Show ' 111 g10 — Tha Hamid Journal I i I r i i I I vTr VT Logan Utah Wednesday March 11 1898 il Continued from Pay 8 ' “We were very determined to win tin next year:” 7 ' The Tops who ace currently naked seventh in the RPI ratings have made a school lecocd five straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Gary Williams Led by honorable mention swingman Laron Profit Maryland fully expects to make the trip west worthwhile If the Aggies are to have a chance Thunday they’ll have to be their usual stingy selves on defieaae (Maryland hasn’t faced many teams which place as much ' emphasis on halfcourt defense as Utah State) hit the boards like they did against Pacific (they outrebound-e- d the much tugger Tigers by 10) and get a big game from Saxon (the Big West Tournament MVP jr i4f feel that when the coach wants me to score m scare’’ said Saxon wtuyalso pumped in 31 points in a Reseason NTT victory at Minnesota “But I need to get my teammates involved in this game a whole lot” Saxon can do that in transisition After made free throws the Tops will throw a foil court press at the ' AP photo Aggies and following made field goals they'll ti MNch 8eavey of Starfing Alaska was the flrst musher to leave Nikolai Alaska on Tuesday the third day of the come at USU with a halfcourt trap “It’s more of a containment-typ- e press” Eustachy UKarod Trail Sled Dog Raoe He later loot his lead to another Abakan Dee Doe Jonrowe said “But they did get Georgia Tech to turn it over at Georgia Tech (26 times)” In addition to Profit (455 field goal percentage ' 83 steals) the Terrapins bout Junior point guard 1 I Veteran musher Jonrowe Terrell Stokes (132 assists) and senior guard from Sarunu Jasikevidus range) (52-of-1- 38 ! regains lead at Iditarod "'Iv ' V King Baser take break OPHIR Alaska (AP) — Dee Dee Jonrowe u top-rank- ed d- Home s 5) 0) 3) 3) tidcfaolder Martin Buser from Big Lake Doug Swingfey from iJnenlw Mont the only ever to win the race and the Iditarod’s sole five-tim- e winner Ride Swenson from Ttoo Rivers were running second through fifth — in that order: ur All appeared to be taking their mandatory break at Tskotna 38 miles behind Jonrowe non-Alask- an sr”rtir u 24-ho- They arrived within minutes of one another shortly before midnight John Barron of Montana Greek was a dose sixth followed by Vern Halter of Willow Charlie Bould-in-g of Manley 'and Tim Osmar of Kasilof Ramy Brooks of Fairbanks arrived in Tskotna at 12:26 ajn and was running tenth Unseasonably warm winter temperatures that had 'many Jmuherf testing during the day amLhack on the' at nigjfeSppearedMxl cooling asj iworad their way i Temperatures were expected to bottom out at around 13 degrees below zero tonight with Thursday’s high rising to 20 above under dear skies ng ‘ 93-mi- but-you’- ml j d : ed VALLEY VIEW Ji' : lbs iDogfr1 USU BASKETBALL v TfcTithipunnnononfro e three-tim- (23-of-- 10 T’re winner Jeff King from Denali Park e Six-root- -8 int 9) 6) ThM change would be welcomed by thirty and their xnutm who ifddogn can tire inheat know how quickly enceopponSu with their throe ksSscommg to Ihen “I dunk the dogs are having fun raa vetoman- - Kventh-ranke-d South Carolina (76-7- 2 in overtime) ' she an Jean Dieden said Tuesday in Nikolai looked over the resting teams i'ivIvTm feeling a lot better” he records together” Eustachy said Warm weather she said tendsto reduce injuries said “I got a lot of rest (Mon-- j “I bet it’d be like 90 percent” Driven are almost forced to rest their teams during He wasn’t far off Florida Stole day) Playing three games die day and die dogs get a great chance to recover is die on (9-Continued from 8 straight tough body” Warning (13--1) Utah (13-Page while curled up in the warm sunshine ' - ' ' r ' New Colorado State (13-No scratches have been reported among die 63 “Ricky talked to us about the White the Tbrapins are traveling Mexico State (14-Boise State teams that began the race Sunday at Willow tournament and told us what to farther than any other team in die (13-- 0) and Nevada (11-- 4) own a Organizers said it’s the first time in recent memoUSU guard Marcus first round the expect” percentAggies ate right at combined home-winniwiththat the Iditarod entered its fourth hu ry day in home Pacific time zone the age of 843 this season out any dropouts - Over the past month Utah Mitch Seavey was die first musher into McGrath ' Jones Senior Justin guard State has played at UC Irvine at There are a couple of Aggies the race wrapped up its third day should break his own school Nevada and Idaho and spent four who are tom between the excite- Alaska reached the of interior