| Show Z14114 fait 71tte WORTSBUSINESS Scores: (89 cent 00-680-8778 SUNDAY per minute) Utes Lose 12 1992 January Di ports Capsule:: Coach Parent 'Step Outside' to Settle Dispute Tough One At UTEP By Jay Drew I pla:y-M- By Joe Baird THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE EL PASO Texas — The struggle continues Utah played about as well as it possibly could against Texas-E- l Paso Saturday night but all the Utes got for their efforts was an agonizing 2 loss to the Miners before 10411 in the Special Events Center Led by center David Van Dyke 26 points) and (a career-higEddie Rivera (who continguard ued his recent tear with 17 points) UTEP streaked to its eighth consecutive victory and staked itself to a start in Western Athletic Conference play The Miners are 64-6- h D-- if the problem "could be talked out" but said he discovered Curry apparently had other ideas "I thought I'll go out and see if we can talk this over" said GITIM -- But talk turned into 64-6- half-hou- Basketball teams took the courts Saturday night in Regions Ten Eleven and Twelve including Millords conquest of Wayne by using a suffocating defense Page 3 g fists" The fight left Gines with a facial cut and a black left eye Later 12 stitches were needed to close the cut Curry was not injured "He threw a punch I threw a punch we wrestled and it was over" is how Gines de swollen y 0-- 2 ii I 1 I h - k 1A ' f ' 'kJ' '' - - - : 2-- '1zi - - ' i li 7-- r '' j 2"!'"A' -- - -- 4- " Cougars started wondering about themselves Colorado State made a Marriott Center house call Sathours afurday night Forty-eigter the disaster at Texas-E- l Paso everything was OK for BYU again After surviving the daytime Roger Reid Film Festival the Cougars took the floor and pounded the Rams Last season CSU consistently arrived on the schedule at the right time for the Cougars Twice BYU was coming off losses before meeting the Rams In all the Cougars took victories of 17 17 and 13 points counting a WAC Tournament pairing Saturday brought more of the same High center Stew Morrill came to town as CSU's r coach and definitely chose the wrong time for a homecoming "Fin glad we had a game to get rid of that sick feeling" said Reid BYU's coach The Cougars stand 10-- 2 overall in the WAC and will face and Wyoming in two of their next three games They also complete the season series with CSU 1) this month loss After Thursday's to open WAC play the Cougars returned home Friday night after travel delays They spent a good chunk of Saturday practicing and watching the UTEP film "The whole thing every play more than once" said center Gary Trost "It was real ugly" "A nice you might say" was guard Mark Heslop's review "It put us down to earth When you see yourself on there it hurts It hits home We came out determined not to go through that - ht f 4' - - - 1 C" ! 4L - k c --- — first-roun- d e:----- Ex-Pro- 4 -- - - 0 : 1 7- t t - "A It ' 6 It it :' i' '''' i it first-yea- ' - - r rAir t : 4 f 4 Nz f it 1 A''''' ' : 4 1‘11 1 - '-- 4- o 4e 4 ' (7-- 8 f N 1 gkr)ti ' 1' 1 ‘ 10 t t AJ A' ww e1 I - &" "'It 111 a ( iS ' 1Atift4' 10116 ' 0 45-4- 4—'" - i - 1 :' 'irs' - 0 1- 1144 "0 eye-open- er N ( — Ls 1- 20-poi- nt t - IL 72-5- 1 1 1 2 If sk ' i - e- - h d (s:' 'l I 4 left-hande- I 061 ‘ everywhere" "Our guards have played pretty good defense all year" said Miner coach Don Haskins "We did a heckuva job on their leading scorer" One Ute who did get loose was Phil Dixon who was a perfect 4-of-line and from the three-poin- t 18 finished with a team-higpoints Byron Wilson added 15 and Antoine Davison and Afeaki had seven apiece But as a team the Utes shot just 44 percent from the floor and only 647 percent from the line "They hit some big baskets and we missed some free throws" said Majerus "We had our chances" ' Perhaps never more so than when Antoine Davison scored on a post move to cap a Utah run and knot things at 5 with 11:32 left But the Utes could never get over the hump Sparked by a Van See D-- 2 Column 8 x I '244 It was a particularly tough night for Soto who was averaging a team-hig12 points per game going in But between a bruised knee he suffered in the first half and the snapping defense of Rivera Prince Stewart and guard-mat- e the Ute junior managed just four points and got off only five shots "They chased me around pretty good" said Soto "They kept switching and they followed me UTEP 64 Utah 62 MU 72 Colorado St 51 Utah St 89 Cal St Fullerton 712 Weber St 96 No Arizona 61 lSo Utah 87 San Diego St 78 By Kurt Kragthorpe ME SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PROVO — Just when the BYU ‘! 35-foot- er us" cost Big Five Basketball Film Inspires Taller Cougars Ix ) :( 4 again" The CSU film will be a little more pleasant thanks to BYU's second-hal- f explosion The CouSee 3 Column Steve GrifflotMte Salt Lake Tribune Colorado State's Lynn Tryon keeps low dribble alive as he looks for a path around BYU's Kevin Nixon Rams were looking up to the Cougars most of the game as BYU ran to its first WAC win By Steve Luhm MINNEAPOLIS — The Jazz wanted to stop the bleeding Saturday night at Minnesota Instead they stubbed their toe and limped back home without the elite-tealook they had less than a week ago Tony Campbell scored 21 points and the Jazz fizzled down the stretch allowing the Timber-wolve- s to post a 101-9victory at the Target Center "They deserved to win" said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan "They outplayed us" That was particularly true in the final 4:22 The Jazz had overcome an 11- point deficit early in the fourth quarter to take an 3 lead But then they scored just one point in the next 312 minutes In that stretch they turned the ball over four times and missed four shots Ty free throws Corbin missed "That's the frustrating part" said Sloan "We're turning the ball over too much It's really hurting us because we aren't giving ourselves a chance to Said John Stockton who had 18 assists but only nine points on 2- for-1shooting "We got the lead then fell apart again" The game's most controversial — and most decisive play — came with 1:07 remaining Minnesota had regained a 7 lead but the Jazz appeared to be in possession when Karl Malone grabbed a ntkssed shot 6 86-8- win" 1 90-8- Wolves 104 Wah Edwards K Malone St 26 39 22 38 37 0 Malone Stockton Pot Id PO 1 9 4 1 372 elOWn 25 16 240 3742 CotrobeS 41 MIscholl 30 24 30 33 SOencer Welt Mthordson ffrowiv (Inoue! 