Show April 18 1996 Page 10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday Philly dampens Heat’s chances Wolfpack hires Sendek as coach e Miami just a up on Charlotte for final playoffspot half-gam- By with 48 broughl Miami to 86-8- 4 seconds left but Maxwell hit two foul shots with 14 seconds left and after Mourning scored at the mark Maxwell converted two more free throws one second later Celtics 121 Bullets 106 Todd Day scored 28 points 23 in the fourth quarter as Boston overcame a night by Juwan Howard Dec Brown came off the bench The Associated Press This playoff stuff is just like driving a car Sometimes the road is paved sometimes it’s dogged with potholes The Miami Heal slammed into one such obstacle Wednesday night when downtrodden Philadelphia rose up to dampen 6 The defeat left the Heal Hills Pennsylvania and watching games on television from Reynolds Coliseum” Sendek said of his younger days “It always seemed like it was a little dark but the names of the past left an imprint on me — Hawkeye Whitney Kenny Carr Clyde ‘The Glide’ Austin “North Carolina State University is one of the premier college basketball jobs in the world Hopefully this is a place where my family and I can have a long love affair with a place that someday I may be able to retire” Sendek a former assistant under Rick Pitino at Providence and Kentucky and the head coach at Miami of Ohio the past three seasons was hired Wednesday as the successor to Les Robinson who five straight losing seasons resigned March 22 after a school-reco- 40-poi- nt 90-8- 9 record only Miami with a a half-gam- e clear of Charlotte in the race for the Eastern (40-39- ) Conference’s eighth playoff spot “We were in the driver's scat and we still arc" Miami coach Pal Riley said “hut we just don’t have a cushion” 41-3- Vernon Maxwell scored i RALEIGH NC (AP) — As one of the more intense students o( the game Herb Sendek is well aware of the tradition he inherits as North Carolina State’s new basketball coach “I had goose bumps on my arms the size of golf balls and it was a very emotional moment” Sendek said of his first walk into : r Reynolds Coliseum “I can vividly remember sitting in our family room in Penn to score 20 points for Boston which won three of four in the season series against the Bullets Rick Fox added 17 points Day in the hit five of his six fourth quarter as the Celtics led by as many as 17 points Boston scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter and consecutive by Day expanded the advantage to 88-7- 8 Nets 107 Raptors 95 PJ Brown scored a career-hig- h 30 points as New Jersey snapped a seven-gam- e losing streak 31 points and Philadelphia outscorcd Miami 28-2- 1 in the final period “We've had a lot of trouble late in games" Maxwell said “Tonight we were much more under control and made our shots Wc played well down the stretch and didn't fold up for a change” In other games Boston beat 6 eliminating Washington the Bullets from the playoffs New Jersey beat Toronto 107-9- 3 Shawn Bradley added rd First pick likely to come at wrong position for Jets 11 points 10 rebounds and a career-hig- h 12 blocks the top figure in the NBA this season as the Nets broke their longest skid in three Detroit beat Indiana 102-9- 3 Golden Stale beat Minnesota seasons and won for only the sev109-10- 3 Seattle beat Portland enth time in 27 games 96-9- 0 Acic Earl had 28 points for the and Sacramento beat Phoenix 103-10- 2 Raptors who dressed only eight Clarence Wcathcrspoon added players in losing their fourth 25 points for the 76ers who had straight and ninth in 1 1 games Pistons 102 Pacers 93 lost three straight and 13 of 18 Allan Houston scored 31 points "Ttoo guys really stepped up tonight that's why we won” as Detroit moved into a tie with Philadelphia coach John Lucas Cleveland for fifth in the Eastern said of Maxwell and Weather-spoo- n Conference playoff picture at the half Detroit led 30-4- 5 Lucas also had kind words for and increased the margin to 12 guard Rex Witters who had 12 behind two of Houston’s Ricky Pierce had six points points and eight assists “He’s getting more playing in a 16-- 6 run that pulled the Pactime and he's playing well” ers to 67-6- 3 with 3:14 left in the Lucas said “The more he plays third Detroit called timeout scored the better he plays” the next five points and led 79-7- 3 Miami had a four- with 12 minutes to go Indiana ning streak snapped “That was a tough loss but we got as close as two but consecujust didn't make the plays when tive jumpers by Joe Dumars they counted” said Riley “I made it 97-8- 9 with two minutes thought the key part of the game left 103 Warriors 109 was in the second period when we were