Show ' I I : B2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday December 30 2003 ’V' r a- I - V' i s& Interim coach leads Nebraska -) ' one-gam- Nebraska’s next head coach ' Jammal Lord threw for a career- - ' " best 160 yards and ran for 79 more Monday night to ledd the Corn- buskers to a 17-- 3 win over Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl: " Running back Cory Ross also had is career night by rushing for 138 yards and two touchdowns for norNebraska which mally won its 10th game to capa season in which coach Frank Solich was fired ' after finishing the regular season with a 3 record “I think we showed the world f what Nebraska football is all about” Pelini said whileacceptihg’:' the winner’s trophy “1 couldn’t be prouder of a group of men’’ The win was the Cornhuskers’ second in the Alamo Bowl in four years They rolled over Northwest- 7 in 2000 em While Nebraska’s offense piled up 389 total yards its defense limited the Spartans’ potent passing attack to 1S6 yards to go with 18 yards oil 66-ya- rd - - ap photo Nebraska quarterback Jammal Lord runs for a gain as Michigan State's Greg Cooper giyes chase in the second quarter Monday at the Alamo Bowl ' r ’ 6 with 6:41 left The New Mags also closed out the final five minutes with an 113 J spurt powered by nine free throws “We haven’t had any close games this year this is the first close game we’ve had” Henson said “We did a pretty good job down the stretch playing defense and scoring We made free throws down the stretch when we had to" ' Junior guard Detrius Roberson screed nine 15 points in the second half of his game-hig- h to lead the New Mags’ comeback while guard Duane John (13 points nine rebounds) and forward James Moore ( 1 0 points seven rebounds) also reached double figures for New Mexico State ' After missing their first six shots from the " field the New Mags ended up shooting 446 percent forthe game The Roadrunners meanwhile shot just 339 percent and no UTSA starter had more than eight points-)Sammie Cole and John Millsq) each came off the bench to score 13 points but forward Leroy Hurd UTSA’s leading scorer coming into the game at 185 points per outing : field-go- al knocked down just f-13 attempts and finished with six points “We just couldn’t throw die ball in the bas--' ket die last six minutes of the game” UTSA ' head coach Tim Carter said "That was the ballgame They really competed and we did- n’t match their intensity the last six minutes of B1 - 58-ya- rd 47-4- Continued from i i 29-ya- rd 66-1- 66-ya- rd r Corn-buske- rs run-orient- ed 9-- V y A SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bo Mini tried something a little different e in his audition to become - his first touchdown yLord’s previous best passing day the ground "was 151 yards in a win over DiviMcNeese State in Octo--: sion Quarterback Jeff Smoker was ' sacked five times twice on Michi- -' her 2002' v1 Late in the first half Lord faked a gan State’s first possession and he threw three interceptions handqfF inside at his own 20 and Pelini’s only obvious misstep of took off around the right end He the nightcame in the fourth quarter outraced the linebackers and then when die interim head coach was hit' the'secondary for a gain to with an unsportsmanlike conduct the Michigan State 14 Ross then carried it in from the 7 to give penalty for arguing too strenuously that Michigan State had fumbled Nebraska a 17-- 3 lead at the break away the ball in Comhusker territory Michigan State made no secret Nebraska got the turnover four thru they would be throwing the ball plays later when Pat Ricketts interthough they might have had second cepted a pass from Smoker intended thoughts after their first series for Aaron Alexander at the Defensive end Trevor Johnson 32 with 3:24 remaining' V dropped Smoker for an The penalty didn't dull die enthusion the first play from scrimmage and asm for Pelini among some Nebraska then Johnson sacked him again on fans who chanted “We want Bo!” third down for another loss' ' over and over after the game Pelini Starting at their own 42 the who was the team’s defensive coordiHuskers did what they were expected to do— methodically pound the ' nator before Solich became the first ball on the ground Ross carried Nebraska head coach since 961 to be fired and quarterbacks coach seven times for 37 yards on the Turner Gill are the only known candrive which ended with a 'field goal by David DychesV didates for the head coaching job " Lord started throwing in die sec- Smoker had better success in the ond quarter completing seven passSpartans’ second possession comes for 140 yards He hit wide pleting five of his six passes to get ' Dave Rayner into position for a 46- receiver Isaiah Fluellen with a ' strike to the Michigan State 6 yard field goal to tie the game with and Ross ran it in two plays lata1 for 3:53 left in the first quarter 7 - “This team should get in single digits jri turnovers once in a while” Morrill said “We have a good passing team Seeing single-dig- it turnovers is something thin we have been ' looking