Show wrm wv Min ' i P W P i ts ' i " '! I ' i VH f cs i j USU i j p r r J i s ' r : - r Jk fc ' - I ‘ l ’ c - ‘ ' - £- i- ' ' t r C ' i ' ' !' - as ' ' " :4 V v-- gymnastics 12 Stalwart Stockton 14 r 'j" ? rv 'y r Is' ’ ? i ik f :t' v W-- V ' ' A J v-- ' Th§ Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 1 1996 InsicSo Seniors go out in style at Spectrum By Jeff Hunter aporta writer 4'v the football team failed to do back in November — defeat an inferior North Texas team in a meaningless game “Wb just wanted to go out on a good note and I think we did it" USU guard Marcus Saxon said after the Aggies’ 102-7- 6 rout of the Mean Green Saturday night at the Speo-tni- m y-4 Local high school teams do wall ‘ Pago 12o - ' jt Oporta briois v Pimm stepping clowh ' ? Calif (AF) — : SANTA BARBARA Jerry Pimm the winniiigest coach in UC Santa Barbara history m rtepping down and will move into die achoora athletic administration office as an assistant to athletic director Gary Cunningham Pimm’s team takes a 4-Bin West overall bmHc Conference record and 7-- 1) i : vfThe Oauchos who have lost seven attaint games are assured of having the poorest record in Pimm’s 24 yean as a neadcoach : '?-- ' ‘Through consultation with Gary ' 4 (5-1- ‘yr'r' lkrtuit!qyJii ocoroo basketball NCAA ' V Utah State 102 North Texas 78 Utah 65 New Mexico 55 Brigham Young 76 UTEP 75 SOT 4ri Vfe Weoer State s :w V' K ijT :$ Sacramento 8tate 52 95 New Jersey 93 DaHaa 103 Washington 77 Chartotta 90 Orlando 80 -T j ki OMoafi8bramante -- Itflog Beat sad that guyi supposed to" bb:an NBA player so it’s a tough" said ?Theyve got a: Elotoftaknf and have won some Mg' garne so on a neutral court MLosg Beach State 1 in the Big iWesL 8 overall) dropped its fburm Istniit gkme Saturday at Pacific 63-- 1 47 bat idU sloped into' the Big Wfesf-- ' iTbunament as die No 4 seed out of i f4nhvfiuNay (5-1- 10-1- ' pivisioniJ 10-18- 3 t Miami :g looks like we re going to play S flat-foot- ed r t' r ' Tbe Aggies playoff picture finally came into focus Saturday night and ihe first thing Utah State head coach ' cen- - ’ Larry Eustacqt saw was r Cun- ningham I have decided to ponue a position in athletic administration” Pimm said in a press release j n ’ home-winnin- ' ' ‘"'i - 1 y m finale regnlar-seaso- n State-Fallert- V c fallowing week in its season finale at North Texas : how- The basketball Eagles (4-1-2 ’file Western ever were unable to pull off a aimilar upset tepseed in the EasLi ptab' Skrie Led by seniors Justin Jones (four 18 points) Kevin Rice (16 points) Neal 18 ajsaSee" IlSU bn Geodes (13 points) and Saxon (15 points eight assists) Utah State extended its school ' g record streak to 23 games four UNT misses to go up 10-- 0 just two t: “It felt good tonight’’ Jones said Tt was minutes into the game With Saxon leading a good game to go out on Tm hmy with die charge the Aggies were up 44-2- 3 with ' six minutes left in the first half v-theperfoonaiice of our team We did welL" Tne Aggies now have five days to prepae The senior guard left many an Eagle for the Big West Tournament this week at on his drives to the basket and the open man whenever Noth Texas the Lawlor Events Center in Reno Nev ) They’ll face Long Beach State 1 jed to clog up the lane “North Texas really didn’t come off and in the opening round Friday at noon but they’re planning cm playing Sunday after- - help when we penetrated” Saxon said “I noon in the championship game as welL thought since they weren't going to do that “We don't want to go the tournament and I could get in the paint anytime I wanted win one game and lose one game” Saxon and just find guys open” said “Our objective is to go down there and The Mean Green managed to cut USU’s lead down to 11 points late in the first half r'-'- r win Bite SantuodlHarWd Journal Utah State came out of die gate on fire but the crowd of 9048 quickly forgot about Utah Sbde fcxward Kevin Hoe goals up tor a slam dunk In front of a near ful houea Saturday in their home finale hitting on v : V their first five shot attempts and rebounding See AGGIES 00 Page 18 Saturday night at the Spactram The Aggiaa wriopad North Texas 102-7- 8 18 against Cal I tBy Jaff Hunter 'aDortawriter' j da the football team was humbled the 11 into Saturday’s ' “We came out and played hard and we won the game” Although the Aggies (13-- 3 in the Big West 22--7 overall) already locked up the No! 1 seed early Friday morning with an overtime win over New Mexico State they 1 still wrapped 19 the regular season with a victory — something the gridiron Aggies i failed to do After clinching a berth in the Humanitari- -' an Bowl with an emotional win over Neva- -' t- -- opens i a ' The Utah State haskrlhall team did what - - ' " V 94--r SandntaninlOQb PMadoNa 88 ‘(V sfxV 't£j S 1 ' v ' - ify Chicdgp A Colorado 0 HV' St Louis 5 Loa Angslss 2 VyA New Jeraey 4 Oamna 3 i Toronto 4 Montreal 0 T Edmonton 4 San Joao 3 Vancouver 6 Ottawa 4 ? i "V I Tj'i V ffc?' 