News Scrapbook 1989

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./ , LOCAL=B~R~IE~F=S___.:.:..____________ Azt~slose in men's tennis San Diego State lost to host ~eva- Tsunoda 6-4, 6•4. .

the first inning. The Griffins play Chaffey this morning at 8. In other , Apache Classic games, Southwestern lost to Orange Coast College, 4-2, after leading, 2-0, entering the bot· tom of the ninth. Southwestern outhit San Bernardino at 11 ... SDSU, com- ing off an 8-0 loss to Division II UC Riverside on Tuesday, begins a two- game series with Pacific tonight at Smith Field at 5. Tomorrow's game is at 2 p.m. The 15th-ranked Aztecs are 3-2. Pacific is 2-2. SDSU will pitch senior Rob Brown {1-0) tonight and sophomore Erik Plantenberg (O· 0) tomorrow. SDSU's pitching staff has a 1.20 earned-run average

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d~-Las Vegas yesterday~~ mens ten- ms, and USO beat V1S1t1ng Loyola The Aztecs fell, 5-1! m_round-robm play at the I_tebel Invitat~onal. USD, behind strong singles play, SDSU (1·5) lost five of six singles matc~es. B111 Kearsley .won the teams only pomt, beatmg .':'usa Tsunoda 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 6 pos1t1on. The Aztecs play Texas Tech today. Curtis Dadian of USO (5-1) 1>«:at Tom Sam~son 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 sm- gles. USO s No. 1 doubles team of Jose Luis Nori~ga and David Stewart defeated Craig Brown and Tony Marymount. . . beat LMU, 7-2. . . . UNLV IS 3-1.

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women's team lost all three doubles matches and fell to visiting Pomona Long Beach State this morning at 10:30 ... USD men's coach Ed Collins, assisted by members of his team, will conduct a free clinic today from 1-3 p.m. at the USD west courts. All ages and levels of play are welcome. Ba • eball - Grossmont capitalized on three L.A. Harbor errors and beat the Seahawks, 7-4, in the first round of the Apache Classic at Southwest- ern. Grossmont scored four runs in

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LMU ha won its last four meet- ings with U D. The Lions defeated the Tor ros 115-75 and 141-126 last ason The Toreros were run off the noor both gam LMU defeated USD 139-104 when the teams played la t turday mght in Los Angeles. That g.ime was decided during a fiv mmule stretch m which the Lion "en on a 35-4 sprint. U D' trategy last mght was to take the layup wh n it was there and t up the offense when It wasn't A controlled attack. It worked in the first half wh n th Toreros played pcrhap their best ba ketball of the season. USD trailed 52-48 at halftime. "The first half IS the way we want- ed to play the whole &61me," said Strickland, who scored 13 of his 15 points in th first half. "In the second half, w came out and walked right into a trap. We started playing much f t r th n wanted to play. We w re down by three, then it went to 18 really qu1c . It's one of those thin wh re we got caught up doing what they wanted to do.'' The Tor ros were done in by a 5½- mlnute retch early in the second half when the Lions increased their lead from 56-53 to 78-56 with 12:37 remaining. "In the first half, we were able to execute our offense and impose our game plan on them," said USO jumor forward Craig Cottrell, o led the Toreros with 26 points. "In the sec- ond half, we came out and we were a littl too anxio We didn't execute the way we were supposed to and that was it right there. "It's very easy to lose control out there and get caught up in the tempo. That' where more po!Se and maturi- ty. com.es. 1n WA ;ud ti.n."''" '"••- 1a.~

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That Ferch, who was about to be benched, keyed the surge was in keeping with Pepperdine's quirky play of late. The Waves lost to the Gaels on Friday, 77-49. In that game, they shot 31 percent and 36 percent from the line. How bad was it? "All you could do was just laugh - it was just sick," said the 6-foot-1 Ferch, who likened that setback to , 51-point loss in the Montana high school playoffs. Pepperdine coach Tom Asbury had similar sentiments regarding Ferch's defense early in the second half last night. "I was just about to pull him out before he hit that first three- see.~oreroa on Pa' e H- 4 ---~~-- -·

After its third half of sub-par bas- ketball, Pepperdme, the school m Malibu, got a jump start from a Mon- tana native last night against the Univ~rsity of San Diego. Shann F'erch, ir-junior transfer from Montana State, hit three three- pointers in 1:42 of the second half, sending Pepperdine to a 93-73 victory before 2,250 at the USD Sport Center. The victory, coupled with Loyola Marymount's loss at St. Mary's, left • Pepperdine (16-9, 8-2) tied with the Gaels for the West Coast Athletic Conference lead. Last-place USO, loser of 12 of 13, is 6-16 and 1-9. The Toreros led at the half, 35-33, but then Pepperdine outscored them, 60-38.

