Show By ECKHARD HERRIG Chronicle Assistant Sports Editor A TIRED St. Joseph's quintet needed four overtimes to down an equally tired Utah squad in consolation game last Saturday at Kansas This put Utah behind the Hawks in the UTE FORWARD Rich passes to lanky Bill McGill who scores two points with patented hook shot fourth The Utes couldn't have bid good bye to the season in better way had they were very determined to win and they made I up in thrills what they lacked in Their determination apparently rubbed off on a St. Joseph's In the first overtime period Hoy forgot which team he was on and plunged the ball into the wrong much to the dismay of his teammates and It was a wild affair in the first half showing the onlookers that either team came to Rebounding and fouling numerous and evenly although guarded very was hot in the initial minutes only to cool off towards the close of the first ST. JOSEPH'S jumped to a lead with the unbelievably accurate shooting of Egan who ended up with 42 Coach Gardner could not find the answer to Egan as he shuffled his men around The Utes left the floor at halftime on the short end of a McGill and Jim combined with a fabulous Bo Grain to tie the ball game up midway in the second From here on it was anybody's guess as to who would The Hawks tried to get their claws on and the Indians were out to get as many feathers from the Hawks as they Neither team succeeded and the store at the end of regulation time was Then Joseph's had to dismiss two of their players on the grounds of too many This and the temporary signing of Hoy to the Utah netted Utah two points and a momentary moral Bill McGill and Bo Crain played their and lungs to put the Utes in front several jumping Jack Egan didn't like this at all and his long shots never missed to tie it all McGill and Crain fouled out in the course of the third overtime to make the weather gloomy in the Utah Thomas and Cozby didn't let this bother them and made heroic efforts to lead the Utes into the fourth overtime at By this time Gardner ran out of reserves his players out of breath and it was just a matter of time as to when the Utes would All Utah players put on a great McGill broke several records during the course of the He left the floor with 32 points and a shooting percentage of Jim was his own big self as he netted 28 His performances in the playoffs were good enough to give him a spot on the West quintet that is to play the East The excitement must nave been too much for the Utes as they were completely outclassed both on the ball handling as well as the THIS KEPT up the Utah tradition of having to meet the even champion in the play- j Cincinnati upset Ohio State in the Earlier Utah became the Western Regional champs by running away from Loyola of Los Angeles with a The next night Arizona State came back strongly in the second half but could not overcome a lead established by the Utes in the first half of the championship UTAH ST JOSEPH'S G F PT G F P T 12 4 20 Majewski 5 3 7 3 14 Egan 17 5 42 14 5 34 McGill Kempton 7 5 16 3 3 11 Morton Lynam 9 2 31 3 4 6 Hoy 3 1 10 5 5 13 Crain Wynne 4 5 15 3 0 6 Thomas 0 0 0 1 3 2 Booth 0 0 2 2 16 Cozby Westhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenson Dickey 0 3 0 50 28 Totals 45 24 McGill credited with basket scored by Hoy in Halftime St. Joseph's Utah |