News Scrapbook 1986-1988

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.} Evening Tribune (C ir. 0 . 123,092} DEC 29 L ._Allrn'• pc. a 1, , B,.a.._____________ _ ____ / Jury on Toreros will remain out for a while Don I rrhu,,e Sports1,;riter It's an airline commercial, one you've probably seen during football season. , "Most of the time," said Egan, "we played pret- ty efficient basketball." Particularly at the tart of the second half, shooting. The Bruins shot 39 percent from the field, 33 percent from three-point range and 53 percent from the line.

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which USO began leadmg 35-30. The Toreros 4-4) came out in a 2-3 zone and the Ivy Leaguers found it a lot more difficult to read than their textbooks. Brown went five minutes and 19 seconds with- out scormg. Counting a :09 drought at the end of the first half, the Bruins went 7:53 without hitting a field goal. By the time Dick Whitmore ended the streak with a three-pointer, USD's lead had swelled to 11 points, 45-34. That's the close t the vi itors would get the rest of the way. Why the zone defense from a coach who en- dorses man-to-man as vociferously as Bobby Knight 1 "We used zone on inbounds plays and they didn't score so we stuck with it," . aid Egan. A for why 11 worked sixth-man Marty Munn provided the rationale. "We all know if we're not hustling, we're going to sit,' said . 1unn, who led all scorers with 22. Three other USD players scored in double fig- ures Center Jim Pelton had 11 and guard Efrem Leonard and Means scored 10. Marcus Thompson, a 6-5 Junior forward, led Brown with 18. Brown (3-3) played last night for the first time in 18 days. a fact that was apparent in the team's

The Toreros, in other words, didn't beat George- town. Then again the schedule doesn't get much tougher during the rest of the four-game home- stand. Next up is the University of Missouri at Kansas City tomorrow night. The Kangaroos - if they ?on'l ~~ve some leapers it's a shame - are play- mg Dms1on I basketball for the first time. Then there's a date Saturday with USIU - which lost to San Diego State by 35, which lost to the Torero by 23 - followed by Texas-Arlington. In other words, eight games into the season it's difficult to get a read on USO and the next three game may not be much help. "I don't know how we're going to come out every night. That's the scariest feeling," said for- ward Mike Haupt. "Part of it's that we're a young team, but I don't know who's going to be on and who's gomg to be off. "I think I'll feel a lot better when I know we're gomg to come out and play hard every time." And while there may 362 shopping days until Christmas, there's only 17 before USD's confer- ence opener L..._

The football coach is giving his team the going over at halftime. The blocking's been horrible and the tackling's been worse. "But coach," chips in a muddied lineman. "We're winning 21-0 The coach gets that how-dare-you look on his face and replie ·, "Once you guys become satisfied it's all over." ' Fast forward to USO ~oagl! Hank Egan's thoughts after last night s 7 4-54 victory over Brown at the USO Sports Center. Egan is unsatis- fied with the way hi team attacked Brown's press. He thought his club's first-half defense was oft. He exploded at Danny Means for taking a 12- foot Jumper that Egan thought was a bad shot. But coach, you won by 20. And you held a team that was averaging 86 points to 54. And you outre- bounded them by 17. "I guess I'm a lot hke the coach in that commer- cial," said Egan. And just as that fictional coach allow himself a smile as the team's flying away, so did Egan turn the corners of his mouth upward when as essing last night's game.

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~llll~n•• P. c a 1" ,~ 8 oreros hope to hop over angaroos a chance to go above the 500 mark f r the first time this season when the Toreros host the University of Mi oun at Kansas City tonight. Game time is 7 30 at the USO Sports Center The Torcros come into the game 4- 4. UM-KC 1s 1-3. The Kangaroos are playmg at the Division I level for the first time in the school's history after prev10 ly pla) ing at the NAIA level. T e school did not field a team last season whil making the transition to DiVISIOl I Tr1bu St 'ifn1~ U D' r building basketball team h After the Toreros tonight, UM-KC plays US! tomorrcw night. Then, it's on to the UAB Classic in Bir· mmgham Ala., for games Saturday and Sund y. The Kangaroos wrap up the stretch agamst Alcorn on Mon- day UM-KC is coached by Lee Hunt. who coached at Ole Miss the previ- ou four seasons. The Kangaroos are d by 6-foot-5 Junior forward Baxter Russell, who's averaging 12.8 points. He's the only player averaging in double figures, although three play- ers are averaging 9.8 points. The Toreros continue to be led in scoring by senior sixth-man Marty Munn, who's averaging 16.4 points.

