Iron County Record | 1966-01-20 | Page 4 | Nevada Southern Outlasts T-Birds 99 to 96

Nevada Southern Outlasts T-Birds 99 to 96 The College of Southern Utah Thunderbirds, trying to get back on the winning path, were unsuccessful un-successful this past week end as they suffered their ninth defeat of the season, against three wins, at the hand of Nevada Southern University by a score of 99 to 96. The T-Birds controlled the ball game most of the first half and held a ten point lead at one time during the game. At the-intermission, the-intermission, however, the T-Birds T-Birds only held a one point lead, 50 to 49. In the second half the Nevada team caught fire and obtained a 11-point lead over CSU. The-T-Birds didn't give up, however, and with two minutes left in the game tied the score at 92-all and Rod Oliver put CSU ahead with a field goal, making it C4 to 92. Al Wielochowski of the Nevada Southern team made a field goat and a foul shot with less than 40 seconds to go to put the game out of reach for the T-Birds. All Konopnickl scored 29 points in the losing effort, his best output of the season. NEV. SOUTHERN 89 CSU 98 OTFP GTFP 3 4 4 10 Goodwin Oliver 9 3 1 19 5 0 0 10 Payton Wadsworth 6 7 6 18 10 9 4 24 Dawson Konopnickl 10 12 9 29 6 11 13 Brown Johnson 2 0 0 4 10 9 7 27 Stepp West 2 0 0 4 4 8 7 15 Wichwski Peterson 16 5 7 Cuff 6 4 3 15 38 31 23 99 TOTALS 36 32 24 96- Halftlme score: CSU 50, Nev. So. 49