Hornets Stop Jazz 111-85

March 18, 1998 / 11:50 PM EST / CBS/AP

Utah's 11-game winning streak ended Wednesday night when Glen Rice scored 26 points and the Charlotte Hornets roughed up Karl Malone and the Jazz in a 111-85 victory.

Charlotte made a season-high 61 percent of its field-goal attempts, including 11-for-15 by Rice, who was battling the lingering effects of a flu.

The Hornets won for the 12th time in 13 games by holding the Jazz to 37-percent shooting, more than 11 percent below their league-leading average.

Malone missed six of his first seven shots, got into foul trouble and then got scratched across the eyes when David Wesley tried to block a shot late in the second quarter. Malone, who played the second half with noticeable swelling and redness around both eyes, finished with 17 points on 6-for-15 shooting.

Wesley added 13 points and 13 assists, and Charlotte also got 12 points and seven rebounds from Matt Geiger in breaking a three-game losing skid against the Jazz.

The Hornets, who broke the game open in the second quarter by harassing the Jazz into 24-percent shooting, wound up forcing 17 turnovers and converting them into 26 points.

Utah, losing for just the second time in 19 games since the All-Star break, was held below 100 points for the first time in 13 games.

Utah also lost forward Antoine Carr and coach Jerry Sloan in the second quarter. Carr limped off with a strained right hamstring with 1:14 left and did not return. Sloan was ejected after he came onto the court to argue with the officials after Malone's injury.

Utah center Greg Ostertag, activated off the injured list earlier in the day after missing 17 games with a stress fracture in his left leg, played 10 minutes and had two points on 1-for-7 shooting. He missed three layups.

Utah missed 19 of its 25 field-goal attempts in the second quarter, including nine of 10 over the last six minutes.

While Utah was struggling, Charlotte got hot, hitting its first seven shots and nine of 10, helping the Hornets go up by as many as 19 on the way to a 52-37 halftime lead.

The Jazz cut it to 10 early in the third quarter before Geiger scored the next four points to start a 26-12 run that made it 84-60.

Notes: Utah's winning streak tied the Jazz with the Lakers and Hawks for the longest in the NBA this season. Los Angeles and Atlanta both won 11 in a row early in the season. ... Charlotte (42-24) matched its best-ever record through 66 games. The Hornets also were 42-24 last season. ... Utah, which was 14-1 in March 1997, are 10-1 this month.