Show Utah St 65 Season TilE THE TRAGIC death of team co-captain co and All 11 American Wayno Wayne Estes the nations nation's sec ond ond leading leading scorer with a average was the most shocking shock ing big event in Utah State athletic history But the tho manner in fn which coach coach Andersen p c e d forces to finish out the year with five wins In n seven starts is not only a great tribute to his coaching ability but is a afine afine aline fine line recognition of the dedica dedica- tion of the remaining members of the Aggie team LEROY WALKER the other co captain was the lone senior remaining after aller the death of Estes and he came cameon cameon cameon on strong at the end of the year ear to post a n scoring norm Obviously tho the task of replacIng replacIng Ing these ese two fine fino seniors who averaged points and rebounds a n game will not be bo an easy one However an encouraging aging factor at seasons season's end was the inspired play of the underclassmen r 1 y that of five sophomores The 65 1901 basketball season at Utah State University Is s is over and the tho least that can be said for lor the year is that it certainly cere was was' an eventful one THE TilE capers lost a heartbreaking 71 69 decision to Montana State in Bozeman last Thursday night on a shot at attlio tho Hio final buzzer to close out a year featured by many ups and downs on a rather disappointing disappointing disappointing pointing note The Tho final record was 13 victories and 12 defeats however however how how- ever ever the fourth consecutive winning season under t the h e coaching of pf LaDell Andersen The peppery mentors mentor's record now stands at a very fine 76 wins and 34 losses for lor a percentage one of the top marks in the entire country STEVE Roth 6 10 and Alan Parrish G 8 were season long regulars who made steady Improvement im Im- improvement improvement provement during the tho course of the year Roth scored 23 points in the Montana State game to wind up with a 93 scoring average av ay while Parrish averaged d din in double figures the last 12 12 I games and finished with an 85 scoring mark Sophomore guards Hal Yale Hale and Clarence Jones joined with junior regulars Myron Long and Mickey Dittebrand t to o spearhead a tenacious defense defense de de- de in the tho last seven games and also did some good scoring score scar ing from the outside Center Pete Ennenga 67 7 also played well in a reserve role THESE SEVEN players will willbe be bo back to form lorm a strong nu nu nu- cleus for lor next years year's team I along with several other varsity varsity var var- sity performers of ot this year earl earland and three or four members ol of the freshman team Coach Andersen plans to dip |