Show 9 stuns Utah 10 Scoreboard 12 BYU r The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday March 11 2000 Inside Big West Tournament i m : Utah State earns trip to title game Logan's Sal McEvoy was tops in the valley Page 10 Friday secies Big 5 basketball Utah Stata 69 Nevada 64 Brigham Young 58 Utah 54 NBA NHL Montreal 3 Buffalo 2 Boston 5 Carolina 3 New Jersey 9 Atlanta 0 Florida 4 Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 3 Nashville 1 NY Islanders 4 Dallas 3 OT Colorado 4 Edmonton 2 On television AUTORACMQ llajm — NASCAR Busch Series ABC Aaron’s 312 at Atlanta 4pjn ESPN2 — NASCAR Winston Cup Happy Hour Series final practice tor Cracker Barrel 500 (same-datape) H ' BOXMQ y : ' IdOpjiL year" USU head coach Stew Morrill said “We’ve won a lot of single-dig- it road games and that was nothing more than a road game It was in a conference toumamenL but it was a road game “Because we won I can say my feelings a litde bit more than if we had losL but to have to play the hometown on their court in the conference tournament in the semifinals is ridiculous With Nevada leaving die Big West next year for die Western Athletic Conference this is the final postseason tournament to be held in Rena Starting with next season the Big West Tournament take dace at a neutral site in Anaheim Calif “I’m glad this league’s not going to be in that situation anymore” Morrill said “That’s just a very tough situation to be in And Pm really proud of our guys for finding a way to win die basketball game" final With USUs victory it will be sin tonight in the championship game Utah State (27-for the Big will battle New Mexico State (22-West’s automatic berth in die NCAA ToumamenL The New Mags who lost their two regular season games to Utah State upended Long Beach State in overtime 4 all-Ag- 5) 8) (37-2-O- (2vsMWjWart(3W) 1am NBC — PGA Honda Classic third round at Coral Springs Fla HORSE RACING 3:30 pjn ABC — Thoroughbreds Florida Derby at Hallandale Fla MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 940 am ESPN — America East Conference ToumamenL championship Deiawaro at norstra 1040am Utah State forward Shawn Daniels rejects Nevada's Matt Ochs (45) shofduring first half action Friday night in Rena Nev The Aggies beat ttwVfofi Pack 69-6- 4 to advance to the Big West Tournament championship "It’s a big challenge" Morrill said of the matchup with NMSU Tve got respect for their team We had tome real good ballgames With them thii year and we were fortunate to win 'em both" Today's final will be UStTs 33rd game of the season tying die school record set in both 1993-9-6 and 1997-9- 8 The Aggies (27-already own die school record for wins in a season and extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 18 games with Friday’s victory Junior guard Curtis Bobb dropped in four on his way to a against Nevada 5) (9-2- 0) -- free-thro- w ESPN — Atlantic Coast Conference ToumamenL semifinal 1 Duke vs Wake Forest at Charlotte NC ItdOpjiL — CBS Big Ten Conference Tour1 Illinois vs Perm nament semifinal Stata at Chicago 2 pm ESPN — Atlantic Coast Conference ToumamenL semifinal 2 Maryland vs North Carolina State ESPN2 — Southwest Athletic Conference ToumamenL championship Southern vs Jackson State 3pm CBS — Big Ten Conference Tour- nament semifinal 2 Michigan State vs Wisconsin at Chicago 4 pm ESPN — Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament championship Temple vs SL Bonavertaxe at Philadelphia v 5 pm ESPN2 — Mkieastem Athletic Conference ToumamenL championship South Carolna State vs Coppbi State 6 pm ESPN — Big East Conference ToumamenL championehip ConnectiJohn’s at New York cut vs 8pm 8 BYUatUNLV 8:30 pm ESPN2 — Big Sky Conference ToumamenL championship Northern Arizona vs Cal State Northridge j' 9pm FSN — Western Athletic Confer- ence Tournament championship Tulsa at Fresno State 1030 pm ESPN — Big West Conference Tournament championship New Mexico State vs Utah State at Reno WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10:30 pm ' ESPN2 — Mountain West Conference Tournament championship Brigham Young vs Utah 2pm FSN — Arizona State at Stanford pm FSN — Big 12 Conference ToumamenL championship Iowa State vs Texas at Kansu City Mo a tight pack “He was on the bank of the turn and kind of got tripped uji" Genselsaid Alter gaining his bearings with a few strides off the track Morgan did return to the race and finished While not a personal record or a time he’d hoped for Gensd noted Morgan’s 4:1478 By Lanca Pitcher soorta writer Dreams of becoming possibly even surprising the field and finishing as national champions were dashed Friday for two Utah State track and field athletes High jumper Lance Thurston and miler Marcus Morgan finish was respectable “He finished die race" Gensel said wrapped up their visit to the NCAA Indoor Championships at Fayetteville of a hobbling Morgan “He’s hurting Art a bit disaDOointcd pretty bad right now" While the fall set Morgan away from “It didn’t tun out the way they'd Wanted it to” head coach Gregg die pack Gensd said hu injury didn't seem to take hold until the last 400 — Genselsaid While Thurston finished the meet that's when he started to fall behind “He wasn’t out of the race" Gensd and tied for 14th clearing As of Friday night Morgan was said n place in the nation Morgan suffered 600 meters About setback limping around but Gensel said the rignifigMit into his preliminary heat Friday nighL See NCAA on Page 11 Motgan rolled his ankle in die midst of Eisley