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Show Branch Aggies Win Two Games, Face Carbon College Next riayhig inspired ball in spltu of I the loss of two of their star payers pay-ers to the armed forces, Coach Lee Uston's Branch Agricultural College Col-lege basketball team won a clean-tut clean-tut victory from Uie Indian Spring Army Air Furce teum in the D. A. C. gymnasium Friday night. Although the Army team hau previously defeated the Aggies li two games played at Las Vegas, tin lotal squad dominated the pla hroughout Friday night's game tc in by a score of 51 to 34. The Aggies Ag-gies jumped into the lead 13 to 2 In the first quarter, and held a 28 to 11 advantage at half time. Thl. was Increased to 40 to 22 la the third period, and the Aggies held onto the margin throughout the final period. Claren Bradshaw, forward, and Arden Allred, guard, played their iest games of the season breaking through their visitors" defense almost al-most at will to ring up scores of 21 to 20, respectively. The other three members of the starting squad. Robinson, also did unusually fine Grant Tucker, Hal Orton and Gene Robinson also did unusually fine work, ns did lhe three substituter lsed, Rowley, Lsplln and Wllkcrson. Saturday night the Aggies were unable to keep up the pace they had set the night before, but sU! played excellent ball. They wcre trailing 7 to 8 at the end of the first quarter and dropped behinc At this point four substitution.' were mnde with Coach Lee Lisl ui Coach Monte Bailey, Deb Warm r former B. A. C. star and Bob Ltr.t of Cedar City high school and U. R. Const Guard fame, the later twi i home on furlough, replacing Brod !shaw, Tucker, Orton and Robinson, and a fast, rough and tumble battle bat-tle resulted, with the local squaci having all the best of the basketball basket-ball playing, but having a torgl' time to keep up on the rough anc: tumble stuff. In the first few minutes of the third quarter the score changed 17 to 11 in favor of the visitor.' I to 27 to 17 for the home team, am then the rough stuff started. Th local squad scored 44 points dur- lng the second half, while ho'dii I the visitors to 10 points, and v the game by a score of 54 to r j During the short time they were in the game Bailey scored 17 points, Lunt 12, and Liston 9. This week the B. A. C. team meet the Carbon College team in two i names to be played at Price, and two tough games are expected. B A. C. defeated Carbon in two games played here, and the Aggies will be out to keep their slate clean In college play for the year. |