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in Joss to USF USO cut USF'a lead to one point with 1. when freshman forward Gylan Dottm drove for a basket and wa-s fouled. Dottin, who scored 13 points, The Toreros still trailed by one when. they called a timeout with 1:08 remaining to set up a play for center points in the game, but he missed a short jo per that would have given the Toreros a 58-57 lead. "We got it down to one point, calkd timeout and ran a good play," .said Egan. "His shot just came up a little bit short. That could have changed the way the ballgame Instead. USO was forced to foul in the final minute. USF went to the line six times in the final minute. The Dons made each attempt, proving some shots in basket- remaining e baseline added the free throw to make it 57-56. went." challenge.

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work cut out for them tonight when they conclude a two- game road trip at Santa Clara (0-3, 11-5). Although Santa Clara is tied for last place with USO in the WCAC, the Broncos' losses have been against the conference's top three teams - Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount and St. Mary's. The Gaels, the preseason favorite to win '11e conference, improved to 15-1 last night with a 76-48 win The Broncos have one thing going for them: Every WCAC team USO has played this season has recorded its first conference win against the Toreros. USF accom- plished it last night and the Dons were without their over Santa Clara. USF senior forward Mark McCathrion missed last night's game in order to attend hJS father's funeral. McCathrion is averaging 16.4 points and 7.3 rebounds a "We knew we had to play without Mark and it showed game. leading scorer and rebounder.

on the boards," said USF coach Jim Brovelll, whose team was outrebounded 45-23. ''We had to work (or-every bas- USF senior guard Kevin Mouton, who was averaging 10 points a game, picked up the scoring slack for the Dons with a game-high 20 points. USF received a boost off the bench from Jef Christian, who scored 10 points and ket." Junior forward Craig Cottrell, who scored a team-high 18 points for USO, sank two free throws in the final minute of the first half to give the Toreros a 31-29 half- USF took a lead it would not lose when DeBortoli hit two free throws to make it 36-35 three minutes into the second half. The Dons never Jed by more than five, but turned back USD every time the Toreros attempted to time lead. added 14 poin had 10 for the Dons. and sophomore forward Scott McWhorter

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The Toreros have been paying all season at the free- throw line, and last night was no exception. USD's poor free-throw shooting was costly m a 63-58 West Coast Athletic Conference loss to the USF Dons at San Francis- While USO watched its shots clank, USF put on a free- throw clinic, making 87 percent of its attempts (29--0f-33), in luding the last 14 in a row. The Toreros shot 45 per- "We hot a lot of free throws this past week in prac- lice," said USO coach Hank Egan, whose team entered the game shooting 60 percent from the line. "I don't know what else you can do. I think it's just a matter of confi- d n e We just have to work our way through it." Th Toreros (0-3 in the WCAC, 6-10 overall) have their co. cent (ll--0f-24) from the line.

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be hurt. One bad class and they're ineligible {for admis- 1on)." Sweetwater football coach Andy Sanchez is in favor of Proposal 42. "I agree with it." he said. "I'm a minority, but I think the kids should be fully qualified. I think the SAT is fine. If they get tutoring before the test. they'll be OK. The kids that can't pass it are borderline as far as college is concerned' Martin Moss, a counselor at Mesa College and tudent/athlete academic adviser at Lincoln Prep, was encouraged by the steps taken by the NCAA to enhance academic requirements. Until now. "Athletes can focus on academics if they know they have to,'' said Moss, a former NFL football player who graduated from Lincoln and UCLA. "When I went to Lincoln the atmosphere wasn't what it is now, but I got an education anyway because I wanted to get out. I like Prop. 48 because it was forcing kids to focus on academ-

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Miller can barely step outside his office without run- ning into an opponent of the proposal. SDSU basketball coach Jim Brandenburg is against it. "Not every university ln the United States has the same role or mission within its state or community," said Brandenburg. "I think it might be far better for the institution to still be autonomous and set its own en- trance requirements." Said USO basketball coach Hank Egan: "What's the answer? The ideal answer to this whole thing? There is nobody in the world better capable to decide who can be a good, effective student than an admissions officer at that particular school. He can look at the transcript and interview the student and come the closest of anyone on the face of the earth f knowing whether the kid and the

