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Utah Stages Second Half Comeback To Win Skyline TitleSALT LAKE CITY (UPI)— Utah’s explosive Redskins nailed down their second successive Skyline conference championship and won an NCAA tournament berth Saturday night by turning back stubborn Colorado State Univer-I sifcy 87-83.A crowd of 6,246 saw Utah stage a second half comeback to turn back the determined Coloradans. The victory gave Utah a 13-1 conference record and 24-2 overall mark.Utah was unable to break the game open until the last five minutes when fouls began to take a heavy toll on Colorado State.Colorado State led 42r - 33 at halftime but after play resumed In the second half a tip-in by Bill Cowan and a pair of field goals by Allen Holmes pushed the Utes in front, 44-42.Chuck Newcomb hooked one in for the Aggies to tie it up, 44-all but Cowan followed with another long shot to give Utah a lead it protected the remaindei of the game.Utah built up its biggest advantage at 78-65 with five minutes remaining, saw Colorado State close the gap and then effectively stalled out the victory.Colorado State lost Lyle Hunsa-ker on fouls with 10:33 left in the game and Tony Reales, Jim Turner and Manny Lawrence followed Hunsaker to the sidelines via the foul route.Cowan paced the well balanced Utah scoring attack with 19. Holmes had 18 and Billy McGill 17.For Colorado State it was Chuck Newcomb with 27 and Larry Hoffner with 21.Utah shot 60 per cent from the field to 43 per cent for the Aggies.It was Utah’s fourth league title in six years under coach Jack Gardner. Colorado State wound up in third place with a 10-4 record.Following the contest, Skyline Romney presented the Skyline trophy to coach Gardner and the jubilant Utah players carried Gardner around the field house.Uclans Defeat USC72-70 to Fog NCAA Playoff SituationLOS ANGELES (UPI) — UCLA downed the University of Southern California Saturday night, 72-70 in a hard-fought basketball game marked by a riot in the closing minutes of play.Bears Whip StanfordPALO ALTO, Calif. (UPI) — Reserve center Dick Doughty, replacing All-American DarrallLmhoff, scored 20 points Saturday night to lead California to a 70-51 basketball win over Stanford.Skyline Conference Final StandingsW LUtah 13 1Utah State . 12 2Colorado State 19 4Denver 8 6RYU 5 9New Mexico 3 HMontana 3 11Wyoming 2 12SATURDAYS RESULTS Utah 87, Colorado State 83 Utah State 76, Denver 71 BYU 75, New Mexico 69 Montana 82, Wyoming 67UTAH (87) G F P THolmes ........ 9 0-0 4 13Ruffell ........ 1 2-2 0 4McGill ...... 7 3-7 2 17Cowan ........ 7 5-7 2 19Morton ........ 2 9-10 2 13Crisler ........ 2 2-3 1 6Rhead ........ 2 4-10 3 8Chestang ...... 0 2-3 1 2Totals ..... 30 27-42 16 37CSU (83) G F P THoffner ...... 10 1-1 0 2dNewcomb .... 10 7-3 4 27Reales —.... 0 0-2 5 0Turner ........ 5 l-l 5» ULawrence .... 3 1-1 5 7Hunsaker .... 4 4-4 5 12Watts .......... 0 04) 4 6Gillen ........ 2 1-1 0 . 5Orlander ...... 0 0-0 0 0Omdabl ..... 0 0-0 0 0Totals ...... 34 15-18 28 83Half time Score: CSU 42, Utah 38,
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Provo Herald
Provo, Utah, US
Sun, Mar 06, 1960
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