| Show JnE AGONY OF DEFEAT— USU’a Rod Tueller felt the ting of defeat an thl Aggie heed basketball coech Uet night watching Utah capture T tNtBabliti that Law states if can go wrong it will The list night against Utah played ihing half where everything and couldn't come up offense in the second opening ' go wrong 'i enough to those problems as an decision to overcome dropped 88-7- 4 -- Utee The Ags teem was al we wld tight offensively didn't know if the defense ever come” said USU Coach d Tueller Been Hunger and Keith Hood in twiler experienced field he f Cdhctively they their futility from missed all seven first half shots while total of five scor-j- l points between Hood are better than that" said Tueller finger has to shoot more than tunes for our team to be ef-- I "hunger and JOT Coach Jerry Pimm admit-- ‘ did have special plans for cjofw and Hood I We wanted (Cth he y from rwut the f The Utes didn't bum the nets themselves hitting on 43 percent from the field and 56 percent from line They did dominate the boards the entire game with Utah Danny Vranes leading the reway with a career high 21 bounds The Utes won the board battle 28 for the to 15 for the half and 53-2- 8 game shot a dismal 36 percent the first half in Salt Lake and it isn't indicative of the Utah dense The Ags missed wide open I The them to keep the ball both of them game” said Pimm had hurt us in the “They beat us badly underneath and our lack of inside game really hurt us” said Tueller Led by Brian Jackson and Hood McElrath the Ags made a valiant comeback reminiscent of their efforts against Fresno State in last year's PCAA tournament With 15 minutes left in the second half they hit bottom with a 17 points down As score at a they had done against Fresno similar place in time their offense Jackson tallied 18 for the losers “You're going to have nights like this early in the year” said Tueller “but we will come back” Tomorrow night the Ags pay a return visit to Weber State's Wildcats at the Dee Events Center In the season opener the Ags won a overtime thriller combining aggressive basketball with late 91-8- 4 game heroics 041 Mostly through the trio's efforts the Utes lead was reduced to five The last coming with 10 minutes remaining before another old nepiisis kept them from getting closer the Ags had three At chances to make it a three-poin- t violation game but a goaltendingoverruled and two missed passes Instead the hot hands of Carl Bankowski and Tom Chambers accounted for 10 points putting the game out of reach Bankowski led all scorers with 20 had 19 points while Chambers 0 Totals 25 !“ 24-3- 5 74 Bankowski 8 45 20 Chambers 7 6 19 Martin 4 4 0 15 Willinms 0 (M 0 Msnnion 0 M 2 Larson 2 3 6 Totals 31 7 88 5-- Scora-Uta- h Total 41 fouts-UtaA-- l h 1063 Weber 8 Monday routed Midwestern night Ag teams have one victory in the Dee Events Center last year’s first road game Another irony of sorts is the fact that the Ags have never swept a season series from the Wildcats With tipoff set for 7:30 this rematch should be as good as the first STARTS FRIDAY 56-5- 1 4 Johnson 2-- Following the game Coach Neil McCarthy vowed the game would not be a repeat performance in the Wildcat's lair He promised a reduction in the 23 turnovers his club committed as well as many of the 33 personal fouls the majority of which were termed" silly and unnecessary” Since the first meeting the Wildcats easily handled Utah and came alive WAH 88 2 57 9 1 The Aggies will travel to photo by sun Si BOOK SC THIRD I® J? S’? 1 52-3- 7 STATE 74 ® 413 15 Jackson 8 2--4 18 Cunningham 1 (Ml 2 Hood 5 MO £Brath 4 56 13 WickUffe 4008 Bergeson 0 2-- 2 2 Washington Aastefjord 0 win in get rude awakening from Runnm Utes ggies y Murphy’s the Special Eventa Center Tueller now haa an official record of Ogden tomorrow night to face the Wildcata of Weber State the I feet 88-7- 4 3 2-- 2 9 2 $ FLOOR ! 26-3- Utah St 28 Fouled St 27 Utah 28 Technicals-US- i aasis-Pag- tt 74-5- |
