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Show CSU Basketball Squad Loses to Alumni Basketball season was officially official-ly opened in Cedar City Friday evening when the College of Southern Utah Thunderbirds met the CSU Alums in the second annual an-nual Don Marshall Scholarship benefit contest. The returning Alumni on hand for the contest proved that they had what It takes in the way of basketball finese as they handed hand-ed the T-Birds an 86 to 80 setback set-back in a game that was played in three 20-mlnute periods. Elliott Jordon of Springville was the top point getter on the floor with 19 points in the game and he was followed on the alumni crew by Jim Spencer with 13 points, and Keith Cooley of Cedar City with 12. Spencer, who is now coaching at South Sevier High School, and Cooley lived up to their status as all-conference men, honors they won while carrying car-rying the CSU colors. For Coach Boyd Adams and his T-Birds, it was evident that the team is facing a season with some untried talent under a new system, with a new coa All was not disappoint i".. ' ;it the T-Birds were moving methodically method-ically offensively and rather timidly tim-idly on the boards, although they matched the alums in height. The set patterns which, of course, are unfamiliar to all members of the squad, including the four returning re-turning lettermen, were not easy, it was evident as they attempted at-tempted to set them up. They were rough and not natural, but in some cases effective, an Indication Indi-cation that once they become automatic au-tomatic they could produce well. It was fitting in the contest that Marian Roper, a returning letterman, and the first recipient of the Don Marshall memorial scholarship, was the outstanding T-Blrd on the court In this contest. con-test. Roper, starting slow, never-the never-the less, came up with 18 points, high for his team and second high on the floor, and was the most effective man for Coach Adams. In scoring he was followed follow-ed by LaMar Pueh. at center, with 11 points, and Paul West, a freshman product from Murray High also with 11 points. All 15 members of the squad saw action. Other scoring was spread out as follows: Hank Hal-verson, Hal-verson, 4; Ray Greenburg, 4; Mel Wardsworth, 7; George Tuslus, 1; Ted Garrett. 2; Elliott Anderson, 2; Bob Chambers, 7; Steve Cahoon Ca-hoon 5, and Dave Johnson, 6. In the late part of the contest, In which the T-Birds narrowed the margin to just 4 points at 84 to 80 a real live wire was Johnson In the back court. He showed a lot of hustle and although al-though he was lnconsistant in lis passing, he got the team moving, and that seemed to be the problem all evening. At center Pugh had his rough moments. He and Roper were the only starters back from last year. He continued to prove that he has the biggest elbows in the conference and showed signs of temper In this contest, which had no particular significance for the team. He remains capable but on the basis of this game is still going to have trouble finishing from the standpoint of petty fouls. All In all, the squad periodically periodical-ly showed signs of a great team and once they master the mechanics me-chanics of the new system they could prove to be tough competition competi-tion in the ICAC this season. |