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Show f'J Sports SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2004 17 Cowboys shut down Millard, beat Enterprise By Dennis Brunner The Kanab Cowobys came up Eagle spurt to make it 15-Kanab only managed two more with two big wins last week, points before the half, on two taking over sole possession of Brunner free throws. Millard led second place in Region 13 with a 1 at the break. 2 record. Kanab ran of a string of seven In their win over Millard last points in a row to start the secWednesday, the Kanab Cowboys ond half. Tanner hit a rebound struggled offensively in the first putback, then Brandon Brown half, but their defense kept them made a steal and fast break layup. in the game and they stormed Truett Chamberlain banked one back from 11 points down at in off the glass on a sweet pass halftime to defeat the Eagles from Brunner, and Kelly Brown added a free throw to cut the Coach Gary Glover was Millard lead to 8 just a little pleased with the victory, This over two minutes into the third was a real big win for us tonight. period. The Eagles Clay Cooper Thats the best weve played de- hit a basket with 3 :24 left for the first Eagle points of the second fensively all year. The Cowboys held the Eagles half. After the basket, Kanab to only nine points in the second reeled off five more points to get half, and only seven field goals within one at 24-2- 3 with a in the entire contest. minute left in the third. Millard Both teams struggled shoot- added a free throw to lead 3 ing the ball in the first quarter. heading into the fourth quarter. A Tanner Chamberlain free The first half of the final pethrow with 3:01 left in the first riod saw the lead bounce back frame was the first Cowboy point and forth several times. With of the game. Kelly Brown hit a 4:37 left in the game Tanner 12 foot turnaround jumper for followed Truetts missed shot Kanabs first basket 45 seconds later to make the score 3 in favor of Millard. With a minute left in the first period, point guard Cody Brunner made a nifty pass that resulted in a layup for Tanner to make it Thats the way tKe first quarter ended! Two minutes into the second frame, Kelly Brown tied the game up at 7 on a fast break feed from Tanner. Millard then went on an 0 run, as the Cowboys went scoreless for over three minutes. A Tanner Chamber-lai- n 15 foot jumper stopped the 9. 22-1- 6-- 43-3- 1. 22-1- 25-2- left to make the final Tanner Chamberlain led the Cowboys in scoring with 16 points, while Brandon Brown added 12, including nine in the 42-3- A - 1. " , -- A - second half. Kanab really hlA f J i A t vv f tivh TSA A 1 struggled at the foul line, making only nine of26 chances, while Millard converted on 17 of 24. Kanab picked up a second victory with a 6 win over Enterprise on Friday night. The wins leaves the Cowboys alone in second place in Region 13 with a 2 record, one game behind Parowan who they face tonight. Kanab led early thanks to a Kelly Brown layin on a nice pass from Brandon Brown. Brandon was then the recipient of a nifty Cody Brunner pass, and he laid it in for two. Kade Glazier nailed a three pointer with :43 left in the first period to give the Cowboys a 12-- 9 lead. After the Wolves Russell Banks tied it up on a three point play, Sterling Glover hit a layup after the Cowboys broke the Wolves press with 57-4- 6-- 5-- 3, 7-- 7-- 5. Cowboy Tanner Chamberlain (11) tries to defend Enterprises Russell Banks (4 1) as the Wolves star pushes off attempting to get open. Photo by Matt Brown. More photos can be viewed or purchased online at www.canyonphoto.net. ! 7-- another long pass for an easy other Cowboy free throw, Brunner came up with a steal at J ust a little over a minute into midcourt and although he missed the third frame, Brunner tipped the breakaway layup, Brandon an Enterprise pass ahead to Brown was there for the follow9 Tanner, who took it all the way up and Kanab led with two. 8-- 48-3- for two. Two Kelly Brown free throws increased the Cowboy lead to With 3:40 left in the third, Brandon Brown made a driving layup for a 15 point Kanab lead The Wolves werent going to lay down however. They put together a Future coach Kade Quamberg offers a little bit of advice to Cowboy Kade of their own to get right back run Glazier at last Fridays game at Enterprise. Photo by Matt Brown. into it at 36-3Enterprise : to with a putback tie the game at :09 on the clock to put Kanab up pressed the Cowboys and forced 30-3Truett then stole an Eagle after one period of action. three straight turnovers to spark inbounds pass from under their The Cowboys scored the first their rally. With :26 left in the 10 to threw it basket, quickly points of the second frame to third, Brandon Brown drove who fired a 2 Brunner, on a hard to the hoop and drew a foul long pass go up by 12 points, to Brandon Brown for a layup. Tanner Chamberlain putback on Cody Platt, Enterprises startHe was fouled and made the free with 2:05 left in the half. Kanab ing center. It was Platts fifth throw to convert the three point held Enterprise scoreless until and it turned out to be a big play play. Just 15 seconds later Bran- Laramie Woods made a basket in the game. Brown made one of don Brown stole the ball at at the 1:44 mark to make the two free throws, but Banks hit a midcourt and had another fast score After a Kanab miss, 15 footer with five seconds left to break basket for a 0 Kanab Enterprise added a three pointer cut the Cowboy lead to 6 lead. to cut the deficit to 7 , i at heading into the final period. After a technical foul on intermission. In the Cowboys 10 Early in the fourth frame, Millard coach Ron Abbeglen re- point run. Tanner hit a 15 footer. Kelly Brown sank one of two sulted in a free throw, Kanab Brandon hustled back to block a free throws to push the Kanab upped their lead to 0 when fast break layup attempt by lead to The Wolves Lance d Brandon Browrn a Enterprise. Brunner pulled Jones converted a three point crosscourt pass to Truett Cham- down the rebound and threw a play when he got loose under his. berlain, who finished off the play. full court pass to Glazier for a own basket to cut the lead to 4 After a Millard free throw, Tan- layin. Tanner then pulled dowrn Following a tough 10 footer ner rebounded a Truett miss to an offensive rebound and by Tanner, Brunner ripped down 1 with swished a five footer. Brunner another board and Kelly Brown Brandon Brown (24) goes high to make Kanabs lead block a shot by an Enterprise player. 1:17 left on the clock. Tanner nabbed another board. and hit a banked it inon the other end for Koni-orPhnirs h Aaff Rrrwn in o fino frrvfc- nntk AO ctmol.mit nrjfl, 0 PmUmr lc.o4 S fi nr- on 30-1- 7. 36-2- 1. 9-- 0 0. 14-1- 2 0. 24-1- v 24-1- 4. 35-3- 40-3- 24-1- 38-3- 41-3- 6. alley-oope- 9. 40-3- f L J - A - 4:45 left in the game. Then'it was Brandons turn for a steal. On his fast break layup attempt, he was fouled hard and hit his head on the wall. Kade Glazier came in for him and sank both free throws and Kanab led by 1 1. After a basket by Enterpise and another free throw by Kanab, Brunner fed Kelly for a short bank shot and the Cowboys were up by 12, 1 with three minutes remaining. The Kanab lead stayed around 10 the rest of the way, with the final score being 53-4- 57-4- 6. Kelly Brown hit 16 points to lead the Cowboy offense. Brandon Brown was right behind with 15 and Tanner Chamberlain chipped in 14. The Cowboys have two big games this week, both on the road. Kanab plays Parowan tonight and Monticello on Friday night. The state play-i- n games are at Delta High School on Saturday, February 21, with the state tournament the following week at the Sevier Valley Center in Richfield from February7 We will have the brackets for both the boys and the girls in 26-2- 8. next weeks SouUiern Utah As,,, |