News Scrapbook 1972-1973

3/ro(,3 .~~~!.~t.~~.~~-_,i,., nailing nine of his 17 shots. .. Stan, didn t "You know, it's a mental thmg. There's so much pressure on Washmg- Ion. We depend on him to brmg the ball e., o s . t~fl "Tonight. the shots that go m f~r him nin'e out of 10 times Just weren t fall- Norw re those of Pinky Smith. The 6 ft. 6½ in. forward missed all bu three of his 16 field goals on a mght w en the Toreros could convert but "I could tell before the game," said dicker&taff, "that Pinky was too tense. Je wasn't coming out to meet the pass- r. to him and we weren't getting any ba kdoor baskets, with him passing ?ff. "That's what we hurt Bakersfield with la time (m a 70-69 victory at USO)." Pinky frnished with 10 pcints, moi:e than eight below his average, and SIX •rebounds. Larson. who has by far the most dis• c1plinect team in this postseason tourna- ment, credited the defensive work of Odis Ward, a 6-4 senior from StoC'kton. "We put a very good defensive play- er on Smith," said Larson. . "Basketball is played rn 1hree phases," cohtinued 1.he Roadrunners' coath. ' It's bas1caUy reboundmg, de- fen nd offen "We rl1d two o! them well tonight. We /Continued on p ge 8-4, col. Sl in'." 3(% from the floor. l d d d ·ob on i a goo b erved B1'ckers- l "The kid (Ross , h ? " h th f eo,1om to up and he doe n't ave ,ct open withou e r 'I" t th b 11 h handles 1t e a , e . much. ,

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through the fingers of other Toreros. "'ashi·n,.,.on wound up with four_ assists. l 'e easily could have had twice that 111 ~~~; 1 ere was a problPm of foul trouble. Thompson foulect ou with J•53 left and P1"nky Sn1ith finished with four " ~• as aakersfield d1a as n h starting five indiscriminately. "We need another big man and we need another guard, somebody lo help take the pressure off Washington, for next year," said Bickerstaff. minutes, did not enJ0Y one of hLS better games. He was five-for-; 7 from th e field, sconng 12 points. Richard Ro.s • the state's better defensive guards, defended Washington expertly. one of Washington, playing the e~tire 4() fouls. Thl·s ,·s a Torei·o one larin weak , ·

SFIELD-ln the team pie- situated m the back row, an ous, gnome-like figure you assume is the Bakersfield ge manager. hoy,ever. this 31-year-old e up-and-commg basketball the West. Under Jim Lar- akersfield State program is Jim Larson never did. runners, as they are called, ir third year. They are in alional Collegiate Athletic ege Division regional finals C-Riverside. They are a is 39·13 over a. two-year span

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Y.Cnt on a 10- t to rut thP mar~ n to four, 42-:18, dn a Wa 1hJngton dnve with 8:54 remaining. threc-po111t play y Pinky Smith, off an assist by Washington, with 7:08 left. It wa~ then , howe\ , that Bakersfield played 11 deliberate best And ttus Is a team a~ patient as I is poised. There wasn't another pcmt cored until 2: 13 remained, when Carl Toney converted two free thro s for the Hoadrunner . USD whittled to three, 44-41, on a

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Bakersfield defeated Riverside twire in the California Collegiate Athlellc Assn. The d m,e will not nece, • sarily be a cha m It Y.asn for Bick• er taff. Thi~ was Bickerstaff's third gamP. In the region I playoffs. lie lo. t the pre- vious two as a SD layer. 1966.

