Show Ogden Standard-Examine- r Sunday Feb 22 1987 WSC holds am King then drilled two free Examine assistant sports editor throws with 18 seconds left to been that kind of a season give Reno an 3 advantage for the Wildcats and after the ’Cats failed to convert at their end two more foul Disappointing disheartening shots by Reno’s Chris Rupp frustrating they all apply it’s been that kind of a wrapped up the Wolf Pack’s " " season indeed "V win Weber State which has suf- -' “We wanted to make sure that fered through a seasonlong( they (the Pack) didn't get an if he (Moore) string of heartbreaking setbacks easy! tip-iwas forced to endure yet anothmissed” said WSC Coach Larry er one Saturday night in the Dee ' Fanner “But the ball took a reEvents Center as Nevada-Renal bad bounce and he got rid of it before we could foul him 3 grabbed a Big Sky Conference victory over again” Nevada-RenCoach Sonny the Wildcats Saturday’s loss sends Weber' Allen admitted his team “got a its State down to lucky bounce” on that play but 20th defeat of this disastrous he insisted that “we haven’t season the worst in the school’s been getting those too often this d history and a season season” h 24 that started with such promise King canned a but has produced just six scant points including 18 in the second half and dished out nine victories And Saturday night’s game assists to pace the Wolf Pack served to summarize this entire Rupp rippled the nets for 19 nightmarish ’Cat campaign in a more Nevada points while nutshell as Weber — like it has Mario Martin added 15 and so many times before — took a Wood had 13 more as Reno seemingly safe lead only to' raised its Big Sky record to 7 4 overall with its first struggle and fall behind down and the stretch before fighting back win here in four years but barely falling short V' : Five of Weber State’s six senight should have be-- r niors who closed out their hocareers did longed to six Weber State se- - L mecourt niors who were making jheir commendable jobs as Tyler hit final appearance before a vocal 21 points while Harry Willis homecourt crowd Instead it be- -' had 16 points and 17 rebounds longed to Reno’s Boris King with Darryle McDaniel contribwho drove the final nails into uting 18 points — 16 in the first the Wildcats’ coffin this time half — to the ’Cat cause around And they came whep Dale Baum had nine points Lady Luck dealt Weber another before fouling out in the closing fiWi seconds and Robert Maxwell deadly losing hand After taking its last lead of the dished out eight assists in the with eight minutes nal home games of their collenight to go the Wildcats watched in' giate careers The sixth WSC horror as King and David senior Curtis Webster did not Wood sparked a get in the game Junior Greg Boyd one of spurt which put Reno on topby ' V those who will be counted on to eight ’ The Wolf Pack still led by sev- - help carry the ’Cats back to glowhen Weber staged i ry next season hit double digits en its comeback bid and with 10 points as Weber State on' the preseason pick to claim the pulled within two bomb Conference crown slipped to a Walt Tyler’s with 42 seconds left 9 league slate When Reno’s James Mooe “That’s a real sad (Weber was fouled and subsequently State) locker room in there right missed the front end of now” Farmer said “That’s as it seemed that Lady low as I’ve seen ’em all season Luck had finally smiled on the There are a couple of our kids Wildcats for a change Butjthat r in tears and with everything ladv auickly turned that’s happened to us it tells the her back as Moore’s miss took of just how tough this year a high hard bounce off the rim story has been on them and fell back in his hands and '“But hopefully that’s the thing before Weber could foul Moore again he got the ball into the that people will remember about hands of King — the Wolf this year’s team — that they all Pack’s best shooter vi really tried as hard as they could By RANDY HOLLIS Gary Crompton finds himself caught in a tight financial squeeze between the rock and a hard Standard It’s place In this case though those two obstacles closing in on Crompton Weber State’s Athletic Director are his choices in making a most difficult decision Randy Hollis Sports commentary Due to a $94000 deficit in the WSC Athletic Department’s budget Crompton is being forced to choose between the following: drastically raising the cost of men’s basketball season tickets and subsequently alienating a large segment of now loyal fans or leaving those