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San Diego, Thur day, January 8, 1987 / Egan expects· wide-open WCAC as Toreros open in Portland By Kirk Kenn y /JrA 6'S Tribune Sportrmter I U D Scott Thomp was settling in front of the telev· ion set the other night with s three te mmates/roommate eagerly Waves are the conference's only team to play less than .500 ball this season. ence's most seasoned team. Thomp- son is aided offensively and on the boards by senior forward Nils Mad- den (11.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg). the team's leading scorer with 16.8 points a game. Senior center Dale Haaland (10.7) is the only other play- er averaging in double figures. Loyola Marymount (10-4, 2nd) -

San Francisco (2-12, 8th) - USF (10-3) has also turned things around this season. The Dons were 7-21 last season, but were 4-0 when guard Rodney Tention was lost for the sea- son with an elbow injury. Tention, who played at Grossmont College during the 1984-85 season, is back this season and among the league leaders in steals and assists. He has steadied the team in the back court while jun- ior forward Patrick Clardy (15.8 ppg) and sophomore forward Mark McCathrion (14.0 ppg the past four games) have supplied offensive sup- port. Santa Clara (7-7, 5th) - The Bron- cos' (9-5) scoring load is shared by six players who are hitting 50 percent of their shots from the field and averag- ing at least eight points each, led by 6-9 sophomore Jens Gordon's 10.l av- erage. Gordon is also averaging 7.1 rebounds for the WCAC's second-best defensive team. Santa Clara has lim- ited opponents to 41.8 percent shoot- ing from the field, with just one team - Wake Forest - hitting at least half its shots against the Broncos_- ,

Portland (4-10, 6th) - The Pilots' (7-5) back court is gaining a reputa- tion as the GA-GA twins. Junior Greg Attaway leads Portland with 16.1 points a game followed by freshman Greg Anthony at 13.7. One key for Portland will be the return to form of 6-9 sophomore center Rieb Antee, who is attempting to play himself back into shape after dislocating a kneecap in the preseason. Junior for- ward Adam Simmons is averaging 11.3 points and leads the team in re- bounding with 8.0 a game. St. Mary's (3-11, 7th) - With all of their starters back, it's not surprising that the Gaels (9-5) are just one win away from tying last season's victo- ry total. One change in the lineup is the role of All-WCAC junior guard Paul Robertson, who is now coming off the bench. Robertson improved his scoring average to 13.6 in that role with 35 points in wins against Seattle and Montana State last week. Junior Ezra "Sly" Hunter, who can play both guard spots and small for- ward, bas replaced Robertson in the starting lineup and is shooting 53.7 percent from the field.

"They've played some awfully good teams like they always do to get ready," Egan said. "They're los- ing to the DePauls and those kinds of teams. Plus, they're fitting some new people in." The continued improvement of the programs at Gonzaga and Portland and the re-emergence of San Fran- cisco make for the kind of war Thompson described. Be prepared for the big guns, but watch out for snipers as well. USO also hopes to improve its record m close games this season. Last year, three of the Toreros' con- ference losses were by two points or less. Two of the losses came on shots at the buzzer against - who else? - Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. ' y freshman year, we won the close gam a we woo leag ," said Thompson, who leads the Toreros with 17 points a game and 6.8 rebounds. ''The past two years, we've lost them. It seems like whoev- er wins the close ones, wins the league. That's what we have to do. We have to make our free throws down the stretch, use our heads and not get frustrated." USO (9-3) enters conference play with a four-game winning streak. With four seniors in the starting line- up, the Toreros will have the confer-

