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MHERST - When teams see Temple on their schedule, they understand that 3-pointers will have to be part of the offensive game plan.
But the outer attack that UMass unleashed on the Owls during yesterday's 63-53 win resulted more from situational need.
The Minutemen, with Shannon Crooks, Anthony Anderson and surprise starter Kyle Wilson knocking down the biggest shots, shot 11-for-25 (44 percent) from downtown and the result provided some much-needed relief.
 Anthony Anderson dishes under the rim. |
The method also turned on a light in the head coach's office. UMass coach Steve Lappas may have finally put the struggles of his big men on a back burner by running with a three-guard set yesterday.
With the Minutemen guards shooting so well, Lappas and UMass fans could forget the two-point game from Kitwana Rhymer, the struggles of Micah Brand (five points on 1-for-9 shooting), or that they combined for six rebounds - one less than Crooks' team-high seven.
Wilson, alone, shot 5-for-7 - all from downtown - for his career-high 17 points.
``I thought a ton about using the three-guard set before the first game of the season,'' said Lappas. ``I got away from it because our (small forwards) had played pretty good. But the thing about 3s is that they have to make 3s. For our team to win, we're going to need to make five or six a game.''
Heading into yesterday's game, Lappas estimated that the Minutemen would need seven 3-pointers to break Temple's zone.
Like St. Bonaventure, which drained 19 treys to beat Temple last week, UMass found that perimeter lock surprisingly easy to crack.
Temple coach John Chaney was also surprised.
``It surprised me that everyone (from UMass) shot that well,'' he said. ``But they spread it well and shot it. One reason I had played (center) Ron Rollerson for the first time in a couple of games (yesterday) was to take the inside away from them. You found yourself saying, `Wow, who are these guys?' ''
The Minutemen hit six of their seven second-half field goals from 3-point range, with a mid-half barrage producing a 47-35 lead. The 9-0 run, covered by three one-shot possessions, featured one trey from Crooks and two from Wilson.
The burst wiped out the effect of a Nile Murry 3-pointer, which had cut the UMass lead to three points (38-35).
The Minutemen, courtesy of the improved ballhandling from having Crooks, Wilson and Anderson on the floor at the same time, survived Temple's increased trapping, and were able to settle the game from the line down the stretch.
By the time the Minutemen got their first two-point basket of the second half on an Eric Williams transition layup, UMass held a 55-44 lead.
Wilson fast on the trigger
UMass Notebook
By Mark Murphy, The Boston Herald, 1/20/2002
MHERST - The best thing that could have happened for freshman Kyle Wilson's game was for him to hit his first two shots - both 3-pointers - during UMass' 63-53 win over Temple yesterday at the Mullins Center. But as far as UMass coach Steve Lappas is concerned, the maturation process has barely started for the young Canadian.
 Wilson tries to create some space against Brian Polk. |
``That shows what being young is all about,'' said Lappas. ``Hopefully, after missing his first shot, he'll eventually still feel good for the rest of the game.''
But look for yesterday's starting lineup, featuring Wilson with fellow guards Shannon Crooks and Anthony Anderson, to continue.
``It's set for Wednesday (vs. George Washington), anyway,'' Lappas said. ``I've never been one to make a change after we win.''
Dive-a-minute men
Raheim Lamb, who turned in the best job guarding Temple star Lynn Greer, also turned in one of several memorable hustle plays with a dive for a loose ball. That effort, plus Crooks' second-half scramble through the entire Temple team for a steal, and Wilson's slide into the baseline seats after a loose ball all drew attention to a spirited performance by the Minutemen.
``Believe me, when Kyle Wilson was playing high school ball, there weren't many times when he had to dive on the floor after a ball to win, and it was probably like that for a lot of these guys,'' said Lappas. ``That's also part of the maturation process, and . . . that's a good sign.''
Chaney befuddled
Temple, now 6-10, is off to its worst start under 20th-year coach John Chaney.
