Show Snow know Cops Crown 1 In Cage Tourney A Snow College basketball team which is almost brand new this year year with with only two letterman letter letter- letterman back the man 12 man on squad surprised many of its fans last week by winning the championship to Its own Snow Invitational The B Badgers adgers will take time off this week but will then p play ay four games on their home floor They will host Dixie Jan 3 Rangely Jan 6 Ricks Jan 10 and College of Southern Idaho Jan 11 The Dixie Ricks and Southern Idaho games are against conference conference conference con con- ference opponents On Its way to winning the championship of Its own invitational invitational invitational for the second year Ina in ina ina a row Snow found its toughest opposition provided by bythe the Mesa College Mavericks Thursday night The game was close all the way At the half the Badgers led 44 40 but they saw that narrow lead out through the second half With two minutes minutes minutes min min- utes left the score was tied at 76 and It at looked like Uke anybody's anybody's anybody's any any- body's ball game Wi With th 24 seconds left the score was 79 but with the Badgers in possession In the remaining seconds they worked the ball into position for that final shot Kay Miles a guard took the shot from the corner with 8 seconds left It dropped cleanly through the net and that was the ball game Top scorer for the Badgers was forward Mike Scheuer who got 13 field goals and three out of seven from the foul line for 29 points Miles Mlles followed with 17 Snow got two more morefield morefield morefield field goals than Mesa but didn't do as well at the foul line While the Badgers were edging Mesa In the best played game of the tournament Dixie was having an easy time against Treasure Valley Community College of Ontario Ore Coach Douglas Allreds Allred's five was ahead 42 23 at the half but let up following the Intermission to let Treasure Valley make a game of It in the second half The final score read Dixie 71 Treasure Valley 61 Mesa likewise found the going fairly easy with Treasure Valley In Friday nights night's consolation consolation consolation con con- round and walked away with the prize by a 74 J I IThe score I The Snow-Dixie Snow game was J reasonably close in the first half with the score reading 41 36 In the Badger favor at 1 Intermission With six minutes left in the second half Snow r broke the game open and won going away by an 83 66 count I I In this game Coach Mike I Gardner got a more balanced scoring effort eUort as five Badgers hit in double figures Richard f Kemp claimed the scoring honors with 20 points He was followed by 15 Jeff Taylor Craig Swenson and Mike Scheuer got 10 apiece I At tournaments tournament's end Scheuer I and Taylor the letter lettermen men on the squad received the championship championship championship cham cham- trophy on behalf of the Badgers They were likewise named to the tournament all-tournament team along with Stanley Milton and Rick Comae Comac Mesa and Roger Dixie |