| Show Sports The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday February 26 1997 By Scott Dunn sports writer AP photo German skiing fans with cuckoo clocks fixed to their headgear cheer on their country men at the World Nordic Ski Championships in Norway Sporfs briefs Aggies climb to No 13 meets the g Utah State gymnastics squad has moved up to 13th in the latest rankings that tire based on season averages The Aggies recorded a school record at home hist Friday then went on the road Monday and reached the second highest mark ever with a 19475 USU's average is 193701 fourth in the Midwest Region and first in the Big West Conference Georgia (196885) remains on lop followed by Alabama (196091) and Utah (195716) Brigham Young slipped to 16th with a 193212 average There are no Aggie individuals ranked in the Top 20 but USU is among the best in every event as a team The Aggies are 20th 195475 on vault 10th on uneven bars 15th on ance beam and 16th on floor exercise bal- Fan confronts Belle SARASOTA Fla (AP) — A disgruntled Cleveland Indians fan from Ohio broke into the Chicago White Sox spring training facility last Friday confronted outfielder Albert Belle and was later arrested David E Henry 38 was charged with misdemeanor loitering prowling and felony burglary Police say Henry was upset about Belle who left after eight sear sons in Cleveland to sign a $55 ” million contract to join the White Sox five-yea- Chesnokov breaks leg PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Andrei Chesnokov broke his right leg during a d loss to sixth-seede- d Todd at the Advanta ChampiWoodbridge onships Chesnokov broke both the tibia and fibula in his lower leg and dislocated the ankle Tournament physician Dr Brad Weiner and ATP Tour trainer Doug Spreen attended to Chesnokov on the court then set the ankle in the training room before an ambulance took him to Graduate Hospital where he was scheduled to have surgery Wednesday Woodbridge won the first set and was 40-1- 5 in the second when leading Chesnokov chased the ball several yards behind the baseline and toppled to the floor He is expected to miss 6 months first-roun- 4-- thanks to the herculean effort of But aimer guard Steve Walton Granite I I C I tradition After every home game won by their basketball team they lug a heavy bell into the center ol the gymnasium and set it to donging This is an infrequently practiced custom however because Granite bus ketball has another tradition losing Going into their state tournament tangle with Logan the Mighty farm ers had lost 16 of the 20 games they'd played this season and hadn't triumphed in a playoff game in seven bucked one trend and renewed another luesday night as the basketball team and the upended the Grizzlies 64-5- 6 stunned student body subsequently rung its dusty bell with glee Walton whom the Grizzlies tried to guard with four different defenders during the evening scored a smoldering 23 points in the first half and 33 points for the game Ilis performance was impressive enough to cause Logan score keeper i’hil Rodgers to mutter at intermission "lie's like Larry Bird" ogan just kept switching up the Utah veterans the charge in victory 5 by Malone and three by Bryon Russell and Greg Ostertag had 13 points 13 rebounds and six blocked shots The Jazz scored 19 of their 31 fourth-quarte- r points from the foul line and went to the stripe 41 times in the second half Patrick Ewing had 28 points and John Starks 21 for New York which committed 27 turnovers and dropped road trip to 2 on the fourth stop of a “The Knicks play a game where they try to get away with pushing and shoving and playing phy sical and most teams won’t respond to it" Jeff llornacek said "But we knew our teams wasn't going to back down and I think they didn’t anticipate us fighting back like that" Stockton suffered a cut next to his left eye late in the game but returned for the final 90 seconds He said the cut came on an inadvertent elbow but he wasn’t so accepting of a flagrant foul by Charlie Ward with 74 seconds left on a breakaway layup When it happened Stockton turned to Ward like he was about to charge after him Instead he regained his composure went to the line and sank both shots making in the period him “I think that play spoke for itself so I'm not going to get into it any more than that" Stockton said "The last one was uncalled for — the game was over and it was a breakaway layup" llornacek said “That’s their style they've been playing that way for years and that’s to be expected from them" 2-- six-ga- AP photo Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag (00) celebrates after putting in a layup in the final minutes against the New York Knicks The Jazz beat the Knicks 1 1 By The Associated Press How low can they go in the low-scorin- g NBA'’ Very low indeed 72-6- 6 lowest-scorin- g in modern NBA history low ugly wats it? games I 1 couple of times looked in Ihe I was amazed people were still there" Seattle's Hersev Hawkins said I'lie 138 combined points were the seventh fewest since the shot clock was season But introduced in the 1954-5- 5 il wasn't even the lowest-scorin- g game Cavs have been the delensive-mindeinvolved in this month On Feb they 6 lost to Miami "I feel like we just won a regional high school tournament" Sonics coach George Karl said “Hey a three-poiA I stands and 76 UC Irvine 65 d On television I 71-6- AP photo Wednesday and Danny Cleveland's Vitaly Potapenko Ferry reach out for a rebound against Seattle left St John’s at “That was ugly basketball Seattle's Detlef Schrcmpf said "I don't know how y 'all stand it" Rockets 100 I akers 96 At Hakeem Olajuwon Houston scored eight straight points m the final 4:08 for the Rockets who lust Brent Price for the season with a knee injury Price who missed the lust 27 games with a broken elbow lore the anleiior cruciate ligament in Ins right knee in the second quarter harles Barkley led the Rockets with 26 points and 17 rebounds while Olajuwon scored 25 Nds 97 kings 90 At Fast Rutherford Sam Cassell had two