Show Utah Win f 50 43 V. Y Loses 59 48 to Poke Pokes f. f Wyoming's Wyoming IS Height f Proves Nemesis J Hazen Sparks I i By John Mooney 1 Telegram Sports sport Editor LOGAN Jan 15 Utah 15 Utah States State's surprising continued to foster fos los ter their shot long hopes Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- Saturday day after racking up their second straight Skyline Six conference basketball victory Friday a 50 43 win over Colorado A. A M M. here The who drubbed Denver Denver Den Den- ver in their second meeting after arter losing a two-point two thriller to the Pioneers in their league opener now boast a 2 1 record and stand standa a fine chance of moving into undisputed undisputed un un- disputed second place after arter their second meeting with their Aggie rivals Saturday night Aggles Hold Lead Utah State took a brief lead and nursed it through the last six minutes minutes min mm- utes of the first half halt and then came back to snatch the lead Inthe In Inthe inthe L the tag end of the final period which they protected with some control handling down to the wire However the game was a dingdong dingdong ding ding- dong affair most of the way with I the lead changing hands ten times I in the fray and the score knotted I at 2 3 21 half 23 31 and 35 before beCore the Aggles put on a sustained drive which L clinched the victory The Colorado who came close to upsetting Utah in their theix opener started out fast with their shot long-shot game clicking consist consist- consistently They opened up a 7 12 lead mostly on long shots and arid foul 1 pitches before Kenny Berrett's solo dribble put the Aggles ahead I 13 12 with nine minutes to play P in the half halt The Logan club carrIed carried car car- ried ned a three-point three lead until the th thI I waning minutes of the half when I Anderson and Dobler tied it up UI all 21 at the intermission Hazen Sets Pace Frank Hazen former Weber Webe r Jaycee star took over in place of a f C C. P. P Jorgensen who wasn't hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting his shots and Hazen seemed I to be the spark Coach Joe Whitesides' Whitesides Whitesides' Whitesides White White- sides' sides club needed Hazen hit the first four shots shot 3 he took and this demoralized th the visitors who fell behind 31 24 But then tho the home Aggles took tool C their relaxation period and th the Fort Collins crew quickly evened I Ithe the count at 31 Utah State Stat e ethen then started hitting again and an I piled plied up its winning margin The locals stalled out most o othe of I the last four minutes of ot the game For the Utah it was the thi a rustling and shooting of Hazen I and Kenny Berrett which sparked sparke I the offense coupled with the tIne fine a I tip in work of Rollo Johnson The towering visitors who had ha hada I a big edge on the yardstick were a sparked by Ranson Dobler and Anderson U USA S A O 0 Color Colo A. A M. M 0 o 2 2 Williams Berrett 2 2 2 Berrett 3 2 3 3 3 Allen 3 5 5 Allen Done 4 5 4 7 7 Williams Anderson 5 7 5 8 8 Ranson Hanson 5 10 10 Ranson 5 11 Dobler 12 Minutes to Play Piny Ducich 7 11 7 12 12 Williams Done 9 12 Anderson 10 10 12 Anderson 11 11 12 Berrett 13 12 13 14 Ranson Hanson Johnson 15 14 ft 6 Minutes to PIa Play Johnson 17 17 14 17 1715 15 Ranson Hanson Berrett 18 18 15 Jorgensen 19 19 15 19 17 Anderson Berrett 21 21 17 21 19 Anderson 21 21 21 Ranson Hanson Halftime 21 2122 22 22 Dobler Johnson 23 23 22 23 23 Anderson 23 24 24 2 Anderson Berrett 25 25 24 Berrett 27 27 24 Hazen 29 24 Hazon Hazen 31 24 15 Minutes to Play 31 26 26 Allen 31 28 28 Ranson Hanson 31 30 Ranson Hanson 31 31 Selch 13 Minutes to Play Anderson 33 33 31 Hazen 35 35 31 35 33 Anderson 35 35 35 33 Ranson Hanson Hazen 37 37 35 Johnson 39 35 Hazen 41 41 35 Done 43 35 Johnson 45 45 35 45 36 36 Anderson 45 5 38 SS 38 Anderson Johnson 47 38 33 47 39 39 lAnd 47 40 Lind 47 41 41 Lind Jones 48 48 41 48 43 Dobler Murdock 50 43 r W V L Pet Pct f W Wyoming 2 0 LO Pt oP U Utah Ulan tah 4 2 1 i i n t r. r U Utah tah St State te 2 1 i 67 7 ra 1 D Denver enver 2 1 i jg i U JH DB B BYU YU 0 0 t 2 IT o i vw ADU is t 9 C ob Colo A. 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A and M at U Uta Utah h Stati sti B BY YU U at Wyoming LARAMIE Wyo Jan 15 W Wyoming's footed fleet Co lo look ok like the giant killeri Skyline S Six ix basketball ot of oft Ut a after lter their second loop victory l Frt d day ay night r The Pokes broke out with 1 d li lightning attack to rack ll 48 59 5 win over the Brigham up UD up 1 u university Cou Cougars an defending con i f ference champions The victory was the second fo fa fOlt Wyoming in two starts and i tac long along a with their win last week overt t the he favored University ot UW Utah R Redskins I IVain Vain aln Rally j Brigham Young launched A t Aih ih a attack late in the game Ram but uw sa t their heir first string ranks thin to t tune une of the officials officials' whittles whistles C Cougars were lost during tha the second s half halt as they unleashed t a t p pressing attack that involved heavy heavy- b body ody contacts It was the second conference W f for or B BYU Y U. U The Cougars trailed all of ot t tway th l way and were on the short end ef Gr a 34 21 time half-time score A stirring BY BYU B Y U bid closed the gap In th the thi c closing losing 10 minutes With nine minutes to go thi v visitors moved to within p points of the Cowboys at 46 43 Coach Ev Shelton rushed Ron Liv i high for the night with iUS' 1 14 4 points Loy Lay Doty and Keith Bloom all nil first stringers back o OB ou t the he court to stem the Cougar tide Doty and Bloom each tallied 13 for s second honors Changed Tactics Wyoming opened the game its i ts usual weaving control ball-control a atack at tack but soon shifted to a fast tui break offense against the knit Cougar defense 01 Forward Joe Weight and gui guart Rolland Holland Minson slipped in ninepoints nine ninepoints ninepoints points apiece to pace B BY BYU Y U scoring Joe Nelson the Cougars' Cougars J scoring high-scoring forward was held U tt five points BYU nyu o oG 9 G F P P C JK J 2 2155 1 5 5 N f 4 Sf 3 3 5 9 Weight Bloom 3 U 2 2054 0 5 s 4 HIllman Larson f 0 1 1 o o 0 0 0 Jones 0 0 01 0 l o 0 0 0 0 LI 3 S o 0 1 1 1 CraIg Heede 0 0 00 0 a I Io o 0 0 1 0 Beeme 4 1 lit J 2 t I 1 1153 1 5 3 P 11 r 1 1113 1 1 3 ClarkS 3 0 1 6 Fullmer 3 0 5 6 C j 1 2 9 1 1002 0 0 2 2 20 83 8 31 48 Totals 22 15 II SI Halftime acore core 34 TU 21 MI Mused fr free re throws throw B BY BTU T U Wi a Whipple Minson 2 1 Bloom FlInn 3 4 PIT PITton ton 3 I. 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