for and it was nice to see” y : Playing in front of 6806 hearty fans the y Aggies look control of thegame early thanks to some unselfish basketball SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Chaney : On USU's first two possessions the Dons arid 22 20 to Nick Jacobson added screed points ' those to double center Mike 'Ahmad in the lead Utah to a 7845 victory over Southem Utah : post and Ahmad passed off to the open man Monday night : bothtimes Nelson laid the first pass iri for a Utah (9-took a 13-- 1 1 lead on a by score and Jason Williams knocked downa 3- with 15:12 left in the first half and stayed ' Chaney the secondone pointerafter ahead the rest of the Way They led 42-2- 7 at die ' Two more Aggie assists led to a driving layup half- 'slam for Caidell for Brown and an alley-oo- p The visiting Thunderbirds (4-were led by ' Butler aiqd Utah State found itself up 103 less ' 14 Tim Gainey who had ' points and was into the game than free-thro-w added Warren the Robbie from line : While the Aggies continued to pass (12 10 points for SUU which hit 12 of its 15 free v assists three and shoot turnovers) (577 7 just throws ES'LucenVHefakJ Journal percent) well the Dons struggled to get any' ' thing to fall (348 percent from the field Aggie (reward Nate Hadis' center defends from v against San Frandaoo's Tyrone Rltey range) V including Utah State led by 5 points on four occa- fewer than 17 points the rest of the game even sions then thanks in a large part to its three- ' from 3- -: Chaney and Jacobson iach went defenses the and rone though Morrill cleared his bench over the 7) quartervcburt pressure were 9 the and Utes ll)f-1' beyond range point ' filial four minutes' ' ' ' heists hxik a 38-1- 9 lead info the locker room "the game”'''' the arc v Lesser-use- d While it certainly seemed that all was well players like Chad Evans (seven Andrew Bogut scored 1 1 points and pulled ' for the Aggies the lingering memory of the points in 15 minutes) and John Neil (two seven rebounds for the Utes down ' halftime lead against BYU on Dec' points and two rebounds in 14 (ninutes) made The Utah starters averaged 27 minutes of play ’' -walk-o): n solid contrihutionsand ’'23 that ended up iis a twii-poiguard Tyler' victory was s 'V and accounted for alt but 20 points of the Utes Williams knocked down a for his hardto shake scoring ‘‘Definitely” Nclsjin said when asked if the ' ) I first field goal as an Aggie j that Was die State 79 Weber State 59 “Ty Willianri hitting a game against the Cougars was discussed at Lewin and Greg Davis each scored 18 Rob ): declared the for Nelson of me" halftime “It was pretty much the same situagame v highlight : points to lead Troy State to a 79-5- 9 victory MonThe Dons go(14 points from Dommanic But it's great when thcJ&sl'game'that ' tion Weber in State the first over round of the day Ihgersonbutthe visitors shot just 383 percent you actually won isti good learning experience & Casino Classic at Green Bay Oneida Bingo andwent4-for-2Q from as a team vAf the BYU halftime we talked about range: :Wis 7'""V: 7 '7 New Mexico State 62 UT-Sa- n Antonio 53 COming out with intensify But tonight every- ' from behind went the arc leadLewin ' one : minutes into the opening got in the kicker room and said ‘Let's not that iriade a team ing New the had Classic the Gossnef Mags game of yV shots Kendrick Johnson made San Francisco opened the second half with exactly one point to show for their appearance 12 and ended with Seven He rebounds points up '7 a 12-- 7 run but immediately after Broussard's v “It was'a sloppy basketball game” NMSU ' ' Troy State (6--2) led 36-3- 3 at halftime before head coach Lou Henson declared “We turned fel through the rim Brown cpunr ' outscoring Weber State 43-2- 6 in the second the ball over 21 times and we just didn’t take tcred wiih a (if his own Then fol- V-- : 'half V care of the balif’ hrwing a long defensive retx)und Brown The Trojans second-ha- lf shooting percentage v Fortunately for the New Mags they found a shoof'biit if the as to line 'at pulled up ' the Wildcats’ 30 percent to was 548 compared shut the the over Roadrunners Nelto down fired a ' way pass into a streaking with 15 John Hamilton led the Wildcats (6-last 10 minutes while earning trip after trip to sbii for an easy bucket ' ' points and Slobodan Ocokoljic added 14 points’ : v) line) ) ) A tip-i- n by Nate Harris and a by v ' the free-throy" ' and ' eight rebounds 28-242-3- 4 ) halftime with and and at 5 Down the" Quenton Haryey st'Kn followed ’ Both teams had horrible nights on the free ’ 11:35 to go New Mexico State put together a Aggies found themselves up by 21 points with New Mexico State's Keisy Crooks (44) gets line throw and with Weber State making ' 13:4 run to take its first lead of the game at 13 minutes to gcL UtahState’ never led by fouled by Texa£an Antonio's Justin Harbert ' Troy State hitting 7 : ' 3) ) : - 6) -o- 1 Beehive basketball r-6 7v : : 26-peii- nt : i nl : : Ty - - : Seven-and-a-h- - 14-of-- telk:ltjustdiit'S: 4-o-f-8 two-hand- ed ' 5) w ! 