Show Jordan nip Uintah Utes 55 to 52 The Uintah Utes were eliminated hem from the 3 A 3 A State Stale Basketball Tournament when they were edged by bythe the Jordan 55 to 52 on nn March 9 at the University of Utah's Special Events Center in Salt Lake City The Utes finished the 77 1976 season with a record JORDAN LEI LED in the early going of the first quarter but late in the period the Utes tiles gained their first lead of oC the ball game at al 8 10 when Toby Gilroy tossed in a two pointer two pointer Jordan tied the score at 10 1010 with a last second shot in the first quarter The lead changed hands several times limes in the early part of the second quarter but the thet t Utes les gained a five point 19 to 14 advantage midway in the second quarter with field goals goalsby goalsby goalsby by Mike Phillips and Rick Gardner and a free throw by byKirk byKirk byKirk Kirk Hancock Jordan rallied behind two field goals by Curtis Cutler to narrow the Uintah lead to three points 21 to 18 However Uintah increased its lead to five points when Mike Phillips tossed in two free throws to tomake tomake tomake make the score 23 to 18 in favor of the Utes with 1 53 left in the second quarter JEFF SNOW converted a free throw attempt to edge within four points of the Uintah lead then Gary hit a field goal to increase the Ute lead to 25 to 19 The Ute defense fell apart Inthe in inthe inthe the final minutes of the second quarter as the scored three unanswered baskets to tie the score at 25 2525 at the end of the first half Jordan tied the score with a last second field goal by Jeff Snow The Uintah Utes had three point advantages over the four times in the third quarter Uintah was ahead 31 to 28 due to field goals goalsby goalsby goalsby by Hick Rick Gardner Toby Gilroy and Gary but the narrowed the Uintah lead to 31 to 30 with two free throws by Brian Stills at atthe atthe atthe the 3 minute mark Uintah increased its lead to three points 33 to 30 with two successful charity losses looses by byKirk byKirk byKirk Kirk Hancock However Jordan came right back and cut the Uintah lead to one point with witha a two pointer by Tony Tim THE UTES gained another three point advantage when Gary Cary tossed in a field goal The narrowed the Uintah advantage to 35 34 when Ken Olsen bagged a two pointer Uintah's Mike Phillips and lUck Hick Gardner tossed in two free throws to increase the Ute lead to 37 to 34 with 1 33 remaining In the third quarter Hick Rick Bakker converted two free throws for Jordan to make the score at the end of the third quarter 37 to 36 in favor of Uintah Brian Urian Stills connected on two charity tosses to give Jordan a 38 to 37 advantage early in the fourth quarter but Uintah regained a one point lead with a afield afield afield field goal by Mike Phillips Rick Bakker tossed in two free throws and a field goal and Curtis Cutler Culler hit one free throw to give the a 43 to 38 advantage Uintah narrowed the Jordan lead to 43 to 41 with two successful tosses losses from the free throw line by Toby Gilroy Jordan increased its lead to 46 to 41 at the mark with a afree afree afree free throw by Curtis Cutler and anda a field goal by Tony The Utes cut the Jordan advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage to one point with two free throws by Kirk Hanock and anda a two-pointer two by Ron Guffey TilE THE captured captured captured cap cap- a seven point lead which was the largest in the contest at the mark as Rick Bakker Mark Langston and Ken Olsen tossed in two- two pointers Mike tike Phillips gained a three pointer as he tossed in a field goal and then was fouled Phillips tossed in the foul shot for the three point play The score was 52 48 with remaining in the game Curtis Cutler Culler converted one free throw attempt at the mark to give the a 53 to 48 lead However Uintah refused to yield to Jordan as they cut the lead to lo 53 to 52 with 1 remaining due to two field goals by Mike Phillips TONY TON of Jordan was fouled by a Uintah hoop- hoop missed the first of a n one and situation and the Utes bagged the rebound with left in the contest conlest Gary fired the ball toward the Uintah basket The ball went in the basket then popped right out to a Jordan Jordan darted down the court and flipped Clipped the ball toward the hoop The shot hot was off but Brian Stills won the battle for the rebound with Uintah's Shane Mayberry and tossed the ball through the net for two points With 32 seconds remaining Jordan was ahead 55 to 52 The Utes drove down the court and before they could get geta a shot off they were forced into a jump ball situation with seven seconds remaining Jordan won the jump and with three seconds left in the contest the Utes fouled the Ken Olsen Olsen missed the foul shot and the Utes recovered the ball However time ran out before the Utes could move down the court for a possible field goal try The final score was Jordan 55 and Uintah 52 SCORING points for Uintah were Mike Phillips 18 Kirk Hancock 10 Gary 8 Toby Gilroy 7 Rick Gardner 7 7 and Ron Hon Guffey 2 2 The Utes converted 14 of 21 free throw attempts for 66 percent Uintah tossed in 19 of 42 field goal attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts for 45 percent Gaining counters for Jordan were Rick Hick Bakker 21 Brian Stills 12 Curtis Cutler 7 Tony 5 Ken Olsen 5 Jeff Snow 3 and Mark Langston 2 Jordan connected on 13 of 24 free throw attempts for 54 percent The tossed in 21 of 43 field goal attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts for 48 percent |