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Show Broncos Remain Idle But Gain Tie With League Leaders Snow college cagers came to the aid of the Branch Agricultural Agricul-tural college ovpr the week end, knocking over the Carbon Eagles twice, to allow the BAC Broncos Bron-cos to move into a first place t a with Carhnn In tha eAlithflrn ' V. ' "II Wll B, UIV 11 division of the ICAC. While th Broncs were out of league play this week end, Snow was busy setting down the league leading Eagles 55-45 Friday Fri-day night, and 59-58 in an over-t.me over-t.me game Saturday night at Ephraim. This leaves both Carbon and BAC with nine victories and five losses each, and sends them into the final round of play with two title-clinching contests against the two low ranking teams in the southern division hoop race. March 10 and 11. the Broncos Bron-cos will be in Salt Lake City to take on the lowly Westminster Parsons, while the Carbon Eagles will stay at home to meet the always dangerous Dixie Flyers from St. George. These games are scheduled for next week due to the NJCAA basketball tournament tourna-ment which is being held in Og-den, Og-den, March 2, 3 and 4. Ihe Lagles should be rated as favorites in their tilts since they will be playing on their own court where they have taken tak-en six games without a single defeat. However, after a slow start, the BAC Broncos have broken bro-ken Into a gallop to win their last six encounters. The last two victories came over the week end, when Conch Ray Llndquist's boys, In a non-league series, defeated de-feated Weber, northern division champions, 41-30 and 57-52. Show collere finished its league slate ever the week end with its two surprise victories over the highly rated Carbon Eagles. Ea-gles. The Badgers finished the season in third place with nine wins and seven defeats. |