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Show BYU Cougars Sail To 101-77 Victory 'Cats Never Trail Utes Roar Back To Cold Cowboy Club Whip 5th-Ranked By JOE WATTS r the beginning of half, 62-36, and them Herald Sports Editor d home. Brigham Young New Mexico 71-64 got out of r fast with a 5-0 le trailed in the ga e night to take a 101 SALT LAKE CiTY (UPI)— Grimes sank a free throwto’ New Mexico’s Ron Nelsoa, the Utah roared back in the second)move the Lobos to a 40-32 lead|number two scorer in the WAC, half with aa awesome fast|with 16:43 remaining in the| was heldte 11 points on a sparkbreak to whip fifth-ranked New|game, the Utes suddenly came/ling defensive show by Simon. Nelson, who has connected on jto life. Mexico, 71-64, Saturday. the In a seven-minute span they|#6 per cent of his shots this The victory7 moved battling Utes into a first place|cytscored New Mexico 19-7 and|$eason, hit on only four of 19) tie with the Lobos in the! buiit up a lead that held despite field goal attempts for a 21 per| Western Athletic Conference. |a last-ditch Lobo rally that cut} cent. Utah's game-winning surge|the margin to three points, 63- Scoring honors for the visitors, |who virtually would have sewed cameefterit lost two starters—; 60. vi foul route the other| Utah's Merv Jackson, who|up the conference race with a oo rae for unsportsmanlike was held to four points in the|win, went to Grimes with 16 and ejected first half, led *he rally with 16)Ron Samord with 15, conduct. y Pokes Se Athletic Conference victor overthe cold shooting Wynmin; Cowboys in George Alber Smith Fieldhouse. The victory for BYU evened the 8 game series between the two schools ai 42 games apiece and brought revenge to the Cougar camp from the earlier defeat in the season at Laramie. ‘The win for the Cougars also cut the lead to 15 remaining, but the hitting with consistency to pose @ weren't started the second in a full court press with me of the shortest lineups seen on a WAC floor this season. Mike Eberle and George Wilson were at guards, both 6-0, and forwards were Harry Hall at 62 and Stan Dodds at 6-4. Carl Ashley was the tallest Poke on the floor at 6-6 The press was ineffective pulled them info a third place and soon gave up the ghost. |tie with the Pokes in the WAC The gametook on an entirely| points in the sevond half for a] After the Lobos hed trimmed During the first half the Pokes spent much of the time |standings, but both teams are new complexion after Utah’ total of 20. He was followed by| Utah's lead to 63-90 with three center Jeff Ockel was ejected) Walt Simon with 17 aad Don|minutes remaining, Cunningham) for dropping New Mexico’s|Denson with 13, dropped in a turn-around jumpGreg Howardto the floor with a} Reserve center Ron Cunning-\er and Jackson and Denson| punch, ham contributed two crucial/fojlowed with quick baskets to| Minutes later the Utes’ baskets during the rally. In fact! nyt the Utes out of reach at| Lyndon Mackay picked up twolit was his second field goal of|§9.69, quick fouls and was lost for the| the game with 11:25 remaining} New Mexico led throughou! it} remainder of the contest. jthat put Utah ahead for the/the first half and moved tu a| After New Mexico’s Howard'first time. |$5-25 lead in the opening seconds| ‘of the second half and appeared| |well on its way to its 2ist "n| |two gamesoff the leading pace \offensively trying to work the |set by New Mexico and Utah. |ball inside to 6-6 George Wil The Lobos and Utes have 5-2 Son, Wilson would reel off the jmarks while the Cats and guard spot to take position in Pokes trai! with 34 records. the low post, but this was com| It appears to be a race to pletely ineffectual. He didn’t the finish between the Utes manage a shot off the pattern and Lobos, but the Lobos defi- and Car] Ashley usually ended |nitely have the schedule ad- up shooting a crowded shot. He jvantage. New Mexico plays was only 2 for 11 during the two at home against the Ari- first half and finished the game |tory, when the roof fell in. zona schools and one on the only 4 for 16 and had 10 Simon turned in a three-point road against Wyoming, while points, | piay and Jackson scored on a} Kari Liimo had a brilliant. the Utes must play all three fast break to , move Utah to on the road against BYU, Ari-; jshooting night for the Cougars ° within five points, 32-37. zona, and Arizona State, |with 9 of 12 field goal attempts ty | Statistically the Cougars are} falling through the nets and not definitely out of the race, |five of six foul shots for TEMPE, Ariz. (UPI) —Ari-|half, but the Devils pulled away| MacKay ; ‘ ‘ . 