Show pyrrrrrrrrrmirr I a new way to win ORLANDO Fla (AP) — The thrilling playoff in Hawaii The spectacular comeback in Pebble Beach By those standards Tiger Woods victory in the Bay Hill Invitational was a snoozet That doesn’t mean it was any less spectacular Going against die No 4 player in the world Woods ’put on a clinic Sunday and whipped Davis Love HI by four strokes matching Woods' hugest margin of victory since his romp in the 1997 Masters “Remember how he used to grade himself? He about an right now every week" said Love who also finished four back in die Tour Championship “I might go next week and shoot and win but he’s beat doing it week after r wok after week “Mentally right now he’s got the advantage” head-to-he- turned out to be all he needed ' on to win It also was the third Even with a tight swing he still “I think I’m heading in the right straight time since November he- hits it farther than most — 36 direction for Augusta’’ Woods faced Love and experienced little J yards longer than Love on one said “Hopefully my game is polk- pressure hole He has a that he rips ing towards that Hopefully next Of course Woods had a lot (o! off the tee with alarming precision week I'll have some signs dial I'm do with that and the distance of most players’ “I figured if 1 could go ouf there ' actually playing a little bit bettet” driver He has control of his disThat can’t be good news for the and stay away from the lug numtance with his approach shots He rest of the tour ber and jusf make a lot of pars ' has a short game tq die for Woods now has won 10 times in that would put a little pressure on No wonder he has so many victo- his last 16 PGA Tour events and Davis” Woods said ries 18 overall in a career that begai he has won 237 percent of his Love started the day two strokes just under four yean ago and 10 of starts since turning pro in August behind and never got any closer those coming since in the last 10 1996 He also hasn’t finished He birdied the 18th hole for a months What Woods really wants is lower than 18th in a stroke-pla- y 72 and finished second in another green jacket and that will event in a year Arnold Palmer’s tournament for have to wait a couple of week “It’s a lot of fun to go out there the third time But he is certainly headed in the and compete and know that you Skip Kendall had a 67 and finhave a chance to win die tourna- ished third right direction Woods didn’t make a bogey in ment” Woods said The final round was essentially He speaks from experience the final 34 holes under tough match play between Woods and It was the 13th consecutive time Love and the result was about as tricky winds at Bay Hill He led by at least two strokes fh)m start on tout and 13th time around the resounding as when Woods beat to finish and wound up with a world that Woods had at least a him 3 and 4 in the semifinals of 70 a serviceable scare that share of the e lead and went the Match Play Championship Woods has more than that 2-ir- r ad " 12-stro- ke us er AP photo Tiger Woods foflows through on his back swing white watching Ns tee shot ofMhe 7th hole on Sunday The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 20 2000 — Page 7 34-hol- : Minnesota moves 13 games above 500 ByThe Associated Press finished with 10 points on shooting and missed 29 of 36 shots in a pair of weekend losses “Right now Ray Allen is searching” coach George Karl said “He got off to another bad start His confidence is a little low right now and when you miss your first few shots it tends to snowball We’re in a little funk offensively as a team” Shandon Anderson for the winning dunk which gave Toronto its 11th win in 12 games The Minnesota Timberwolves have Houston (24-4broke a streak of never been this good before Not that : 15 without a losconsecutive seasons noticed have many people Rookie Wally Szczeririak scored a record ing 27 points and point guard Suns 99 Warriors 82 career-hig- h Terrell Brandon had 28 points and 13 At Oakland Jason Kidd had 15 rebounds as the Wolves moved 13 points 14 assists nine rebounds and die for three steals in the Suns’ 18th victory above 500 first in time games ' ' in 23 games Kidd came within one the team’s 76ers89Magic85 history Allen Iverson had 18 points a seasorebound of his sixth buried the of The Wolves (39-210 assists and a career-higBucks who have lost 15 of 20 games n-high the season He leads active players with 31 career and six straight on the road with a 2 nine steals at Philadelphia Iverson Clifford Robinson had 23 points blitz in which they who had seven steals in a spirited shot 76 percent and got 14 points from first half was gunning for his first Rodney Rogers had 21 and Penny Brandon and 13 from Szczerbiak career Hardaway had 16 for the Suns who Ron Mercer scored 26 points for have won 15 of their last 17 games We’re still learning and we’re : against die Warriors oung’1 Szczerbiak said “We Orlando iven’t played well at home espeLakers 92 Knicks 85 Larry Hughes had 23 points nine five steals Shaquille O’Neal scored 43 points' rebounds and a career-hig- h cially against