Show Logan Grizzlies thump Uintah 66 to 41 in A 3 state meet Logan outscored Uintah by only six points 16 to 10 in the first quarter and the Utes nabbed the U third rd quarter 14 to 11 but the Grizzlies captured the basketball war 66 to 41 wh when n they bombed the Utes 6 in the second quarter and 2511 2511 2511 25 11 in the fourth quarter to win a first round contest last Monday in the A 3 State Tournament at Salt Lake City TilE THE GRIZZLIES captured a 4 0 lead early in the first quarter but Gary and Mike Phillips scored two- two pointers to tie the score at 4 44 Logan jump jumped ou out to a 14 to o 6 advantage late in the first quarter Toby Gilroy hit two free throws and Kirk Hancock scored a field goal to narrow the Logan lead to 14 to 10 Logan at the tossed in a two-pointer two buzzer to take a 16 to 10 ad ad- vantage at the end of the first quarter Uintah cut the Logan margin to four points 16 to 12 early in inthe inthe inthe the second quarter The Grizzlies chewed up the Ute defense as they outscored Uintah 14 to 4 to take a 30 to 16 advantage with 1 12 left in the second quarter Shane Mayberry scored Uintah's fourpoints four fourpoints fourpoints points due to two free throws and one field goal The score at atthe atthe atthe the end of the second quarter was Logan 30 and Uintah 16 The Uintah Utes behind the scoring of Mike Phillips Rick Hick Gardner Kirk Hancock and andIton andRon andRon Ron Iton Guffey outscored Logan 14 to 11 to narrow the Logan lead to 11 points 41 to 30 at the end of the third quarter UINTAH AND ANn Logan traded baskets back and forth in the early going of the fourth quarter The Utes cut Logans Logan's lead to ten points 48 to 38 with left in the contest In the final four minutes of the state tourney contest the Utes suffered a point scoring drought as they popped in only three counters and the Grizzlies blazed the nets for 18 points to easily win the contest 66 to 41 Gaining points for Uintah Inthe in inthe inthe the ball game were Mike l Phillips 11 Rick lUck Gardner 8 Kirk Hancock 6 Toby Gilroy 5 Gary 4 Shane Mayberry 4 and Ron Guffey 3 3 The Utes converted 7 of 15 free throws for 46 percent Uintah shot 40 percent from the field The top scorers for Logan were Jim Andersen 19 Terry Lindquist 12 and Jason Jaso Allen 10 Logan shot 50 percent from the field The Grizzlies connected connected con con- on 12 of 25 free throw attempts for 48 percent IN tillER A 3 State Slate Tournament Tournament Tour Tour- J contests played last Monday Springville bombed Jordan 64 t to 39 Bingham annihilated the Payson Lions 69 to 31 and Davis nipped Cedar City 67 to 66 Davis edged Cedar City with four free throws in the last thirty seconds of the con contest test Uintah battled Jordan this past Wednesday yesterday at p pm p.m. m. m in a consolation contest The loser of the Uintah Uintah- Jordan game game will be eliminated from the tourney Two losses force a team out of the state tourney Uintah was edged by Jordan High School at Jordan 55 to 47 on November 27 27 The 3 A State Tournament will also also take place at the University of oft Utah's Special Events Center in Salt Lake City Thursday Friday and Saturday |