up by 11 and then let Latrell Sprewell scored 31 one short of his season them back in it” Kints Smith had 21 points and " w — 121-10- anybody” Eustachy Utah Stale “He’s an Aggie and we feel good about him” nd 0) 4) “David was in his which conference junior college we think is the toughest in the country” Eustachy said “He was the guy that we targeted and that wc wanted probably more than all-leag- ue AL ference honors The Knoblauch's triple Malt Lawton's RBI groundout and Paul Molitor’s run-scori- ng run-scori- ng single Marty Cordova hit a leadoff homer off Paul Shucy (0-1- ) in the sixth Roberto Kelly and Scott Stahoviak walked with one out and Meares homered for a 7 er 18-poi- nt -- 213-pou- forward shot 33 percent (132-24from the field and 80 percent (164-20from the free throw line while 7) 4) Jose Valentin matched his career high with four RBIs and rn T record in 1995-9- 6 He also posted five double-doubl- 23-- 7 es (points and rebounds) and 28 points vs season-hig- h Tallahassee Community College 15 and collected a season-hig- h scored a rebounds vs Aquinas College Davis signed with Auburn coming out of Wcstovcr High School in Albany Ga After redshirting a year Davis played in eight games as a freshman at Auburn in 1994-9- 5 and averaged 41 points and 21 rebounds He scored a season-hig- h 12 points each vs West Florida and Tfoy State selection A first-teain high school Davis averaged 18 points and 1 1 rebounds as a senior at Wcstovcr He was named Most Valuable Player in the 1993 Gass AAA tournament after averaging all-regi- m Michael Irvin but NFL conventional wisdom holds that the No 1 pick is supposed to be spent on a quarterback an impact defensive player or a running back who can carry a team to a Super Bowl The Jets’ problem is that there are strong no quarterbacks in this draft the top running back Nebraska’s Lawrence Phillips Moreover there is Phillips whose talent is undeniable but none of the top defensive players are sure things So when commissioner Paul Tagliabuc calls the draft to order at noon EDT the Jets are almost sure to claim Johnson the 220-pouwho had 12 receptions for 216 yards in and the outgoing the Rose Bowl I o who pleaded no contest to misde- carries personal baggage and leading Wcstovcr to its fourth-straig- ht slate title (24-- 5 record) “It's a good group” Eustachy said “It all looks great on paper right now Depending on who shows up and who wants to lift weights and who wants to works towards a degree we'll whittle it down to five or six guys like wc always do “This year we were a little deepwc had seven" er Eustachy signed three other Aggie prospects to National Letters of Intent last November including Charles Brady a 6--6 forward from Otero Junior College in LaJunta Colo Cory Jones a 6-- 9 swingman from Evanston in” rvp 25 points over four games while (Wyo) High School: and Marcus Saxon a 6-- 2 guard from Chipola Junior College in Marianna Fla lead got his first Greg major league victory allowing I lanscll (1-- 0) innings Mariners 8 TTgers 3 Joey Cora doubled home the nm in a five-ra- n eighth at the Kingdome as Seattle extended its winning streak to go-ahe- meanor assault and trespassing charges after assaulting a former girlfriend That has turned off some teams but not all — notably the Baltimore Ravens the former Cleveland Browns who might be willing to trade up from fourth to get Phillips rt'tHi i n i i I i J i ented athletcCbm salct “We want her to be healthy when she comes to USU so her parents decided to let her sit and get well” Corn Continued from Page 8 "Kerry has no weak event” Com said “Her abil- The Aggies finished their season Saturday by ity to dance and perform will placing sixth at Regionals and 19th nationally With though vault and bars are her the new recruits the future best" Denson has trained at the looks good for Utah State Karoly Gymnastics Center gymnastics “When you take these two in Houston competing against former Olympian gymnasts and add Christy Denson" Cora said Shannon Miller “We are not only strengthDenson was the floor core exercise national champion ening our at the Junior Olympics last we are also bringing added year She has been ill and depth to the two events we won't compete at Regionals really wanted to concentrate on this the Vault or Nationals this year “Christy is an extremely tal- - and bars” help us in the all-arou- all-arou- off-seas- on Ricky Bones (1-- 2) scattered losing streak Gary DiSardna helped California take a 3-- 1 lead with a tworaa Classic 99 seven hits in 7 innings allowing all four runs White Sox 3 Royals 1 1- -3 Dave Martinez and Harold Baines homered as Alex Fernanincreased his record at dez (2-Kansas City to 0 He gave up one ran and eight hits in seven EH723 LOW PBCE GUARANTEE! 