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Show Sports & Outdoors I SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY THE THUNDERBIRD THt 'FEBRUARY 1, 1990 PAGE Old timers to square off Feb. 3 In addition to Evans, Hoagland, and Lee, the Varlin Red team will include Jim Jensen Bob Cuff Law Fred Esplin (65-6- Several players whose names are sprinkled throughout the Southern Utah State basketball record book will battle against one another here Feb. 3 in a game preliminary to the SUSC-Biol- (61-62- ), 69-71- ), (85-87- ), a Dean ODriscoll Steve Lueke and Elliott Jordan Besides Mead, Wilson, and Smith, the White Hal team will have Brad Steinke Brad Bruce Bradley Hamblin Scott Farmer Trent Scarlett ) on and Paul Rasmussen Gilmore its roster. (85-87- ), (66-68- ), University contest. A Red team, which will include assist wizard Steve Hoagland (1980-82- ) and heavy-scorinRobert Dunn Lee (1974-77will go against a White team that boasts career scoring leader and Mark Wilson (1977-79- ) Skip Mead (1967-70- ) who played during the era of n seasons for the Thunderbirds. Tipoff in the regulation game is set for 5:00 p.m. at the Centrum, according to Steve Lunt, SUSC assistant to the president for special projects, who arranged the contest. We have a number of players who were very popular with the fans during various eras of basketball at SUSC, Lunt pointed out. Many are still very good basketball players. The game should be a lot of fun for both players and g ), 20-wi- (59-60- ). (80-82- ), (79-83- ), (66-69- ), (71-73- ), (85-87- ), (85-87- ), (57-59- (70-72- ), fans. The oldest player for the Red team will be Deraid Evans, who played at SUSC during the 1952-5seasons. Roe Smith, a 1956-5athlete, goes back furthest for the White team. Dan Pattison, an SUSC alumnus and sports writer for the Salt Lake Tribune, will be the head coach for the Red team. Brian Kreitzer, marketing director for the Town and Country Inn, will serve as assistant coach. Head coach for the White team is Tom Higbee, a Cedar City attorney. He will be assisted by his law partner, Hans Chamberlain. 4 7 Skip Mead, in SUs e scoring leader, will play Old timers from as far back as 1952 will face off Saturday night. Saturdays game. Lady Birds takt on two on road : Two teams apparently going different directions will host the SUSC womens basketball team in games Saturday and Monday. UTEP, Saturdays opponent, began the week record. Monday, SUSC struggling with an will test New Mexico State, a team winning five of its last six games, making a move toward the top of the High Country Athletic Conference. These two are comparable in strength, and they are similar in several ways, said Head Coach Clay Anderson. They are, however, on different paths right now. 3 SU has UTEP has balanced scoring, with center Charsa Palamores 10.6 points per game leading the wav, the only player in double figures. NMSU gets double digit scoring from Tracey Goetsch (13.6) and Andrea Kabwasa (11.7). Those two, along with center Meridith Sanders, also lead the Roadrunner rebounding. SUSC has a record, one of the w'ins a decision over UTEP in Cedar City. The Lady get heavy scoring from Lexa Larsen (14.9 ppg) and Stacey French (13.2 ppg). French leads rebounding with 5.5 a game. 7 73-6- 3 fetish with Big Sky one-poi- nt win. Wolfpack with :32 left gave them a 3 Our basketball team took a step up, said Coach Neil Roberts after the loss. They cant play any harder than they did tonight. Im extremely proud, win or lose. SUSC returns home Saturday night to face Biola at 7:30 p.m. SUSC went on a 0 run to trail Trailing 44-30 with 15:29 to play on two William Allen free throws. He led the Birds with 17 points. With 5:08 to play, Peter Johnson, who finished with 16 points, hit a jumper that followed a Wade Wyatt trey, to put SUSC within two, play to give Wyatt later completed a three-poilead with 2:18 remaining. the Birds a 9 Roberts benched Lee for the majority of the first half for disciplinary reasons and because his performance has slacked off, opting instead for Rick Roberts. The coach said Roberts will probably start Saturday night. 74-7- BY BRENT RICHEY The men cagers dont seem to be having much luck against the Big Sky. The Thunderbirds are against the conference, and four of the games have been decided by a point. Remember the loss to Montana State early in the season when time expired and MSU hit two free throws to win by a point? And then there was the time at Weber State when the Birds missed two free throws with five seconds left, again losing by one. A week later SUSC beat Idaho State by one d shot to win. point, but it took a The one-poithing happened again Monday night at Nevada Reno. SUSC rallied from a deficit in the second half to take a 2 with 1:22 to lead on a Kelvin Lee three-pointplay in the game. But two free throws by the 73-7- 9-- 44-4- 63-6- 1. 70-6- Grid schedule in place Hometown Cedar City football fans should be delighted by SUSC schedule for this fall. the the most satisfying for SUSC fans is the chance to Perhaps rival Weber State at Thunderbird Stadium. play SUSC is winless in five tries against WSC, but all five contests have been played on the Ogden field. We have what should be some excellent football games scheduled this year, Jack Bishop, SUSC head coach, said. In addition to getting a shot at Weber State on our home field, we also meet an old rival Mesa College again, and well be playing Central State Oklahoma, a team with a great football tradition, for the first time ever. State contest will open the year for both The SUSC-Webe- r teams on Sept. 1. The Birds will meet a second Big Sky Conference team the following week when they travel to Pocatello, Idaho, to test Idaho State. SUSC will open its Western Football Conference schedule at Santa Clara Sept. 29. Home WFC games for the will be against Sacramento State and Northridge. e The Birds will also host a game with St. Marys of Moraga, Calif. Cal Lutheran will make a Cedar City appearance Nov. 3. non-leagu- September 7 |