| Show The Salt Lake Tribune Ags Snuff Aztec Rally Just Avoid Embarrassing Upset BY KURT KRAGTHORPE " THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Another Saturday night another BYU basketball problem for the Utah State Aggies In the latest case the trick was to avoid losing to the only team that the Cougars have beaten this season USU survived against " San Diego State as Jason Ri- - recent victory over Oregon not the losses to BYU and others "This team pounded Orelet's keep that gon in mind" he said "And we in the first them pounded 80-6- 8 half" That evidence works against his theory that the Aggies are "not very good right now" though In any case the Aggies ) dodged all kinds of d-half trouble after leadat the break ing the factors Eustachy Among cited for the USU fade were "fatigue" and "the newness of being up 17" Some things are just difficult to practice USU had seemingly shaken the Aztecs when Brandon Birch made two free throws for a lead with :599 left But SDSU Coach Fred Trenkle dusted off the old play — Richey's r and Marcelo Correa's two free throws after an foul After a pass went from 64-6- 1 s chey t three-poin- try secon- skipped off the rira at the - horn "It's too bad we allowed that thing to go down to a last shot" said USU Coach Larry Eustachy whose team almost gave away a lead in the last minute Yet that's the Aggie tradition for the annual Delta ('enter appearance — and this BYU thing Last weekend in Logan the Aggies held off BYU by three points overcoming the yearlong stigma of being the Cougars' only '96-9victim Kustachy insists that the Aztecs be judged by a 36-1- 9 ' nine-poi- five-poi- three-pointe- 7 (2-- Weber State Latest Victim of Hawkeyes In Super Shootout IOWA CITY Iowa — reaching the championship Alex Fisher scored 11 game of Iowa's basketball points for Weber State tournament was to join a which kept the game close long list of Hawkeye victims until the Hawkeyes went on I"' Kyin Bowen shook off a a 25-- run in the final 7:44 of hend injury after running the first half for a lead into a teammate's elbow to at the break score a career-hig25 Iowa scored 10 of the first points to lead No 10 Iowa to 13 points of the second half an win over Weber — Bowen had seven — to State The Hawkeyes open a cushion and claimed their 15th Super the Hawkeyes were never Shootout title in 16 years challenged ' Weber State Coach Ron The Wildcats didn't get Abegglon said he liked his much help from Damien team's effort in the first 12 Baskerville their leading minutes but can't figure out scorer with a averwhy the Wildcats didn't age Baskerville who scored maintain their intensity 29 points in Weber State's "In all our games this win over Mount year we've gotten off to de- St Mary's finished with just cent starts" Abegglen said eight points against the "All of a sudden we just Hawkeyes (1-- : 4 45-2- 4 n re UTAH 33 44 Rise 26 0- Hills 37 -2 Krmmiihoek 40 04 04 I : Allen Kwert 19 PF TP 04 3 Totals 3 04 1 Fuertes ST 31 FG HI 17 FT 17 22 Fiokes 20 3 bmlisiin 38 5 so Wmvilee 40 25 3 44 Finiienn 3 0 1 2 1 14 24 0 04 0 Halftime — Utah 29 Percentages 40 8 Three - rfd Goals: Utah 51 f Utah 533 KSU 579 — Utah iKrommen-hne- point Shooting Rose 2 4 Bills Fuertes 11 Thill 0 (Wondlee 44 Laskowska Finiieran Jacobson Meals — Utah 7 (Krommenhoek 4) KSU 4 (('liaison 2) Turnovers — Utah 15 (Kromenhoek 4 Thill 1) KSU 18 K'oalson Blocked Shots (lAskownkal Technical Officials Fouls -T- 6 Jaohson - Utah 51 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 04 0 2 3 0 04 200 3 M 25 27 FG 3 44 04 M -3 19 21 2 2 30 16 FT 74 A 4 0 ( 0 04 04 01 8 14 28 20 6 17 6 9 4 1 04 22 (Rose 3r KSU 1 None anya Porter John Franklin Don Melton A — NA tn 20 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 04 04 2011 315Q IftU 4a nauume score — lowa 45 WSU 24 Field Goals: Percentages 411 Free Throws: Iowa 714 - 2 i Vunjlc 15 HYU SUMMARY Are Losers 2 To Boise St 6 14 29 200 i 1SJI B Continued from si i C-- re M FT