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Show BYU wins in a foul victory 1 By BRUCE WOODBURY 'l Chronicle Staff :0r behold the great overseer of ,asketball sayeth unto his un-ierlings: un-ierlings: "And it shall come to )ass, according to the com-nandments com-nandments that I have set down, hat if thee or thy team is transgressed tran-sgressed by thine opponents, then (,eeor thy team shall wherefore tand at the line of charity and be jven a chance to gain an ad-antage ad-antage over thine opponent by hooting oneth or twoeth shots." ,nd it came to pass that on the 5th day of the new year known 5 72, that the brethren from the ,,uth known as BYU invaded the md northward to engage the ihabitants thereof, known as edskins, in battle. But let it also Utah led 17-15 and the bets were going around that neither team would reach 20 before the half ended. The betters lost, when the Cougars took a 25-23 lead into the locker room at the break. At that point Utah had only made 1 of 6 from the line but the Cougars were only 3-7, so the second half shaped up as an exciting affair. That was, until the Cougars took the tip and . scored the opening bucket. BYU then preceeded to break it open on some outstanding out-standing outside shooting by guard Bernie Fryer, the game's high scorer with 22 points. He also got some help from his foreign friend Cosic who pumped through 21 points. Cosic played just like a center should. Only surprised on offense, as he was the Utes' second-high man with 10 points. In the late stages of the game Cockett and Jones, along with the rest of the Ute five, almost caught the Cougars, coming within four points at 53-57. 53-57. However, a couple of Redskin turnovers stifled the Ute hopes. In the end though, it was the Redskins' lack of success at the line that was the difference. Bill Foster knows this, and it is assumed that shooting free throws will be a heavy part of this week's Redskin practice plans. And those who know Bill Foster know that before he has to meet that overseer of basketball, his team will be among the top from that charity stripe. If - - : simir Cosic looks like he is bouncing the ball off his head and into basket as Mark Soderberg looks on. Cats won 67-61. Photo by Steve Schowengerdt once did he play guard and bring the ball down and only once did he shoot what one might call an "unorthodox" shot, that being a behind the head hook shot that he made. This straight play of Cosic may have been one reason for the Cougar success. For Utahheroeswere scarce. Again it would have to be speedy Scot Jones who scored 19 points and harrassed the Cats on defense and known that the inhabitants of south, also known as Cougars, bring - with them many itiles, principally one also iwn as Kresimir, who Cometh n the land eastward across the it waters and from behind the tain known as Iron. vever, let it be known that in ensuing contest the brethren "n the southland, yea the 'igars from BYU did best their Kthern brethern, yea the i inin' Redskins, principally ause the brethren from the !h, yea also known as the :er Kids, did not follow the iimandments of the great jjrseer yea, they did not convert their oneth and twoeth from . line of charity. In other words, i;.'Ut it in layman's language, if r.h had made a few more of , r foul shots, they wouldn't a. come out on the short end that 67-61 score Saturday .'it. n 1 had a chance to beat the ic grs, a good chance. They just idn't capitalize on the Y's e akes and put the ball through t hoop when they needed to. o :h Bill Foster summed it up it ' the game: "I can't fault the nse, we just played without a '.)f poise, couldn't shoot free Jivs and couldn't seem to get offense untracked." BYU ' ,.'t do that much better than anywhere on the court, ...Pt from the charity stripe. e the Cougars hit 17-24 for . percent, while Utah only V'jaged a sickly 5-16 for just .percent. The Utes outscored '"'Cougars from the floor by ' "f field goals, but the extra "to the Cats got from the line ' id out to be the winning in. o'.. ; first half of the game started Jjrb slow that the full house of ; r!'e at the Special Events ju-fer thought that maybe the iteams had gone back to ,! g the center jump after every a M. With 4:30 left in the half |
