Show BADGERS TEST TOUGH DUO THIS WEEKEND Off ou to a fast start in the basketball race with a abig abig abig big win over Dixie In the opening openIng opening open- open Ing game of league play Snow College will face two other conference opponents In Badger Badger Badger Bad Bad- ger gym this week The Snow will meet twice beaten Ricks College Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day night and will take on new member College of Southern Southern South South- em ern n Idaho Saturday night The Ricks Vikings were rated one of the top teams in the area in season pre play but then surprised everyone by losing to Mesa and to College of Eastern Eastern East East- ern Utah last weekend Despite their losses the Vikings Vikings Vik Vik- ings a big team that will have havea a height advantage over the Badgers are expected to give Snows Snow's younger and smaller squad a tough workout Starters for Ricks are Gary Norman 66 forward Steve Wallace WaIlace 66 forward Steve Larson 67 67 center and guards Craig Hobbs 63 and Dennis Labrum 63 Less is known about the College College Col Col- College lege of Southern Idaho team except that it had an almost unblemished record in preseason preseason preseason pre pre- season play and has been installed installed in in- in stalled as the favorite for the championship Among others Southern Idaho beat the BYU freshmen on of all places the Y floor The leading scorer and top for Southern Idaho is Nate Stevens a pivot man from El EI Paso Texas In last weeks week's game with Dixie Snow got off oft to a fast start saw Dixie catch up at 32 and then left at halftime half time behind at 38 After the half the Badgers caught up at 44 and then steadily built up a lead that left Dixie trailing by twenty points near the end of the game The final score was 89 Coach Mike Gardner got all his men Into the action Leading scorers for the Badgers were Mike Scheuer with 25 Dean Nelson 16 Jeff Taylor 13 and Craig Swenson 13 Probable starters against Ricks Friday night are Scheuer and either Swenson or Dale Richards forwards Jeff Taylor Taylor Taylore Tay Tay- lor lore center and Nelson and Kay Miles at guard |