APF Each team was at the line 19 27 0 times but the Cougars made Johnson 31 2 11 attempts while the BronSaxon 33 5 cos made 17 Jones J 39 0 Jones M One determined BYU 9 0 04 AUick 11 player was Danny Bower Birch 22 2 who scored a game-hig23 Tunis 200 13 19 37 1 20 64 Half limp - litah Slut IK n points Bower who grew up n " "v nil iwgu jj in nearby Nampa had been Shooting Percentages — Held ra van iw Slate 367: Utah State 45 Free Throws: San looking forward to playing go State 714 Utah State 6B4 in front of family and Shooting — San Diego Stale friends Walts 24 Visnjic ihichey 1'orrea (Mr "I tried to play well as an Utah Slate (Saxon J Junes Rice Steals — San Diego State 3 iRichev 2 individual but we needed to Wafer Utah State 5 (Rice 3 Davis Sajonl play well as a team" said Turnoveri San Diego Stale 18 (Visnjic i Bower Watts 3 Richey 3 Belts 1'orrea 2 Kraiswvk 2 Turnovers hurt Bower's Brownl: Utah State 22 (Saxon Rice 3 Davis 3' Johnson 3 J Jones 3 Birch 3 efforts Boise State has capiJones Allickl Blocked Shots San Diego State talized on turnovers this sea(Kruiiiwyk) Utah Slate (AUickl son forcing s Officials — Jim Stupin Vera per Harris Larry game The Cougars were unSpaulding A -7- 474 able to stop this trend The -- Broncos scored 26 points off of BYU's 23 turnovers 15 well below the Aggie averin the first half That age for the three previous points Delta Center visits — even helpedatput the Broncos up the break counting new football Coach Cleveland was also disapDave Arslanian who sat bepointed with his team's lack hind the USU bench of defense underneath the basket Kenny Van Kirk Rice 28 2 2 Davis - 1 h Die- - 3 5 - 1 M 1 43-2- 8 aw niyn credit card debt'' M Bower 33 3 23 Wesley 17 4 9 4 5 0 17 Peterson FG FT 20 38 Hamilton Weidauer PF TP 54 30 Yalea 2 Jepsen 15 10 Ahlbom 5 Handy 4 04 04 04 8 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 Thanks to ORU Notches Win T-Bir- ds CEDAR women's basketball (3-- o e CAME SUMMARY BVU re M FT R Carmichael 31 7 Henry 24 8 Adams 12 Cutler 24 Gallup 33 04 04 14 4 0 6 Whiting 24 34 20 19 Burgess Totals 04 200 MISSOURI M FG 15 5 04 9 04 Archibald Jepsen Br Totals 04 i 0 2 2 1 2 M 1 Ml 11 - (1-- 5: t 1 ti - - Ahl- 11 l - 1 31 8 41 -8- - 3 1 0 2 3 2 14 0 0 0 2 4 6 3 4 1 0 2 0 6 2 5 0 3 6 34 14 25 66 R A PF TP 21 FT Helm 37 1 2 Akpaffiong Bonds 39 10 1 3 17 Johnson 35 3 4 3 14 Williams 36 Monsees 18 Jones Franklin Trundle 8 3 04 21 04 04 04 I 5 Totals 5 04 234 0 200 0 6 2 3 3 2 2 0 3 II 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 If 16 71 29 Brigham Young 27 Shooting Percentages — Field Uoals: BYU 50 0: Missouri 471 FYce Throws: BYU 709 Missouri - Halftime Missouri 767 - Shooting 14 Gallup souri iHelm - Steals BYU (Carmichael Cutler Covington Johnson 2 BYU 11 (Carmichael Anderton Mis- Blocked Shots Burgess) Officials John - -B- 21 (Johnson YU Missouri Larry 4 IHenry 2 (Bonds DeWitt Helm 2 3 Gallup Brenda (8-3- ville (9-- Another Western States Football League team Ricks College took a 0 decision over Tyler Texas in Fridays Real Dairy Bowl at Pocatello Idaho 35-2- Snow jj Coffeyville g 6 PAINT? 3 REASONS TO NOW I 30 OFF 2 ADDITION CHARLESTON WVa — High School football coach Lee Leslie passed for three touchdowns in the first exhibition game for the Utah Catzz in the Professional Indoor Football League But the Wizards of West Virginia won the offensive battle Leslie was replaced in the second half by former Utah State Hill-cre- 51-4- 1 BYU 5 Jones Ander- Cruises Past the Golden Gophers Continued from C-- l 18 27 pass from Salanoa (Thompson pass from Salanoa (kirk failed) 66 run iHriltingham Aluminum Steel Lawrence The Gophers ) thought they had some answers Saturday with a (23-10- 754 kick 7 run (Bnttingham kick) 17 pass from Salanoa (kick failed) Saianoa tackled in end zone st TO A SPECIAL FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER Vinyl Sa&sfecbon Guaranteed! 