Show I Monday March 4 2002 A8 The Herald Journal Matadors or Tigers lay ahead! Sports briefs USU softball team drops another game tourney matchup tough for As Second-roun- d The Utah State softball team lost the final game of the Red Desert Classic in St George Sunday railing to UNLV' The Aggies are now 1 5 on the season while UNLV is 3 Utah Stalewas held to four hits in the game and the Aggies had just five base runners as UNLV’s Jackie Kerrigan gave up one sacrifice and walked none USU's Breanne Smith Marcie NelT Amanda Carlson and Danielle Rodriguez each pasted a hit while freshman Kelly Lcos was credited with a sacrifice Senior pitcher Kristin Homme! (0-7took the loss and worked four ) iniiings allowing a home run in the first inning freshman Lindsay Janssen threw two innings in relief and did not allow a run -- 1 By Gregg Hardy staff writer 10-1- This more than likely is not the way the Utah State Aggies wanted to head into the Big West Tournament And certainly the last thing the Aggies would want to do is give a couple of teams they may face in this week’s tourney a world of confidence Yet that is what they seem to have done with a pair of road losses to the Pacific Tigers and Cal State North-ridg- e Matadors f On Thursday the Aggies lead early in blew a the second half and fell to the in Stockton Tigers 55-5- 1 Calif Then on Saturday they turned the ball over 19 times in the first half while digging Kent breaks wrist 10-poi- nt SCOTTSDALE An ( AP) — San Francisco Giants second base-ma- n Jeff Kent hmke a hone in his left wrist while washing his truck weeks and will miss Kent the 2000 NLMVP revealed llie injury to Giants trainer Stan Conte on Saturday morning after swelling and soreness set in overnight Kent who owns a white pick up lifts was at a self-serwith car wash in Scottsdale when he hurt himself Friday evening He slipped and broke the vancular hone when he tried to break his fall “1 was straddling the back of my truck when I slipped and fell" said Kent "I didn't think much of it at the time and finished washing my truck It started swelling up during the night and got really sore" -6 APphoto Utah State guard Tony Brown left dribbles up the court North ridge's Curtis Slaughter during Saturday's game being guarded by Cai State a 25-- 5 hole before losing at Northridge Still afterSaturday’s 62-5- 4 VIENNA Austria ( AP) — Former gymnast Svetlana Feofanova of Russia hmke tier indixx-- world record in tire women's pole vault leaping IS feet 7 inches at the European Indoors It was lier fifth world record this season and she set the mark at her first attempt at the height She topped her previous record of 6 12 1 5-- Sunday's scores BI9 5 basketball City 70 S Utah 57 s MisSoun-Kahsa- NBA Philadelphia 96 Toronto 84 San Antonio 99 New York 83 New Jersey 92 Chicago 84 ' Seattle 96 Memphis 71 Detroit 83 Charlotte 81 Indiana 97 Sacramento 66 Washington 107 Orlando 102 OT Milwaukee 101 Cleveland 91 Dallas 116 Denver 110 OT LA Lakers 95 Houston 79 NHL Chicago 2'Anaheim 1 Dallas 4 San Jose 1 Phoenix2 Columbus 1 ' On television MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5:30 pm ESPN2 — Colonial Athletic Association Conference Tournament championship game North n vs Virginia Com-monwealth at Richmond Va v 7 pm ' Metro Atlantic Conference ESPN Tournament championship game Niagara vs Siena at Albany Ny 7:30 pm ' ESPN2 — Missouri Valley Confer- ence Tournament championship Southern Illinois vs Creighton game' at St Louis 10 pm ESPN — West Coast Conference Tournament championship game Gonzaga vs PepperdineSt Mary’s' Carolina-Wilmingto- : Calif at San Diego NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 1:30 pm ' ' ESPNZ — North Charleston at Roanoke- i MIAMI (AP) — An eight- stroke lead suddenly became Ernie Els’ worst nightmare It was bad enough that foe Big Easy waa having a difficult time in foe Genuity Championship on " Sunday Worse yet Els had to watch Tiger Woods iff the group ahewlpufon a dazzling display 4 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 3:30pm ESPN2— Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament championship game Saint josGpns ys "lenipw at rnoaaefpfsa ' : ' 1 'j' J ' j ’ ESPN -- r Big Ten Conference'Tour-'naiment championship game Indiana ' vs Penrt State at Indianapolis : ' Y V' 5:30pm-FOXSN —ACC tournament championship game Puke vs North Caroli'? na at Greensboro NC‘ 8:30 pm FOXSN — Pac-iTournament t championship gameArizona State vs Stanford at Eugene Ore 9:30 pm'' ESPN2 — CUSA Tournament ’ championship game Cincinnati vs tulane at Chicago (same-datape) O y r y nd SACRAMENTO Calif (AP) — The Indiana Pacers reacted angrily and the Los Angeles Lakers calmly Sunday to the NBA’s decision fosusjKtri Reggie Miller and Kobe Bryant two games apiece for their fight at the end of a game Both players also were fined — Bryant $1200 and Miller ' ' $10000 — for one of the NBA’s fights in recent seasons It occurred shortly after the final buzzer of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 4 victory over foe Indiana Pacers at Staples Center on Friday nighL “I am extremely disappointed” Miller said in a statement issued before the Pacers’ game against the Sacramento Kings “I was confident the league after reviewing the tape and