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"But when I see a team packed : back into a zone against us, I start getting ready. Coming in off the I bench in those situations works out I Murphy, who is 9-of-20 from the IS averaging 10 points after I USD's first two games, second on the I floor, well for me." I I

this might be his season last week when he came off the bench to hit six of his last eight shots in the Toreros' season-opening victory over Long

taff r11 r ha k tball program that has pent only six easons at the Division I level i too young to develop any reputation . But the Uruy_ers1ty of San l4ego is workmg on one. As Jong as they have been a mem- be1 of the West Coast Athle ic Con- ference, the Toreros have alw ys had a Jong-range shooter in their ar enal. Mike Stockalper, John Prunty and Al Mo. catel all could bomb from the perimeter . Next on the tradition's short list 1s 6-foot-4 swingman Peter Murphy "Pete can shoot," USO coach Hank Egan said recently, "and, he's tarted to establish him elf as someone we can go to offensively." . What Murphy is. eekmg, thou h, 1~ toe tabli h himself as someone Egan can go to at all times. "I've alY. ys been able to shoot," the s mor said recently.' I've always been able to fill the role as omeone who ome in off the bench and sup- ph · ome instant offense. "Thi year I've been worki~g hard on my posit10n defense and quickness o I'd become more than JUSt a hooter." He'll have a chance to prov• that tonight when 1-1 USD opens its home season at 730 at Alcala Park by host- Ing 0-2 Nevada-Reno. Although he ha n't set hi starting Jmeup, Egan has said Murphy will s more action in a weekend that w1 I also bring Southwe. t Texas tate to the USD ports Center. "There i a possibility Murphy could tart this weekend, although • the ba 1c plan is to use eight ?r nin~ players an equal amount of time, aid Egan. ' This is still the time of year we're sorting thing out We're sttll evalu- ating" T coach has- no problem evaluat• mg Murphy as a shooter He ha only to look at the player's h to A high school semor for Corona de! Sol m Tempe, Ariz., ~turphy averaged 20 point.sand 10 rebounds a game, shot 61 percent from the floor nd 85 percent from the foul hne, and capped hIS career by going ll-for-13 from the floor and 7-for 7 from the foul hne In the Arizona AA title game His club won 46 tra1ght g m and two straight late title , and urphy capped two years on the all-state team by bemg named the Arizona AA Player of the Year in 1981 In two years at Mesa Community College, Murphy hot 50 percent from the field and 78 percent from the foul hne on a team that made it to the second round of the National Jumor College Tournament and also ent K1ki J ckson and Mark Manor to USO "Mo t of that shooting was out- side," said Murphy "I always played on teams with good ms1de players. When teams went to a tightly packed zone, I fired away.' But the transition from Junior col- lege to maJor d1vision basketball was not as mooth as Murphy believed it would be. "It was a bigger step than I thought," he said. "The biggest prob- lem was gettmg m} shots up. The players at this level are much quick- er and Cln Jump a lot higher. •·At one stage last season, I lost a little bit of my confidence."

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Though he is a good shooter, Mur- phy does not consider himself a team behind fellow swingman Mark I streak shooter. And though he enjoys Bostic's 11.0 average. Jackson is I commg off the bench, he finds that it third at 9.0. takes him at least two or three runs Nevada-Reno is led by 6-6 forward up and down tbe court before he feels Dwayne Randall (24.5 points, 13 5 r~ I a !lart of the game. bounds) and sixth-man T mm1e I I don't like to shoot the ball right Barnes (13.0 points, 9.0 rebounds) in I away" said Murphy. "I'm not the two games type ~f player who can jump into. a Reno, which was beaten 80-75 by game cold and do my best. I still USD last year, has lost to Nevada- might hit my first shot, but I need a Las Vegas and the University of San couple of runs to warm up my legs Francisco in its first two games th~ a~to the game. --~-~s_ea_s_on_._________ r_~

