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TrvrYT UX Page 1 Sunday, January 9, 2000 To contact us: Sports Department Phone: 339-7368 locally, 1-800-862-0932 toll-free. E-mail: icpcinav.net. Hours: 2 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., M-F. NBA ROUNDUP: Elton Brand scored 26 points and pulled down 14 rebounds as Chicago won it's third-straight game in defeating Boston 96-79, 5B.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Arizona coach Lute Olson got his 600th college victory Saturday as the No. 5 Wildcats defeated No. 1 Stanford, 68-85, 5B. yo Iowa City Press-Citizen 1 Includes lata games West takes third at Lepic Duals By Andrew Hamilton The Press-Citizen West High coach Mark Rciland looked as if he would rather be someplace else as the Lepic Duals came to a close Saturday. In reality, Reiland would rather be at Prep another place wrestlina in time when -J A-j 'I I 11 1 up seven bonus points along the way to beat the Trojans 28-20 in the third round.

Pleasant Valley went on to blast No. 3 Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 40-18 in the finals, winning the tournament for the fifth time in eight years. West's 171-pounder Ashten Richardson, who went 4-0 on the day with two technical falls and a pin. His technical falls were a sign of what Reiland is looking for, but the West coach still wants that kind of effort at all times. "He sees the potential in us and he doesn't think we're there yet and it frustrates him a lot," Richardson said.

"We don't have the confidence. We're a better team than we think we are." they just quit We've got to have more fight than that" West escaped with an unusually narrow 34-23 win against Southeast Polk to place third. The Trojans have never won their own tournament. With West leading 28-23, Southeast Polk heavyweight Matt Thompson cradled and nearly pinned Walter Kelly. The Trojan senior broke the hold and reversed the situation and pinned Thompson.

That was the story for West in the final two meets. The Trojans couldn't dominate for bonus points. Unranked Pleasant Valley won seven matches picked While West was hanging on for third, Solon was making a miraculous comeback for seventh against Dubuque Senior. Trailing 32-14 going into the final four matches, the Spartans got pins from Adam Hadenfcldt, Ben O'Loughlin, Greg Kuennen and Todd Tepoel to win 38-32. Tepoel, who has had the flu since Thursday, wasn't sure if he felt like wrestling.

After watching his three teammates get Solon back in the meet, Tepoel didn't have to think twice. "I started getting a little excited and I wasn't worried about (being sick)," said tried to get it over with as fast as I could because I wanted to get out of hem." his No. Trojans were wrestling up their coach's standards. "It just doesn't happen, you have to make it happen," Reiland said. "We've got kids that are afraid to make it happen or have no confidence in one position or another, and when they get there, SATURDAY FOOTBALL NFL Tennessee 22, Buffalo 16 Washington 27, Detroit 13 BASKETBALL MEN'S COLLEGE Indiana 85, Penn State 75 'Michigan State 75, Iowa 53 Wisconsin 63, Illinois s59 Michigan 88, Purdue 86 WOMEN'S COLLEGE Penn State 91, Florida 67 Iowa State 83, Colorado 68 Michigan 74, Purdue 67 GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL "City 65, Regina 37 'West 62, Davenport North 46 NBA 'New Jersey 90, Miami 89 "Minnesota 110, Detroit 105 'Cleveland 89, New York 86 Dallas 95, Hawks 85 Utah 103, Houston 87 San Antonio 127, Orland 92 'Chicago 95, Boston 79 'Milwaukee 130, Washington 129 Denver 97, Charlotte 92 'Phoenix 96, Portland 91 'LA.

Lakers 110, Seattle 1100 L.A. Clippers 107, Indiana 94 HOCKEY NHL N.Y. Islanders 5, Boston 2 N.Y. Rangers 5, Toronto 3 Buffalo 7, Ottawa 4 'Washington 3, Atlanta 0 'New Jersey 4, Phoenix 3 "Detroit 5, Anaheim 3 'Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 4, Vancouver 2 Nashville 6, Chicago 3 Calgary 3, Tampa Bay 2 OT Rorida 4, San Jose 2 Press-CitizenDeb Barber West High's Ben Kinseth takes down Pleasant Valley's Derek Wilson at the Eighth annual West Lepic Duals.