"Th thmg we don't want to do is bring in youngsters, bl ed their athletic ab1hty out of them and then dismiss th m without graduating," said Miller. ''That's pure ex- ploitation. We have to graduate youngsters. If suddenly b ketball · a program that ha a very low graduation rate becaus of eas r entrance standards, then I think ba etball is ln even greater danger." orse High ba ctball coach Ron Oa was satJSfied with th requirements established by Proposition 48. "I hke th way I was before when a player could it out a year, but still get hi scholarship," said Davis. "Peopl look at it a playing ports. I look at 1t as an opportunity for an education they're taking away." Said Chula Vi ;ta football coach George Ohnesorgen: " 'd hke some more mformation, but my first impression is that I'm not real happy with it. I think the socioe- conomic a peels are going to hurt ome kids, especially a far a the SAT 1s concerned. The C-average kids will

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its second-half lead to 13 points, and USO couldn't come all the way back. Down, 53-40, with 6:18 to play, the Torcros made their final run and closed to within 60-58 on Danny Means' 3-point Jumper with 10 seconds to play. But four Santa Clara free throws put the game away. truggling team," USO Coach Hank'Egan said. "We're on a death strugglc every time out, and that is what we have to understand. We played hard tonight and hung m there, and hopefully that will help us when we get home. The Toreros outrebounded Santa Clara, 40-21, but turned the ball over 26 times to Santa Clara's 10. "We're a young and

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·~ANTA CLARA-Two ~y pel , one m eac half, choked the Un vcrsitf of an Diego men's bask~tbaF learn-and lea l.o a 64•58 West Coast Athletic Conference loss to Santa Clara Saturday. 1 he Toreros fell to 5-11 with their !ourth loss in four conference games. The flfSt drought came m the first half, beginning with 6,30 left. USO was leading, 19-16, but Santa Clara scored nine consecutive points and went on to take a 27-24 halftime lead. With 15:06 to play, USD again went cold. Ahead. 34-32, the Tore- ros allowed Santa Clara to score 10 consecutive points. Melvin Chinn's 3-pointer put Santa Clara ahead,

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P. C. 8 \ IntetlSe new· COach has Lobos winning after a 2-4 beginning By Chris Clarey Starr Writer Coaches usually have to be told to pack their bags and move on. Dave Bliss has made his own deci- sions. TODAY'S GAME • Tipoff: 2 p.m. • Where: Sports Arena. • Records: San Diego State, 8-6 overall, 2-3 in the Western Athletic Conference. New Mexico, 9-5, 4-1 WAC. ate degree at Cornell. During that time, he worked for Procter and Gamble. "I was selling Crest toothpaste," Bliss said. He received hls MBA in 1967 and was drafted into the Army. Knight arranged to have Bliss assigned to West Point as an enlisted assistant coach. Est IIU COLLEGE BASKETBALL

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In 1975 he became Oklahoma's basketball coach, and in five seasons he built the Sooners into a Big Eight power. But no sooner had Bltss suc- ceeded than he left in 1980 to coach Southern Methodist. He stayed in Dallas for eight years. Three of his teams qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Last sea- son's team won the Southwest Con- ference title and established a school record for victories with 28. But Bliss didn't linger to revel. He left in May for New Mexico, which will play San Diego State today at 2 p.m. in a Western Athletic Confer- ence game in the Sports Arena.

