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Show CSERET SEA'S, 12 B r y Tueiccy, December 9, 19d? Georgs Ferguson nniinmaiKiuKaf;: 'iBnfflrwiiwrnm.rnmi'iiiia ,u ti r $ Those Illusive &S -- ; ? Mental Twists! intstSKS LlOw Utah basketball coafh Jack Gardner is not taking a thing away from Utah States great hoop-maMarvin Roberts. , But he thinks when Roberts fouled out of the game with seven minutes. 25 see- ;tU:an State-Uta- h onds left, it created a psychological condition that .worked positive for the Aggies and negative for !the Utes. USU won. When the Aggies lost Roberts, they dug in t ali the harder and that actually snapped them out c f a dull spell. Gardner pointed out "This is not to take anything away from y He is a supier star. The Aggies likely would rot have even been in contention at that time without Roberts. But his loss created one of those strange psychological twists that can happen in nny basketball game or any athletic encounter for that - - n. 90-7- 2. By BRENT CHECKETTS Deseret New s Srpots LCCAN The most flatter-ir- g cf ah compliments paid to Utah State's explosive basketball team following its victory over St. Peters here Monday night came from tne S'. Peters coach himself, Don Kennedy . If they play as well every night as they d. d against us tonight, they should be one teams in the the nation, the bald mus125-1C- tachioed veteran mentor said. Theres no doubt about that. record cf C points against me Peacocks. -- Wiliams and Roberts scoring greats a- great as you'll find any-- v 'ere. I remembered Roberts from last seacr., and knew he would be rcugh, hut I had r.o be abie idea Wiliams to score Lke that :is In Writer USU sophomore ro they have cd fast-brea- k unbe-Levahl- e. t ot h e r "A men: thing helping is them tremendously guard 1 ebbs sophomore We were ah.e to kill (Jell-them with our pre?s last season. but this around, Tebbs mas able to handle it four-minu- ere pretty well" Wiihams scored an album. e- - Rob--e-rt-s. ... matter. For 12 minutes and 35 seconds of the second We had half, we had outscored Utah State. moved from an eight-poihalftime deficit . . . Lieu the score four times and once held a lead. I felt momentum was swinging our way. 27-2- nt one-poi- nt 9-- Utes Got Overconfident? When Utah State lo6t Roberts, Im sure our squad felt a new surge of confidence. I did. We were down only three points. Even with Roberts in. the momentum pendulum was teetering between us and the Aggies. We had been coming on had given some ground. stronger while What happened? Who knows for sure. When our guys saw Roberts leave, they might have gotten overconfident or overanxious or both. We seemed to rush shots . . . shoot from poorer percentage angles and distances In the few seconds that Roberts walked off the floor, we might have worked ourselves Into s mental sense of false security. were out front If you think that sounds like a high score for the first half, how about the 7 points each team scored in the second half? It was a case of both squads going wild with the run-gu- n Ptwtot b Dtvid Contty offense and throwing caution Rich Rinaldi of St. Peter's drives hard Paul USU's to the winds. against defending Jeppesen 125-OS. 1 wild USU the Its the most wild offensive won scoring contest, College. battle Ive ever been involved likeIn as a coach, able mentor LaDell Anderteam racked up 125 points sen said post game whilewas against American Univer' standing among his happy sity at Washington, D.C., in players. I can't remember 1964. anything like it. USU stayed with a That St Peters group is defense throughout the different than any other team contest, which was played bemy squads have played. We fore 5296 deliriously happy get them down by 3t) points fans. late in the second half, but The Peacocks, meanwhile, that crilv seemed to make used both a a them come back dawir.g and press and a 3 trap scrambling that much harder. zone. They cut it down to 17 I was dumbfounded the again at the end. They just way Tebbs and Jeppesen kept coming at us. Talk about dribbled through our zone, a rugged squad. You've got to Kennedy laid. We held them hand it to Coach Kennedy, out a few times, but not you can see why that teams often. been in the NIT for the last Utah State, now sporting a three years. 