Section Sunday, February 8, 2009 ports Page 1 The Herald Journal Inside Balanced scoring propels Utes By The Tyler Quinney and David Marek had 11 Beehive 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 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 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 /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. Jahmar Young scored 17 points for the Wolf Pack (13- scored a career-high 22 points back-to-back conference losses It was the second straight vic- points and Wendell McKines hit 10, 6-4 WAC) and hit a driving and Anthony Thomas made a to Nevada and Utah State. tory for the Rainbow Warriors a 3-pointer with 58 seconds left layup with 1:28 left that put pair of clinching free throws with Adrian Oliver scored a career- and their third in four games. to lift New Mexico State over Nevada on top 60-59. 41 seconds left as the Broncos high 37 points for San Jose State Hawaii opened the game on Nevada 62-60 on Saturday at the But the Aggies responded held on to beat the Spartans. (10-11, 4-6), coming within a 8-0 run and never was threat- Lawlor Events Center in Reno. with McKines long 3-pointer Okoye, who went into the game three points of tying the school ened. The Rainbow Warriors McKines had 10 rebounds from the top of the key. averaging just 8.7 points this sea- record. The Spartans sophomore led by as many as 29 points in and 13 points, including the Nevada had a chance to win son, went 8-of-12 from the floor guard missed two shots in the the second half after going on a game-winning shot for the the game in the final seconds, and was 6-for-10 from the line. final 30 seconds, including a 3- 27-7 run on a dunk by Roderick Aggies (12-12, 6-5 WAC). but ’s 3-point He also had six rebounds. pointer at the buzzer. Flemings with 7:12 left to play. Hamidu Rahman had 11 points attempt bounced off the rim Thomas finished with 15 Hawaii 71, Idaho 49 Flemings contributed 16 for New Mexico State. at the buzzer. Babbitt had 14 points and five assists for the At Honolulu, Kareem Nitoto points, seven rebounds, three has 16 points for the Wolf Pack. Broncos (16-6, 6-3 Western Ath- scored a season-high 21 points assists and three steals. and gave USU a 12-9 lead. Valley briefs “These kind of games are Slug awful ugly,” Morrill said. “If you don’t appreciate WAC tournament packages Continued from B1 slugfests, then you weren’t Utah State Aggie fans that want to attend the West- too happy tonight. It looked ern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament in hosts their first 17-point lead like it was going to be 10- Reno, Nev., must buy their tickets through the Nevada when he capped the surge 10 with a shot clock. ticket office. The USU ticket office has sold its allot- with a trey with 14:29 left. “Now wouldn’t that ment of tickets and are unable to purchase any more. “We just have to settle have been something?” The tournament runs from March 10-14 at Nevada’s down and just play our After four ties, the Lawlor Events Center. An all-session ticket for the game,” Williams said. “That Aggies took a 22-17 entire tournament (men and women) for the general was the main thing coach lead into the break when public is $145 for the upper bowl in the center and $110 told us at halftime. We Newbold and Wilkin- for the upper bowl on the baselines. All-session passes haven’t played Aggie bas- son knocked down five for students are $55. Single-session tickets range from ketball yet. So, that’s what straight free throws. $35 to $45 for men’s games $15 for women’s games. we went out there in the sec- With the win, USU has Students can purchase single-session tickets for $30. ond half and tried to do.” now won 31 straight at home All-session packages are available to purchase now, Which they did for the to tie the school record. but single-session tickets will not go on sale until first 10 minutes of the Game notes: During March 2. Fans can contact the Nevada ticket office at second half. halftime the seven newest (775) 348-7225. Then came a lull. members of Utah State’s USU went 3:35 without Athletics Hall of Fame were scoring, and the Bulldogs introduced. ... Aggie forward Youth basketball tourney took advantage by going Brady Jardine took an elbow North American Youth Sports still has openings in on a 10-0 run to pull with- to the jaw and left the game its annual spring youth basketball tournament in the in 44-38 with 6:28 to play. at the 7:13 mark of the