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Show Tht Dc3y Utch Chronic, ttonday, Jcnuoy 19. P9Svtfi 101 5(p)fES ut ko tot octoiry voir Lobos Special to the Chronicle contest came down to Chambers at the line with 15 seconds to play in a situation. The Ute center hit the top half, which tied the game at 70. but missed the p second attempt. A effort from Page outside at the other end missed, sending the game into O.T. Perhaps sensing their good fortune, the Utes made quick work of the lobos in the overtime period. Karl Bankowski and Martin hit two airs of fiee throws. Vranes rejected two straight New Mexico shots. Martin hit on a Iayup, and the l'tes were up for good at with 1:56 to play. Page brought the lobos back to within (our at 78-7- 4 on a hook shot, but a Craig Hammer Iayup off the spread offense sealed the victory for the Utes. The first half saw the l'tes put together as forgettable a hall of basketball as has been seen all season. They couldn't pass, they couldn't shoot, and they couldn't play defense. The Lobos jumiicd out to an early lead with nearly all their hoops coming from the inside. Despite not being able to get into their offense, and committing a horrendous amount of turnovers, the Utes found themselves only down by four at the half. one-and-o- ne There is a much overused saying in sports which states that the good teams will come through and win even on the nights when they play badly. Based upon that cliche, the Runnin' 1'ies must be earmarked (or greatness, because they stunk up the joint in Albuquerque Saturday night and still managed to come away with an 82-7-6 win over New Mexico in overtime. Before 17,162 screaming Lobo fans in the Pit, the L'tes continually dug themselves out of hole after hole to take the lead for the first time of the night with a little over seven minutes to play in (lie contest. A Scott Martin iayup pulled Utah within one. and then another easy buc ket by Danny Vranes put the Uies ahead The Utes upped that spread to only to see it buried beneath an onslaught of Kenny Page baskets, which accounted for eight straight Lobo points and put them in with 1:35 to go. front, 68-6A pair of Tom Chambers' free throws pulled Utah to within one. and Vranes put the Utes back on top with a bank shot down low to make it 69-6Page then put New Mexico back up, on a pair from the charity stripe, and the 55-5- last-gas- 65-6- 8-- 5, 35-3- 2 1. 8. For the night. Vranes took Utah scoring honors with 24 xints (12 from the line), and 9, Liability & No Fault 25 Married Full Coverage . No Tickets center Jerome Henderson, who battled Chambers on even terms most of the night, finished with 17. The shorter Lobos outrebounded the l'tes, 40-3but Utah won the shooting battle as the l'tes hit for 57.4 from the floor to New 7, Mexico's 41.0. The University women's basketball team increased its record to 14-- 7 on the season and 0 in conference action after e road trip against sweeping a Texas-E- I Paso and New Mexico. The Utes opened their regular season play on Thursday by defeating the UTEP It was an out and out battle Miners, the first half with neither team during much gaining ground. At the half, the two teams were tied al Late in the second half, the Utes broke loose ibt' h.iso in tin;isl. 2-- two-gam- 71-6- 560 $105 - ifi-- No Tickets 25 Single Male 2 Tickets 85-5- 4. 64-6- 2 By coincidence, or design (Mihaps. the Cowbovs lide into town lor a Fiida night encounter wiih the l'tes in ihe Special Kents Outer. The winning team will gel first place-ithe WAC all to itself. $60 $124 - tunning their advantage up to iiointv and Jane Quimby had 12. In the women's game against New Mexico on Saturday, ii was the pla of Utah's females that led Utah to a over the Lobos. victory At the half, the Utes were trailing 77-7- 2 .15-2- but Sandy Kovach's 21 -- 15. (nought VE RY ALARMING! ChronoAlarm With dual time zone, 6 digit LCD display, and chronograph to 1 100th sec. 18 88 (DNP) V 5tars &str,pes) Features musical alarm, time, date, alarm snooze, and backlight iJ(6209f Music AlarmChronograph $OQ88 chrono to 11 00th sec. LCD 24-ho- ur (6177) -- "X .... 7 !"' CM! jjp Rates are for pleasure use on a 78 Pinto. Additional discounts for Good Student, 5 Multi Car, or if you insure your home. Call for quote at no obligation. 355-320- GOLD & ASSOCIATES Downtown Salt Lake City 205 W. 700 South 355-32- m S tar tfrcE ct3' 'GEW' 102 05 Quote for the Week: "Something must be wrong when you are always right." SHARE THE EXPERIENCE! 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