And the Hall of Famer who turns 70 tomorrow had little reason not to shake his head even more while watching his normally sound Owls fork over 14 turnovers yesterday.
``Those are the things guys used to do years ago when they were throwing games,'' he said. ``Just like that. But it's just bad judgment. Nile Murry cannot measure the distance between a defender and an offensive player. Our guards are not good guards - they're just disconnected.
``In the past we have always had elements - a shooting guard, a point guard, a 3-guard, but right now we have guys who are just high school shooters.''
MHERST - University of Massachusetts coach Steve Lappas yesterday gave his team three directives to snapping its five-game losing streak: Sink at least seven 3-point attempts. Hold Temple's leading scorer, Lynn Greer, to 6-for-17 shooting from the floor. Battle evenly in rebounding.
 Kyle Wilson gets abused by the Owl defense. |
For years, including this season, the Minutemen have been fodder for poor-shooting metaphors. Yesterday, they tied a Mullins Center record with 11 3-pointers (as opposed to only five 2-pointers) and held Greer to 8-for-24 shooting in a 63-53 triumph.
The Minutemen were so effective in the first two areas it didn't matter that Temple outrebounded them, 44-35, or that their front-line tandem of Micah Brand and Kitwana Rhymer combined for 7 points (on 1-for-12 shooting) and six rebounds.
UMass (7-8, 1-3) sank 6 of 11 treys in the second half, including four straight (three unanswered) after Temple cut an 11-point deficit to 38-35 with 13:54 remaining. The Minutemen didn't make a 2-point basket in the second half until the 7:36 mark, when Eric Williams scored on a layup to give UMass its biggest lead, 57-44.
''We battled and we made a couple of shots, and everything looks so much different when the ball's going in the basket,'' said Lappas, whose team rebounded from its slowest Atlantic 10 start since former mentor John Calipari's first year (1988-89).
UMass had a season-low nine turnovers and held Temple to 34 percent shooting while forcing 14 turnovers.
But the difference was clearly the outside shooting.
''You can't beat Temple unless you knock down threes,'' said Lappas. ''We did a great job of moving the ball today and hanging in there when they started putting the heat on.''
The coach, who has switched the starting lineup several times this season, opted for a three-guard offense and inserted freshman guard Kyle Wilson for forward Willie Jenkins.
That gave the Minutemen not only three outside shooters but three ballhandlers who were able to penetrate Temple's zone and draw defenders.
Wilson scored a career-high 17 points on 5-for-7 shooting, all treys. UMass senior shooting guard Shannon Crooks added 17 points, a team-high 7 rebounds, and 5 assists. Freshman point guard Anthony Anderson finished with 10 points and five assists for the Minutemen, who never trailed.
''I came in and knew I couldn't be tentative,'' said Wilson, who sank the Minutemen's first two treys. ''We've had slow starts lately and it felt good to help us get off to a good start.''
For Temple (6-10, 3-2), it is the worst start in coach John Chaney's 20 years at the school. Center Ron Rollerson was scoreless; forward Kevin Lyde had 15 rebounds but finished with just 6 points.
That put a lot of pressure on Greer, who finished with 23 points but was the only reliable scoring threat on a team that turned the ball over three times on its first four possessions.
''You swear that these are the things guys used to do years ago when they were throwing games,'' said Chaney. ''That's what they used to do, throw a pass at your feet. I lived during that time. Bad judgment.
''Our guards are just not good guards, they're just disconnected. I don't see too much of that changing. We can't get Lynn to bring the ball up the floor, and when we did that, how do they expect him to shoot the ball when people are running doubles at him the whole game? He gives the ball to someone else and they take a bad shot.''
Lappas said he will employ the three-guard set when the Minutemen host George Washington Wednesday, but he stopped short of calling yesterday's win a watershed effort.
''Can we just enjoy today?'' he said. ''I can't even tell you if there is any connection between today and Wednesday. Today we did some things. Now, I have to see about Wednesday.''
