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Show Heroes Aplenty Pace 'Y' To Exciting Win ews CougarsEdge Ags 104-98; Halimon I” Scores 4 7 Points By JOE | BYU had WATTS Herald Sports Editor es aplenty to offset the Utah State | heroics of § Halimon as the Cougars pulled out a 104-98 v f over Utah State before | the larg st crowd of the year in George Albert § Fieldhouse Saturday night. Shaler Halimon zipped in 47 points in a z | shooting showfor the Ags that threatened to carry Utah State to victory, but BYU countered with six menin the double figures with sophomore Scott Warner carrying the big load with 24 points. Substitute guard Lynn Parsons also put on the | heroes halo in the crucial moments with some excep| tional shooting, both from the field and the foul line, while Jim Eakins, Doug Howard, Marty Lythgoe, and Kari Liimo also scored in the two digit column. The ball gamewas tied 23 times as the two teams jockeyed for the best finishing position and when the Y got the inside track they scooted for the winners circle like a thoroughbred. In the first half both teams held leads by as much as five|lead since the 15:58 ok at Lak ES se IT cen anna points and BYU went in at in-|89-88. termission with a 48-47 advant- Halimoa quickly put the Ags age. jahead with a lay up at 90-89. Kari Liimo tied the score with Great In the mea“hall Shaler |one of iwo foul mon at ee Halimon started his sn¢ man|with 4:07 remail shooting show that eventually Hoffman carried the Aggies to a com-| At this poini the ae lost anmanding lead at 64-79 with 8:50 other regular as Paul Hoffman remaining. sprained his ankle and left the During his dazzling display |ball game for hurried treat- of shooting he hit nine straight ment. Chris Bean, a former shots without missing and scor-|American Fork cager, got the ed 2 points during the first/cal! in the crucial moment. ten minutes of the second half,!Hoffman later returned to the During the same periodof time/ball game. Scott Warner wheeled in 14) Paul Jeppeson tanked two foul points, otherwise BYU could|shots to put the Ags out 92-90 thave kissed the game good-bye. 'but again it was Lynn Parsons| Warner's fine play kept the Cou-|who countered for the Y with \ gars in position until Shaler’s a 20 foot jump shot to knot the| HIGH INTO THE air goes Randy Schouten for 2 BYU counter despite the efforts of Puul shooting slowed up. score at 92-02, | THE TALENTED HANDS ofScott Warnerfir es of’ a surefield goal over Jessie Jefferson Jeppesen (hidden behind Schouten), Jessie Jeffesron (44) of Utah State watches the action The countdown on a play by The Cougars were two timing in a bit of action from Saturday’s tense rival ry, The mip and tuck battle see-sawed back from the left of the picture. The Cougars won the tough game 104-98, play basis during the crucial Halimon, but that left a and forth before the Cougars spurted to a si x point lead in the final seconds of the contest, final moments went as follows: Stewart wide open under the With 8:50 remaining Utah basket and Halimon got him the ‘State held an 84-79 lead, but ball with a nice pass to make| that marked the final moments it 94-02 for the Ags with 2:46 of glory for the Aggies. m remaining. there on in it was all BYU, Jim Pakins knitted the score gradual as it may have seemed, with a turnaround jump shot Warner si it all with a and picked up a bonus foul ‘hook shot to make it 84-81. shoi on the play. He missed the Jessie Jefferson fouled out foul shot but BYU got the ball ch out of bounds, Eakins was again }fouled, but again missed in an} stat feffort to pat the Cougars ahead,| lof the Aggie downfall also; 'Y Turnover Jim Sbith tanked twe.. foil! BYU ail managed to keep. PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH SUNDAY, JANUARY7, 1968 shots for the Ags te make it the ball after the missed foul 96-81 and then Jiynn Parsons, shot but Bob ‘Davis picked up who was cool under pressure an offensive foul which gave) throughout the final moments, Ags. hit a long shot, and companion ‘USU’s Paul Jeppesen had an! guard Doug Howard followed!botedrive down the lane but) mt to make it 86-85. ided