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College basketb lead 16th-ranked North Carolina State Chucky Brown also had 23 points for the Wolfpack. ,, "We feel extremely fortunate to have won, said N.C. State coach Jim Valvano, whose team raised its record to 7-1 "That's a very good basketball team .. They just wore us do_wn Rodney has an excuse. He's had a :;tomach 111rus and hadn't practiced for two day~ . But you have to give credit where credit 1s due. They picked us apart and really play d well " Wyoming 97, Drake 85 _ _ . ·. Reggie Fox sC"ored :lO pomts, mcludmg 13 free throws, to lead the Cowboys Wyonung led by the penetration of guard Kenny Smith, bro½e open a close game in the first half to seal the "'.m and give coach Benny Dees his 100th career ".'IC· tory. Wyommg improved to 7-5 while Drake dropped to 5-7. lead California to its fourth straight victory . The Hears 10-3, posted their ninth 1ctory m 10 games and improved their home record to 7-? The Buffaloes, 5-8, fell to O 5 on the road this ~eason Loyola 85, Green Bay 83 . Enoch Simmons made two free throws w1lh two seconds remaining to g1\ e Loyola Mary- mount a victory over Wiscon:;in Gret•n Bay. W1 consm-Grcen Ba_' Dean Vander Plas h_ad tied the game 83 3 by makmg a layup with seven econd left The L1011 <1uickly inbound<:d the ball to Simmons who was fouled b~ Marquis Hmes as ht• drove to the ba ket . . _ Hank Gathers led Loyola, 5-4, with 33 pomts and six rebounds. He made 14 of his )8 field goal attempts . Steve l<'ryer _added _20 points for the Lions and Simmons hmslwd with 14 /j California 70, Colorado 54 Leonard Taylor scored 21 points to

Mitch Smith scored 14 of his 20 pomts in t~e second half Monday to lead Utah t~ a 75-57 vic- tory over {2_niversity of San Diego m Salt Lake Ci~lrnrny Madison added 14 points and Walter Watts 12 as Ctah, of the Western Athletic Con- ference, improved its seas~n reco'.d to 9-6. !he Utes ha\e won eight of their last mne games. Smith added 11 rebounds and seven assists to his game-high scoring. Dondi Bell led the cold-shooting Torero of the West Coast Athletic Conference. w1~ 12 points. Kelvin Woods added nine for San D1 o, noy, 5-6 for the year Utah's Josh Grant scored all of hi 10 pomts m a first half that aw the Ctes take a 10-0 lead be• fore Kelvin Means put San Diego on the scoreboard with 4 39 gone. The Toreros shot ·ust 21 percent fron: the fl('kl m the half, with on v oods conne tmg morP than once Madison, who came off the bench to score eight points in the fir·t period gave Utah it biggest lead of the half, 29-9, at ~e 8:56 mark utah led 39-22 at halftime Smith scored ty,o quick baskets to start off the second hal~ and the Utes, building their lead to as much a 22 pomts put the game away early. USIU 74, Vermont 63 Steve Smith scored 11 of his 18 points m t'1e second half to help 1:)-.S. lnternaho_nal wm a,t home. Demetrius Lafitte had 16 pomts and 12 rebounds for USIU, 6-9. and Gary Williams add- ed 13 points and 10 rebouuds for the Gull . Kenn· White led Vermont 1-6. with 15 pomts. Joe alavita added 14 points and seven re- bound for the Catamounts. NC State 83, Towson Staten Rodney Monroe, feeling the lingering effect of a stomach virus, was held scoreless ~or the first 15 minutes but finished with 2:1 pomts to

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Associated Preas Photo USD'a Dondl Bell (54) duel& wtth Utah's Reid Monson on boards.

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USD plays final tuneup on the road be answered before then. Can USO win on the road? Can the Toreros play with consistency? Can they be contenders? USO opened the season with vic- tories over Lehigh and New Mexi- co in the New Mexico Tourna- ment. The Toreros (5-6) are 0-4 on the road since and m danger of

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falling two games below the .500 mark for the first time this season. the road basically have been the re- sult of poor shooting. That point was underscored when USO lost to Utah 75-57 Monday night in Salt Lake City. The Toreros had their poorest shooting night of the sea- son, hitting 21 percent (7-33) in the first half on the way to 32 percent (21-66) for the game. They were 4- for-16 from three-point range. Western Kentucky (8-3) watched a four-game winning streak come to an end Monday night with a 7 6- 66 loss to St. Louis University. The team's problems on

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"The ball just wouldn t go m the hole for us," said Bell who also had four blocked shots. ''But it was one of those nights where the defense Egan said he "didn't see a whole Jot of positive things" to talk abo~t, although the smaller Toreros did The Toreros continue ea t to face outrebound Utah, 45-42 the offense wasn't workmg."

ducted the North Shores Umpire I In 'San Diego for 25 years. DeM h's camp is designed for ei- ther beginning or veteran amateur umpires who want to le~rn prof_es- sional techniques. The mstructJon also can serve as introduction to a career in professional umpiring. The school will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days with a registration fee of $50. Those interested can en- roll and get additional information by calling either 455-6108 or 483-7041.

