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Show DeLyle Condie guardCarney Crisler centerPearl Pollard centerUtah's big rebounder, center, Pearl Pollard, goes after the ball in the bout with San Francisco University here in Salt Lake. Utah maintained her winning streak with a 71 to 58 win.120Utah State and Colorado kept Utah on her winning toes...a hard fought 67-62 win at Denver. Utah obviously shaken, struggled to a close, 68-65 win over cellar dwelling New Mexico the next night, and Denver followers began to hope for a crack-up on the part of the high flying Redskins. But the Utes, paced by Pearl Pollard's 27 points, responded to the pressure with a 76-74 victory over B.Y.U. in a game that saw the Utes overcome a 4 point Cougar lead in the final 50 seconds to send the game into overtime, and finally win on Pollards' last-second basket.Then, before the Redskins had time to catch a breath, a determined band of Aggies from Utah State engaged them in another gasper, this one being decided by a scant three points. For the second night in a row, the Utes had made an "impossible" comeback with seconds to go, this time snatching victory from the out-stretched fingers of the traditional rivals from Logan. The two crucial wins over U.S.U. and B.Y.U. had virtually clinched the Skyline Crown for the Redskins from Utah, but they took no chances as they swept both games of the always tough eastern road trip to Wyoming and Colorado State, while Denver was taking it on the chin from Utah State and Brigham Young. With the Conference Championship tucked safely away, the Utes began making preparations for the N.C.A.A. meet in San Francisco.Utah went into the N.C.A.A. Regionals with high hopes of being the first Utah team to represent the West in the National finals for more than a decade, but for the third time, they had the misfortune of meeting the future National Champions, and were handed a 71-52 defeat by the Golden Bears from the University of California at Berkeley. A second night loss to Idaho State put an end to a highly successful season for the Utes. |