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Show BINGHAM LOSES LASTGAME HERE There was no joy in Bingham as the Miners suffered their second sec-ond straight loss and the losing los-ing of the Jordan division crown Friday evening. Playing before a packed house, the Miners saw victory fall from their grasp when a terrific Tooele Too-ele rally put the Buffs in the lead late in the game. They then held this lead to emerge victors by a 38-36 count. The vaunted Buffalo offensive and rigid defense de-fense stopped the Miners when they thought they might win the game. Revenge was sweet to the Too-I Too-I ele five, which earlier in the sea- son lost a thrilling 32-21 game to ' Bingham. Tooele jumped to a quick seven-point lead, but Kenny Hall's long shots and Billy Boren's tap-ins tap-ins ignited the Bingham scoring machine and at the end of the first quarter they held a 15 to 9 lead. Tooele continued to fight dur-S dur-S ing the second quarter and out-scored out-scored the Miners 12-9. At half time the score was 24-21 for the Miners. During the third quarter neither nei-ther team was hot. The score read 30 to 24 for Bingham as the third quarter ended. The Buffs exploded a ten-point barrage which kept Bingham fans breathless. With four minutes min-utes remaining, the count was 33-32 for Bingham. The Buffs then broke loose for two quick scores to put them in the lead. In the last few seconds Tooele stalled but committed a foul in doing so. Before a tense crowd, Billy Thomas stepped to the foul line but missed the attempt to tie the game. |