teams under 300 If we can start taking care of those guys to pass Iverson in the NBA scoring for die Wanjors who have lost nine race 2902 per game to 2898 we’ll be much much better” of 10 Jason Caffey added 20 points cm six for Golden State Seven of Minnesota’s nine home dunks Scoring only points O’Neal displayed a variety of low-poMavericks 89 Hawks 85 0 losses have been against moves as he had his second- -' Michael Finley scored 20 of his 31 opponents Because they are in the Western highest point total of the season points in the first quarter and Dallas held Conference though the Wolves often ‘ O’Neal finished firm the Atlanta scoreless over the final 350 from die line with The Hawks playing their first game are ignored as by the Lakers Trail field and 10 rebounds The Lakers won their since top scorer Isaiah Rider was Blazers Jazz and i on Spun get the headlines That their 21st in the last 22 games while placed on waivers had gone more doesn’t make them any less formida- - also stumping host New York’s four-bl- e titan 10 quarters without leading until Bucks guard Ray AUra’stidrr£game winning streak: 7:14 Taty h Milwau&e Kurils guii'sam basseil (Wft drives against Minnesota Timbemraivea11 100 Rockets 98 a for teamfbuf 0 an have V’ Raptors edge remaining ’’They great short-liveVince Carter’s dunk with m fimt quarter Sunday d It was ytfpHy they're over&hadowedby theWestern Finley worked Conference” Allen said “The West 16 seconds remaining handed visiting inside for a basket with 6:49 to go Grant Hill’s 31 points and 23 by deficit for only their ninth! is dominant When they get going putting die visiting Mavericks ahead look out You can’t stop them” Carter trim had 37 points took an to stay Atlanta has lost 11 of 13 Jerry Stackhouse helped Detroit end road win against 21 losses The Griz-a- n road losing streak zlies dropped their 12th consecutive The Wolves stopped Allen who is inbounds pass from 1tacy McGrady including four in a row sec- in a horrendous mooting dump He with 11 seconds left He drove past Pistons 101 Grizzlies 99 The Pistons erased a game a season high 11-ye- : 2) ar triple-doub- 6) le h' 41-1- third-quart- triple-doubl- es er triple-doub- le sub-50- st 18-for--31 r JM V-TiT- two-hand- 81-8- : ed ond-quart- er 16-poi- nt moves on Women ATLANTA (AP) — After burning out with yet another “Pm not worried about who warns me” Rider said during a rambling diatribe after a 1 0 loss to the Celtics team is there anyone who 14-9- wants Isaiah Rider? The talented troubled guard didn’t even make it through a Hawks who waived him Friday night after he showed up late for a game against Boston Still despite previously wearing out his welcome in Min- ing team Rider- - also claimed Mutombo and LaPhonso Ellis went to the NBA with unfounded charges of marijuana abuse nesota and Portland Rider remains confident he'll find a job somewhere points for the Pirates NCAA 67-6- semifinals in ' Syracuse NY Oklahoma State beat Pcpperdine In the other semifinal Florida will play Duke a 69-6-4 7 93-7- In the South Regional in Austin Texas on Friday North Carolina will play Tennessee d Tulsa will face sixth-seede- Miami which beat Ohio State 2 The West and Midwest semifinals are Thursday In the West in Albuquerque NM Wisconsin will meet LSU and Gonzaga will play Purdue In the Midwest in Auburn Hills Mich Michigan third-seed- ed 75-6- State will be matched against Syracuse and Iowa State will face UCLA EAST Seton Hall 67 Ifemple 65 OT Shine was held St Joseph’s to its lowest point total since the 1982-8-3 season in a 9 victory in Piscataway NJ The Scarlet Knights (24-will play UAB next Saturday in Portland Ore 59-3- 7) " Notre Dame seeded second in the (27-6- for die second straight year are The Gators (26-- ) 7) from Fredrik Jonzen scored 21 Oklahoma points as State broke open a dose game in the second half Joe Adkins added 18 points for the Cowboys int range and Seton Hall finished with IS in 30 attempts Rimas Kaukenas added 18 4) MM Deanna Jackson backed Holland in UAB’s win with 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Blazers built a 60-4-1 lead with 805 left and held off a late charge by Mississippi State The Lady Bulldogs (24-closed to 70-6with a minute left but UAB secured the victory with free throws “I was very very proud of our fight down the stretch’’ Mississippi State coach Sharon Fanning said “But where was that fight earlier?” 