The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 1, 1977 Page: 4 of 11
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PAGE 4/The Prospector/Feb. 1,1977
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Miners dropped two games over
the weekend to Intermountain
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After UTEP’s first home loss
of the season last week (76-65
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UT El Paso women's basketball players Bobbie Jean Wells (45)
and Sheryl Darrow (41) team up in an attamp to swat away a
shot from New Mexico State eager Ann McReynolds (43)
Saturday night in Memorial Gym. On the floor is the 30-second
shooting clock used in women's play. The powerful Aggies edged
the Miners 61-60.
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Acosta and Gloria Estrada
canned 10 apiece.
While Darrow and Cruz were
on target, the Miners as a team
put together an ice-cold .301
field-goal percentage (22 of 73),
as compared to UNM’s .475
average.
The following evening,
Estrada burned the nets for 31 :
points (28 from the field on a .
14-for-24 shooting hand), but :
the Miners were encumbered by
foul trouble and New Mexico
State canned its free throws at /
the critical moments.
UTEP, on the shooting of it
Estrada and Acosta, took ,
command in the early going and i
led by as many as nine, but the 1
Aggies closed in and went ahead J
33-31 a t intermission.
NMSU built up some nine- =
and 10-point leads of its own in i
the second half, due in part to 1
free throws. The Miners,
however, fought back in turn t
and made the final three
minutes a stomach-churning, |
see - saw affair. UTEP’s last |
chance came on a jump ball 1
under their basket with four |
seconds to go. The Miners got i
the tap, but Acosta’s shot was i
partially blocked and fell short. 1
UTEP had a 25-19 advantage i
in field goals, but the Ags -
canned 23 of 35 free throws to -
the Miner’s 10 of 14. UTEP was §
charged with 31 fouls to .
NMSU’s 16.
The losses evened the Miners’
season record at 8-8 and :
dropped them to 1-5 in IMC
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The UNM game was a carbon
copy of the Utah State contest,
as the Miners fought to a
halftime tie only to fall by the
wayside in the second half.
After falling behind by as many
as 11 points, UTEP battled back
to a 55-53 deficit with three
minutes remaining. But the lady
Lobos then went to a 10-2 binge
to ice the contest.
Sheryl Darrow led all scorers
with 15 points for the Miners,
Mexico 65-55 Friday night and including a 6-for-11 effort from
were edged by New Mexico the field. Virginia Cruz added
State 61-60 Saturday. 12 For UTEP, while Shirley
The UT El Paso men’s cagers strategy worked for awhile as starting gate in the regionally
journeyed up to the Beehive three straight turnovers at the televised matchup, staking out a
State of Utah for the weekend midpoint of the second half cut 16-6 lead before the home folks
and emerged with a Western the UTEP lead to 35-31. really knew what was
Athletic Conference split. Unfortunately for the Cougars, happening.
putting thm at +1 on the WAC the strategy also resulted in a lot It was to be the Miners’ last
"breakthrough" index (where of fouls, and the Miners hurrah, though, as Vanley,
road wins count plus one and converted their free throws to Jones’ replacement, was slapped
home losses minus one) and 3-2 keep just out of BYU’s reach, with his third personal foul just
in the league wars. The UTEP defense held 6-9 seven minutes into the action
In Provo Thursday night, the Jay Cheesman, who had been and Poole’s foot injury (also
Miners overcame a averaging 16.6 points per game, sustained against BYU) began
thr ee-inch-per-man height to just eight while 6-8Mark making itself apparent.
deficit and a last-minute rally to Handy could only manage two Utah immediately went to
down the Brigham Young points-compared to his 12.7 work, ripping off 12
Cougars 62-54 before a average, unanswered points—eight of
sparse- for Marriott The BYU hatchet tactics took them free throws—for an 18-16
Center-crowd of 12,570. their toll, though, as Miners Ron lead.
“There’s no question it was a Jones and Torn Pauling ,both
great performance,” Coach Don .suffered injuries-Pauling With their lead
Haskins said afterwards. “We aggravating an ankle sprain and disintergrating, the Miners went
handled the ball and got the Jones jamming a toe. “Gator’s” into their four-corner offense,
right shots and our defense was injury held him to just four but a rash of charging fouls
super.” rebounds, dynamited the strategy. '
UTEP’s hot shooting hand, UTEP hit 51.3 per cent of its . The fouls, combined with
excellent shot selection and field goal attempts compared to injuries and ice-cold shooting,
tenacious defense paid off with B YU’s ,362 average. The conspired to hold UTEP
a 26-19 halftime advantage over Cougars actually bested the without a field goal for 11
the high-scoring Cougars. The Miners from the field (21 goals minutes and 40 seconds of the
Miners’ biggest lead was 45-33 to 20), but their rough play first half, allowing the Utes to
with 7:09 remaining. resulted in 26 fouls to 17 for assume a 25-21 intermission
At that point, however, BYU the visitors. UTEP took full advantage.
began to assert itself physically, advantage of the situation, Utah totally dominated play
putting on full-court pressure hitting 22 of 33 free throws, in the second half, piling up a
and generally hawking the with Jones alone converting 11 59-40 bulge before Coach Jerry
Miners all over the place. Ihe of 13. BYU, meanwhile, hit Pimm sent in the reserves.
only 12 charity shots in 18 tries. Ute Jerry Judkins led all
Not surprisingly, the Cougs held scorers with 22 points, earning
a commanding 43-30 bulge in him the NBC-TVS Player of the
rebounds. Week laurel. Buster Matheney
Four Miners scored in double added 16 for Utah and
figures-Jones leading the pack playmaker Jeff Jonas added 10.
with 19, followed by Jake Poole Pauling, whose ankle held him
with 14, Charles Draper with 12 to one rebound, was the only
and Will Vanley with 11. Miner in double figures with 11.
Freshman Greg Anderson’s 12 UTEP hit just 38.7 per cent of
points paced BYU, with Verne its field goal tries while the Utes
Thompson contributing 11 to averaged .581.
the losing cause. The Miners return home
Two days later in Salt Lake Thursday at 7:30 p.m. to open
City, Jones did not suit up the Special Events Center
against league-leading Utah and against much-improved
the Utes pummeled the crippled Wyoming, who shocked Arizona
Miners 59-49, taking sole 69-68 Friday. The Colorado
possession of the WAC lead in State Rams invade the
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UTEP bolted out of the Saturday night
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