prices where they are and thus being forced to start slashing athletic programs The worse part of the dilemma is that whichever choice Crompton makes he cannot win He’s either going to lose fans lose money or lose both And if that happens he realizes that he could lose his job too Crompton while realizing that an awful lot of Wildcat fans aren’t going to like it has decided to take his chances trying to increase costs in the form of donations next year And since part of his plan will secrequire the tion to be moved — they would s allot some seats in the west end behind one of the baskets — he’ll make that proposal to the WSC student council this Sherman s Chris Rupp pulls down a rebound in front of Weber's Harry Willis and that they never quit” Farmer said e Baum The who has spent five seasons in- eluding a redshirt year with the Weebs summed up the seniors’ feelings when he said: “Sure it’s been frustrating And tonight’s game was like icing on the cake for the way our whole season’s gone We just couldn’t catch a break or get a call in the second half and that’s the way it’s been all year “But I hope I can learn something from this experience I hope I’ve learned to take the good with the bad I certainly didn’t want to go'out like this' but we’ve still got Idaho State on the road next week and maybe we can still salvage something from this season If we can win up there (in Pocatello) and get our heads back up then go into the Big Sky Tournament hey who knows what will happen?” (89) 13 Martin Wood 15 King 24 Strachan 8 Rupp 19 Barnes 2 Hart 2 Moore 6 Totals 89 Weber State (83) Willis 16 W Tyler 21 McDaniel 18 Maxwell 9 5 Baum 4 Boyd 10 0 Anderson 83 Halftime score — Weber week Schofield Williams 0 Totals State 42 41 goals — Stra(King chan Hart Weber State Maxwell Baum (W Tyler Field Boyd goal percentage — 515 Weber State 492 Free throw percentage — 769 Weber State 667 — Rebounds 35 (Moore 9) Weber State 36 (Willis 17) Assists — 15 (King 9) Weber State 20 (Maxwell 8) Turnovers — 7 Weber State 11 Fouled out — Martin Baum Total fouls — 18 Weber State 23 Att — 9119 Aggies suiye against Fresno in second half and inLOGAN (AP) — Kevin Nixon scored Aggies outscored the Bulldogs with 9 points and Jeff Anderson added 16 as creased the Utah State lead to 14:06 remaining in PaUtah State beat Fresno State Utah State led by 14 points twice in the cific Coast Athletic Association action Satsecond half but the Bulldogs cut the lead urday night in The Spectrum with 2:47 left aided by Jervis to The Aggies down 3 at halftime tied Kole who led Fresno State with 24 points the score early in the second half and then Fresno Stale cut the lead to one point sank two Reid when Newey forged ahead with three seconds remaining when the in 40 seconds to give Utah Bulldogs hit three consecutive V lead State a but Anderson clinched the win with Nixon then hit 13 straight points as the two free throws 23 Fresno State (65) 12 Barden 24 Mitchell Cole 19 Walker 2 Billingslea 0 Stone 2 Lopez 0 Ebeltjes 65 6 Totals 2 Totals 16 Judkins 68 Halftime score — Fresno State 24 Utah State t 23 (Stone goals — Fresno State Utah Walker Barden Lopez Anderson Nixon State (Newey Fouled out — Mitchell Billingslea Conway Total fouls — Fresno State 23 Utah State 15 Technical fouls — Utah State Coach Tueiler Ebeltjes Utah State (68) Conway 3 Nixon Rebounds — Fresno State 33 (Cole 9) Utah State 29 (Nixon 9) Assists — Fresno State 18 (Walker 10) Utah State 13 (Nixon 4) Att — 6384 Utah State squared its overall record at while Fres4 and PCAA mark to and no State dropped to 0 Johnson 14 Pete 10 23 Newey Anderson Utes squander last chance against Irish By JON HlGUERA Stanflaid Exammo staff SALT LAKE CITY — Utah had the guts against Notre Dame Saturday night but found itself minus the glory The righting Irish escaped the cliSpecial Events Center with a mactic triumph in front of 13995 fans for their fourth straight win “Wc’vc lost games like this on the road this year at UCLA and Kansas and we finally won one” Notre Dame Coach Digger Thclps said “I fell coming into the game Utah was in a real positive groove They do a lot of good things When it comes time for they the WAC tournament should be in a real good position with no pressure on them several The Utes missed out on opportuni'ics to snatch the victory from the Irish but squandered those chances this you want the kids to play The Utes did an admirable job against Air Force canned 513 Most notably with eight see- and have fun" percent onds left