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Show Hopes run high forCSU home victories The problem of combating letdown and preventing over-confidence over-confidence and the fall that often follows is facing College of Southern Utah basketball coach Boyd Adams. If everything works out the way the oddsmakers figure and the way CSU fans hope, the Thunderbirds will w 1 n hom.s games Friday and Saturday Sat-urday against Regis and Colorado Colo-rado Mines. "Our problem Is one of attitude. at-titude. We can't afford to let up at all. We want to be going go-ing full steam this week end. A loss would be disastrous," Coach Adams said. Two wins would assure CSU of at least third place in the mountain division of the Rocky Mountain Conference, and possibly second place. Currently Adams State is in second place and CSU in third. Adams has two tough road games - at Western State and Ft. Lewis -- to close its season. sea-son. The T-Birds should have an easier time at home. A factor that should help CSU get "up" for the games is an NAIA playoff berth hanging in the balance. The T-Birds and Adams State, each with 14-9 overall records are both strongly in the running for one berth. If either slips, the other will probably get in the District Seven tourney along with Eastern New Mexico, Northern Arizona and Westminster. "We -expect that Mines will be the tougher of the two teams coming in, but we can't I overlook either," Adams said. In road games, CSU clipped Mines, 96-81, and ripped Regis 102-89. : In addition to tha team interest, in-terest, T-Bird fans will be watching the performances of guard Skip Mead and forward for-ward Dave Pinamonti. Both have excellent chances to break the CSU pareer scoring record. Mead needs 22 points in two games to break the mark. Pinamonti needs 27 points in two games. Both have already eclipsed the single season scoring record rec-ord at CSU. Pinamonti has dropped in 487 points this year, Mead has whipped in 457. |