Show V Pagt 20 — TN Humid Jounai Logan Utah Sunsvy Umf 9 1907 Costly falls prove to be Aggies EEdoneg Friday Utah State in annual showdown & Brigham Young tops Adorns leaned the meo waff 995 muss a the asrveo bars and veldt brieve mum- By Shawn Hnrnnon apons nitar bling to Wat many Surma Aggie gysmart vs hand for Friday Wahl's gymnastics meet xgiunrt Stale Bogtuun Young is the Spectrum warned to Kbuw the alumni ben far foe program ha come The Aggie are cekbraiiag 20 years of gymruuajes aad bad many former athlete os hand b i aio parrots weekend so rod of foe cunrrt teaa bad body die audirarr b ffda’l quae ton Ml lake da? bad hoped a ihe No 12 Aggie fell to lie No 17 from of i876 Collars 19560 to 19460 The founh-her- t fan Suit die acute team adxwi hirtwy (she top throe have ad sewt come this seaww) aad does improve USD’s Reposal Qualifying Sour (RQS) to 194663 "I thought that we performed weR but havJournal ing to count lwo fails tor team sows was certainly our undoing" Aggie bead coach Xav Senior Jen Crawford left gives senior Beth Con said "I jus doa'l anrtrnlaail why we hlellson some encouragenieKbetare the uneven bars Wesson scored a 970 a a a cult come bone aad puttie type of meets liud we've pul together sa the road rt South-er- a Utah (19475) aad Thus (school record 197225) “I don't understand k We're going to have to relax when we corse is here (Spoctnua)" The Aggies had two falls on the utevea bars and two on the balance beam Both teams came ate Friday light's meet fresh off record-selli- performances USU ng had 9et is school reootd last Srtwdav to Thus Wornaa's aad BYU posted a 195875 a borne spiel of Nol 4 Michigan Monday e "i felt The kids palled togerbes' Coagir head coach Brad CaHomofa usd "They did a good job I was happy with them We had some big breakthroughs' They also had some scay mcoacats Hainr Jessica Young injured her knee ou her find vault and had to be scotched from the balance beam Tbes the Cougars lop Angela Anderson came pp lamping after the floor exercise aad also missed tie hewn “I'm happy with the score hut the only c hurt two of onr bed kids" said "Angela Andersou doesn't problem is Freshman Chnsty Dannon toR gtves Jessica Porter a hug and a rose rtator was tost tor the season after injuring bar tome in pnetka Each toam member presorted her with a rose Cht-tcrm- a sprained foot less looks to be OK jurt a had tweak We can't afford to lose those lids' appear to he real serious a 9525 cn the ffocc SUV wum Ketk Rose ncamaued to he ownuwnm mqaur-in- g wxff a 3940 nonce Kane the won the tars with a 9875 tot the flow with a 9925 and bed miff traimwse Dower Puuga n foe beam vjff a 9925 now a' "She is a Kid gyaaart jurt a quiet Cuaatnwir laid "She did a gran jcb KmigbL I was waBy phased waff her "Dnuitr (Puuga) has hen hying afl year to may ou the beam aad finally puBed it off That was ice Agpc befimna Gbirty Denson took secxff a 39925 She mss ond m she a pu-Snn- 3990 aad scphccntac Amber lumen 3930 Jhassca had to omat a &J on the bars This is he thud saraigjs meet Drawn has score Her bert tanned in a good came m Texas Woman's in fnenn of her pur-eand many has a 39975 "I'm art ready as nervous as when I fins started Denson tail "It's different than chib and I cipected h to be bkr dab It's so different h's your team aad everyone has helped me a Iol “Chriay is leaning how to settle down Con said "She's getting those hsanffaes taken care of She's getting fooe Coca has predicted Densca miS be tic rest Aggie gymnast to bred the 39 btariec “I’m ttymg Densca said miff a big smflei "That's my god Denson tied her career-higon with a 939 and beam with a 9J75 The meet started off esaoocwaly for USUL The Aggies received a staving ovation fan the home crowd when they catered die arena Then as each gvmaart was iutrodbnnd they west aad gave injured teammate Jessica Boner a nose aad hug Bonet K of the ten's top was tort for die season doing practice Thnrs- nS-arou- ms d to hs i vfll have saigery when the ntllug goes down Boner is foe school maud holder on the baa (9925) and has die second highert sane ever on beam (990) and dmeund (39175) &JOhanilimtanrtl Jwimrt 1t was had to see