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Strickland seals 69-64 triumph -29__55 By Chris Clarey Staff Writer

USD guarc!_..Wayman ?tric~lan_d didn't let himself believe 1t until hlS free throw went through the basket. The shot gave the Toreros a four- point lead over the University of ~n Francisco with one second remaining last night, and by the time the ball wris Jenl

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shifting completely WIii a 6"·· 24 points. He was 7-for•l0 from the field, including 4-for-5 from three- point range. Burley wa a perfect 6- for-6 at the free-throw line, making the last two with 12 seconds remain- ing. The Broncos needed every one. "To their credit, they made some things happen," said Williams. "We didn't make anything happen, outside of Mitch Burley making his free throws down the stretch. Burley was r. Consi tency." The o c ' <:oncern was that he didn't ta consistent effort from ev- eryon Still, Williams went home with a win in bis pocket. uso·s only satisfac as that 1t played as bard as it uld. Danny Means has come to realize, that will have to be enough th15 y ar. 'You don't just walk into a Divi• sion I !;<'bOOl and - bang - you're a Division I player," said Strickland, the heir apparent to Means. "You have to develop. We're starting to de- velop character We just have to learn to rise to that extra level and play with all our hearts."

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i's Gylan Dottin tries to angle in a shot against USF.

McCathrion, who missed last week's game against USD because of his fa- ther's death, bad 10 poin~ and a team-high six rebounds.

he game on the line." lrd Kevin Mouton Jed USF in 1g with 1$ points. Forward Joel rtoli had 14. Center Mark

"That's it. That's how you win and, unfortunately, that's how you lose," said Coach Hank Egan, whose Toreros {6-12 and 1-5 in the West Coast Athletic Conference) shot 59.6 percent from the line before last

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r 1na y Get t Right atLine, eat San F ancisco efrt LI~EN SA.· DIEGO-Hank Egan, coach of the U,wc· c.t..qw.~......;. of.Sao Diego men's basketball team, has been saymg for quite some t me, :"Free throws are a contagious hmg" . Until Saturday mght, Egan was referring to missed free throws. Against the l'mverslty of Sao fraociW""before 2,280 fans-the season's largest crowd at the USD Sports Center-USD hit 24 of 29 (89.7%) from the free-throw line. including the last 10 of the game. Comc1clenta\ly, USD wan, 69-64. "Thcre will be a little kick in [Egan' ] walk today," USO guard Danny Means said. The victory was the first for USD (6-12 l m six West Coast Athletic Conference games and halted a 7-game !osmg streak datmg back to Dec. 30. San Francisco, which dealt St. Mary's allege its Please see USD Pare 11A ol:M.!;~;

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II Only Burley's free throws doJ~ the stretch kept Santa Clara in front. • UC-Oavis61, With three sef?nt5i 1 ~!J~ ~t: gam~. p:~o~t:r Davis to give h win over host San the team t e SFS 60 · u~ wmnmg

SAN 01r:cb (AP) -:- Santa Clara held on behind Mitt , 24 points to down J,n~ ?:. San D.i ·neo 67·66"""a n <1 s1t~itn for four riman~ ti:;e W~Ais:ehind 5-0 i:;;e~dine and 4.1 St. Mary's nd Loyola Marymount. 1 E;Y_~ ;::if The Broncos led by 18 pmnts before the host Toreros began to a .

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' ., DeBortoli (14), Mark McCathnon (10) and James Bell (10). With 9 minutes 20 seconds re- mammg, USD trailed, 51-44. The Tareros had led only once, at 2-0, before tymg it at 33-33, but San Francisco then went on an 18-11 run,mcludmg four 3-pomters. But at 9'20, USD's luck began to change. Bell missed a free throw. but Cottrell rebounded and put m the layup. After Bell blocked a DeBortoli hot, Dottin scored on a layup. Strickland hit a 3-pointer and the game wa$ tied, 51-51. After an exchange of 5 points each, USD took the lead for good with 3:18 left on Means' two free throws. Two more by Dottin and a 3-pointer by Stnckland gave USD a 63-56 lead With 2:04 left. With 45 seconds left, San Fran- cisco closed to w1thm 65-64, but Cottr 11 and Strickland made two free throws each to end the scoring. "We fmally got It all together," Bell said, Added Means: "Our attitude was not down but we haven't been winnmg down the stretch. I think tonight was a big maturmg factor for us." In the fll'St half, ne1th~r" t_,~~ made more than 5 pomts in;;,-··~

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Boise St. 67, Reno 59 RE O - WH n Fo ter scored 1-1 points and a tough Boi tate d fen hut down Nevada-Reno en mute to the Big Sky Conference victory. hri. Child" had 12 and David Lowery ll

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Joe McDonough won at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles but SDSU's men's team lost to host UC Riverside, 5-3, in a non-conference match. McDonough heat Richard ~ijer 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6), and paired with Tole Marinkovic to sweep Beijer and Jim W11banks 7 6 (7-3) 6-4 Riverside is 2-0. The Aztecs (0-2) play at Fresno State this afternoon at 1:30 . . , SDSU is ranked No. 4 in this . 'week's Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association Region VII poll ·· lost to top-ranked U~LA, 7-2, in Los Angeles. Ufil) winners were David Stewart, wnode- feat_ed Scott Galbraith 6-2, 6-3, and Chris Toomey, who beat Giora Payes 3-6, 7-6, 6-1. 95 J -~-"".........J

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