Show : 1 v j ' J l a J r r I - ''fV' Wednesday December 24 2003 :' i !' i i Jv T) : j 'rtv ' ' i Pagel the Herald Journal vr' i Ags fritter away lead win on Nelson shot "4 H 26-poi-nt M By Jeff Hunter sports writer Sprewell scores 31 In his return to the Garden A year ago in Provo the Aggies learned lead at half- the hard way that a four-poitime isn’t likely to hold up against the Brigham Young Cougars In Tuesday night's rematch at the Speclead trum they discovered that a nt B2 ‘ nt Sports briefs H s W v ' ' 26-poi- Lofthouse takes 3rd at national tourney iiqii’Q upm’Q RACifPTRAi i This past weekend Delaware Uni- versity (Newark Del) hosted the annual National High School WresUing Tournament called "The Beast of the East" This is the toughest regular season high school wrestling tournament in the nation Mountain Crest senior Luke Loft-house placed third in the weight division' He wiu defeated by ' Josh Haines of Northhampton High School (Pennsylvania) Haines won a close fought match in the semifinals " by decision 6-- 4 Haines is currently ranked No 1 in the country for high school wrestling at 189 pounds ' ’ ' two-tim- e ' - By Shewn Harrison gports editor -' ' ' ing was released Tuesday from the ’ hospital where he received a kidney donated by his cousin Mourning said he was in “a lot of pain” as he left New ten an HospitalColumbia University Medical Center He was joined by' ' the cousin Jason Cooper who had-'- ’ ' n’t seen the basketball player in sev7 eral years before Volunteering to give Mourning one of his kidneys Mourning 33 retired from the ' f New Jersey Nets on Nov 24 because York-Presb- - of complications from the disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis : After testing a number of would- - V be donors including former New ' YorkKnicks center Patrick Ewing ' Cooper was determined to be thq best choice doctors said - Sony 1 can’t think of a better word to describe what I witnessed Tuesday night at the Spectrum Maybe amazing or incredible or even outrageous would work as well : You got to love -- mi There were plenty of theatrics for both ' sides as the Utah State and BYU men battled on the hardwood in a Eve v showdown This game truly had a little bit of :v v finish i everything inc hiding a breath-takin- g : The beat the Cougars 76-7- 4 in one Aggies ' of the wildest games I’ve seen in a while-“I- t Was a tale of two halves” Aggie for--' ward Nate Harris said “We played a great first half and they played a great second : - 4 half" -- ' " - - That pretty much sums it up: Who would have thought a —j - half 26-poi- nt 11th season- ed 1 ’ : ? OAKLAND ‘Calif (AP) e Pro Bow) tackle Lincoln ‘ Kennedy of the Oakland Raiders is retiring ending his career after an Three-tim- injury-plagu- Unbelievable y- Kennedy retires game in-sta- te V center Aldnzo'Mourn- ar I' Great night for defending' NEW YORK (AP)' — Former All-St- half” USU head coach See AGS on B5 after receiving kidney NBA ifW w inthe Stew Morrill declared after the Aggies’ wild 76-7- 4 defeat of the Cougars "It was an amazing game that way for it to be so different each half I’m not sure I've ever been in one like thaL But we ended up two ahead and got ourselves a nice Christmas present” Not that the Cougars didn’t dp everything they could to play the role of Grinch Down state champ is undefeated in action against Utah opponents this year Mourning released to “They second half what we did to them in the first - 189-pou- nd Lofthouse a Amies 76 Cougars 74 i just enough : s: : The offensive right tackle who has played through knee problems a torn left calf and a variety of other injuries'’ this season limped off the field dur-iing the fourth quarter of Monday night's 41-- 7 losstoGreenBay - see giueat on bs Utah State's Cardejl Butlerwhp had 15 first-ha- lf points dunks against BYU Eli LuceroHeraid Journal ' Tuesday night SLOT scores Beehive basketball Utah State 76 BYU 74 Utah 77 Colorado 57 ? FORT WORTH Twins (AP) Ryan Dinwiddie : ended his carper as the most - NBA - Cleveland 97 New Orleans 86 Atlanta 93 Boston 88 : Miami 79 Washingtoo72 New Jersey 95 Chicago 78 Minnesota 98 New York 93' Milwaukee 83 Detroit 78 Indiana 79 Houston 71 San Antonio 111 LA Cdppers 9Q Seattle 116 Phoenix 90 Sacramento 114 Memphis 97 Portland 97 Dallas 88 Golden State 107 LA takers 98 Vg£“f Ottawa 2 Buffalo 2 tie Tampa Bay 1 Boston 1tie' ' Phoenix 2 Columbus 1 ' Washington 3 Montreal 2 NY Islanders 4 Philadelphia 2 'Toronto 5 Florida 2 Nashville 3 Minnesota 3 tie Chicago 3 St Louis 0 Calgary 2 Edmonton 1 -- : ' ' Fort Worth Bowl SdOpJiL ESPN No Ufo““f h''bowl ’ Las Ve(aw Bowl Oregon ! LAYTON — The tailest Northridge player to enjoy game time jugaipst Moun- lain Crest on Tuesday night was i Humamtowl ’ T1gera45v Mustangs 24 sophomore center Ahdrew JordanJordan's action was very limited though Maybe just a couple of mop-u-p " minutes at the end of sasgm: TCU (11-playing at home after being in con- tention for a Bowl Champi-onship Series spot until its loss only regular-seaso-n Nov 20 had its schools home win-so- n record streak v sqappwl ning 2) - each half lhc Mustangs 11 players got mtp the contest and of those seven are' at least 6-- 4 ' including '6-- 8 senior 13-ga- : See BOWL ooB5 ' AP photo 'V' ?? Boise State’s Ryan Dinwidde (7) celebrates a-second-quarttouchdown againstTCU in Unfortunately for the the Mustangs (2-offense was nearly nonex- istent in the second half 7) 11-- : Up by five points through three periods the TIgers compietely shutout die Murtangs in the game's final ? ' eight minutes outscoring them l64)en route to a 45-24 win Wednesday evening Katie Adams scored l 7 points— dure off her avef-age— to pace a llger e attack which had three Mountain Crest boys basketball ' cepterBradeyMon- - ' er i Tlie Mountain Crest girls basketball team appeared to be on its to a road win 4 after a4 it led Ogdwi quarter r - offense for - St vsNew Mexico ° games including the pn foer bhturfed home field three girls bukotboll Ontolevision COLLEGE FOOTBALL ' Lw M25 Mountain Crest Boise Stats 34 Boise State 31 ' victorv awav home Dinwiddie yards and three touchdowns the last an ' Derek Schouman for win- - C ?: ning score and the No 18 Broncos beat No 19TCU ?-34-3- 1 Tuesday night in the inaugural Fort Worth Bowl The win wasn’t secure O until sophomore Mike Wynn who had not attempt-ed a kick for TCU all sea-' was well short on a attempt SLyard with 7 seconds left! 1 By Wade Dennlcton sports writer V- field-go- al ® AHL$V J Houston 2 Utah endl (13-- 1) “roncos wins‘ : : 'v stae Boi Knights 65 : son y Mustangs 44 But despite the con- siderable height advantage Mountain Crest didn’t utilize it The smaller KnighLs played withan enormous amount of ener- gyand heart as they outre bounded the-- ' Mustangs by 18 en route to an easy 65-4- 4 '' victory ? “We’ve got a lot of things we need to ' fix” said 6--4 Mountain Crest junior for-- ward Brent Pickett who led the Mustangs in points (21) and rebounds (8) “I think play-on- ers finish in double figures JSee MC on B4 : ' " |