7 phia lost its third straight and fifth in six games “You don’t beat too many teams that shoot 56 percent ori the road That's the difference" ' Continued from Bl ! 7 Eric Snow hail 22 pirints and 10 assists for the ' ’Sixers who werc playing their eighth straight : game without Allen Iverson (sore knee) Philadel- - Snow said' - ' (' before 7' 70 : freebie from the line' making Northridge refused to break though Knights moved com-:- -' : Continued from Bl back out in front 64- - : rebouhdingLogaiL18-U-lla- ’ ll - ' '' ’ ‘ we heat a good team” freshman forward Brittany Hagen said “Weber is a good " team so if the other teams in the conference see that we’ve beaten Weber they’re not just going to think we’re a pushover” ' Such a statement might have been scoffed at toward the beginning of the year but Weber State is a shadow of its former self the squad that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago Only’ two starters return they happen to be quitegood however Julie Gjertsen and Sheila Robertson : make up a formidable backcourt Robot- -' son emerged last year as a fineshman averaging 114 points po game So far this season she has yet to get untracked only scoring 71 per contest Gjertsen Carries the offensive load for the Wildcats pouring in 148 per game blocked Bell with 56 b Robinson made two froe throwS make it 104-9-7 and the Sixers got a last chance when Bell was ' called for offensive foul with shot dock winding Philadel(kiwrc But Thomas missed a layup for phia and Bell hit a late jumperas the Sixer- sbaclred off defensively to let the dock runout a bit offof her scoring clip a year : fortably 52 late in the third quarter ’ ' - The the while extending its lead to feisty Grizzlies battled ' 37-2- 6 first half end the the of in the second the time back for by ' But' the Gri2z came out ofgame Nyman stole' the ball the break determined to make and scored as the once double-figur- e ' a game of if Lpgan settled ' deficit was cut to six '" into its offense'in the second pcnnts withjuk over a minute jialf and turned up the intensi-‘te-' n to go Then it wait Comadena kadeh C ty a notch' and who was fouled by the 7 Comade na hitjiis first bucket ' Knights with l8 seconds The of the day — a remaining in the game ' Knights lead was cut to4742 '' Comadena converted on both' free throws pulling Logan ' : Logan then caught North- ' within 70-6- 8 But that was as ridge back on its hecs twice iri rapid succession Cam' close as Logan would get as the Knights finally put the : 7-- Nyman retrieved a lengthy' ' and scored duds on the Grizzly alck by : a and layup pass then was immediately fouled effectively diffusing Logan’s ) '7 on yet another long pass and " intensity and continuing to-- v work patiently on offense layup attempt Nyman hit me : 11 lart season at UV SC) and her steady demeanor is sornething' everybody — '' in check will he a difficult task teammates and coaches — can count on) “She’s one of the best scorers in the “She’s been underrated I think” west” Pebley said “It’s going to be a Hagen said “She’s a great scorer she overall works her butt off on defense challenge to see if we can defend her” AndeRcMi gets first start ' she’s just a real good player that I don’t After recordingdouble-digi- t think has gotten a lot of credit” scoring efforts two games in a row MouiUain Crest Notes i alumnus Ashley Anderson will get her first Brittany Tressler suffered a concus- start as an Aggie tonigitt The guard is sion Sunday at practice and won’t be available for action until Thursday akthe averaging 36 points per game but broke earliest outwithl6 against IPFW on Dec21 AliAird leads the Aggies in most stih “Ashtey is a kid that from the first day of conditioning has draw everything tistical categories and is among the best fo the Big West in several too She Iradstite right If she doran’t do it righL she’s close because she’s trying her hardest” league in field-gopertentage (609) and : Pebley said “She expects s lot out of heris second in accuracy (897) ' She is self and teammates When you’re like also ninth in scoring (13 points per that you are going to have a lot of sue-- ! game) andllth in reboudds (64) cess uid you are going to hefo others Only two teams in the conference arid UC Santa Barbara (54) succeed around you” Idaho (8-Anderson adds maturity to the squad have winning records while three others She is one of only five players with pre(USUUC Riverside and Cal State vious collegiate experience (she played RiUertonyYemain winless She’s the score 4745) Continued from Bl Thomas who scored seconds to play 40-for-- 7' Both teams played the night but didn’t1 show much fatigue offensi Vely The shorthanded Sixers who also wore without guard Aaron from die floor Utah was McKie were even better finishing (56 percent) Harpring who played for the Sixers in 2001-0- 2 before signing with Utah as a free agent was Utah led 5644 at halftime and never let the Sixers get closer than nine until the final' ' minute whui it was too late " ' Philadelphia trailed 104-9- 5 when Kenny ' V : : al free-thro-w 1) ‘ ‘ ' f “'c ' s |