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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Torsros pointed to a win Guard finds role as Austin falls, 71-45 By Bill Center laff Writer Wayman Strickland scored only two points for the llzliversity of San Diego last night. But in the Toreros' scheme of things, Strickland came away from USD's 71-45 victory over winless Ste- phen F Austin Stale figuring he had just played o of his best games at Alcala Park. "I've had better games statistical ly," the sophomore said. "But this was probably one of my he t games as a point guard." Stickland had seven assists and three steals a• the Toreros snapped a four-game losing stttak against the outmanned, 0-6 LumberJacks of the Southland Conferenc "Strickland IS s rting to become a good point guard ' USD coach Hank Egan said after his dub Improved to 3-5 before 713 spectators at he USD Sports Center. "When he's playing now, he's think- mg of other people f1rsl That's been hard for Wayman." In high cbool, the 6-fool-2 Strick- land was a scorer He was San Fran- cisco's Player of the Year in 1986-87 for averaging 21.9 pornts at Riordan In his freshman year at USO, Strickland shared ballhandllllg duties with brothers Danny and Kelvm Means. Most of Strickland's time was But the Means brothers are gone and Egan has gor;e from two ballhan- dlers in the lineup lo a point guard "My job has changed a lot," said Strickiand. "I'm not shooting a much. Now my responsibilities are defense and getting the ball to my in "The ballhandling is no problem Getting the altitude of putting my teammates first forced a High spent at shooting guard. format. teammates.

opening on Bickerstarrs bench. He got in touch. Jones Ii tened. And he's here He isn't exactly responsible for Xs and Os, not a couL W a he 1s ls fam11inrity and exp~ i 1ce, Bicker- staff said. "We all would be lying if you said you don't have any kmd of ego," Bickerstaff said. "B t thos things you put a Ide, e.pec1ally when you're with solid pcopl People say what they feel and you deal with 1t and you Ii ten." "I had nothing lo prove by coming out here," Jones said. "Othel'8 may think, 'You go to lhi lowly position or istant coach.' Amb1t1on and statu at thi point in tlm means not a thing to me Wh t matters 18 the rclati0nsh1p we have It really doesn't matt r whnl other people thmk. We're able, with one anoth r, to be totally open and enjoy the relallonsh1p." After all Lhose years with the Bullets, In San Diego, and at Wool- pcrt' ho m Scqutm, Wash, Lalking b ketball late mto the night, one thmg these two are is open with a h other Said Uns Id. "The big thlni;,: m this prof on, because of all the comings nd gom , is that you've got LO feel there's somebody back there cov nng your back. I know KC. felt that with Bcrme and I m sure Berni feels lha with K.C. I hav n't been 111 this bu n Ion enough to know, but I get the fechng that that's very Important to coaches." Sure It's Important to Berme Bickersuiff, to have someone who, m case h ulcer problems flare up agam, c uld take over But 1t' mor than that too, even 1f he tnc to keep It to lums f. "If It were not for that tmllal opportunity," he allows, "who knows?" "When l was fired at Washing tor , he lay d th re another 12 years," Jones satd. "And I'm In Bo ton. When my me was m n- Uoned you never heard Berm 's and when Berm 's name as m n- lloned you never heard me That's Just something thaL's come about smce we've been In Sealtie. "But we've managed to be as succe ful as we have been, as w arc It l:.1s co un er very tress ful conclit o Yet w 'vc succeed- ed.''

•rv crew. l never understood why th t got so much play or what was so important about that one Inci- dent, Lhal p rceptlon." Bu It w Just lhat-pcrccp- tlon-that branded Jones, until he on champ onshlp m Boston in 1984 and 1986, brand d him even tho h t s In Boston and Was lngton had won division lilies In ven of h s eight yea as coach, d hi .706 winning percentage w cond In BA h lory to that or th e · Pat Riley. "I've been m th finals as long ns Ive ched," Jon d. "I've b n In the finals four out or five y rs and (won) two champlon- h Thi I I Id-back co ch? Pat R1I y, am thing. H ' been th r Lhan I have and done

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'1t was a little like we were last year," said Egan. After losing to Houston by only 13 points last Wednesday, the Lumber- jacks managed only 13 points in the first half last night. USO had 32 and could easily have had more. The Toreros ~urned the ball over three of their first four times down floor against the Lumberjacks' 1·3·1 zone and didn't score in the game's first four minutes and 10 seconds.

But the visitors went as long as 6:42 between points. "I thought we played well at times," said Egan. "Defensively, we played better. We had some guys turn in good efforts off the bench." Jerome was the only Torero in double figures with 22 points in 31 minutes Egan cleared his bench with more than five minutes to go and 11 players scored in the first of eight straight home games for the Torero~

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'Coach Egan has been working overtime with me," Strickland said. 'I've still got a ways to go, but I've been here a year now and I expect better things from myself." times, Egan has criticized Strickland's play from the bench dur- At "No problem," said Strickland. "When he gets on me, it's to make me play harder I understand him fully. He wants me to get better. I want am .

