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Show Men run all over Chicago State Women win 48-47. The 'Birds then exploded on a 21-5 run, pulling away to a 68-53 lead with less than 10 minutel} remaining. JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER SU caught fire in the second half, shooting 60 percent from the floor, hitting 22 oI 37 shots in the final 20 The SU men's basketball team picked up its first road minutes. win of the season Saturday night in The 'Birds never let CSU back into Chicago, Ill. After falling behind by the game after grabbing a big lead, as much as 13 in the first hall, the hitting their free throws down the 'Birds rallied to a 95-76 win against stretch. the Chicago State Cougars. "There's no such thing as playing a They 'Birds fell behind CSU 8-3 in perfect game, you can always find the first four minutes of the game, something you can do better. I hitting only one shot fro m the floor thought we played a great game, in period of time. The 'Birds especially in the second half," said continued to shoot poorly early on, Head Coach Bill Evans after the falling behind 21-10 after a 9-0 CSU impressive road win. run. Jason Essex kept the 'Birds going The 'Birds' 95 points was a new however, scoring nine of the team's season high, as they shot a sparkling first l Opoints. 54.8 percent from tbe floor in the CSU extended the lead to 25-13 game. SU was led in scoring by with around 11 minutes left in the Kenyatta Clyde, who poured in a half, but that would be its largest career-high 31 points, while grabbing lead. The 'Birds began to come back 10 boards. Jeff Monaco added 20 late in the first half, sparked by six points, and Tarvish Felton chipped points by Kenyatta Clyde and a pair in with 12 points and 10 rebounds. of three-pointers by Greg Harton. SU avenged their loss earlier this Despite 11 turnovers, the 'Birds season to CSU, in which they were trailed by only two at the half. badly out-rebounded by the Cougars, SU tied the game on their first surrendering 21 offensive reqounds. possession of the second half on an With the win, SU improved their easy layup by Tarvish Felton, and overall record to 7-18, and their took its first lead at 3 7-35 soon on a _.......__..... conference record to 4-1 L The 'Birds pair of Jeff Monaco free throws. The game seesawed back and forth Kenyatta Clyde scoied a caieec-higb 31 will travel to Oral Roberts tonight points in Saturday's 'Bird win over the~ for their final regular season game for the next five minutes, and CSU Chicago State Cougars. before the Mid-Con tournament. took its last lead of the game at By RYAN FLOX fourth straight The women's basketball squad won its fourth straight in a convincing 76-62 win over Chicago State Saturday Myndee Larsen poured in a career-high 39 points on 18 of 22 shooting moving the Lady 'Birds conference record up to 7-8 and into the filth seed in the conference heading into tonight's game with Oral Roberts. Forward Sunny Myers finished in doublefigures with 18 points. Jessica Littlefield added 10 points including one more threepointer to add to her SU record oI 55 successful three-point shots in one season. The ladies led 41-28 at halftime, and spent most of the second half with tb._e starters on the bench as Head Coach Joe Hillock wanted to get the bench some playing time before next week's conference tournament. The ladies will play at Oral Roberts in T ulsa, Okla., tonight in the last regular season game. The Golden Eagles were one of the hottest teams in the league until about a week ago. After starting the season with 14-straigh t losses, they have won six of nine, but have lost two of their last three. The last time the two teams met, the Lady 'Birds picked up their first-ever Mid-Con win in an easy 86-64 victory at the Cemrum. Larsen finished with 20 points in that game while Littlefield and Mandi Shaheen both finished with 12. Those interested in listening to the game can pick up the broadcast on KBRE 940-AM beginning at 4:15 p.m. State wrestling champs paired For SUU Classic State wrestling champions from all second session will begin ·at 7:20 five Utah high school classes will p.m. and feature championship have the opportunity to compete in a matches. "best of the best" competition at the Four wrestlers from each weight Southern Utah University Wrestling category will be selected by the Utah Classic Feb. 28. High School Wrestling Coaches' "This is a wrestling meet which Association to compete. Each gives first place winners from each wrestler will participate in a weight category in their "lottery" selection respective state process immediately tournaments a chance prior to his first match to come together and to determine his compete in an end-of· opponent. Entrants may the-season ' all-star' be matched in any competition, Steve combination of school Lunt, assistant to the classifications during SUU president for the meet. special projects, says. A team award will go "This year state champs to the winning from 1A through SA classification (lA, 2A, will have the chance to 3A, 4A, or SA), and compete in a outstanding wrestler tournament which has awards will be presented proved very popular to a wrestler judged best with high school Steve Lunt in the lower weights and wrestlers and with - - - - - - - - - - to a wrestler judged best wrestling fans." in the upper weights. Lunt is serving as the tournament "Competition has been extremely director. good in previous years, and wrestlers The meet will begin at 1:SO p.m . in from the larger schools don't always the Centrum arena. Admission is $5 win," Lunt said. "This has been a for an all-day pass and $3 for each of meet which matches wrestlers who the two individual sessions. 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