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Show ... set sights on Orem Coach Hal Jensen's Red Devil cagers, who bounced back from their previous week's showing ! at Lehi to beat the visiting' Pleasant Grove five here ; Friday night 64-52, will need a victory this Friday at Orem to keep in the running for regional honors. The Devils are one game ahead of the Orem ; club, but will face a tough assignment on the Tiger ' floor when the two teams meet. Should the Devils continue with their better game, they may upset the - - . : : SL . .- .7T . ! Captain Niel Hanks, son of Mr and Mrs. Gerald Hanks, led the Red Devils with 24 i points in their sweeping vie-tory vie-tory over Pleasant Grove ! here Friday, 64-52. Hanks is now averaging 15.3 with a total of 46 points in three games played. Allen of Orem is top scorer with a 25 pt.-av. home club favorite. Orem must, ; by all means, win this game to remain in contention for a j close second spot in standings. Devils triumph !; It was the hard driving, speedy Captain Neil Hanks who led the Red Devils to their ;! 2-point victory over the vis-iting vis-iting Plea.sant Grove cagers here Friday night. Hanks drove in for a couple of layups to start the scoring for the Dev-Us, Dev-Us, Holdaway added two from J the corner and Hanks popped ; one through from the keyhole to give the Red Devils an 8-0 ; lead. Pleasant Grove finally got ! on the scoreboard with a side shot by Adams, but Hanks, Patten and Allen added two (Cont. on back page, col. 5) Lynn Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Allan c of Mapleton, won the honor of being the best re- i bounder and exhibited best defensive play in the Red Devil game with Pleasant Grove here Friday. Devils win (cont. from page one) baskets and a foul toss to up the count to 11-2. Coach Jensen's five kept a tight defense most of the way way and the Vtkings were forced for-ced to hit from outside. The scoring was closer in the second sec-ond quarter with the Devils coming out with 11 points to the Viking's 9. Hanks, Allen, Gardner, Hold-away Hold-away and Patten kept the scoring scor-ing pace for the Devils in the final two quarters. In the third canto the Devils held the Vikings Vi-kings to three field goals but were outshot in the final quarter quar-ter 10-18. Neil Hanks came up with 24 points to lead all scorers in the contest with Patten getting 14, Holdaway 11 and Gardner and Allen each counting 6. The Devils hit 16 of 24 at the charity char-ity line. Pleasant Grove got 14 for 21. Quarter scores: Springville 17 30 46 64 PI. Grove 12 21 32 52 Region Standings Team W L Pet Provo 3 0 1.000 Carbon 2 0 1.000 Springville 2 1 .667 Lehi 2 1 .667 Pleasant Grove .... 1 2 .333 Spanish Fork 1 2 .333 Orem 1 2 .333 American Fork 0 2 .000 Payson 0 2 .000 Friday's Results Lehi 68, American Fork 60 Provo 77, Payson 53 Springville 64, PI. Grove 52 Orem 67, Spanish Fork 64 Next Week's Schedule Provo at Carbon American Fork at PI. Grove Spanish oFrk at Payson Springville at Orem |