Show WEDNESDAY December 31 1997 Section D CLASSIFIEDS Page USU FOOTBALL D-- 8 D-- 3 Page Jazz Cruise to Rout vs Nuggets BY MICHAEL C LEWIS B Jazz Report Jordan Sets Points Record D-- 4 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE & DENVER The 1000th victory in the history of the Jazz franchise came as easily as any of the previous 999 and it left victimized Denver Nuggets Coach Bill Hanz-li- k with one painful observation 'Utah is awesome he said The Jazz certainly looked the part at McNichols Arena on Tuesday night scoring the most points in a regulation game since 1992 in a 132-9beating of the worst team in the NBA And that's the part to keep in mind when reminiscing over win No 1000 The Nuggets are 6 the loss was their 11th straight and sixth in a row to the Jazz and are playing without injured starters Bryant Stith and Eric Williams Whats left is nothing that should be viewed by anybody under the age of 18 They totally executed us to death said Hanzlik GAME AT A GLANCE Jazz 132 Nuggets 99 And by the third quarter too The Jazz abused the Nuggets frontcourt with their r and array of plays and when the young Nuggets tried to trap Utah in the backcourt the Jazz found their big guys in the right place going to the basket As a result all the Jazz centers had great games Greg Ostertag tied his career-hig- h with 21 points before fouling out Antoine 19 and Greg Carr scored a season-higFoster added 10 We punished the trap and we were active defensively said Ostertag The Jazz improved to 19-- 1 as they prepare for three straight games at the Delta Center though they werent able to return home after the game because of the thick fog that enveloped Salt Lake City The 9 Fast Fact: Jazz have won four straight at McNichols Next: Saturday vs Atlanta at the Delta Center 7 pm i back-doo- ls h 1 team expected to fly back this morning Such inconveniences are more easily handled though when a team has just increased its lead in the Midwest Division with its biggest victory of the season Things are starting to smooth out a little bit for us said Adam Keefe Utah was in control the whole way The Jazz built a lead by the end of the first quarter by which time they were in the middle of a 190 run that would carry them to a 40-1- 6 lead Johnny Newman took over in the second quarter scoring 16 consecutive Nuggets points while Ostertag scored 17 in the same period Newman fin21 but the Nuggets ished with a team-higshot only 34 percent to the Jazzs 615 We haven't shot that well in I dont know how long said Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan 31-1- 0 h See JAZZ Page David ZalttbownkiThr D-- 4 Woods Roars Is Named Top Male Athlete PRESS Although Tiger Woods has a long way to go to break all the records set by Jack Nicklaus he already has one honor never achieved by Nicklaus or Arnold Palmer Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year Woods whose record-settinvictory in the Masters in April pushed golf from the sports pages to the front pages and triggered a financial explosion in the game easily Won over Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders in balloting by AP print and broadcast members I thought I had a good year but 1 never expected this Woods said about the voting announced Tuesday his 22nd birthday He won the Masters took four other tournaments and set the PGA Tour single-sea-so- n money record Woods is the first golfer to be honored as Male Athlete of the Year by the AP since Lee Trevino in 1971 and is only the fifth golfer to receive the award since it was instituted in 1931 Woods joins Gene Sarazen (1932) Byron Nelson (1944-45- ) Ben Hogan (1953) and Trevino in receiving the award Its really significant and I appreciate the fact that so few golfers have won it Woods said Im surprised it turned out this way but I am very pleased Woods finished with 231 points in the voting to 100 for Sanders Evander Holy-fiel- d was third with 98 points Sanders joined Eric Dickerson and OJ Simpson as the only NFL players to rush for more than 2000 yards in a season Holyfield lost a piece of his ear but retained the WBA heavyweight title in June when Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting