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J'i ’ ' - " ' ’ 1 ' 6 1998 PagaS Wwraday'i scotch NCAA basketball Utah 51 New Mexico 60Tutaa 89 Taxaa Christian 71 Southern Moftodat 09 Fresno 8toto 92 San Diego State 57 UNLV 54 NBA Washington 103 New York 90 Miami 117 Houston 83 Dalas 119 LA CMppere 108 Milwaukee 104 Denver 87 Phoenix 102 Detroit 93 to state rale NHL Chicago 2 PMabugh 2 Be Ottawa 4 Colorado 2 Boeton 1 Now Janey 1 tie Philadelphia 3 Washington 2 SL Louie 4 Montreal 0 Calgary 6 Vancouver 2 San Joea 6 Detroit 4 Carolina 2 Loa Angeiea 1 ’ 4 Ortando - SALT LAKE CTTY — 1 Bif-tim- e That i exactly what Mountain Crest guard Tony Brown did Thursday night at the 4A Boys B8PN — NCAA Basketball Big East Tournament aamHInal No 1 Connecticut vs Rutgers ESPN2 — NCAA Basketball Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinal No 3 Wake Forset vs Clemaon Basketball State Tournament at die Huntsman Center Brown pumped 35 points — includin a game-hig- h — pulled down ing six nine rebounds dished out four assists and came up with five steals into the championship game with an easy IdOpji KJ2Z — to propel the Mustanf Jersey win over BountifliL game of our high school careen to this point Saturday will be the biggest" said Brown looking ahead to the title 81-6- 7pjn ESPN — NCAA Basketball Big East Tournament semifinal No 2 Syracuse vs St John's pjn ESPN2 — NCAA Basketball Big Ten Conference Tournament quarterfinal No 4 Purdue vs Indiana pjn FSR — NCAA Basketball Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal Northern Arizona vs Cal ESPN — NCAA Basketball Western Athletic Conference Tournament semlllnal No 2 Fresno Stale vs UNLV 11 s 5 It was die biggest game against Provo at 6 pm "We’ve always warned to play big in big games and that (Thursday's semifinal win) was a big fame We came out and we played big" The first six games of the 4A tournament had been decided by a grand total of IS points Then came the championship semifinals Provo thumped Olympus pin 7547 and never trailed Mountain Crest (19-against the Braves (14-9- ) "We had a fairly good perfor-coac- n 4) ESPN2 — Formula One Auto Racing qualifying for Grand Prix of Australia at Mefeoume Australia (dstaysd tape) ut ESPN — NCAA Basketball America Conference Championship Delaware vs Boston Unjyersity ' too much" By Shawn Harrison aporta writer On tolovlf Ion B I Brown bums'Braves for 35 points IHL Fort Wayne t ’: - John Mustang Nielsen said "I don’t think we played necessarily as well as we That may be the case but Mountain Crest had an answer for every Bountiful charge "We didn't quit" Brave coach Mike Maxwell said "I think the fire was there but they (Mustangs) kept bombing away on threes ud that can wear you down It takes its toll They answered every single time we came back" Now the Mustangs face nationally ranked Provo for the state title "I’m so excited 1 can hardly wait" Mustang guard Paul Thatcher said "There are only two teams that can be state champions" Nielsen said “From what everybody says everybody has been playing for second all yesr long so I guess we took second We'll show up and see whathsppens "I think Provo is a great team They are not ranked 17th in the nation for nothing They are a great great team If they get a little lead on you they are going to spread it and you're in trouble" Thatcher and Brown like their chances in the finaL "I really drink we can stick with Provo" Brown said "We have a good dunce of beating them" "They are good defensive team with some talented players" Thatcher added “I know we can MKXiMasoaraHaraM a pace Mountain Craat guard Paul Thatcher Ml gets - -- - did against American Fork (in the quarterfinals) We turnedJjover “ See STANG8 on Page 19 so Ktnuoz: CBS — NCAA Basketball Conference B U8A Conference Championship winner vs NC ChariotleSouBt- Bfn MBMwppi wmnm ESPN2-NC- AA Basketball Mktoastom uln J3lHUwnU J g U II'OO Ik g :i Journal off around BounttuTs Matt Devle Thursday at — t 'JTUlOG'W'lrjMliwnaa1 a mndc uonraranoB gnunpioniNpi uoppm Blackett's StatWFIorida A&M winner vs South Carolina StetaAtorgan State winner By 8hawn Harrison sports writer E8PN — NCAA Basketball Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinal No 1 Maryland-Goorgi- a Tech winner vs North Carosna-N- C State winner SALT LAKE CTIY — Fans got more than their money's worth watching Sky View at die 4A Boys Basketball State TbumamenL CBS — NCAA Basketball Big Ten Conference semifinal 1 Mlchlgan-low- a winwinner vs Michigan ner ESPN2 — NASCAR Auto Radrm Busch Grand National Series Stihl Outdoor Power Toots 300 at Hampton Ga The Bobcats just wished that Stats-MInneeo- pjn FOX — NHL 1:30 trey lifts Weber to g j 11:30ajn 1 buzzer-beatin- Hockey regional ooverage pjn — NCAA Basketball Atlantic ESPN Coast Conference Tournament semifinal No 2 teams TBA at Greensboro NXX 2 pjn FSR — NCAA Basketball Arizona at 8ky View's Brandon Thurgood toft and Brenen Bum Ingham ngnif ngni lor ioom dm ovtr iMfn nooir owns 1J iyw nMt Thuraday at the 4A state tournament i translated into one more game on Saturday Instead Sky View is headed home with two losses The latest came in the fint game of Thursday’s session at the Huntsman Center on the campus of die University of Utah Meeting Region 4 foe Weber for the third time this season the Bobcats fell to the Warriors when ' er 63-6- 1 win : Jeff Blacken nailed a 3- at the buzzer The 63-6- 1 pointer win wu Weber'a first over