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Show - , , t , - ; r ; . ? ' i ' " ' V ' ' '' ,.' j 1 " : . X I i; - I xN " j -' ' - . " - i " -i ' V - . 5' l .. .. t .J i I . . , . v - v W I f " 1 ' I I II. w; : " 'fp I I ". . t i I ; 'ill ; : --i v ' s '""I . .J ' J s ril i i.i m THE BATTLE for the basketball is won by the Uintah Utes as Gary Galley, right, nabs the high flying ball. The Uintah crew lost the foul plagued playoff game to Ben Lomond by the score of 77-67. Also in the picture are McCashland, 31; Povey, 33, Ben Lomond and Mike Johnson, Uintah. UDnvab Uves grab early lead, buv lose playovv game vo Ben Lomond Scovs Two words will be rememberd by Uintah Ute basketballers and fans for a long time and those two words are Barry Nebeker. Nebeker connected for 40 points as he led the Ben Lomond cagers to a 77 to 67 playoff win over the Uintah Utes. Saturday in Ogden. The victory placed Ben Lomond in the state . tournament and ended the season for the Uintah Utes. ' Ben Lomond defeated Bear River, 73 to 59. March 2 and lost to Bear River, 51-50. to break the tie for third place in Region 5. Ben Lomond lost the game when the ball was stolen by Bear River and a field goal was gained with 24 seconds left. The Ben Lomond crew was still thinking about the heartbreaking loss as the Uintah Utes jumped out to an 8-2 lead early in the first quarter. Gary Galley pulled down a rebound and returned the ball to the hoop for a 2-0 lead. A charging foul was called on Ben Lomond and Brian McN'amara connected con-nected on a shot at the top of the key for a 4-0 Uintah advantage. Nebeker scored his first two-pointer of the game with 5:02 left in the first quarter to cut Uintah's lead to two points at 4-2, but the brother combo of Brian and Randy McNamara connected con-nected on field goals for an 8-2 advantage. ad-vantage. A three-point play by Nebeker narrowed Uintah's lead to three points at 8-5, but the Utes gained a five point lead on two free throws by Galley. The Utes acquired a seven point lead on a two-pointer from the top of the key by Galley. Ben Lomond's only offense, Nebeker, struck for a field goal, but Drollinger popped in a free throw and Mike Johnson fired in a two-pointer for a Uintah eight point lead of 15-7. The Ogden crew got back in the ball game as Nebeker scored six straight points ... ,on four free throws and a bomb to make . the score at the end of the first quarter. Uintah, 15 and Nebeker, 13. Nebeker continued to delight the Ben Lomond fans and upset the Ute fans. The Ben Lomond guard put in a field goal for a 15-15 tie. but Johason struck for a two-pointer and a 17-15 L'te advantage. ad-vantage. Ben Lomond gained an 18-17 lead on a three-point play by Nebeker. Denison put in a free throw for a 19-17 lead, but Galley popped in a shot to tie up the game at 19-19. A charge was called on Ben Lomond and the Utes stole the ball, but both times they came up empty in the point world. Nebeker struck for another bomb to give his crew a 21-19 lead, but the referees blew the whistle for a three-point plav bv Brian McNamara. which gave the Utes a 22-21 lead with 4:52 left in the first half. A few seconds later McNamara stole the ball and scored on a layup to give the Utes a 24-21 24-21 advantage. Gessell struck for three points and a 24-24 tie and Nebeker tossed in two charity tosses for a 20-24 lead. Ben Iyomond increased its lead to four points, but Randy McNamara popped in a field goal and Cary Hamilton tossed in two free throws to tie up the game at 28 points. Uintah and Ben Lomond put in one free throw to tie up THE WRONG MAN is awarded the ball in the in bound pais as the ball is stolen by the Utes the game at 29-29. Berg of Ben Lomond broke the 29 tie w ith a field goal, but Brian McNamara tied up the ball game at 31 w ith a two-pointer. two-pointer. Johnson dropped in two free throws to give the Utes a 33-31 lead with 35 seconds left. However, Nebeker hit a shot with six seconds left to tie up the anic :it 33 points after two quarters nf action. The referees whistled a great deal of fouls against the L'intah Utes in the first half and Randy McNamara. Roger Walker and Gary Galley had four fouls going into the third quarter. The foul problems kept the Utes from playing aggressive basketball in the third quarter and the Ben Lomond team outscored Uintah. 23 to 13. and nabtx'd a ten point lead of 5fi to 4(1. Numlx-r 33 for Ben I.omond. Povey, broke the 33-33 tie when he drove to the hoop for a two-pointer with 7:03 left in the third quarter. Johnson tied up the gameat 35-35 on a close-in shot, but tall Povey must have thought his name was Nebeker as he put in an outside shot for a 37 -35 lead. However, the real Nebeker returned as he struck for a field goal and a 39-35 advantage. Two free throws by Johason and a field goal by Walker placed the Utes within two points of the Ben Lomond lead, but Ben Iximond scored six straight points on two-pointers by Watkins and Nebeker for a 47-39 advantage. ad-vantage. Johnson and lirian McNamara Mc-Namara scored baskets to cut Ren Iomond's lead to six points at 49-43. Uintah stole the ball and had a chance to cut the Ben Lomond lead to four t v V j i i ! - v. v--:, 1 ": . ' - - " V J zz i ' "- , v ;x- 4 h t J - h- ' ; , ) y ' m y ; :' . Brian McNamara, center. Also in the picture is Randy McNamara, right. points, but they committed a turnover and Ben Lomond was awarded a three-point three-point play by Povey for a 52-43 lead Ben Lomond scored four more points for a 5fi-4; lead after three quarters Uintah cut Ben Lomond's lead to seven points at 58-51. but the Ogden crew scored six straight points for a 13 point lead of G4-51. Ben Lomond grabted an 18-point lead of 75-57 with 1 57 left, but the Utes refused to give up as Hamilton scored five points. Randy McNamara put in three counters and Jeff Drollinger scored two points to make the final score: Ben Lomond, 77 and Uintah, 67. Johnson was the top scorer for Uintah at 17 points and Brian McNamara put in 14 counters. Hamilton and Walker scored nine points Galley scored eight points and Randy McNamara scored seven counters. Also scoring points for Uintah were Drollinger. 3 and Rouen. 2. Uintah put in 15 out of 26 free throws and Walker, Galley and Brian McNamara Mc-Namara f (xi led out. Randy McNamara finished with four fcxils. Nebeker was tlx1 number one scorer for IUm Lomond at 40 points. Nebeker struck for 14 field goals and hit 12 out of 13 free throws. Povey put in 16 points. He tossed in five field goals and hit 6 out of 6 free throws. Also scoring points for Ben 1-omond were: Berg. 7; McCashland. Mc-Cashland. 4; Watkins, 4; Denison. 3 and Gessell. 3. Ben Lomond popped in 21 out of 30 free throws and had zero cagers with five fouls. When asked tocommcnt on the game, Uintah coach. Gary Weight, remarked, "We got into foul trouble and that hurt us on defense. The fouls took away our aggressiveness. We had three players. Walker, Galley and Brian McNamara. foul out. but we never gave up. People came off the bench and did a good job. Ben Lomond got a ten-point lead in the third quarter and that was the ball game. We tried everything on Nelx'ker. We used a box and one and a 3 2 zone to try and stop him, but he still took the ball to the hoop. Kverything he threw up went in." 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