Show B2 — Thn Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday November 8 2003 !Tl?BDfen® JSlnlDbDSD®m Aggies make mistakes galore in loss to Global Sports USU center Mike Ahmad was splendid almost all evening in In most caws you expect an exhibition making his first Spectrum around the appearance he to edges rough opener since the 2IK) I 1)2 Mill it doesn't necessarily mean there's campaign He scored a built in excuse lor not performing 14 relmunds and his grabbed points "I thought we Mere poor" Utah Slate hold former helped physical presence “We said couldn't couch Slew Momll v Shawn Hamels to 10 points Aggie when turned ball over the gunid anybody ! ' Yet he made a terrible decision with the game was on the line just handed about a minute remaining that helped turn them the game I don't care if it's an tide to Global The exhibition game or not You never want ' With the score lied at 7 f I ISU had 3- -' " to accept losing" on-last break going when Muller passed I 'tali Stale fell 76-7- 4 in a preseasim to hall to Ahmad on the left baseline till to Global Sports Friday a traveling ''Instead of taking the hall to the hoop and team playing its filth Contest in six j ' A redshirt ' trying lii draw contact the nights The Aggies were playing their ' "senior settled for a sjx-fojumper lirsi of the season fully rested ’ Air ball when the down stretch And it was (Morrill's Mood pressure skyrockets at (itohnl pulled away It scored 27 of the this point) game's final 41 points forcing USU to "Go to the basket" the coach lamented lurii liie hail over several limes in the "If that was the shot ( wanted I wouldn't still be doing this after 20 years That's dosing minutes "The game was on the line and we turn a horrible shot I couldn't tray hethat's it over six out of It) possessions" Morrill did that'' believe said “Thai was really poor" Don't look lor a reprise from Ahmad lie wasn't alone in that assessment "Next lime I'm going to lake it to the "It was a game that we gave away and basket and probably dunk on somebody" ' it was a game we could have won" he said ’I “We he Aggies tell behind 7 3 early when Aggie guard C'ardell Butler said Tim started had and finished bail That should-1-n- 't Global nailed its first live 14 those Kisner three to route en of had happen ' "It's ridiculous how we played points in the first half USU then came alive with a 24-- run led by Butler who lomglil" By David Cordero sports writer i -- ' 1 1 '! 6-- ‘J j : 1 ' 1 8 o o I) u nt - ot O scored nine of his 15 points during that spurt A (Jucnion I larvey trey with 20 seconds remaining gave the Aggies a 39-3- 8 lead going into the intermission Alter the break they jumped out to a I lead hut were unable to hold it As Global inched hack and trimmed the deficit the Ags countered with giveaways! They would finish with 16 “We turned the hall over before vye could even get a shot" Aggie junior Spencer Nelson said “If we execute like we know we can and hold them on defense it turns into a game and we're in here smiling and not ticked off" Said Ahmad: "We never lose at home and even though it's ah exhibition game iind it doesn't count on our record it's still a loss and it's big" 'Afterward Morrill was asked if he saw any positives He had a tough lime coming up with any particularly when the opposition shoots 56 percent from the field and 538 1 ) from beyond the arc ''Right now I don't feel like there were a bunch" he said "! We can't guard me off the dribble right now That's a little scary “I'm not very quick any more" Aggie notes: Starting point guard Mark Brow n sat out the contest with a ham- -' siring injury Calvin Brown started in his place Morrill said she hopes to have Mark Brown hack next week The attendance of 5860 was only 320 off what the team drew for its home opener against Whitman College a year ago : d o 1 A : Mitch MascaroHerald journal USU confer Mike Ahmad shoots over former Aggie Shawrt Daniels during the first half of Friday's exhibition game against Global Sports Dim By David Cordero sports writer she was moved to libero Ever wonder why Taubi Neves lias such a ' zest for volleyball? Considcr the alternative! ' Growing up in Otto Wyo the Neves family ' 11 members strong- - had