Seavey Steriug city record for minutes played in a days in Reno last week at the Big mem of the NCAA Tournament at 6:30 pjn Tuesday night with 15 dogs in harness season Thursday West Tpumament y and a desire to be at home with From McGrath the mushers headed to Tokotna 'V His 1143 minbtes this seam their newly expanded families and are just 16 behind the 1139 he Senior guard Neal Geddes Eustachy hax started to really Tuesday Swenson held die lead reaching 1993-9- 6' Jones aver- -' appreciate what his team has became a father for tiie first time Nikolai after mndring through the toughest stretch logged in ’V aged 373 minutes a game at die accomplished this season last week when his wife Kathryn of thence i ' wins are yon kid- -' gave birth to a baby boy Brayden Veterans declared die le route from Rohn to Big West Tournament despite ! 7' TWenty-fiv- e NeaL And sophomore swingman Nikolai the longest run between checkpoints die battling the effects of the flu ding me?" he said ’It’s unbeliev‘ “Justin' was quite sick' able I would have bet that ranch Mike Jones ami his wife Heather roughest in yean because of the bumpy tniL' : never have known i received a bundle of Jessia Joy Ramy Brooks of Fairbanks dinged up hit sled — gettingirappedij idoModdayi’? snow “I’m pretty ubdv now’ 9mUMdAtio4 tDSU'Tfireetoref USU took M9afaiv o Charred MA stumps ewer Farewell Bum media relations Mike Stmoss and wildfire in 1997 scorched mote than 3600(10 acres although it ihoweddiinag practice to teams vdiq havcLdemi- - his wife Lisa welcomed a second X 1 Buffalo that can spook teams roam the bum and Tuesday afternoon at file Spec-natat home dns season son Colter' to their family two : '? wind can whisk away trail markers 7 tnrm Jones welcomed the bteak'7 - r Td tike to combine all of those weeks ago : regained the lead today in die Iditarod TVail Sled Dog Race Jonrowe a top 10 finisher in 10 consecutive Mi tarods was first into the Ophir checkpoint at 2:26 am with 13 dogs The musher from Willow Alas-ka had held the lead briefly during the leg to Rainy Pass race to Ophir is 374 miles into the 1100-mil- e Nome Four former Iditarod champions were grouped closely behind Jonrowe early today Two-tim- behind frontrunner 38-mil- es on the perimeter senior Rodney Elliott from range) and 6-junior Obinna Ekezie are die frontoourt stalwarts and both are shooting over 48 percent from the floor r ‘T'hey can score from all five spots” Eustachy noted “particularly two three four and five they can all score even when they’re heavily guarded v big and they’re ltroog and at Missouri (83-7George Wuhingtoh (70-6With the exception of their 89-8- 3 upset of then North Carolina Jun 14 in College Park “North Carolina has the best talent in the country so you know (Maryland's) talent is exceptional” Eustachy noted — their biggest win of the season came against Kansas 88-8- 3 on Dec 7 Utah State and Maryland have faced just one common opponent this season The Aggies lost at Florida State 66-3- 3 in the Preseason NIT on Nov 19 while die Terrapins swept the Scmindcs (81-7- 4 at home 68-6- 2 at FSU) in ACC play Yada yada: The Aggies' trip to Sacramento got off to a slow start Tuesday night Due to mechanical problems in Salt Lake City their plane was two-annaif hours late taking off and didn’t arrive in Sacramento until after 11 pm (PST) USU allowed just 600 points per game in its three wins at the Big West Tournament and limited its opponents to a 409 The Aggies have won 30 field goal percentage Williams straight games when leading at halftime has also been to the NCAA Tournament as head ' coach at Boston College and Ohio State 0 r USU GYMNASTICS tulurttay TounMmanl — UWi SM NCAA IWidAWtaiwSpja A TBiiwimnt Mirytand Utah Stata ka saMitaBMaii BBIwlVWBI AHMnlS SWa tw laBI pmt aa fivAiiWw' fa " i’ - r v t: rrii ttniir PKP TRACK PREP BASKETBALL MuRisy Utah Thursday PmlonU Firth SJ0 pjn 'L SOYS S-CSDAR CITY QumUon Bmw 10 un DugHmm Jiab 1140 un OmlHaiW Eitaiprin 1 pm North Swtar m North SumU SdO pjn iMCBMncmr N HMfidlOpjR MM wo North Smtar pjn BMonrion w JMOb 700 pjn ParatMnPpjn :)V I UUh Shta al Britan Vbwig S pjn 1"lh Bldlrtr LOGAN CITY 10 imiMii QUAHTlhnNALS 8iw BnoBinind TrippM CTIAMWONS Efean OmMon Bonfem 7-- SB peundo Tannar Cootay Schhof Boy IS-1- 4 SCHEDULIFnaiAV M0— Shaffer houMtaCartam Boy SdO— Sfearva loon pjn JonBohnadnrCaMIS-iaiASfe- Ban Behnadar Junior Tytar Nafean Juader nMIfOWDOQ 1 178 fea IQS fea Br- - LOGAN LANES Thursday " Vfea al SI Oaeqa ToumanM USU SOFTBALL Uloh Sfefe al SHfeanuSta 1 MTwIMniWf MBTOn 9 SMna S ShfeM B MON HAM SUUCS - pjn ! 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