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SD Ends All Doubt Qui9<1y • College basketball: The Toreros take a 32-13 first-half lead on the way to an easy, 71-45 victory over Stephen F. Austin. By JIM LINDGREN SAN DIEGO-In th an ' Salurday mght shoot-around with Stephen F. Austin State, the Tor ros hot a hole m the idea ny team can beat another In coll ge basketball SFA never had a shot. USD's 71-45 victory n front of 713 at the USO Sports Center was. for all mtents nnd purposes over m ... well, pick your spoL After tra1hng, 2-0, USD cored five point! m a row It may have taken the Torer four mmute 10 second to record their fir l pomt (perhap because of a week layoff for fmal exams) but once they got untracked. they had no trouble Sconng treaks of 14-0 and 7-0 helped U Destablish a 22-poml lead, its biggest or the flJ'st hair, with 17 econds left. The mazmg thmg was that USO had ored J t 32 pomts, the Lumbel'}acks 10. It took a thre -point ba ket at the buzz r by Jeff Willi ms Lo give S~'A 13 by halftime. Had U ·o not been shooting so poorly early-the 'l'oreros made JU l sue of 20 shots (30%) m the f•rst 6,02-it m1ghl have had one of its better flJ'sl halves ever. A It was, S~'A had one or tLq wor Lm 64 years. Arter Tim Holloway cored the m 'a r, l basket at 17-30, th Lumber- jacks did not score again for anoth r 4·45. Thal paled in compan n with the 6:42 nap ll took fler It fourth pomt With 6.02 I fl, Norman Sch pper · 15-footJumper cut U D's lead to 19·6 A few minute later, John Jerome made two free throws and a layup, and Pat Holbert z nk a thr -pointer to give USD a 28-81 ad

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Hot LineHas I cefor the Grieving 29)(~ By MIOIAEL QUINTANILLA TIMES STAFF WRITER John James could barely hear the caller on the other end of the line. "I don't want my son and daughter-in- law to hear me," the woman whispered. She explained that her husband died last Dec. 22. They had been married 55 years. And although her son and daughter-in-Jaw had Just arrived to spend the holidays with her in Whitti- er, she was not hap- py. In fact, she want- ed to cry because she missed her hus- band, especially now. But she was afr8J.d to mourn in front of her son and his wife; she didn't want another lec- ture on ways LO llve arms, but who can you call if your heart Is rok n? ••• It's a ad her life without the commentary.' 'We have a 911 number for people wh break their be fine now, that it's been a year since he died, that 1 shouldn't be crying," the woman told James. By the end of the conversation, the woman realized she wasn't alone in her sorrow and hung up feeling better. James is founder or the Grief Recovery Institute of Los Angel ~. a 6 year old nonprofit organization dedicated to helpmg people cope with the sense of loss that results from a death. a di\orce, a job change, even retirement. The institute, which relies on pnvate donations, is operated by four staffers and several volunteers who have been trained In grief-recovery counseling. They provide information to the public and conduct grief-recovery seminars vr heah.n = professionals. The institute's latest service 1s the coun- try's first toll-free holiday grief hoL line- (800) 445-4808. James, who co-authored "The Grief Recovery Handbook" and has taught graduate courses on grief al the University of San Diego and the University of Phoehlx, says he targeted the hohdays Plea e sec GRIEF, E8 man who was a part of it for more than half a century. ''They keep tell- ing me that I should JOHN JAMES

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P. C. 8 F.sr. 1888 San Diegg..institutions get $1 million in grants Tbiee 'r'sih r»ego institullons received more than $1 million m grants th~ year from the Weingart Foundation, officials of the Los Angeles-based chari- ty said. . .. The University of San Diego topped the list, rece1vmg more than $850,000, including $198,500 to launch 1he Children's Advocacy Institute, _a newly formed research group that will study the way ~he county ~andle~ c~1ld-abuse reports and will lobby stale legislators to help improve _children s rights. The money is the first installment of a two-year $409,000 Weingart grant awarded to USO fo the institute. USO also received $50,000 to study how the California Board _o~ Medical Quality Asrnrance monitors and disciplines the state's 70,000 phys1c1ans. An additional $443,975 was given to USD to make interest:free loans to students, said Charles W. Jacobson, president of the foundation. USD a1:50· received $160,000 lo match money it has raised from private sources for its student loan program, Jacobson said. . . Also obtaining foundation grants was the Jackie Robms~. ~MCA m South- east San Diego to expand and renovate its run-down fac1hties. The YMCA received $163,741, the first part of a $358,956 grant announced last year by the foundation. The other recipient was the Old Globe Theatre, which got $25,000 to help build a new pavilion, Jacobson said. The charity is named after the late Ben Weingart, a Los_ Angeles real l:8ta~e developer who left his $100 million estate to the foundallon when he died m !~,--~---~--~-~-~---

Phol.OII by DAVlD McNl::W I Loi Ang~les Tames USD's John Jerome (25) battles Stephen F. Austin center Tim Holloway (54) for a rebound during the first half.