hits game-winnin- g 3-poi- PHOENIX (AP) — Howard Eisley turned a mental error into a game-winni- See AGGIES on Page 11 DAVIE Fla (AP) — Dan Marino decided 420 touchdown passes are enough The most prolific passer in NFL history will announce his retirement career Monday ending a with the Miami Dolphins a source close to Marino said Friday speaking on condition of anonymity Marina 38 badly wanted to go out like John Elway and retire as a Super Bowl champion But after parting ways with the Dolphins Marino reluctantly rejected an offer to play this year for the Minnesota Vikings Minnesota coach Dennis Green in Tunpa for a meeting of the NFL ' competition committee said Marino called him Friday “He informed me that he plans to announce his retirement and I wished him the best of luck” Green said “I still think he has die ability to play but he made the decision based on what he thought was right and I respect him for that” Friends said Marino turned the 17-ye- deal down because ar of- - and his unwillingness to be separated from his wife and five children for an extended time The Dolphins confirmed a news conference for Marino is scheduled Monday They declined further comment Marina who hasn't spoken publicly in nearly three weeks played golf Friday in a private charity event held by Greg Norman in Hobe Sound Fla Word of his decision to retire spread Thursday night while Marino was attending a Brace Springsteen concert with his possible successor Dolphins quatteriack Damon HuanL “To think that Na 13 won't be in that uniform it's a sad day” said Miami sportscaster Joe Rose who caught Marino's first touchdown pass in 1983 ‘Tin guilty like everybody else of thinking ’One more year one more year’ You don't want the magic to stop” ' Receiver Lamar Thomas said the Dolphins will miss Marino “We all look up to him” his bad knees his loyalty to the Dolphins Thomas said ‘Tin1 kind of shocked” int iMSMye tty All-St- -- laidirmftirr IM 7ii ar m vfe V h J) vNXh v Hr - M L j “That Was probably as good a shot as we would have gotten after a timeouL” Sloan said "You have to have some hick sometimes Eisley had all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter for die Jazz who have won break Biyon 12 of 14 since the Russell had 22 points and John Stockton 17 plus 12 assists Penny Hardaway scored 28 points for winPhoenix which had its five-gafor and home lost at streak snapped ning the first time in 12 games AP photo - The Suns also lort Tom Gugliotta who hurt his left knee in a collision with team- Utah Jazz guard John Stockton ML looks tor an open toammata to pass mate Randy Livingston under the Utah to white being guarded by Phoenix Suns' Tom Gugliotta and Luke Longtey basket with 3:09 to play during Ikst quarter action Friday night vir - tv I andmakeiL" Jazz beat the Phoenix Suns 6 Friday night for their seventh straight victory Eisley got the ball with six seconds to play after Kari Malonexebounded a missed drive by Phoenix's Penny Hardaway Utah coach Jerry Sloan was yelling for a timeouL but Eisley raced to tile arc and calmly made his shot over the outstreached arms of Suns forward Cliff Robinson “I didn’t see coach calling a timeouL It was too late" Eisley said “I had a good look at the basket and I uw Cliff backup up in the painL so I let it ga It felt good leaving my hand" "You usually expect to call timeout and 99-9- nter set up a last play in that situation" said Malone who finished with 29 points’ "Howard had the nerve to take the shot ng shot Tie reserve guard swished n with 11 seconds remaining as the Utah ywavTimy a it attempts ‘ ESPN — Mountain West Conference Tournament championship 8 nee-thro- w Utah St tracksters Marino set to retire 11am 1140am Morrill said of his weary team It was an ugly first half offensively few both teams Facing almost exclusively USU's man defense the Wolf Pack connected on just 9 of 34 (27 percent) attempts from the field and 2 of 9 from range While die Aggies shot 33 percent from the floor amt missed seven of its 16 14 points while senior forward Troy Rolle finished with 13 points — nine of them from line — and junior guard Bernard die Rock added 11 points while playing 36 minutes The gutsieMperibnnance or the evempg however bekxiged to USU forward Shawn Daniels who played all but a couple minutes in the second half despite turning an ankle The junior ended up with seven points 10 rebounds and four blocks in 35 minuter “We’ve got to sleep fast and rest up in a hurry" career-high CBS — Conference USA Tournament championship Saint Louis vs DePaul ESPN2 — Southland Conference Tournament championship Lamar vs Northwestern State at Shreveport La I Milch MascaraHeraid Journal 89-8- HBO — Champion Prince Naseem L Hamed (33041) vs VUyani Bixigu tor WBO world tsaSwrweightchsnipi- onahkx lunior MiMMkML Shoe Nmvv : RENO Nev — The Aggies picked up a three-Pac- k Friday night sweeping their third game of die season from Nevada in the emifinai of die Big West ToumamenL Playing the Wolf Pack on its own floor Utah State was fined with a battle from start to finish but the Aggies edged out their longtime rivals 69-6“That was just like a lot of road wins have been this 4 Boston 104 Chicago 74 New York 82 Philadelphia 77 San Antonio 10 Washington 99 OT bxfana 95 Cleveland 92 New Jersey 106 MBwaukee 80 Miami 96 Denver 88 Detroit 111 Vancouver 97 Utah 99 Phoenix 96 Seattle 99 Golden State 85 Charlotte 118 LA Cfippera 101 Sacramento 103 Toronto 88 - By Jeff Hunter sports writer -m 4 - nri I |