• Series: SDSU leads, 14-9. The teams split last season's home- and-home series. • TV/radio: Channel 51/KFMB- AM (760). New Mexico's program already has done pretty well," Bliss said "But the neat upside of that is they still have some things that can be done additionally. We hope to help this program move on." The Lobos (9-5, 4-1) started slowly, losing four of their first six (once in The Pit against lightly regarded USD}J3ut they have won seven of their last eight. "I think it's just a matter of getting used to new ideas," Bliss said. "We had some tough games early (losses to Arizona and Oklahoma), and some- times that causes you not to advance as you'd like to. But I think we're beginning to understand what it takes to be effective." Colson was affable and low-key. Bliss is intense and has earned a rep- utation as a disciplinarian. "You're always at attention," said 6-foot-7 senior forward Charlie Thomas, who leads the Lobos in scor- ing (18.9) and rebounding (8.6). "Even when we're scrimmaging and I come out, I don't sit down. I might get a drink of water. I might not. We run from drill to drill. There are no breaks. It's boom, boom, boom. Things are a lot more intense in Albuquerque." Bliss would prefer to term his ap- proach "businesslike." It's a style he grew comfortable with as an assist- ant to Bobby Knight. Bliss met Knight when he was playing for Cornell and Knight was coaching at West Point in the mid- 1960s. Bliss graduated in 1965 and spent two years working toward a gradu-

"The thing I enjoyed about it," Bliss said, "was that I came to real- ize a lot of the things you do of an organized nature in the corporate world, you can do in the college world. Bobby Knight showed what organization and intensity could do for a basketball team. He took col- lege basketball coaching out of the 'sweatshirt and whistle around the neck' mentality, and that's what I think a lot of us - the so-called disci- ples - have picked up on." After two years, Bliss was dis- charged and returned to Cornell to coach under Jerry Lace. He rejoined Knight as an assistant at Indiana in 1971 and stayed through the 1974-75 season, when the Hoosiers had Scott May, Quinn Buckner and Kent Ben- son. That team won 34 consecutive games before being eliminated in the NCAA quarterfinals, and Bliss ac- cepted the bead-coaching posltion at Oklahoma. The Sooners were 13-13 under Joe Ramsey in 1986, but little talent re- mained. Bliss' first team finished 9- 17 and fourth in the Big Eight - good enough for him to be the conference's coach of the year. His next four teams were 68-46 (21-10 in 1978-79, when Oklahoma won the Big Eight and lost in the NCAA second round). Bliss was 7-20 and 6-21 in his first two years at SMTJ. But in his last SIX seasons, the Mustangs were 129-60 with three trips to the NCAA Tourna- ment. His new employers would like nothing better than for Bliss to dupli- cate that feat. But Bliss isn't making promises.

Behind seven quick points by for- ward Craig Cottrell and a second ree-pointer by Dottin, USO took a 34-32 lead early in the second half. ut the Toreros made three turn- overs and missed five of six free throws while Santa Clara was mak- ing a 13-1 run for a 46-35 lead. Santa Clara never again trailed. But USO did make it interesting. A three-pointer by Danny Means brought the Toreros to 60-68 with 10 seconds to play. The Toreros had to foul to get the ball back however, and Santa Clara's Mitch Burley and Melvin Chinn each hit two free throws. Danny Means led USO with 13 points. Sophomore swingman Randy Thompson came off the bench to score 11, and he tied Bell for rebound honors with seven. Bell scored 10. Forward Jeffty Connelly led Santa Clara with 19. Burley scored 14. "We're making some progress," Egan said. "We've got to continue with that. We've got a lot of things we've got to execute better and with more consistency." The Toreros won't have to wait long to see if they learned anything from this game. They host Santa Clara on Friday. featuring ti· 1, l"lo "'' pound freshman Ron Reis and 6-11 Karl Larsen. "I was really concerned about our Jack of confidence coming into the game," said Williams, whose club hot 28 percent the previous night and was routed by WCAC leader St. Mary's, 76-48. "We started playing cared, but our defense got us back in the game." After Danny Means hit an 8-foot jumper to give USO a 19-16 lead, the Toreros went 4½ minutes without oring. They made turnovers on five of their next seven possessions..

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f oreros drop another g~me SA FRAJai~ (AP) - . Kevin Mout~•; 20 p-oints led the Dons as the University of San Francisco scored a 63-58 victory Western College thle•ic Conference basketball game Friday niiiht. joel DeBortoli added 14 points for the Dons. USD, which was led by Craig Cottrell with 18 points, is now 5-R overall and 0-3 in WCAC play. . S ·