Show — — I — v? rl- 'Ti'Uik t i r' i yr'i r rfiMM i tir1 Section Sunday November 24 The Herald Journal Utah St opens season with W Inside Penigar comes off bench to net 22 points against Illinois State beats Brigham Young B2 Holy War game Sports briefs BYU falls to Wildcats CHARLOTTE AMALIE US Virgin Islands (AP) — Travis Hansen scored 19 points as Brigham Young beat Kansas State 734 on Saturday -6 -3 I-- A NORMAL 111 — About the only thing normal in Normal Saturday night was the outcome of Utah State's season opener Despite starting four players who had never before started for Utah State despite having last year's leading scorer Desmond Penigar on the bench at the beginning of the game and despite the team suspension of senior guard Ronnie Ross die Aggies still beat Illinois State 68-5- 3 in front of a sea of red at Redbird Arena "It’s that old saying that adversity creates opportunity and some guys - in comer Greg Patton two points) at shooting guard while sophomore Spencer Nelson seven points) filled in for Penigar at power forward Puzey who sat out last year after transferring from Utah started at crater and responded with nine 11 rebounds points and a career-hig- h As a team Utah State shot 30 percent from the field while also hitting on attempts More pleasing to Morrill however was the 39 percent field-go- al percentage the Redbirds (0-ended up with "We made enough shots to make our defense look pretty good" Morrill said "Any time you can hold somebody to 53 points you've got to fed good "We feel fortunate to come in here and win that's for sure" The Redbirds stayed in the contest need from him" led the way with 22 point guard Mark Brown went from the field and scored 19 debut points in his Division had the opportunity tonight and Peniwith "He of heart" lot a plays stepped in and did a really good job also totaled Brown who said of gar said Mike USU senior crater Puzey four steals three assists and two "Without (Penigar and turnovers in 32 minutes Ross) we said at die first that UTAH STATE "And that’s good because we had to come out and BASKETBALL that’s what we needed" match (the Redbuds’) energy Brown's performance because we knew that it was Aggies 68 was particularly beneficial Redbirds 53 tteir home opener and they considering the absence of were going to come out with Ross who was suspended for two a lot of energy Luckily we did that1 Morrill on Friday for an With the victory the Aggies games by of team "undisclosed violation 0 in season to improved openers rules" Last year's starting point under head coach Stew Morrill and 16-- 3 in die month of November in guard Ross was projected to start at seasons at Utah State his four-plshooting guard while also serving as Brown's primary backup the from who was pulled Penigar "a Without Ross Monill started new Morrill as rotation by starting By Jeff Hunter staff writer Utah 1 Page 1) 1 (1-- 0) 5-- us See OPENS on B3 night Mark Bigalow added 18 points for the Cougars (20) and Jared Jensen had 10 Marques Hayden led Kansas State (0-- with 20 points Tim Ellis added 14 points and Frank Richards had 13 Q0p) 1) Utah gets big games from Harpring Malone Tiger 8 strokes back MIYAZAKI Japan (AP) — Tiger Woods will have to find a quick solution to his persistent putting woes to challenge for the Dunlop Phoenix title Woods shot a 69 Saturday 208 eight to move to strokes behind leader Kaname Yokoo with one round remaining “I hit the ball well” Woods said “I just didn’t make the putts and I don’t know what the reason is” Saturday's scores Vf I— xV - ' SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hie Utah Jazz aren't looking at reaching 500 as a major accom- r V plishment It just means they no longer have a losing record The Jazz got 20 points each from Matt Harpring and rVs V ITS' A ’WWaiiSf Karl Malone while winning their fourth straight and improving to 7 by beating the Chicago Bulls 11 0 Saturday night “It’s a start But you don't want to get back to 500 relax and say 'Phew we made it”’ said John Stockton who had nine points and six assists But after starting the season reaching 7- 7 feels pretty good to the Jazz who have shot 50 percent or better in their last three games “It’s good for us to get back to 500 That was one of our goals” Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said “We had a tough early schedule but so do many other teams” and The Jazz shot 43 or-81 outrebounded the Bulls 7 Harpring led the Jazz with 10 rebounds and Malone added seven Every Utah player had at least one field goal Jarron Collins added 12 points and Andrei Kirilenko scored 11 for the Jazz who can have a winning record for the first time this season if they beat the Los Angeles Clippers on the road Tuesday Jalen Rose sewed 25 for die Bulls who have lost four straight to start a road trip “It’s always difficult to fall short’’ Rose said “The reality is we are improving but we ? " Op y s U : i 7-- 'V 'w ? s 0-9- Big 5 basketball Utah State 68 Illinois State 53 Kansas State 73 BYU 64 Weber State vs BaH State late Big 5 football Utah 13 BYU 6 Idaho State 42 Southern Utah 17 Cal Poly 28 Weber State 26 NBA Memphis 85 Washington 74 Dallas 115 Seattle 105 Utah 110 Chicago 90 Denver 