first Ogden/Salt Lake City area at The Gym, a new facility “Anyone that has Meegan M. Reid/Herald Journal half. He had a highlight-show in West Haven, March 27-28. watched us knows that we A shirtless Bill Sproat shows a little thigh in an effort to rebound dunk seconds earli- This tournament will feature 10 different brackets: have spurts, but can’t put distract Louisiana Tech’s Kyle Gibson as he prepares to er, but did not return to action 5th-6th grade boys; 5th-6th grade girls; 7th grade a team away,” Wilkinson shoot a during the second half Saturday. as a precaution. ... LTU for- boys; 7th grade girls; 8th grade boys; 8th grade girls; said. “We always let them rill said of the Bulldogs. “You’ve got to get down ward landed 9th-10th grade boys; 9th-10th grade girls; 11th-12th back in. I know that’s hard on a dunk attempt early “They made some plays and dirty in these kinds of grade boys; 11th-12th grade girls. All grades are based going to come back to in the second half and had to on the grade in which a student is currently enrolled. bite us some time. ... We and got back in it. I keep games,” Morrill said. “For- be helped to the locker room. saying it, but it’s really tunately we did, kind of The entry fee for this tournament is $105 and guar- need to figure that out.” He did return to finish the antees each team a minimum of two games. Awards true. ... There is a lot of like we’ve done all year.” It was Wilkinson that game. ... USU’s 11-0 start in will be presented in each bracket. The entry deadline is ended the scoring drought parity in this league.” The first half was hard WAC play is second only to March 6. For more information or an entry form, please by dunking a long pass Wilkinson and New- on the eyes. It was simi- Utah’s 14-0 start in the 1998- call the NAYS toll-free hotline at 866-352-5915 or from Jared Quayle on a bold finished off the lar to the first meeting in 99 season. ... The Aggies tournament director Pam Molen at 801-732-9730. fastbreak. Quayle tied his game by combining to go early January when nei- improved to 12-0 this year season-high with eight 6-of-7 from the foul line. ther team could get into and have won 56 straight assists on the night. “We respond to adver- an offensive flow. games when allowing less Jimmy V hoops tournament Newbold hit a 3-pointer sity well,” Newbold said. USU didn’t score until than 60 points. ... USU had Idaho Premier Basketball will be holding its annual and Wilkinson converted a “We just need to stay the 14:06 mark of the first more turnovers (15) than March Madness tournament March 13-14 in Idaho three-point play to give the mentally focused.” half when Williams hit a assists (14) for just the fourth Falls, Idaho. There are divisions for boys in grades 4 Aggies some breathing room Gibson led LTU with 14 3-pointer. However, the time this year. ... through 9 and girls grades 5 through 9. Proceeds for the at 52-40 with 4:44 to play. points and five rebounds. visitors didn’t take advan- had one to move into a event are donated to the Jimmy V Foundation for Can- But the Bulldogs just Olu Ashaolu came off the tage as they went four tie with Kendall Youngblood cer Research. Space is limited. For more information would not roll over. Kyle bench to add 12 points. minutes without scoring. for eighth on the career list and to register online visit www.IdahoPremier.com. Gibson and James Loe hit The Bulldogs shot 38.2 The Aggies took their with 56. ... As of Friday, the Registration deadline is March 3 or until sold out. back-to-back 3-pointers percent from the field first lead when Jaxon Aggies have an RPI of 38, a as the visitors used a 10-2 after making 60 percent at Myaer dialed up a trey strength of schedule of 195 run to get within 54-50 Nevada. USU finished at with seven minutes left and a Sagarin rating of 36. ... PHS alumni hoops tourney with 70 seconds to go. 47.5 percent and made 7- before halftime. The 3- USU leads the all-time series The Preston High Alumni Basketball Tournament “Give them credit,” Mor- of-15 from 3-point range. pointer capped a 7-0 run with LTU 8-1. will be held March 13-14. Cost is $150 and teams are guaranteed two games in the true double-elimination saw its nine-game winning streak Two of the wins have come this tournament. All proceeds benefit Preston football. For snapped. The Zags were hurt by 36 week, with Ohio State (17-5, 7-4 more info or to reserve a team spot, call Ryan Harris at Top 25 percent shooting and 15 