Show Weekend road trip I beckons Snow cabers ca ers The Snow College basketball team will undertake a two- two game road trip this weekend that will wUl be a crucial one for forthe forthe forthe the Badgers In their quest for conference honors Snow will wUl be at Mesa Junior College In Grand Junction Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day night and then play College of Eastern Utah in Price Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night Although Snow has a glittering glittering glittering glitter glitter- ing 4 15 won-lost won record one of those losses was a key one administered by Ricks Friday night In Badgers Gym in the opening conference game for both teams Snow lost it 95 81 with most of the winning margin coming In the closing moments At the half the Badgers were ahead 45 Following the half the score was tied nine times before Ricks managed to pull away High point man for Snow was Craig Nielsen with 30 points Russ Dixon got 12 Brent Mangum Mangum Mangum Man- Man gum 11 and J. J J J. J Grant 10 While Snow and Ricks were tangling In Ephraim Friday night Mesa and CEU were playIng playing playing play play- ing their first conference game In Price CEUs CEU's Golden Eagles won it 86 78 after trailing most of the way The big scorers for forthe forthe forthe the Eagles were Jimmy Horton and Sid Hansen who got 26 points apiece Mesas Mesa's Barry Konopka hit for 23 That sets up this weeks road trip for the Snow who will need to win on a foreign floor this weekend In order to compensate for the loss on their own floor |