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II you area homeowner and answered lo any of these questions Ihev can tell vnu Ihe phone and niihinil obligation if you qualify BYU Snow Edges by Coffeyville For Mineral Water Crown Homeowners with monev worries may qualify for loans LOANS— Local l UTAH STATE tournament Barbie Carmichael led the with 15 points Cougars and Kari Gallup added 14 while Lori Henry contributed 13 The Cougars shot 50 percent from the field Forward Julie Helm led the Tigers with 21 points Missouri shot 47 percent The Cougars return to Pro-vfor a home schedule beginning with Boise State on Saturday Shooting — Iowa 429 WSU 3 8 Steals — lowa 15 (Bowen 41 WSU 7 (Shoff 2 Lawson 2) Turnovers — Iowa 20 (Davis 5i WSU 24 Baswrvine o Mnim Ol Blocked Shots — Iowa 5 (Bowen 3l WSU 2 (Smith) Technical Fouls — None Flagrant — None Ejections — None Officials — Ron Gnssom Glenn Mavborg Ron Pexa (5-- i 24 uri's 10 25 2 0 12 0 3 2 4 9 Iowa WSU MANHATTAN Kan — Alii Bills became the University of Utah women s career assist leader Saturday and the Utes beat Kansas State for the championship of the Wildcats tnnrnflmflnt Tournament MVP Julie Krommenhoek scored 16 points and Bills added 10 points and 10 assists to her on the team Angie Thill contributed 16join points and six rebounds and Knsti Rose had 14 points seven boards and lour blocked shots The Utes made (667) shots from the field in the second half to pull away from a tie Bills has 445 assists in 71 games a 62 Because of knee injuries she has played about average seasons "I just want to thank Krommenhoek and everyone else for making all of those shots" she said Ute Coach Elaine Elliott said "Our inside really established themselves and really gave us a plavers inside presence in the second half and our guards really did a nice job of being patient Bills a senior from Alta broke the record held by High Karen Alcorn who colected 440 assists from 1988-9— averaging 37 a game Utah plays Tuesday at Idaho State and Saturday at Ti"i anr?ltheT1 taces Arkansas on Dec 21 at Fort Worth only home game this month is Dec 29 against Idaho W AC plays starts Jan 1 with Texas-E- l Paso to the Huntsman Center coming JW7 V 56 11 Bills in the Record Book As Utes Win Tourney ii u rn in iv 0 26 COLUMBIA Mo — Brigham Young staved close to Missouri all night but could not overtake the Tigers in a defeat Saturday in the finals of Misso- PF TP 0 11 Shooting 525 WSU W 8 71-6- 6 2s KSIlM Free Throws 2 04 04 35 TP 2 Cougar Women Fall in Mizzou Tourney Final 8 0 5 5 11 7 0 5 2 0 2 7 4 1 29-2- 9 2II02IM9 Shilling 04 00 26 PF A 39 Richey Baits Kruiswvk PF TP 2 3 1 3 3 Tot 68 PF TP A t'wHm Harris lAskuwska 2 29 11 A 0 68-5- 7 2WI KANSAS j A 23 Thill ' FT 2 Korberg Hetmers Totals 55-2- 7 Alisirn l!lle Dawson Shuff Kuford Haws Totals (iallowav ttahpnnlH Koch Moore h GAME SUMMARY Sims 11 2 ltiehrsmann 81-5- 6 first-roun- d 8 R 35 FG C3 A 4 29 26 16 sparrow IOWA Davis Bowen Rurkpr Oliver McCausIand Bauer FT 0- Mill State's reward for home" K Watts Tutiti 64-6- 1 M 23 M Brown USU's Marcus Saxon to nobody SDSU's Josko Visnjic drilled another three Justin Jones' two foul shots with 82 seconds left gave the Aglead and gies their they escaped when Richey barely missed from the left corner over three defenders The Aztecs came alive after shooting 26 percent from the field in the first half with a roster reduced to eight scholarship players for various reasons USU also used just eight players and is eager to have Neal Geddes eligible soon The Aggies play Wednesday at Utah a team Eustachy contends is "better than last year" because the Keith Van Horn was off his game for much of the season Richey scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half for SDSU Guards Saxon and Jones paced the Aggies with 15 points and forward Kevin Rice added 14 The crowd of 7474 was WEBER ST Baskerville Jama Kctcham Smith Fisher ST Sunday December 7 1997 Cougs DIEGO ('lurk Coma WSU SUMMARY fold up We just wilt and go We-I- L'SUSL'MMAHY SAN NBA-boun- d 62-5- 3 SPORTS DESIGN |