to pass instead of shoot| Halimon sank two foul atta a it was, batted away with | to moye it to 88-85, but Lynn| BYU gaifing possession. Parsons countered with a base| BYU took a time out at 1:55 line jumpshot after getting Ae and the scorestill tied at 94-94. By RAY SCHWARTZ | Shaler Halimon, the Aggies scramble for the ball and fell rebound on a missed shot to/The time out seemed more | Brigham Young University|great shot maker, who had a} flat on his back on the floor, make it 88-87. | necessary for the fans than the | and Utah State have played| fantastic shooting record in the He hit the boards with a loud Tim Tollestrup, the Aggie sec-| nae some nerve-wracking thrillers|Second half drew his greatest thud. Still later, Paul Hoffman ond string center, then picked) jynn Parsons again got the over the years but Saturday cheer of the night from the RYU suffered a foot injury and was up his fifth foul and the Ags ae call for BYU and he night’s game has to go down|fans when he missed a basket forced from the game. were down to their third string answered. it with two calmly | @s one of the more tensely | after hitting eight shots in a center Tom Stewart. Jim Eak- zeroed in foul pitches that put “BYU's Sound of Music” ins, who replaced Warner in BYU ahead at 96-04 with 1:47 fought and spirited games of|TOW. them all. Tt was a tough night for the singing group provided a rous- the re made both foul remaining and that put the| ing and fast-paced halftime mupitches togive BYU its first Cougars ih daylight and they | Press-box obserbers repeated- Aggies as far as injuries go lycalled the game “great” and|With three of their players be- sical presentation. It was in|—— stayed there for the rest of the| the ferociously fought struggle ing forced to the sidelines after iseeping with the fiery play in game. | Brigham Young basketball» game. grew so tense late in the game|tey were hurt in the rugged fig ft rods ‘pts From there on in it was BYUassistant coach Pete Whit-|Bame. a foul shooting situation for » $959 4 IL BYU with Doug Howard sinking beck ran clear down in front] Tim Tollestrup suffered a dis. of the Aggie bench signalling |located finger and went to the two for two and Lynn Parsons “I DIDN’T DO anything” seems to be the meaning of the actions of Utah State’s Paul Hoffx adding another two for two to frantically for his team to call|sidelines for repairs, Moments man (14) as he stands over Marty Lythgoe of BYU, who is scrambling on the voor for the time-out before he could get|later Jessie Jefférson was’ fli $1536 6 13 put BYU ahead 100-04. | ball m Saturday’s match, them to do it, ped high in the air after a 59611 9 16 Halimonfinished off the ie with a fisld goal and two £766 8 16aisshots to give the Ags . ~ |hit 7 percent and BYUsettled|cup of tea. Last year Halimon|regulation game. 1300 1 scored 30 points here in Proyo! The victory was a great one in the meantime Eakins and |for 58 percent. 0-000 1 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (UPI)— Davis each hit fielders for the) Three players fouled out of/and then poured through 42 for BYU, especially because the Nerve-Wracking Is Only | WayTo Describe Contest 6th-Raked Vols Whip Alabama In 82-63 Contest Pa Bobby Croft pumped in 22)" Y peints Saturday as sixth-ranked Tennessee cracked into its Southeastern Conference schedule with an 8263. victory over Alabama, 8-20 04 11 5129-10 3 Bill Justis added 21 points and|% 17 28 Ul 05 67 7 18-35 1143 8 Tom Hendrix:had 18 for the Vols, who had to come from behind when the Tide jumped out toa 22-14 lead. Tennessee 34-82 30-43 50 98 switched to a charging offense Totals and scored 21 points during’ one Halftime ie — BYU 48; stretch while allowing Alabama’ Utah State, pte— 10,727, ‘only two. | Collegiate Hoop Scores Yale 69 Cornell 64 Providence 70 Seton Hall 51 Florida St. 111 Stetson 61 S. Carolina 93 Clemson 71 Kentneky 94 Vanderbilt 78 Butler 78 Valparaiso 63 Army 61 Temple 55 Columbia 71 Brown 47 Virginia Tech 84 Virginia 82 Georgia Tech 190 Tulane 81 Ohio St. 108 Purdue 80 Indiana 74 Minnesota 59 Syracuse 86 Navy 66 Duquesne 80 Detroit 72 Drake 8 Bradley 77 FIRING