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Last ht, in the first round of these ege playoffs, they reinforced at University of San Diego 1s, year away by turning back the young Toreros, 50-44 at Bakersfield City College. Ii the Bakersfield Stale program Is growing by leaps and bounds and bas- kets, 11 is not-at this pomt, a least-I" vmg USO in the dust The TorPros will be back, msisted coach Bernie> Bickerstaff "This was the first time these kids have been rnvolved m the playoffs,'' said Bickerstaff. " It wa a new ex• perience for them and they played like 1t. We were just too teme. "But I think we learned somethmg, we can profit from thP mistakes w made tomghl. Next year, we shnuldn be bothered so much by the prr~t • This is the finest T SD le~ 1n his-

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a am t the same players m h aused the : hedu le change Stan Wa ·hm and Rober "Pinky" m1th play basket-ball for USO Thev are not ordinary players, bu·t may wmd up as the two greale t in the school's history Both are juniors and will return for another campaign and Coach ]lern1e Bicker- staff happily pomts out their prevum accomph hments n th hill A fre hnwn, Wa hmgt n averaged 19.8 points !)('r game and Smith added 15.5 in leading the Torero ·' frosh to a 19-1 fm1sh Wa hm ton was the Most Valuable Player on the fro h team and was named to the same award on the varsity last year as a sophomore USD recorded an unspec- tacular 12-14 but the tandem of Washipgton and Smith and USO, who won the event last year with Brigham Young second Among the 18 team parti- cipating are such powers as Hou ·ton who finished fifth m last year's NCAA Tourna• mcnt . Brigham Young which features nationallv ranked Bruce Kleege from La Jolla Tennessee, Drake. and Washington will brmg strong teams here. There will be ix single dra"' along with thre doubles with the top ed d pl )icrs opposmg each other throughout the six dra11, ' Matches begin both days at 8 a.m and admission 1s free io the public

showed lla.heso brill ancc. The 6-4 gu rd from Washington, D(' averaged 18.1 points r g<1me a ve r ago and 17 5 thi · year to move into venth place or. the all-time cormg list at USD with 943 t10int That 1 just 25 point •lund rnith' 968 markers. Washington wa also named to the I I • Di trict 8 Team folio\\ mg the recent playoff tourney m which the Torero · finished third Smith has been a model or cons1stenn under Btcker- sta!'t He has averaged 17.8 and li.9 pofnts 'r game m his two seasons at USO He missed setting a smgle season scoring record m the fmal game when called for two line v10laltons on successful free throws. He scored 503 points this season and the old mark is 504 held by Jim F1°ming in 1960-61 Tb ,re have been rumors that Wash•ngton was being court~ l by the hardship draft c •m,ng soon •I st lookmg for• xi }ear " he said ff , 1ghed . hi s scoring ashmgton al Jr a, 1sts in one game I l;l 1d for a season with ' ii. br •aking his old mark nt 158. PlaJing against the Aztecs is a matter of pride for Washington , who was told about USO and Bickerstaff by Bernie Williams playmg for the San Diego Rockets. "The athletes at State look down on L'SD and i s athletes,·· he said Bickerstaff doesn ·t think

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1 '1173 USIUhigh onToreros University of San Diego placed both of their star jun- ior on the all-op nent squad selected by the bas- ketball players at United States International t.;'niver- sity. Guard Stan Washington and forward Robert "Pinky" Smith from USD garnered firsl team honors. Others chosen on the first team were Geoff Pete, a guard from San Diego State Univers1tv. forward Dennis Vanzan t fr om Azusa Pacific, a~d rent r Fred De- Vaughan ol \', t!S!mont.

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concert slated '3 h4 {T-'? The iliird annual S'ister Rossi Music &holarsh1p Concert will be held at Lhe University of San Diego April 8. The concert will begm ..t 4 p.m . in Camino Theatre Tickets are available at the Fiddle 'n Bow Music Store or · at the University now and the day of the concert. Sister Aimee Rossi, Dean Emeritus of the University devotes all of her efforts to assistmg talented students who are in need of financial aid to complete their study of music. Several students are currently on scholarships realized from previous concerts The concert program will include "Thetis", "Phapsody for cello and piano", "Concerto for four violins and strings", "Suite Modale for Flute and String Orchestra", and "The Moldau from the Cycle 'My Country "

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