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Show U.P U T AH/Ws MONDAY, JAN. 31,2005 9 T A T E S M A N Contact: Take Note: 797-1761 sports@statesman.usu.edu Cymanstics takes on BYU Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. in the Spectrum. Not a probl Gymnasts to host No. 8 BYU The Utah State gymnastics team (0-2) returns home to host in-state rival No. 8 Brigham Young (4-1) Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. in the Spectrum. The eighth-ranked Cougars are 4-1 on the season following a 195.025 to 193.925 victory over New Hampshire. The Cougars only loss was at the hands of No. 11 Oklahoma to start off the season at the Cancun Classic in Mexico. BYU is ranked second in the North Central Conference behind Utah. NBA John Zs'irAy/jzsiray@cc.usu.edu UTAH STATE'S NATE HARRIS is looks for an open player in the Ag's game against UC Santa Barbara Jan. 6. The Aggies won Saturday night against Long Beach. Ags jump out 24-2 at Long Beach State, win big his Orange, Calif., home, Pak had his most comfortable and together night of the season in front of his friends and After winning big over Utah State family. UC Irvine two night's before, Utah State Head Knocking down 5-of-6 Coach Stew Morrill was a three-point attempts, Pak little concerned his team led the way for the Ags would come out flat against offensively and finished Long Beach State Saturday. the game with 19 points. But a 24-2 run to start "I'm confident now," Long Beach the game put things away Pak said. "I know where early for the Aggies, leaving everyone's supposed to be. the 49ers, well, flattened. I know where I'm supposed to be." "We feel like we really have it together," Aggie Morrill said Pak, who is guard David Pak said. "We're just only in his third season of playing feeling more comfortable." organized basketball, is beginning to understand the complex, Playing just 30 minutes from BY AARON FALK Sports Editor 75 44 Division-I offense. The inside duo of Spencer Nelson and Nate Harris combined for 25 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists Saturday en route to the Ags' second-straight victory away from the Spectrum. Starting conference play 0-3 on the road, Utah State is now 7-3 in conference - just a half game out of second place. "We needed some road victories and we got the job done," Morrill said. Cass Matheus, coming off the bench, added 11 points and five rebounds for USU. Chris Jenkins, the only Long Beach player to finish in double digits, had 10 points. Jibril Hodges, the teams leading scorer coming into Saturday's game, only had six points. The road test will continue for the Ags, who won't play in the Spectrum until Cal State Northridge comes to town on Feb. 10. Up next, Utah State will tipoff with Cal Poly (4-14) Thursday and UC Santa Barbara (7-11) Saturday. In their last meetings, the Ags beat the Mustangs 76-65 and the Gauchos 80-70. Both games will start at 8:05 p.m. and will be broadcast on 94.5 FM. -acf@cc.usu.edu MIAMI (AP) - With Dwyane Wade around, the Miami Heat can afford the occasional off-game from Shaquille O'Neal. Wade had 30 points, eight rebounds and six assists, leading a balanced attack that carried the Heat to a 104-95 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday. OTSTeal only took 11 shots and finished with 15 points and five rebounds. Udonis Haslem hit his first seven shots from the floor and finished with 16 for Miami, as did Damon Jones. Eddie Jones added 11. Tracy McGrady had 28 points for Houston, which had won its previous three road games. Yao Ming had 12 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter for the Rockets, and Bob Sura added 21 - 15 of those coming in the game's first 13 minutes. First half cold spell dooms Utah State Kings 94, Timberwolves 84 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Brad Miller had 27 points, 15 rebounds and plenty of help picking up the slack for two injured Kings stars. The Sacramento backcourt, Cuttino Mobley (23 points) and Mike Bibby (21 points), combined for 34 points over the final two quarters following a slow first half. All-Star forwards Peja Stojakovic (back spasms) and Chris Webber (sore left knee) didn't dress for the Kings. Kevin Garnett had 21 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists for Minnesota, which had its five-game winning streak end raggedly. The quiet crowd that showed up for the Timberwolves' first afternoon tipoff of the season booed when the final buzzer sounded. got its first points off Brox s free throw. The Ags were 0-19 before they made their first field goal, a After 15 minutes of play, . 3-pointer from Kahlie Quinones Camille Brox scored the first with a little more than four point for the Utah minutes left to play in the State women's basfirst half. The Aggies finUtah State ished the half with nine ketball team, and brought the score to points and 14 turnovers. 1-23. During the first half, every time the Aggies The Aggies shot touched the ball on offense, only 8 percent for the they did something wrong. first half in their 3663 loss to Long Long Beach The half was full of more than just missed baskets Beach State Saturday there were plenty of chargnight in the ing fouls called on the Ags Spectrum. as well as traveling and shot "We did what we clock violations on both needed to do defenends of the court. sively," head coach Raegan Pebley said. "We held them to During the second half, the 63 with kids playing that don't Aggies continued to have trouplay a whole lot of minutes for ble getting anything to go their us. way. At one point during the "We just didn't score" half, the team got a technical foul called on it when Camille USU'sfiveleading scorers Brox was called for a charge and combined for only one point in the first half - a free throw from Brittany TVessler. Coin SPFH Utah State was 0-18 until it See Page 7 7 Suns 123, Raptors 105 TORONTO (AP) Amare Stoudemire scored 19 of his 27 points in the third quarter and the Suns won their fifth straight Phoenix outscored Toronto 46-26 in the third quarter, the most points the Raptors have allowed in any quarter in their 10-year history. Shawn Marion added 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Suns, who went 4-0 on their four-game road trip. Steve Nash had 19 points and 12 assists as all five Phoenix starters scored at least 17 points. Chris Bosh tied a career high with 27 points for the Raptors, who have lost three straight. Jalen Rose added 21 points. Toronto suspended point guard Rafer Alston for two games earlier in the day for his conduct at practice a day before. Aggies can't handle 49ers at home By Andrea Edmunds Assistant Sports Editor 36 63 John Zshay/jzsiray@cc.usu.edu TAYLOR RICHARDS drives around Long Beach's Jeannie Saunders Saturday night. |