MHERST, Mass. - By the time Temple's How low can you go tour had left town, after seeing to it that Massachusetts had acquired its first Atlantic Ten victory, it was all but official:
For the rest of this regular season, and for the first time since John Chaney's first season as Temple's coach two decades back, the Owls have been reduced to that hoariest of sports cliches, a team playing for nothing but pride.
Sure, the Owls can win their conference tournament and get into the NCAA tournament, a distinction they share with more than 300 other Division I teams. Barring that, they will have a difficult time even getting to .500 and qualifying for NIT consideration.
Yesterday, the Owls turned the ball over on three of their first four possessions, fell 10 points behind in the first 10 minutes after yet another anonymous opposing three-point shooter lit them up, and ended up losing, 63-53.
This to a UMass team that had lost five straight and eight of its last 10. The Owls slipped to 6-10 overall and 3-2 in the A-10. They have not had an overall record that bad after 16 games since the 1975-76 season, when Temple was 4-12 and finished 9-18.
"You've got some story," Chaney had rasped the other day in an airport. "A coach gets honored by the Hall of Fame and then his team stinks."
UMass coach Steve Lappas - whose Minutemen, desperate for a win, improved to 7-8 and 1-3 in the A-10 - knew the game plan for beating Temple. The former Villanova coach has done it three times in six meetings. Lappas gave a start to freshman Kyle Wilson, who had made just 8 of 29 threes this season. Wilson, who lists winning the world junior three-point shooting contest in France on his resume, hit 5 of 7 threes, including the first field goal of the game.
The only thing that must have stunned Lappas was how lifeless Temple's matchup zone looked compared to its vintage versions. Afterward, Lappas did not want to say too much about what was wrong with the Owls. He knew Chaney could take care of that just fine, but he did say that the Owls do not have that Tim Perry-type forward to roam the back line of the zone.
"Usually, they force a ton of turnovers," Lappas said after his team had committed a season-low nine miscues, one game after St. Bonaventure committed just three against the Owls.
Chaney's own team had 14 turnovers, losing the ball three times before it scored a point. "I don't have an answer for it," Chaney said. "I mean, you'd swear that these are the things years ago guys used to do when they were throwing games. That's what they used to do, throwing a pass at your feet. I lived through that time."
Of his offense: "We've always had elements, a shooting guard, a three-guard. Right now we've got guys who were high school shooters. They didn't learn to pass and didn't learn to see."
Asked if he was going home and kicking the dog at night, Chaney said: "Well, I kick the kids around. Maybe I do that a little too much, but I kick them around. I mean, it's just very frustrating to know we don't have the pieces. We've got four players - possibly five, if Alex Wesby (out with a sprained hand) is able - from last year's Final Eight team.
"To know that these guys are disconnected as they are, just completely disconnected. They don't see a guy who's open right in front of them. They dribble in and they stand and watch. . . . I don't understand it.
"They come out flat every game. There's no fire in them. I've never had a team like this year's team in my life, where there's nothing there. . . . They argue with each other and fuss with each other and fight each other in practice. All my years here, there's no way you can just guess - even my worst team here, my first year, we had guys diving on the floor. These guys see the ball and don't attempt to go get it."
There were other factors. Lynn Greer had 23 points, but he shot 2 for 12 in the first half, missing his last eight shots of the half. Nobody could pick up the slack. The Owls did close to within 38-35 on a Nile Murry three-pointer with 13 minutes, 54 seconds left, but UMass then hit two straight threes, by Wilson and Shannon Crooks, to pull ahead, 57-44. Then the Minutemen missed their next eight field goals and two straight free throws, as Temple closed to 57-50 with four minutes left. By then, UMass just had to make some free throws to close out the game.
"Every team comes out with intensity, like they want to win," said Owls center Kevin Lyde, who had six points and tied a career high with 15 rebounds. "We wait until we're down to fight our way back. We can't do it. It doesn't work. We should see it now after losing so many games."