Senior point guard Paul Leonard quarterbacks the offense and is also averaging in double figures at 10.2. Senior forward Mark Manor (7.2 ppg) and sophomore guard Danny Means (6.8 ppg) round out the starting five. Means and Leonard are the confer- ence's leading shooters from three- point range. One of Egan's concerns has been developing bench depth, but he feels comfortable with the progress made by junior Marty Munn and freshman Craig Cottrell. Senior Steve Krall- man has been a steady replacement on the front line and senior guard Eric Musselman has helped out in the back court. In addition, the Toreros bench was strengthened by the return of sopho- more transfer Mike Haupt. o Jowtng1s a. glance at the other WCAC teams with last season's con- ference record and finish in paren- thesis: Gonzaga (8-6, 4th) - The Bulldogs (8-4) enter conference play with a five-game winning streak, having won seven of their past eight games. Gonzaga's biggest wins this season have been one-point victories against Washington State and Boise State. Gonzaga's 6-4 sophomore forward, Jim McPhee, has overcome a presea- son bout with mononucleosis to be

The Lions (7-5) feature five players averaging in double figures and lead the conference in a number of statis- tical areas. The Lions lead the con- ference in free throw percentage (73.6), assist average (18.6) and re- bounding average (46.8). Loyola Mar- ymount is among the nation's scoring leaders with 93.3 points per game, but the Lions are also yielding 91.9 points per game. Junior forward Mike Yoest leads the conference with 22.5 points a game. Senior Vic Laz:r.aretti, a 6-8 forward/center who transferred from Marquette, has averaged 17.3 points and 12 rebounds the past four games since returning from an injury. Pepperdine (13-1, 1st)- Call them the Waves of th& fu r ne. .are Dwayne Polee and Grant Gondrez- ick. Pepperdine (4-8) is led by two- time AJI-WCAC forward Eric White, perhaps the conference's best player, .whose 18.2 points a game rank sec- ond-best in the conference. But White is the only senior on a team that bas won the conference the past two sea- sons. This could be the year Pepper- dine can he had, although freshman Dexter Howard, who leads the con- ferenre in field goal percentage, would like to help White prove other- wise.

awaiting Sylve ter Sta ne's inter• pretation of the gre,t American hero. Even th pro peel of watching Rambo In action couldn't get Thomp- son's mind off ba e all, however. "Just waiting for First Blood to come on," 1d Thompson after an- swering the phone. "It's gomg to be a war - ju t lik our conference, I gu ,, The first battl is torught at th Earl A Chiles Center m Portland, wh r the Portland Pilots will ho 'l th Torero in the West Coast Athlet- ic Confer nee op ner for both teams Many of th ' conference's coaches have 1 Hod u O a the favorite to un eat two-time defen mg p Pepperdine However, Toreros coach Hank Egan sees it differently. "I've talked to a lot of people and the f ling is that there's no prohibi- tive favorite, ' said Egan, whose team rm hed third in conference with a 9-5 record Ia t season. ''The feeling is there are some teams who could win it, and we're one of tho e teams." Another contender is Loyola Mar- ;1T1ount, which finished second last season. Egan caution d not to over- look Pepp<>rdin p tc the fact the

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Torero Hoopsters On Road for Two CSD's T O re r o s basketba11 te~ the r oad this ,~ eek for a C'ouplC' of WCAC games. Tonight the team plays U. of Portland at Earle Ch ilC'S Center. Satu rday the h oop- stet s move on to Gonzaga U. in Sp okane a t the Martin Cen- ter. Hank E g;m is in his 3rd sea- son ~ith the Toreros and is 9.3 this season. He has a 11 -23 (65r,; l r ecord since his arriYal at Alcala P a rk in 1984. Last year he guided the Toreros to a 19·9 r ecord, USD's best finish ever at th e Div. 1 le,·el. Along with his 9-5 finish last year (3rd place) in the WCAC , hP was named West Coast Ath - letic Confere.1ee [;?a.ch of t he Year. \ 5 --~/'; -- - 7

/ Kiwanis Club?-'t''J cf Dr. Patrick Lowry from the Universit of San Diego will be guest speaker at t e Kiwanis Club meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 7 a.m. in th<' Naval Am- phibious Base Sandpiper's Club. Lowry will speak on the history of San Luis Rey. for more infor- mation, contact Jack Viele at 435-4981. At the Dec. 3 meeting, the Kiwanis Club installed three new members: Major O.D. Hill, Guillermo Reza and David N. Reynolds.

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