From: ewstroup@cc.utah.edu (ERIC W. STROUP)
Subject: Utah pounds UW-Milwaukee
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Date: 27 Dec 1992 16:24 MST  

Utah 96	  U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 62

(Box at End)

The UW-M panthers started the game by winning the tip and lobbing the ball
underneath to Green for a monster dunk.  That was the end of the UW-M 
highlight film.  It was all Utah from there.  The Utes took control and built
a 13 point lead in the first half.  The panthers fought back to ten by 
intermission on the strength of 6 3's.  After losing to Utah State in a very 
lazy effort, it appeared that the Utes really came to play.  The Panthers
came into the Huntsman Center with a sparkling 8-0 record and proceeded to 
press the Utes all over the floor.  However, the Utes have now faced several
teams with presses and it didn't help UW-M.

The Utes took the ball in the start of the second half and went on a 30-7 run
behind great shooting to finished off the game for UW-M.  The panthers also
were hurt by fouls as Mitchell picked up his fourth with 18:50 left in the
second half.  The Utes also put more pressure on Defense and the glass. 
The result was 29% shooting for UW-M in the second half.  Utah built a lead
as big as 38 and then let the "Walk-ons" finish the game.  

COMMENTS:
Josh Grant - The big guy finally woke up and played a good game. He hit every
shot he took (even all of his foul shots) he also had great rebounds and 
played good defense.  He ended up with a 7:1 assist to turnover ratio in his
27 minutes on the floor.  Now we need him to keep it up.  Also, Grant tends
to play at the high post against a 3-2 zone.  He needs to get the ball,
face the zone, and take it down the lane.  His 3pt shooting ability should
make them come out on him high and he can use his ball skills to take it in.

Larry Cain - Larry played "big" against the smaller panthers.  This could be
called Larry's best game of the year.  He was aggressive in the paint.  
Hardly a word used to describe Larry before.  Larry finished at 1:1 in his
20 minutes.  Larry is playing with great confidence.

Jimmy Soto - Jimmy sprained his ankle in the early part of the Utah State
game.  You didn't really notice, except he played fewer minutes.  Coach
Majerus also experimented with Soto as the 2 guard and Rydalch at the point.
Soto finished with 4:0 assists to turnovers (remember that this is against the
press) in his 24 minutes.

Byron Wilson - Byron has strung several good games together now.  His history 
is on of inconsistency, but he is really concentrating on all parts of his 
game. Byron has the best dunks on the team (even though he is 6'2").  Byron 
had a great night on the break, he finished with 9:1 assists to Turnovers in 
30 minutes of play.

Phil Dixon - Had another solid game.  He took lots of shots, both inside
and outside.  He also played well on D and ran the break well.  Phil
is only a Junior.  Phil has 3:1 ratio in 27 minutes.

Tony Block - Tony didn't play much (?min) mainly due to foul trouble.
He probably got all 4 of his fouls in less then 10 min.  However, he also 
go 6 rebounds in that period as well.  If he can out of foul trouble, he 
should do well.  Majerus tried a line-up of Grant (6-10), Cain (6-10),
and Block(6-9).  UW-M immediately went to a zone and the MAji countered with
Phil Dixon , and Byron Wilson.

Mark Rydalch - Mark had spurts of brilliance.  He had a fabulous behind the 
back pass on a break and also a couple "no-lookers".  However, he tends to
throw the ball very hard at close range, and he has too many passes to guys
that are 2 feet away.  Mark also had a 4:0 ratio in 28 mins.


TEAM comments:

	31:9  assists to turnovers against a team that pressed the whole
	      game.

	44-24 rebound edge.

	
GAME Quotes:

"There should be a rule against having to play Majerus after he has lost to 
an instate opponent."
		- UW-M coach Antrim

Coach Rick Majerus stated that in the future he would like to play Marquette
and/or Wisconsin...
	"..but I'd also like to date Charlie's angels.  Hey, if she has
teeth, and I can count them, then I'm a happy guy."
		-Utah coach Rick Majerus


UTAH		FG	FT	R	A	PF	TP
Grant		8-8	2-2	11	7	1	20
Dixon		8-10	0-0	1	3	1	17
Cain		4-5	1-3	9	1	0	9
Soto		5-12	0-0	4	4	0	12
Wilson		7-15	6-6	6	9	4	21
Rydalch		4-5	0-0	0	4	2	10
Jones		0-0	0-2	0	1	1	0
Connolly	0-1	1-2	2	0	3	1
Cook		0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0
Black		0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
Block		3-5	0-2	6	1	4	6
Tanner		0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0
		39-64	10-17	44	31	16	96


Wisc-Milw.
Green		5-9	0-1	1	0	1	10
Perine		2-4	0-0	5	2	2	6
Sims		6-9	0-1	3	0	3	15
Mitchell	1-5	1-2	1	7	3	3
Easterlin	3-11	0-0	0	2	2	8
Briggs		2-7	2-3	1	1	0	6
Spears		0-3	0-0	1	0	0	0
Statham		1-4	1-2	5	1	1	3
Ricks		1-4	1-2	3	1	0	3
StJnvich(?)	1-1	0-0	2	1	1	3
Jackson		1-2	2-2	2	0	1	4
Evans		0-0	1-2	0	1	0	1
		25-59	8-15	24	16	14	62

Halftime - Utah 49  UW-M 39
Shooting - FG: UW-M 39%
	       UTAH 61%
	   FT: UW-M 53.4%
	       UTAH 58.8%

ThreePointers- UW-M 8-25
	       UTAH 8-12 (Grant 2-2)

Steals	- UW-M 5  (remember, they pressed!!)
	- UTAH 6  
Blocked Shots - UW-M 1
		UTAH 3 (Cain 2)
Turnover - UW-M 11
	 - UTAH 9
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