Show I Y C ti 4 4 k r I f 4 S cv S S 'S 7 c cr S r j S 1 S 4 5 S y Its It's All Mi Mine ne Fellas I Gordon South guard leaps after bounding bounding bound bound- ing ing- ball ban with Granite player er while Jack I left ft- ft and Larry Bailey both of Granite natch atch Sm Smooth Working Provo Quint Stops West Panthers 47 40 By Jack Schroeder Provos Provo's hard luck basketball team was a poised and confident outfit Friday night and the Bulldogs Bulldogs Bulldogs Bull Bull- dogs smartly extracted a 47 40 victory from the West Vest quintet in inthe inthe inthe the Deseret gym After losing three games in a arow arow arow row by one point the Bulldogs came caine back Friday night to look like ike a well drilled and polished aggregation that took good advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of the momentary lapse in inVests inVest's n West's Vests defense The turning came about in the third quarter Both teams exchanged baskets throughout the first half with the Panthers holding a slim sUm 14 13 advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage at intermission Provo blasted lasted through the West Vest defense for seven consecutive points before before before be be- fore the Panthers could get off defense and the ball game was won right there The defeat left West Vest in the Big Eight cellar with a record of one victory and five defeats Provo now has a mark of two wins and four losses and a n good chance to stay in the running for a tournament tournament tournament ment berth West started things rolling by taking a slight lead in the first quarter and stretched it out to 9 11 at the end of the first ter Lynn Wagner was the big gun In the early attack as he the action Granite edged past the Cubs In Ina Ina I a terrific fourth quarter rally after South had the the- Farmers on tho the for three thre quarters I connected on two early baskets to allow the tho Panthers to enjoy a short period of elation Provo methodically pounded away at the lead and narrowed it to just one point at half time This was mostly due to the brilliant brilliant brilliant bril bril- work of Ralph Olsen as smooth a player as in existence this season Olsen drove the Vest West defense frantic with his uncanny accuracy However the scoring burst in inthe inthe inthe the third period was mostly due to the work of Cliff Dunkley who began to hit his twisting pivot shot had good accuracy at the foul line to add to the Provo advantage Its It's really no small wonder that the Bulldogs might well be in second place in the Big Eight race instead of far down the ladder The Provo quintet possesses that certain game poise that makes for fora a good clutch team and should carry the Bulldogs through to a much better season than expected just a week ago West Vest still limping from injuries to Don Brady and Wagner Vagner was erratic in the third period and became a careless passing club Provo alert as could be picked up most of ot these tosses and converted converted con can them into buckets almost every time Ralph Watchorn was the best the Panthers had to offer and o on certain occasions played outstanding outstanding ing ball The West Vest guard was consistent throughout the game gam with a good steady scoring punch that netted 10 points Bill Bm Burleigh Burleigh Bur Bur- leigh led West Vest with a total o ot of 12 while Wagner had eight Olsen topped all scorers for th the evening with 14 11 counters followed by Dunkley with 13 Ted Dunn who played a good game at guard entered the scoring column fo for six counters Prove West fed P P 1 I 1 0 14 2 2 1 5 s sl 2 l 2 6 G Collins Burleigh 6 I 4 0 12 4 8 5 13 1 1 3 1 9 0 o 1 JL 1 a 0 6 2 2 t 4 u 0 8 Dur 1 g 5 0 0 10 1 1435 i 4 3 5 0 2 0 0 u I 0 0 Tier Tier- les 1 1 0 U 0 0 U 0 Glasgow Allege Allene 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 U 0 Sl helle 18 17 11 47 Totals IS IS 18 4 4 40 Score by quarters West Sest 11 11 ii 14 4 22 4 40 Pro i J 0 9 I 13 32 4 4 47 j |