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' but two of dieir list 12 possessions make it 7S6oi ' : ? f Duke continued its near-perfe- ct Duke was down big getting the ball inside to freshman to No 3 North Carouna! Elton Brand He didn’t play in the close as die Tkr Heels (27-- 3 13-- 3) again only this timeit was at home and u first game between the aoiooU eight struggled with an uncharacteristic loss would mom a season sweqi for ' miles apart because at a broken foot : five turnovers in die final seven min-i-ts archrival and sharing the Atlantic “It was a hehdeas feeling watching utes and the raucous sellout crowd of Coast Conference reguluHtoason tide :Hhat first game” said Brsnd who fin- - - 9314 at Cameron Indoor Stadium - became a tectot idi6duddil6pomN-Ml3tadieaqwid m Then dune a doting run even more Chris Carrawell scored in die lane impressive than the one in North Car- - half pn diooting “I just want-Blue Dev--' ed to 1st than know I was dnei Maybe olina’a victory earlier' in die rhomb turnover The Blue Dewls held North Carolina move them a step away oflcnsiyely and Roshown McLeod scored on a drive to two field goal over die final 11 jntimkhte them some defensively The Blue Devils (27-- 1 15-- 1) were for Duke’s first lead of die game 77-12 minutes to wipe but fli V stm trailing 68-5- 7 with 8:11 left to play 75 with deficit and win 77-7- 5 Satudqr “Thelast 11 12 minded jafete die' HI tame is 40 minutes and wo i North Carolina had two final rJimiMM to tie but Ed Cota missed best at least for Us 7 Duke coach two free throws with 95 seconds left Mike Krzyzewaki laid ”A11 1 did ' waa ask our players to be themselves sjt the end" said Duke Point guard and freshman Brendan Haywood did Our man-tthe mim widi 11 seconds left Both ’eveTMciediowskiif' throughoithe game missed the second shot onpurpose J "Tkqjan Langdon’s jurmer 1vtdr8-0It had to be became the TW Heels f left brought the Blue Devils widiin The Tsr Heels got tiro rebound the the first time the lead wis less first time but not the second who won the first meeting 97-7- 3 by £ 68-5- 9 The crowd poured onto the court at closing the game widi e 24--4 run: than double figures since there was -APphcto were up 64-4- 7 when Antawn Jamison : 1815 left hi die garni Bnind playing die final burner engulfing the players scored down low widi 11:41 to play ta his third game since returning from from both teams as Duke beat die Tbr North Carolina's Adatnola Okulaja (13) and Duka'a the injury scored twice down low V Heels for die second time in dieir last Traan Langdon battta lor the bai during tfw second Those were the last of his 23 points : he8eturdey and North Carolina managed just two 't After two North Ceroliftft fred 12 meetings 7bp-raak- sA-'i- NCAA Basketball SouthaiatemConferenoeChamplonshlpi fipjn v ' :r ESPN2 — NCAA r Con-- -: semifinal No 2 'v ferenor USA Tournament After UTEP 4 i-- W MW rf: ' to tie the game ' jumper bounced off the rim and out of bounds to die Cougars they 'got the ball to Wesley with 44 seconds left Wesley raced the length of the court and was fouled oft the way to die basket finish in the with less than a second remaining to set up the their Cougars (9-2WAC’sMountain Division and the final spot in game winning ftee throw" BYU’s Justin: Weidauer followed Wesley with the Conference tounuunent The lou knocb die which ended the season losing 14 points and ll tdiounds r ' Miners (12-1Center Sharif Fajardo led UTEP with 25 lOofdieirlast 11 games out of the toumamenL The game appeued to be headed to a fourth ' pdnts and 12 boatds Smidi fdlowed with 15 overtime when BYU guard Lance Archibald? and point guard Punch O Sanders added 10 " El-Pa- : : time hit a clutch3-pomt- er with 11 sewvids : ' vault and clearing an had awesome per-“Corey formance” USU head coach finished their indoor sea-wisi fourth place finish on the women’s side and a sev-en- th place finish on the men's ? 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Utah State’s track and field ' i 4:0724 Mark Calvin finished second tying bis personal record in the pole ’ C) - r best time of pu UOU Atfiltflc Mfldli flolitlnni ck I ' v t - W'i'-lr- - BNCniXUM)(Wi) d A t SALT LAKE CITY (AP) r5Trest‘Utah cOach X deserve the Mountain Diwaioil championship" Rick Mqerus to find tee dark cloud in die silver After the" game smiidrs Michael Doleac and lining even after the fifttHnnked Utes woo tbeir Drew Hansen grabbed the public address micro-thir-d straight Western Athletic Conference regu- - phone and addressed die crowd t laMeason tide Saturday nighL' t7f r-- “Change may be inevitable hut for the last four Wfe’ieinfcr an uphill climb There's nothing yews weTye owned ths kague’’ Hansen said The victory jdso give the Utes (25--2 overall tides niore difficult rimi going for back-to-baone of tnq Na l seeds in this week's in s ports "and now we’re going for four” ' “ in Las Vfegas vVi conferenceitouinamerd Jifijema '’'The Utes ccnnpleted their climb widi Humo - Doleac soared 13 points Andre Miller 14 and MottoU scoring 18 points as Utah beat No 16 Alex Jemen added 11 points and 10 rebounds as New Mexico 65-5- 5 in a showdown for the v the Utes won IheiF ' fifth stra in a row at home WAC’s Mountain Division tide sjj’fThese kids are die top people and players” Maj 3NY RangersVf 5Wtehinglon2$r OJLOIM 4" SV |