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Show o ' 'P.G. squeaks past Dons ! 'XjuWy 1 ill, ' j 4 J J llsife,i Pleasant Grove controlled the rctheame for three quarters, fell into a scoring drought and then hit the last ' careeshot for an exciting 50-49 win over mation Spanish Fork Friday, years: The Vikes looked in complete ! eamontrol with leads of 16-12, 33-22, 'gree aiand 46-36 at the end of the first three 80. He .quarters of play. In the final eight of Aiininutes, the Viking offense scoutn;disappeared and was only able to missijScore four points. A natni Spanish Fork, using the deadly easant;lng range shooting of freshmen i Shji-sensation, Randy Reid, had taken irentstjthe lead with :13 seconds left in the game. The Dons had gained .possession of the ball with :26 1' seconds to play and had called a ' time out to set up their final shot. ; i The strategy was to get the ball to i Reid, son of BYU assistant coach, ' Roger Reid. Even though PG coach, , Keith Allred had stressed during the I time out, "Don't let Reid get open", i ; the cool ninth grader did. His open 21 footer touched nothing but net to give Spanish Fork a 49-48 lead and jleaving PG with :13 seconds on the j clock. y j After 7 minutes and 47 seconds of Iplay in the fourth period, PG had managed just two points on a Dair of free throws from Greg Bahr. 1 Now the strategy revolved around Viking senior, Kerry VanDyke. Allred set up the final shot against a , zone or man-to-man defense, which ever the Don's elected to use. "They didn't disquise their defense at all," said Allred. "They came out on the floor before we did i gcjjff: and stood in a 2-3 zone." Sophomore coach, Bruce Derrili BUShnell, also heard the Spanish a late Fork coach yell to a last second substitute that "you've got the middle." rj With that early recognition, PG fj inbounded the ball and without lS-2 hesitation, went right to the zone mmmm play. VanDyke passed to Mark I Bronson who gave it back to Van-' Van-' Dyke. VanDyke passed to the I j corner and cut through the zone to the far corner. PG then reversed iSilljj the ball around the zone to the 6 foot Viking guard and VanDyke under tough Spanish Fork pressure in . front of the Viking bench buried the 3fl 20 foot jumper. " With :03 seconds on the clock, " Spanish Fork was faced with get-ting get-ting the ball the length of the floor 3lP for the chance to win. From the Don coaching staff point SSv of view, the clock was started "too soon," but PG scorekeeper Cliff Hales and the Spanish Fork scorekeeper agreed, "the clock was l started when it should have been." I Reid's shot from 35 feet hit the rim and bounced away leaving the " Vikes with a one poiint win. Greg Bahr (15) takes charge from Spanish Fork's Eric Smith, as Brent Larson jumps to block. Photo by Jack Hill. Allred, who was still sweating in the locker room after the game, said, "These close games are exciting, ex-citing, especially when you win." The Vikes had traveled to Carbon Wednesday and had come from 11 points behind to win 46-44. A few days before, out at Vernal, PG had managed a two point win over the Utes. The Carbon trip was exciting in more ways than just the basketball game. On the way home the headlights failed on the bus. A rock slide at Billys Mountain nearly hit the bus and one boulder caused damage to the bottom of the bus. PG's Van Bulkley, traveling to Price to broadcast the game on KPGR, was forced off the road by a car that was in the wrong lane trying to avoid rocks on the road. Bulkley missed the game and had to pay $80 to get a tow truck from Spanish Fork. At Price the PG junior varsity won big and the sophs came out on top 51-44. VanDyke's shot to win the Spanish Fork game gave him 16 points for the night, tops for PG. Greg Bahr had 11, Brent Larson and Ron Simmons 8 each. Harris contributed 4, Scott Jensen 2 and Bronson 1. Reid had 22 to lead all scorers with Eric Smith getting 14 and David Bradford 12. The Vikes had 22 field goals to 20 for the Dons and hit on 6 out of 10 free throws to 9 of 13 for Spanish Fork. PG started the rugged final three games of the season last night at Springville. Friday the Vikes visit the Bulldog house at Provo and Tuesday will host Timpview. |