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Varsity Shows Balance In Beating Frosh Basketball fever is running high in Cache Valley as was evidenced last night by the Utah State University annual varsity fresh basketball game crowd attendance. In the final game to be played in the George ‘Doc’ Nelson Fieldhouse the people came early, and continued to pour in until only a few of the corner seats of the 5,500 capacity seating remained unoccupied. Although a Quarterback Club Meet-the-Team reception preceded the contest, students and townspeople begin filing into the fieldhouse at 6:30. By game time over 5,000 were seated ready to open the 1970-71 Utah State University basketball season. With no reserved seating, Big Blue basketball enthusiasts came early to get good seats and a good look at all 13 varsity and 12 freshmen players. Head coach LaDell Andersen had promised some good action to the Quarterback members, and no one was disappointed. The near capacity crowd cheered as the Ramblers, under the direction of Dutch Belnap, ran neck-and-neck with the varsity for the first 15 minutes before the older crew locked the game away late in the first half. The final score was 97-77 for the varsity under the guidance of Dale Brown. With all the players getting about equal playing time, and with the coaches watching in dividual performances and different player combinations, Marvin Roberts and Nate Williams took the lead in rebounding and __ scoring respectively. They were aided strongly by Lafayette Love, Pat Cooley and Jeff Tebbs. Love hit five of eight attempts from the Lambert Trophy Winner NEW YORK (UPI)—Dart mouth College struck a blow for the Ivy League Monday by being unanimously named win ner of the 1970 Lambert Trophy as the ‘‘outstanding Eastern major college performance during the season.” Dartmouth was unbeaten and untied in nine games to gain the unanimous approval of the eight-man selection committee. Penn State, which finished with a 7-3 record, was runner up with 72 points compared to 80 for Dartmouth. Following the lead ers were Boston College (7-2) with 63 points, Syracuse (6-4) with 51, West Virginia (7-3) with 48, Villanova (7-2) with 33, Yale (7-2) with 25, Temple (7-2) with 24 and Cornell (6-3) with six, Dartmouth Coach Bob Black man said, “I’m extremely pleased for the college and the Ivy League.” Dartmouth, which also won the trophy in 1965 with a perfect record, is only the sixth Ivy League team to gain the honor in the 35-year existence of the award. The Indians led the nation in defense against Scoring, shut ting out six opponents, includ ing the last four, and giving up only six touchdowns all season. The Trophy will be presented at the annual Lambert Lunch eon here Dec. 11, field for 10 points and added eight rebounds, second high for the varsity. Cooley tried five shots, hit three for seven points and Dave Anderson hit two of three and scored four points. Tebbs had two of three from the field and hit four of five from the charity stripe. But the balance in Varsity showed when seven players were within four points of one another. Williams led all scorers with 18 points (he also had six rebounds) but the grouping came with Love (10), Ron Hatch (9), Roberts (8), Tebbs (8), Walter Rees (8), Ed Epps (7) and Cooley (7). For the freshmen Glen Hansen put on an outstanding per formance of shooting, hitting seven of 12 and totaling 15 points to lead the Ramblers. He was joined by Jim Boatwright, with 14 points and eight rebounds. Boatwright hit an even 50 per cent from the field. Two other fine field shooters were Dan Dressen, hitting five of seven, and Arthur Peck, con necting on four of seven shots. Dressen and Gary Erickson each had 10 points and Peck nine for the leading Rambler scorers. The Aggie frosh outhustled, out rebounded and out-shot the sluggish varsity squad for the first 15 minutes of the contest. Continually getting good rebound and defensive position, they took advantage of several turnovers and missed varsity shots to take the early lead. At the half-time they had one more field goal than the varsity. But in their aggressive style, the Ramblers had committed three more fouls and the varsity had calmly sunk 10 of 14 chances while the frosh had managed only one of six. The frosh trailed 46-39 at halftime. In the second half, the Ramblers closed the gap to two points, 62-60 with 12:29 remaining, before the varsity broke the game wide open scoring seven straight points. In the next 20 minutes the varsity out-scored the fresh 10-2 to put the game on ice. Ron Hatch scored two on a layup, Love hooked for two more, Ken Thompson sunk a free throw, Robert Lauriski hit from 18 feet out on a jumper and the varsity was never again threatened. Dan Pally came back for two points with an assist from Neal Matthews, but Ed Epps scored a three-point play and the varsity had a 10-point lead, 72-62. Minutes later, with Tebbs, Williams, Roberts, Hatch and Lauriski in the lineup, the varsity broke the game wide open. Starting with a nine-point advantage, the varsity scored 10 straight points to take a 19-point margin, 91-72. The contest had its exciting moments as Love, Bees, Roland Black and Peck all blocking shots. Kent Baugh returned to the valley after a year at the Air Force Prep School and showed he had learned a few tricks, several times stealing the ball. Roberts banged the shots in from his favorite 30-foot mark, and Williams showed he was still quick as a cat, all bringing cheers from the crowd. Another interesting battle saw old teammates Neal Matthews and Kenny Thompson matched, with Matthews doing a better than average of keeping Thompson from making his drive on the basket. Both teams now get ready for the Dec. 1 opener in Logan. The varsity will welcome Ohio State while the frosh will be hosting Western Wyoming. NATE WILLIAMS (22) comes down with a rebound for the varsity squad and gets ready to go back up for two points. Several fresh players battle for position in case of a rebound. But Williams, who scored 18 points for the evening, made the bucket a sure thing. (Herald Journal photo)
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The Herald Journal
Logan, Utah, US
Tue, Nov 24, 1970
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
William D.
NA, 21 Jul 2026
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