interviewing those involved would see it was dear that I was neither foe instigator nor foe aggressor in this incidenL Kobe has other issues he has tb deal with This had nothing to do with me or foe basketball game played on Friday evening” The NBA suspended Bryant for “throwing 1 punch and fighting” and Milkr for “retaliating against Bryant and fighting” The Lakers’ Shaquille O’Neal who wore Bryant'a jersey during the national anthem and player introductions before Los Angeles’game against Houston on Sunday night backed Bryant up saying “I’ll hold foe fort down He doesn’t have to apologize to me A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do” higher-profi- le 96-8- - ' APphoto Philadelphia 76ere guard Allen Iverson (3) soars to the hoop pastToronto Raptors guard Alvin Williams Iverson scored 42 points in the 76ere’ 96-8- 4 win the fourth quarter to lead New Jersey quarter and barely put up a fight the rest of die way Kenyon Martin added 15 points Nets 92 Bolls 84 'and Kerry Kittles and Keith Van At East Rutherford NJ Jason Horn each scored 14 as New Jersey Collins scored 17 points and matched snapped a two-galosing streak a career-hig- h with 12 rebounds and Litoious Harris scored 16 points in See NBA on A9 i -- Els survives rally - 5pm first-rou- Kobe Reggie 40-poi- nt I comeback but we just couldn’t come all the way back” Utah State the top seed in the conference tournament will face die Idaho Vandals in a matchup Thursafternoon The Aggies day title ' split the regular-seaso-n League suspends The Associated Press Allen Iverson made it an even 40 with 40 Iverson topped the mark for the second game in a row and 40th time in his career and the Philadelphia 76ers dealt the Toronto Raptors their 11th straight loss 96-8- 4 Sunday at Toronto Iverson scored 42 points 24 in the second half On shooting for the Sixers who won their third con- secutive game He had 43 in Friday’s victory over the New Jersey Nets Vince Carter playing his fourth game since coming off the injured list had just 12 points for the Rap- tors who are on their longest losing slide in four years Toronto is closing in on the franchise record of 1 3 straight defeats set from March 20 ito April 12 1998 Derrick Coleman had 1 8 points and 1 3 rebounds and Snow added 1 1 points and seven assists for the Sixers who shot 5 1 percent from the field: Spurs 99 Knicks 83 David Robinson moved within 12 points of20000 for his career and Tim Duncan had 25 points and 12 rebounds for San Antonio at New YoriL Robinsojj had 13 points and 15 rebounds and Steve Smith added 18 points The Spurs won their second in row while starting a stringof seven straight games against most of the worst teams in the league — the Knicks Warriors Rockets Bulls (twice) Nuggets arid Grizzlies San Antonio does not play a team with a winning record until March 16 against Boston ' ' Kurt Thomas had-1points and 11 rebounds for the Knicks who fell behind by 21 points during the third 20-poi- See AGS on A9 Iverson scores 42 Spurs roar past Knicks By after watching his team cut 1 nt deficit to one only to fall short against die Matadors “We kept fighting and competing and gave ourselves a chance “I'm pleased with how we competed and didn't fold We could’ve got beat 30 It looked like that for a while We came back — and it was a nice set- - ve Pole vault record back which marked the first time this season his Aggies have dropped two straighL head coach Stew Morrill kept a stiff upper lip preferring to look at the positives “We didn't quit” said Morrill of big drives and crucial putts i : working the gallery into a frenzy ‘‘He has wiped out leads like that before” Els said “When he gets on a roll it’s hard sometimes for him to hit a bad shot It’i not a c very comfqrtable feeling At least this one had a happy ending A duel foat Els never Wanted turped into a victory he desperate- -' lyneeded on the Blue Monger at" Dotal when foe South v: U— "j - It African withstood relentless presEls who finished at 271 and sure to win for the first time in 18 earned $846000 won for foe ' moaths on the PGATbur first time On foe PGATbur since ' “I’m very happy” said Els foe International in 2000 who dosed with meymipar 72 Mn importantly he was finale for a victory over ly staring down Woods even ' Woods " A half-hoagoI was ' though if waq ah occasion he could have done wifoout Els has stillvery concerned about win- finished runner-u-p to Woods six ning this tournament” The comeback was so swift imd times: — three more times than shocking thatWoods had a any ofoer player There have hem idramatie bat-- o eagle putt for a foare of the lead on the 12fohdd Hie settled tier such ps Kapahu two years ' for tfodie and he finally ran out ago when foey matched eqgfes pa of magic He never made another foe 18fo hole to get into ft playoff biidie although he had three 'm which Woods won with fc chances inside 15 feet' birdie putt Theif have been t “I nfode him work for itV blowouts too such as Woods Woods said winning the UE Open by 15 ‘ Woods dosed with 1 66 play- - vv shots and foe 'British Open by v ing foe final 42 holre'in Mustery eight shots during his record-se- tconditions without a bogey: w jting year is 2000 y ' Iff two-strok- ur ! 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