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defeated the University of San Diego 15-1, 15-5, 15-2 in a non-conference match at Irvme last night. Cindy Rohrig added five kills for the Anteaters, who finished the sea- son 9-17. Gina Tripletti had four kills for the Toreras, who finished at 2-25 after forfeiting three matches be- cause of an inelig1ble player. HEART OF SAN DIEGO - There is still time to register for Sunday's Holiday Bowl Heart of San Diego Marathon and lOK. Deadline for re- gistering for the corporate and mili- tary relay has been postponed until Saturday. Runners may register at the Marathon Expo at the Hotel Inter-Continental Friday or Satur- day. Entry forms are also available at the American Heart Association

office, Athlete's Foot stores, Second Sole in El Cajon and other running stores around the county. This year's race is limited to the first 6,000 en- trants. CHARGERS TO HELP BLOOD DRIVE The Chargers' Blood Drive VII will be held today from 1 to 9 p.m. at the Town and Country Convention Center. The Chargers and their wives will participate in a fash• ion show. All those giving blood will receive a T-shirt featuring Blood Drive chairmen Rolf Benirschke, Wes Chandler, Billy Ray Smith and former Charger Gary Garrison. All blood given will be made available to those hospitalized in San Diego Coun- ty during the December holidays.

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]:1).ME ' LOSE The USD women's volleyball te~n. tell rd ne1 .!as1ly to UC Irvine last night in a non- conference ,atcl! at Irvine. The scores were 15-1, 15-5, a-2. ll wa. the final game of the season , foUhe foreras, wn tinisbed with a 2-25 record. .:z9y ._ -

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SAN DIEGO-Hank Egan, the Um ersity o ,;: _ Diego men's basketball coach, said he wouldn't mind if all his team's games were just hkc the home opener Friday mght against Nevada Reno. If all of them are the same, the Toreros will be in for a season of methodical basketball. USD opened a five-point lead

early the fir~, '1alf and from then on was never ~1.nously challenged. Other than three slam dunks by the Toreros' Mark Bostic, there was little excitement m USD's 63.54 victory. The Toreros (2-1) will play host to Southwest Texas State at 7,30 tomght in the USD Sports Center. Nevada Reno, the defending Big ----, USR · Co~td from Page 3 through the second half. His three slam dunks were more than the entire USO team scored all last season at home. 'I like a wide-open game," Bos- tic said. "When we run, it opens things up for me." For the most part, however, there were few openings. Both teams worked patiently against two-three zone defenses and tried to get the ball inside. USD forced it in enough to allow 7-foot center Scott Thompson to score 14 points. Nevada Reno, meanwhile, relied almost exclu-

Sky Champions, fell to 0-3. "At the shoot-around before the game, everybody was real loose," Bostic said, "and I felt that we were going to play well. I was feeling loose, and everything seemed to be flowing pretty well."

Bostic, who came off the bench for the first time this season, provided most of the excitement for the 1,166 fans. He had a team-high 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting and helped USO stay in com and Please see USD, Pa 10

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sively on forward Dwyane Randall, who led the Wolfpack with 20 points and led all rebounders with 14. ·•1 thought we did a good job of getting the ball inside to Scott," Egan said. "Once we got it in there, he was able to do some things with ll." Though it could never stretch its lead to more than seven, USO controlled most of the first half, Bostic had IO points before the break. Twice, he knifed inside of Nevada Reno's zone for baskets, and once he grabbed an alley-oop pass from Kiki Jackson and slammed it through. While Bostic did a lot of USO's inside work, forward Mark Manor

kept the Toreros in front from the outside. He hit three jumpers from the wing, the final one coming with 58 seconds remaining, that gave USO its 32-27 halftime lead. Nevada Reno, which had lost its first two games of the season to Nevada Las Vegas and San Fran- cisco, stayed close mostly dues to the inside play of 6-6 forward Randall, who scored 11 points·be- fore the break. In the second half, the Wolfpack continued to force the ball inside to Randall, but it cost them. Trailing, 44-40, with 12 minutes to go, Nevada Reno went through a 6:15 streak without a point, and the Toreros stretched their lead to 50-40.

He averaged 6.6 points last year and reached double figures eight times, including season-high efforts of 19 pomts against UC-Santa Barba- ra and anta Clara. But he was not happy with hIS 45.3 percent shootmg mark from the floor "I'm a better shooter than that,' he said. lie showed signs of how good he can be last year when he hit nine of 11 hots against Santa Clara. Murphy gave further indication