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Show Friday, Feb. IS, 2008 StatesmanSports Page II r OODS Lynwood 880 N 650 E Brentwood 736 E 900 N Edgewood 736 E 800 N Stay in the Very Best Single Student Housing! •Practically on Campus •Full Bath in each bedroom •Free Wireless Internet •Fully equipped kitchen •Washer & dryer in apartment •Furnished •Covered Parking (Edgewood) • Entire Summer from $450 •School Year: Private: $2250-3210 Shared: $1980-$2370 755-3181 www.Iogancrestwoods.com BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME WITH OUR STIDKNT FRIKNDLY FINANCING DENTE UTAH STATE REDSH1RT FRESHMAN TAI WESLEY puts up a shot against a San Jose State defender last Saturday in the Spectrum. Wesley and the Aggies play at Hawaii, Saturday at 10 p.m. The Aggies beat Hawaii Jan. 3 in the Spectrum, 86-80. Wesley had 27 points against the Warriors—a career high. Utah State is 3-6 away from the Spectrum. PATRICK ODEN photo BD1 .67 1 . 1 9 5 3 Aggies looking for first win in Hawaii By SAM BRYNER senior writer This Saturday night, the Utah State men's basketball team will look to do something it has never done before: win in Hawaii. This will be the third meeting between the two teams in Hawaii. The last time the two teams played in Honolulu, the Rainbow Warriors came away with a 69-61 victory. Over the past 14 years, Hawaii has enjoyed an Aggielike home court advantage with a 121-31 record, including a 4-1 record in Western Athletic Conference games at home this season. Utah State comes into the game following an 85-80 loss at Nevada on the road Monday night. This year Utah State has a 5-1 record following a loss. The game will mark the second time the teams have played this year. Utah State won in Logan in January, 8680. In that game, the Aggies were led by freshman forward Tai Wesley and senior All-American guard Jaycee Carroll, who combined for 53 points. Wesley netted a career-high 27 points, including USU's first eight of the game. His 27 points were the second most for a USU freshman in school history behind Carroll's 28 in his freshman season of 2004-05. Wesley was a whopping 13of-16 at the free-throw line, both career highs. Carroll tallied 26 points, 13 in each half, and hit all four of his three-pointers while playing all 40 minutes of the game. Carroll, who is coming off a 29-point game at Nevada, is currently leading the WAC with 21.8 points per game and is ranked first in free-throw shooting at 92.4 percent. Playing on the road has not been easy this year for the Aggies as they have a 3-6 record. However, they have won three of their last five road games after starting the year with a 0-4 record on the road. Hawaii is coming into the DENTE game with a 10-12 record and currently stands in fifth place with a 6-4 league record following an 88-68 loss at Nevada last weekend. Hawaii is led by senior guard Matt Gibson, who is averaging 16.9 points and 5.2 assists per game, while senior forward Bobby Nash is averaging 16.2 points and 5.8 rebounds. Senior guard Riley Luettgerodt is also scoring in double-figures as he is averaging 12.0 points per game. As a team, Hawaii is scoring 70.8 points and shooting 44.8 percent from the field, 34.3 percent from 3-point range and 73.8 percent from the free-throw line, while its opponents are scoring 71.1 points and shooting 46.9 percent from the field. Due to the difference in time zones, the game against Hawaii will tip off at 10:05 p.m. The Aggies play at San Jose State Monday at 8 p.m. to round out the road trip. 55D FINANCIAL SERVICES could save you 15% on car insurance. 1513 N. Hillfield Rd., Suite 3 (801) 752-O485 •sam,bryner@aggiemaiL usu.edu Sweetheart of a Deal Treat your car right and she'll return the favor! [I continuedfrompage 10 tions. She added that gymBoth Heinrich and Felley nastics is not only physically agreed some people perceive demanding but also demandgymnastics as easy and a playing on the mind. ful pastime, but the reality of it "Sometimes I get home and is the opposite. crash because I'm so tired and "Sometimes people think exhausted," Felley said. "It's that we just swing around a bar draining, but it's all worth it." or dance pretty on floor in our In high school, for Felley, leotard, but it's different than practice ran 40 hours a week that," Heinrich said. compared to 20 hours in colleFelley said she looks to corgiate gymnastics, where NCAA rect people of this misconceprules restrict gymnasts from tion of just "flipping around practicing more than 20 hours. and having fun. "College gymnastics is so "We train our butts off and much more exciting than push our bodies to the highest club gymnastics," she said. level we can get to," she said. "Everything that I did then is "It's not as easy as it seems. paying off now, and it does ' There's a lot of hard work and get hard some days, but you dedication behind it." know in the end prize you have - candice. sandness@aggiemail, Deople cheerine vou on." usu.edu LOGAN GEICO. A15-miniitecall Gym: Training not an easy task in live competition, injuries, rips and blisters are hurdles gymnasts face along the way, Kozlow explained. "They get rips on their hands and wrists from bars, and it'll continue toripand bleed, but they continue to work out like that," Kozlow said. "On beam there are many girls who have bruised heels and missing toenails. It's just part of being a gymnast. It's tough, and they do this day in and day out, and they don't complain very often." Junior Nicki Felley said though some days the workouts or practices can exceed her limits, but the hard days pay off as she anticipates and visualizes winning competi- N. 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