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Show Salvage job scheduled by SUSC T-birds Operation "Salvage a Little Lit-tle Pride" takes place Friday and iUUurday in Western Colorado Colo-rado for Southern Utah State's basketball team. Once eliminated from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Con-ference title race, the Thund-erbirds Thund-erbirds fell apart. The project this wek at Fort Lewis and Western State College will be to finish with a better than .500 record. It will bo difficult. Last week the T-Birds met the same two teams in Cedar City. Western caught the Birds icy cold and belted them, 101-83. SUSC came from behind be-hind to nip Fort Lewis, 80-75. "We lost our zip as soon as wo were eliminated from title contention," Coach Boyd said of his Thundertiirds. "There are indications, how- ever, that we are starting to come back." At Western, SUSC will face a strong, balanced attack, led by Leonard Bryant and Burr Adams. Another "battle of the midgets" mid-gets" is in store for Saturdsiy night when Skip Mead and the Raiders' Max Proctor tangle. Mead is battling to maintain main-tain scoring leadership in the RMAC. Challenging strongly is Art Allen from University of Omaha of the Plains division. Mead is currently scoring 25.6 points per game. Also high in RMAC statis- ties are Eddie Owens and Gill Mullen. Owens is sweeping off 14.1 rebounds per game, and Mullen is ripping 12.5 missed shots off the board each contest. con-test. Both also score in double figures. Owens hits 15.1 points per game, Mullen 13.1. SUSC 80 ' Anthony 4 2 0 8 Mead 6 7 7 19 Gornichec 2 4 2 6 Mullen , 6 5 3 15 Owens 5 5 4 14 Banks - 7 3 1 15 Esplin 0 2 11 Crosby 0 0 0 0 Lewis 10 0 2 TOTALS 31 28 18 80 FT. LEWIS 75 Adkins , 13 13 Weatherspoon 9 1 1 19 Flanagan 10 2 2 22 Greenwald 2 2 2 6 Seegrist 0 0 0 0 Proctor -- 10 4 3 23 Bundy 0 0 0 0 Nelson 10 0 2 "-TOTALS 33 12 9 75 Score at halftime, Ft. Lewis 43, SUSC 37. |