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Show Vikings drub Pineview, 80-64 Trailing by six points at halftime, Pleasant Grove exploded for 35 third quarter points to sprint past Pineview and defeat the visiting visit-ing Panthers, 80-64, on Friday night. A spurt of hot three-point shooting shoot-ing by Bryan Hofheins, Russ Van-Dyke Van-Dyke and Jug Jacklin, started the third quarter run that saw the Vikes come from six down to 14 up in just eight minutes of superb basketball. Both teams ended the night with 24 field goals but a 27 for 37 night at the line for PG compared to 12 of 24 for Pineview was the difference. differ-ence. The number of fouls on Pineview Pin-eview is not abnormal due to the aggressive, full-court pressure that has characterized Panther play for the past several years. Jacklin led the team with 19, Lincoln Church had 18, Tyler Ped-erson Ped-erson had 14, and Nathan Ash had 11 in a well balanced offensive attack at-tack for Coach Bruce Bushnell. The win put the Viking pre-sea-son record at 3-2 with a 3 p.m. game this afternoon in Logan. The Vikes will play the Grizzlies and then watch the BYU-Utah State game before returning home. After the Christmas break, PG will host North Sanpete on Dec. 30 before beginning league play on Jan. 4 with a home game against number one ranked Provo. |