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Show 6 The Daily man unromuic - ff Q Ute cagers down Chiefs, 99-8 . - n ii lu: 1 K, 91 onH with By Geoff Towns Staff Writer The Redskins almost hit the century mark for the third time in a row, but settled for a hard-earned 99-87 victory over the Chiefs of Oklahoma City University Tuesday in Einar Nielsen Fieldhouse. A crowd of 4,720 was on hand for the non-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) game. It was the Utes third win in a row and boosted their season record over the .500 mark at 12-11. The Chiefs, who do not belong to a conference, were 14-7 going into the contest. After 12 minutes of the first half, the Redskins had built a tor 1 But the seven-point led- DUt 'sharp-footing Oklahoma City Ave who shot 56.7 per cent from he floor in the first period to fftah! 46.7, fought back to within one point and at halftime trailed byBr'in45ine'second half, center Jim Mahler opened the scoring with two buckets for the Ute With eight minutes reamimng, the Chiefs fell behind by 21, and with time and the Utes against them, could only manage to come within 12 by the final gun. Utah ended the game shooting an even 50 per cent from the field to Oklahoma City's 46.4. Travis Leads Scoring The Chiefs' high-scoring guard Rich Travis, who averages 26.4 points per game, equalled his season high and took the game scoring honors with 39 points on 13 field goals and as many charity tosses. Teammate Charles Wallace pumped in 24 points with the aid of some accurate long distance shooting. But after Wallace, there was no one with more than six points for the Chiefs. The Redskins, however, put together a balanced scoring attack in which four men tallied 19 or better. Guard Mike Newlin led the Ute scoring with 25, five above his season average, while pulling down 13 rebounds. Forward Joe English had one of his hi equalling his season high of points. ' Forward Ken Card,, continued to build his a with j ,20.pOit effort. He' 14 rebounds. Mahler, who W court in rebounding with 15 for 19 points, and guard V Martin, scoring when the ft needed it, ended the night ii nine. This was the fourth meeti, the two teams, and the Redf now lead in the series threes to one. Saturday night, in their fc home game, the Utes will tafc, rival Brigham Young Univast In a game prior to the vast tilt, the intramural all-stars vs, downed by the Redskin fa 87-84. |