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Show Tigers Win 72-61; Tie Delta for Loop Lead Milford 72; Delta 61. Those were the sweetes' words Tiger fans have heard since the Rabbits handed the local lads a 2-point overtime loss in their season opener at Delta, and the more avid Tiger boosters are getting their orders in for State Tourney seats. The Timers started in front and finisheid in front, but hometowners had plenty of anxious moments in between. The starting tip went to the Tigers and Bacon drove in for a layup, seconds later Adams tied it up, then two quick baskets bas-kets by Farnsworth had the . Rabbits ahead 2-6. When three minutes were gone Fowles was fouled under the basket and made both shots, - tieing the score at 8-8, then Church put Delta in front again, Delta sank a free one, and Hal Edwards zipped in a long one for a 10-11 count. Roily made it 12-11 and Hal made a couple of charity shots then Puffer dropped one in for a 16-11 Tiger lead. Farnsworth and Pace sank baskets bas-kets for the visitors, Adams had two free ones, and the Rabbits, were in front 16-17 at the quarter. quar-ter. Most of the second stanza the Tigers trailed by 3 to 3 points, and with 1:25 left Edwards Ed-wards went down for a layup to bring the count to 32-33, Bailey made a free one for Delta, Puffer looped one over his head going away from the basket, Farnsworth made two foul shots, and with 45 seconds left the Tigers tied it at 36-36. After the rest, two quick baskets made it 40-36 for Mil, ford and the Rabbits .battled back for a 40-40 tie, then Milford Mil-ford went out to a 7-point 47-40 47-40 lead. The visitors whittled away at it, and at the end of the quarter the count was 48n 47. Delta made a free one at the start of the final period and Roily sank one for a 51-49 tally and with only a minute gone the score was tied again at 51-51. Fowles and Edwards each sank 2-pointers, Great-house' Great-house' picked up a point at the charity line, Fowles made two charities and Hal sank one for a 58-53 lead. Delta made two more free ones, Hal hit for 2 and the tally was 60-57 with 3:12 left in the game. It was stretched to 62-57 when Fowles hit twice from the foul line. Jones made it 64-57 with two free ones and Fowles added 2 for a 66-57 count. Puffer added add-ed 4 points with two quick baskets for a 70-57 margin. With 22 seconds left the score was 70-61 and Fowles sank his sixth 2-pointer of the game, the Buzzer sounded, and bedlam bed-lam broke loose in the Milford Mil-ford gym. The victory places the Rowleymen in a tie with Delta for first place, each having lost one game Delta here and Milford at Delta. Milford plays Millard at Fillmore Saturday, Beaver at Milford Friday of next week, and the Rams at Parowan on Friday, March 1. Delta meets Fillmore at Delta and Beaver at Beaver. Should both teams win all their remaining contests con-tests (and it seems likely they will) a playoff for the Millard Division championship champion-ship will be necesasry. The box score: DELTA G T F P Bailey 2 3 3 7 Greathouse 0 2 2 2 Adams 1 3 3 5 Pace 6 5 2 14 Knight 2 3 1 5 Farnsworth 7 3 2 18 Churcji 5 3 2 12 TOTALS 23 22 13 61 MILFORD G T F P Fowles 6 7 5 17 Jones 1 2 2 4 Price 1 1 0 2 Puffer ' 7 4 2 18 Bacon 5 5 4 14 Edwards 8 3 3 19 TOTALS 28 22 16 72 Score by quarters: Delta 17 3 6 48 61 Milford 16 36 49 72 |