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Show NMMMMU. DIXIE SUN January By Don The 15, 1982 Page Aitken Cagers Capture Top Spot Dixie College the championship spot last Rebels UUM Varsity for the second time in a row by a score of a 19 point captured 81-6- Friday and Saturday in the Snow College BasTournament. ketball This is the third tour- margin. McMullin posted 14 while Eddie points, Benson and Eric Ludlow each had 12 points which made it possible for the Rebels to hold a halftime lead. Forward Ron Ence again led the Rebels in rebounds with 13 and Brent Wade collected six assists. Eric Ludlow had four blocked shots in the game and now has 21 on the season. The wins give the Rebels a 15-record for the season. Dixie opens up ICAC action this Friday and Saturday against Utah Technical College of Provo, and Ricks College in the gym. The Rebels also posted some impressive wins over the holidays. Dixie defeated the Weber State J.V. at Weber, by a score of The Rebels revenged an earlier loss to Southern Idaho by the beating them first nigh t of the K & T Steel Tournament in Twin Falls. The first time the two teams nament championship trophy for the Rebels this season. In the championship game on Saturday, the Rebels 32-2- out pulled met. Southern Idaho won by a 17 point Dixie also margin. defeated Western Nebraska the second night of that ahead of the Snow Badgers by 20 points first early in the half. As halftime rolled around, Dixie held a lead. Snow then narrowed the lead to ten early in the second half, but the Rebels broke it loose to defeat the Badgers by an 18 point margin of 65-4to capture the crown. Chris McMullin was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament and he also led the Rebels with 25 points. Eddie benson was also named to the 38-2- 6 7 team. Forward Ron Ence led the Rebels in rebounds with 11 and McMullin also pulled down eight. On Friday evening, Dixie downed the Utah State University Junio 77-6- 76-6- 4 U 61-4- 6 tournament. The Rebels rolled over the USU Junior Varsity by a score of The 117-7- 8 2 Invitational In BYU Jun- ior Varsity proved no problem as Dixie posted a victory. Dixie suffered their third loss in the Santa Ana Holiday Tournament held in Santa Ana, California. The loss came against Vs! Cypress of California by a narrow margin of But the Rebels J4 1 posted wins of over Santa Ana of California and over Santa Monica of California. Interesting statistics show that not one of the Rebels i s below 50 in field goals, or below 50 in free throws. Dixie is their opponents by over 14 from the floor and by 7 from the line. The Rebels also average more than six rebounds per game than their opponents. 94-8- 3 ' ' A 59-6- 4K.HS 83-7- 6 78-7- 3 g m fa- S;., fth dies Dockery attempts $ is' u - a 20 foot jumpshot to break a tie score early in the first half. .AY tl 1Vaj-.A'i-1 ; I?''.; i i- AA ? , t? jI 1 Dixie To Face Ricks omorrow i by Barry Kawa vK - ; f UK' ' "I If J? s The track record of "" J- - t s. jr the Dixie Rebels basketball team has shown them to be virtually unbeatable at home, and advanthis home-cour- t tage could be the difference in the InterAthletic mountain Conference openers this weekend. Tonight, the Rebels bring an impressive 15-mark to face the always Utah Techtough nical College of Provo Tomorrows team. showdown with nationally ranked rival Ricks 3 pre-seaso- 8-- 8 Rebel guard, Brent Wade, jumps high for played at Dixie College over the holidays a shot in a game that was n College is the game, but Dixie must play Tech first. Well concentrate first on beating Trade Rebel Tech, says coach Neil Roberts. They can be scary, but theyre not the team Ricks is. Coach Roberts said hes going with his usual starting five, who are fresh off winning the Snow College Invitational last week. At the forwards position, Chris McMullin leads the Rebel attack with a team high average of high-scorin- g 15.9 points per game. On the other side, Tom Roberts is averaging 10.7 per game. Ron Ence leads the aggressive defense on the boards at center down 8.2 pulling rebounds per game, and has averaged 3.8 rebounds in his last 5 Point-guargames. dies Dockery is giving 3.5 assists per games while averaging 9.6 Brent and points, Wade on the other side is averaging 10 points a night. Game time tonight and tomorrow is 7 :30 in the Rebel Gym. d 7 |