| Show Cougars Claw Utes to Send Basin Division Into Eagles Defeat Tabiona For First Win The paying fans and students who jammed the High gym last Friday night the spacious building with feelings of jov and j The Union boosters were mighty i because their team came through with a convincing 1 win over the red Utes from J There was sadness in the Ute The Cougar win threw the Basin division into a 3 As is always the case when these two teams come paying customers got their bits' worth whether they were from Uintah or Union It Union's night and the Cougars rolled out a smooth ball club that played its best game of the and proved they be the team to beat for the top spot in the league Their came was almost flaw- and with their two junior tall Gordon Bascom and Clarence leading the the Cats made their win over the Utes a comparatively easy one Made First Basket Kenny senior started the Cougars off with a beautiful outside shot Larry Lee tied the score with a nice jump shot from the but Norman Dye came back with a quick and the Cougars were out in front for the rest of the The frist quarter ended and the half found Union out in front Accuracy from the foul line kept t the Utes in the ball game the first half as they hit 10 out of while being held to four field goals The super work of Bascom and Beal on the and their offensive skill created a combination that the Utes and kept them from doing much inside Both teams played much the same kind of a zone defense the first but early in the third quarter Coach GLen Allred sent in Shirl Rawlings with instructions to shift to a full court Changed Strategy The change of strategy caught the Utes very much by surprise and the Cougars' began an offensive bombardment of the hoop that ran their margin at the half to 21 midway in the fourth quarter when the score read Then Coach Allred began clearing his bench after Rawlings and Benson both had left the game with five fouls each and the Utes closed the gap to 9 Every Cougar got into the act and added his bit to the decisive defeat of the but the out standing performance of Bascom and Beal on defense and their scoring prowess made every Cougar student and fan They really came into their own with the best game of their They held Vernal's big Phil to 3 field He hit 12 out of 17 from the foul line to give him 18 for the game Beal had 19 and Bascom Eagles Win First One The Duchesne Eagles humbled Tabiona to leave the Tigers alone in the cellar The contest was staged at Guy Mayhew was the heavy scorer in this ball game as he collected 9 baskets from the field and 2 from the charity line for 20 counters Doug played his usual strong floor game and collected 11 points for second honors among the Mickey Sizemore with 14 and Harold Casper with 13 lead the Two Games Friday Friday finds the Cougars of Union traveling to and Duchesne will attempt to stop Altamont on the Longhorn's floor in the two games of the As they go into the Friday contests the Cougars and Altamont are tied-with a a half Standing of Teams Uintah 3 1 Altamont 2 1 Union 2 1 Duchesne 1 2 Tabiona 0 3 Results of January 25 Duchesne Tabiona 39 Union Uintah 50 This Week's Schedule February Union at Tabiona Duchesne at Altamont game behind if they both the division race will be all tied up as the first half of the schedule The Cougars face the herculean task the second half of facing both Altamont and Uintah 22 on their own floors They will have to play the kind of ball they did against Uintah Friday if they hope to win one the two top spots in the Basin First and second place teams go to the state tournament this The box score UNION G T F P Dve 2 10 4 Moulton 2 Bellon 0 0 0 0 Bascom 6 9 6 IS Beal 6 10 7 19 Benson 2 2 2 6 Ross 10 0 2 Rawlings 12 2 4 McDonald 10 0 2 Malnar 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 21 25 17 59 UINTAH G T F P M Lee 2 4 15 Hadlock 0 0 0 0 Gardner 2 10 4 Bryson 3 17 12 18 L. Lee 17 4 6 Labrum 0 4 4 4 Adams 12 13 Grimme 10 0 2 Campbell 4 10 8 TOTAL 14 36 22 50 Uintah 11 18 29 50 Union 12 23 44 59 Sorensen and Hintze DUCHESNE G T F P Rowley 3 4 4 10 Buckalew 3 4 17 2 19 7 11 Moon 12 0 2 Mayhew 9 3 2 20 2 0 0 4 TOTALS 20 23 14 54 TABIONA G T F P Carlisle 2 0 0 4 Casper 2 11 9 13 Sizemore 4 9 6 14 Giles 2 3 2 6 Pace 10 0 2 TOTALS 11 23 17 39 Tabiona 6 13 29 39 Duchesne 8 21 32 54 L. Ross and Gingell |
