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Show Take Note: The Gymnastics squad hosts BYU Friday night at 6:35 p.m. in the Spectrum. /Friday, Jan. 20,2006 797-1761 sports@statesman.usu.edu Making a TylerLanen pholo/tmlarsen&c.usu.edu Utah State 6 4 With 3 players in double digits, Aggie men pick up tough win over Bulldogs LTU was the last unbeaten team in WAC play with a 4-0 before Wednesday's Assistant Sports Editor game. "With them coming here undefeated, Physical. Tough. Hard-nosed. we wanted this one," Harris said. These are the words Head Coach Stew Morrill used to described the Utah The win improved USU's record to 12-4 State men's basketball team's 64-55 win on the season and 4-2 in conference play. / over Louisiana Tech in the Spectrum The Aggies are now tied for second in Wednesday. the WAC with New Mexico State. "It was not a game for Aggie David Pak said the meek," he said. "It he hopes the close victory was a game for men." will help USU concentrate I t was not a game on Monday's game against Jaycee Carroll led the for the meek. It was a Nevada in Reno. , Aggies with 14 points, ', despite shooting just 5"I'd like to think we're game for men." for-17 from the field and saving it for Nevada," he StewMorrill 2-for-9 from 3-point said. "We hope to come out ?i range. with the same intensity." -?wr Men's B-ballCoach Nate Harris finMorrill said it is nice to be «$8 ' ished with 13 points for '"'" in a conference with so many good opponents. ,, the vYight v/hile Cass , Matheus put 12 points on the board. "As a player, you enjoy this level of Morrill said it was encouraging to see competition," he said. "The fans enjoy this his team win while shooting just 40.4 competition, too." .f percent from the field. Harris said, "Every game's a battle. "If Jaycee had a good shooting night, [Nevada] is another huge challenge. We're ., it would have been a lot better," Morrill pretty excited to go up there." said. "We missed a lot of open shots and Monday's game will tip off at 10 p.m. .., [LTU] was doing a lot of doubling." and will air on ESPN. Even though his shot seemed to be off, -bhhinton@cc.usu.edu "Carroll still hit a 3-pointer with 6:26 to ~play, which gave the Aggies a five-point lead. "He made a big one," Harris said. "He's got that shooter's mentality where he can miss a bunch and still make the next one." USU trailed 46-43 with fewer than 10 minutes to play when Chris Huber hit back-to-back 3-pointers to turn the threepoint deficit into a three-point lead. "Huber made two threes when we really need them," Morrill said. "We've got to have our veterans come through to win a game like that." The Bulldogs were held to only 39.3 percent shooting from the field, but they out-rebounded the Aggies 39-31. Paul Millsap finished with 20 points and 17 boards to lead LTU. "I'd rather pay to watch him than coach against him," Morrill said about Millsap. "If he can't play for money, then those guys in the NBA are really good." Harris was in charge of guarding the 6-foot-8-inch 245-pounder for most of the game. "Obviously, Millsap's a beast," he said. "I was matched up with him one-on-one James SihuHzphoto/xhultzgcc.uui.edu ; for most of the first half. It was a battle in the post." USU'S DAVID PAK goes for the basket Wednesday night. i Louisiana Tech 55 BY BRYAN H I N T O N James Schutuphotojschult2.3cc.usu.edu AGGIE CASS MATHEUS DUNKS the ball in thefinal seconds of USU's 64-55 win over Lousiana Tech Wednesday night in the Spectrum. Leading Scorers Nate Harris 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting. His 6 rebounds lead USU in boards. Jaycee Carroll 14 points on 5-of-17 shooting. He had 6 points from behindthe-arc along with 6 rebounds. Cass Matheus 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting. He also had 4 blocks and 4 rebounds. James Sthultz and Tyler Larsen WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS LTU W L 4 1 NMSU 3 1 Utah State Nevada Fresno Hawaii Boise State San Jose Idaho 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 Pet .800 .750 .666 .600 .500 .500 .250 .000 .000 GB 1/2 1/2 1 11/2 11/2 21/2 21/2 31/2 UPCOMING GAMES . SATURDAY, JAN. 21 ^ San Jose State al Idaho New Mexico State at Louisiana lech Fresno State at Hawai'l / ^ W 11 7 12 13 L Pet. 7 .611 8 .467 4 750 4 .765 6.600 6.571 7.533 11.267 11.214 Gymnast Jessica Parenti earned Athlete of the Week honor. See page 9 Oh, the wonderful world of basketball. See how our columnist breaks it down. See page 8 Utah State students get the grades for conference honors. See page 9 |