Show Farmers Ruin I Denver in Big First Half By Jack Schroeder LOGAN March 4 Utah 4 Utah States State's unpredictable b bas basketball a s k e t b a I 11 I team added its own bit to the Skyline Six cage muddle Friday night by rollicking to an easy 52 44 victory over a Denver quintet that was Vas supposed to be the hottest outfit in the league The playing by far their best game of the season took apart the Pioneer defenses and blasted through for shots under the bucket I and from Inside the charity chanty circle Meantime Denver was vas miserably cold The Pioneers couldn't hit their hat during most of the the first half as the Ass scored at will against a fairly meager Denver de de- de- de For those first 30 minutes the Farmers played about as good I basketball as anyone could hope to see Big Muddle 1 I The loss the sixth for the Pioneers Pioneers Pioneers Pio Pio- only tossed the Skyline Six muddle into a bigger mess Now all three clubs clubs Wyoming Wyoming B BY BYU Y U and Denver Denver are are tied for the top Burt Cook the brilliant sophomore sophomore sophomore soph soph- and Johnny Miller who only recently got a starting role at center for the combined to take the Utah State quintet through one of Its hottest first halts of the season This combo along with dependable ble Kenny Barrett overpowered the visitors and built up a 33 17 margin at intermission Miller did dida a sensational job on the high ing mg Denver center Dale Toft As Asa a matter of fact Miller Iiller did the best job on Toft of anyone in the conference this season While Miller Miller Mil Mil- ler was in m the game big Dale didn't get gel a b bucket All Cold And while Toft was being held all but scoreless the remainder of the Pioneer team couldn't hit with the exception of lanky Paul Hickey Hickey kept the Pioneers in the ball game game or or reasonably close to toItin toitin it it-in it in the first half with his long shots from the side It was one of HIckeys HIckey's shots shots shots-a a blooper from the side that side that gave Denver its only lead in the game Jamea game Jame- a scant 6 5 margin After that the ran away scoring coring easily while hile snatching all the rebounds and loose balls in sight Denver tried to close the gap during the latter stages of the game Jame but the tremendous margin built up by the was too far out of reach Utah Stat Stale Denver Denser Barrett 2 2 0 Anderson 3 0 3 2 2 Hickey Cook 4 2 Cook 5 2 5 4 Ryen 5 6 6 Hickey Cook 7 6 Jorgensen Jorsensen 9 6 9 7 7 Toft Tort ToftS Ander Anderson n 11 7 11 8 S Gray Barrett 12 8 12 9 9 Toft Toll 12 11 11 Hickey Anderson It 14 11 Miller Iller 16 11 Barrett 17 11 Miller IS 18 11 Anderson 10 11 19 12 Ryan Ryen Jorgensen 21 21 12 21 1 13 IT Howell Howen 21 15 15 Howell Honell Cook 23 15 23 17 17 Hickey Mickey Cook 25 5 17 Gobble 27 21 17 Barrett 29 17 Cook 31 1 17 Anderson 33 33 17 Half Hal Time Cook eo 35 1 17 i Jorgensen 36 17 Jorgensen 37 17 Miller 39 39 17 39 19 Griffin 39 21 21 Johnson Miller 41 21 41 23 Johnson Coo Cook k 42 23 Barrett 4 41 44 23 44 4 24 2 Toft Toll 44 1 25 25 John Johnson n 4 44 26 Johnson Cook 45 26 45 27 Howell Howen Barrett 46 46 27 21 Barrett Burett 47 i 27 21 47 29 Gray Oray 47 30 30 Johnson Johnson 47 g 32 Ryan Jorgensen 49 32 49 9 1 31 34 t Toft Tott I 49 35 Toft Tot I 49 36 Ryan Ryen 49 g 37 Ryen 51 37 51 39 Hicks JIlek 51 41 Craig 51 42 Ryen Cook g 52 42 I 52 2 4 44 I Toft Toll I |