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Show Redskins to meet Rams Saturday at Fort Collins The Runnin' Redskins will be on the road again Saturday as they" meet Colorado State Uni-vei-sity (CSU) in Fort Collins. CSU will be led by Mike Childress, Child-ress, a junior, who is leading the WAC in rebounds with a 15.5 average. av-erage. He has an overall average of 18.7 rebounds. Childress, with 280 rebounds for the season, is closing in on the regular season record of 331 set by Ira Harge of New Mexico in 1963. The full season sea-son mark (including post-season competition) is held by Jerry Chambers who grabbed 360 rebounds re-bounds for the Utes in 1966. The bulk of the scoring for CSU will be carried by Cliff Shegogg who is averaging 20.2 points per game in the WAC. Archie Weems, 15.5 points, and George Price, 14.8 points, will also be a threat to the Ute defense. Being on top of the standings brings added pressure on the Redskins. Red-skins. "Every other team is gunning gun-ning for you whether they are . still in the title picture or not," said Coach Jack Gardner. According to the latest WAC statistics Mike Newlin is second in the league in scoring, completing complet-ing 50 percent of his shots for a 29.3 average. Jim Mahler is leading lead-ing the league in field goal percentage per-centage with 72.7 percent and Ken Gardner is fourth in rebounding with 10 per game. Coach Gardner is expected to keep the same lineup for the road trip. Mike Newlin and John Hunter will be in the backcourt, Walt Hawkins and Ken Gardner will be at the forward slots and Jim Mahler at the post. |