MHERST - The magic number was seven. On Friday, University of Massachusetts coach Steve Lappas said that for his team to beat Temple Saturday, he thought it needed to make at least seven 3-pointers.
The Minutemen got five of those by halftime and 11 in the game, and fulfilled Lappas' prophecy with a 63-53 win over the Owls at the Mullins Center. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak and brought UMass (7-8, 1-3 Atlantic 10) within a game of .500.
The Minutemen play host to George Washington Wednesday at 7 p.m. UMass and Temple play again Feb. 16 in Philadelphia.
 Shannon Crooks, with 17 points, led the Minuteman scoring along with Kyle Wilson. |
Freshman Kyle Wilson hit five of the Minutemen's seven 3-pointers and finished with 17 points. He shared the UMass scoring lead with Crooks, who also had seven rebounds and five assists. Anthony Anderson hit three from long range, adding 10 points and five assists.
Lynn Greer led Temple with 23.
Because of UMass' scoring struggles, Temple coach John Chaney, who had been starting one big man and four perimeter players, put plodding forward Ron Rollerson back in the lineup alongside Kevin Lyde.
"It surprised me that any of them shot the ball well outside," said Chaney, who turns 70 today. "They spread it well and they shot the ball. I said to myself, 'Who are these guys?' From all the tapes we saw, we never saw them shoot the ball that well."
UMass actually made more threes than twos, 11-5, but Lappas said that statistic was misleading.
"Our 29 foul shots really offsets the fact that we only had five twos," he said.
The game's tone was set right away. Two Wilson 3-pointers and two Crooks free throws gave the Minutemen an 8-1 lead, as the Owls turned the ball over in each of their first three possessions.
While UMass never trailed, Temple did make runs to make it close, but both times the Owls made it a one-possession game, the Minutemen sank threes.
With 16:29 left in the game, a three by Wilson put UMass ahead, 37-26, matching its biggest lead of the game, but a 9-1 Temple run that included six points from Greer hushed a jovial UMass crowd. Lappas called timeout with 13:53 left.
Immediately out of the break, the Minutemen worked the ball around the perimeter and Wilson drained a 3-pointer. After a Nile Murry turnover at the other end, Crooks hit another three to make it 44-35. The crowd was alive again and Temple wasn't. The Owls didn't get closer than six the rest of the way.
While the 3-pointers were critical, the Minutemen's success wasn't just the result of conscience-free shooting. UMass' good looks from deep often originated from the Minuteman guards drawing defenders as they drove into the paint before kicking the ball out to open shooters.
Recognizing the need for that prior to the game, Lappas started Crooks, Anderson and Wilson together, finally utilizing the three-guard set he had planned to employ in the preseason.
"We played a lineup tonight that we hadn't really played all year," Lappas said. "They are not only three of our best 3-point shooters, but they are three of our best penetrators off the dribble. You have to try and attack that zone with the dribble and then reverse it quickly and we had three guys out there that could do that."
"I thought a ton about the three-guard lineup before we played our first game. I would have told you without a doubt that we're going to play 20 minutes a game with the three guards," Lappas continued. "We got away from it because our threes (small forwards) had played pretty good early on. The thing about our (small forwards) is, none of them have made threes. We had to get some three-point shooting into the lineup."
Having three guards in the game helped the team's passing and ball-handling as well. UMass had 13 assists and only nine turnovers.
Despite Saturday's win, Lappas wasn't sure his team had turned a corner yet.
"I have to see the next three games. I don't want to say something dumb like, "Oh yeah, we're getting it" and then Wednesday, who knows?" he said. "I have to see what happens Wednesday before I say OK, now we're starting to do some things. Today we did some things."
MHERST - When they look back University of Massachusetts fans will remember Saturday's game for the Minutemen's 11 3-pointers.
But potentially lost in the offensive excitement was the play of sophomore forward Raheim Lamb, especially on defense.
