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Show SUSC Thunderbirds dominate play to win over Regis College 90-71 Southern Utah Stale poured in 54 points in the second half of play and took control of the boards as they broke a 36 half-time half-time deadlock against the Regis Rangers and coasted to a 90-71 victory. The game was the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opener for both clubs. For the visiting Rangers their all-conference center Tony DuCros took command of the boards in the first half of play pulling down 11 rebounds and pouring in 13 points to keep the visiting Hangers knotted with the T-Birds throughout the first half. The T-Birds were out rebounded in the first hall 27 to 17. In the second half of play the T-Birds T-Birds came out and look command com-mand of the game early with Robin Ilaight taking charge of the boards. Ilaight, who had only one rebound in the first half pulled off nine in the second half. Robert Lee wound up with 12 rebounds with nine of those coming in the first half of play. The T-Birds also stepped up their scoring tempo pouring in 54 points in the second half on some fine shooting by Steve Hodson, Bernie Leavitt and Lee. Lee wound up the evening as the top scorer with 21 followed by Leavitt with 20 and Hodson with 18. Also in doubler figures was guard Kerry Rupp. Coach Stan Jack's T-Birds moved well in the second half, after a sluggish first half. A further indication of the change in the complexion of the game in the second half was the fact that the T-Bird hit on only 40 percent of their shots in the first, half but finished up the evening with 51 percent. Regis had 36 percent shooting from the field for the game. They dropped from 40 percent in the first half of play. Joe Gruber of the visiting Rangers hit for 17 points in the contest. SUSC 1)0 Hodson 9-13 0-0 18 Rupp 5-14 1-2 11 Leavitt 10-16 0-0 20 Lee 9-17 3-3 21 Ilaight 1-2 4-6 6 McNaughton .... 2-3 0-0 4 James .1-5 1-2 3 Davis , 1-3 0-0 2 Daniels 1-2 1-3 3 Appleby 0-0 0-0 0 Walsh 0-2 " 0-0 0 Schlapkuh 1-1 0-0 2 Totals 40-78 10-16 90 RKCi'lS 71 Rosenbach 2-8 3-4 7 Boniccilli 3-8 2-5 8 Gruber 7-12 3-4 17 DuCros 9-25 0-1 18 Sampson 1-3 2-3 4 Stewart 2-13 4-5 8 Deutsch 3-5 0-0 6 Plucinski 0-1 3 4 3 Totals 27-75 17-26 71 Store at llalflime: SUSC 36, Regis 3d. |