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UCI: Sun Ilie^o SUth holds off a late* (*h«irj*i\preventing the* \nt«*nt-crs from posting ihc*irfirst Diviaion I victurv.iRpBy JANIS CARRThe Orange County fttgnttfIRVINE — Freshman Jason Flowers held at the same time the ball and UC Irvine’S hrpes for overtime, »f not another chance at victory Saturday nightHut like his shot* the Anteaterscame up empty, this time losingto San Diego State, 69 an, in frontof 1,043 at the Bren Center It was Irvine’s third consecutive loss, but the closest the Anteatershave come to winning in nearly amonth.Trailing by as many as 12 with4 56 left to play, the AnteatersAnd who could have blamed them had Ihev folded?Without 6 foot 9 Matt Willard (mononucleosis i and 6-K WendellRobinson (academically meligihie), Andrew Carlson had been carrying much of the inside load So when he fouled out with 10 minutes to play, Irvine’s chances looked bleakSophomore starting forwardJuma Jackson then followed, joining Carlson on the bench four minutes later Add that to lr vine’s poor shooting and missedopportunities and a loss uppeared inevitable.“You get into a losing mind set for sure when you don’t win too many,” UCI guard Junior Rondsaid, “But coach lt;Pat Douglass) kept saying on the sideline be intense, think that you can win So instead of giving up, Irvine began hitting shots they had missed earlier in the night“The kids didn't quit. Doug*lass saidLamarr Parker drove the lane for a layup to get Irvine started on a U-3 run After back-to-backthree-point baskets by JuniorBond, Parker finished off the run with a three-point play to narrowthe gap to60-56 with 2 56 remain*mgThe teams kept it closethrough the next 1- minutes, although the Aztecs, playing withjust eight players, maintained a five-to-six point edge. San Diego State then seemingly forgotabout Irvine sophomore AdamStetson, who the Aztecs had effectively kept at bay most of the night.With 33 seconds left. Stetson positioned himself on the right side of the three point line and when the ball got to him, he fired He made the basket and wasfouled Hr made the free throw to pull Irvine within 66 ol1 noticed ? Hoy Kruiswyk) has helping mit another guy and he couldn't find rue.” said Stetson, w ho had a team high 13 points“So when I saw the ball come myway. I let it go It was a do or die situation ”Stetson's -*hot kept the Anteaters alive, even after Aztecs for ward Kevin Betts made one oftwo free throws with 29 seconds remaining Irvine s Matachi Ed mond followed with n layup to cutthe lead to 6' 66David Kaplansky hit two freethrows to give the Aztecs i3 5) a 69 66 edge with 13 seconds left Time enough, however, lot lrvine to gel a final shot offFlowers took it“If was a situation where we badto get the hall up and somehow the ball got to me,” Flowers said“In that situation, sometimes you have to improvise“I heard 'Shoot it,’ from thebench, so I thought the clock was getting low “.ai he shot the bull as the clockran dow n A three-point attempt that came up short and left lr vine (15) still searching lor itsfirst victor) against a Divisual Iteam I he Anteaters’ lone vie torv came against Division II Chico .State 22 days ago.“I can’t be disconsolate,” Douglass said “We got Nomebaskets and some lucky shots.But a good win would have been good tor us A g«*od win wouldhave helped our confidencePerhaps next game The Ant-eaters play host to Portland on Thursday before going on the road for games against Northern Arizona (Dec. 21) and UNLV (Dec. 23).FUnMiSAN DtfGC $TA|« Mm M AM A04A mI**e*sife ;*14t-tf1 N |tp ■■ 41§21444a- Av* 4***« 1 %tS Mni1*44 1014 ! 1HitMM S|§WmmiImISSSiiipp 4m Jwa*s H| ggg: MHTmmVftm* itm*4ip#MfAafteAylipl14Ik—iafc a ■ tBrown • ;i$MloUMft200 f§4§i*4iI A-IB1 20 |Percent*gei Fti4*2, TOS3 Perm Uom* 4 t*iffeotoy 14 Wtftk *-3 Tcwwi Refeouf*i* Bfocted4 pMMgk 1 Caitit \itMh 2- MiMWy! I CutitMi i MM 1 t#m *1 $NmM« » 2 Ktunv r* t *Maten»fc» tf Ttcfmicai toutaFGftMlUC tRVMt111 MtnM AM ACFTA PfPitIM0NM141319||J j IBSif i **3 1444itlfKim 24M440-3mAfiend |‘1 : vr944404•4tmmipSll 2b4?14 !f■Bs11S'*:3BSMIA..*..44 p■l| flt*i*41 |§4Sojgem '1BX:giffi a!04 IOAiwerw ;44 HRpTotals13344Percentage*FG I3APT 4E13 l Goatb 4AH.2 % JofUK I S Bund Team Aefcound*Blocked thou 2 (Skrtkun 1, I ft Turnover*? tflt; Shrtw* 6. Carteon 2. Bund 2 P*hmn I, C.**ttuod l MfipFB? f)Sfmi% Patkm I EUrtnund IIIM*meal foul# Non*San Owtfo State )i -UC IrvNie it iS - **AimdlftCI I D4 i OtCteM MiRi 3 *# KmO* M* i 44Bd Maiuty
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Santa Ana Orange County Register Sunday
Santa Ana, California, US
Sun, Dec 14, 1997
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