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Show LeN Free Press Now Utah! - Wednesday, February 1 7, 1 999 - Page 9 Pioneer boys await word of tourney seed Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent It's now a guessing game where the Lehi Pioneers will playoff play their first state game on Feb. 20. That is because they finished Region 10 play last week with two loss- By '( 3-- A mately undo the damage that Richins had done to them in Period 3. McKinnon led Lehi with 20 points while Cooper added another 15. The loss left Lehi having to fight with Union for a right to a home game in the Feb. 20 During the two teams' last meeting, the Pioneers came winner. out a double-dig- it Union maintained a narrow lead over the Pioneers in the first quarter. Lehi pulled within octa-final- At the Uintah Utes' Vernal gym Feb. 10, Lehi got handed a 0 loss. The Pioneers then lost 0 at home to the Union Cougars in a Feb. 12 game. The first half of the Uintah game belonged to Lehi. Led by Micah McKinnon and Brock Cooper, the Pioneers outscored Uintah 0 in the first peri55-5- 68-6- AML . 15-1- od. Lacey Yates sends a shot to the hoop. Lehi's Girls at least second Dean Von Memmott Sports Correspondent Though a split in two girls' basketball games last week may have denied the Lehi Pioneers a share of the Region 10 title, they are at least confident that they will have home-couadvantage when the state playoffs open Feb. 19. Lehi's chance for a region championship trophy was compromised when their hosts, the I'intah Utes, outlasted them By rt 48 on Feb. 10. However, they kept their chances alive and secured at least second place on Feb. 12, when they closed out the regular season at home by rallying deficit to hack from a over the Union win 86-8- 2 ril -- 23-poi- Cougars in overtime. The Uintah game's first half .vent down as a tight affair. Balanced fine scoring by 1'ioneer players enabled Lehi to lead out from pluck a action. Led by Amber White. Trisha Cardner. and Sally Caldwell. I'intah outscored the Pioneers during the second quarter lead into final o take a 12-1- 0 first-quart- 12-- 22-2- 1 During the last two quar- built up a 20-fo- Caldwell 11. "The second half was quite different from the first half." aid Lehi Coach Lonnie Magnusson of the UJnion game. the first half, they flat out us. d the locker room during "In halftime, I kind of chewed out the girls. We came out intense m the second half." Lehi led only once in the first half. Getting the tipoff. Trane passed to Lisa Schmoyer for a bucket. The Pioneers' 2:0 lead melted quickly in the heat of a scoring run started by Union's Jackie Morrill. t Yates produced a play to fuel a Lehi rally. Led by Cullman, Rachel Fullmer, and Cory Atkinson, the Pioneers outscored the Cougars 12-- in the first quarter's final four minutes to get within In the early second half. Lynnsey Asay fed a pass to Kristal Gerber for a field goal that enabled Lehi to even the game at 18. A Bev Richens trey split the tie and moved LTnion ahead The Pioneers pulled within but Morrill produced a three-poiplay that launched a fierce, scoring run for Union. The scoring spree left the Cougars in charge of a double-diglead for the remainder of 9-- 0 three-poin- 9 18-1- 23-1- 8. 23-2- nt 9-- 0 it M & B 41-3- 14-1- 2. 9-- 22-1- of the first quarter. Early the next period, cushion Union's nine-poiproved too weak to sustain heavy bombardment from Lehi's chief cannons, including Cooper and B.J. Benson. nt Prodded by a Benson trey, Lehi outscored the Pioneers 21-When McKinnon put a shot back in to place Lehi ahead the Pioneers had a definite chance for taking a lead into the next half. Rasmussen spoiled that 9. 34-3- 3, last-secon- 37-3- 8-- by Cougar foul shots. The scoring run dried up Lehi's last chances for victory. Cooper led Lehi with 18 points while McKinnon and Benson each added 12 points. Gardiner led Uintah with 22 points while Rasmussen added 4. Most of the third quarter went down as a story of Lehi tying the score and Union slipping back ahead. Shots by Benson and Cooper tied the game at 39 and 41. A Gardiner trey smashed the 1 deadlock and opened a 0 scoring run for Union. another 14. Lehi hosted the North Sanpete Hawks on Feb. 17. 