0 record compared to St As tough a bench as they Peters 2 mark, hosts West are titerll probably be there Texas State, Thursday and again this season, chimed in then travels to Seattle for a Roberts from a nearby bench game with Washington, Saturwhile putting on his trench-coa- t. day. 58-4- U-Sta-te ... combining fine ins.de moves lay-m- s with and sharp outside snooting. Me would undoubted.-have broken tne late Wayne Estes Ocrge Nelson Fieldhouse record cf 45 points had he net sat out about a spel in the latter part of the ball game. Roberts added 54 points for the Utam and led all rebcurd-er- s on t. e floor with 2D takedowns. whale Tebbs quarter-backe- d the Aggies in this offensive batue and came up with a double-figur- e scoring ouput of 11 points. The other USU starting guard. Paul Jeppesen, scored 11 also. The game was not actually a dose one after the first few minutes of play, during which the lead changed hands five times with one tie score. USU went ahead for good with 17:33 still left in the first half on a lay-i- n by Roberts with an assist by Williams. faScore at that point was voring USU. By the time the rest period rolled around, the Aggies ... f man-to-m- We underestimated the Aggie bench. We knew Walter Bees would be tough. We watched him close as a freshman. Ed Epps was more solid than we expected. But John Ericksen was the lad we really underrated. While we were savoring the fresh smell of victory, the Aggie bench fortified itself with determination. It was an amazing twist It is obvious Utah State is a much more potent machine with Roberts in the lineup. We were more confident of victory when he left Yet we failed to score a goal after Roberts left the game. man-to-ma- n, 'Utah State Deserves Credit 4-- 1-- Utah State credit We were beaten by a fine team . . . probably one of the top independents in the country. Roberts and Nate Williams are .; super stars. When you get two like them on a team, it has to be tough. And Jeff Tebbs played very well. We had fewer turnovers ); we got I more shots but we hit only 34 per cent H from the field. We cant beat a team of Utah ' States caliber shooting that percentage not even at home. Not when the visitor shoots 51 per Give OStates last bucket in the game, a jump shot with one second left on the dock, tied USD's all-tisingle-gam- e scoring record. The only other time a USU (12-20- LaDell Andersen, USU basketball coach, tells his players to keep up good work. A pleased ... y cent. South Carolina was defeated at went into overtime at home. Two UCLA home. other 1VAC teams, BYU and New Mexico, lost at s Wne. "We dont have the home court advantage we used to have, but Ill sure take this great facility. I can talk to the kids during a time out without yell- ihg in their ears. I couldnt do that in Einar Niel- 'son Fieldhouse. I I dont think Utah States zone defense in itself beat us. We anticipated & zone from LaDell .(Andersen). We dont want any defense to surprise us. Weve shot holes through & zone many , times. y Sylvester On The Spot - Officials residing in Utah are not supposed to officiate an game. Blaine Sylvester, for- mer Ute pitching star, was an official in the Utah te - State-Uta- h go. But Blaine who officiated the freshman was pressed into service when Bob game ' Kortes air ride from Phoenix was decked by me- chanical problems. There are only six Utah officials in the West- era AC. They were all busy. Sylvester is being groomed for major officiating in the WAC. It was . a tough situation for Blaine to step into. But consensus was he performed well. ST ATI (Its) Osborne Favored To Win Meet Ive been in this business long enough to be a - realist, though. Nights like this are going to come along. We wont let it get us down. One win, or defeat, doesn't make a season. Top-rank- ed UTAH 30-fo- (76-73- ), - 2-- full-cou- rt While Monday snow night fell outside the Mens the Indoor Championships, tournatennis winter biggest ment, got under way at the Salt Lake Swimming and Tennis Club. In Monday's action tournament favorite Jim Osborne, aced Dave Sabin Osborne is expected to meet F. D. Robbins for the championship Thursday. F. D. won his match against Wendell 6-- 2. 