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Show Cougars, Kittens play Aggies at Provo Saturday It was one of those weeks at BYU; two league losses and a sudden desent in the national nation-al rankings. But the Cougars hope to right themselves Saturday Satur-day night in a game with an old rival, Utah State. The Cats and the Aggies meet for the first time this season at 8:05 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse. Despite the losses that tumbled them into the middle of the WAC standings, stand-ings, the Cougars are favored. But nothing seems sure at this stage of the game, and if Saturday's contest follows the pattern of former games, the 154th meeting of the two perfect 5-0 record and are averaging 110.4 points per game. This puts them slightly ahead of the 1963-64 team that averaged 109 points through a 14 game schedule. teams should be as wild and exciting as any game played this year. Utah State, under Coach La-Dell La-Dell Andersen, will bring a 9-7 record into Saturday's game. However, the wins included in-cluded two games over Arizona State, plus an upset over Minnesota. BYU will be putting a lot on the line, since they were, until a week ago, the team to beat in the mountain country. The Wattsmen were 10-1 for the season before they dropped road games to New Mexico (by three points) and Wyoming Wyom-ing (by six points). Kitten game The undefeated BYU Kittens host Utah State's Ramblers on Saturday in a rematch of an earlier game. Tip-off will be at 5:40 p.m. Earlier in the year, the Kittens Kit-tens made Utah State their third victim, defeating the Ramblers by a 111-80 margin. This time the Kittens may face a stiffer task. BYU is coasting along to a |