baskets and two assists in a key C run and New Jersey held Sacramento scoreless in the final 4:46 Kendall ( Sill led the Nets with 28 points and 10 rebounds and Cassell added 23 points including a clinching with 29 seconds left Mitch Richmond scored 32 for the kings but was from the field in the second half Bullets 108 Pacers 87 At handover Juwan Howard scored 20 ol Ins 28 points in the first half as Washington built a 2 point lead and cruised past Indiana to end a three game losing streak Howard also had rebounds and nine assists barely missing the first triple double ol his NBA career Reggie Millet and Rik Smits had 14 points apiece for Indiana but ilicy were a combined 25 from ihe field Mavericks 86 Hornets 84 At Dallas rookie Frick Strickland fourth-quart- er -- I 9-- Hall 6 p m -- - NBA Basketball Seattle at Ind- iana FSR — NCAA Basketball Iowa State pm NCAA Basketball ESPN na at Clemson Colorado at North Caroli- pm FSR — NCAA Women’s Basketball at Colorado State 2 lead in this one was insurmountable" lie Sonics set season lows w ith their 72 points and 35 percent shooting from the field But t hex managed to w in their seventh straight game In outscoring the C’avsby 14 points at the lice throw line I NCAA Basketball 8 9 Points are precious at Cleveland Manitoba 4 Indianapolis 3 SO Las Vegas 6 Michigan 0 Orlando 4 Quebec 2 7 III I IHL TBS 17-7- NB The Seattle SuperSonics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers luesday night in one of the ESPN — NCAA Basketball 2 Id-9- NHL Seton I with them The Jazz had the scars and stitches and even a little 9 to show for it after they beat the knicks scandal Tuesday night in a nasty game that featured nine individual technical fouls "Everybody would prefer to have a cakewalk every night but expect to get hit and to hit back" kail Malone said "Any time you play these guvs they'll make you play basketball or you'll get run off the court" Malone scored 33 points Jeff llornacek 21 and John Stockton 18 for the Jazz who closed the game with a 16-run after the knicks rallied from an deficit to tie it at 94-a- ll Utah had 17 steals including five In Stockton four Tampa Bay 3 St Louis 2 San Jose 2 Florida 2 tie pm It was the classic O Idaho I’OCAI against No 2 last night but the Preston boys' basketball team couldn't knock Snake River oil the top ol the heap as the Indians lost so 51 m the championship game ol the District 5 A-tournament the autohe w in gives the Panthers (21-2- ) matic bid to the state tournament Preston ( ) No SAI LA Kb CITY (AP) The New York knicks came to Utah and brought their physical style of play NBA 5 GKIZZ on Page By Ken Miller sports writer Jazz hold off physical Knicks lead New Jersey 97 Sacramento 90 Washington 108 Indiana 87 Seattle 72 Cleveland 66 Houston 100 LA Lakers 96 Utah 110 New York 99 Dallas 86 Charlotte 84 Toronto 124 Denver 122 OT LA Clippers 98 Philadelphia 93 Southern Utah See I Tuesday's scores Dallas 1 Chicago 0 Montreal 4 Vancouver 2 Los Angeles 3 Colorado guys that were guarding me and can score on anyone you know?" Walton said I'hen checking his bravado he admitted "I had con li dcncc coming into the game but didn't think I'd go off lor that much" Walton buried a trio of three pointers in the opening quartet to give his team a 2()-l- b lead at the period's end and he scored the Farmers' final points ol the second quarter including an oil balance jumper at the halltime horn "lie's a great player and we knew it" Logan head coach kolm Smith said of Walton "lie's very era ft v vears V l I'lie stu LA kb SA dents of Granite High School have a record-settin- Utah Thursday pm USA — PGA Golf Nissan Open round at Pacific Palisades Calif a Granite grounds Grizzlies Sports snapshot After two Page first Today's quote “I think Em going to haYe an overtime clause put into my next contract” — Florida goalie Mark Fitzpatrick who had his seventh straight start go to overtime Tuesday night in a 2-- 2 tie with San Jose Utah State chases after No nament March By Jeff Hunter sports writer As the Aggies hit the home stretch on the road — the tournament picture is becoming a little bit clearer But far from uncomplicated Utah State (11-- 3 in the Big West 18-- 7 e tie w ith overall) is locked in a 17-in the Eastern Divi- Nevada (1 sion w ith two games to go The Aggies play at New Mexico State first-plac- on Thursday while the Wolf Pack travels to North Texas The two swap sites on Saturday is still New Mexico State (10-- 4 16-in the running for a No 1 seed while UNT fell short of qualifying for the tour- - in 9 following criteria to decided the seedings for (he tournament: 1 Head-to-hea- d seed on the road 4 Coin flip 5 Whoever has seen “Star Wars ' the Reno In the event of the a tie at the end of the season the Big West will use the 7-- 1 games 2 Record vs Eastern Division oppo- nents starling at the lop and working down 3 Record vs Western Division opponents starting at the top and working down most times Although a sweep of the New Mags and Eagles won't guarantee Utah State the top seed it sure wouldn’t hurt Some possible scenarios: Utah State cannot mirror what Nevada does If the Aggies and Wolf Pack both win or lose at the same spots this week and New Mexico State doesn't jump into the seed top spot Nevada receives the No The Aggies and Pack would have Ihe same record against Western Division foes New Mexico State Boise Stale North Texas Idaho and Western Division I champion Pacific Nevada however owns a crucial victory over Long Beach State while USU lost to the Niners If the East ends in a three-wa- y lie New Mexico State cannot be awarded the No seed I he New d Mags would own no tiebreakers with the Aggies and Wolf Pack — they would have split with both and they split w ith Boise State while both USU and Nevada swept the Broncos If Utah State wins at New Mexico State on Thursday and Nevada loses at Las Cruces Saturday night the Aggies are assured the No I seed This makes it easy Win on Thursday and it doesn’t matter what happens at 1 head-to-hea- - See ROAD on Page H |