Lamb scored six points, but the defensive job he did on Lynn Greer was impressive.
The Temple senior guard game in averaging 22.1 points per game and scored 23, but the Minuteman defense forced him into a 8-for-24 shooting performance. All three UMass guards and Lamb spent time guarding Greer, but at 6-foot-5 Lamb gave the 6-foot-2 Greer the most trouble.
 While Micah Brand and Kitwana Rhymer celebrate, Steve Lappas shouts instructions to his troops. |
For the second straight game, Lappas used Lamb at power forward at times when the Owls were playing a small lineup.
LAPPAS APPRECIATIVE: The crowd of 5,912 was smallest to see a UMass-Temple game in Amherst since home games were played at Curry Hicks Cage.
But Lappas praised the fans in the building.
"I want to say I can't thank the fans enough," he said. "For us to have 6,000 people at this game with no students and the way we've played lately is great. The support that we get at home is tremendous and I just hope the people keep coming out and supporting these kids because they really helped us."
SHUFFLING - All five players in UMass' starting lineup Saturday - Kitwana Rhymer, Shannon Crooks, Micah Brand, Anthony Anderson and Kyle Wilson, had started before, but never together.
It marked the sixth different combination Lappas has started this season.
"I like having a set lineup, but we're still searching. It's not time to have a set lineup," Lappas said. "It's time for guys to get out there and show what they can do to get in the lineup."
But after Saturday's win, Lappas is likely to keep the quintet intact for Wednesday's game against George Washington.
"We're set for Wednesday, I'll tell you that," he said. "I don't want to say 100 percent, but I've never been one to make a change after we win."
NEXT UP: The Minutemen face George Washington (10-7, 3-3) Wednesday at the Mullins Center. The Colonials have lost three of their last four including a 92-74 loss to Saint Joseph's, Saturday in Philadelphia.
MISCELLANEOUS: Lappas evened his record against Temple coach John Chaney with both coaches winning three times in their six meetings.
Saturday's win was UMass' first this year against a 2001 NCAA Tournament Participant. The Minutemen are now 1-4 against those teams.
Temple's 53 points were the lowest scored by UMass opponent this season.
MHERST - Kyle Wilson wasn't aware of the moment as it was happening. As he came out of the game in the waning seconds, the Mullins Center crowd of 5,912, already on its feet, increased the decibel level of its applause significantly to salute the freshman guard whose 3-point shooting lifted the University of Massachusetts to a 63-53 win over Temple Saturday.
 Kyle Wilson had the best game of his young college career. |
Since New Year's, UMass fans have been desperate for something to cheer about. The school's three major spectator sports of the season - both basketball teams and ice hockey - were a combined 1-12-1 during that period. The men's hoop team accounted for four of the losses.
Wilson hardly seemed a likely hero. After dazzling the Mullins Center crowd with 18 points, seven assists and no turnovers in the Minutemen's first exhibition game against the BABC All Stars, Wilson's regular season has been far less spectacular. Prior to the Temple game, he had averaged 2.4 points in 13 minutes per game, while shooting just 21.6 percent from field.
Wilson has played like most freshman point guards. He's been good at times, but tentative at others as he's adjusted to college basketball.
But Saturday, with the Minutemen badly needing a lift, Wilson played his best game as a collegian and wrote himself into UMass-Temple rivalry lore in the process.
UMass coach Steve Lappas said coming into Saturday's game that the Minutemen needed to make 3-point shots to be competitive.
After five straight losses, if they'd come out and missed from long range early, the team might have been demoralized.
 Wilson gets a hand in front of Lynn Greer. |
"Whenever you hit your first shot it makes you feel good the whole game. I felt like I wanted to shoot more," Wilson said. "I knew that coach Lappas had decided to start me because he wanted me to be aggressive and shoot and drive the lane and kick to guys and be aggressive against the zone. I knew I couldn't be tentative; otherwise there is no point to me playing."