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Seventy-fiv- years ago this e week Buffalo Bill died In ver Den-- - 1 e Z'Aiiik 11:: AkJLt N - Th &pinch' led Press Mienesota's Tony Campbell finds getting to the basket tough with Lltart's Karl Malone (right) and Mike Btiwn standing In his path 111 3 1 who was injured on Nov 24 and Seattle against hasn't played since was activated Jackson had 33 catches before bet ing hurt but has 228 career recepo tions (eighth on the Broncos all! time list) for 4001 yards (alse Mark Jackson -- f Saturday when wide receiver :::' r-- POST BUFFALO—The Denver Bros-co- s understandably get a Mae sensitive when the words Super Bowl are brought up After they've lost four and they're tired of hearing about it The Broncos are the perfect recipients for a new Super Bowl souvenir item that reads: "We've been to the Soper Bowl four times and all we grit was this lousy Both the Broncos and the Buffalo Bills who will meet on Sundai at Rich Stadium for the right to represent the AFC in Super BovP1 XXVI are looking for a return trip to the big game Both wars another chance for one reason redemption The winner of this game will play either the Wastiington Redskins or the Detroit 14 4 ons The Broncos got a bit of a boosi ) wolves The goal? Stop the bleeding 0' i fourth-quart- er with 11:05 left — lead — and his late free throws put it out of reach "I won't lie" he said "and say it isn't just a little bit nicer to beat the team you just came from But I don't get into that We're trying to accomplish something here and this was a good win" Tuesday the Jazz return home and host these same Timber f t But Bailey did He had eight points in 18 minutes His jumper gave the Timber-wolve- s Duke 97 Georgia Tech 84 UCLA 89 Arizona 87 By Mike Freeman ''''''' I '0 Top 25 Basketball THE WASHINGTON CrA t Wyoming at Hawaii late New Mexico 78 Air Force 63 Brones Bill Want Shot at Redemption 14-poi- Rough Road Gets Worse WAC Basketball D-- Wolves' Bite Leaves Jazz Bleeding THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE "-- Sacramento 10ft Mil 105 i0T1'— San Antonio 96 Denver 85 Phoenix 130 Golden State 118 ell Against ams YU Gets It1 nine-poi- last-gas- p Chicago 108 Miami 99 Houston 119 Seattle 115 1 12-- 1 in The Utes who dropped to the WAC (10-- 4 overall) have now lost two straight and three of its last four But there were no complaints from coach Rick Majerus when it was over Weathering a fierce Miner defense and the loss of center Paul Afeaki midway through the second half with a shin injury the Utes rallied from a deficit with 7:53 to play — only to come up empty when Jimmy So-fell short to's at the boner "We'll never quit" said Majerus whose team has now lost as many games as it did all last season "We played extremely hard We played every bit as hard as we did last year" That didn't make the loss any less frustrating for his players "It's pretty tough right now" said Soto "We played good but made some stupid mistakes that Washington 107 Clippers 98 0 4 Portland 115 Charlotte 93 Cleveland 108 Philadelphia 10'2 Detroit 90 New Jersey 83 Indiana 138 Atlanta 115 week 2-- 0 now Minnesota 101 Utah 98 New York 100 Boston 96 scribed the fisticuffs Gines was back on the bench Saturday coaching Tabiona's game against Mount Vernon Academy in Murray Jason Curry started the game and played almost the entire contest No charges have been filed over the incident the Duchesne County sheriffs office said and Principal Park who attended Saturday's game said the school would not discipline Glues "We're letting it slide" he said "From what I hear they both told each other they were sorry afterwards" However Gines who has been coaching at the school for 11 years said the two men hadn't spoken since the incident Tabiona residents attending Saturday's game in Murray said Curry was especially upset because his son didn't start against Monticello Gines said Jason didn't start because he missed a practice earlier in the Prep Basketball THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE When Oran Curry thought his on Jason wasn't getting enough time in Tabionas basketball game Friday night he and coach Lee Gines discussed the matter as one witness described it "like two country boys going outside to settle a problem" The discussion" turned into a fistfight that left Gines bloodied and bruised According to Tabiona principal Robert Park Gines was in the school's cafeteria a r after Tabiona's 1 loss to MonLeen° eating a meal with players from both teams when Oran Curry who according to Park "had been drinking" approached the coach The two apparently exchanged words about Jason Curry who is also the school's student-bodpresident and his lack of playing time Then the pair went outside to the school's parking lot Gines said he went outside to see NBA 1411COCOLiet13100 7014 :at eighth) Both teams went through light workouts at the Bills' domed pracl tice facility since several inches of snow covered the gane field and See D-S- t Colunti I 11tW01454:4 704 |
