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Show Winter Sports Utah ties for second in Skyline Conference. The Utes, cold as ice on their own court, lost their third game of the Skyline race to a more inspired BYU squad. It was big John Nicoll who out-muscled the Utes and pushed them into fifth place in the torrid title race. The final score was Utah 67 - BYU 81. After the discouraging loss to the "Y," the Utes took a week off and toured Hawaii, at which time, aided by Kane's re-found scoring ability, they cornered two wins. From Hawaii, the Utes traveled to Fort Collins to meet the high flying Rams from Colorado State. It was a sad evening for the Utah club as Colorado soundly trounced them by a score of 62-44. The next night Utah met Wyoming at Laramie; and Gardner, in a vain effort to find a winning combination, shuffled his lineup with Gary Ches-tang, Carney Crisler, and Keith Ancell drawing starting positions. This new life seemed to be the spark Utah needed, for although they lost a close 64-63 game to the Cowboys, the future held promise of better things to come. The promise was fulfilled the next week as the inspired sophomores paced Utah to a 69-60 win over the Montana Grizzlies at Missoula. Here the Redskins saw their first Skyline victory since the New Mexico game. Back home for their second game with the Denver pioneers, they defeated the club with a sophomore dominated line to the tune of 97-75. For its third straight win, Utah rolled over the Lobo's 75-55 on the comeback trail. Then in the big game at Provo, a revenge-seeking Utah team won its sixth Skyline game as they tramped BYU 74-56, making the Cougars their third comeback victim. With a coveted N.I.T. bid in their pockets, the Red-men journeyed to Logan where Condie and Kane combined for 48 points to lead the Utes to an 87-78 victory over the Aggies of Utah State. The following week brought one of the finest games to be played at Einar Nielson fieldhouse this year. It gave Utah an 81-74 revenge victory over the Wyoming Cowboys and boosted her into third place in the Skyline race. The Redskins then blasted Colorado State 105-79, eliminating them from the title picture and placing Utah in a tie for second place in the Conference, winning 20 games and losing only 6. The last big splash of the year was New York City, Madison Square Garden and the N.I.T. The score ended up St. John's 71 - Utah 70. Carney Crisler |