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Show Page 10 TF- - Tftutuer6ircf Motufay November 26, 1984 OM-MiPOTS Birds downed in overtime SUSC eager s drop thriller to k f 'X j 4 i' f'i !! , 'll I - - 4 i- 2 i r7: - 52-5- 0 player John Pierce, right, hesitates and draws a foul from Thunderbird alumni players Brian Olsen and Willie Hicks, number 32. Teammate Trent Scarlett looks on. The SUSC team defeated the alumni in last Mondays contest. 8L7SC basketball 75-6- 7 Grand Canyon in their season opener : Monteverde scored on a jump shot with two seconds remaining in overtime to give Grand Canyon College a 0 victory over the SUSC Thunderbirds in War Memorial Fieldhouse Saturday. Following a timeout with 12 seconds remaining in overtime the Antelopes delivered the ball to Monteverde. Monteverde, who scored 21 points, attempted a shot from the top of the key with seven seconds remaining, but SUSC Senior Eddie Benson blocked the shot. Monteverde then, grabbed the ball and fired a desperation jumper to give the Antelopes the win. It was a great basketball game, a disappointed SUSC coach Bob Schermerhorn said after the game. I think it may be too early to tell, but I think theyre a great basketball team. The Thunderbirds commanded the first half of the contest, directing a patient offense that penetrated a press and zone defense. At halftime the Birds led 36-3- 1 and were shooting 68 percent from the field. It was the second half that the Antelopes staged their coup. Grand Canyon countered in the second half with its zone defense. The press really affected us, we were a little tentative on taking the ball inside, Schermerhorn said. We got them out of their zone, but we werent attacking the basket. The Grand Canyon defense enabled the with 10:17 Antelopes to overtake the Birds remaining in the final period. The lead changed hands only once in the remaining minutes with Grand Canyon leading by as many as three points. The final minute of regulation was, perhaps, the with 47 seconds left most exciting. Trailing 64-6- 1 forced a turnover on a in the game, the five second violation when the Antelopes failed to inbound the ball. Junior Trent Scarlett drilled a jump shot to put the Birds within a point. After a Grand Canyon free throw Scarlett again scored on his 71-7- 15-fo- 71-7- 0 jump shot, from the same location, with three seconds left in regulation. Hes a complete player, Schermerhorn said of the 6 Scarlett. Hes our glue. Grand Canyon Head Coach John Shumate, former Notre Dame and Thoenix Sun star, praised the Thunderbird basketball team. You guys executed well, he told Schermerhorn. The difference was weve played six games already, we know what were going to do. Thursday SUSC will face Western New Mexico in their second home game of the season and 6-- SUSC will open the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference season this Thursday in War Memorial Fieldhouse against Western New Mexico. their Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opener. The Birds will have a weeks rest before they tangle with the Antelopes again this time in . Phoenix on Dec. 6. A California swing follows, with games against UC Riverside, Cal Poly Pomona, UC Irvine and an encounter with Nevada-Ren- o on Dec. 22. Schermerhorn has indicated that he expects that trip to be a portender of things to come in 1985. If we get through that kind of a schedule with an impressive record, the rest of the teams on our schedule had better watch out, he says. host the Color Country Classic The here Dec. 28-2- . Lady Birds stop Fresno Pacific Darla Hunt came off the bench to score 30 points, 20 in the second half, to lead Southern Utah State to a 1 win over Fresno Pacific in the Lady season opener Friday. The Lady Birds face Western New Mexico University Thursday night in the first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game of the year. Hunt entered the game midway in the first half after Rene Ramsey, a top Southern Utah recruit, drew three quick fouls. Hunt, a sophomore from Enterprise, Utah, connected on five field goals that helped the Lady Birds stay close in the remaining minutes of the opening period. Fresno had taken an early 0 lead, but Ramsey put Southern Utah on top by scoring six unanswered points. The two squads traded baskets and the lead for the balance of the half. The score was tied 4 at the half. Ramsey started the second half, but when she drew her fourth foul, Hunt answered the call from Coach Boyd Adams. Making good on nine of 13 field goal 78-6- attempts, Hunt spearheaded a Lady Bird spurt of 10 consecutive points. Hunt scored eight, including a reverse layup that brought the partisan crowd to its feet and triggered a flustered Fresno timeout. When Ramsey returned, she teamed with Hunt, Annette Turley and freshman Rebecca Wilkins to render Fresno helpless. Building on its already potent lead, Southern Utah put the game away with five minutes to play. Adams summoned Wilkins from the bench in the second half to shore up a At opening season performance like this is I was with some of pleased the things we were able to do, Lady Bird Coach Boyd Adams encouraging. 4-- ir; said. Sisters Darla Hunt (right) and Annette Turley (left) 34-3- 1 78-6- 1 were two keys in the win over Fresno Pacific. in opener seemingly weak rebounding effort. Wilkins responded with 1 1 boards to lead all rebounders, and added six points on three field goals. The sister duo of Turley and Hunt (Turleys maiden name is Hunt) dusted off some the strategy they used while playing together at Enterprise High School. Turley, a natural passer, fed Hunt, a pure shooter. The result: Hunt got her 30 points and Turley finished with 11 assists, adding 1 1 points of her own. Ramsey also scored in double figures with 12. really pleased with my bench Adams smiled after the game. Whether she starts or comes off the bench, Darla is always ready. I was also happy to see Rebecca Wilkins get in there and take up the rebounding slack. An opening season performance like this is always encouraging, Adams added. I was pleased with some of the things we were able to do. Now we get ready for conference play. I was players, |