1) 12 year wenonty 3-- innings with six strikeouts innings fowr-gam- Over 42000 patterns to choose from! on third eighth Randy kres (0-1- ) forced ia a run by walking Buhner forced in another by hitting Paul Sorrento with a pilch and yielded single Doug Strange's two-ru- n Angels 5 Bine Jays 1 Chuck Finley (3-pitched a three-hitt- er and struck owl 10 at Anaheim Stadium in CaliforaiaY first complete game this year Raady Velarde singled Three times and drovsf ia two runs as e the Angels Mopped a WHIRI TO OBT sacrifice fly Valentin's double and a wild pitch with a runner Roberto Hernandez pitched the ninth for his third save tie in the Martinez broke a sixth with his homer off Kevin who gave up three Appier (1-runs and eight hits in 6 1) bUT $ TANDlN OVAIU 1) seven TYailing 3-- 1 the Mariners tied the game in the seventh on Edgar walk and Martinez's bascs-ktadc- d Jay Buhner's sacrifice fly After Cora's double ia the 3 Milwaukee pounded David Cone (2-for six runs and nine hits in five innings at County Stadium The Brewers look a 4-- 0 lead in the first on Kevin Seitzer’s 9-- 3 for the playoffs to one The compared to Jerry Rice and personality to fit in New York “I'd love to play here” says Johnson who spent most of the week before the draft in the city picking up endorsements and generally showing off an ebullient personality “I’m bom for New York” “He talks too much but if that's his only flaw we can live with it” Dick Haley the Jets' personnel director says of Johnson The problem is his position Rice after all was the 16th overall pick in 1983 Irvin went 11th overall in 1988 and the last wide receiver to go No 1 Irving Fryar in 1984 has had a successful career but not one worthy of so exalted a pick Velarde singled in Quantrill (0-3- ) the final ran of the inning Brewers 8 Yankees 4 Minnesota chased Charles Nagy in the fifth on Chuck 2-- points including two free throws with two seconds left as Sacramento reduced its magic number NEW YORK (AP) — Things rarely comes easy for the New York Jets Here they are holding the No 1 pick in Saturday’s NFL draft and the player they’re likely to take is a wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson of Southern California Nothing against Johnson who is single in the second off Paul Continued foam Page 8 one run in 3 had 32 Richmond Mitch third-quart- on forward hit 32 percent (219-42of his field goal attempts and 82 percent (110-13of his free Ihnnv attempts during the 1993-9- 6 season 21 assists Kings on the verge of making the playoffs for the first time in a Sonics 96 Blazers 90 Seattle matched a franchise decade used a 23-- 9 record with its 63rd victory as run to overcome an Hcrscy Hawkins scored 20 points deficit against the injury-riddle- d and Gary Payton added 17 pointy Suns A Isaacson averaged 174 points and 23 assists as a Ricks The at sophomore Clifford Robinson scored points for Portland which lost for only the third lime in 20 games Kings 103 Suns 102 from Tom Gugliotta Reserve Sam Mitchell added 20 points and 13 rebounds and Terry Porter had 20 points and eight all-sta- te 34 rebounds and 10 assists Seattle has two games remaining in a bid to break the record established two years ago 10 rebounds and Jerome Kersey added 13 points and 14 rebounds for the Warriors who won for the fifth time in seven games and spoiled Minnesota’s final home game The loss was the fourth straight and eighth in 10 games for the Umberwolvcs who got 23 points A returned missionary and a 40 student Isaacson contributed 106 points and 49 rebounds as a freshman at Ricks in 1992-9- 3 As a senior at Davis High School in 1991-9- 2 Isaacson helped the Darts finish in the 4-to a second-plac- e and playoffs and was an selection “We signed some junior college guys and we hope to redshirt at least two of them and kind of do what we did with Maurice Spillcts” Eustachy said Davis averaged 149 points and 99 rebounds as a sophomore at Okaloosa-Walto- n Community ColConearn to lege Continued from Page 8 came at him he felt obligated to 210-pou- AP photo Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning slams home two against Philadelphia Wednesday night but the Sixers won the game 90-8- 6 t the Raidersn to? a t r1" helping in" 1 w-- it’ ’ Find S EvttCtan' Inferior Paint 37-640- Available in Flat Satin s end new 2) Rangers 12 Athletics 1 pitched a (3-- 1) I four-hitt- er 8-- mmwvtsmmafr-- Dean Talmer hit a two-ru- n homer and Rodriguez had three hits and three RBIs for the Up 16 Rch 27 tailings '' - c UmI Owe WCefag Ptoim (4X9 0H8eL $5X9 QffleL Wolpapar Tool Ct 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