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Men's Basketball Gears Up for UTEP
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
January 26, 1999
UTAH (15-4, WAC:5-0)
VS.
UTEP (11-7, WAC: 3-2)
VS. NEW MEXICO (16-4, WAC: 3-2)
QUICKLY: Utah remained the only unbeaten team in the WAC with two wins over San Jose State (70-54) and Fresno State (87-74) ... the two wins at home raised Utah's home winning streak to 31 straight games ... the Utes hit the road for games against UTEP on Saturday (Jan. 30) and New Mexico (Feb. 1) on Monday ... the UTEP game will be televised live on KJZZ-TV (channel 14, channel 3 on cable) while the New Mexico game is slated to be televised by ESPN as part of their Big Monday package ... this is the third straight Big Monday game the Utes have played in the last three weeks ... tipoff time for the UNM game is 10:05 p.m.
PROBABLE UTE STARTERS
F-50 Alex Jensen (6-7, 215, Jr) 10.8, 7.3, 3.8
F-13 Hanno Mottola (6-10, 240, Jr) 15.7, 6.2
C-52 Nate Althoff (6-11, 245, So) 4.8, 3.9
G-32 Jeremy Killion (6-0, 197, Jr) 9.6, 2.0
G-24 Andre Miller (6-2, 203, Sr) 16.9, 6.5, 6.3
OFF THE BENCH
F/G-5 Tony Harvey (6-5, 188, Jr) 9.9, 2.5
F-40 Phil Cullen (6-9, 200, Fr) 4.1, 2.8
G-4 Adam Sharp (6-2, 184, Fr) 2.5, 1.3
F-20 Brad Crockett (6-4, 208, Fr) 0.7, 0.6
F-41 Tyson Johnston (6-10, 233, Fr) 0.5, 0.9
G-11 Ben Heusser (5-11, 177, Fr) 0.2, 0.3
NINE UTES MAKE HONOR ROLL: Nine Ute basketball players (seven on scholarship) were named to the Academic Honor Roll for their performance in the classroom fall semester. Scholarship players making the list with at least a 3.0 GPA are HANNO MOTTOLA (3.82 GPA), ADAM SHARP (3.46 GPA), SHANE WILLIS (3.29 GPA), JEREMY KILLION (3.21) PHIL CULLEN (3.05 GPA), GARY COLBERT (3.07 GPA) and BRAD CROCKETT (3.00 GPA). Two walk-on players SID KROMMENHOEK (3.93 GPA) and ZAC DALTON (3.34 GPA) also made the list. Ute coach RICK MAJERUS has had 95 players make the honor roll during his tenure at Utah.
MAJERUS' MARK: Ute coach RICK MAJERUS is in his 10th season at the helm of the Runnin' Utes. Majerus has a 225-63 (.781) mark as Ute coach, the best record of any coach in the modern era of Utah basketball. He is in his 14th year as a major college head coach and has a 324-115 career record. His .738 career winning percentage ranks him seventh in the country among active coaches and 21st all-time. Majerus has won six WAC titles and made six trips to the NCAA Tournament, reaching the "Sweet 16" four times, the "Elite Eight" twice and the "Final Four" once.
UTES AMONG THE TOP TEAMS IN THE 90'S: The Runnin' Utes have been one of the most successful college basketball teams in this decade. Under coach RICK MAJERUS the Utes have posted a 237-75 record for a .760 winning percentage in the 1990's. Utah is ranked 9th in the nation in total victories during that period. During the last six years the Utes are ranked seventh in the nation in total wins (143-39) and eighth in winning percentage (.786).
ANDRE TIME: ANDRE MILLER leads the Ute attack this season. The 6-2, senior guard was a non-qualifier as a freshman but became one of the first athletes to take advantage of a new NCAA rule allowing non-qualifiers an extra year of eligibility if they graduated in four years. Miller received his degree in sociology last June and the Utes are the better for it this season. Andre had an outstanding NCAA Tournament. He was named the MVP of the West Region after the Utes knocked off defending champion Arizona 76-51. In that game Miller became the first player since Magic Johnson to hit for a triple double when he scored 18 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and passed for 13 assists. He also was named to the "Final Four" all-Tournament team as the Utes made it to the NCAA Championship game. For the six NCAA games Andre averaged 16.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game. Currently Andre is leading the Utes in scoring averaging 16.9 points per game. He is also averaging 6.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 2.8 steals for the season.
