Show Two Teams Fight For First Place In Final Tussle Division Leadership to Be Beat Benl at nl Stake at Bozeman Saturday Night BOZEMAN Mont Jan 30 A JP-A A battle for the leadership of the west west- em ern division of ot the Rocky Mountain basketball conference was set act for tonight tonight to to- night between the Brigham Young Cougars and the Montana State Bobcats Bobcats Bob Dob cats as a result of or the Cougar victory by a score of 30 36 to 23 here last night in the tho first of a n two-game two series The win gave the Cougars a tie tic for tor first place In the western halt half each team recording three won and two lost Leading Leadin 22 to 16 at the half the Cougars Cougar added enough points to win early in isi the second half halt and stalled through the final minutes The offensive performance of Nelson Nel Nd- son Cougar cen center er was the feature of the contest the rangy pivot man controlling the and tallying 13 points for high scoring honors His nearest competitor was Breeden Bobcat Bobcat Bob Bob- cat guard euard who accounted for 9 points LeSueur Brigham guard guarded Buzzetti Montana State star forward so closel closely that he was unable to score a field goal The Bobcat ace tallied only two free throws in nine tries BRIG DRIG YOUNG 36 1361 I MONT STATE 23 1231 o 0 F Pr f p I OP pr p Hunter If It 2 r 0 0 rf rJ 0 2 2 2 3 2 I 2 8 2 2024 I 0 2 I 4 Garnr 2 2014 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 13 c 3 0 2 I IS 8 Ao 4 a 0 o 0 2 0 I 1 Q 0 2 2 3 1 1 4 41 1 1 D 0 Totals 16 4 7 Totals 10 3 II 9 23 Referee Utah State tc umpire Olynn Montana State Stale |