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Show How they The Skyline Conference wars faced the Utes next with Denver, New Mexico, Utah State, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado A&M, and BYU unsuccessfully challenging Utah. In the first Utah State game, Art Bunte rammed 43 points through the ring for a Skyline Conference scoring record that shattered the previous mark of 39 set by Ute Glen Smith two years ago. Tragedy struck the Utes on the Brigham Young University floor. The fired-up Cougars upset the Utah machine before 10,838 howling fans and lead all the way to a 76-74 victory. Herschel (Bones) Pedersen and Terry Tebbs topped Tonnesen's 16 point effort which sparked the Utes, although the second encounter in the Einar Nielson Fieldhouse split the series with a 78-71 Utah win. The Redskins broke records again with a 101 against Montana's 68. Wyoming fell before the Utes as the four B's racked the Cowboys, 75-57. Colorado A&M, which had earlier scared Utah, went down 66-51 in their second game. The season ended with Utah rating as high as fourth in the nation and walking away with the Skyline Conference Championship. In a grit teeth fight, a hidden Denver U player is mobbed by Bergen, Tonneson (10), and Buckwalter. Bucky sideswipes a Kentucky player in a push for loose ball, while Berner poses ready to intercept. Amazed Montana State players and John Crowe watch McCleary flip an underhanded ball into the basket. 227 |