WAC IS MILLER TIME: ANDRE MILLER's play has been excellent throughout the season but since Western Athletic Conference play has begun he has pushed the envelope even more. Through five WAC games Miller is averaging 18.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 4.0 steals per game. He is also shooting .577 from the field and has an assists to turnover ratio of 8.2 to 3.8 per game. Not coincidentally, Utah is unbeaten in conference play.
ANDRE HONORS: ANDRE MILLER is a top 30 candidate for the Wooden Award and a candidate for the Naismith Player of the Year Award. He was also named to most pre-season All-American teams including garnering first team honors on the Associated Press and Playboy Magazine pre-season teams. He is rated by most pre-season publications as one of the top two point guards in the nation. This year he has been named to the all-tournament team at the Maui Invitational and the MVP of the Great Eight Tournament as well as WAC Player of the Week for his games against Rhode Island and Long Beach State when he scored 57 points in the two games.
UTES TRIP SPARTANS AND DOGS: The Utes won their 30th and 31st straight games in the Huntsman Center over the weekend downing San Jose State 70-54 on Saturday and Fresno State 87-74 in a late night Monday game. The San Jose State game was closer than the score indicated. Utah trailed 37-30 with 14:46 left in the game but a strong defense put the clamps on the Spartan scoring attack and the Utes broke loose for the victory. ANDRE MILLER and HANNO MOTTOLA both scored 20 points in the victory while TONY HARVEY added 13. Utah shot a season-best 75 percent from the floor for the first half and 70 percent for the game, third best in school history. Against Fresno State the Utes played some more excellent defense and also put it together on the offensive end. MOTTOLA was the top scorer with 20 points but MILLER and ALEX JENSEN both had excellent all-around games. Miller netted 17 points, grabbed 6 rebounds, passed for a career-high 14 assists and picked up a career-high 7 steals. Jensen racked up the first-ever triple double in the Huntsman Center and the second in school history (Andre Miller had the other one last year in the NCAA West Regional Finals against Arizona), as he scored 16 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and passed for a career-high 10 assists. HARVEY also set a career-high in points as he netted 19 against the Bulldogs. Utah shot .565 from the field and .533 (8-15) from three-point range.
MONDAY, MONDAY: The Utes will play their third straight game on the ESPN Big Monday TV package when they face New Mexico Monday, Feb. 1. The Utes won at Hawai'i (60-46) Monday, Jan. 18 and then knocked off Fresno State (87-74) last Monday. Utah is scheduled for one more appearance on the network this season. That will be the Feb. 6 game at BYU which wil be shown on ESPN2 and will also tipoff at 10 p.m..
SERIES RECORD VS UTEP: The series is tied 31-31 ... Utah has won the last six games in a row and nine of the last ten ... last year Utah won 62-56 in Salt Lake and 87-70 in El Paso ... last UTEP win was a 65-61 victory in 1995 in El Paso ... first meeting between the two schools took place in 1962 when UTEP was known as Texas Western. The Miners won that game 51-48 in Salt Lake ... the two teams also played in the national semifinals in 1966 with Texas Western winning 85-78. The Miners then went on to win the national championship ... Rick Majerus is 13-4 against the Miners since he has been at Utah.
A LOOK AT UTEP: UTEP is 11-7 and 3-2 in the WAC going into a Thursday game with BYU ... UTEP coach DON HASKINS is in his 38th year at the school and has posted a 714-348 record.
