Slugfest Close to Being Sold out for the 30Th Straight Year
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Section Sunday, February 8, 2009 ports Page 1 The Herald Journal Inside Balanced scoring propels Utes By The Associated Press Tyler Quinney and David Marek had 11 Beehive Basketball points each. Clifford’s double-double was Luke Nevill, Luka Drca, Lawrence 3-pointers each by Borha and Kepkay. his fifth of the season. Borha and Tyler Kepkay all scored 15 Borha’s third 3-pointer with 9:42 left put Southern Utah shot 52 percent from the points Saturday to lead Utah to an 80-70 the Utes up by a dozen. field and went 31-for-34 from the foul win over Wyoming in Laramie. The Cowboys cut the lead in half before line. The Thunderbirds won the rebound Utah (16-7, 7-2 Mountain West) pulled a 3-pointer by Shaun Green and two free battle 35-25. away in the second half behind strong 3- throws with 52 seconds put Utah back up Bakari Lewis scored 23 points for the point shooting. by 11. Kangaroos (6-19, 2-10), who have lost The Utes hit 11-of-24 3-pointers in the Brandon Ewing led Wyoming with 18 six straight, and Latreze Mushatt added game, as Drca, Borha and Kepkay com- points, followed by Sean Ogirri with 17. 16 points. bined to hit 9-of-14 from long range. Southern Utah 81, Missouri-Kansas City 69 Southern Utah led 30-22 at halftime Taylor has record-setting It was the first home loss in 11 games At Cedar City, John Clifford scored before opening the second half with a 22-6 day in pool for MC . B2 this season for Wyoming (14-9, 3-6). 18 points and tied a career-high with 15 spurt that gave the Thunderbirds their big- Wyoming led 32-29 late in the first half rebounds to lead the Thunderbirds to a win gest lead, 52-29, with 13:02 left. before Drca hit two straight 3-pointers as over the Kangaroos. Kangaroos scoring leader Dane Bruma- Sports briefs the Utes led 35-34 at halftime. Davis Baker scored 17 points for the gin played five minutes after an ankle Utah opened the second half with two Thunderbirds (8-15, 6-6 Summit League). injury two weeks ago. NFL lifts blackout HONOLULU (AP) — The NFL has lifted the local TV blackout for today’s Pro Bowl, with the all-star game Slugfest close to being sold out for the 30th straight year. The league had granted two extensions before lift- Aggies hold off Bulldogs ing the blackout for Hawaii. NFL spokesman Brian for 18th straight victory McCarthy says only a few hundred tickets remained as By Shawn Harrison ning is when things aren’t click- of Saturday. sports editor ing offensively, we always find The Pro Bowl will be tele- a way. We can’t trust in that, vised on NBC at 2:30 p.m. It’s getting to be a com- because we need to get it done mon theme, but the nation- on the boards and defensively.” Sports scores ally-ranked Aggies aren’t Wilkinson scored a game- complaining too much. best 16 points. Beehive Hoops No. 25 Utah State (22nd in With the win, the Aggies Utah State 60, LA Tech 52 the USA Today/ESPN poll) have a firm grip on first place Utah 80, Wyoming 70 came into Saturday night’s in the Western Athletic Con- Southern Utah 81, UMKC 69 game at the Dee Glen Smith ference at 11-0. They moved NBA Spectrum with Louisiana Tech to 23-1 on the season and have L.A. Clippers 121, Atlanta 97 as 17-point favorites. The now won 18 straight, which Philadelphia 94, Miami 84 hosts were up by that many on leads the nation. New Jersey 114, Denver 70 three occasions in the “We’ll take it,” Memphis 78, Toronto 70 second half. USU MEN'S USU head coach Houston 107, Minnesota 90 BASKETBALL Dallas 115, Chicago 114, OT But as has been Stew Morrill said. Detroit 126, Milwaukee 121, OT the case most of “We played hard, the season, it came 52 we defended pretty NHL down to the final well, and it was just Philadelphia 4, Boston 3, OT minute to decide kind of an old-fash- Anaheim 2, Calgary 1 the outcome. Other Detroit 8, Edmonton 3 60 ioned slugfest.” Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2, SO than the one blem- The Bulldogs (9- Toronto 5, Montreal 2 ish way back in 15, 3-8) came into the Columbus 3, San Jose 2, OT early December, the Spectrum with plenty Washington 3, Florida 1 Aggies just keep winning. of momentum, fresh off a big Los Angeles 3, New Jersey 1 USU’s Tyler Newbold Tampa Bay 1, N.Y. Islanders 0 upset win at Nevada on Thurs- St. Louis 4, Colorado 1 made four free throws in day. Despite getting down by Carolina 7, Phoenix 2 the final 26 seconds as the 17, they just kept fighting. Vancouver 7, Chicago 3 Aggies held on for a 60-52 “When you don’t win, you win in front of a sold-out are disappointed,” LTU head On television crowd of 10,270. coach Kerry Rupp said. “We “This game we kind of came out and the kids just AUTO RACING played in spurts,” said New- 11 a.m. kept battling and kept fight- FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, bold, who had 13 points and ing. ... It was good to come pole qualifying for Daytona 500, seven rebounds. “We need to out and compete.” at Daytona Beach, Fla. get better and become more Having scored the final 4:30 p.m. consistent. ... We cannot get five points of the first half ESPN2 — NHRA, Winter- comfortable.” to take a 22-17 lead into the QDWLRQDOV¿QDOHOLPLQDWLRQVDW USU post Gary Wilkinson break, the Aggies kept on Pomona, Calif. (same-day tape) fully agreed with Newbold and BOWLING added: “What has kept us win- scoring to start the second 11 a.m. half. Four different players ESPN — PBA, Dick Weber were part of a 12-0 run to Open, at Fountain Valley, Calif. For a photo gallery from this game ... start the final 20 minutes. GOLF Pooh Williams gave the Meegan M. Reid/Herald Journal 11 a.m. Look Online Utah State’s Gary Wilkinson, right, goes up for a shot over Louisiana TGC — PGA Tour, Buick hjnews.com Tech’s Shawn Oliverson during the first half on Saturday night. ,QYLWDWLRQDO¿QDOURXQGDW/D See SLUG on B6 Jolla, Calif. 1 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, Buick ,QYLWDWLRQDO¿QDOURXQGDW/D Tech’s Oliverson getting more PT Jolla, Calif. MEN’S COLLEGE HOOPS By Shawn Harrison Utah and Idaho, so that was fun,” Oliver- Oliverson said. 11 a.m. sports editor son said. “It was hard to find tickets.” The 6-foot-10 center/forward has been CBS — Purdue at Illinois Especially since it was a sellout in Utah coming off the bench this year for LTU. He 3:30 p.m. FSN — Washington at Stanford It was a homecoming of sorts for one State’s 60-52 win. has appeared in 16 games and started two, 5:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech Bulldog on Saturday night. Playing in the Spectrum is not new for Oli- averaging nearly nine minutes a contest. FSN — Maryland at Georgia Sophomore Shawn Oliverson had many verson, even though this was his first colle- “Things are going pretty good,” Oliver- Tech friends and family members in attendance giate game there. He played in the Spectrum son said. “I just need to learn the system NBA at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Being a once in a camp and went to many games and learn what the coaches want me to do. 11 a.m. Preston native certainly helped. while growing up just over the border. ABC — San Antonio at “I have a lot of family and friends from “It’s always wild here with the fans,” See MORE on B7 Boston 1:30 p.m. ABC — L.A. Lakers at Cleveland 6 p.m. Classy bunch ESPN — Phoenix at Detroit 7 p.m. FSN — Utah at Golden State NFL was inducted 2:30 p.m. By Shawn Harrison NBC — Pro Bowl, at Honolulu sports editor NHL 10:30 a.m. NBC — Detroit at Pittsburgh Long meetings can be real snoozers. RODEO You know the type where you sit around trying 6 p.m. to stay awake and constantly VERSUS — PBR, Troy-Bilt check your watch. You keep Invitational, at Tallahassee, asking yourself how much Fla. (same-day tape) WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOOPS more of this you can endure? 11:30 a.m. Then there are those times FSN — Oklahoma at Okla- when you attend an event homa St. and wish it would keep Noon going. Friday night was cer- ESPN2 — Ohio St. at tainly like that for me. I was Harrison Michigan St. fortunate enough to be at 1:30 p.m. the Utah State University Athletics Hall of Fame FSN — Stanford at Washington induction ceremony for the class of 2009. 3 p.m. Meegan M. Reid/Herald Journal Perhaps I’m exaggerating a bit as the event ESPN2 — Tennessee at Members of the 2009 Utah State Hall of Fame class were honored at halftime of the Florida Aggies’ men’s basketball game against Louisiana Tech on Saturday night. See CLASSY on B5 B6 - The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Sunday, February 8, 2009 McKines’ 3-pointer lifts NMSU over Wolf Pack By The Associated Press Boise St. 89, San Jose St. 83 letic Conference), who have won to lead the Rainbow Warriors WAC At San Jose, Calif., Ike Okoye four of five after stumbling with to a victory over the Vandals.