some. Frankly, our kids havent worked on that defense much, but it was something we had to go to. awe-inspiri- 68-6- 81-7- 9 wisely changed defenses in the second half, k Watson with shackling the a defense. Either Capener or junior guard Brent Wade cat-quic- shadowed Watson wherever he 34-2- With Hendrix scoring 11 points, Utah built its eight-poilead to 4 with 10 minutes remaining. Hawaii managed to cut the deficit to 9 with 4:50 remaining, but Upshaw scored 10 points down the stretch to help the Utes remain in control. nt 53-3- 59-4- Utah, now 6 on the road this season, held Hawaii to just eight points in the first 10 minutes of the second 3-- half, when the game was decided. Utah shot 52 percent from the field for the game, played before just 1,952 fans at the Blaisdell Center. Jan Bucher ' Jim Sweeney John Bach Bucher Wins World Ski Crown Special to The Tribune Bucher of Salt Lake City won her seventh Jan France TIGNES, world ballet skiing championship here Thursday. Bucher finished the event with a score of 45.9. She edged Christen Rossi of France, who finished with a score of 45.6. In the mens ballet event, Richard Schabl of West Germany won with a score of 46.6. Lane Spina of Reno, Nev., was second with a 45.1. and Seth Goldsmith of San Francisco was fourth with a score of 42.9 - NCAA Suspends Memphis States Bedford d William Bedford, the star center for Memphis State Universitys basketball squad, will be sidelined for two games because he borrowed luxury cars from school boosters. The suspension was ordered by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. This is a stiff penalty, but the NCAA has its rules and regulations and we must abide by them," said MSU Athletic Director Charles Cavagnaro. Bedford is averaging 18.4 points and 9.2 rebounds a game. Spend a Buck Named Horse of the Year a Buck, winner of the Kentucky Derby and more than $3.5 Spend million in 1985, received the Eclipse Award as Horse of the Year Thursday from the Thoroughbred Racing Associations. Spend a Buck won the Kentucky Derby under Angel Cordero, then skipped the Preakness and Belmont to try for a $2 million bonus and $600,000 first prize in the Jersey Derby, which he won. and has career earnings Spend a Buck won 5 of 7 races as a e of $4,220,689 second in money only to retired John Henry. For Now, Bach to Stay With Warriors Franklin Mieuli, owner of the Golden State Warriors, said Thursday that John Bach would remain as head coach until the end of the season at of the situation. which time there would be a There has been speculation recently that Bach would be replaced e 7 record the worst in the NBA. Warriors because of the Mieuli said he issued his statement on Bach to clarify that issue and to bring into focus the events of the past month. third-ranke- all-tim- 15-3- last-plac- Vet Pitcher Holland Signs With Yankees contract with Veteran relief pitcher A1 Holland has signed a one-yeg clause. the New York Yankees, which included a was among those major leaguers Holland, a who testified before a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh last spring that resulted in the eventual conviction of seven men for selling cocaine to baseball players. Holland, who was a free agent, split the 1985 season between Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and California. Fresno Coach Talks to NFL Cardinals Fresno State Coach Jim Sweeney confirmed Thursday that he has talked with officials of the St. Louis Cardinals about the teams coaching vacancy, but denied he had been offered a contract. We did not reach any agreement and he did not make any type of definite offer, Sweeney said. Nothing was offered and no agreements were made. team in Bulldogs were the only unbeaten Division Sweeneys the nation in 1985. Another candidate, reportedly, is New England Patriot defensive coordinator Rod Rust. ar drug-testin- r, 11-0- A Tribune Wire Services Laimbeer Leads Pistons Past Bullets Tribune Wire Services Bill Laimbeer sank one of two free throws with three seconds remaining as the Detroit Pistons scored the final eight points in overtime to defeat the 9 in a NaWashington Bullets tional Basketball Association game Thursday night. Washington's Darren Daye was fouled with two seconds left, but the Bullets were not in the penalty situation and did not get to shoot free throws. After a timeout, Detroit's Earl Cureton knocked away an inbounds pass and Washington never got off a possible tying shot. The Pistons, who have won five of their last six, sent the game into overshot by Joe time on a three-poiwith 14 seconds remaining in regulation. 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