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USDHas ItTogether in Vi~ory ,Jc,r;e • College asketball: The Toreros had heroes all over the place while whipping Columbia, 85-58, with a balanced attack. By JIM UNDGREN SAN DIEGO-Coach Hank Egan really couldn't care less about indi- vidual performances when it comes to his University of San Diego men's bas~"a•Jtt-1nte""am11..-1.---....;._ "Whatever it takes to win," he said. So Egan was beaming through- out Friday night's 85-58 victory over Columbia in front of 849 at the USO Sports Center. Egan's team played like one, perhaps moreso than in any game this season. Five Toreros scored in double figures. Gylan Dottin led with 13 points. Pat Holbert added 12 on four lhree-pomters, including a 25-footer at the first-half buzzer that gave USD a 44-29 advantage. Craig Cottrell, Anthony Thomas and Wayman Strickland all had 10 points. Kelvin Woods scored nine points and John Jerome had eight. Jerome had been USD's leading scorer in nme of lJ games and Jed the Torerns with a 19.8 average enter- ing Saturday night. lJSD's Dondi Bell, had what Egan called a personal season- best game. In 17 minutes, Bell had six pomts (mciuding two dunks) and three blocked shots. Randy Thompson tied Dottin for honors in rebounding (four) and Strickland in assists (seven). The rebound numbers were low-USD led, 33-25-because the Toreros shot a season-high 62.5% (30 for 48) from the field. It was their second season-best shooting performance of the week. USD made 55% (22 for 40) in a 72-66 victory over Western Kentucky Thursday. ' That's the way you win games-team basketba11," Dottin said.

2 SLSters l..etieta, Teresa and Veronica Tharra lead Holtville to the girls' secuon D1v1sion IV basketball championship at the Sports Arena La Jolla County Day wins the Div1s1on V girls' t1l1e. As expected, Christian wms the boys· Division IV championship and Calipatria 1s victorious In the Division V boys' final. 3 Former Vista High running back Marc Jones is released from an eight-month prison sentence in a minimum- ecunty facility and awarded a football cholarship at the University of Washington by Coach Don James.... Valhalla and San Diego share the 2-A boys' soccer title, and the San Pasqual girls win their fourth consecutive 2-A championship. 4 Divi 10n I, n and III girls' and boys' basketball titles are decrded at the Sports Arena. The boys' winners, Poway over San Diego in Division I, Torrey Pines over Madison in DivISion Ir, and Lincoln over Clairemont in DiV1S1on III. The girls' Point Loma over Mira Mesa m Division I; Vista over San Marcos in D1v1S1on II, and USDHS over Ramona in DiVJSion III. Also, 3-A soccer championships are contested. Bonita Vil!ta takes the boys' title in double overtime, and the Torrey Pines and Poway girls play to a 1-1 lie. 9 The San Diego State basketball team completes its fourth consecutive losing season, a school first, and its second under Coach Jim Brandenburg when the Aztecs are elimmaled from the Western Athletic Conference tournament by a 70-57 loss to host Utah. 11 Point Lorna's Monica Filer and Vista's Chns Enger end illustrious high school basketball careers on a sad note. In the finals of the Southern Cahfornia Regional championships 111 Los Angeles, Point Loma Io es by a pomt to Morningside in Division I, and Vista falls lo Katella by six in Division II. 14 After an exhaustive search for a president, Padre owner Joan Kroc promotes Dick Free- man. In less than three weeks, Fr man makes what proves Lo be one of the most disasLrous decisions 111 Padre history, lurnmg down reliever Mark Davis' request of a two-year, $2.8 million extension. In the next eight months, Davis would Win the Cy YoW1g award and demand a five-year contract for $15 mllion. 18 Spectators at the second Pro-Am Bodysurfing championship m Pacific

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lt8 24 y r eXJstence. How' Valhalla Coach Carl lavclli d1 overs his team used a re 1d nlially melig1- bl player nd forfeits the t1Ue. 14 We nng hmy pants, flashy shoes and race bibs like Olympic medals, 1,000 kids appear for the on -mtle running event or the fifth McClassic. "Look l the faces on th kids here," d starter Tony Gwynn. Then he ad~1s d "Please be careful. Don't run over somebody's back." 18 EffecUve at th end or Lhe s ason, U.S. Interna- tional drops women's basketball, the econd t am sport ehmmalcd within a year, The Gulls now hav the minimum number of Learns-six each for men and women-needed to remain in NCAA Divi- n I. 24 Arter a Christmas Vtsll to otre Dame. two- Ume ection 2-A volleyball player of the year hcia Turner or USDHS commits lo the FighUng lrl h. "l went lo a basketball game, and Il was really fun. And the football team 1s No. I," she said.... Or ng Glen's Jake Nyberg, the state's leading receiver, announces his mlenl to attend SD

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Former San Dieguito play- er Carl Chang, now at Cal. aten, as are the No. I-ranked Bears, by the l':!rsit of e om men's tennis. eanside star erry Garrett 1s ruled academi- cally ineligible for the second lime this school ye, . . SDSU senior center Chana Perry is named to 'Kodak AU -American women's basketball team.