her go down senior of Boner "She has came Deanna Balmer said St GYM on hr 21 and scored a h AO to win Malone powers Jazz from withdraw Raiders at Mowiruuaii M wi SALT LAKE CITY (A?) — Kail Malone faced two former Dream Teammates and got tic opportunity to guard one of them It seemed to inspiie him Friday light as Malone tied his season high with 41 points inrhiding 14 in the fourth quartet as the Utah Jazz beat the Detroit Pistons 95-6- 9 "These guys are tough and they have some really good players on Iheir leant'’ said Malone who guardDream learner Chart UO far ed a portkn of the fourth quartet HiS scored 29 points to lead Detroit but he was sooidess in the final 3:25 mhes ifae Jazz fiaaBy puQed away "It's a beck of aa assign meat Giant's a great player" said Malone mho scored 10 points in the last 459 of the game including a jump shot from the left sade 20-fo- ol with lime running down on the dock to give Utah aa 8S-8- S with 1:49 to play "I was just lead to stay ia from of him aad trying move my feet od Joe Dumars who played with Maloae aad Joha Slocktoa oa t if4 m “ - -- - " KANSAS CITY Mo (AP) — Texas too plavers ineligible daring the Big L2 toanumem said Salarday it had withdrawn from Uihia L$ games After Slocktoa 's three Hill Tech one dav after dodariag Ras-sc- B “b wasSrtty jnrt coincidence" NCAA toaanamrm amadenrioa and forfeited its 10 conference mins The Red Raiders miff a 19-- 8 record and the Big 12's top scorer and top idwwkc NCAA bad were a dach to get aa said Russell mho mas without a field goal but also toiled oa defease against HilL “1 mem to help out aad be comminod the pass too cariy and 1 was jurt ia the right place M “I believe me wonld have athletic director Gerald Myers said Saturday m a aews conference “We were certainly dm right time" Malooe then mured for Utah the Jam got the haB cm cf bounds on a deflectod rebound Jeff Hornaoek Sound Maloae under the basket for an insurance basket and a fouL Mal-omisted the free throw but Hor-aac- ht hopeful of that" School officials said a routine NCAA audit discovered the two players Fredric “Deuce Jones and Graces Avciil mere not eligible They attributed the smution oc ek rebounded and the Pistons fouled Stockton mho made both fine throws for the final margm Lindsey Hunter added 15 for the Pistons mho mere outsomd 10-- 3 in the final 35 Neither team led ’ 4 ti tourney consideration that broke aa ing a lie with 1:12 remainiag aad gave the Jazz the lead for good as they woa their fourth straight aad then turned die ball over as Bryoa stole pass 4ft With timing that makes the incident even more cmhaaasriqg to the school and its conference Jones mas removed from the sqsad jnrt a few rnismes before tipoff of Tech's secoad-roaa- d Big 12 game against No 16 Iowa Slate Friday and Aeril m as declared iaeligdrie at hirflriror by awre than seven points throughout the game and there were six lead changes ia the fourth quarter Dream Team L scored 18 points but he was sileat after the 9:22 mark of the fourth quanec “Karl was tremeadous' Hill “They're a smart physical said after the Pistons lost for the team Dumars said “They last secoad time ia three games minute they executed belter than “They're an experienced team but Detroit forward Grant Long hoot ducks as me dad a good job and me have to Utah torwvd Kart Matona stwets for too of tas me did and that was the difference 41 poets Rutay nigrt at fro Data Cantor Thu in the game" See JAZZ n Page 21 Jazz ttort fro Batons 96d8 Stockton added 16 points includ Iowa Slate won the game bm officials had already decided 0 that a Thus Thch victory would have been declared naff and Iowa Stole would have hant-foug- ht 72-7- been advanced AveriL a juaioc avenged cjbi points this year and Jones a 6-- kuoi avenged a Uttie more thm two -5 1 School officials said the platen mere a fflade of "D" bad been mod is entjigg their araflrmjMfimhg Tksaslcth fiealed foe m&ng to foe con- incfcpbic because "Becanse Texas Thchls academic standards exceed those established by the NCAA a grade of D could art be aned in certifying academic ctigfoSily Myere sail “tf aa iartintioa aOowed a grade of Dtoi t toward a woald