Show Arizona St. and N. Mexico Dominate WAC Statistic By ROHN HARMER Assistant Sports Editor Arizona sparked by junior Art has jumped to the lead in the first official release of statistics on the Western Athletic Conference basketball who leads the WAC in individual performance tallied 51 points in his team's twin triumphs over Brigham Young and Utah last By hitting 20 of his 31 field goal Becker also tops the league's field goal shooters with a With an average of rebounds per game for the Becker is second in the rebound department i A second place percentage of in the free throw percentage department has helped Becker to boost his scoring average to points per game to lead the I Bruce Brigham Young's senior is second to Becker in the scoring statistics with a BYU teammate Jerry Dahlman is third with points per game and Arizona State's Joe Caldwell is a close fourth with an DANNY HA WES with a average plus Bo Crain and John Allen both with averages rank in the top fifteen slots for the WAC Danny the Ute junior ranks number Gary of Arizona State is second to Becker in the field goal shooting a By hitting 13 of 14 free throws in two games over the Arizona's Warren Rustand tops this department with a fine AND ANOTHER Arizona sophomore Albert topped the league's rebound m per In the team figures 1 State tops the league with points 7 and a points per over its two opponents New Mexico is the given up 1 Its Even though these figu just one week of run true to conference the form of both Although 2 zona State tops the team it occupies the with BYU in the team defea by giving up per WHAT HAPPENS when Arizo State tangles with the leading defenders this Thursday in querque should prove All statistics point to a real bat-tie this Saturday between Utah and Team stats show BYU seo ond in offense with Utah holding on to the fourth Credited with this difference are three BYU aces that occupy positions in the top six places with the individual scoring BRUCE BURTON is second with a Jerry Dahlman fa third with a and is sixth with a Utah is third in team defense with a 66 point cumulative total average for their opponents while BYU is sixth with an opponents' average of THE TOP individual statistics are dotted with BYU but Utah has to hit the leading Both teams are potential the fuses will be lit |