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Show U . $ Xt I J t, , W 1 V , y?g $ 1, ' ' f $ t ', x stvrm?- I I " , vi ' felly - C 'w " Si'0"! n,!Tyler Pedersen scored 15 points in the dramatic win over Spanish Fork. Pedersen has been playing very well and Vill have to have a good game tonight for the Vikes to Ttneat Timpview. (Photo by Kevin Pack) H Vikings squeak by Dons kn wild overtime affair ;y JACK HILL Balanced scoring against the le-man show. Who wins? In this game balanced scoring ime out on top as Pleasant Grove Iged Spanish Fork 77-76 in over-ime over-ime last Wednesday. T "We thought we had the game ltl on three times and lost once," is ftst'ie way Coach Bruce Bushnell 0 Ascribed the wild finish. The most controversial play, in a ,ni!'ame filled with officiating controversy, contro-versy, came with 3 seconds to play 11 regulation and PG leading 74-71. andy Reid, Spanish Fork's All-r All-r oitate guard was at the free throw whcne shooting two shots. He made te first and intentionally missed "7ie second, got the rebound and as dme ran out, he made the two- bint shot to tie the game. Since Reid's second shot obvi-lisly obvi-lisly missed hitting the iron rim, s ,ie ball should have never been .lowed to become alive. However, yjjie officials claimed not to be ware" of that rule. Not being ware of that rule is equivalent to yll"pt knowing that each basket is not llowed by a jump ball. Jan I) Over the PG coaching staffs onsijjections, the striped shirts .unted Reid's illegal basket and int the game into overtime. In the extra three minutes, Lin- In Church scored three points for e Vikes while Reid put in a pair of ee throws for Spanish Fork. With seconds remaining in over- me, PG was at the line for a one-!" one-!" id-one. The first shot was missed TTid with the covering official for f -ime reason sprawled helplessly the floor, Spanish Fork's Justin ' jelson missed a layup that would Ive won the game for the Don's as ne ran out. I Coach Bushnell ran to the Span-h Span-h Fork coach, Mike Gardner, shook his hand and sprinted into the dressing room to enjoy what he thought was the Viking victory. Following a lengthy consultation, consulta-tion, the officials decided that Nelson Nel-son had been fouled, put 2 seconds on the clock and called Coach Bushnell Bush-nell back to the floor. When play resumed, Nelson missed, time ran out and the emotionally emo-tionally drained Vikes left the floor with the win . . . finally. PG's balanced scoring, Nathan Ash 18, Tyler Pederson 15, Church's and Jug Jacklin's 13 each, Bryan Hofhein's 9 and Russ Van Dyke's 8 were better than Reid's 40-point effort for Spanish Fork. The Vikes were happy to take the win but the sour taste left after playing Spanish Fork twice will linger. In the first game, the outrageous outra-geous behavior of a group of Spanish Span-ish Fork fans detracted from the game and in this contest, the officiating offici-ating was hard for PG fans to swallow. Jacklin had to leave the game with an injured arm suffered when Reid "clotheslined" him to the floor on an amazing "no call" by the officials. offi-cials. Saturday, shortly before noon, Uintah called to say they were not coming for the scheduled three-game three-game meeting. A record setting snowfall causing difficult driving conditions were the reasons given. According to Coach Bushnell, the game will be rescheduled only if the outcomehasabearingonplacingin the State 3-A Tournament set for February 21-25 atBYU. Tonight is the big game against Timpview on the Vikings floor. Timpview handed the Vikes a three-point loss in their first meeting meet-ing on January 13. Jacklin's status was still in doubt on Monday. |
