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Gauchos down Toreros, 79-62 ~7~$ UCSB gua fds utes, w~en the Gauchos outscored USO, 3215. l d 11 • DeHart, who came into the game ea ra y Ill with a tender hamstring and almost sat out the second half, finished with

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a game-high 24 points. Johnson had a career-high 18. to be a much better team than last year's 8- 20 entry in the flI'St half. USO built its five-point lead at in- termission on a Gaucho club that held Pepperdine to 19 fir t-half points Saturday in a 67-46 season- opening victory. Pepperdine was chosen the preseason favonte by coaches in the West Coast Confer- ence. USO had bwlt up that lead despite having center Dondi Bell mi most of the half - and eventually most of the game - with foul troubles Craig Cottrell also picked up three fouls m the half and forwards John Jerom and Kelvin Woods also spent tlm on the bench with foul problems. Jerome played enough 1n the first halt to push home 13 points. He scored 11 of those in the first six min- utes before drawmg his second foul with 12:17 to play Although Jerome sat out 4 ½ min- utes, the Toreros moved ahead be- hind three inside baskets by Cottrell and two late baskets by newcomer guards Anthony Thomas and Pat Holbert. The Toreros' biggest lead of the mght came when Woods scored on a rebound at the first-half buzzer. UC Santa Barbara turned its game up a notch in the second half, howev- er. USD turned the ball over 12 times in the second half. And after holding a 19-12 edge on the boards in the first The Toreros appeared

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L L ast season was difficult for Hank Egan because his team wasn't good enough. This season may prove equally difficult, but for a different reason· HIS team 1s good enough. Such IS the life of a college basketball coach Egan suffered with an extremely young Unive it of San Die o squad last sea~n as 1t pa or its inexpenenc . with an 8-20 record. Thi season, th Toreros are more mature and, thanks to transfers and added recruits, more skilled. Now all they have to do is win. Aye, theres the rub Bringing potential in line with expectations IS perhaps the most d1fflcult chore In coaching. It's one Egan 1s truggling with these days. Even In an 82-46 on-opening Victory over Cal Lutheran, Egan found reason to fret · "I kn w 1t unds ridiculous, considering we won by 36, but I thought that, pound for pound, they outplayed us about any way you can outplay somebody," he said. "We Just had too many horses for them." The real t t would come in the Toreros' second game, against UC Santa Barbara, wblch, under Coach Jerry Pimm, ha qwetly become one of the fmer programs on the West Coast. The Gauchos would provide a benchmark b) which USO could measure its tmprovemen . Despite p aymg in the same conference as Nevada-Las Vegas (Big West), UCSB as won more than 20 games two years in a row and has gone on to postseason tournament play both times. Thuteen players return from last season's team. The Gauchos beat U~oundly . last season, 76-58, and opened this season by manhandling Pepperdme, the team favored to win USD's conference, 67-46. 'I wanted to be tested early, but maybe thiJ a bigger test than I thought when I sc eduled th game a couple of years ago," fretted Egan before the game Tuesday. "They really did a number on Pepperdine. They played the best defense I've seen in a long, long time. They have good athletes, a lot of depth and are well-coached." Still, if you think you're unproved, there's only one way to prove it: You have to play somebody good. "I do think we are a better ballclub," Egan said. "But we have to get it off paper. We have not played really well to date. We haven't sustained anything." When the game began, 1t soon became evident that. yes, the Gauchos are good and, yes, the Toreros have improved tr mendously. Despite losing center Dondi Bell to foul problems that would hmit his use all evening, USO finished the first half with a 41-36 lead. To put that in perspective, Pepperdine scored only 18 points and had 17 turnovers in the first half against UCSB. USO maintained its lead through the first five minutes of the second half and trailed only 51-50 with just over 13 minutes to play, Then the Toreros lost their focus, See Lockwood on P e E-4

Like Humpty-Dumpty, the Univer- sity of San Diego basketball team had a great fall last night. After playing UC Santa Barbara even for 25 minutes, the Toreros withered before the outside shooting of Gaucho guards Carrick DeHart and Paul Johnson and their own poor play to drop a 79-62 decision before a crowd of 2,247 at the USO Sports Cent r. "They stayed together as a team and we came apart," an angl1'.1!.§_D coach Hank Egan said after his club fell to 1-1. "We started going solo. We suc- cumbed to the pressure and they didn't. "I have never seen a team collapse like that. I've seen players do it. We have improved the personnel, but I don't know if we're a better team." DeHart and Johnson bad 31 points between them in the second half as the Gauchos overcame a 41-36 half- time deficit. The guards simply shredded the Toreros' defense. DeHart hit six of even shots in the second half, and Johnson as a perfect 6-for~. includ- ing two three-point bombs that start- ed the Gauchos' run. As a team, UC Santa Barbara missed only three of 20 shots in the second half as they outscored the hosts, 43-21. USO made only eight of its 30 second-hall shots. More telling was the final 15 min-

