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Show Miners find the range to spill Manila .((aV J t playing an aggressive defense, perhaps too aggressive, as Willard found himself with three starters Tatum, Mapstone and Todd Mullen in foul trouble at the midpoint of the second quarter. Willard went to the bench, hoping the substitutes could protect the lead. They did. At the half Park City was ahead by 11, 39-28. The Miners stretched that lead to as many as 17 points during the third quarter. Then they started getting sloppy. "We got a little complacent on defense, and offensively we quit doing what gave us the lead," Willard said. A couple of fast break layups by Manila and an intercepted pass in the Park City back court cut the Miner lead to 56-48 at the end of the third quarter. The Mustangs carried that momentum mo-mentum into the fourth quarter, trimming the Park City lead to 57-54 with five minutes left. "We quit running our patterns and we relaxed on defense," Willard said. "We were giving them either good first shots or second and third shots." But then Manila ran out of steam, and luck. Fouls called against the Mustangs gave Park City three straight points and allowed Miner fans to breathe a little easier. Eventually the fouls did more than that. They put three of the Mustangs starters on the bench in the closing minutes, giving Park City the chance it needed to wrap up the win. Beside keeping the turnovers down and the shooting percentage up, the Miners got better rebounding, rebound-ing, Willard said. "Buckner and Mullen were both much more consistent than they were last week," he said. Buckner was the leading rebound-er rebound-er with 10. Mullen. Tatum and Mark Knudson each had five. In assists, Mullen and King each had two. The Miners, who are 1-1 in league play, 3-4 overall, have the unenviable unenvi-able job of travelling to Coalville Friday to face the North Summit Braves. North Summit, which boaets an 8-2 record, is ranked second in the state among 1A schools by the Salt Lake Tribune. Last Friday the Braves knocked off South summit, the same team which had demolished Park City 66-31 the week before. Willard described North Summit as a big, physical team with three players 6'3" or taller. Nearly all the players on the varsity team are returning from last year's team, he said. "It's just a matter of how serious they take us and how serious we take ourselves," he said. The junior varsity game is scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m. with the varsity at about 7 : 30 p.m. Twist 2nd shout: Miner Matt Mapstone appears to be screaming something uncomplimentary during game with Manila. . i ; photos by David Hampshire by David Hampshire The Park City High boys' basketball team, which had managed only 31 points against South Summit the week before, regained its scoring touch Friday en route to a 76-64 win over the visiting Manila Mustangs. After spotting the Mustangs an 8-4 lead in the first quarter, the Miners answered with seven straight points to take the lead for good. In contrast to the South Summit game where the Miners could hit only 11 of 44 field goal attempts, they scorched the net on 32 of 61 shots against Manila, a 52 percent rate. But the most dramatic reversal came in the number of turnovers. Against South Summit the Miners committed 35; against Manila there were only nine. "That makes a big difference," Park City Coach Paul Willard observed after the game. South Summit's big weapon against the Miners was the full-court-press. Manila Coach George Cannon tried the same approach, but it didn't work. "They tried to press us, but we didn't get hurt with it," Willard said. The Miners had four players in double figures led by Matt Mapstone with 18 points, Scott Tatum with 14, Bruce Buckner with 13 and Greg King with 12. Ten of Mapstone's points came in the third quarter, helping to keep his team from blowing a big lead. It was Tatum' s first appearance in uniform since the Christmas break. Recuperating from pneumonia, he began practicing with the team early in the week and, according to Willard, got stronger by the day. "He played as much (Friday) as his foul situation would allow," Willard said. "He makes a big difference on the inside for us." Showing an aggressive oftense that gave them many second and third shots at the basket, the Miners jumped out to a 21-13 lead after one quarter and appeared to be well in control. However, the Miners were also 1 A" f"t A" - c -vw 1 y y . . . . -ov ' . m - 'K ' f Hands-on coaching: Park City Coach Paul Willard is surrounded by a forest of arms during timeout. The tongue technique: Greg King says it's easier to dribble with your mouth open. |