14 FIRING OVER THE guard of Wyoming’s Harry Hall (23) is Randy Schouten of BYU. The Three wins for BYU in the honors on the floor with 28 wona State University, hitting! in the last.three minutes for the! Doke; 3 33 9 Cougars had little trouble with the Cowboys in their game Saturday, coming out on top of remaining games would give it’ points. 43 per cent from thefield, took| Western letic Conference| Fackson 9 250 the WAC fray 101-77 to start another home victory skein, after a Friday night loss to New a 64 mark and three losses by | Four other Cougars were in an early lead and continued to| win. {Simon 6 54617 Mexico in the BYU Fieldhouse. (Herald Photo by Terence L. Day) Utah and New Mexico woula a 78-61 victory over arch rival] Roger Detter paced Arizona! paglish 201 4 leave them with 5-5 marks. So double figures with Jim University of Arizona, Saturday] State with 18 points, followed by|Cunninham 401 8 a, = : it’s not out of the realm of Eakins getting 17, Marty night. Seabern Hill with 15. Jeffinfortin . 0 00 Ol FRALD possibility—it's just out of the Lythgoe 16, Randy Schouten ~ The Sun Devils went ahead)Mackey had 11 and Ron John-|Totajs 13, and Doug Howard 10. ‘question. 30 11-18 71 Sunday aI for good with only two and one-/son added 10. te iy Saturday night it was a mat-| Lynn. Parsons played much half minutes gone in the game.| Two Wildcats, John Harbour|New Mexico 4 .. .G T F E> y |ter of the Cougars having a hot of the game in a substitutes “They held their largest lead,/and Mike Kordik, shared their|Nelson ... 4 3311 night from the field as they role and scored five points beexcept at the final gun, with|team’s scoring honors with 11|Sanford 71316 connected on 56 percent of their \fore fouling out, -6:57 left in the first half when|each, Jim Hansen was the only|Becker ~-3 137 field goal attempis coupled with | Harry Hall was top point the Devils led 32-15. other Arjzona man in double|Howard 3 5711 Wyoming's very cold perform- |getter for Wyoming with 18 Arizona, scoring 10 straight|figures with 10. Grimes 6 47 16 ance of only 37 per cent from |points, points late in the first half,) The win gave ASU a 9-14 over-|Shrphre 100 2 | Carl Ashley and Jim Eakins the field. pulled within 36-27 at halftime.|all mark and 24 in the confer-|Culver 000 0 BYU galloped to a 48-31 half- had a big rebounding battle The -shooting Wildcats,/ence, Arizona is now 9-11 and|Lopez .. 0 00 0 time lead shooting 50 percent|with Ashley hauling dowr 17 eonecting on only 28 per cent|24, Totals 25 14-23 4 in the first 20 minutes while|rebounds and Baking getting PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1968 of their field goals, stayed with-| A crowd of 4,127 saw the conWyoming could hit only 29/16. BYU: had the team edge in ints. most ¢ nd test. percent. in that department with 56 re- Sun Devils Whip Arizona 78-6] =."""*., ~ WeberTops Big Sky With Win Over Idaho The game was tied once at|bounds to 49 for Wyoming. 7-7, but the Cougars soon ex-| It was the first defeat that ploded to grab a big early lead| Wyoming has suffered from which the Pokes never really|BYU since 1959 when the Couthreatened. int verdict. Kari Liimo made a brilliant fast break pass to Jim Eakins RP who scored a layup and drew]?! $2 a foul for a three point play Liimo 38 OGDEN, Utah (UPI)—Weber| Sparks controlled both boards ard Nolan Archibald guaned ty put the Cougars ahead 19-12, 6 7 t boost Webel t to the early the game out of reach, State College ciimbed into the|to Moments later BYU went on 3 13 Big Sky Conference seat Satur- lead. Sparks led Weber with 20) a scoring binge that resulted 310 VreNon also defensed Idaho's points, Archibald scored 16 and’ in ten straight points and a day by dumping Idaho 74-53. i 5 The win gave Weber an &2 outside threat Jim Thacker for 12 for the Vandals, while guard 29-14 lead. Kari Liimo hit a |conference record while Idaho the second consecutive night, Jim Christiansen scored 13. "jump shot and Randy Schouten Wé 8 is second at 7-3. Weber swept holding the Vandal guardto six Sparks was the games top re- hit nother jump. Marty Lytho4 points in 36 minutes. Thacker bounder with 20. ithe two-game, series, as they goe popped in a corner jump)! o4 beat the Vandals Friday 91-62. had