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Show ,( - s Home Game Spells Victory for BYU must be some kind of a national na-tional record for a 6-11 center. Utah's forwards are Jeff Ock-el Ock-el and Lyndon MacKay if they are well enough in time i for the game. Ockel missed Sat- he made 35 points against Utah State, but has had a devil of a time matching that pace since. Raymond averages 13.5 points per game, but only takes down 4.4 rebounds a game which urday night's Japanese all-star game because he came down with measles. MacKay has a virus vi-rus and has missed practice all week. If Ockel (9.8 ppg) and MacKay (10.8 ppg.) don't get well, Coach Gardner will be forced to play Joe English and Denson (if HE'S well) more than they have ever played before be-fore in their varsity careers. BYU will start Kaari Liimo and Neil Roberts at forwards. Liimo, an ex-Olympic basket-bailer, basket-bailer, is a tough rebounder and scorer who is averaging 12.4 points per game in WAC action. Utah's starting lineup looks a little bit stronger. BYU's bench looks quite a bit stronger (Eakins, Lythgoe, and Jimas all score within the 6-8 ppg range). But the Cougars have one big advantage the game is in Provo. Pro-vo. And here, the Cougars could beat the Boston Celtics. '"4 Watts Kaymond ytt-i-rffcx ...... . - !; Jp - i J .'V v j I jjMacBaekman te6. I Rvu Cougars beat I Utah Red- i own Prove court .night at 8 P.m.-Br P.m.-Br "vie ays they can -and all the re- ve never lost , court in history-!l!t;:t history-!l!t;:t for two years (some-'Oklahoma (some-'Oklahoma City beat J65 NCAA Western 'i So there). Whajs Cr fans do not IN-:3or IN-:3or their BYU boys to j'aafoulis called on BYU, il,rans everywhere scream murder, an act which call "rabid support. V An BYU makes a bas-oh. bas-oh. The fans cheer so r,, . -itycu can almost sense J3' iiian Lady on Mount Tim-. Tim-. cover her ears. -. iTjTJ i Hat's all called a "home-- "home-- advantage." Powers like & St. Joseph-s team, SI7 Loyola crew, and the l Utah team have fallen lui -toProvo's Cougar-infest-r, :iaouse. The current Utah will now be the next :!ite to attempt to over-mmnk over-mmnk Cougars in Provo. ' i must not only defeat Rob-i Rob-i Hill, James, Watts, and any but they will have to j" the 1,000,000 BYU fans . seem to fill the fieldhouse. :!'s more, there will hardly :y Utah fans BYU's tick-:-partment only gave up 120 ;B to Utah boosters. . staid be interesting. The .as lead the WAC with a record, but the Utes are .;P8 at the Cat's heels with '.record. They say that any-'l any-'l tan happen in this rival " usually does. "a Utes may not be ready ally. According to U t a h i Jack Gardner, no fewer :en Utes have come down sicknesses. Jeff Ockel, Lyn-Kay, Lyn-Kay, Terry Taylor, Ray Reed Steenblik, Don and assistant coach is Buckwalter have been ;:H8 the week. But for the Pro, they will certainly ? emotionally. the Utes still have the 'win. Guard Merv Jack-J Jack-J the leading scorer in the a 20.3 points per ame y four conference fWitt Menyard, the . :rslike center, leads the rebounding with a 12.2 average. The Utes are stars that these lSreat Craig Ray. 'ltttter. Five weeks aga Roberts Eakins |