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Show 10 PAGE THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY JANUARY 4, 1988 'Birds fall to Weber vengeance SUSC hosts Cal State Dominguez Hills tonight BY JAY HINTON Coming off two impressive victories while winning the Color Country Classic championship, the Thunderbirds found taking to the road to be tough as the Wildcats of Weber loss State handed them a 103-9- 1 Saturday. The victory over SUSC ended the Wildcats' seven game losing streak, while the dropped their lecord to 6 on the season. The Weber State game was closer than the final score with SUSC staying within striking range most of the game, deficit in the including a four-poiwere unable final minute. The to get over the hump as turnovers and 25 free throws by Weber kept them in The 'Birds the lead over the late in the did close the gap to 95-9- 1 game, but the Wildcats hit six straight in the last minute to ice the victory Vengeance was a big factor for WSC as Larry Farmer's charges sought to upset loss in dispel last year's 92-9- 0 overtime to the upstart 'Bird-- . Ted Thomas led the 'Birds with 28 points, while guards Michael Alexander and Jerry Naulls scored 18 each In the battle of the boards, Weber came out with a decided advantage, 39-2Coach Neil Roberts said that he felt that his squad could have won the game and indicated that he is looking 6-- nt M'A " f ! X , y Q a: 4. 4' Junior center Randy Simkms looks to move the ball in Saturday's 103-9Thunderbird loss at Wtber State that evened sUSC's season mark at Lady BY DALE T-Bir- 1 6-- 6 suffer road blues ds Cal Sacramento State 75-684-6- 9 and Ch.co State 79-7According to Deavilla, rebounding and turnovers, along with the travel, led to SUSC's demise. The Lady 'Birds returned home licking their wounds and hoping to improve their 5 mark in the Color Country Classic held in the Centrum. The first game against Cal State Stanislaus exemplified how tough the road is as turnaround by SUSC completed a a team they had lost the Warriors beating to by 15, just nine days earlier. In the championship game the continued to show there is no place like home halftime lead and held on as they built a 48-2- 9 Cal State Los Angeles. for a 89-7- 6 over victory Sherri Davies continued her outstanding play and earned the nod for most valuable player of the tournament. Davies had 43 points and 20 rebounds in the two games. Joining Davies on the all tournament team from 5USC were LuAnn Weston and Suzie Pressett. With the loss Saturday to NAU the Lady The 'Birds have been record stands at hampered with injures as their second leading rebounder Brenda Acor has knee and ligament problems and Natalie Pfaffenberger is bothered by recurring back problems. Sherene Sorensen has been lost for the season with a knee injury, and will redshirt. Next game on tap for the Lady 'Birds is Thursday Jan. 7 when they entertain Chapman College in the Centrum. Game time is 7:30 p.m. State-Stamsla- 8, CUMMINGS forward to the possibility of opening the 1988-8- 9 season against the Division Wildcats in the Centrum in the inaugural SUSC season as a top division club. In holiday action, the captured the championship of the Color Country Classic at the Centrum. SUSC smashed the Adams State Indians 117-7- 3 in the championship tilt. The previous night the 'Birds handled Colorado School of Mines chalking up an victory I 18-poi- nt 107-8- 9. In the championship game the tenacious 'Bird defense forced 29 Indian turnovers, which aided in a victory. "That was the best defensive guard pressure we ever had," said Roberts Thomas was named MVP of the Tournament, with Parsons and Alexander also being named to the alltournament team Prior to the holiday action SUSC traveled to Tempe, Ariz , to take on the Sundevils of Arizona State In that turned in one of their game the best performances of the season against the much larger Arizona State team. Even though the 'Birds lost by 15 points, they played impressively. The 'Birds return home to face Cal State Dominguez Hills tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Centrum. On Friday at 7:30 p m. the tangle with Fresno Pacific. 44-poi- Gymnasts open on road BY TIFFANIE FLORENCE 1. The SUSC women's basketball team ended Christmas break the way it started it, with a loss. Sandwiched in between, the managed to win the Color Country Classic held at the Centrum. The road has been no friend to the Lady as they dropped their fourth road game of break to Northern Arizona Christmas the Saturday night in Flagstaff 73-5It was the same old story in Flagstaff with the Lumberjacks winning the game at the free throw 38-The Lady line, outshooting the 'Birds closed to within four points late in the 2. 8. Injuries plague the Lady 'Birds in 6 season thusfar. Chapman will visit the Centrum Thursday. 5-- 3-- 45-poi- nt 91-6- 1, 5-- 6. game, but only hit for five points in their final 15 possessions. Coach Don Deavilla had praise for the effort, "We played great defense but the ball just wouldn't fall on offense. We had good shots, the last 15 possessions killed us." The Lady road woes began to mount on a three game California road swing right after finals. A mentally weary Thunderbird team received consecutive losses at the hands of SUSC's women's gymnastic team begins competition when it travels to Utah State University to face Ray Corn's Aggies at 7 p.m. Jan. 11. Coach Kathryn Berg has four performers returning from last year. Leading the 'Birds is junior Cindy Petersen who had the best SUSC season average in every event last year. Her average for the season was 33.92 which earned a position on the A.T. Cross gymnastics team. Other returning gymnasts are sophomores Robin Abramowitz with a 32.20 average, Tiffin Butcher with a 31.10 average and junior Tina Morgan with a 31.40 average. "I am expecting good things from our returning gymnasts. They are all seasoned and well aware of what it takes to be competitive," says Berg. Theie are five new members on the team, all of whom are freshmen. Marla Huskey, Cacey Yates, Cori Conkle, Tracey Hepworth and Angie Wilkinson are the newcomers. Conkle, from Bountiful, placed high in the Utah State state meet. All a.e all around performers except Wilkinson, who will go only in the balance beam, floor exercise, and possibly on the bars. "This is possibly the best group of freshmen we've ever had," said Berg. "They will have to work hard, but the potential for some outstanding performers is there." As a team, the are expected to score better in every event. The floor exercise is going to prove to be the strong point for SUSC again this year. "We have more options of who to use in which events this year. Simply by more entrants, we should score better," said Berg. "We have seven gymnasts available for evey event and eight in some events." y On Jan. 29, the Thunderbirds compete in the Pomona Invitational. They return home on Jan. 29 to host a with y Pomona and Seattle Pacific competing. 4-- A Cal-Pol- Tri-me- et Cal-Pol- |