With its second victory in a row, the Toreros improved to 5-7 to end the 1989 and pre-conference por- tion of their schedule. For the second year ma row, USD will take a 5-7 record into West Coast Con- ference play. USD plays three consecutive WCC home games be- ginning Saturday against Santa Clara. The Toreros also finished 137-140 in the 1980s, a decade in which they won two conference titles, advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 1983-84 and 1986-87. Columbia, which started three sophomores and two freshmen, fell to 2-7 in the first meeting of the schools. The Lions were led by Russell Stewart (21 pomts) and Dane Holmes (16). USD took a 15-poinl halftime lead (44-29) and increased that to 17 three limes early in the second half. A Cotrell layup and a Bell dunk gave the Toreros a 21-point lead (58-37) with 13:10 left. That was increased to 31 (85-54) with 1:43 left, and Egan inserted the last of his 15 players. "If you have an enthusiastic and aggressive attitude, a lot of good things will happen," Egan said. Holbert had another way or putting it: "We were just too hot tonight." -

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.,,....USD shoots down Columbia Toreros weason-best 62% from floor in 85-58 win USO' b ket 1 11 team, which ldom has shot bert, also in the dark about the lack of the lightin~. tbeughts out this season, last rugbt walked on to That USO failed l? n?tice the shadows, Dottm t U D Spo ts Center floor dimly illuminated by and Holbert said, mdicates bow focused the b..n f faulty lights Toreros were, which .in turn explains their ~- Even 1! all the lights had been out, said the proved ~m play. ~1ve U~D players scored m Toreros' Gylan Dottin after USD's 85-58 victory double figures, mcluding Craig Cottrell and Antho- ov r visiting Columbia. USO would have hot well. ny Thomas, who each had 10. H boast bad cause. The Torero (5-7) shot 66 As the team said goodbye to 1989, it also seem- percent from the field in the first half and a sea- ingly 'bas bid adieu to !ts ~!fish tendenc!e_s,_ for son-best 62 percent for the game which Egan, calm as a hbranan of late, cnticized What kind of game wa 1t? Junior guard Pat them harshly earlier thJS month. Holbert, In boosting USD's halftime lead to 4-4-29, "It really bubbles from them," said Egan of his lied a 2f>.footer at the buzzer, one of four three- team's enthusiasm. "I think they kind of recog- pointers m five lnes by Holbert, who scored 12. nized that." His b ckco11rt mat - W ym n Strickland (4- Along the way, point guard Strickland, who of 5, 13 points) and Dottin (6-of-8, 13 points) - also played at small forward _in high school, i~ recog- hot well. ruzing defenses better, said Egan and Dottm. In fact, of the 11 Toreros who scored, nine made Last night, Strickland had seven assists and just t least half of the r shots. The least accurate? two turnovers. For a change, he also pushed USO John J rom , the team' top scorer this season, into several successful fast breaks. . w o madr. Just two of ven field shots "Later in the game, they started runnmg and S d nly, It seems, the Toreros, who just last jumping at us," Dottin said, "and Wayman ~andled k m as many hots as Nevada-Reno at- it with ease. He played an excellent game. t mpted in a 19-point loss, have developed touch. Assessed Egan: "Maybe Wayman's best game, 'If you know you can play defense or maybe both offensively and defensively." top som body, 1t makes it easier to shoot," said To be sure, USO has timed its ascent well. The USO coach Hank Egan. Toreros begin Coast Conference play Saturday, Good lighting would seem to increase one's ac- against visiting Santa Clara. The next two games, curacy, too. So intent and focu ed were the they play at home against Pepperdine and Loyola Toreros,though, they saw only a gjmnasium, not Marymount. to conclude an eight-game home hadows, sa d Dottin and Holbert. stand in which they are 3-2. ''I didn"t know," Dottin said of the lights "We Columbia (2-7) got 21 points from Russell Stew- didn't pay attention at all." ard and 16 from Dane Holmes. The Lions shot 37.6 "Maybe they should keep 1t that way," said Hol- percent from the field and had just 11 assists.

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John Jerome charges past Columbia's Dane Holmes on his way to a first-half basket. Jerome was 2-for-7 from the field and scored eight points in USD's asy victory.