Kinseth won 6- COLLEGE BASKETBALL City stops Regina DSWSHLDinKSO HfflWfe: Iowa wrestlers win 3 matches GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas The University of Iowa By Andrew Hamilton The Press-Citizen Shannon St. John rebounded and made sure City High did the same. Coming off her team's first loss of the season a 68-55 setback at No. 3 Xavier Friday St. John Girls scored 13 basketball points and pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds in the Little Hawks' 65-37 win over Regina Saturday.

"(Friday) we got outhustled, outplayed and particularly out-rebounded," said St. John, who had just four rebounds against Xavier. wrestling team won all three matches at the Hilton Arlington Lone Star Duals Saturday in Grand Praine, Texas. The Hawks defeated Boise State (36-7), Oregon State (35-7) and Oklahoma (21-12) in the one-day tournament. Iowa's Jody Strittmatter, Eric Juergens, Doug Schwab, T.J.

Williams, Jessman Smith and Wes Hand were unde feated on the day. Hawkeyes Gabe McMahan and Paul Jenn did not make the trip due to injuries. Iowa's match with Oklahoma will be televised at 1 p.m. today on Iowa Public Television. Results on 3B.

4 1 VI 'V V' jtt'" iinin. limm, mn MSU defeats UI, 75-53 By Pat Hatty The Press-Citizen Following Saturday's 75-53 pounding against Michigan State, Iowa center Jacob Jaacks tried to stay positive. "Thank God we only play them once," Jaacks said of Michigan State, which now has won 20 consecutive games against Big Ten opponents. Once was more than enough for the overmatched Hawkeyes, who trailed 19-2 midway through the first half while being held to a season low in points. It marked the 11th time in 13 games that Iowa shot less than 50 percent from the field.

The Hawkeyes (7-6, 1-1 Big Ten) shot just 28.1 percent from the field, missed 15 free throws and were outrebounded 45-32 by arguably the most athletic team in the Big Ten. "We got some great looks and just didn't knock them down," senior guard Ryan Luehrsmann said. "Until we knock down shots, we're not going to have a chance to win." Iowa's next chance to win will be Wednesday against Minnesota in Minneapolis. "We played a very good offensive team tonight and I thought our man defense did some pretty positive things," Iowa coach Steve Afford said. "You just can't keep shooting at a 30-percent clip and expect your defense just to shut people out.

"They're giving us tremendous effort. It's just unfortunate that they're going through a spell where they just can't knock down shots. "And when you can't knock down shots, it puts an incredible amount of pressure on your defense." So does Michigan State senior forward Morris Peterson. How dominant was his per- See MEN4B In the Press- Citizen Iverson's antics cost him Columnist Bob Matthews believes Philadelphia 76ers' guard Allen Iverson didn't make the U.S. Olympic team "I was disappointed with my rebounding (against Xavier), so that was my main goal to get some more and help my team out more." Regina helped City quite a bit, too, with 32 turnovers.

A dozen of those Regal miscues, combined with St. John's 11 points and four rebounds in the first quarter got the Little Hawks off to a 24-10 lead. City kept building on the lead and kept piling up the statistical advantages. The Little Hawks outre-bounded Regina 44-30, took 21 more shots than the Regals, converting on 42 percent to Regina's 28 percent. "When you're not getting shot attempts and you're turning the ball over that much, it's just a huge advantage for them," Regina coach Steve Wilson said.

St. John, who went scoreless in the second half, didn't quit rebounding. During one sequence in the third quarter, the 5-foot-8 senior grabbed a defensive rebound, started a Little Hawk fast break, pulled down an offensive rebound and fed Nicole Gatens for an assist to give City a 42-19 lead. "Shannon's boards are going to take us a long way." said Jill Frantz, who led the Little Hawks with 21 points, 15 of which came in the second half. "Shannon's a big help underneath." Megan Colgan led Regina See CITY3B because of his antics.