PROBABLE UTEP STARTERS:
F-11 Rico Nelson (6-1, 195, Jr) 6.1, 0.7
F-30 Brandon Wolfram (6-9, 230, So) 12.3, 6.8
C-5 Sharif Fajardo (6-9, 250, Sr) 14.3, 5.8
G-31 William Smith (6-2, 195, Jr) 10.4, 6.6
G-35 Winford McRae (6-1, 180, Jr) 8.3, 3.1
SERIES RECORD VS. NEW MEXICO: Utah leads in the series with the Lobos 63-35 ... last year the two teams split with the Lobos winning 77-74 in Albuquerque while the Utes took a 65-55 victory in Salt Lake ... the two teams are 3-3 in the last six games ... the Utes did have a string of six straight wins which ran from March 5, 1994 to Feb. 3, 1996 ... Rick Majerus is 12-7 against the Lobos since he has been at Utah.
A LOOK AT NEW MEXICO: New Mexico is 16-4 and 3-2 in the WAC going into a Saturday game with BYU in Albuquerque ... the Lobos are ranked 18th and 19th in both national polls this week ... UNM coach DAVE BLISS is 237-103 in his 11th season at New Mexico. He has a career mark of 456-266 in his 24th year as a college head coach.
PROBABLE LOBO STARTERS:
F-3 Lamont Long (6-4, 190, Jr) 18.6, 5.6
F-33 Damion Walker (6-7, 225, Jr) 11.1, 4.6
C-4 Kenny Thomas (6-8, 260, Sr) 17.7, 10.9
G-11 Kevin Henry (6-3, 185, So) 12.3, 2.4
G-22 John Robinson (6-1, 180, Fr) 12.1, 5.4 apg
RICK'S REMARKS:
ON THE UTES: "I think we are playing good defense and are starting to jell. I think we are getting very good production from all our players. Killion continues to score and Harvey is giving us scoring and also a defensive lift. I think we are really doing a nice job of blending together on the defensive end. I like the direction the team is moving in right now. We are sharing the ball very well and playing good basketball."
ON UTEP: "Anytime you play a Don Haskins coached team you are playing a team that is outstanding defensively. I think UTEP has excellent athletes. Their perimeter shooting is probably the best in the last five years. I thought they just dismantled New Mexico and conducted a clinic on both ends of the floor."
ON NEW MEXICO: "New Mexico is a team right now that is trying to find an identity. They are experiencing what we did with Brandon Jessie, having lost Kenny Thomas for the start of the season. When they begin to jell they are going to be awesome. I like Lamont Long, their may not be a better scorer in the league and he is also an excellent defender. I very much enjoy playing in The Pit because it is one of the great basketball atmospheres in the game. When you play New Mexico, you play a team that pushes the ball on the offensive end and defensively New Mexico has been as tough to play against as anyone in this decade. They are a typical New Mexico team, good ball pressure, good denial, very solid defensively and outstanding rebounding."
UTE PLAYER UPDATES
#24 ANDRE MILLER, G (6-2, 203, SR. LOS ANGELES, CALIF.)
Candidate for
#Wooden and Naismith Awards ... named first team pre-season
#All-American ... serves as team captain ... is Utes career steals
#leader ... is also in 15th place on career scoring chart and second
#place on career assist list ... opened season with 10 points, 5
#rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals in win over Azusa Pacific ... 18
#points and 7 boards in Utah State game ... 24 points in win over
#Arizona State in Maui ... had 15 points and a season-high 12 assists
#in Ute win over Michigan ... went 9-10 from free throw line in that
#game ... 28 points in Great Eight loss to Rhode Island ... also had 6
#steals to set Great Eight single-game record ... career-high 29
#points in win at Long Beach ... named to Maui Invitational
#All-Tournament team and MVP of the Great Eight ... named WAC Player
#of the Week for games against Rhode Island and Long Beach State ...
#19 points in win over Weber State ... 5 steals in that game broke
#career steals mark ... had 14 points and passed for 8 assists against
#Loyola Marymount ... 16 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists vs. Ripon ...