in the game and Notre of clawing their way into the half first It a was opportuniinning the Utes Dame leading Notr Dam (57) a total were working for the game’s final ties after falling behind by five as both teams committed 15 Stevenson Royal 35 of 27 personal fouls For the 8 Fredrick 12 Voc points with 3:59 left shot were 47 called fouls 7 Rivers 4 6 13 Michael Smith But Sic Moore’s pass to Tommy They also played the final game 0 J The opening half took an hour 0 T Jackson 'Connor went astray turning the stretch without starters Albert 0 advan2 Paddock Jackson as the Irish took a possession back over to the Irish Springs and Jimmy Madison 57 Totals tage into the locker room both fouled who out work the ball “We were going to The Irish benefitted the most Utah (56) Gale Gondrczick took the around and get it to Mitch 4 Madison from liberal whistles by connectSprings scoring honors with 19 17 Condre-ne7 Mitch Smith free throws while (Smith) said Utah Coach Lynn game’s on ing on 3 shooting and r 7 19 Fulton 3 5 Archibald “We wanted to get it points line from the Utes the hit 17 Mitch teammate Smith added 0 0 Monson adto (Smith) before that (Moore’s free Irish throw the Despite 00 0 2 Van Maren The Irish meanwhile got IS Moor wc didn’t We errant pass) and 56 from Donald Royal and vantage the game was tied five Totals had a timeout and you always points times in the first half and the bigDavid Rivers and Mark Steven— Notr Dam 31 Halltime scor second guess yourself in those sit- son gest lead the Irish could muster in 13 and 12 respecUtah 30 chipped goals — Notr uations" was four points Dam Utah (Rivers (Fulton tively Utc defensive specialist Albert The Utes still had one more Condrezick Connor The Utes drop to 169 overall Springs picked up his third foul Fouled out — Royal Springs Madichance after that though After contest at 7:55 and Jimmy Madison and son Total touts — Non Dam 21 Notre Dame’s Joe Eredrick after the while the Irish improve to Paul Van Murcti ended the half Utah 26 Technical touts — Mitch missed the front end of a Smith Michael Smith Notre Dame dominated the with three situation Chris Fulton — Notr Dam 31 (Voc Rebound and shot 607 per“The officiating hurt us because 9) Utah 16 (Smith 5) Assists — Non took the hall downcourt and boards the Rivers Dam 5 (Royal Stevenson launched a desperation shot from cent from the field while the we had our key players on Sniitn J Jackson 1) Utah 12 (Springs t bench during the critical points" range that Utes who were coming olf a rebeyond said Archibald “In a game like 4) Att — 13935 missed the maik cord shooting performance ’ Crompton’s plan in a nutshell will call for holders to make a substantial contribution to the Wildcat Athletic Department's scholarship fund in addition to the cost of their tickets in the Dee Events Center His proposal breaks down as follows: Rows I to 5 $150 per ticket donation to plus a the scholarship fund for a total cost of $250 per scat Rows 6 to 10 $125 per tickdonation total et cost $225 per scat Rows to 15 $125 per tickdonation total et cost $200 per seat Rows 16 to 20 $100 per tickdonation total et cost $ 50 per scat Rows 21 to 26 $100 per tickdonation total et cost $125 per scat Rows 27 to 39 $50 per tickdonation total et no cost $50 per scat “It's an ugly thing to do and I surely wouldn't do this if I didn’t have to" Crompton said “But I’ve got to try and make people understand the dilemma of our situation This plan is more realistic than any other plan we’ve had It’s not only our best option but it’s really the only way to do it Wc’vc got to do this for the survival of our athletic program “We’re really not raising ticket prices But like everyone else in the country we’re reorganizing uur seating and this would be a very objective form of seating This way a guy could walk up to the Dee Center and decide how much he’s willing lo pay for a scat make a donation to the scholarship fund and we’d give him a membership to the Wildcat Athletic Association "We’re just trying to do what 80 percent of the schools in the country have already done" Crompton said “The University of Utah did it in football and the University of Montana has done it in basketball and they still pack their place for every home game With this plan if ou want the best seal in the house then you’ve got to make some kind of donation to get that seat" If his plan passes through all the red tape and roadblocks il will surely fjee along the way then Crompton claims a hefty Se TICKET on 2B |