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Reserv~Guard Makes 3Straight 3-Pointers andWaves Rise Up to Win, 93-73 ..,-s By J,.,t ,INDGREN, 87-84, in overtime, USO (6-16, tired. I didn't reel like sparking. I they did a good job of taking Special to The Times 1-'l) is alone in last place in the didn't feel like shooting. control," USO Coach Hank Egan conference. "The rirst one I was not real said. SAN DIEGO-Some times the Playing before 2,~50 fans,. USD conrident with. ~he secon~ one I In the first half, Pepperdine took best coaching moves arc the ones took a 39.37 lead with 17 mmutes thought was a brick. The third one 7 01 d b t USD 11 • d t t· th thatarencvermadc. 30secondsremaining. Iknewwasgoingdown." a · ea · u ra ie O ie c Tom Asbury, the Pcppcrdinc After the Waves' Tom Lewis Ferch, who scored only two score, 9-9. Pepperdine went on a men's basketball coach, might made a three-point play, Asbury points in the first half, had confi- 7-0 run, but then USD outscored agree, after his hands-off coaching was ready to pull Ferch, a reserve dence after his three baskets. He the Waves, 10-1. enabled Shann Ferch to give the guard, because the 6-foot-1 trans- went on to make six of six free Late in the half, two Wayman lackluster Waves the needed spark fer from Montana State was not throws and finished with 17 points. Strickland three-point baskets against theUnivers~ playing satisfactory defense. "Those were big threes," Asbury gave USD leads of 28 _ 25 and 35 .3 1 _ Saturday at t'l1l!"USD Sports Center. But, without a break in the said. "I was just getting ready to Pepperdine, trailing at halftime action,Ferchstayedin.Onthenext takehimout... Craig Davis' 18 -footjumper at th e and still appearing shellshocked three Pepperdine possessions, "He's a really good open three- buzzer made it 35- 33 , USD. from Friday's 77-49 loss to St. Ferch made three-point shots to point shooter. He can really get on USO junior forward Craig Cot- Mary's at Moraga, Calif., rallied give the Waves a 49-42 lead with a roll." trcll led all ~corers with 25 points, early in the second half to defeat 14:50 left. After Ferch's shots, Pcpperdine but he fouled out with 3:16 left. USD, 93-73. Pepperdine never lost its lead as built a commanding lead with scor- With the victory, Pepperdine the Waves made 22 of 25 free ing streaks of five, five, six and 10 ( 16-9, 8-2) kept pace with St. throws in the second half and 30 of points. For the first 15,00 of the Mary's atop the West Coast Athlet- 36 overall. second half, USD scored on succcs- lc Conference standings. With "The only thing I can say," sive possessions only once. Portland defeating San I-'rancisco, Ferch said, "is that I was really "They were pretty seasoned and Se11ior guard Danny Means added 21 pomts. Davis led the Waves with 22 points. Lewis added 20, Dexter Howard 16and Casey Crawford 11.

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of 36 overall. "Last night (Friday) we were not even close at the free-throw line " Asbury said. "That's just basketball. How do you explain it? How do you explain us beating Loyola by 25 and the~ losing by 16? How do you ex- pl~m us beating St. Mary's and then losmg by 28 to them?'" One explanation for the Waves' sec~nd-half ro!l, which left five play- ers_ m double figures for scoring, was fatigue, Asbury said. . "Anytime you play Loyola the m~ht before you play us, it's going to ~md you down," said Asbury, refer- rm_g to USD's 104-88 loss to Loyola Friday. USO can also take heart from an- oth~r strong performance by junior Craig Cottrell Cottrell scored 25. The 6- 5 forward from Tempe, Ariz., has hit 36-of-44 the last three games and 74 percent from the field in conference games. For Pepperdine, junior forward !?..~ Lewis scored 20, 16 in the sec- I

Ferch, who was 3-of-10 Friday, had 17; Did he fee/it, as they say? 'The only thing I can say I was really tired," said Ferch, brother of former Montana State star Kral Ferch. "I didn't feel like sparking, hke shooting. It was just nice we needed this thing - USD is tough on us."

"I was just about to pull him out be_fore ,,he hit that first three- pomter, Asbury said. _That shot - which Ferch didn't thm~ wou!d go - made it 43-39 Pep- perdme .vith 16:22 left. Next fme down, Ferch hit another th~e~pointer - "I thought it was a bric~ -: and followed it with another - this time he knew it v•:1s in _ and Pepperdine led, 49-42. Asbury called that flurry the key USD coach Hank Egan concurred · . "He made a couple of those spin- omg around," said Egan, shaking his head. The three three's and Asbury's halftime yel!ing also got Craig Davis gom_g. The Junior forward hit fo ur ~tr~1ght ~hots in the second half, fin- JShmg, _with a team-high 22. After D~vis Jumper made it 65-55 with 10 mm~tes remaining, USO got in a fouhng m~e. Wrong night for that. Pepperdme, which hit l 7-of-28 from the field in the second half made iL~ final 9 freil throw~ =.i 30