Show I Rally by Wasps Nips Murray In Overtime B By Steve Murrays Murray's who registered registered regis regis- the tourneys tourney's biggest upset by edging edgin Monroe Wednesday found themselves victims of an upset Thursday when Juab's Wasps staged one of the greatest comebacks comebacks come come- come j backs in class B tourney history Ito to to tip the 33 31 in a double overtime tilt that had Ute field house fans exhausted at the end Sad part about the game ame was the fact that thousands of fans Cans missed one of the best contests of the quarterfinal round Murray held a commanding 5 19 lead at half hall time and not even en the most loyal Wasp fan would admit the NephI lads would ever recover to take the game Consequently man many fans walked out at half hall time thinking Murray had the contest contes t wrapped up Find the Range Juab finally found the range in inthe inthe inthe the third quarter as the Wasps buzzed the hoop with a number o of oC f long shots Jim Jimmy J i m m y Mathews Charlie Foote and Larry Howarth added consecutive buckets as th the e Wasps started their long comeback k drive Meanwhile the were e content in slowing down the game gam e and In doing so they slowed down dow n their scoring pace Juab counted counte d nine points in the third quarter while Murray garnered but five Juab's success at long range conin continued continued con con- in m the final quarter and be before be- be fore any of the fans could believe e that the Wasps were back in th the e ee I ball game They finally caught u up p with seconds remaining when Lynn Lyn n Chase calmly converted two fre free ne e throws to knot the count at 26 6 and send fans into an uproar Trade Buckets In the first overtime period Jimmy Mathews and Norm Anderson Ander Ander- son traded buckets and Anderson Anderso n missed a free throw The score re remained remained remained re- re I 28 2828 as the overtime e ended Juab Murray I P i o 0 6 4 44 4 chase Chue Barthel 3 5 2 8 2 0 0 04 4 Howarth ReadIng 3 3 2 8 o 0 1 1 1 Sanders Bowen 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 BIrd Blyd Anderson 4 1 0 8 2 2 1 5 MorrL Birch 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 6 Mathews Mathe J 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 6 Foote Brinton 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 C. C Park WAtts 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 BPark 1 1 1 3 Ockey 12 1215 15 9 33 Totals 12 15 7 31 Double overtime o Ju Juab b 2 5 1 6 25 5 33 Murray 13 19 24 6 28 31 |