1996_03 The Daily Collegian March 1996

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
1996
r
Sports
Sports Editor: Brian R. Fisher
Telephone: (209) '278-5733
Men's Basketball
WAC tournament @
Albuquerque, New Mexico
#6 Wyoming 82
#3 FRESNO STATE       91
SCHEDULE
(Home games listed first)
Today's Games
• Baseball vs. Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo @ Beiden Field, 7 p.m.
• Men's WAC Basketball
Championships @ Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 5:30 p.m. #3 seed
Fresno State vs. #2New Mexico
• Track and Fifid^-NCAA
Championships @ Indianapolis,
Indiana, All day.
Tomorrow's Games
• WAC Wrestling Champion¬
ships @>North Gym, begins @
10 a.m.
• #9 Men's Tennis vs. Oregon @
Bulldog Tennis Courts, noon.
• Baseball vs. Cal Poly San Luis
Objspo @ Beiden Field, 1 p.m. .
• Track and Field—NCAA
Championships®* Indianapolis,
Indiana, All day/^^^^
Sunday, March 10
• Baseball vs. Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo @Beiden Field, 1 p.m.
• Men's Tennis @ Cal—Berke¬
ley, noon.
Fresno State Equestrian
Team to host show
The Fresno State horse show
team will host an Intercollegiate
competition this Saturday and
Sunday.
On Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Animal Science Pavillion,
teams from all over the state will
compete against one another for
a chance to qualify for the
National Competition which will
be held May 3-5 at the Los
Angeles Equestrian Center.
'Dogs whack Cowboys, stay alive
By Matt Croce
Sports Writer
The dream is still alive.
The Fresno State Bulldogs
men's basketball team inched a little
closer toward a berth in the NCAA
Tournament yesterday morning
with a 91-82 victory over Wyoming
in the quarterfinals of the WAC
Tournament at The Pit in Albuquer¬
que, N.M.
The third-seeded Bulldogs (20-
9 overall) got another fine outside
shooting performance from guards
Dominick Young and Kendric
Brooks.
The dynamic duo, who led the
nation in combined three-pointers
made for a starting backcourt,
scored a total of 42 points and made
10 of 20 threes (including six of 10
in the second half) to help bury the
sixth-seeded Cowboys.
Many of the three pointers came
when the Fresno State offense
couldn't get the ball into the post
area and was left with no other op¬
tion but to bomb away from the pe-
rimeter. And they eventually
knocked the wind out of the sails
of the upset-minded Cowboys.
Fresno State used its transition
game effectively in the first half and
led 44-43 at the break. Wyoming
had problems getting back on de¬
fense to stop Fresno State's fast
. Young
break. At one
point late in the
half, the Bull¬
dogs scored 13
transition
points. The
Cowboys tal¬
lied zero.
The Cow¬
boys started ,
the-second half
on fire, as they went on a 11 -2 run
to open up^54-46 lead with 17
minutes left in the game. Fresno
State's offense was sputtering and
the Lobos were breaking down the
Bulldogs' defense. It was beginning
to look like one of those typical
Bulldog lapses.
Enter Brooks and Young.
Young—who had made only
one of 8 shots in the first half.—got
it going by knocking down a three-
pointer to cut the Cowboys' lead to
54-49. A quick steal by Young and
a feed to a slashing Darnell
McCulloch led to a thunderous
dunk. Young hit another three on
Fresno State's next possession, fol¬
lowed by a Brooks three, then an¬
other three from Young. Just like
that, in a blink of the eye, Fresno
State had used a 16-5 burst over
three minutes to take a 62-59 lead
with 13 minutes to go in the con¬
test.
Fresno State was clinging to a
slim 72-68 lead with five minutes
left when Brooks and Young took
charge one last time. A Brooks
three, followed by a driving layup
by freshman Gerrit Terdenge, and
a three-pointer by Young gave the
Bulldogs a 82-72 lead with three
minutes to go.
Clutch free throw shooting -
locked up the victory, as junior
guard James Gray hit 5 of 7 tosses
from the line to ice the game for
the Bulldogs.
Fresno State was led in scoring
by Brooks, who had 24 points on
eight of 13 shooting. He was five
of eight from beyond the three point
arc. Young was next with 18 points,
including five of 12 three pointers,
11 assists and seven rebounds.
McCulloch came off the bench to
chip in with 17 points, on eight of
nine shooting, and a team-high 11
rebounds. Rahsaan SmHh had
seven points and nine boards.
