Show UTES NO NOSE OUT COLORADO Wilson Gets Basket When Most Needed By y LOUDON KELLY DENVER Dec 24 UP Denver's E Denver's two-night two carnival of exhibition college basketball was over over- today with the two state out teams deadlocked for honors Missouri of the Bix Six and Utah university from the western side of the Rocky Mountain conference conference conference confer confer- ence each won both their games The Miss Missouri o 0 u r I 1 T Tigers rigers i g e r s had a somewhat easier time in defeating Denver university university university sity last night 45 to 35 than th thy they y faced in stopping Colorado the previous previous previous pre pre- night in an overtime tilt 3 J Utah on the 2 contrary had to v h f-h I Is s struggle t rug g 1 e a all 11 tH f. f the way to nose 32 NIelson out Colorado to 30 0 after scoring ing an easy triumph over Denver Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues' Tuesday day night Both winners kept their records clean with late-game late uprisings las last t night 1 Basketball fireworks cracked with great vigor in the Utah Utah-Colo rado game J Buffs in C Command j i C. C U. U was in command until halfway halfway half half- way way- through the second half hOlding holding hold holdi ing a 16 13 average at the half Then left-handed left Bill Neilson shot two field goals and a free throw to put Utah ahead for the first time 25 to 22 with less than six six minutes to play 3 The lead went back to Colorado twice before Merlin Ahlquist Ute Ut center tied the score at 30 and Perry Wilson followed with a he heroic hel shot almost from the center circle to win the game in the final five seconds Neilson hooking several g goal als through the netting from hard a an angles arf topped Utah's score makers with 13 points but he trailed Jim Schwartz sparkling Colorado sophomore soph- soph who made 15 Missouri Rallies The Missouri Denver encounter was a tossup with D. D U. U holding slight edge until the last 10 m min ails utes Then the Tigers threw ia 1 point 13 rally into the faces of their foes foes- and the game was as goo good goodas as over Coach George Edwards said hi Missourians felt the altitude in their first game but to the press table it appeared they finished far stronger strong strong- stronger er than the mile-high mile outfit Missouri scoring honors were di divided divided d- d vided among Todd Keirsey and Carroll with seven points each Lloyd Smith Denver guard wa was the leader with 10 tallies The scores scores scores' UTAH COLORADO OLO 1 G F Pf pI O Pf P Miller f t 0 1 1 Quinton f t 2 2115 1 1 5 Pendleton f 0 1 1 1 I Schwartz chwartz I t 6 3 J. J 15 Neilson f I 6 1 11 1 13 Chesney t f 0 00 0 0 00 01 Berg c 1 1234 2 ll 3 Peters s sYi Yi t f 0 00 0 3 O 0 c 0 3 1 3 Simmons c 1 0 2 t Mecham h g g. g g 0 g 0 1 l 1 0 gl Unger ro c l 1 1113 1 1 i 3 Wilson g 3 0 1 6 61 Sidwell l 8 S. S 2 1 2 05 5 g 2 0 3 41 I White g 0 0 3 Totals 12 8 12 32 Totals 12 6 13 3 30 Officials Johnson and Beery |