Show Olsen Oisen Leads Lends Devils Over San Son Juana Juan 66 56 Big DIg Mel Olsen leading prep rep scorer In the state blasted the hoop for 42 points Friday night to lead Moab's Moab Red ned Devils to lo ft ri tingling spine 56 GG win over the San Juan Broncos Moab took look the spectacular shooting duel when they broke away awny in the final 2 20 seconds second for eight straight points Up tip to that point it had been anybody's ball game One small point separated sep the two teams learns for over two Iwo quarters with the exception of a n two point margin held by Moab at the end of the third quarter Both Doth teams were torrid from the outside Johnny Nielsen third leading scorer In the Ole state hit 19 points and team team- mate male Scott Bayles Dayle 17 The Broncos Broncos Bron Dron- cos hit very few tew from Inside 15 feet reet to stay close cloW right to the end s y e e f e Coach John Benson Denson got a 11 tremendous tremendous tre tree trees Job lob out of reserve John Shatter Shaffer who broke the Bronco back with a defensive chore on one Nielsen and ability to get the thee ball late Into Olsen Shaffer replaced r Kenny enny Blume who picked up the thee fouls In clusters while holding Nielsen down In the first half Despite the prolific scoring defense played a big part In the game Blume and Shaffer made Nielsen shoot rather wildly and andIn andIn andin In the second half halt fully Lewis Black assigned to to guard Olsen held him In check I until he ran Into foul trouble and Olsen went wild Olsen was tremendous Only in the third quarter did he hit as few as seven points Ten of the field goals were Vere scored from outside the keyhole on one and two handed d Jump shots that Blanding couldn't seem to solve Quarter scores show Just how close the game was Both teams held the lead briefly In the openIng opening open open- Ing minutes but wound up deadlocked deadlocked dead dead- locked 1918 19 at the quarter I In the second session Moab move moved into a point five-point lead with two minutes to go It didn't last lut as os Bayles Dayles and Nielsen en ran off three baskets to give Blanding a 36 35 lead Olsen and Bayles Dayle shared hared point high-point honors with 22 and 13 points at the half halt In to the second half halt Bucky Ducky Taylor and Kenny Hawks won went to work on the boards h helping Olsen and Blanding was held to fewer shots The Broncos seldom missed from any t and the tho lead changed h hands eight times on successive buckets Ronnie Engstrom put Moab Int Into the lead leac with seconds left lert In the thIrd quarter 49 The Devils lost Kenny Blume on fouls rouls the Broncos Nielsen and Bayles Dayles the same way Nielsen Niel sen went out with less Jess than two minutes to go when he picked picket up two fast personals of the temperamental variety Ol Olsen en closed the Broncos out when he scored five baskets In six tries In the final minutes Bucky Ducky Taylor hit two for Cor three In the sam same Interval Scoring was confined to the five rive starters for dor Moab Blume hit two two points Taylor 8 Hawks 8 and Engstrom G. G Moab tried 26 foul shots and converted 14 Hawks and Ilsen accounted for all the charity points Blanding tried 19 and made good on 10 The win kept Moab atop Region Region Re Re- gion Eight standings and pushed Blanding into a second-place second tie lie with Green River Both of the Bronco losses have been at the hands of the Red Devils Moab meets East Carbon and Notre Dame this week I |