#big game against BYU with 24 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3
#steals ... missed second triple double of his career by one assist
#when he had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in win at San Diego
#State ... 17 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals in win at
#Hawai'i ... 20 points, three steals vs. San Jose State ... went 9-9
#from field in that game ... 17 points and career-highs in assists
#(14) and steals (7) against Fresno State in Salt Lake ... has two
#double-double games (San Diego State and Hawai'i) in points and
#rebounds this season and two double-doubles in points and assists
#(Michigan and Fresno State) ... leads Utes in scoring (16.9), assists
#(6.3) and steals (2.8).
#13 HANNO MOTTOLA, F (6-10, 240, JR. HELSINKI, FINLAND)
Led Utes in
#scoring with 16 points in opening win over Azusa Pacific ... 12
#points, 8 rebounds in Utah State game ... led Utes in scoring in
#Indiana game with 17 points ... top Ute scorer and rebounder in
#Michigan win with 21 points and 6 rebounds ... 13 points against
#Rhode Island ... career-high 12 rebounds vs. Long Beach State ... 17
#points in Weber win ... career-high 28 points in Texas game ... 16
#points, 8 rebounds vs. Loyola Marymount ... 14 points, 10 rebounds
#vs. Wake Forest ... 22 points, 9 rebounds in first BYU game ...16
#points in win at San Diego State ... 20 points, 8 rebounds in San
#Jose State win ... is 49-56 (.875) from the free throw line for the
#season ... averaging 15.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game ... made
#fall semester honor roll with 3.82 GPA.
#50 ALEX JENSEN, F (6-7, 215, JR. CENTERVILLE, UTAH)
Hit for 14 points
#in first game against Azusa Pacific ... went 6-8 from the field in
#that game ... had 11 points and 7 boards in USU game ... career-high
#8 assists vs. Weber State ... passed for 7 assists against Azusa
#Pacific and Arizona State ... had 9 points in Ute win over Michigan
#... 15 points and 10 rebounds in win at Long Beach ... 15 points and
#8 boards in Weber win ... 11 points 7 rebounds and 4 steals vs. Texas
#... 12 points 4 assists, 6 boards vs. Loyola Marymount ... 16 points
#and season high 12 rebounds vs. Saint Francis ... 8 boards and 6
#assists vs. High Point ... 10 points, 11 boards vs. Ripon ... three
#double-doubles in points and rebounds this season ... 8 points, 9
#boards, 2 steals in first BYU game ... 9 rebounds in win at San Diego
#State ... tied career-high of 17 points in win at Hawai'i ... also
#had 9 boards in that game ... first triple-double of career against
#Fresno State with 16 points, 11 rebounds and career-high 10 assists ... averaging 10.8 points and 7.3 boards per
game (leads team) ... also averaging 3.8 assists per game.
#32 JEREMY KILLION, G (6-0, 197, JR. SAN DIEGO, CALIF.)
Started first
#game of college career against Azusa Pacific ... hit for 10 points
#and 3 rebounds in that game ... 4 points, 4 assists, 3 steals vs.
#Utah State ... 7 points, 6 rebounds in Indiana game ... 18 points
#against Michigan on 6-12 shooting from three-point range ... 13
#points against Weber State ... 11 points against Texas ... 18 points
#vs. Loyola Marymount ... went 5-6 from three-point range in that game
#... third best three-point shooting percentage (.833) in Ute history
#... 13 points against High Point ... 14 points vs. Ripon ...
#career-high 23 points in front of hometown fans at San Diego State
#... 9 points in win over Fresno State ... averaging 9.6 points per
#game ... made fall semester honor roll with 3.21 GPA.
#52 NATE ALTHOFF, C (6-11, 245, SO. DELANO, MINN.)
Suffered broken
#index finger in pre-season drills ... first game back was Azusa
#Pacific where he scored 10 points and grabbed 7 rebounds ... first
#start against Arizona State ... had 3 points and 4 rebounds ... had 6
#rebounds and career-high 4 blocks against Indiana ... had 6 points
#against Michigan ... 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals in Long
#Beach win ... 7 points and 5 rebounds vs. Weber State ... career-high
#13 points in win over Loyola Marymount ... 5 blocks vs. Saint Francis
#is tied for second most in a game in Ute history ... 7 points against
#Wake Forest ... missed Ripon game with mild concussion ... 6 boards
#in first BYU game ... 7 points and tied career-high with 7 rebounds
#against Hawai'i ... 6 points, 5 rebounds in Fresno State game ...