Wyoming sophomore sensations
LaDrell Whitehead led all scorers
with a career-high, and WAC Tour¬
nament record-tying 33 points. He
was 10of 26 from the floor, includ¬
ing 10 of 11 from the free throw
line. He hit just three of 15 three
pointers. Jeron Roberts was next
with 19 points and six assists. HL
Coleman had seven points and 13
Basketball box
12:30 pm March 7,1996 0 New Mexico
"1st
2nd
Final
FSU    *
44         47
91
Wyoming
43          39
82
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TOTALS
33   10
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36
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Wyoming
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TOTALS
240 9
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38
20 82
A--.
TECH--.
OFFICIALS:
Garley.ThomJey.Rutch
rebounds.
In other tourney action Thurs¬
day, Utah beat Hawaii 76-63 and
Colorado State defeated BYU.
Fresno State will face New
Mexico in the semifinals Friday at
5:30 p.m. at The Pit.
Darden, Kearney head to
NCAA indoor championships
■ Eight other Bull¬
dogs may also go
By Jabari Lawrence
Sports Writer
Two Fresno State athletes have
been guaranteed entry into the
NCAA Indoor Track and Field
Championships this week, March
8-9 in Indianapolis. Senior Moses
1 Kearney is automatically in the
meet with his 7-4 1/2 mark in the
high jump and senior Staci
Darden's throw of 59-101/2 has her
competing for the 20-lb weight
throw championship.
"Moses can do very well in the
event if he he happened to be on, in
that particular day. He has had very
close jumps at 7-6—if he made that,
it would probably place him in the
top three. There will probably be a
log jamforparticipants right around
the 7-2^0 7-5 4rea. If someone
could hit 7-6, they'll probably walk
away with the brass ring," said
Fresno State Track Coach Red
Estes. "Staci is in an event where
they set standards last year, with¬
out really knowing what was going
to happen. What did happend, was
that there was a lot of women who
could throw, making the event very
competitive. Staci started out No.
2, now she's 10th in the nation.vSoe
is really an emotional thrower, if she
gets into the event, and she'd be
very excited to finish as an All
American when its over."
Eight other Bulldogs gave them-
Darden
event make the trip to the meet.
Sophomore Brandon Vance quali¬
fied in the pole vault with his 17-3
at the WAC Indoor Championships.
As of last week, that mark was 16th
in the nation. Newcomer Demetrius
Snaer also provisionally qualified
at the WAC with a time of 21.53,
but that mark is tied for 27th.
Sophomore Erik Nyberg was good
enough to provisionally qualify
with a 7-1 leap at the season-open¬
ing Wolf Pack. Invitational. That
was 30th nationally as of last week.
Senior Felecia Brown provision¬
ally qualified in both the long and
triple jumps. Her triple jump of 41-
6 1/2, set at the WAC Indoors,
placed her at 18th in the nation.
Freshman Angela Daigle set her
qualifying mark at the WAC as well
with a school record 6.97 in the
100-meter dash. Juniors Melissa
Bauermesiter (53-0 3/4) and Erika
Spence (49-7 3/4) both qualified in
the 20-lb. weight throw.
Senior Lisa Collet is 12th in the
nation in the high jump (5-11 1/2)
but will likely miss the rest of the
year with a knee injury.
Baseball team
begins 10-game
home stand
■ 'Dogs hope to
end skid with week¬
end series against
San Luis Obispo
By David Johnson
Sports Writer
After a seven game road trip
where they went 2-5, the Fresno
State baseball team will begin a 10-
game home stand, including nine
straight in as many days, beginning
this weekend against the Cal Poly
Mustangs.
The Bulldogs (7-13, 1-2 West¬
ern Athletic Conference) have
posted a 4-1 i record in all of their
three-game series this year, not win¬
ning more than one game in any
series. They are coming off a non-
conference loss to San Jose State on
Tuesday.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (8-8,
2-3 WAC) is coming off a loss to
Nevada, where they won one out of
three.
Game times are scheduled for
Fridayat 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m.
and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Probable pitching match ups for
Friday are Jeff Weaver (3-2,2.23)
and Jason Novi (1 -1.4.37). Satur-
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WAC WESTERN DIVISION
TEAM
OVERALL
WAC
Pet
Northridge '
19-2
5-1
.833
San Diego
13*2
2-1
.667
Hawaii
13-8
3-2
.600
SLO
8-8
2-3
.400
Fresno
7-12
1-2
.333
Sacramento
5-13
0-4
.000
s
J
9.78) and Mike Zirelli (1-2,4.30).
Players to watch for on the Mus¬
tangs include:
Outfielder Jon Macalutas, who
is batting .349 with 15 RBI.
Macalutas made the U.S. Team Tri¬
als.
Also, first baseman 'Jeff
Marston, who is batting .346 and
a .932 fielding percentage.