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Show T-girds past MAC victories gan to stand and wait and it proved to be the spark that got the Stan Jack crew off and running again. The lull forced the T-Birds to come from behind and they came on to knot the score. Jumping jack Chuck Anderson hit a pair from the foul line to put the T-Birds out in front and they scrambled to hold on for the final victory one of their best home stands this year. Forward veteran Scott Gilmore led the.T-Bird scoring scor-ing with 17 and again it was Hamblin, undermanned, but not outfought who took rebounding re-bounding honors for the T-Birds T-Birds with 9. It was a big week end for the Southern Utah Thunderbirds Thunder-birds as they came through with a pair of big victories defeating Western States 94 to 83 Friday then staging a come from behind rally in the closing minutes to nip former front runners Fort Lewis 71-68. There were some real plusses in the series for the T-Birds on one of their final home stands of the season. The victories vic-tories moved the Thunderbirds from seventh into third place in the Mountain Division ot the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Hal Hamblin, a product of Kanafo High School, and a graduate of Dixie College wa; one of the key men in the victory vic-tory Friday over Western States as he led the team in both scoring, 23 points and in rebounding, 12. Hamblin only 6-5 and 185 pounds handles the past position for the T-Birds T-Birds despite his small stature. sta-ture. Overall it was a team victory vic-tory against Western States as the T-Birds took a lead and led throughout the contest maintaining control throughout. through-out. Saturday night's battle a-gainst a-gainst Fort Lewis was a horse of another color. The Fort Lewis Lew-is crew displayed speed and exceptional shooting ability from outside. They appeared to have the SUSC crew rattled early in the game and the Thunderbirds reverted back to an earlier prdblem, that of not scoring for long stretches of time. .iBig lapse came early in the third period and it appeared appear-ed for all intent and purposes that the Thunerbirds were on their way to another defeat. Coming off the bench to help spark a rally for the Thunderhirds was Boyd Griffin. Grif-fin. Ho appeared to get the team moving when they be: in a ii i i i I" in i mm i ijii i TOUGH DEFENSE. Chuck Anderson, SUSC's jumping jump-ing jack is also tough on defense. Here he blocks drive of Raider in Saturday game. |