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Contlnu d from D-1 20 minut , th Toreros were outre- boonded 19 9, m the second half 'We didn't handle It very well de- f nslvely In the nd half," Egan 1d "Th y got a lot of uncontested hots W Just got In a rush and too ourselves out of It If I knew what happe ed. I d t 11 you " E n aid the crucial part of the g m c me after DeHart hit a 16- root jumper to give the Gauchos a 62- 56 lead th Hl to play. "I called the timeout and stressed the need to get the ball Inside," Egan said. "We make one pass and throw up a three-point hot." UC Santa Barbara hurried the ball to the other end of the court where

DeHart put the Gauchos up by eight with a short hook. A Holbert tried to penetrate the middle at the other end of the floor, rugged Guachos forward Gary Gray stripped the ball away from the USO guard and passed to Johnson whose layup gave the Gauch th ir first IO-point lead at 66-56 It doesn't get easier for D. The Tor leave thi mormng and play three games m four days on th road They will pl y at Orth Tex State tomorrow night, then travel to New York City to play in a tournament at St. John's on Saturday and Sunday Jerome led the Torerc>S with 22 points. Cottrell and Gylan Dottin both had 10. /

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P. c. s F,, , au SD on coast-to-coast swing The road doesnffet't;as~1or the for their game against the Eagles (0- University of San D~~askelball 2 ).Egan still was upset with the sec- :e da after their ond-half ond-half play o! his cl_ub T~esday ll y . t UC Santa Barbara, night. After Jeadmg by f1ve pomts at co apse agains . intermission the Toreros were out- the Toreros departed San Diego yes- d 32 • 15 over the final 15 min- terday for a five-game road trip that score · • starts tonight against the University ut~wo: ~i~:~:2p~~;·as a team and we of f;;t; 0~::::· will be in New York ~dn't play an~. defense," Egan said. City on Saturday and Sunday to play We went solo. 's coach . th St John's University Touma- The cornerstones of Egan . ~ent They return to San Diego ing philosophy are team play a?d de- W~esday to play San Diego state fense. ~ven durmg last sea~~s !i~ in the Sports Arena before traveling campaign, opponents shot . t USO UCLA De 9 percent from the floor agams · toUSO coac~·H·ank Egan canceled a After two games _this season, oppo- scheduled practice yesterday after nen~s are shootmg 54.4 percent the Toreros (1-1) arrived in Denton agamst the Toreros.

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Egan's Toreros hit the road with a hankering for victory By Kirk Kenney .L.. Tr1bUJJe portswnter -;):::. 5J . USD basJtetball coach Hank Egan takes his team on the road early in the ~ause that is where it can develop what Egan calls a "siege mentali- ty." It's him and them against the world_ The Toreros will fmd themselves ln hostile environments for the ne:xt five games - their long t stretch of road games during the season - begmmng tomght In Denton, Texas, against the University of North Texas. As 1f USO needed another reason to feel all alone right now. The Toreros (l•l) are coming off Tuesday night's 79-13~ loss to UC Santa Barhara which featured a second-half collapse of epic proportions "We'v~ got a lo of work to do," summed up Egan afte Tuesday night's game at the USO ports Center. . . USD's sagging confidence level should receive a boost agamst North Texas. The Eagl (0-2) lost Tuesday night to Oklahoma State 94-66 after opening the eason last week with a 65-57 loss to SMU. ortb Texas I t four starters from the 14-15 team that defeated USO 81-77 in overUme last season The Eagles do not have a player averaging in double figures. USO senior center John Jerome leads th Toreros with 18.5 points and 6.5 rebounds. Sophomore guard Gylan Dottin (11 points, 5 rebounds) is the only other Toreros player scoring In double figures. Following tonight's game, the Toreros continue east for the St. John's Tournament in ew York USO plays the tournament host Redm Saturday night at Alumni Hall. The Toreros will play either South Alabama or ~right State - which complete the tournament's four-team field - depending on what happens in Saturday's games. The Toreros play San Diego State at the Sports Arena Wednesday mght and UCLA at Pauley Pavilion Dec. 9 before returning to the USO Sports Center Jor eight tralght gam

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AH-college tournament Dan Mattera of uso_., returns a shot in his 7- 5, 6-1 victory over Hunter Gallaway In the third round of tournament at USD. The top-eight seeded players all have advanced to today's quarterfinals. Results - E-13.

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