One more ch ce is what the ~..emtball team has tonight when it plays Western Kentucky in 11 non-conference game in Bowling Green. Ky. The Toreros have one more chance to win on the road, one more chance to even their record one more chance to come togethe; - one more chance to accomplish something before play begins in the West Coast Athletic Confer- ence. USO opens play in the WCAC at home Jan. !3 against Gonzaga. There are still many questions to

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shooting University of San Diego team fell behind early and never could catch up, dropping a 75-57 de-

Dana DeMuth, a ational League umpire for the last four years, will conduct a two-day umpiring school tn conJunction with Dan Pedersen, a veteran College World Series ump, Saturday and Sunday at ' Cunn- mgham Field DeMuth, Pedersen and Bob O'Regan, a Minnesota Twins scout, have formed West Coast Umpire Camp and will be holding chnics throughout Califorma. O'Regan con-

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A crowd of 10,170 watched as Utah (9-6) won its eighth game in its last nine tries. The Torer~e 5-6. The Utes took a quicklO-O lead and extended the margin to as many made a couple of brief runs m the second half but could never get closer than 12. Center Mitch Smith, suffering from the flu, still led Utah with 20 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two steals. Four teammates also r ached double figures - Jimmy adison with 14, Walter Watts with 12 and Josh Grant and Mark Len01r with 10 apiece. Grant also had 11 rebounds. USO was led by Dondi Bell with 12 points. Leading ~orer Gylan_Dot- tin, shut out in the first half, finished with seven. The Toreros shot just 21 percent in the first half and 32 percent for the game. "Obviously, we didn't shoot very well," said USO coach Hank Egan. "I thought we had a lot of easy shots, too, that just didn't go down. But we got down 10-0 and theh we hung our heads a little bit and didn't compete on tbe defensive end. ·Unfortunately, you're going to have shooting nights like thi,s, but ou've still got to dig in at the defen- sive end." USD got off to a dreadful start, missing its first eight shots as Utah built its 10-0 lead. Kelvin Means fi- nally broke the spell with a 10-footer five minutes into the half. The Utah lead reached 29-9 when Madison hit a 12-footer at the 8:50 mark. Then the Toreros rallied, scoring eight straight as Kelvin Woods hit a three-pointer Efrem Leonard completed a three-point play and Woods sc~red on a [ollow. But USD missed its next six shots, and Utah went on to take a 39-20 lead before a basket by Wayman Strickland in the final minute made it 39-22 at the half. The Utes cruised to a 50-28 lead in the first four minutes of the second half, but the Toreros fought back. After an intentional foul was called on Utah's Madison and Randy Thompson hit two free throws, it was 54-40. USD could have cut the lead more, but Leonard missed an open layup off an inbounds play. "We got the lead cut down and then we ran a back-door play, b11t the kid misses a layup," lamented

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(7-33) in the first half, when the Toreros fell behind, 39-22. USD set season-high marks for offensive, defensive and total rebounds (17, Center Dondi Bell was the only Torero in double-figure scoring with 12 Gylan Dottin continues to lead USO with 13.4 points per game. Sophomore forward Randy Thompson, a starter in the first four games, played for the first time 114 minutes, 4 pomts) in six games against Utah because of an The H1lltoppers are led by Brett McNeal, who is averagmg 21.6 pomts and 5 assists. The senior guard is shootmg 50% from the floor and 90% from the free-throw hne (best m the Sun Belt Confer- a hng back. 28 and 45).

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Western Kentucky tonight at Did- die Ar na m Bowling Gr en In the Torer011' final tuneup before the tart of West Coast Athletic Con- fer nee play next week. the first meeting between the chools. Last season, Western Kentucky finished 15-13 to become only the 12th school tor ach 1,200 . Entering the season, Western Kentucky's 68.8% win- n ng percentage (1,200-54 • l was fifth be t all-t1me. In 1988-89, We tern K ntucky is 8-3, 6-2 at home. USO is 5-6, 2-4 on th road after Monday's 75-67 loss to Utah 1n Salt Lake City. The Toreros have 1hot miserably on the road this season, but never worse than against Utah. USO shot 32% (21-66) from the fioor-21 % Thill I v1ctori

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - With 5:40 left in the first half of the University of San Piego'E 64 59 basketball loss to Wester.n Kentucky last night, the Western Kentucky guard Brett McNeal, who came in averaging 20.3 points but didn't score until the 6:23 mark of the half, thought he knew why both teams struggled to score. "Talk to the administration," McNeal quipped at the press table during a timeout. "They put up The fresh rims, put up in E.A. Dibble Arena earlier in the day, were unkind to both teams as Western Kentucky shot 34.8 percent (24-of-69) and USD 42 percent (25-of-57). The Toreros also missed USD's inability to hit foul shots and Roland · Shelton's three-point basket with 1:20 left proved score was tied at 15. new rims.·• 14 of 19 free throws.

"We've struggled from the free-throw line all year, but never quite like this," USD coach Hank Egan said. "I think it was the key to the game We went 2--0f-ll in the first half. If we had hit a few of those, we would have had the lead and things The Hilltoppers made 11 of 14 free throws. The Toreros (5-7) looked as though they might overcome their poor foul-shooting when they tied the score at 57 with 2:13 to play on Danny Means' might have been different." But Shelton (14 pomts) countered with bis three- pointer to give Western Kentucky a 60-57 lead. With the Hilltoppers leading 62-59, the Toreros had a chance to tie when McNi:al missed the first of a one-and-one free-throw opportunity with 10 three-point field goal.

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"We feel very fortunate to win this game," Hill- toppers coach Murray Arnold said. "I knew they would be a tough team coming in here. If they had hit their free throws, we would have been in trou-

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