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Show Transfers to bolster T-bird roster ' i . A ' ' prospects this season. The two, both 6-6 forwards, have indicated their intent to play for the Thunderbirds and susc Coach Stan Jack. Brian Schlapkohl, from Durant, Iowa, averaged 15.8 points and 10.2 rebounds his senior year for Muscatine ( Iowa) Junior College. He w ill major in physical education at SUSC. The other highly regarded transfer is Dick Grant, from Des Moines, who played his junior college ball at Grand View Junior College (in Des Moines). Grant averaged 16.4 points and 10.1 rebounds for Grand View, which finished third in the national junior college tournament. tour-nament. Grant will be a communications com-munications major. "Both of these men are excellent ex-cellent team players; each is a strong rebounder, and both can score well. They'll help us," Jack smiles. Jack also announced this week that a third Iowa player, freshman fresh-man Bob King, will play for the Thunderbirds next season. King, a 6-2 guard is from Cedar Rapids and is the son of Don King, basketball coach at Cedar Rapids' Washington High School. "Together with some other fine freshmen who have indicated they will be here this fall, King will give us excellent potential for several years," Jack says. Southern Utah State plays in the 10-team Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference which involves in-volves teams in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Last year the Thunderbirds finished second in the conference and won a berth in the District Seven NAIA playoffs. SUSC was eliminated from national tournament consideration con-sideration by the eventual national champion, Grand Canyon College, 81) 74. BRIAN SCIILAPK1IOL A pair of Iowa junior college transfers will boost Southern . Utah State College basketball |