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Re er e forward Marty Munn scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebo_unds last night to lead the Uni- versity of San Diego to a 69-60 bas- k~tball victory over Missouri-Kan as City at the,_USD Sports Center. John Sayers had i6 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for l'.1e oreros, who improved their record to 5-4. Danny Means added 13 points for USD. .Jay Boster led Missouri-Kansas City (1-4) with 13 points. Anthony Crompton and Mark Oliver added 12 apiece. Oliver also had nine rebounds for the Kangaroos. T

The Toreros won the game at the foul line, making 28 of 40 free throws. The Kangaroos made only six of 11. Missoun-Kansas City bad 29 fouls to only 13 for USO. The Toreros outrebounded Kangaroos, 46-28. The first half was close through- out. San Diego led, 26-23, at halftime, and stayed on top the rest of the way. The Toreros led by just fl ve 61-56 with _a little over three minutes re~ m~mmg, b~t scored the next four pomts to clmch the victory. the

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The Kangaroos didn't attempt their first free throw until seven minut and 34 seconds into the second half. "That's real strange," said Hunt. "I don·t know where those refs were from, b)lt I don't feel we had fa1r competition in this game ' USD wound up 28-of-40 from the line. The visitors wPre 6-of-11.

Sayers, who was wondering if he'd be out of the starting lineup after Mon- day's performance. "Because the lineup has changed so much, I thought maybe I wouldn't be starting," said Sayers. "I guess Coach Egan had some confidence in me." UMKC coach Lee Hunt didn't have much confidence in the officiating.

ing tips. Sayers, who gets most of his points from the outside, hit his first two shots three minutes into the game, and finished 4-of-6 from the field and 7-of-8 from the line. It was four straight free throws by Sayers that broke a 20-20 tie late in the first half and gave USO a lead 1t would never relinquish. How hot was he? He took his first three-pomt shot of the season and buried it. "Amazing," he said. "I didn't even look at my feet. I think that's why I made It." As for hi· part in Sayers· turna- round, USO coach Hank Egan left the freshman alone. "I didn't say anything to him," said Egan. "If I knew what to tell a guy when he was O-for-5 (actually O-for- 8), I'd say et ng. think you have to come back the next day in

over M1 ouri-Kansas City before 522 at the USO Sports Center. The Toreros are now 5-4 their first win- ning record of tbe season. UMKC, which i playmg Div1S1on I basket- ba 1 for the first time, fell to 1-4. The Kan aroos face USIU tonight at 6:30 at Southv. e tern College. Back to la t rug t's star of the game, who came 1n averagmg 55 point and 2.5 rebounds. To what did Sayers attnbute the urnaround? Part of 1t was nerves His dad and s1 ter were at Monday's game. "I tned too hard. id Sayers, who h s tarted 1x gam Then, Tu day at practic he con- sulted h1 hoolmg mentor, walk-on Ian Trafton "H1 hot wa a little flat," said alton.' ot enough re While Trafton may not leave the U D bench bricklayers around the world should con ult him for shoot-

Sayers was hardly a one-man team last night. Sixth-man Marty Munn scored a game-high 17. Danny Means scored 13. Another freshman. Randy Thompson, hit four free throws come crunch time alter UMKC cut a 16- pomt USO lead to five, 61-56, with 3:19 to play. Then there was Mike Haupt, who was excellent down the stretch. Haupt pulled down an offensive re- bound with two minutes to play and USD up by seven, hit two free throws at 1:45, then stole a pass on the visi- tors' next trip down. That all but iced it. 'A coach's kind of player is people who help you win, whether it be by shooting the ball in the basket or whatever." said Egan. "Michael does a lot of things to help this team win." Nonetheless, the gentleman con- ducting the postgame interview was

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