| Show Badgers to host Mesa CEU in AC league contests Snow College now in the middle of the basketball chase with a 2 record will get a chance to move up in the standings this week The Badgers will be host to Mesa Junior College of Grand Junction Friday night and to College of Eastern Utah of Price Saturday night Since Snow has already beaten beaten beaten beat beat- en both teams on their floors in earlier conference games this weeks week's games will give the Badgers a chance to gain on Ricks the leader with a a. 3 1 record but not in league action this weekend In the first encounters the Badgers won handily by 80 70 score from Mesa in Grand Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion lion but had a harder time before pulling out a 75 71 victory over CEU In Price Mesa gets balanced scoring with four players hitting in n double figures Barry Konopka has a better than 20 point per game average followed by Tim Scully Mike Roark and Jim Wakefield Wakefield is also the leading for the Mavericks with take-downs take per game CEU Golden Eagles are starting a quintet of sophomores letterman headed by 68 Sid Hansen Joining him In n the starting lineup are Brad Monks John Smith Alan Sperry and Jimmy Horton Hansen and andHor- andHor Horton Horton Hor- Hor ton are the leading scorers In last weeks week's action Snow dropped a 88 76 decision to Dixie in n St. St George The score was tied at the end of regulation regulation regulation regula regula- tion play but in the overtime the Rebels moved ahead to the victory J. J J J. J Grants Grant's 22 points topped the Badger scoring ef ef- ef fort Craig Nielsen got 16 and Brent Mangum 12 |