have been no eligibility coase-- S n conference wins litir io Kg 12 Stove Haichefl sail The forints are art expected to be considered by foe NCAA tournament refaction cnmwittnr ha other wonfe a bubble team like Oklahoma Stole which km twice to Teus Tech wSI not snddealy pick up regular too more mins for purposes of NCAA i” "Thrt's art how they're going to do said HatchelL who had been ia contact with NCAA officials Myere mid he had spoken briefly Srtar-da-y with Tech coach lamnr Dickey "I told him mbit had happened He took it very meO" Myere sail “I know he's very dfeappoimed aad wkbonl qaesrioa foe toaaa wiD he hurl Bm he look it were weB" USU hoopsters notch win No 20 in opener By Jeff Hurtor wrtBf Division Utah State won a RENO Nev — By becoming foe second team in foe Big West to win 20 games this season the Aggies caned a dale m ilh the first Utah Sale pounded UC Santa Bar- bara 81-6- 6 Friday af rraooa in the firs round of tnc Big West Tournament to advance to a semifinal dash with first-roun- d Big WeskTCAA Tournament game for foe jnrt foe sixth time in IS years by beating foe Gauchos for foe second lime this season “1 couldn't ask for anvfoiag more of our players" USU head coach Lany Eastochy sail They gave their aB Boirt gated Marcus Sana (25 pools) center Aatwaa Smith (14 points) and forwards Maurice SpiOeis (21 points) and Kevin Rice (14 points) combined for 74 of Utah StateY 81 pools SpQkre aad Smith also grabbed 11 rebounds a piece to record their sev- i West first team selection shots and one made jast alter foaming seven treys and putting np 31 points in Utah State's 3 victory in Logaa oa Feb 1 All-Bi- g 71-6- 1 thought they played better defease oa me and defended the whole team better Tatt said "It seemed like they knew oar plays aad they were jnrt ready to play" The Aggies who scored off the opening tip aad aever trailed ia foe game came out with the same kind of intensity they showed ia their final regular scasoa game at North Texas s of foe six days cariiet enth aad sixth been focused all week ever season respectively aad Spillcrs since we got to North Texas SpiOeis added six assists to tie a career-hig- h ment at the Lawlor Events Center host Nevada routed Cal State FullerThey beat as on tbc boards aad sail "I’ve been aaxioos to play this ton 80-- 5 aad New Mexico Sate ran broke as down oa the dribble aad fint game We had good praoices all 6 that's basically the story of the game" week and just focused oa this game I part Long Beach Stoic UCSB head coach Jeny Pimm sail Four teams ia the Kg West comgot some rest aad didn’t go oat AF photo pleted foe conference season with 12-UC Saata Barbara guard Raymond exploring me miui the game with 22 points records aad all four teams advanced Taft game Hoping to avoid a half-coUtah Stotn guard Marcus Saxon (3) drivna batwnan foe slightly larger Gauchos foe with with 649 scasoa and the to break UC Santa Barbara dalandara Paul Chavnz (If) and to the semifinals The No 2 seed out of foe Eastern Lurious Davis school record Bm the Aggies posted foe ball ap foe coot at Jonh Momfl Fnday dtanoox powerful Pacific and win 20 games for foe second time ia three yean The Tigers won their 22nd game of the season earlier in the day 68-5-2 over Boise State In the evening session of the tourna- double-double- Tw 5 88-7- 4 at t x t - every opportunity aad let foeir snperi-o- r afofaticisa tike oet Spillcrs had never been better offensively raaaiag the floor with the gourds then posting ap aad scoring around foe UCSB Kg men The fluid forward went from foe floor from foe fine on his way and lf to 15 poems "We sad trouble guarding SpiDcre" Pimm sail "He hat as it Logaa ad he hurt us Again tonight" Saxon and Rice repeatedly boned their defenders as wdL as Ltoh Stale seemed to go to foe basket or go to foe free throw hae oa evety possession With 30 seconds in the hall the Aggies spread foe floor for Rice and Tao came out tar foe defensive cfal-lenHe vasal ap to k howevei as Rke drove into foe paint tamed his back toThrt and hid foe haB in from behind Ms head jnrt before foe hon to stake lah Stale to a leal rti first-ha- ge 46-3- See tSU an Page 25 |