#averaging 4.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
#40 PHIL CULLEN, F (6-9, 200, FR. CHELAN, WASH.)
Started first game of
#college career against Azusa Pacific ... scored 10 points and had 6
#rebounds and 3 steals in that game ... 4 points, 3 rebounds vs. USU
#... 4 rebounds vs. Arizona State and Indiana ... career-high 7
#rebounds in win at Long Beach ... career-high 14 points in Weber
#State win ... 5 blocks vs. Loyola Marymount ties for second most in a
#game in school history ... 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks vs. High
#Point ... 7 points, 5 rebounds vs. Ripon ... averaging 4.1 points and
#2.8 rebounds per game ... made fall semester honor roll with 3.05
#GPA.
#4 ADAM SHARP, G (6-2, 184, FR. SALT LAKE CITY)
Redshirt freshman ...
#hit for 4 points and 4 rebounds in first college game against Azusa
#Pacific ... 5 points and 4 rebounds in Arizona State win ... 3 steals
#and played excellent defense against Indiana ... had great defensive
#game against Michigan with 3 steals ... played well in
Rhode Island game with career-high 7 points ... also had 4 rebounds in
the game ... 5 points vs. Loyola Marymount ... 4 points, 3 assists vs.
Saint Francis ... 5 points vs. High Point ... 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2
blocks, 2 steals vs. Ripon ... 6 points, 3 assists, 1 steal against
San Jose State ... played excellent defensive game against the
Spartans ... 3 assists and 1 steal and outstanding defensive effort in
Fresno State win ... averaging 2.5 points per game ... made fall
semester honor roll with 3.46 GPA.
#5 TONY HARVEY, F (6-5, 188, JR. CARSON, CALIF.)
Played first major #college game against Loyola Marymount after serving nine game
#suspension ... had 5 assists and 3 steals in first outing and played
#good defense ... 15 points and 7 rebounds in Saint Francis win ... 7
#points and career-high 6 assists in Wake Forest win ... 9 points vs.
#High Point ... first start against Ripon ... had 10 points, 5
#rebounds in that game ... started BYU game and scored 10 points ...
#14 points in win at SDSU ... 13 points vs. San Jose State ...
#career-high 19 points in Fresno State win ... went 5-7 from
#three-point range in that game ... averaging 9.9 points, and 2.5
#rebounds per game.
#20 BRAD CROCKETT, F (6-4, 208, FR. CENTERVILLE, UTAH)
Played 14
#minutes in first college game against Azusa Pacific ... 2 points
#against Arizona State ... played good defense vs. Indiana ... did
#excellent defensive job in Rhode Island game ... had 2 points and
#played good defense against Weber State ... career-high 4 points vs.
#Loyola Marymount ... made fall semester honor roll with 3.00 GPA.
#41 TYSON JOHNSTON, F (6-10, 233, FR. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COL.)
Had 2 #points and 3 rebounds in first college game against Azusa Pacific ...
#had 2 rebounds, 1 block in USU game ... 2 points vs. Ripon ... good
#effort in BYU game ... played in 14 games this season.
#11 BEN HEUSSER, G (5-11, 177, FR. PRESTON, IDAHO)
Played 11 minutes
#in first college game against Azusa Pacific ... 2 points, 2 assists
#vs. High Point ... played in 9 games this season.
UTE NOTES: The Utes are fast becoming the late night darlings of college basketball. Starting with the Fresno State game the Utes play three of four games (Fresno State, at New Mexico and at BYU) that tipoff at 10 p.m. Only the UTEP game on Jan. 30, which tips at 7:05 p.m. starts at a normal time ... as a team Utah is averaging 18.2 assists to just 9.2 turnovers per game in WAC play ... the Utes are not shooting free throws well in WAC play hitting just .628 from the charity stripe as a team ... HANNO MOTTOLA is the top free throw shooter hitting .875 for the season and .833 in WAC play ... the Utes have won 10 games in a row. Last loss was at Texas on Dec. 12.