FOR TWO points is Scott Warner of BYU as he Oklahoma 71 Missouri 70 goes high above USU’s Jessie Jefferson i: a bit of action Houston 118 Centenary 81 from the Saturday game BYU won 104-98. (Herald staff Baylor 64 Texas Tech 50 phoios by Dean: (stlund) Florida 9% LSU 9 to make the final score] thé game on both sides, Randy against the Cougars in Logan, Cougars showed poise under |Schouten fouled out with 14:10)The 47 point effort last night'pressure. It should give them 104-98. BYU shot 45 percent from the'remaining and Marty Lythgoe was the best collegiate per-|added confidence for the upand the Aggies hit 41 per-|fouled out with 9:15 remaining formance of his career and the|coming conference battles next 16 field The Cougars got nine|to put two Cougar regulars on|only Aggie in history to score weekend at home against Ari19 cent, attempts than the Aggies |the bench early, Kari Liimo more than that was Wayne zona and Arizona State. It ‘ more 6 and out rebounded Utah State! joined them wtih 45 seconds re-|Estes. Estes did it twice with moved the Cougar season rece 52 in an overtime game and 48'ord to 7-5 and put Utah State niaining. 47) 77-50. for alateé. 86. From the foul line Utah State BYU seems to be Halimon’s for the school recordfoi fg ft rbds pts BYU Wins Frosh Game 91-83 Cutting loose with a driving) driving lay-in and Kelly hit on cause they were out in front] Kell attack in the last three minutes|!a jumping shot from the side for muchof the contest, in fact, 1. of play, BYU's Freshmen bas-| court to give the Kittens their the Ramblers led late in the ketball team won a thrilling|five point lead with two min- first half by a 41-30 count, but Ba 91-83 victory over Utah State’s| utes and 37 seconds to play in then Johnson and Ted Elggren Ch 4 1 0 00 22 8 2 3 0 5 00 66 0 16 led a BYU charge in the clos-|Elggren 2 00 4 Frosh in a freewheeling game ‘the game. ing moments of thefirst session TOTALS 32-27-36 OL N,Carolina St. 68 Maryland 52 ae night in the Cougar) Although the Ramblers tried to cut the visitors lead to 45-40 ieldhouse. valiantly to pull the game out Northwestern 76 Iowa 67 USU RAMBLERS(‘ was the third straight vic-|of the fire it was to no avail at halftime. Kansas 66 Colorado 50 Johnson had been held in G ee jtory of the season for Coach|as the BYU sh maintained Tulsa 62 Cincinnati 59 check for muchof the first half/D. Andersen 3 0 6 Bowling Green 61 Marshall 57 | Gary Ernest's Kittens and the| their advantage by going into $ +0 B |game wasa preliminary game_/a stall in the closing moments by Dave Anderser but finally|Graham Tillinois 66 Michigan St. 56 developed a radar-touch to get Roberts 7 U4 & 4g|%0 the BYU-USU varsity game. |of the fast moving game. Kansas St. 56 Oklahoma St. ndersen 4 60 8 Trailing 79-80, with a little) Bart Johnson, the Kittens’ the Kittens moving. Fromthen Richmond 8 Citadel 70 8 00 over three minutes to play the fabulous shooting star, paced on it was a nip-and-tuck battle ) Penn St. 52 Kent St. 50 3 o 00 60 BYU Froch scored six straight his team to victory with 29 to the finish. Wisconsin 77 Michigan 75 Rees 2 4 points to gain a 85-80 lead. points. Jim Challis scored 16 North Carolina 75 Duke 72 Cutright 0 00 0 The drive down the stretch |points and Chris Dowling had Box Score: Texas & SMU 80 BYU KITTENS Lyons 0 Lt 1 was lead by Steve Kelly, John! 15. Moorhead St, 89 Michigan G F T| TOTALS 3 17-27 88 Bennion ard Veikkio Vainio.| Marvin Roberts paced the Tech 74 8 13-16 29 Halftime score — Ramblers 45, Vainio, who is terrific on the| Utah State Frosh with 25 points Johnson Teniessee 82 Alayama 63 Bennion 2 33 17 Kittens 40 boards in the stretch for the|followed by Harley Graham U. of Pacific 82 St. Marys 3 25 8)Total personal fouls — Kittens Kittens, started his team roll-| with 23 and Dave Nielson with Vainio Calif. 65 ing to victory by scoring on a 16 Dowling 7 18 15) 18, Ramblers 25 California 9% Oregon 81 Arizona 74 Arizona St. 69 |tip- in, 0 01 0)Fouled out —D. Andersen, Rob It was a tough game for the Whittemore 09 oO Oo erts Portland 74 Oklahoma City 62’ Bennion then scored on alUtah State Frosh to lose be-iLeSeuere |