Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday January By The Associated Press but Brandin Knight never got going The from guard was the field including on and finished with only 10 points season Kyle Koryer led Creighton with a h 32 points and hit four ot Pittsburgh wasted a chanceto ' reach No I for the first time losing to Georgia 79-6- 7 Tuesday as Ezra Williams scored 20 points at Athens Second-ranke- d Pittsburgh (9-- 1 ) never has led The Associated Press poll The 1987-8- 8 team also reached No 2 the only other time the Panthers have been ranked that high No Alabama lost at Utah on Monday night opening the way for : consecutive that pulled the Bluejays even after they trailed by 10 tied points Korver’s eight a schpol record No 17 Indiana 76 Ball St '62 Freshman Bracey Wright hit five and tied a career high with 31 points as No 17 Indiana coached by assistant John Treloar beat Ball No 19 Xavier 75 No 15 Creighton 73 David West scored a season-hig- h 28 points including a tiebreaking bank shot with 4 seconds left as No 19 Xavier ended No 15 Creighton's best run in 60 years had to go deep into its Xavier (9-bench because of foul troubles and injury Starting guard Lionel Chalmers suffered a severe foot injury in the first half forcing Keith Jackson to get into the game and cany the load 1 Pill to move up But the Bulldogs career-hig- n tram I Ga pulled the their seventh upset winning straight game'thanks in part to Jarvis Hayes' 8 points It’s the seer ond straight season they've beaten a 9 at No 2 team: they won in Florida January 1 Jackson 84-7- w-’- AP photo Knight (20) dur- Georgia guard Rashad Wright drives against Pittsburgh's Brandin victory over second-ranke- d ing Georgia's 79-6- 7 Pittsburgh Tuesday 1 1 ( ) lost for the first time The Bluejays had won 10 in a row for only the fifth time in school history and the first since the 1942-4- 3 leaning bank shot that put Xavier ahead Tyler McKinney's shot went high off the back- board at the buzzer as Creighton 1 0-- 1 off-balan-ce for a career-- i 'gh 17 points and made the inbound pass to West for the Ontario Lett had 14 for Pittsburgh Hoosiers coach Mike Davis was ' e serving a suspension for his outburst during a loss to Kentucky on Dec 2 when he ran onto the court to argue with an official Kyle Hornsby added 14 points and Jeff Newton had 1 points and 10 ' rebounds for ndianu (9-The Cardinals (5-- 5 ) were led by Cameron Echols' 24 points Chris Williams added one-gam- from the field -7 : ' State 2) (8-- 3) 2003 — A9 1 2) 1 1 fo) L2)U By The Associated Press ern Conference Jalcn Rose scored 32 points and Tyson Chandler had Career highs with 27 points and 18 rebounds ns the Chicago Bulls beat Portland 102-8- 7 Tuesday night ending the Trail Blazers w inning streak eight-gam- e Portland playing its fourth game in five nights got 15 points from Scotlic Pippcn in perhaps his final game at the United Center Rashecd Wallace and Bonzi Wells added 14 each for the Blazers ChanThanks to the play of the dler the Bulls got off to a quick start and never trailed on their way to breaking a three-gam- e losing streak But Portland got a lift from its bench and two offensive rehound baskets by Arvydas Sahonis 77-7- 2 capped a 20-- 7 run as the Blazers got within with a quarter remaining Rose then scored points in the fourth with just over three quarter hilling a minutes left as the Bulls maintained control Chandler scored the Bulls' first seven points and had 13 in the first quarter finishing the first half with 20 points and 10 rebounds Chicago led by 16 early in the second quarter before Pippcn brought the Blazers hack hitting three jumpers and scoring seven points in a 10-- 0 run that cut the lead to six Pippcn had 12 shooting points in jlte first half on Celtics 96 Grizzlies 89 Antoine Walker scored nine of his 33 points in a decisive run and carried Boston to the win over Memphis Waller McCarty added 16 points Paul Pierce 15 and Tony IXIk had for the