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Show Page 4 SIGNPOST February 3, 1961 o fn o E3 SAME BIG GUNS ; 1 r i.s Weber Staves 0 Rally To ike Ou f? Eaale f Win The Wildcats were not- completely successful this past week end. After taking- a game from the powerful Carbon Eagles on Friday by a 78-73 score, Weber lost ,a heartbreaker to Snow in an exciting game that had to go into overtime before Snow finally edged the Wildcats 76-73. , In the game Friday night Weber had to hold off a Carbon rally to edge the Eagles, 78-73, in a game at Price. Weber Big Guns It was the same scoring trio of Bob Belka, Mike Sivulich and Eddie Tillman who were the big guns for Weber . Friday. Belka played one of his better games in picking up 20 points while Sivulich had 18 and Tillman Tanked 15. Phil Johnson, Who. joined Belka and Tillman, was handicapped, somewhat, as he had three personal fouls on him with the game less than two minutes old. Lynn Corbridge, who started on the guard line along' with Sivulich played a fine defensive game. Used Nine Players Coach Dick Motta .used nine players and each one of the reserves filled in well. Weber held a 43-34 advantage at half time, but the Eagles from Price got hot from outside and narrowed the margin to two points with two minutes remaining. At this point, the Wildcats went into a stall and it payed off as Carbon began fouling to gain control of the ball and as a result Weber increased the margin to five points, all coming from the free throw line. Box Scores Weber G.. T.. F.. P Belka 9 6 2 20 Corbridge 2 10 4 Johnson 2 0 0 4 Sivulich 7 4 4 18 Tillman 4 7 7 15 Garrett 3 2 17 Hammond 3 3 2 8 Harrison 0 0 0 0 Carter 12 0 2 Total Carbon .31 25 16 78 G T F P Berekis 7 6 4 18 Blascr 5 8 6 16 Powell 3 117 Hine 3 4 2 8 Warner 110 2 Pace 5 3 2 12 Swan 2 5 4 8 Henderson 10 0 2 Total 27 28 19 73 Snow Takes Ovejrtime To Subdue Cats In a game last Saturday at Ephriam, Snow College edged the Wildcats 76-73, in a hard-fought (including fisticuffs) overtime periods It was the first defeat of the season in conference play for the Wildcats, who now own a 5-1 record. Fourth Win For the Badgers, it was their fourth win against two setbacks. Weber blew a 10-point lead it piled up at the start of the game while holding Snow scoreless and the game was tied 36-36 at the half. Mike Sivulich, missed a final second free throw in regulation play to send the giame into overtime Free-For-AJJ Follows Armell Winter's four straight points in the overtime gave Snow the victory. The game broke into afree-for-all once during the overtime period.Tom Caseyy, led Snow with 24 points and Eddie Tillman had 18 for Weber. Box Scores Weber G- T.. F.. P Tillman 7 6 4 18 Harrison 3 0 0 6 Belka 5 0 0 10 Sivulich 8 3 0 16 Johnson 6 7 5 17 darter ...2 10 4 Corbridge 0 0 0 0 Hammond 1 0 0 2 Garrett 0 0 0 0 Totals Snow .32 17 9 73 G T F P Alvey 7 1 1 15 Casey 10 5 4 24 Ashby 5 12 9 19 Winters 3 5 5 11 Beck 1 3 2 4 Myers 0 10 0 Hilton 1 2 13 Total 27 30 22 76 By Keith K. Shupe Weber gets a real workout during the next seven days playing five different teams with four of the games being played on local high school floors. The big game for the Wildcats and probably the most interesting for the spectator will be tonight when Weber gets a chance to square matters with Snow College at 8 p.m. in the Ben Lomond High School gymnasium. Drop Close One The Cats dropped a 76-73 decision to the Badgers last Saturday at Ephriam, which was We-bera first conference defeat of the season. is uorfer By Sue Parkinson W.I.A. Reporter The Basketball All-Stars have been selected to go to the B.Y.U. playday this quarter. The A team includes Dixiis Stanger, Vicky Baird, Ruth Walsh, Siadimae Anderson, Nona Valdez and Gwen Wiser. The B team alternates are Susan Parkinson, RaNae Findlay, Jaan Edwards, Joyce Burnett, Jo Faulkner, VeAnn Bingham and Judy Jeppson. These teams will probably practice on Monday or Wednesday afternoons. Squaws Lose It was a relatively quiet, inactive day at the gym Friday until the giggling O.T. Squaws put up their spirited fight against the nevertheless victorious Sharmea team. TK forfeited to L.D.S. and, inspite of Deinna's valliant effort to find one more player, L.D. for-feiter to Independents. The Nurses and Faculty postponed their game. The world is full of wooden people who's sport is always whittled otherd down, but the real game is doing it with good sportsmanship on the field and not in the art of cynicism. If you feel like exercising bad sportsmanship, just lay down and maybe the feeling will go away. Carnival Today There will be no basketball games today just fun at snow Basin. See you there with your saucer, warm, warm clothes, a smile, and a bundle of energy. Their record is now 5-1 and their lead was cut to one game. The Snow victory put the Badgers in a second place tie with Dixie. The Rebels won their only weekend game, a 76-64 upset of College of Southern Utah at Cedar City. Risk Top Place The Wildcats will go into Friday's game in danger of losing their first place standing. A loss to the Badgers would throw the two clubs into a tie. On Saturday, Weber hosts the Carbon Eagles in the Bonneville High gymnasium, which should prove to be another exciting game for all those who attend. Tuesday, February7, Weber will try to even the score with a strong Westminster team from Salt Lake City. The game will be played in the Bonneville gym. Host BYU Frosh The following night, February 8, Weber will Host a tall and talented BYU Frosh team. The Frosh team has one of its taller teams in the past few years and will give the Wildcats a rugged game on the Bonneville High floor. The Cats then travel to Rexburg for a game with Ricks. Non Conference Game Weber also had a third contest this week. It traveled to Salt Lake City for a non-conference game with the University of Utah Frosh Eddie Tillman, Mike Sivulich and Bob Belka have been carrying much of the scoring load, as all three have averages in the double figures ICAC Standings W L Pet. Weber 5 1 .833 Dixie 4 2 .667 Snow 4 2 .667 Carbon 3 3 .500 Ricks 2 4 .333 CSU .2 4 .333 Boise .1 5 .166 Friday's Schedule Carbon at Rick's Snow at Weber Boise at CSU |