turnovers. Big Ten) also beating No. 12 Pur- (208) 406-6181 or Shawn Marlow at (208) 589-9213. Nebraska 58, No. 16 Texas 55 due 80-72 on Tuesday night. Continued from B3 At Lincoln, Neb., Ade Dagun- Blake Hoffarber, scoreless in duro made a rare 3-pointer with 50 the first half, tossed in 19 points USU alumni soccer tourney No. 15 UCLA 89, seconds left and finished with 17 — all but one on 3-pointers — for Utah State soccer will be hosting an alumni/current Notre Dame 63 points to help the Huskers over- the Golden Gophers (18-5, 6-5). players small-sided tournament on Feb. 21 and all for- At Los Angeles, Alfred Aboya come a 12-point second-half deficit Damian Johnson added 12. mer Aggie soccer players are invited to participate. scored 19 points to help the Bruins against the Longhorns. No. 21 Kansas 78, Oklahoma St. 67 Those interested in playing in this year’s tourna- send the Fighting Irish to their sev- It was the third-straight loss for At Lawrence, Kan., ment should contact Lisa Willardson at 435-797-8752. enth consecutive loss for the first the struggling Longhorns (15-7, 4- had 12 points and a career-high The tournament will be held in the Stan Laub Indoor time since 1992-93. 4 Big 12). 18 rebounds to help the Jayhawks Facility. The tournament schedule and match times It was the fourth straight Nebraska (15-7, 5-4) took sole pos- stretch the nation’s best home win- will be announced the week prior to the tournament. victory for UCLA (19-4), which session of fourth place in the league ning streak to 37. has won those games by an aver- with its third straight win, with stu- The 6-foot-11 Aldrich, wearing age of 22.7 points. dents rushing the floor and chanting a face mask to protect his broken Hoops tourney in Casper Tory Jackson scored 17 and Kyle “Go Big Red” after the final buzzer. nose, had 10 rebounds by halftime The Casper Youth Basketball Tournament will be McAlarney 16 for the Irish (12- No. 17 Villanova 102, as the Jayhawks (19-4, 8-0 Big 12) held March 21-22 at several locations throughout 10), who dropped to 2-7 against No. 20 Syracuse 85 raced to a 37-24 lead. Casper, Wyo. The deadline to register a team is March ranked opponents this season. At Philadelphia, Dante Cunning- Oklahoma State (14-8, 3-5) got 6. The price to register is $125 per team. The tour- No. 14 Memphis 68, ham matched a career high with 31 19 points from Obi Muonelo and nament is open to boys and girls in grades 4-8. The No. Gonzaga 50 points to help the Wildcats roll to 18 from Moses Marshall. tournament typically features over 120 teams from At Spokane, Wash., Tyreke Evans their fifth straight win. No. 24 Arizona State 49, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and scored 22 points as the Tigers beat Corey Stokes scored 16 points Oregon State 38 Colorado. The tournament is bracketed in a modified the Bulldogs in a showdown of teams for Villanova (19-4, 7-3 Big East), At Corvallis, Ore., Jeff Pender- consolation format; therefore, all teams are guaranteed dominating their conference races which led by 20 in the first half. graph scored 15 points, all in the at least two games with most teams playing at least and seeking more national attention. The Orange (18-6, 6-5) simply second half, and the Sun Devils three or more games. Games are scheduled from 8:30 This was a last chance for each to couldn’t get anything going and defeated the Beavers. a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 impress the NCAA selection commit- lost for the fifth time in their last Arizona State (17-5, 6-4 Pac-10) p.m. For more info, call the Casper Recreation Divi- tee, and Memphis sure did, holding six games. Jonny Flynn scored 22 won its fourth consecutive conference sion at (307) 235-8383 or visit www.crlasports.com. the Zags to a season low in points. points and Eric Devendorf had 21. road game, its longest streak since Robert Dozier added 18 points Ohio St. 64, No. 19 Minnesota 58 winning five straight in 1980-81. and 10 rebounds for Memphis (20- At Columbus, Ohio, Rickey Claitt had 13 points and 3), whose 14-game winning streak made seven free throws in the final was the only player in double fig- is second longest in the nation. 64 seconds, leading the Buckeyes ures for Oregon State (10-11, 4-6), Micah Downs scored 13 points to their fifth win this season over a which hit just 32 percent of its to lead Gonzaga (17-5), which ranked opponent. shots from the floor. 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