1997_12 The Daily Collegian December 1997

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THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Wednesday, December 3,1997
Sports
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COMER
AP Top 25 women's
college basketball poll
1. Tennessee
2. Old Dominion
3. Connecticut
4. Louisiana
5. Vanderbilt
6. Illinois
/ 7. North Carolina
8. Texas Tech
9. Virginia
10. Georgia
11. Arizona
12. Nebraska
13. Florida
14. Stanford
15. Duke
16. Colorado
17. Western Kentucky
18. Auburn -
19. Wisconsin
20. Arkansas
21. Alabama
22. Tulane    *
23. Stephen F. Austin—
24. Washington
25. North Carolina State
Women's Basketball
Pacific Division
	
W
L
Hawaii
:
Q
SMU
2
0
Rice
3
1
TCU
2
1
Tulsa
1
1
San Diego State
1
1
Fresno State
1
1
San Jose State
1
2
Mountain Division
W
L
Colorado State
2
0
Utah
1
0
Air Force
2
1
New Mexico
2
1
Wyoming
1
1
UTEP
1
1
Brigham Young
1
2
UNLV
0
2
WAC Begings
second season
After a successful debut last
year, the expanded WAC will en¬
ter its second season of expanded
basketball competition in 1997-
98. The league expanded from
eight to 16 team in 1996-97.
making it the largest NCAA Di¬
vision 1-A conferenc in the na¬
tion.
Tennis teams end successful fall season
By Kyoko Hoshino
The Daily Collegian \
Based on a good fall season.
both coaches of the Fresno State
men's and women's tennis teams
are raring to open their spring sca-
. son.
This Fall, the men's team was
made up of only six players, includ¬
ing one senior, a junior and four
sophomores. Six players is the
minimum for a college tennis team.
Coach Michael Hegarty said that
because they were a young team,
they focused on^developing hard¬
working attitudes this fall and they
accomplished it.
"We are not a team which is go¬
ing to win any national titles this
year, but we did what wc wanted to
do reasonably well in the fall,"
Hegarty said. "I was also very
pleased that everyone stayed
healthy, which is very critical."
Hegarty said the most valuable
players of the fall would be senior
P. J. Dormire and sophomores Andy
Scorteanu and Olivier Le Jeune.
"The three players stepped out
into the front in the fall. They put
together very strong records."
Hegarty said.
In the Bulldogs Classic in Octo¬
ber, Olivier was runner-up in
singles. Dormire and Scorteanu
made the singles semifinals-and
teamed up to finish second in
doubles. «
In November, Dormire and
Scorteanu reached quarterfinals in
the Rolcx Regional Tennis Cham¬
pionships in Las Vegas. "I'm espe¬
cially pleased with that," Hegarty
said. "That was encouraging."
In the championships, Olivier
lost in the third round in the main
draw, but he went to the consola¬
tion bracket, where he won two
more matches.
Hegarty said Dormire can be
named the team's Most Improved
Player as well. Dormire had many-
big singles wins this fall.
Prior to this year, Dormire was
Please see TENNIS, page 6.
P.J. Dormire hits a ball to keep a rally going. His coach said
Dormire should get one of the MVP awards for the fall season.
Young brings rebounding, scoring to 'Dogs
By John Sanders
The Daily Collegian
No, her hair is not orange, nor is
it green, and it's not even blonde
for that matter. But if you watch
Fresno State women's basketball
player Janee Young you'll get a mix
between Charles Barkley and Den¬
nis Rodman. Young is what a lot of
people call a rebounding machine.
If you ask Young what is the key
to her rebounding, since she is only
5-9, she'll probably tell you^hard
work and dedication.
Young started her career at
Fresno Pacific University after
coming out of Lemoorc High
Janee Young
(National Association of Intercol¬
legiate Athletics) Tournament.
While at Fresno Pacific all she did
was average 21.9 points and 10.9
rebounds and she was named sec¬
ond team^JAIA All-American.
Young was also named the Golden
State Athletic Conference's Most
Valuable Player her final year there.