him e vote getters Rounding out the were Michael Jordan and Brett Favre Ken Griffey Jr was sixth followed by Jeff Gordon Roger Clemens Mark McGwire and Mario Lemieux Woods likely won the award as much for the stir he created off the course as for the success he had on it He won the opening tournament of the year in dramatic fashion when he nearly on the first playoff hole made a hole at the Mercedes Championships BY WENDY CARPENTER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE g 72-6- 5 i 7-- 73-4- 6 (73-53- (72-54- 7 Ryan GalbraithThe Salt Lake Tribune OK EVERYBODY HANDS UP See Its a three-wabattle for the ball between the Copper Hills duo of Holly Zachman ( 1 5) and Katie Hammond and Kristen Jennings of Kearns For details on all the day's prep games see Page y BYU Page D-- 2 D-- 6 Big 5 Hoop Roundup: Aggie Men Win D-- 2 Cougs Bring Basketball on Grass to the Rose Bowl Wide-Ope- n BY DICK WEISS NEW YORK DAILY NEWS first conference team ever to average more than 500 yards per game total ofrecord and the fense en route to a Cougars first Rose Bowl appearance 10-- PASADENA HONOLULU Before the Brigham Young mens basketball team even boarded the flight for Hawaii Coach Steve Cleveland questioned whether his team was ready for the Rainbow Classic Maybe the Cougars should wait a few years when the rebuilding of this program would be further along But that was before BYUs Danny Bower tied a school record with seven three-poin- t shots to help lead the Cougars past Ohio State on Tuesday BYU improves to 9 Ohio State drops to 6 The Buckeyes have not won a game on the road and continued that streak by staying with No 2 Kansas on and getting anniSunday night before falling 69-5- 6 hilated by New Mexico State Monday The and Virginia ) ) Cougars lost to Hawaii Its tough you come this far and you want to be successful said Cleveland after the win gave the finish But if you would Cougars a seventh-plac- e have told me that I could get one win out of this tournament I would have been very very happy And I am happy with getting a win We just need to feel and have some success Bower certainly saw success The guard had been struggling with his outside shooting averaging 32 percent from long range before Tuesday He matched his career high of 23 points which he had against Boise State a game where he made most his points by the time the 83-6loss was sealed Bower hit threes Tuesday before missing his last four This was a breakout game for Danny Bower Cleveland claimed Bower's production also helped ease the pressure on junior transfer Ron Selleaze who had led the Cougars in scoring in all three games he had played averaging 173 points Selleaze was headed in that direction against the Buckeyes with a team-hig- h 12 points in the first half He finished with 17 second-mos- t for BYU behind Bower Even though the Buckeyes are on the lower level of talent in the Big Ten this was a good win for the Cougars who had been playing well but had been unable to get a win Its huge for us it makes a statement that we can play with good teams and we can compete said Bower As Cleveland said after the game Every win is 4-- top-fiv- in-o- Prm Cougars Prove They Can Beat The Big Guys BY RON S1RAK THE ASSOCIATED Associated Denver's Dean Garrett leaps out for the basketball as Utahs Jeff Hornacek dishes out a pass on Tuesday Calif Washington Staite Coach Mike Price gave everyone a tastle of his wacky side before the USC game last season when he had a manager dressed up as a Trojan mascot ride into practice on a white stallion Price immediately pulled out a starters pistol and shod the student off the horse Half the team he recalled thought I was nuts This year during media day he had officials set up boxes with the names of Pac-1- 0 opponents on them and proceeded to drive a huge steamroller over them But nothing compares with the creative k juices he poured into a wide-opeoffense that is averaging 42 points per game and 68 yards per play as the n one-bac- Spray Paint Saves Day for AF Band D-- 6 1 since 1931 Price has made Washington State which plays Michigan (11-0- ) on Thursday a dangerous opponent by putting his