scored 60 points in two Weber, 164 for the season, shot and then scored on a fast 21 in another con- driving layup, followed by bd Idaho, hitting a frigid 23.1 previous games against Weber. hosts Gonzaga game Monday. Idaho! another long jumper by Schout56 101 per cent fron the field in the Substitute Phil Waddell nit! ference travels to Pocatello to meet five consecutive field goals to en to account for the ten first half and trailed the Wild- ‘keep Idaho within 15 in the sec- Idaho State in another confer- straight points. cat 17-51 at intermission. The ond half, but Sparks and forw- ence game. + lead) = Fg Ft R P¢ BYU grabbed a 26 peint 29337 ball control Vandals were nevler able to tighten the margin. Dodds 38 45 3 10 Weber jumped to early leads: of 11-4 and 17-6, and the visitors hit only two field goals in the first eight and one-half miajutes. Monte VreNon and Dan ‘Sparks led Weber's early offensive attack. VreNon gunned in three quick field goals while | 13 1-8 14 12 00 00 6 0 1 0 10 7 9 0 6 19. WAC Hoop Standings J 9 Arkansas 87 ‘Utah 71 New Mexico 64 Ohio U. 70 Miami Ohio 68 Providence 75 Creighton 64 Indiana 98 Michigan 92 Cincinnati 75 Tulsa 58 Notre Dame 64 Bradley 61 Minnesota 83 Ohio St. 79 North Dakota 76 North Dakota * Arizona State .... Games Remaining WON LOST 1 om be DD Holy Cross 91 Assumption 77 New Mexico Utah ... bo 89 co co cn Citadel 77 Furman 61 Loyola La, 86 Miami Fla, 64 Virgiraa 92 Pittsburgh 60 Columbia 115 Harvard 56 Princton 74 Yale 71 Boston U. 8 New Haven 65 Massachusetts 56 Connecticut 4 | Feb. 2 2 ‘St. 67 Towa St. 73 Missouri 70,ot. IOWA 69 Wisconsin 61 Dayton 70 De Paul 58 St. Louis 83 Drake 73 Northvy-esiern 69 Michigan St. 61 Kansas St. 72 Oklahoma 48 Purdue 75 Ilinois 68 Texas A & M 67 Baylor 63 TCU 73 Texas Tech 35 Maryland 87 Wake Forest 75 Vanderbilt 75 Tennessee 63 West Virginia 80 Syracuse 76 36 49 oo 00 25-48 27-44 49 77 |Halftime Score: BYU 48, Wyoming 31. Field Goal Percentage: BYU 56, Wyoming 37, |Turnovers: BYU 12, Wyoming Duke 92 Temple 57 PHOENIX, Ariz. (UPI)—| seven - under - par 64 second | Right behind him at 205 were Canada’s George Knudson, fall-)round, shot two birdies and one Bert Yancey, Tallahassee, Fla., ing off his hot earlier pace, shot|bokey for his third round 70. who had a 65 for the lowest’ @ one-under-par 70 Saturday in) “The greens are drying out,” round of the day, and Terry: the third round of the 72-hole,|Knudson said. “I couldn't keep| Dill, Austin, Tex., who shot a $100,000 Phoenix Open for a one-|the ball on the ground. Every 68. ‘stroke lead with a 54. hole total|time I hit it, it bounced. I guess} DanSikes, Jacksonville, Fla., of 201, 12 underpar. I played awful cautiously—I who was in third place gcing’ Right behind him was surpris-| don't know why.” 3 ¢ ing Tom Shaw, a young club pro| Thee strokes off the pace in into the third round, blew to a from Golf, Ill, who had a third|third place was Sam Carmi-|four-over-par 75 and landed far tound 69 and a total of 202. chael, 28-year-old pro from back at 200, Par for the Phoenix Knudson, 30, who had seven| Martinsville, Ind., who shot a 68 Country Club course is 36-35— ‘dies and no bogeys in his! for a total of 24 |Von Krosigk Nelson Lazzeri Johnson | team TOT."ALS Kentucky 107 Mississippi St, 81 Georgia Tech 60 Army 55 North Carolina St. 69 Clemson 67 Knudson Leads Phoenix Open Golfers 416 24 17 1¢ 36 01 2 6 411 10-16 2 18 {Wilson Follegiate Hoop Scores NEW MEXICO'S Ron Sanford fires away over a cluster of Utah and Lobo players during @ bit of action from Saturday’s game, which Utah won 71-64, The Utes’ Jeff Ockel tries fo block the shot. Ockel was ejected from the game a short time later for throwing a punch at Lobos’ Greg Howard. (Herald-UPI Telephoto) | Ashley ‘Eberle Hall Arizona State at Wyoming Arizona at New Mexico Feb, & Utah at BYU |Arizona State at New Mexico | Arizona at Wyoming March 1 BYUat Arizona State Utah at Arizona New Mexico at Wyoming March 2 - BYU at Arizona Utah at Arizona State Weekend Results New Mexico 76 BYU 67 A BIT OF FANCY manipul: lating of the ball is displayed by Scott Warner (54) of BYU in a BYU 101 Wyoming 77 shot of action from vhe BYU-Wyoming basketball game Saturday. Kari Liimo (33), Bruce |U! Barron (40), und other players watch Warner move the ball im the game, which was wor |Utah 71 New Mexico 64 ° by BYU. (Herald Photo by Terence L, Day) |Utah 97 Wyoming 89 ‘Arizona State 78, Arizona 61 4 |