"Kyle gave us a tremendous lift to start the game," Lappas said. "It gave us a little confidence because we felt like we had somebody else out there that can knock down a three against a team you have to knock down threes against."
Wilson's growing pains are understandable. The difference in level of play from high school ball his native British Columbia to Division I college basketball is considerable.
But he was still itching to make an impact.
"I've been playing more every game. To finally break out and hit some shots consistently in the game and feel like I helped the team feels really good," Wilson said. "It feels great to have beaten a team like Temple. I didn't know growing up if I'd ever play at this level."
Lappas was happy for him, smiling as the crowd roared its approval for his effort. While Wilson wasn't aware the cheers were for him, Lappas certainly was.
"Put it this way," Lappas said, smiling again. "His coach was conscious of getting him a curtain call."
A well-deserved one.
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| Temple Owls | 53 |
| Massachusetts Minutemen | 63 |
| at the Mullins Center | |
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Temple vs Massachusetts
01/19/02 12:00 p.m. at Amherst, MA(Mullins Center)
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VISITORS: Temple ( 6-10, 3- 2)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
34 HAWKINS,David f 3-11 0-6 1-2 0 4 4 4 7 2 4 0 1 39
42 LYDE,Kevin f 2-7 0-0 2-4 3 12 15 5 6 1 4 1 0 25
30 ROLLERSON,Ron c 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 23
14 GREER,Lynn g 8-24 3-11 4-5 0 1 1 2 23 2 3 0 2 40-
21 MURRY,Nile g 4-5 3-4 0-0 0 3 3 5 11 0 2 0 1 35
01 JEFFERSON,Greg 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
02 ALLEN,Wilbur 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
03 POLK,Brian 2-8 0-3 1-2 5 4 9 2 5 1 0 0 2 27
04 ELLIOTT,Glen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
15 SMITH,Hawley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
22 JAMESON,Jay 0-1 0-0 1-2 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
25 TULLENERS,Steve 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
TEAM ........................................ 2 2 4
TOTALS 19-56 6-24 9-15 15 29 44 21 53 6 14 1 6 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 7-23 30.4% 2ndH: 12-33 36.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 33.9% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 2-8 25.0% 2ndH: 4-16 25.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 25.0% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 5-10 50.0% 2ndH: 4-5 80.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 60.0% 3, 1
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HOME TEAM: Massachusetts ( 7- 8, 1- 3)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
30 CROOKS,Shannon f 3-12 2-5 9-12 1 6 7 1 17 5 1 0 1 36
40 BRAND,Micah f 1-9 1-1 2-4 1 2 3 1 5 0 2 0 2 31
33 RHYMER,Kitwana c 0-3 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 14
11 WILSON,Kyle g 5-7 5-7 2-2 0 1 1 3 17 2 1 0 2 30
12 ANDERSON,Anthony g 3-9 3-9 1-5 2 3 5 1 10 5 3 0 0 37
00 MARTIN,Brennan 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
03 BLIZZARD,Ronell 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
14 KOTARIDIS,Paco 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0+
21 WILLIAMS,Eric 2-3 0-1 2-2 2 4 6 2 6 0 0 0 1 22
24 PUGH,Jameel 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
34 LAMB,Raheim 2-4 0-0 2-2 2 1 3 2 6 1 2 0 1 26
TEAM ........................................ 2 5 7
TOTALS 16-50 11-25 20-29 11 24 35 13 63 13 9 1 8 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 9-30 30.0% 2ndH: 7-20 35.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 32.0% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 5-14 35.7% 2ndH: 6-11 54.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 44.0% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 6-6 100.% 2ndH: 14-23 60.9% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 69.0% 2, 1
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OFFICIALS: Larry Lembo, Frank Scagliotta, Jack Sweeney
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Temple - none
Massachusetts - none
ATTENDANCE: 5,912
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Temple 21 32 53
Massachusetts 29 34 63