80 Phoenix 79 Sacramento 95 Portlahd 94 -f- NHL : 49-3- 1 v& 7 On television BOWLING Hun six-ga- ' ' ESPN — PBA Greater Philadelphia Open BOXING 12:30 pm ESPN — Champion Antwun Echols (28-4vs Scott Pemberton (24-3-for NABF super middleweight championship at Albany NY GOLF 1) 1) un " TGC — European PGA Tour Asian Open final round at Taipei Taiwan (same-da- y tape) 11 un - NFL II ajn 7 f- 115-10- 5 v CBS — San Diego at Miami ' FOX— St Louis at Washington 2:15 pjn FO- X- Green Bay at Tampa Bay v 5:30 pjn ' v' ESPN — Indianapolis at Denver WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ' Noon i : ‘ ESPN2 — Jimmy V Classic Ten- -- nesseeatDuke 2:30 p m " ' J: ESPN — Jimmy V Classic Connecticut at NC Slate ' Associated Press 13 C of his 16-poi- nt MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL a i 3pm — Miami (Ohio) at Maryland ESPN2 eable" Stockton said Malone was usually up against two players nearly half his age in Eddie Curry and Tyson Chandler It didn’t slow the SSar-ol-d Malone down much “Just other guys playing basketball I don’t think of them any differently" Malone said After Chicago pulled to 68-6- 2 on seven straight points from Rose and a jumper by Jay Williams Malone started a 9-- 2 run with one of his seven assists to put the Jazz back in control Malone fed Greg Ostertag for a dunk then added a pair of jump shots during the run Mark Jackson added a later in the third to the lead Jazz a give and they were up 9 entering the fourth Chicago never got closer than 1 1 the rest of the way 15-po- 82-6- get first victory of season Pistons beat Pacers Grizzlies Dirk Nowitzki scored LPGA ADT Championship ABC final round at West Palm Beach Fla type of player is irreplac- Mavs rally extend win streak 29 points dining a thrilling fourth quarter as die Dallas Mavericks dug out of a season-wor- st deficit and beat the visiting Seattle SuperSonics ' 1 AP photo Utah Jazz forward Karl Makme left attempts to get past Chicago Buds forward Tyson Chander during the first half of Saturday's game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City By The CBS — PGA Tour Franklin Templeton Shootout final round at Naples Fla (wiB air at 4 pjn same-da- y tape in some markets) " I pjn who played in Philadelphia last season when they couldn't agree to terms with Marshall Harpring was from the floor and is second only to Malone in scoring for the Jazz “Matt's a warrior and that 1- -4 Detroit 106 Indiana 91 Boston 109 Atlanta 99 New Orleans 97 Cleveland 84 New Jersey 96 Minnesota 82 NY Islanders 3 NY Rangers Minnesota 4 Nashville 2 Boston 4 Buffalo 1 Ottawa 5 Columbus 2 Washington 6 Atlanta 3 Carolina 7 Montreal 3 Toronto 6 Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 4 San Jose 1 Tampa Bay 3 New Jersey 1 Colorado 3 St Louis 1 Calgary 3 Chicago 1 Detroit 1 Edmonton 1 tie Los Angeles 2 Dallas 0 have to find a way to salvage a victory When you’re a bad team it seems like everything works against you” Donyell Marshall who played two seasons in Utah before leaving last summer as a free agent was booed all night and finished with 17 points “I wasn’t paying attention to it” Marshall said The Jazz signed Harpring Saturday night extend- win- ing their season-openi13 streak to ning Dallas got back into die game with an 18--1 run that started late 'in the third quarter Seattle briefly went ahead again but die Mm wouldn’t be denied Steve Nash put them ahead for good with and they 3:48 left on a were never threatened again The Mavericks are off to th$ fourth-be- st start in NBA history The three teams ahead of them all made the NBA Finals Dallas will try matching die 14-- 0 start by Boston in 1957-5- 8 -ng 1 7 when it plays at Detroit on Wednesday The Mavs could be going for the record of 15-- 0 set by Washington in 1948-4- 9 and tied by Houston in1993-9- 4 on Thursday at Indiana Grizzlies 85 Wizards 74 At Memphis Ead Watson came off the bench to scare 15 points as the Grizzlies finally won for the first time this season snapping a losing streak The Grizzlies gave Hubie Brown a victory in his sixth game as coach and ended the worst season-openilosing streak in franchise history Memphis avoided coming even closer to the NBA record of 17 straight losses at the beginning of a season held by Miami (1988) and the Los Angeles Clippers (1999) ' Watson a second-yeguard Orrt 13-ga- ng ar f UCLA handed out five assists with no turnovers and Wesley Person had 14 points off the bench Nets 96 Timberwolves 82 At Minnesota Kerry Kittles scored 17 of his 19 points in the first half and Jason Kidd had 18 points and 12 assists as the defending Eastern Conference champions won their second game in as many nights to improve to 10-- 4 Kevin Garnett had 19 points and 15 rebounds and Troy Hudson scored 12 points for Minnesota which plays seven of its next eight on the road — where the Wolves are 4 this yeat The Nets weren’t quite as sharp as they were in their 120-7romp ever Cleveland the night before but the Timberwolves were flat from start to finish V j- - A 7 2-- 9 'A See NBA oo B8 AP photo Seattle Sohici center Predrag Drobnjak left and Gary Payton put pressure on Dallas Mavericks guard Steve Nash during Saturday's game in Dallas a |