Show Uses Utes Molest 1 cougars Cougal s 58 45 in Friday Duel Uintah Utes rolled to a not not- too difficult 58 to 45 victory over Union Cougars Friday at Roosevelt There was plenty of ten sion and noise from the spec spec- spectators spectators as the traditional rive riv rivals als met but the utes rolled up their highest score of the sea sen season son with 58 points Their previous highest was 53 points which they had achie- achie achieved achieved ved on three occasions PRIOR TO this classic neither team had lost a lea lea- league gue game Nw New the Utes have won three and lost none and Union has won one and lost one in Region Eight North At the end of the first quarter quarter ter the Cougars were ahead by 6 11 At the end of the half Uintah had come ahead to 2726 27 and enlarged the margin at the end of the third quarter by 35 29 and when the final whistle blew to to- 58 58 45 The Cougars Cougars managed to d In U b sl t Just be fore the whistle Apparently the Cougars had planned a zone defense especially for the Utes bene bene- benefit fit but when it began to fiz fizzle Union changed change to a full court press in the last q quarter ter This also was decisively broken up however when Belcher and Busch each scored ed ed eight points THE THIRD quarter was also decisive when Union ad- ad advanced advanced only three points and the Utes chalked up another eight Scorers were Tommy Mur- Mur Murray Murray ray and Howard Busch each with 14 points Curg Belcher 13 Roy Caldwell 9 and Kelly Goodrich 8 Points do not present the entire picture however as Steve Aycock for example didn't tally any points but contributed a good perform perform- performance ance on the backboards and andin andin in offense Glen Gardner the Cougars Cougars ars big 6 ft 3 in center foul foul- fouled ed out in about the middle of the last quarter and then their forward Brown re- re repeated repeated tile the performance to- to toward toward ward the end of the final quarter leaving the Cougars Cougars ars with major handicaps None of the Utes fouled out The Ute junior varsity also aLIo won by 49 40 to 32 The victorious Utes will tackle Wasatch High nt at Heb- Heb Heber Heber er Friday at B pm with the preliminary at pm |