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Show BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1989 THE THUNDERBIRD SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY PAGE 9 boards. Not bad for a debut. Kelvin Lee had 15 points and three treys. Six players finished in double figures for SUSC. The German team was not composed entirely of Germans, and it was the 8 forward Archie Johnson from Alabama-Birmingha- BRENT RICHEY Maybe the Germans were thinking about the Berlin Wall. Or maybe SUSC wasnt. Whatever the concentration level was Tuesday night as the Thunderbirds played their final exhibition game against the SSV ULM German national team, the outcome was pretty close to what was expected. The Birds jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, winning 110-9Southern Utah begins its regular season Nov. 25 at home against Division II Cal Poly Pomona, a team the SUSC coaches say they dont know a lot about. They did, however, know a bit about the Germans. They knew they were big, and they knew the European squad 6-- m that gave the Thunderbirds fits. Johnson scored 22 points and had 12 rebounds in the losing effort. lead on ..consecutive by Wade .9:33 left with Roberts Rick Wyatt and in the first half, and then proceeded to outscore the Germans 2 over the next with 6:14 three minutes to go up 34-2- 2 to play in the half. The Germans cut it to six when Mike to make it Born banged in a 40-3the court down Lee darted But and swished in a trey of his own. the the well. On side, Seconds flip didnt board later, it was DaVor Marcelic k with the patented SUSC SU coaches knew the Birds could shoot 46-3the lights out, but were somewhat triple from 20 that made it 4 with 3:05 to go. concerned about the defense. The Roberts added another three-pointe- r bottom line? to give the Birds a 56-3- 7 halftime One, the game was physical. Two, 1 1 from SUSC outrebounded the Germans advantage. SUSC was seven of 54-4three-poiThree, the Birds shot most of range in the first half. The rest of the game was frosting as the lights out, hitting over 51 percent of lead with a took a their shots, including 11 the 2 with three-pointit make allowed defense to Lee And fourth, the six minutes left in the contest. .The 93 points. he was said defense didnt look too bad at this Head Coach Neil Roberts pleased, though. And, after all, the point, keeping the Germans to 40 the show is exhibition just to skippers percent from the field. But the final six minutes was what the squad can do and what it it In that respect everyone says Southern Utah sloppiness, and the cant. Germans took advantage. They was successful, plus they won. over the outscored the Birds 9 Richard Barton started at center his first game since leaving on a mission course of six minutes, including a 10-- 2 after his freshman season and led the run led by Johnsons four points in the 14 Birds with 16 points and grabbed spurt. The Birds took an early three-pointe- 26-2- 0 rs 3. 8-- 20-foot- er 4. back-to-bac- nt 4. three-pointer- s. T-Bir- T-Bi- rd 29-poi- nt ds 91-6- er i 31-1- gridders named all lU 185, junior). unit was Fred Lovett Three Birds were named to the honorable mention unit: QB Rick 195, senior), RB Thane Carter Marshall 195, senior), and LB team. 230, junior). Jason Thornburg A total of 11 Thunderbirds received who were had We players many recognition on either the first, second, this conference the in best among the or honorable mention squads said. year, SUSC Coach Jack Bishop announced Thursday by the Our strong showing in the league NCAA Division II conference. were represented by three demonstrated that. The In addition to Marxen, several of the offensive players, including lineman Thunderbirds recognized by the 265, junior) and Randy Bostic The Western Football Conference has named five members of the SUSC football team, including both the punter and place kicker, to its (6-- (6-- 2, (6-- 1, (6-- six-tea- T-Bir- m 3, 205, halfback Kelvin Minefee (5-first unit the named to senior) who were for the second consecutive year. Also selected to the first offensive unit was place kicker Herkey Marxen 205, senior) who led the conference in kick scoring this season. First team defensive selections for SUSC were safety Tim Nicolodemos (6-190, sophomore) and punter Steve McDowell (6-200, junior). offensive Second team players were 150, w'ide receiver Dave Becerra (5-Everett lineman Kelepolo senior) and ' (6-260, senior). allconference honors for the second year in Offensive guard Randy Bostic earned first-teaNamed to the second team defensive a row when the announcements were made this week. 9, (5-1- 1, 3, 8, 3, 3, ds (6-- m 0, 0, conference earned WFC statistical championships for the season. McDowell led the conference in punting by a wide margin with his average of 42.4 yards per kick. tie Thornburg finished in a three-wa- y was Minefee and for most interceptions, the leagues top scorer with an average of 11.4 points per game. Northridge RB Albert Fann was named the WFCs offensive player of the year. Cal Polys DE Robert Morris was selected by the leagues coaches as the defensive player of the year. Portland State Coach Pokey Allen was named coach of the year. |