Enter Young at Fresno State.
Coming from an NAIA Division
1 school to an NCAA Division I
school would be a difficult transi¬
tion for most who make it, but not
for Young.
Last season, not only did she
take her rebounding skills with her
from Fresno Pacific, she took her
scoring with her as well. In her first
season with the Bulldogs she led the
team in scoring averaging, 13.9
points per game and she almost
equaled her total at Fresno Pacific
in rebounding, averaging 10.6 re¬
bounds per game.
It would be safe to say that
Young's transition to the NCAA
level has been a smooth one.
"It would be nice to break my
own rebounding record this year if
I get the opportunity," Young said.
"But one of my other goals is to
help the team have a better record
than we did last season [the Bull¬
dogs finished 14-13 last season)."
Last season Young finished with
287 total rebounds breaking the old
Please see YOUNG, page 7.
ASU players among 6
reportedly to be indicted
College Press Service
Former Arizona State guards
Stevin Smith and Isaac Burton and
a campus gambler reportedly will
be among six people indicted by
federal prosecutors Today for their
roles in an alleged point-shaving
scheme during the 1993-94 basket¬
ball season.
CNN/SI, which reported Mon¬
day that Smith and Burton would
be indicted, reported Tuesday nighty
that four others also will be indicted
in Phoenix today. Among the four
is someone described as a campus
gambler.
Smith, Burton and the four oth¬
ers allegedly conspired to fix four
games for a group of gamblers in
1994, according to the report, which
cited unidentified law enforcement
sources. The report said federal
prosecutors believe the players
helped shave points in closer-than-
cxpected victories against Oregon
State and Oregon in late January
1994.
Both the FBI and Arizona State
have not commented because the
investigation is ongoing.
The university did say that none
of its former or current university-
employees are targets of the inves¬
tigation.
Smith, who is playing in France,
has not been reached for comment.
Burton, playing in the CBA, has
refused comment.
Monday's report said a Febru¬
ary game that saw the Sun Devils
lose toUSC by 12 points when they
were favored by nine also was be¬
ing investigated.
According to the reporuhe idea
to fix games began in Smith's off-
campus apartment during the 1993-
94 season. The first game that made
casino officials take notice was the
USC game on Feb. 19th, 1994,
when Arizona State was favored by
nine points but lost at home, 68-56.
"There was' a lot of money bet
on that particular game and they did
lose the game," Art Manteris, vice
president of the Las Vegas Hilton
Sports Book, told CNN/SI. "And
there were some eyebrows raised,
and myself and some of my col-
Please see PLAYERS, page 7.
Opinion
Alston will be best
Bulldog point guard
By Ryan Estrada •
The Daily Collegian
By the time he will have played
his last game in a Fresno State uni¬
form, the heralded transfer from
Fresno City College, Rafer
Alston, will probably go down as
the best point guard to play for
Fresno State.
You know what, forget prob¬
ably, he will be the best point
guard ever to play at Fresno Slate.
However, some will go on to
refute this. But I'm going to tell
you right now, if you haven't seen
him play now, you better check
him out before it's too late. As of
now, most fans who have never
seen him play since his arrival in
Fresno, are now finding out \#hat
the talk is all about.
Believe this: Alston is the real
deal. No fluke or some overnight
piece of work, he's been shaking
heads for quite some time. In fact,
the people at Ruckers in New
York can attest to this.
From playground legend to the
player at
Fresno
State.
Alston has
got NBA
scouts keep-
ing close
tabs on him.
Why? Well,
if you think
Rafer Alston its DccaUse
of play¬
ground skills, you're wrong. Most
have come to this same conclu¬
sion: its for the fact that he plays
his position with completeness.
And that is with leadership and
unselfishness.
However, if you ask his peers
some might tell you different.
"He's caught me. I ain't gonna
lie. When you're playing against
Rafer Alston, you're liable to get
embarrassed. You know it's gonna
happen," says Stephon Marbury,
who plays for the Minnesota
Please see POINT, page 7.