Show Devils Aim for San Juan After Big Win From Green Rivers River's Pirates A dogged pressing defense and control of the Moab 44 41 gave a hair raising victory over league leading Green River and threw v Region Eight into a three team tie The scuttling of ot the Pirate ship for tor the first time in hi region games tied Moab and Blanding Standing with once defeated Green River and set the stage for tor a show down at Blending Blanding Friday night eight Moab b must Journey there for their second game against the powerful Broncos Blanding won the first in the league e opener Moab's Moab defense must get the credit for the upset Friday The Devils P s opened the game with a 1 full court press to take a lead they never relinquished after the opening minutes A commanding corn com com I manding lead could have opened up had Moab been able to tally on ort a better beUer percentage of at their shots Tony Stark hit six points In the Initial quarter but was matched by driving hard Art Thurston of ot Green River I Il C l I Moab's board strength of Dick Mack Rusty Davidson and Mel Olsen gave Moab Moth a three point lead the half halt after atter the Devils had blown a six abc point margin Mack playing his top game genre had six Ix points in the first half halt and Tony Stark eight Moab toab gain tried to open the game up in the third quarter by taking a seven even point lead but Every and Thurston hit four tour fast baskets to cut the lead The fourth quarter was one of ot the wildest ever seen here as Green River JUver started a full tull court press of their own and picked up some quick points on steals The press pressing g defense started starred a par parade parade ade of ot Devils t. t to the foul fout line but Moab wasn't hitting With two and a half hail minutes to g go gin Green Glen River rallied reified from froman an eight point deficit to tour four points paints That margin was wiped out t on a 20 foot toot howitzer shot by Dougherty and a Jumper by Bigelow low With the biggest and noisiest of 01 the season screaming their lungs out big Mel Olsen OIsen of Moab opened up a lead with witha a fielder Olsen who had held eld the Green River JUver post man Beebe to four tour points opened up In the Ue final minutes for seven seven sev sev- en points Ross Beebe and Dougherty each tallied for the Pirates but Rusty Davidson found the range fange for tor two out of two at charity lane Jane and time ran out Dick PIck Mack had an anti antl- foul toul shot after the gun not bot and missed over the head of ot the crowd that massed on the floor Olsen topped all scorers with 14 points half Mil In the final ter Davidson hit bit ten In hi well balanced scoring Thurston topped top ped lied the tile Pirates with eleven This week Moab meets San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan at Blanding another top top- ranked team Involved In the way three tie tor for the hague ague lead |