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Show 6 Monday February 27, 2012 SPORTS TODAY'S SKI REPORT Alta 15° /9 a.m. 17° / 3 p.m. www.dailyutahchronicle.corn conditions & weather from utahskiweathercom Hardpack and bump skiing on trail with variable conditions off trail. 15° / 9 a.m. Brighton 17° I 3 p. m . Canyons 20° / 9 a.m. 23° / 3 p.m. Deer Valley 2 300 / 3 p.m. Snowbird 15° / 9 a.m. 17° / 3 p.m. Solitude 16° / 9 a.m. 18° / 3 p.m. MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle The Utah bench congratulates junior guard Chris Hines immediately after he made a 3-point shot to take the lead in the final seconds of Saturday's game against Stanford. Utes snag a victory just in time n A SIGH OF RELIEF Utah's close win over Stanford ends their eight-game losing streak in the final home game of the season. The final score was 58-57. Jory Carroll STAFF WRITER After defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils at the Huntsman Center on Jan. 21, Utah center Jason Washburn wrote the number five on the board in the Utes' locker room to mark the team's fifth win of the season. For more than a month, that number did not change. Saturday night after his team's contest against Stanford, head coach Larry Krystkowiak erased the stale number five and handed a marker to Chris Hines. The junior guard wrote a six. Hines knocked down his fifth 3-pointer of the night with 27 seconds left in the game, giving the Utes (6-22, 3-13 Pac-12) a two-point lead. With the clock winding down, Stanford's Chasson Randle threw up a desperate 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded, but the ball bounced off the back of the rim, and the Huntsman Center exploded in celebration. In their final home game of the season, the Runnin' Utes snapped an eight-game losing streak as they held on for a 58-57 win over the Cardinal (191o, 9-8 Pac-12). "It was tremendous," Krystkowiak said. "We got off to a slow start, but the [word] 'resilient' keeps popping into my head, and we just kept battling. We made big shots when we needed to make them. It was great." Just seconds before Randle's last-second attempt, Utah's Jason Washburn was at the freethrow line shooting a one-and-one. He missed the first free throw. With five seconds left on the clock, Randle grabbed the rebound for Stanford and charged down the court to put See CLOSE WIN Page 8 UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS GYMNASTICS WEDNESDAY: Swimming and Diving Close win amid mistakes, miscues Pac-12 Men's Championships All day Long Beach, Calif THURSDAY: Men's Tennis Utah vs. Seattle University 5 p.m. Eccles Tennis Center Women's Basketball Utah vs. Oregon State 7 p.m. Huntsman Center Men's Basketball Utah @ Oregon State 8 p.m. Corvallis, Ore. PAC-12 STANDINGS MEN'S BASKETBALL Team Conference Overall California 13-3 23-6 Washington 13-3 20-8 Arizona 12-5 21-9 Oregon 10-5 19-8 Colorado 10-5 18-9 UCLA 9-7 16-13 Stanford 9-8 19-10 Washington St. 6-10 14-14 Oregon St. 15-12 5-10 Arizona St. 5-12 9-20 Utah 3-13 6-22 USC 1-15 6-23 Ryan McDonald ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Friday night was an unusual one at the Huntsman Center as injuries, a few big miscues and questionable scoring were offset by some solid performances from the No. 5 Red Rocks. Things reached a boiling point when co-head coach Greg Marsden said some terse words to the judges and was issued a yellow card during the fourth rotation. When all of the mayhem was over, Utah narrowly topped No. 12 Stanford 196.3-196.1. After two consecutive weeks of low scores on the road, the Red Rocks (6-i) were looking forward to returning home for their Pac-12 home debut. Utah had broken the 197-point mark in every home meet this season en route to being No. I nationally for a few weeks. Unfortunately, the Red Rocks' return to the Huntsman Center wasn't as glorious. "I don't want to be discouraging about many of the performances that we had because they were very good, but there were some disappointing things," Marsden said. "It certainly wasn't a complete meet for us." Sure, there were some bright spots. Kyndal Robarts brought up a solid score of 9.975 on vault, which included receiving a perfect io from one judge. Tory Wilson had a great overall meet, scoring a 9.9 on her vault as the Red Rocks put up a 49.3 on the opening event without their best vaulter, Kailah Delaney, who CHAD ZAVALA/The Daily Utah Chronicle Sophomore Hailee Hansen is normally stellar on bars for the Red Rocks but she and the rest of the team struggled in a close victory over Stanford on Friday. was out with a sore Achilles ten don. On floor, Wilson replaced the injured Corrie Lothrop and posted a 9.775. Despite the good scores some of the Red Rocks posted Friday, there were disappointments as well, Marsden said. Calling last week's bars set at Michigan the team's best of 2012, he said the Lothrop-less set on Friday was his team's worst to date. Hailee Hansen fell, Mary Beth Lofgren posted just a 9.675 in place of Lothrop, and Stephanie McAllister took a big step on her landing. In total, Utah scored just a 48.8 on the event. "I think we definitely had some kinks tonight, and we weren't perfect, so that gives us even more stuff to work on," McAllister said. "It's not like we're at our plateau before the postseason. We can still work on the little things before postseason, which can be a positive." Utah's woes didn't end with the bars rotation. Lothrop, who had injured her triceps before the meet, tried to compete on beam but fell for the first time this season. Despite the miscue, Utah took the lead thanks to a poor showing on floor from Stanford (7-3). As his team performed on floor, Marsden started to become angry. Slowly getting frustrated by the scores given on the event, Marsden had a word with the judges. His discussion with the score-givers was enough to produce a warning via yellow card. When McAllister was only given a 9.675 despite a solid routine, Marsden's anger intensified. "Obviously, I just didn't see things the same way," he said. "It's tough for me because I know how hard people work. To see them go out there and do a nice job and not be rewarded for it is frustrating. I need to be cooler than [that] though and not let it get to me, but I feel at some point you've got to stand up for your athletes, too. Whether I did that in the appropriate way or not, probably not, but that was my feeling at the time." See MISCUES Page 8 |