Celtics who three-gam- e streak a losing snapped Pau (iasol led the Grizlies with IS points (Iordan Giricek had 17 orenzcn Wright 15 and Shane Battier Memphis dropped to I 3 on the road this season worst in the West 1 1 third-quart- 1 AP photo Portland s Bonzi Wells (6) drives in lor a layup against Chicago Bulls (onward Donyell Marshall (42) the first quarter ol Tuesday's game in Chicago in 1 1 1 1 games Continued from A8 4 ppg Leading scorer: Demetrius Jackson Leading relmunder: Christian Maraker Sl I rpg IDAHO (4-- -- filth-straig- ht II' six-ga- six-gam- Holmes one of Daniels' highly regarded 1C transfers is third in the conference in scoring hut has been hampered of late by a shoulder helped the Mustangs win three of their last four Big West Wizards 105 Spurs 103 scored 25 points and Larry Stackhouse Jerry Hughes had 22 as the Washington Wizards got a rare victory over a team with a w inning record Michael Jordan added 17 points for the Wizards who won by forcing IS San Antonio turnovers including four in a row during in a latc'7-- 0 run that produced the first double-dig- it 86 w ith two minutes left lead of the game Tim Duncan had 35 points 13 rebounds and five blocks for the Spurs hut he also had secn turnovers Pacers 89 Hornets 86 scored 17 of his 21 points hi Miller Reggie the second half as the Indiana Pacers overcame a halftime deficit Brad Miller added 20 points and 10 rebounds for Indiana which handed New Orleans its loss and third straight at home The Hornets had won their first games at home Mashhurn finished with 24 points while Jainaal Magloire had 15 points and 10 rebounds Eldcn Campbell added 14 off the bench for New Orleans and David Wesley scored 76crs 83 Clippers 75 Allen Iverson scored 27 points and the Philadelphia 76crs got their first load iclory in a month mad losing The 76ers snapped a streak that included three consecutive defeats e on their current trip Keith Van Horn had 19 points and 13 rebounds and scored most of Philly's key buskcls in the final four minutes to preserve the iclory Rockets 103 Bucks 80 Steve Francis had 26 points and Cuilino Mobley added 19 as the Houston Rockets grabbed an early lead Yao Ming scored 16 points and had X rebounds as Houston improved to 9 3 against Eastern Conference’leams injury 5) Current Sagarin rating: 227 Prescason Sagarin rating: 254 Leading scorer: Tyrone Hayes 147 ppg Leading relmunder: Tyrone Hayes 74 rpg Good stat (BWC rank): Field goal percentage UC RIVERSIDE (1-Current Sagarin rating: 291 Prescason Sagarin rating: 263 5) Bad slat BWC rank): Field coal percentage defense 406 Isti Bad stat (BWC rank): Free throw percentage Leading scorer: Nate Carter IX 2 ppg Leading reboundcr: Aaron Hands 6X rpg Good stat (BWC rank): Free throw percent- 4011 mill) 641 (9th) age Good slat (BWC rank): Field goal defense 425 (4th) I Notable game: 70-5- 7 win vs Western Ken- tucky Rundown: The Tigers are lolling alter picking up four straight w ins thanks to a stingy defense that has allowed a merg 569 ppg during that streak Sweden native Christian Maraker ( 141 of the Week ppg) was named Big West Player to earn freshman first last week becoming the in season twice in the same the award nearly 30 years while leading UOP to impressive wins over Western Kentucky and St Joseph’s But while Maraker is shooting 50 percent from the field leading scorer IX'inctrius Jackson's field goal percentage of 3X9 is even worse than the team's 401 mark 5) 108-6- 1 APphoto (13-of-2- (3-- 7) Sophomore swingman Ian Boylan leads Cal State Northridge in scoring at 174 points per game the season O X but went on to win 15 games a division title and last season UCSB finished lied for third in the regular season but won the Big West Tournament 124 1 (1st) Prescason Sagarin rating: Leading scorer: Branduinn Fullove 161 ppg Leading reboundcr: Nick Jones 61 rpg field goal Good stat (BWC rank): 1st) 423 percentage Bad stat (BWC rank): Offensive rebounds 305 (l()th) Notable game: 3 w'in vs