theories which he picked up 18 years ago when he was a first-yea- r head coach at Weber State into practice Price learned the nuances of the offense from Jack Elway a close friend who was then head coach at San Jose State Elway picked the offense up from Jack Neumeier who coached his son John and was putting up obscene numbers at Granada Hills Calif High School Its basketball on grass Price said top-rank- one-bac- k Purdue Coach Joe Tiller a Price disciple whose team averaged 4596 yards per k game in the Big Ten with the said the same thing The Boilermakers got the most out of QB Billy Dickens and wideout Brian Alford But Purdues talent at the skill positions suffers by comd parison especially at QB where 6 Leaf has thrown for Ryan junior 3637 yards and 33 TDs for WSU and was second nationally in pass efficiency Leaf has demonstrated total mastery of the ofa slot fense which uses four wideouts back and split end on each side with one running back and no tight end Its a combination of the and the West Coast offense Price one-bac- 6-- 240-poun- explained We use it for ball control but we also spread the field like the does You pass first spread the field make everybody cover the receivers That allows you to get vertical seams and opens up the running game which is what Michael Black does so well Black who has rushed for 1157 yards and 11 TDs has been a custom fit Leaf has completed at least 20 passes to five different receivers creating a cult following for the Cougars Fab Five: split ends Chris Jackson (49 catches 916 yards) Shawan McWashington (31 506) and Nian Taylor (21 524) and slot backs Kevin McKenzie and Shawn (48-79- Tims (30-41- Michigan can Only imagine what WSU can do since it did not play Purdue this season in an eight-gam- e Big Ten sched ule I like being in the shotgun and theres no one back there with me Leaf claimed Its really easy I dont have to do anything The defense really has to commit to something They either have to blitz or theyre going to sit back there and play defense Its an easy read Ryan knows exactly what to do Price said If they have linebackers in the game then were going to be throwing If they have six defensive backs then well probably be running Theres not too many things you can do with it Youre either going to drop into a zone or blitz If they blitz hes really good at that He tough not afraid to take a hit He knows where its coming from Hell stand in there throw the ball quickly and our kids can run with the ball after they catch it THE BOTTOM LINE College Football Alams Bowl Purdue 33 Oklahoma State 20 NBA Utah 132 Denver 99 Indiana 109 New Jersey 91 Miami 90 Cleveland 78 Detroit 100 Toronto 95 New York 84 Orlando 79 Minnesota 99 Chicago 95 Milwaukee 105 Dallas 98 (OT) Phqgnix 100 Boston 90 Portland 96 Philadelphia 86 San Antonio 124 Vancouver 115 LA Lakers 93 Sacramento 80 Seattle 101 Golden State 87 Big 5 Mens Basketball BYU 72 Ohio State 65 USU 69 Fresno Pacific 51 Loyola Marymount 82 SUU 72 Big 5 Women SUU 70 The Masters 33 Idaho 68 BYU 58 NHL Carolina Anaheim 1 6 New Chicago Jersey 2 San Jose 2 Florida 2 Philadelphia S Edmonton Top 10 2 1 late Portland St 39 5 Purdue 57 Michigan St 74 2 Kansas vs Hawaii 3 Duke 89 6 Kentucky 95 Ohio U 58 7 Stanford vs Santa Clara TV 9 UCLA 74 Illinois 69 ( ESFN ) 11 10 UConn 90 Fairfield 63 Basketball QD Noon College Football Sun Bowl: Iowa vs Arizona State ( $PN ) 1:30 pm College Football Liberty Bowl: Pittsburgh vs Southern Mississippi College Football pm Bowl: Syracuse us Kansas St Top 10 Women 4 La Tech 75 Mens Basketball 5 N Carolina In Time Out 8 Arizona 125 Kansas St 87 10 Arizona 64 106 SC State 35 Highlights am Mens College Miami at Seton Hall Fi-es- Action Tonight IHL Hockey: Grizzlies vs Houston at the E Center 7 pm CESPNj 5:30 pm Blues at Red Wings NHL Hockey 1 No Fear: Schools that beat No ranked opponents in bowl games: 11 UCLA over Ohio State (1976 Rose) 7 Kentucky over Oklahoma (1951 Sugar) HI 6 Notre Dame Over Texas (1971 Cotton) 6 Washington over Minnesota (1961 Rose) 5 Texas over Alabama H (1965 Orange) 5 Notre Dame over Texas (1978 Cotton) 5 Miami over Nebraska B (1984 Orange) y- - t om: m j 4 J lAXlJiJXJJUuT |