Show S a i 4 t 41 IN INt a rn rs a g a t t JAY DEE HARRIS 12 Uintah almost falls to the floor as he attempts to dribble away from Jeff Blackburn Bonneville Other Uintah In the picture ore are Kirk Hancock left and Rick Gardner right The Utes were defeated by Bonneville 61 to 54 Bonneville Lakers fakers sink Uintah Utes 61 to 54 The Uintah Utes suffered their first home loss of the basketball season last Friday as they were downed by the Bor Bonneville neville Lak Lakers rs 61 to 54 The Lakers Lakers' are a 4 A school from Ogden and fit IT trl ii h dr I is a A 3 squad IN TIlE THE FIRST quarter of the ball game the lead changed hands several times Bonneville's Bonne Bonneville's Bon Bon- ne nevilles neville's Mark Blanscett scored the first four points for the fakers Lakers and Mike Phillips put in Uintah's first two field goals Bonneville had fo four r leads of one point each 54 5 8 69 76 8 7 9 8 and 11 10 in the first quarter With eleven seconds left in the first quarter Uintah's Kirk Hancock put in a two-pointer two to give the Utes a a 12 to 11 advantage going into the second quarter The Utes increased their lead to 20 to 13 with left in the second quarter due to field goals by Mike Phillips Rick Gardner and Kirk Hancock Bonneville started using a full court press on Uintah and it began to produce good r results for the Lakers as twice the Utes turned the ball over near the Laker basket Blanscett scored two baskets to cut the Uintah lead to 22 to 17 Jeff Blackburn hit two free throws and Blanscett Blanscet pu put in two two field field goals to narrow the Uintah lead to 22 to 21 with left in the first firs t half The Lakers Takers outscored Uintah 6 3 in the final two two minutes of the quarter to to take a 27 to 25 lead at halftime Uintah tied the game at 27 points with a basket by Ron Guffey at atthe the mark of the third quarter The two teams were tied I three more mor times inthe in inthe the third period at 29 31 and 33 The Lakers then outscored the Utes 8 4 to take a a 41 to 35 advantage advantage ad ad- vantage at the end of the third quarter EARLY in the fourth quarter the Utes outscored Bonneville 63 63 63 6 3 to edge within five points of the Lakers' Lakers 44 to 39 lead However the Lakers put in seven points paints compared to two by Uintah to take a 52 to 41 lead with left in the ball game The Utes narrowed the gap to 56 to 49 with field goals by Jay JayDee JayDee JayDee Dee Harris Kirk Hancock and andRon andRon Ron Guffey Hancock put in a two-pointer two to edge within five points of Bonneville The Lakers' Lakers Craig Stagg put in two free throws to increase Bonne Bonneville's Bonneville's Bon Bon- ne nevilles neville's lead to 58 to 51 The TheL L Lakers kers put in two more points to push their advantage to 60 to 51 over Uintah The Utes picked up two field goals by Gardner and Bonneville scored a free throw to make the final score Bonn Bonneville Bonneville Bon Bon- n neville ville 61 and Uintah 54 Scoring for Uintah in the contest were Rick Gardner 17 Kirk Hancock 12 Ron Guffey 10 Mike Phillips 7 Gary 4 and Jay Dee Harris 4 Gaining points for Bonneville were Mark Blanscett 18 Jeff Blackburn 12 Bart Hodges 12 Kurt Childs 7 Craig Stagg 6 Bruce Hardings 4 and Randy Gardner 2 2 y yi r i J Jart art AA S Sav r av r w 5 1 n s GARY Uintah right fires the ball to the hoop and the Murray player on the left attempts to block the shot |