Sky View this year and the first ever at the Huntsman Center for Weber : head coach Lee Dickcniore "What can I say" Dickeiiiore said "It is tough for me to win down here as you know I'm just -nnhiT c: That’s probably how die Bobcats feeL On Tuesday Sky View took nationally ranked Provo into overtime only to lose 60-5-9 on a shot with nine aeconds to play Before Blackett’s game-winnit looked like the Bobcats were going to weave their magic for a ' - '1 Cindn-natVUA- third time against Weber The Warriors missed five straight fine throws with less than two minutes to play Chria Randall sank a pair of freebies to pull Sky View within 60-5- 9 with 16 seconds to play After Joey Chase who hiu hit more than 80 percent of his fine throws this season missed a pair of charity ahots Bobcat guard Trevor Stokes grabbed the rebound and got it to Brandon Thurgood quickly Thurgood spotted Kash Christensen slashing towsrds the basket and threw a perfect pass for a layup giving See CATS on Page 11 UCLA NBC — Gymnastics American Cup Fort Worth Texas at SdOpjk — ESPN2 NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament semifinal teams TBA at Chicago 4 pjn ESPN - NCAA Basketball Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Duke vs Wake winner FSR — Women's NCAA Basketball UCLA at Arizona Foreet-Clemao- 4:30 pjn ESPN2 — NCAA Basketball Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Prairie VtowMIabama State winner vs Texas 8ou6wmGrambling winner pjn ESPN — NCAA Basketball Big East Conference Championship winner vs SyracuseSt Connecti-cutRutge- qfonvri winner Women’s NCAA Basketball FSR 12 Conference Championship Texas rs Ti vs Kansas KJZZ — NBA BesketbaM Utah at MH- v1 No 2 Arizona also falls in wild night in the west 4 g BvThe AaaodatedPraaa t Things got very wacky in the Wild West for Arizona and Utah the region's top two teams Both By' Jaff Hunter Arizona the defending second-ranke- d national champion and No 5 Utah were stunned by underachievers Thursday night The Wildcats fell 91-9- 0 ISKENO Nev — The Big West's coaches (tans one) must have been horrified by UNLV’i upset of Utah Thursday Las Vjpgas night at the WAC Tbunuuneat in overtime to Southern California shots when Adam Spanich hit two The Utes lost 54-5- 1 to UNLV on the Runnin' Rebels court in the quarterfinals of die Western Athletic Conference tournament as time ran out Spanich's desperation lifted the Ttojans (8-1snapping die Wildcats’ winning streak IBs only other field goal a with 31 seconds left in regulation forced overtime "ff you had seen ns practice die last three days "t last-seco- nd -- 7 pjn Viva Las Vegas: Utes upset - ESPN — NCAA Basketball Western Athletic Conference Championship New MerdccTexae CMstlen winner vs Fresno StalaUNLV winner 100 pjn— NCAA ESPN Basketball Conference Championship StateMontana State winner vs ArizonaCal State-Northrld- ge Big Sky Weber Northern winner (delayed tape) Today's qwoo "Had they known I wai Don Kinf I'm poofident tey never would have stopped me" — Boxing promoter Don King after armed bandits robbed him of his gold watch Tuesday night In Mexico CUy - second half of shooting to beat Southern 9 and extend its winning streak to Methodist 16 games No 20 New Mexico without court 71-6- ' Despite the presence of Eastern ' Division champ Utah State and West- ern Division powerhouse Pacific Nevada still has to be considered the favorite hw4i"g into the Big West Tbumament in Reno because Its uniforms match die chairs at the Lawlor Events Centet home court advanWre not talking about a piddly-diddl- y tage here Wfe’re touting atom a team that went undefeated in league play to tome this season (and 3-- 5 on the road) and think we were going to be in the Final fou’d said Spanich whose team lost 19 of its previous 22 games "We knew we could win and we did it" So did UNLV after Tyrone Nesby hit a with 1:24 left for the lead He sealed the inn with a pair of free throws “It’s been a tough year but tonight we like the team we should have played like son" Nesby said Things were tight in the WAC tourney for two other ranked teams TCU and New Mexico who bandy squeezed into the semifinals No 13 Texas Christian survived a miserable fifth-rtuik- h 9) 19-ga- 7:45 pjn ESPN2 — Formula One Auto Racing Grand Prix of Auatrala b w After ad here wm the nation’s team going down to a team that wu 500 in league day on the homBfbwofdtetournameatnostB other words Nevada should forget jumpers and layups The WUf Pack needs to practire swarming die court ' ' AP photo Utah cantor Mtohaal Doteac (51) wraattoa a rebound away Bom UNLVS Kaapare Kambala during 6w Uteaf WAC tournament loss to the Rebels ThuredaynighL ' leader Royce Obey needed a by fresh man Kevin Henry with 21 secooda left for a 60-5- 9 J win over Tulsa TCU faces New Mexico and UNLV Tonight t plays Fresno State with former Rebels coach Jerry Thrkaniaa Ttek’s return to the Las Vegas arena where he once led UNLV to thetop of the-sport featured a 7 rout off $an Diego ltoovvnlL - : The Wolf Pack knocked off Pacific at home before foe Tigers went on to win 14 straight games and pounded Utah State 73-6- 2 on Valentine's Day In an article the Reno Gazette-Journ- al prior that debacle it was acknowledged that die Aggies who buried the' Pack 74-5- 2 in the first meeting at Logan had a better front-- 1 court a better backcourt played supoior defease and had a -- b 92-5- 'y See USU on Page 4 -- n B 1 't ' ' H ' K I |