a farm The' nine children at onetime or another served as farmhands “School was a vacation' for vs'! Taubi said “When other kids said they were excited for summer we were like ‘no we' want to go back to schooL’"1 Once summer began a laundry list of chores! awaited Among them included irrigating plowjng planting milking cows arid feeding horses! ' - irrigating started at 6 am If the kids wanted to!' eat breakfast first they’d have to get up earlier “The farm life that was us" Taubisaid ' rThere is always something to do on a farm" Which is why once the sdvxil year began she did plenty to keep herself busy away fromhome! She played iri the band foboe and saxophone) r and volleyball at Burlington High School! ' “I think that’s why she got involved in all bio !' high school activities because if she came hOrne ' her dad would have work planned" said Susan " Neves hermothet TWe liveiri the middle of It ' nowhere so it gives us a lot of time to farm" Logan may seem tike it'sTimbuktii to some: newcomers but not TaubiTo her it's a sprawl- ing metropolis! home of the Aggie and a match E Lucero VterakJ Journal tonight at 7 agarnst No 9 LrC Santa Barbara State Fullerton last moritti The If youthinkthatwasabigchangeforhertr the one she made in 3)0£'Asetter all her life team's defensive specialist who may enter the contestat any time and not be counted against ' the squad's 12 allotted substitu-- ! lions per game Add that to the increased game speed and the result was a vety nervous TaubL v She was asked at what point last year she became comfortable in the defensivespecial-istliber- o role!' Her answer came quick and ''! innocent of all kidding : ' ar : 1 senior Taubi Naves passas tbe UraM'SraT rtwe has fit in nicety at hbero for the Agues' V - J bad in action againsf Cal “I never did" she said “Junior college was like 10 times slower than Division I That’s the thing that I really struggled with! Girls hit y faster and harder yi'-- ' “It's always aleamjhg experience Taubi continued “How to read a ball watch for a block stuff like that was all new I was always behind somewherie!" She can laugh about it how because she sue- deeded in the transition And why wouldn’t she? Wheii her mother coached high school — was used: ball Taubi — not yet school-age- d as a target Once she got lit (ip on a spike hit-- ! '! ting the floor hardShe got Up Susan said more determined than ever ' " Just like she (s how Taubi led the Aggies in digs ayear ago with 255 per game in Big West Conference action This season by far and aw ay she's been their best! defensive player Her average of 31 digs fliis season fall matches) paces USU as well -- : - : rJ the! : : ! 1 Sec FARM on B3 Many mistakes led to USU loss ' Uit the hosts yards were a career high VVISi: would lead But the above mentioned proMems ' tsfrzf the rest of the way and1 werelrtomanyto overcome wTuir went wrong Thursday night We made h too dang diflicuft on catch a fer breaks like ourseh ev" Dennehy sad 'They rw 'obd Vjvtings by Utah State in Aggie foottmir the fumble LSL' s iftcr ' ' ' Mark Fsrdle recovered (southern Aggies) just pounded die ball our was 5 at us and played harder dum us at times the but hounds of ruled 'at lAi the penalty tfiar runted a in the second half That's disappointvetting up VMSL"s final TD And the southern Aggies' final drive that ran out ing because if anything on the road it ar the 5 fo haw lo be just the opposite'' the remaining 4:18 of the gamiewhich ended m nopoinrs ' ' USU- s defense caane into the game xT-the infcreep? son that hah-i- d included rwo fiig plays: : When trying li pinpomr a rewn for the having held Arkansas Stare scoreless art 'her dnv e :haf crossed midfieU lrrs! and Middle Tennessee lo zero points foul x H iSfsr the persroal afjer you could mark afl (4 ihe ah oe Utah State’s Fa 3V2I aincnbuted T to ih reached s Cm 'iarcir'ick through three quanersThe Blue low ar New Mjeticn State Thursday nghc II Raiders did end up scoring 20 but a ran dar "The teams wef lay m the leiae are ' gainst the Aggie reserves waiLked and ball back' to the ' iafl pretry evenly nurchesd" USU head was held led v! an anerrpred Thursday NMSU f2-- 4 3-Ha3-4nMick said: 140 coach Vhen was in offense half the to