7-- 41-4- Despite Justin Libberton nailthe a Pioneers couldn't stop Union from securing a lead of Lehi still challenged it. After Libberton swished in two free throws, a Curtis Jex layup put the Pioneers within 8 just before the period ended. Cooper and Joe Nattress continued the Lehi comeback in the next quarter. Midway through that period, McKinnon tied the game at 55 and 57 on a three-poin- t play and a layup. The Pioneers couldn't overtake Union because of the Cougars' accurate foul shooting. After Lehi had tied the game at 59 on two Libberton free ing three-pointe- Results of that game will be available in next week's Free Press. Despite the losses. Lehi is still in second place but has finished its schedule, while the other region teams had a game remaining. If Union wins, the teams will be tied and a formula used to determine the seed. If the Pioneers end up second, which will be automatic if Union loses, they will host a first round game Saturday. If they end up third, they'll play on the road. Check this paper's website at www.newutah.com for the playoff pairings and schedule. r, 54-4- 4. 54-4- 3. 4 - 46-2- 7 half. In the early third quarter, combined scoring of Richens and Sheila Hutchinson improved the Union advantage the at 53-2- 7. i. y( What happened next was like a segment from the 1996 film "Space Jam," in which a basketball team rallied back from a huge defict to win. Midway through the third quarter. Trane hit two consec-tiv- e to trigger the biggest Pioneer rally of the contributed year. Gillman of her own to inspire the Pioneer cause. Meanwhile, Yates and Lacy Atkinson made big contributions with inside shooting. Schmoyers and Stacey Johnson did their part with fine boardthree-pointe- three-pointe- HOW PREPARED ARE YOU? , This Weeks Specials! 72 hour kits $39' 30 gallon water drums rs $3455 (Offer good wtttlt supplies tat!) rs sV i V ing. By 4 563 ftlST PAOrX DH AM. v ' ; had moved them within In the fourth quarter, Richens and Morrill tried pushing the Cougar lead way ahead. Their efforts didn't work. The farthest Union could get up by was 17 points. Foul shooting by Gillman and Trane chopped the Cougar lead to midway through the period. When the Pioneers got that close, they knew that they had at least a chance of knotting the game before the final buzzer. Though Lehi missed key free throws along the way, it kept getting closer to Union. The Pioneers almost tied the game when they came within When Janeen Nelson drilled two free throws in the final 14 seconds to give lTnion a Lehi seemed finished. Asay showed otherwise by hitting a shot at the tying three-poin- t 60-4- f V 5. 1 'V--- 1 - r -. before you buy! Check here 66-5- 6 73-7- 1. 77-7- r LTpon getting the overtime tipoff. Asay passed to Cory Atkinson for a shot that opened a scoring run for the Pioneers. Two Morrill free throws revived Union scoring. A Hutchinson trey put Union but a Lacy within Atkinson free throw sealed the win for Lehi. The Pioneers now await the outcome of the region's remaining game for the other teams. Union must be beaten for them to share the title, but they can do no worse than second place. They will host a region game Friday evening. Check this newspaper's webfor site, www.newutah.com, playoff pairings and schedules, which will be posted as they are announced. Game results will be added as they happen. If l sm 85-8- i I II Mil Any Lehi's Micah McKinnon converts an offensive board into two points Friday night against Union. I Sm YouVe mST,0m JIM MM p. 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White led I'intah with 13 points while 12 and Ciardiner added "In 34-2- 20-1- 2 Rick led a Suddenly, Rasmussen and Gardiner 1 scoring spurt that gave the Cougars a 3 lead at the end 13-1- the third period's end, the Pioneers' 16-scoring spree half. ters, the Utes the second period. The situation looked as though nothing would go right for Lehi. For all their efforts at slashing the Cougar lead, the narrowest that the Pioneers could reduce it was But after the Pioneers got that close, the Cougars outscored them 12-- to take a lead into- the next During the second quarter, the Utes matched Lehi point for point. By the period's conclusion, both teams had each scored 11 points. 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