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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. 0. 127,454)

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USIU maki g plans for $6 million sports arena y d &~?s?i called it. tomorrow night at 7:30 at Southwest- coima, Calif., was chosen because of Tnbune Sportswriter • • • em College. her play in the Northern Arizona After spending an average of Palmiotto said a lot of the reason • • • "Sizzler" Classic. In her two games, ~100,~ a year to rent facilities for for the exc1·ternent at USIU i·s due to UCSD h De k DeCree scored 50 points and hauled its various sports teams, USIU is soccer coac re Arm- down 18 rebounds. She also bad 12 about to announce plans to construct the jobs Brad Buetow and Gary strong has been named Far West Re- steals, two blocked shots and four as- a $6 million, on-campus sports arena. Zarecky are doing with their teams. gion Coach of the Year for Division sists. "Hallelujah," blurted Al Palmiot- Buetow coaches the USIU hockey II by the National Coaches Associa- On the season, DeCree is averag- to, Gulls athletic director. "We're team, due to play the Denver Univer- tion of America. ing 20.9 points and 11.4 rebounds a lose J I Id II ·t ill be sity Pioneers at the Mira Mesa Armstrong led the Tritons to a 21-2 Sh , h c '. re~ c ose. ea Y,. • w a House of Ice tow·ght and tomorrow d th· d bis t d game. es s ooting 62 percent from practice ice rink, a practice gym and recor ts season, an earn a · the floor and leads the team in steals a cultural center for performing arts ------------ vanced to the quarterfinals in the with 26 in seven games. on campu Colleges Notehook NCAA Division Ill Soccer Champion- The Lady Gulls are 5-2 and play •;we're excited, obviousl y But ----=;_________ ships. In bis four years as the Tritons Hawaii tonight at Serra High at 7:30. we ve been down this road before. night (7:30). The Gulls are coming off coach, Armstrong's teams have gone But this time, we're getting great a two-week, six-game spin through 56-17-7 and have qualified for the support from some mountain the Midwest. Somehow, they man- NCAA regionals in three out of the movers, some real doers. We're just aged to come back 3-3 from the trip. four years. trying to put all the pieces together." The last two games were losses to Sources say it's just a matter of Buetow's old school, Minnesota. Still, lming up the signatures of investors at 7-7, Buetow has equaled the victo- to complete a deal that will get USIU ry total for the entire season of a away from the burden of having to year ago. do the equivalent of callmg Hertz Buetow is encouraged that his every time they want to play a game team 1 s 4-2 in the newly-formed or practice Great Western Hockey League, trail- Palmiotto confirmed yes enta mg Aaska-Fairbanks (5-1) by just that the Gulls spend in the neighbor- one game. hood of $100,000 a year on rentals. As for Zarecky, the former Sweet- Use of the Mira Mesa House of Ice water mentor has the Gulls playing alone costs $50,000 a year. to NBA numbers. Check out these to- "That's pretty accurate," Palmiot- tals: The Gulls average 96.9 points a to said. game. Unfortunately, they're surren- And money hasn't been the only dering 104.9 points a game. Joe Yez- problem. Finding an empty hall is bak is averaging 26.7 points a game, often impossible. Gary Zarecky's and Dwayne Cross is averaging 19.1 basktball team solved that by doing points and 9.0 rebounds a game. a $35,000 number on a warehou e to USIU is 3-5 following last night's convert it into a gym suitable for 82-78 win over Morgan State at practice. UCSD. The Gulls' losses include two By early January, Palmiotto said overtime defeats to Air Force and St. • • • For the second time in three weeks, USIU forward Toya DeCree has been named Player of the Week in the West Coast Athletic Confer- ence. DeCree, a 6-1 senior from Pa- • • • Th!:_USD men's basketball team (5- 3) was scheduled to face the Univer- sity of South Florida (3-3) in opening- round action tonight of the Longhorn Classic in Austin, Texas. Tournament host Texas (3-4) is matched against the Alaska-Anchorage (5-4) in the second game.

he will get the final word. Next year Mary's. USIU's other wins are over at this time, look for USIU to have its Point Loma Nazarene (NAIA) and own "scaled down version of the UCSD(Division III). Sports Arena," as one USIU booster The Gulls play Morgan State again

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three o'clock in the morning watching the film of that South Florida game," Egan said. "I mean, that was pure luck. Pure fate . . . I was concerned how our players would handle it. But they could hardly wait to play today. They were waiting for me down in the lobby, saying, 'C'mon coach, we're ready to go.' " They were. USO never trailed, leading by as many as 14 points in the first half. The biggest spurt came eight minutes into the game, when USD scored nine consecu- tive points to turn a one-point game into a 23-13 lead. Despite an inspired 16-point performance by point guard Jessie Jackson, UAA (7-6) had some serious prob- lems with the Toreros' defense. In fact, the Seawolves hit only two of their first 21 shots - scoring only one field goal during one 12-minute stretch in the first half. Meanwhile, Madden had fun inside, outmuscling the smaller UAA forwards on short turnaround jumpers. The USD guards did their part, too. Paul Leonard, Pete

Murphy and Danny Means had five assists each and combined for 29 points. Murphy finished with 14 points on 6-for-9 shooting; Means was a perfect 5-for-5 for 10 points off the bench. UAA made its only run midway through the second half, Jackson scoring six straight points to cut the Seawolves' deficit to 49-45. But Murphy and Madden pulled USD out of the fire - combining for nine points in an 11-4 spurt. "Madden hurt us - it was a very difficult matchup for us," said UAA coach Harry Larrabee, whose team outrebounded USO by 28-22 but shot only 44 percent from the field. "We didn't have anyone big enough to keep him from posting up. "I think as long as San Diego can control the tempo of the games they play, they'll be in good shape. That walk- up game, setting up good shots in a half-court situation suits them well. ~---L

after scoring only_ two p~ints in USD's 56-55 se'?ifin~l loss !o South Flonda, which fell to Texas last mght m "Nils ~as doing _a good job shooting the b~!l, ~nd our guards did a good Job gettmg the ball to him, said USO coach H_a~k Ega_n, w~ose team impro~ed its rec~.rd_ to ?" 4 and f1mshed its six-game road tnp at 3-3. Nils 1s strong, very competitive, easy to coach Obviously, he Egan admitted he was still numb after the loss Friday in which USD reserve James Knight accidentally tipped a rebound into his own goal to give South Florida the win. But Egan's players looked sharp yesterday, hitting 62.5 percent of their shots from the field, playing patient offense and exploiting UAA's defensive weak- the final, 60-55. played well for us tonight."

Junior Nils Madden had just

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played the best basketball game of his life _ and he

Standing outside the Umv~sity of San Di go locker room last night Madden bowed his head and apologized for a sub-par performance. Could have played better. The rebounding was OK. Let's not even talk about de- Enough, enough. Madden was perfect Saturday - hit- ting all seven shots from the field and scoring 21 points to lead the Toreros past Alaska-Anchorage, 78-64, in the - consolation game of the Longhorn Classic. The 6-foot-8 forward led both teams with eight rebounds and hit even of nine free throws. The 21-point total was a "Really?" Madden asked. "I could have played bet- fense.. . career high.

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