Press-Citizen5B In The Register Lateral gives Titans big win With 3 seconds remaining, Tennessee's Kevin Dyson ran 75 yards for the winning touchdown, lifting the Titans to a 22-16 win over Buffalo. The Register, 1D. ALSO: Rams, Bucs dominate the Associated Press All-Pro Team. The Register, 7D. Press-CitizenDeb Barber Iowa 's Duez Henderson fights for the rebound as Michigan State's Morris Peterson watches.

Michigan State defeated Iowa 75-53 Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Trivia Woods, Els share lead Iowa lands Michigan recruit Who holds the NFL playoff record for the longest kickoff By Rob Howe and Andrew Hamilton Tlie Press-Citizen 1 return? Answer on 2B. TV, radio sports TODAY Women's college basketball St. Joseph's at Xavier, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Iowa at Northwestern, 4 p.m.

(Fox Sports Chicago; KXIC, AM-800). NFL Wildcard playoffs: Dallas at If team speed was one of the areas the Iowa football team was Innlfino to College upgrade during football this recruiting season, the Minnesota, 11:30 a.m. (Fox); Miami at could turn into another showdown between Woods and Els, with defending champion David Duval only four strokes behind. "That's what you enjoy get out there and battle against the best players," Woods said. "Win or lose, it's going to be a lot of fun just to go out there and try to come out on top." Els needed some help to get back in the game, and Woods delivered.

Two poor chips led to bogeys, and he battled his swing throughout a cloudy, blustery day off the coast of Maui. But Woods managed to hang in there after his second bogey dropped one stroke behind. He made a 30-foot eagle putt on the KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) Thanks to a determined performance by the Big Easy, Tiger Woods' bid to win his fifth straight PGA Tour event became a lot more difficult. Emie Els, who only two days ago said he wasn't in the same league as the No. I player in the world, proved he was Golf up to the challenge Saturday.

His 6-under 67 erased a four-stroke deficit and gave him a share of the lead with Woods in the Mercedes Championship. "I'm just trying to stay tough and play my game," Els said. It's a great start for the PGA Tour. One tournament into the 2000 season, the final round Hawkeyes took a big step in the Copperas Cove, Texas. Russell was one of the most sought after running backs coming out of Romulus (Mich.) High School.

He averaged 225 yards per game, and signed with Michigan over Iowa and other schools last year. However, Russell failed to qualify academically and played at Milford (Conn.) Academy prep school this fall, averaging 175 rushing yards per game. "It was fun, but it was hard because I knew I should have been playing on Saturdays," said the 19-year old Russell. The running back said he is not worried about competing See RECRUITS3B camp. Russell said Saturday that he is enrolled at Iowa and will begin classes Jan.

18. "I like the surroundings," said Russell, who watched as the Iowa basketball team lost 75-53 to Michigan State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Saturday night. "I liked the coaches here because they didn't make any promises. Whatever I get, I'm going to have to earn." The Hawkeyes added another member to their offensive backfield this week when they received a verbal commitment from Aaron Mickens. The 5-foot-11, 225-pound fullback with 4.6 speed comes from right direction last week.

Iowa received a verbal com mitment from 5-foot-8, 180- pound Michigan native Fred Seattle, 3 p.m. (KGAN-2). Bowling American Bowling Congress Senior Masters, 11:30 a.m. (ESPN). Men's college baskettall Duke at Maryland, noon (KGAN-2); Northern Iowa at Drake, 2 p.m.

(Fox Sports Chicago). Golf Mercedes Championships, 7 p.m. (ESPN). NHL Colorado at Chicago, 7 p.m. (ESPN2).

Russell, who chose the Hawkeyes over Michigan and Michigan State. Associated Press Ernie El shot a 6-under 67 Saturday and shares the lead with Tiger Woods in the Mercedes Cltampionship. The tailback was clocked running a 4.28-second, 40-yard dash at a Michigan summer.