79-6- 8 third-seede- 57-4- lltb-seede- fourth-seed- ed 8) Boston College ginia defeated fifth-seed74-7in the Mideast at Charlottesville Va 0 5 ed The second round will be completed tonight In the East it’s Oklahoma at defending national champion Purdue and Western in Continued from Page 6 her own ' (39525) and just missing ' school record of 39550 She received four standing ovations and came to recording the first perfect score by an Aggie when she earned a 9975 on bars During the ' awards ceremony the Broncos were the first to their feet to applaud the Aggie “Christy Denson is an incredible athlete and an awesome gymnast” Boise h State coach Sam Sandmire said “You could put her on tiie floor with anyone and she is going to stick out as a star It : was obvious she was gymnast of the ' meet Our girls have a lot of respect for se m N 0 punctuating his effort with a dunk ng game-endi- her" Ed Cota added 10 assists Denson was just happy to make herr final performance in the Spectrum seven points and seven rebounds to help the Ihr Heels recon( their season 30th straight jnt 0) Georgia 75-6- 3) Brandon Armstrong led Pcpperdine (25-with 19 points from Pcpperdine was Oklahoma while range State made half of its 14 attempts Duke 69 Kansas 64 Shane Battier had 21 points eight rebounds and a career-hig- h eight blocked shots for Duke (29-in a rematch of the Blue Devils’ victory in the 1991 championship game folBoozer made the low shot'with 535 seconds left and stole Nick Bradford’s pan 29 seconds later to help seal coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 50th NCAA' tournament victory Kirk Hinrich had 12 points for Kansas (24-1L Florida 93 KinoU 76 Freshman Brett Nelson had 16 points and three steals to help Florida advance to the final 16 go-ahe- ad 5) eighth-seede- ed (26-- 6) 1 ed derbilt at Louisiana Tech and Southern Methodist at Old Dominion The other game in the West has Stanford playing at coach Billy Donovan who succeeded Lpn Kruger following his departure for Illinois four seasons ago ' Mike Miller led Florida with 19 points Cory Bradford had 27 points for Illinois SOUTH North Carotins 60 Stanford 53 Freshman Joseph Forte hit two in the closing huge d North minutes for Carolina (20-1Forte finished with 17 points sparking a decisive 10-- run and saw yet another season end without reaching his fust Final Four ' “This team certainly had a lot more talent and a lot more depth than any team I’ve had but your best team isn’t always the team coach that wins” the said Oklahoma St 75 Pcpperdine 67 third-seed- 4-- third-seed- Ari- the NCAA tournament under 9) winner over Kansas Florida beat Illinois 6 : 83-4- Temple coach John Chaney TV Shine Holloway's backup with 18 hit me deciding seconds left in overtime as the Pirates beat the Owls 5 “I just tried to step up when I saw him go down” said Shine 26 points who had a career-hig- h “When I got into the game we were kind of down I just wanted to provide a boost” Seton Hall will play Oklahoma State on Friday in the regional 75-6- Continued from Page 6 10 field goals the fewest ever in the tour5 nament in an victory That followed a 116-4- 3 root of Hampton in the first round (22-9- ) Mark Karcher led Temple with 27 points Continued from Page 6 - Dikembe two teammates Kentucky at Duke In the Mideast zona plays at Tennessee and Tulane is at Texas Tech The Midwest games are Van- 95-6- In the world according to JR the Hawks scuttled a “It was shocking’’ Clemson guard trade deadline deal with Krystal Scott said “Just getting across Miami because they didn’t half court was tough” want him going to a contendRutgers the No 2 seed in the West season with the Atlanta Mideast overwhelmed George Washington 0 The only other regional semifinal pairing determined so far is in the Midwest Penn State (28-4- ) where second-seede- d Iowa State (27-will play in Kansas City Both won at home Sunday night Penn State beating Auburn 9 and Iowa State defeating Illinois d LSU beat Also Sunday d Austin in the 5 F Stephen VirEast at Baton Rouge and memorable David Moseley scored 17 Ewart ended their Aggie careen in style as well Despite twisting her ankle dur--f points for the Cardinal (27-Tennessee 65 Connecticut 51 Tony Harris scored 18 points as d Tennessee (26-6- ) 4) ‘ ing warmups and missing the beam Porter gutted it up for ban and scored a’J on barsX 985 Ewart set a career-hig-h with a 980 Now the Aggies have two weeks top fourth-seede- took advantage of ankle injury n's - was largely ineffecHe tive for tiie Huskies (25-1El-Am- in AP photo 0) scored only three points and Seton took just two shots in 13 minutes Ttaha69Cliiciiiiiati6t o Seniors Jessica Porter and Trina ry celebrates after defeating in the second round of the East HalTs Ty Shine Temple 67-6- 5 Regional of the NCAA Tournament Sunday Eric Coley had 16 points and a 16 rebounds for Johnny Hemsley scored 24 points to help Miami advance to the round of 16 for the first Trisa (31-eliminated a 1999 Final Four team and time Pete Mickeal bad 16 points and Elton 11 rebounds for Cincinnati (29-- 4 Tyler added 20 points for Miami (23-1with Penn led Ohio State (23-Scoonie in Fletcher and Ryan starting after 19 points eight in a late Martin's plac&had 13oints span lead Miami took a Miami 75 Ohio! career-hig- h 4) 0) 8) 90-seco- 13-po- int Mb prepare for the Region 2 Champi-- I onships in Minneapolis Minn "This (Big West) is oyer there is it” Corn said11 w "Monday is a new day ami we’ll start meet111 for the regional preparation Somehow some way we need to put'1' this behind us There is still a kit more out there for us” Like a trip to the NCAA Champi-'- 1 onships That will take an awesome effort on all four events something the' Aggies are capable of nothing we can do about -- |