Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-03-05 | Page 13 | Utes, 'Y' 'Figure' in Battle

Q Utes Y V 7 Figure In Battle lJ t r tIl's Its It's wonderful what can bej beL bei done with statistics Take Theron S. S Parmelee graduate manager manager of the University sity of Utah for example Parm Parm sharpened a half doz dozen n pencils supplied himself with scratch paper an adding machine and scores made by the Utes and the Brigham Young Cougars in basketball games this s b season He started out but to prove that the game between the two clubs clubs Friday night in the U 93 fieldhouse fieldhouse field field- house will be a good one He proved that point all right But at the same time h ht he r proved 2 that It wont won't be a good one Y Its It's like this His figures show show r there Is nothing but hot air to this talk of home floor j tage Away from home the the 4 4 Utes have averaged 41 points per game while scoring only 36 per t game In their own fieldhouse f True the Indians' Indians opponents have scored more on them when y the Utes were visiting but the ts' ts t J difference Is less than two points on the average opponents havIng havIng hayIng hav- hav Ing scored 30 points against them J when the Redskins were away and against them at Salt 1 Lake City And all that Parm figures proves that the game Friday I Inight night will be a natural since the Utes are conceded only a a 11 very slight margin over the Cou Cou- gars But after reaching that con- con l elusion Parm ran into trouble Through the same system he he found B BY BYU Y U plays better on its home floor than It does when v visiting all of which adds up j to the fact that neither team will be at its' its best Friday night 1 Its It's wonderful what can be bedone done with statistics 1 But what figures do show beyond beyond beyond be be- yond all doubt Is that the Cougars Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars are the highest scoring team in the Big Seven conference and that the Utes are by all odds the best defensive club The Cougars have averaged points at Provo and point when playing away from home Another thing that statistics show is that the Utes must win their game in order to stay in the title race To lose to BY BYU U or orto to the Utah on March 15 15 would give Wyoming undisputed first place a Also to give the Indians a tie with Wyoming for top spot Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado must knock over the Cow Cow- boys Playing In their home 1 fieldhouse where they never f have been defeated In conference play the Buffaloes are given a good chance to do just that j The Utes' Utes title stock went down a point or two when Carlos Soffe Sotte who has been a regular 1 forward the last two games sprained an ankle It was not 1 certain whether he would be out i entirely but he will not b be in top form for the game Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while Val Sheffield's injured ankle was mended completely and he was expected to take over Soffe's Sotte's starting post