6-- Beck 6-- 6-- Osborne, the assistant tennis coach at the University cf Utah, was impressive on the professional tennis tour last summer. His biggest win came in the Pacific Southwest Tournament when he upset Arthur Ash. Osborne lost in round to the quarter-fina- l Pancho Gonzales, the eventual winner of the tourney. - Dan Bieckinger upended 0 and M:ke Jim Robbins Martir.es tipped Ernie Smith. 11-Steve Krulevitz 6-- 3. 7-- 0 dumped Craig Baker, and Zdravko Mincek topped Dale Fritz 7-- 6-- Bill surprised and Laury Hamate), Dave Hannon smashed Bo Bennion 9-- Schovers 6-- The JuAior Indoor Championships begin December 20 and run through the 22. Entry deadline for this tournament is 6 pjn., December 18. Percentages; Field tries 41.1. Goes 45.2; F out A grim looking Don Kenned, St, Peter's head coach, tries to spark his team up for victory. 6-- 3 6-- L In todays action at 3 pun., Osborne will meet Bennion; Landau goes against Harmon, and Bieckinger takes on F. D. Robbins. tz At 6 pun. Mincek and will battle for a semifinal slot Kru-levi- NBA Standings EAST Woe Led Kht Yet P'toepn rere . is 16 17 11 69500 M3 nu II Cevc.nnati .629 n uII M. Pet. 2 26 II Baltimore 9 329 WEST Wee test A - Sa FrncscO fd.4 7 Ccec Los 11 Sr 090 9 9 Sean-- -- C7 3 3H 122 Cfceg 125, 11 Sa Dt V .411 tw4ti Mender' B6''Tce 32 12 14 4 6 7 19 13 14 13 n 6-- 6-- 6-- 6-- D 90 (Only gardes scrieowed) 1Q2 Kentucky Is Top College Team By JOHN JEANSONNE UPI Sports Writer Ker.tuiky jurt became the No. 1 college basketball team In the country today and Richard Nixon hasnt even a pimjuc oc:i ti.r tut the University of North - corvine ed Ken-- t ,cky is the be-- t Voted No. 1 today in the first weekly ratings bv UPIs Eoard of Coaches. Kentucky rode a performance by Das Lsse! and fought off a ecoTid-hal- f rally to defeat e.ghtn-rankeNorth Carolina. Monday night in tie first big showdown of unbeat- - Carolina d en powers. The victory boosted Kentucky's record to 34) as Coach Adolph Rupp, in his 40th year as a collegiate coach, aims for his fifth National Championship despite the loss of Mike Casey, the team leader who broke a leg in an automobile accident during the summer and will not play this season. The Wildcats took tiie lead for good with 12:36 remaining in the first half and built a bulge early in the second ha before North Carolina. sparked by candidate CharL? Stott. Lee Bedrooa and Eddie Foe'.er, f began chipping away at the lead. North Carolina's full-cou- press, nudwr-.- employed the second half, through helped the Tar Heels pull within three points with less than six m'r.utes to play, but and Mike Pratt offset basket by Scott during the closing minutes to preserve the victory. Pratt finished with 27 points while Scott paced North Carolina w ith 23. Jimmy Collins scored 13 of his 26 points in d the second hah to hep New Mevito Sate pull away from New Mexico, Guard third-ranke- 9(1-8- College Scores MONDAY'S RESULTS j Ut 125. St Prer Sta 109 St Soruventire 82, Xavr (OfciC) 69 6 Ttv-eMart 77 liri 74. Hostr 59 94. 3 Carolina fceMucfttr 92. DC Riverside 7 Gtarg t 71, A 139 Aitt'inc ChrrtJitn h C. Ca c "4 E'vt te 44 7, Cri4Mrtoo94 79 f R cmc"-- a 57 7 B6 S K . So mo 99 1 Ftrf4Q Sae 76 x5 fl, p-Depe. - O" a- 132. - 9'rv Prcorx9 lua M ? S7 o K vc- -i Texts a Coaoo C 1C et. St Viko t '4 f, n Va SC 71 Sa Pra'Ktsc 73. 4 r ?or- fl Savor Srw A - Wtii n Roilrfis 96 Corado 75 $1. CM-e- o Saort 7 9C Sr VrTOtSl so 9S pkih ap vnin INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE ET3 44 tr v Tu mne N 23 Va Corrimor. 71 V 7g 72, SWW 95 McMtry Dtksit 59 S Ftortco H Karsts trt90.S'So. Plus F.E.T. $2.07 to $2.85 Exchange BUDGET TERMS AVAILABLE HOURS: VEEKDAYS 8 TO 6 ?JL, SAT. 8 TO 4 M0 I i ml TREADS PINNED FOR STUDDING L W |