USC Rundown: The Claudios were the favorite of both the media and the coaches to win the Big e West but UCSB enters league play with a — all of which came streak the on losing road Forward Branduinn Fullove guard Nick Jones (140 ppg) and forward Mark Hull (137 ppg) have been delivering offensively but Santa Barbara is seventh in scoring offense (672 ppg) and is averaging a mere 602 ppg during their skid However there are reasons the Gauchos opened for optimism: In 1998-9- 9 ( Bad stat (BWC rank): Field goal percentage 414 (9th) w in at St Mary’s 2 Notable game: Rundown: The Mustangs were probably the least surprising team in the preseason doing just about what everyone expected them to do Junior forward Varnie IX’imis is second in the 59-5- Big West in scoring fourth in rebounding and first in blocks (214 bpg) but he and Cal Poly have received a big lift from the addition of forwards Shane Shilling (153 ppg in three in games) and Diaby Kamara (100 ppg four became eligible after games) The duo recently transferring from other programs and have 69-5- five-gam- 727 (3rd) Bad stat (BWC rank): Field goal HTcentagc defense 508 (l()th) 7 loss at Oregon Notable game: Rundown: The Highlanders are taking (heir (39 UC SANTA BARBA RA Current Sagarin rating: 169 CAL POLY (4-Current Sagarin rating: 252 Prescason Sagarin rating: 252 Leading scorer: Vurnie Dennis 179 ppg leading rebounder: Varnie IXunis 73 rpg Good stat (BWC rank): Bhxked shots 41 win at Oregon Stale Notable game: Rundown: The Vandals are building for the future this season but they could also cause some big problems due to an impressive base of defense (694 ppg scoring defense) and rebound margin) that has rebounding coach been established by Second-yea- r Leonard Perry Unfortunately Idaho suffered a ' huge blow when starting point guard Tanoris Shepard ( 27 ppg) was lost for the season with 4 a torn ACL Junior forward Tyrone Hayes Vanstill the leads 1'rojn range) dals in scoring but Jack May came olT the bench last week and scored 25 points in an SI-6- 2 rout of Sacramento Stale 76-7- 3 CAL STATE FULLERTON Current Sagarin rating: 293 (2-- 7) Prescason Sagarin rating: 280 leading scorer: Ralphy Holmes 176 ppg Leading reboundcr: Pape Sow 87 rpg Good stat (BWC rank): Turnover margin 07 (3rd) field goal perBad stat (BWC rank): 261 (10th) centage Notable game: 0 loss vs Idaho State Rundown: The Titans who were everyone’s favorite dark horse coming into the season have yet to break into the light Player of the 79-7- Year candidate Pape Sow (159 ppg) is currently silting out his second ‘‘indefinite’’ team susleft have and season the of injuries pension coach Donnie Daniels with as few as seven available players Sophomore guard Ralphy lumps as they prepare for next season w hen they finally become eligible for postseason play With last year's leading scorer and reboundcr Vili Morton redshirting freshman swingman Nate Carter has led UCR in scoring in all six of its games (and currently leads the Big West) while senior forward Aaron Hands is averaging 90 rebounds over the last three games Riverside defeated the Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz for its lone win LONG BEACII STATE Current Sagarin rating: 314 (1-- 8) Prescason Sagarin rating: 148 Leading scorer: Tony Darden 175 ppg leading reboundcr: Kevin Rotxrts 59 rpg Good stat (BWC rank): Defensive rebounds 339 (6th) Bad stat (BWC rank): Scoring margin 132 (10th) Notable game: 5 loss at Gonzaga Rundown: The Niners w ho were already in a freefall following six straight losses suffered another blow Monday when senior forw ard Lemi Williams quit the leant Williams (64 ppg) sat out all of last season with severe leg problems and said difficulties with his legs led to his decision New head coach Larry Reynolds promised a stronger commitment to defense but so far the 49ers haven't responded 'hey're currently ninth in scoring defense (771 ppg) and eighth in field goal percentage defense (492) 90-5- -- |