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Show Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011 Page 8 ■ ••••••■., WednesdaySp0 Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com Touch Base Clips down Flying Baracudas again in 3-on-3 AggieSchedules BY LANDON HOLLINGSWORTH three games, all of which came from shooting staff writer 3-pointers. Volleyball THURSDAY, Nov. 10 USU at Nevada, 8 p.m. SATURDAY, Nov. 12 USU at Fresno State, 8 p.m. Women's Soccer SATURDAY, Nov. 12 USU at Auburn, 6 p.m. Cross-Country SATURDAY, Nov. 12 NCAA Mountain Region Championship, all day in Orem, Utah Football SATURDAY, Nov. 12 USU vs. SJSU, 1:05 p.m., Romney Stadium. Men's Basketball Friday, Nov. 11 USU vs. BYU, 7 p.m. in the Spectrum Women's Basketball FRIDAY Nov. 11 The Clips and Flying Baracudas met for the second time this season, Monday night, to play one more game before the 3-on-3 basketball tournament begins next week. The Flying Baracudas fought hard, but in the end The Clips' stifling defense held off the The Flying Baracudas to secure its second win against The Flying Baracudas 2-1. A regular game of basketball is different from 3-on-3 basketball. In USU 3-on-3 recreation leagues, teams play three games each night and the overall winner is the team that wins two out of the three games. The first two games are played for 20 minutes or until one of the teams reaches 31 points with at least a three-point lead. If the two teams split the first two games, a third game is played that lasts either 15 minutes or until one of the teams reaches 21 points. Thompson, The Clips' top scorer of the night, had a total of 27 points throughout the "They kept leaving us open, " Thompson said. "I was just getting lucky. They kept leaving me open, and I took the shots." The first game was won by The Clips, which outscored the Baracudas 32-13. Both Clifford and Ford, with their massive size, were able to break through the defense and score often. In the second game, The Flying Baracudas, whose members are seniors Jay Bickmore, Chris Jepson and Christian Ivins, came back with a vengeance. Bickmore and Jepson, who scored 26 points throughout the three games, propelled The Flying Baracudas to a 37-33 win. In the decisive third game, The Clips did just enough to outlast the Baracudas in a tight game. The Clips scored 22 points to win the final game and improved it's seeding for the tournament, which begins Monday. FORD BLUE SHOOTS over Jay Bickmore during a 3-on-3 intramural basketball game. The Clips defeated The Flying Baracudas in a best-of-three series. DELAYNE LOCKE photo omfortable at home - landon.m.h@aggiemail.usu.edu BY MEREDITH KINNEY USU at Wyoming, 7 p.m. SUNDAY sports senior writer Nov. 13 USU at South Dakota State, 1 p.m. The USU hockey team boasts players from five different Canadian provinces and six different U.S. states, while four players quietly represent their home state of Utah. David Reeve, Cody Palmer, Gary Higgs and Cooper Limb are all Utahn — born and raised. Two of them headed to Utah State right after high school, two of them took a different route, but all four are giving kids who play hockey in Utah something to look up too. The most seasoned of the four skaters is Palmer. The goalkeeper shares starts with Allesandro Mullane and Russell McKay. Palmer is undefeated just as all other USU goalies. The fourthyear player has a .840 save percentage. Palmer said he first stepped onto the ice as a 4-year-old in Plain City, Utah, a suburb of Ogden. Palmer started by skating out for his teams but found his spot in front of the goal when he was 12. He played for various travel teams in the Ogden and Salt Lake City areas before attending USU. Palmer played behind Aggie great Greg Finatti his freshman year, but still racked up a .890 save percentage. Now in his fourth year Hockey FRIDAY Nov. 11 USU at BYU, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Nov. 12 USU vs. Weber State, 7:15 p.m. Aggies to be on national television BY USU MEDIA RELATIONS The Utah State men's basketball team will once again be televised both regionally and nationally during the 2011-12 season as a minimum of 13 games will be broadcast on various networks throughout the year. Of the 13 games this season currently scheduled to be televised, three will be broadcast nationally on the ESPN family of networks, while the other 10 will be regionally televised throughout the state of Utah on KCSG-TV (Comcast Ch. 116, DirecTV Ch. 44, Dish Network Ch. 37). Utah State's first televised game of the season will be its season opener at home on Friday, Nov. 11 against in-state rival Brigham Young on KCSGTV at 7 p.m. Other home games to be shown on KCSG-TV include matchups with Southern Utah, Denver, Utah Valley, Seattle, Fresno State, Nevada, San Jose State and Idaho with all of these games scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Utah State's road game at Western Athletic Conference rival New Mexico State on Thursday, Jan. 12 will also be televised on KCSG-TV beginning at 7 p.m. Utah State will also make one appearance on ESPN2 this season when it hosts New Mexico State on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. USU home games against Hawai'i (Thursday, Jan. 26) and Louisiana Tech will be ESPN Regional broadcasts and televised on Altitude with both games scheduled to start at 7 p.m. UTAH STATE PLAYERS from the right to left: Cody Palmer, Gary Higgs, David Reeves and Cooper Limb are the only members of the hockey team originally from Utah. KIMBERLY SHORTS photo USU QB Keeton OK after injury against Hawaii BY TAVIN STUCK! sports editor USU football team physician Dr. Trek Lyons gave an update on freshman quarterback Chuckie Keeton's neck injury in a press conference Monday. "He had a rapid flexion of his neck," Lyons said. "With his neck bending forward quickly, it put certain structures at risk. The ligaments on the back side of your spinal column tend to get sprained pretty easily, and the muscles back there also get strained." Lyons said the injury is best described as a stinger. "It is a spinal stinger, not the typical stinger that you get down your arm. It is a little more complicated than KEETON that," Lyons said. "From my understanding, there was no evidence of a fracture or anything with his spine. At this point, it is more of a soft-tissue injury, and there is some nerve involvement." Lyons also said Keeton was able to speak and move his limbs while down on the field at Aloha Stadium, but he was carted off the field by medical personnel due to protocol regarding when a spinal injury has or might have occurred. Head coach Gary Andersen said he does not know who will start in the game against San Jose State on Saturday. "We'll have to wait and see," Andersen said. "If you were to ask (Keeton) right now, he'd probably say he's starting on Saturday. We'll see what happens. The backup will be ready if needed." - tavin.stucki@aggiemail.usu. edu See UTAH, Page 9 Bumpus leaving USU BY TYLER HUSKINSON assistant sports editor One of USU basketball head coach Stew Morrill's top recruits over the past couple seasons left the team Tuesday. Morrill announced Tuesday that junior guard Antonio Bumpus, who redshirted last season, left the team due to injuries he suffered during his time as an Aggie and also has personal family issues. Morrill recruited Bumpus as a potential consistent scoring threat who excelled at the junior collegiate level. Bumpus earned All-American honors as he averaged 18 points and four rebounds a game for Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Bumpus suffered a foot injury during his redshirt season and was unable to practice until this past BUMPUS summer. The 6-foot-3 junior was able to practice and be in shape at the start of this year's practices, but he re-injured his foot during a shoot around, prior to USU's first exhibition game of the season against University of California-San Diego. - ty.d.hus@aggiemail.usu.edu |