RICK MAJERUS
HEAD BASKETBALL COACH
Nine years under Head Coach Rick Majerus has entrenched the
University of Utah in the nation's basketball power structure.
Majerus, the winningest Utah basketball coach in modern times
(225-63, .781 winning percentage), has led the Utes to unprecedented
success. That fact was crystallized when Majerus led his 1997-98 Utes
to the NCAA "Final Four" where they beat number one ranked North
Carolina in the semifinals to advance to the final game. It was the
first time since 1944 a Ute team had made it to an NCAA Championship
game.
In the 90-year history of Utah basketball, the Utes have never enjoyed a nine-year stretch like the Majerus tenure. Despite the fact Majerus coached just six games in his first season, due to heart surgery, his clubs have averaged 23 wins per year during that time. His seven postseason appearances (six NCAA) is a school coaching benchmark. Never before has a Ute team advanced to the Sweet 16 four times in a seven-year span. Majerus' teams own six Western Athletic Conference championships, including the last four, a feat never before achieved at Utah. In 1996-97, his Utes captured both the Mountain Division crown and the WAC Tournament title. Last year, Utah repeated as the WAC Mountain Division champion with a 12-2 record.
Majerus' success goes far beyond the conference level. In six trips to the NCAA as Utah's coach, he has yet to lose a first round game. Utah, Kentucky and Arizona are the only teams to make the Sweet Sixteen in each of the last three years. For the second straight year, Majerus led his team into the Elite Eight. For the last two years, his teams have taken up permanent residence in the Top-10. He coached last year's team to Utah's first Final Four berth in 22 years. Actually, it is his second "Final Four" of some sort at Utah. In 1992, Utah made the Final Four of the National Invitational Tournament. In terms of wins and losses, Majerus has few peers. His .738 career winning percentage is seventh among active NCAA coaches and ranks 21st all-time. Majerus' feats have earned him national recognition and respect. The three-time WAC Coach of the Year (1991, '93, '95), was tapped for national honors in 1991 (Basketball Times' and UPI Coach of the Year) and 1992 (Playboy Coach of the Year).
He received Playboy National Coach of the Year honors again in 1998. He is also a six-time District Coach of the Year. In a previous two-year stint with Ball State, Majerus received The Hoop Scoop Coach of the Year honors in 1988-89. Most recently, the WAC media voted him Mountain Division Coach of the Year in 1996-97. He also was voted the John Wooden National Coach of the Year for 1997-98 by the Utah Tip Off Club. Success has followed Majerus at all of his stops. His head coaching career began at Marquette, where he compiled a 56-35 record from 1983-86 and took his teams to three NIT Tournaments. He preceded his Utah tenure with a successful two-year stint at Ball State, where he logged a 43-17 mark, including a 29-3 record and an NCAA 2nd Round berth in 1988-89.
Majerus has an international resume, as well. He served during the summer of 1997 as the head coach of the USA Basketball Men's 22 and under team that competed in the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. He spent the summer of 1994 as an assistant coach to Don Nelson for the USA "Dream Team 2, which featured the top NBA players in the Men's World Basketball Championships in Toronto. Majerus' reach extends into the classroom. In his time at Utah, 95 players have made the honor roll, including nine this past fall semester. Michael Doleac was named to the 1998 GTE Academic All-America first team, while Drew Hansen made the third team. The Utes were the only school with two players on the 1998 GTE Academic All-America squad. Hansen also won the 1997 Playboy Magazine Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete Award for basketball, was a Rhodes Scholar candidate, an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship winner and was a finalist for the Walter Byers Award, the highest academic award given by the NCAA. The 1997-98 Utes racked up an excellent 3.31 team GPA spring quarter.
