Defense is the fhe key in wins by Utes Uintah High School head basketball coach stated a week before beCore the first game of oC the season with Union in the Basin Tournament that he was expecting big things out of Jeff Drollinger and that thatIs thatis Is exactly what he received as Drollinger led the Utes in scoring with 31 points on nine field goals and a 13 out of 18 night at the charity stripe In the win over Union Friday We started off pretty retty slow in the game with Union and then we pulled together worked our offense and got a basket at a time I tried to take good shots and they dropped right through stated Drollinger When asked what coach Vic Anderson told the Utes when they were behind by two points at halftime guard Cary Hamilton stated Coach said the only way we could win was to play defense We hustled more and got steals to frustrate the Union Cougars We started hitting our shots We all had the jitters In the first half and Union was ready to play but after Coach Weight got kicked out we knew it was up to the players to pull it out and we overcame the Union lead for a win commented Doug Bowen Most of the Uintah Utes felt that they had played playe the championship game Fri Fri- Friday day night against Union as the Cougars had beaten Altamont by a big margin a week earlier and figured they wouldn't have any problems beating Altamont In Inthe inthe the title game However the Utes found out that Altamont was for real as the game was close until the fourth quarter when the Utes blew out the Longhorns upset hopes with 19 points as compared to four Cour by Altamont Altamon for a first place win in the Basin Tournament of 62 to 45 When asked to comment on the game with Altamont Uintah high scorer at 18 points Brian McNamara remarked We won Altamont was a pretty good team We started playing defense and kept them from getting the easy shot shat We played better defense crashed the boards and got fast break baskets to lock lockup lockup up the win Another Uintah Ute Hamilton remark remark- remarked ed Our shots finally started to drop We couldn't hit all night We got back on defense and frustrated them We just weren't ready for their guys We were overlooking them the They were hitting all their shots in the first half I believe they only missed four shots We started play play- playing playing ing defense and they put up bad shots in inthe inthe the second half r Oar stall helped us to get control of the game Mike Weldon wasn't a starter In the game for Cor Uintah but he came off the bench and scored 11 points in the game I just tried to spark the team and give I them a lift It just helps when someone comes In and starts screaming It gets everyone up stated Weldon II Altamont burned us underneath a couple of oC times and we started overplaying overplay overplay- overplaying ing more We tried to stop their fast Cast break the best we could It was a good goodwin goodwin win for us stated Drollinger The Utes Drollinger attempted a dunk shot In the game with Altamont but it just wouldn't go In I knew it was close and I wanted to make sure to get the points and some how the ball hit the back backof of the rim And flew Clew out Next time its it's go- go goIng going Ing In