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Show jriL.. V 1 1 m . )j 1 TVs T-BIRD PERFORMERS. Kohn Smith, left, SUSC's leading scorer, and Jim Wildine. leading rebounder will be in action Friday and Saturday against Laverne College. Thunderbirds lose on the road; tackle La Verne here Fri.&Sat. ures are Gary Crosby and Jim Wilding. Southern Utah has a 9-8 season mark. on the good fortune, and ended end-ed up dropping a 95-78 decision. de-cision. In the four-point loss to Colorado Mines, the T-Birds fell behind early and were never quite able to catch up, although they tried the score at 75 with less than four minutes min-utes remaining. This weekend's probaible starting lineup will include Kohn Smith, Gary Crosby, Jim Wilding, Hal Hamblln, Markay Johnson and Chuck Anderson. Smith leads the team in scoring with a 14.1 average, followed by Anderson at 13.2. Others scoring in double fig- Southern Utah v State Col. lege's travel-weary basketball team will return to the home hardwoods on Friday as they host the LeVerne , College Leopards from Southern Calif. LaVerne. better known for Its football and baseball team Is somewhat of an unknown quantity, but should give the T-Birds a tough time. Wednesday night, the Cedar City crew was to have hosted , arch-rival Westminster, but th. score was unknown at ' press time. Westminster came In as the conference leader. In the two losses on the road the T-Blrds were once again hurt by inconsistency and the loss of forward Chuck Anderson. He Is expected to return to action for this weekend's week-end's games. In the loss to Regis, Southern South-ern Utah fell behind by 17 points early in the second half, but came back within five. Things looked good when both of the Ranger's two piv-ot piv-ot men fouled, out, but the T-Birds could never capitalize |