RICK'S RECORD
YEAR TEAM RECORD WAC FINISH POSTSEASON 1998-99 UTAH 15-4 1997-98 Utah 30-4 1st NCAA Championship Game 1996-97 Utah 28-3 1st NCAA "Elite Eight" 1995-96 Utah 27-7 1st NCAA "Sweet 16" 1994-95 Utah 28-6 1st NCAA 2nd Round 1993-94 Utah 14-14 5th (tie) 1992-93 Utah 24-7 1st NCAA 2nd Round 1991-92 Utah 24-11 4th NIT "Final Four" 1990-91 Utah 30-4 1st NCAA "Sweet 16" 1989-90 Utah 4-2 6th (tie) 1988-89 Ball State 29-3 NCAA 2nd Round 1987-88 Ball State 14-14 1985-86 Marquette 19-11 NIT 1984-85 Marquette 20-11 NIT 1983-84 Marquette 17-13 NIT Utah Total 225-63 (.781), 9 years Career Total 324-115 (.738), 14 years (7th in the country)RADIO: Both the UTEP and New Mexico games will be broadcast live on K-news (570 AM) radio and the Utah Sports Network. Stations on the network are KOAL (Price), KVEC (Vernal), KSVC (Richfield), KSGI (St. George), KUTA (Blanding) and KSHP (Las Vegas). BILL MARCROFT will call the play-by-play with JEFF JONAS adding color commentary. BRAD STONE handles pre and post game and halftime duties.
TV: The UTEP game will be televised live on KJZZ-TV (channel 14, channel 3 on cable) STEVE BROWN and FRANK LAYDEN will call the action ... the New Mexico game will be televised by ESPN as part of their Big Monday package. Tipoff is 10:00 p.m. BOB CARPENTER and BILL RAFTERY will call the action,
UTES IN THE HUNTSMAN CENTER: The Utes have won 31 straight games in the Jon M. Huntsman Center dating back to the 1996-97 season. That is currently the fourth longest home winning streak in the country. It is also a new Ute record for the most consecutive games won in the Huntsman Center. Last year the Utes were 13-0 in the JMHC. Last loss in the building was to Wake Forest (70-59) on Dec. 31, 1996.
The Utes signed three players during the early signing period. They are:
LANCE ALLRED, F/C (6-10, 220, SALT LAKE CITY/EAST HIGH SCHOOL): Averaged 9.8 points and 5.8 rebounds a game as a junior ... shot 68.5 percent from the field ... 39 blocked shots ... academic honor roll.
CHRIS HUBER, G (6-1, 188, GARLAND, UTAH/BEAR RIVER HIGH SCHOOL): Started since freshman year ... averaged 17.0 points, 4.0 steals and 5.0 assists a game for his career ... shot 40 percent from three-point range ... first team all-state two years ... academic honor roll ... 3.8 GPA.
NICK JACOBSEN, F (6-5, 188, ROSEVILLE, MINN./ROSEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL): Played three years at Shanley High School in Fargo, North Dakota before moving to Minnesota ... all-time leading scorer with 1,598 points in Shanley High School ... as a junior averaged 30.7 points per game ... shot 50 percent from the field and 47 percent from three-point range ... all-state two years ... MVP of state tournament two years ... Shanley won state championship two straight years .... academic honor roll ... 4.0 GPA.
ANDRE ON CAREER SCORING CHART: ANDRE MILLER is ranked 15th on the Ute career scoring chart with 1,419 points. He needs 40 points to pass MERV JACKSON, 1965-68, 1458 points) to move into the 14th spot on the list.
ANDRE'S ASSISTS: Miller is in second place on the career assist list with 654. Current Utah radio color man JEFF JONAS (1974-77) is the Utes' career assist leader with 736 during his career.
ANDRE'S STEALS: Miller is the Ute career steals leader with 224 career thefts. He set the new record against Weber State.
UP NEXT: The Utes continue on the WAC road with a Saturday, Feb. 6 game at BYU. That game will be televised live on ESPN2 and will tipoff at 10 p.m.
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