that of first Dennehy Jusrn fcid yards by and the field gnaljwl before halftime sic rgtjr hr the radium you go on the oad y hesrime ' The second half wav a different story TTjeri are ptcry nnirct quesivins and ' things you heed sm rvercotre and we The bos! Aggies scored 16 points in even over je fr--r rjtd pst had too many Wah loss are the the third quarter gaming 135 yards of die CJx uxeTiaoded Aggses pretry Crr4ey fr'i XJTjc much ehmiaaced frem the Sun Bek trad offense VMSU then gamed 126 asdi ihaf wrsid have net dr:e Conference race ft wrtJd Like North l' yards in the fourth quarter inchdmg ks paw'Hryw Teuet dr ippng its last dree for USU ' best scoring drive that covered 86 yards ! mrsa Z' iitrrfa cixp 7 overall to have a 2 San Bek and ate up 530 from the dock 'ixst plays' law' Then sh a 1- - lead ' chance at the league tg Ie fcfr the farst haff He hade and come hack hut and j "like coach has said firm day one — they had those two possessions in the why dal rhe txJuT: sad txA fd bouick seernd half that were cnocaL Dos-- ' 35 bag os peaafcjes LiB yu USU namag bach £n'02 WSJ Srf j a 5eM grei ied rt Ac break ’ Dard Fiefia said "Tie defease dLJ a nefcy saal The anch was talking about the d &xd yh d IrAiag Tern she first s air ReatSy dx te ctcd fcaff' fcaif W£(theof5esejust were'taNe hard Vi heheve arw the drive and the game's final posses-sio- n Nr " Ynw e the do e' beta y Shags 'vrass by drag pastf kipe caw'l Si test rm the rrad were on the field a Ire" said AKcii 7 iebgcfc jc5Lfies a USU fcnehackw Robert 3fc'artvbo Fiefia dU brs part rashng for Vft KaQpacL to ijekrf reran “y rade 14 tackles "They ran (he ball afl star re q arter AfwbrJdUK The yards rm 21 carries and a score cacch-n- g for vthree us m the second katf" 2 over aL fieri a fawkes yards reroramg passes ire ? three lxioffs frr 82 yards and hrwgxwg aev: kxAdi and WtSl! reusen back See USU R3 pwws for 14 yards Hts 2V tm "he I! S Vi Three piays law rs By Shawn Harirfson 12-- 7 ' scc-- s - : ! first-and-- fr third-dow- N ' n : riir-:- fi : r 38-ya- rd' : i v 'Ns id 7) t ' -- irT-ydSflUCh- : 3-- 3-- a id ‘ te t -- ri a ie “'e 35-ya- rd )e - ie IL-ipa- 86-yar- ck ro : OAKLAND Caiif f AP) — Erick Dampier had 10 points and 1 1 rebounds for his career-be- fifth straight double-doubl- -- st e and the Golden State Waniors beat the Utah Jazz 95-8Friday night for their third consecutive home win' Jason Ridiardson had 21 points 16 lead the Waniors in scoring for the second straight e game after serving a suspension and Mike Dunieavy made three on die w ay to 20 points Warrion power forward Brian Cartfin provided a spark He ' received five stkehes over his ' right eye during halftime aftw bong efhowed 6 seconds before the break but returned fo finish with career highs in points ( 1 3 ) and rebounds 8 K He scored a spectacular basket' in tfte fourth quartet hitting an as he wn beatg pushed down Cardinal got fouled on the play and threw his hand in the air as he bopped np He won over many of the 1 1 A42 fans in the process Andrei Kirilenko scored 12 of his 21 points in die And quarter for the Jazz who node a bne ran but couldn't overcome Aar slow start without lndmg scorer Man Harpnag He Missed Ae of his 9 ' three-gam- 1 : Kirilenko coil-verted all I l of his free throws giving him 26' straight from the stripe to start the season Raja Bell 20 points and had a career-hig- h Carlos Arroyo added 13 points and 10 assists The Warriors have missed the playoffs for nine straight seasons but seem determined to change that this season They defeatol j Adaou 99-7-2 o Wednesday night to kick off their homestand ou a high note ': The Warrion shot 56 percent in the first half to build a big lead and cruised the rest of the five-ga- way! Nick Van Exd had 16 points and nine assists in his second game back after minor knee ' surgery Richardson was sus- -' ' pended the first three games for assaultiag his former girlfriend The Warrion made 12 straight shots during a spurt to build a 30-1- lead and were at oue point ou Ae lead Aal had way to a 34-1fans cn their feet early The 34 pniutt were the most Ae Warriors have scored in a i Ais season while holdmg i opponent to ks second lowest quarter meal first-quart- 3 13-of-- lS 3 er ' |