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Show Saturday Jr. Jazz games prove exciting as season finale looms closer Jazz 34 - Bucks 27 The Jazz worked hard to come back from a 12-8 deficit at half to score 12 big points in the third quarter to take a 20-16 lead which they never gave up as they held the lead during the hectic fourth quarter. Justin Jacklin with 14 points led all scorers - eight of which came in the big third quarter , rally. Jake Harmer and Cole Kelly each chipped in 6 points to help the Jazz cause. The Bucks Alan Clark with 9 and Nathan Tatom with 5 were the offensive leaders for the Bucks. Lakers 37 - Cougars 33 Brad Olsen with 16 points led the Lakers to victory in possibly the tightest game of the day as the final score was the biggest lead either team enjoyed during the day. Again defense entered the game as the tough Cougars held the generally high scoring Blackhurst twins Chad and Chris, to just 6 points each. The two evenly matched teams worked to a 8-7 first quarter score, 14-13 half-time score, 28-27 third quarter score with the Lakers holding on to a slim one-point lead at the end of each quarter. Only when the chips were down in the fourth quarter and the Cougars had to foul were the Lakers able to open up a four point lead. Chad Blackhurst hit 5 of 6 foul shots during the crucial fourth quarter. Darren Allridge and Chad t Martin with 8 points., .each .Jed the, scoring in the defensive battle. Suns 46 - Bulls 32 The Bulls scored a season high 32 points but failed to hold the Sun scorers in check as Clark Harris with 18. Richard Livingston and Quint Chipman scored 12 and 10 points, respectively, to lead the Suns to their second victory of the year. The Bulls coaches, Brett Campbell and Sketter Hamner, took some comfort from the loss as it assured them the first choice in the 1986-87 draft. Craig Veenker, Ashly Lemon and Chris Johnson led the Bulls scoring with 10, 7 and 6 points respectively. Celtics 49 - Spirits 36 What promised to be a barn burner of a game fell somewhat short as the up and down Spirits had one of their down games during the first three quarters. The Celtics led by 16 points by Derek Robinson and Shane Smith each proved to be too much for the Spirits to "overcome. "over-come. They finally caught fire in the fourth quarter with 21 points, coming back from 18-2 first quarter and 40-16 third quarter score. Glen Montgomery scored a respectable 16 points but was way short of his season high of 27 points scored the previous week. Mike Zorn the nifty ball handling guard for the Spirits exerted his scoring this week with a neat 11 points. , Pacers 41 - Knicks 24 The Pacers won the battle of the unbeatens as they defensed the usually high scoring Knicks with possibly the top defensive job of the year. Seven Knicks entered the scoring column, however, the hard working.Pacec. defense held them to just five points by Justin Carlton and 4 each by Danny Hansgen, Kelly Wilkinson, Eric Johnson and Bobby Lamoreaux. Darin Lloyd with 10, Carter Cluff with 8 and Nathan Larsen with 7 were the scoring leaders for the Pacers. The win leaves the Pacers atop of the league with an 8-0 record with only the Cougar team to get past to end the regular season undefeated. This task, however, may not be particularly easy as the Cougars have been in every game except their early season loss to the Spirits on one of their up days and have lost some heart-breakers to the Jazz, Knicks and Lakers the past several weeks. The Pacers are ripe for an upset and the Cougars are ripe for a win. It could be an interesting game. The Jazz and Knicks will battle it out for second place as they take their 7-1 records against each other at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Lakers and Bucks will battle it out for fourth and fifth as they meet at noon. Several of the games could prove to be a preview of the year-end tournament as the tournament starts on March 3 at the Recreation Center. Standings Pacers 8 0 Jazz 7 1 Knicks 7 1 Lakers 5 3 Bucks 4 4 Celtics 3 5 Spirits 2 6 Cougars 2 6 Suns 2 6 Bulls 0 8 This weeks schedule 9:00 a.m. Suns vs Spirits 10:00 a.m. - Pacers vs Cougars 11:00 a.m. Bulls vs Celtics 12 noon Lakers vs Bucks 1:00 p.m. Knicks vs Jazz |
