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Show 1 Tate's Two Gives U. 83-81 OT Win committed the foul and the cool senior guard sewed it up. Tate finished the night with 21, Chambers had 26, Fisher, Jackson and Lake had 10 and Ockey came up with nine. Cunningham Cun-ningham got two in the overtime. over-time. Sherman's 32 led the floor Chambers and Ockel each grabbed 15 rebounds. on,? is Rich Tate. His nart; e foul shots eTds left in Utah's idlSc road game of the Tsew up a 93-91 over- "thorn Cowboys. was a stfange one. inMiiMG jumped off to an KndTd twice by ten i IS and both times e hack to tie, but an rit line kept them lead and the first half ended with Wyoming jumping to a . 40-36 halftime bulge. The cold Utes hit only 35 per cent in the first half. IT WAS sophomore night during dur-ing the early moments of the second half with Jeff Ockel and Gene Lake leading a fantastic Utah comeback which pushed them to a 66-56 lead. But Wyo-J Wyo-J ming, behind strong rebounding and the fast break tied it up 67-67 and from then on neither team could get more than three points ahead. A typically tight conference game saw close officiating and close ball playing which resulted in numerous fouls on both squads. Lyndon Mackay, who has fouled out four times this year, picked up three in the first three minutes of play, George Fisher left the floor in the second sec-ond half with 10 points with 8:05 left to play. CHAMBERS had to leave in the overtime with two minutes left and the score knotted at 91. Wyoming's two big guns, Leon Clark and Dick Sherman each had four and Fisher and the other Ute big men did a great job holding Clark to two in the first half and 10 for the night. Utah had any number of chances to win the game as did I Wyoming, but crucial foul shots wouldn't fall and turn-overs hurt both squads. UTAH HAD the game as good as won when Mackay dropped the ball in fore-court and was called with double dribble. Ockel replaced him and immediately fouled out giving Sherman a three point play to put Wyoming Wyo-ming ahead 81-80. Chambers could have won it with 20 seconds sec-onds left and had to settle for a tie making one of two foul shots. In the overtime it was all Tate. The 5-11 guard hit eight points in the final five minutes. Utah almost lost it on a goal tending call which put the Pokes ahead 91-89, but Tate tied it up. Sherman missed an easy dunk and Tate got the rebound and fore-courted. Rueberr Poindexter |
