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Show Clifford tesGS f Mb Qfm4lmtk to Mb teams exploded. The quarter ended with Milford leading, 20-11. But the Tiger offense sputtered sput-tered and fizzled never able to put it away, unable to take advantage. Kanab closed to a 33-39 deficit at the half, and was within four at the end of the third period, per-iod, 63-59. Milford ran into foul trouble, with Whitney and Moody both on the bench and Mayer and Kirk with four each. -Again, quick turnovers, turn-overs, back to back with about three minutes left gave the Cowboys the edge to win, 91-85. The Tigers got balanced -scoring with six players in double figures. Mayer led all scorers with 24, Kirk had 17, Jones 14, Whitney 10, Williams 10 and Myers 10. Jones picked off 14 rebounds re-bounds and Mayer 13. Ben Johnson led the Cowboys Cow-boys with 21, Kris Glover 17, Don Glover 16, and Kim Glover 15. Kim also had 13 boards and Johnson 10. The Tigers outrebounded Kanab, 48-39, hit 46 -49 percent per-cent from the field and 78 -57 percent from the foul line. But they turned the ball over nineteen times to twelve for Kanab. Turnovers were costly in the Salina game with the Tigers Ti-gers giving up 18 and Salina 14. Other statistics were field goals Milford 38-40 38-40 percent; foul shooting 65-60 percent and rebounds 35-27 percent. Jones had 23 for the I Tigers, Mayer and Kirk 12 each. Hallows dumped 17 for the Wolves, Burr had 15 I and Kennedy 9. The Tigers fourth place finish will send them against St. Joseph at 11:30 a.m. the first day (Wednesday) and a win will pit them against Region Eight Champions Panguitch, the second day at 6:00 p.m. Milford has the talent to clip the Bobcats tail a little shorter, if they can get it all put together at Provo. The Division I Champion Tigers got off to good starts in both games at the Round Robin, but in each case came home licking their wounds, suffering a 67-61 defeat in the first game with North Sevier and 91 -85 at the hands of the Kanab Cowboys. In the first contest with North Sevier, both teams started slow, but the Tigers pulled to a 12-6 lead at the quarter and had an eleven point spread midway in the second period. With about two minutes left on the clock before half-time, Coach Hillock pulled his whole team and sent In the bench to play keep away. They 'only turned the ball over once for a three point play, but the Tigers had lost their momentum, and North Sevier came to life. Three quick steals after the half by Troy Hallows for lay-ups, one a three pointer, gave the Wolves a 32-31 lead. It was cat and mouse the rest of the quarter, with the Tigers Ti-gers retaining a one point edge, 44-43. But then the Wolves got an -other seven point spurt and the Tigers down six and time running out, just couldn't make it up. The Region Eight title up in smoke, the Tigers looked ' to make a strong bid against Kanab the next evening to capture third place (and maybe an easier bracket at state). Nlether team split the nets for the first three minutes, then Kanab's Kim Glover found the range, after grabbing grab-bing an offensive rebound. The ice was broken and both |