Darts Open Season With 65-44 Victory. Sophomore Jeff Nye Fires Up Davis for Win Over Scots By ENSIGN RITCHIE Sophomore Jeff Nye came the be ch late in the first off half Last night’s showing must have been encouraging to the Dart) followers. Davis had it troubles during the latter part of the pre- last night to ignite a spark that gave the Davis Darts a 65-44 viccampaign until Coach tory over Ben Lomond High in season Grant Cullimore did some lineup their opening league game of the season. shuffling. | The contest was staged in the Scots’ gymnasium. Nye scored three straight field goals late in the first half to break @ 23-23 tie and sent the Darts to a 31-23 lead at halftime. The Davis victory threw the Darts out into a tie with Ogden and Weber for first place in Region Two, Nye, who replaced Elliott after ‘he was called with his third personal oo in the second quarter, seemed to add steam to the Davis attack as they were never threatened after he put the Darts in a commanding lead. Davis got good scoring balance ‘last. night as four players scored in the double figures. Gary Batchelor, the great playmaker, scored 13, Nye and Doug Moon each hit 12, and Cunningham chipped in with ‘10. TOOK COMMAND Davis took command in the department: in which is was to have been hurting last night — rebounding. The Darts, without a single boards big man, throughout controlled most the of the stride as i oe The pressing Davis defense kept Ben Lomond’s attack off _ contest. it only 14 field ee ‘oe ———, a — January able to score goals. Hugh Bain points. a ae mpeaniatee za was and Gary Deamer ‘best scorers, as then wal- and 3-2 early in the game, but was never able to take the lead after that time, although it tied| the score four different times. TIED THE SCORE Early in the. second quarter the Darts forged out in front by.a 2315 margin, but Deamer and Ward Belliston hit quick buckets to! knot the count at 23-23 with 2% minutes half. But remaining it was in the first at this point that Nye hit one from far out to break the tie. And after Moon flipped one in from underneath to put the Darts ahead by four, Nye hit two Davis into the more to send dressing room at halftime lead- ing by eight points, That eight points was as close as the Scots came, as the Darts opened up in the third quarter ib go ahead 54-28, Box score: at oar GTFP 4 6 5 13 Batchelor 3 7 612 Moon ; 500 10Cunningham 40 0 8 Corbridge 100 2 Elliott 111 3 Haugen 5/4292) . O 2 2 2 Gardner 0 4 3 3 Morgan were the Scots | — each it eight | 23 5\/ . 1959 squad and then looked impressive last night. ae Ben Lomond held leads of 1-0 19 65 +N ed eee Ben "Lombed 10, His loped Bingham in its last tuneup | i ‘i BEN LOMOND beet Bee Bain 2448 Moore 33 1 7 — Bellistn 2 2.1 5 J.Chatlin 0 5 4 4 C.Chatlin 200 4 Deamer 27 4 8 Peterson 2004 Austead 0 3 2 2 Combs Totals 17, hens auten ae 1202 14 26 16 44 al 5 28 6 |