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Show Bonneville ices Davis, 76-65 Homer led the Darts with eight of his game-high 25 points in the period. Unfortunately for the Darts, the Lakers came out of the locker room with as much fire as they did at the beginning of the game. The result was Bonneville building its lead to eighteen at 50-32. The fourth quarter was more of the same with Laker point guard Dave Sivulich executing Bonneville's Bonne-ville's offense to perfection. On the other end of the court, the Darts looked tired and frustrated as their third loss in a row seemed inevitable. in-evitable. To the Darts' credit, and the fans' chagrin, Davis never gave up. This determination resulted in what was seemingly the longest final five minutes in basketball history. The last minute of play saw Davis stop the clock an incredible 11 times. For the game an unbelievable 91 free-throws were attempted. The fouling tactic worked to an extent, as the Darts pulled to within 12 at game's end, but the outcome had long before been decided. "We wanted tonight's game really real-ly bad,' said Alverson. "We needed need-ed some room between us in the standings, and luckily they have been struggling a little and their shooting was off tonight." The loss drops Davis to 6-4 in region play and 9-9 overall. The Darts have a chance to regroup Tuesday as they host lowly Layton, before they wrap up regular season play March 4 at Viewmont. By BRET GALLACHER WASHINGTON TERRACE TER-RACE When Davis lost to Weber at home, it looked as if the Darts could sink no further. After the loss at Clearfield it appeared as if the bottom had been hit. A revision revi-sion in that thought is definitely in order after Friday's performance, as Davis lost at Bonneville 76-65. "That is the worst I have ever seen us shoot," said assistant coach Tony Caputo. Before thinking the coaching staff is being too rough on the Darts by saying they shot poorly, a glance at some statistics is in order. Davis connected on only 13 of 57 shots in the contest for an ice cold 23 percent. per-cent. The poor shooting was especially espe-cially evident from behind the three-point line where the Darts converted only one basket in 19 attempts. at-tempts. "Our defense was the key to the win tonight," said Bonneville coach Gary Alverson. ''They (Davis) were off on their shooting tonight, but I'd like to think our defense had a little to do with that." The contest was crucial for both clubs as teams jockey for position in the state tournament. Bonneville was one game in front of Davis for second place in region entering the game. The win takes some pressure off the Lakers who must face unbeaten un-beaten Viewmont Tuesday night. If Bonneville was trying to prove something to the Darts early in the contest, they certainly did it convincingly convin-cingly as the Lakers jumped off to an incredible 20-3 lead. The defense held for Bonneville as they kept the Darts to a mere five first quarter points. The second quarter was an improvement im-provement for the Darts as they outscored Bonneville 22-15. Travis Friday, feb 21 DAVIS (6-4, 9-9) 5 22 1 4 2465 Bonneville (7-2. 13-4) 20 15 21 2076 DARTS (65): Heath 3 5-511, Couser 01-21, Homer 4 16-18 25, Richardson 0 3-5 3. Haiiiday 2 5-6 9. Isaacson 3 3-4 9, Howard 1 2-3 4, Thomas 0 1-21, Brooke 0 2-3 2, Totals 13 38-48 65. LAKERS (76): Porter 4 4-4 12, DeGroot 1 0-2 2, B. Alverson 3 8-9 15, Wetber 5 4-6 14. Sivulich 5 10-14 22, Johnson 0 0-1 0. K. Alverson 0 0-3 0, Nye 4 1-2 9, Tomlinson 1 0-0 0-0 2. Totals 23 27-41 76. Three-point goals Davis 1 (Homer). Bonneville 3 (Sivulich 2. B. Alverson). V 1 r li ' ' """" 1 i ; v vf l iff Q DRIVING DART: Davis senior Travis Homer (20) drives to the basket in Friday's game at Bonneville. The Lakers won to secure second place in Region One. (Clipper photo by Bret Gallacher) |