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Show HONORED FOR SERVICE. Coach Boyd Adams, center, his wife, Jane, receive special honors prior to SUSC-Westminster SUSC-Westminster ball game. President Royden C Braithwaite presents gifts from administration, faculty, student- body and alumni in recognition of service rendered by Adams as head basketball coach at college. Monday's game was his final home appearance as head mentor. He will leave to continue con-tinue his studies next year. I T-BM$ down-Parsons strength and he added 8 to the scoring cause. Churchich was the tcp scorer scor-er for the Parsons with 21 followed by Cheatham with 15. There's nothing like playing play-ing on your home basketball court. If you don't believe that just ask coach Boyd Adams and members of the Southern Utah State College crew aftei a rugged schedule of three games on the read and one at home in five days. The scores indicate, however, howev-er, the joy of being home. Monday evening the Thunderbirds Thunder-birds hard pressed by the visiting vis-iting Westminster Parsons picked up a 84-74 victory before be-fore the largest crowd of the season. The victory over the Parsons Par-sons was even sweeter for the T-Birds owing to the rivalry that has developed between the two Utah schools. But the road trip into New Mexico and Colorado. That was disasterous. Thursday evening ev-ening the T-Birds were at Western New Mexico and dropped a 98-88 conference victory. Friday it was on to Las Vegas, N. M. to meet the Ccwtboys of New Mexico Highlands High-lands where a bucket at the buzzer shot down the T-Birds by a score of 99-97. Saturday night is was on the road again to Alamosa, Colo, where the SUSC crew-came crew-came out on the short end of a 103 to 92 score. Westminster, in all fairness, traveled the same route in addtion to traveling to Cedar City for Monday's contest so both clubs were physically tired by the time tipoff came Monday evening. The T-Bird Parson battle is one that the fans enjoy and Monday's battle was no different dif-ferent as the lead shifted constantly. con-stantly. Doug Rhodus, who hit the first four shots he took, spurted the T-Birds into an early lead but the visitors from Salt Lake came bouncing bounc-ing back to generate a 2414 advantage midway through the first half. By the intermission, however, how-ever, SUSC had gone hack on top by three at 38-35 with some fine help from reserve forward Larry Reitz. The Parsons were not down long however, and they came bounding back to knot the score 'at 58-all and take a load of 62-60. Boyd Griffin and Al Winfield began connecting con-necting to break a 69-69 deadlock and put the T-Birds out in front to stay. Winfield was the leading scorer with 23 followed toy 16 by Rhodus, 13 by Reitz and 11 by GiLmore. Fred Esplin came off the bench to give thP T-Birds T-Birds good rebounding |