News Scrapbook 1980-1981

SAN DIEGO UNION

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USO Plays St. Mary's Tonight ill host St. Mary s Col- The University of Sa~i°;_eg~o:ference basketball con- lege in a West Coast At e ic m. test tonight at 7:30 m the ~sot~! Toreros who lost WCAC It's an important_game dotoyola-Marymount over the games to Pepperdme an , t the schedule gets weekend. Following tomg~ s ~o~:~d Gonzaga the fol- tougher - USF Saturday, or a lowing week. .

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JAN 1 9 1981

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Griff 5 wins, but Aztecs, Toreros lose

JAN 2 2 1981 Bartholomew Back; USD Plays Tonight From aTimes Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-Bob Bartholomew will return to the starting lineul? for the University of San Diego m a West Coast Athletic Conference basketball game against St. Mary's tonight at 7:30 at the USO Sports Center. Bartholomew, who leads the Torerors in scoring (14.8) and re- bounds (7.8), has not started the past three games because of torn ankle ligaments. He sat out \osses against UC Irvine (108-62) and Pepperdine (83-50), then played as a reserve Saturday in a 72-69 loss at Loyola Marymount. The three straight losses have dropped USD to 7.7 overall ~d 0-2 in conference play. St. Marys 18 6· 8 and0-2.

·m ressive 70-68 over- Grossmont College sc_orhetd :no~afge Coast College to ti me victory Saturday mg Ca t Conference basketball move back into the South oas playoff race. d'd 't make out as well. But two other l~cal ,colleges b{e~ a 10-point first-half Coach Smokey ~am~s Aztecs Arena and wound up on lead Saturday mght m the Spo;~~inst Nevada-Las Vegas. the short end of a 78-77h~o~~e Aztecs' record dip to ~- A crowd of 6,115 watc ince Dec. 27, will not SDSU, w_hich ~as p\aye~~~!frv:~:ures to the University play agam until Jan. 30 _ of New Mexico. ith 21 points. Eddie Zack Jones paced th e AJ~~~~/~iad 13. Morns added 16 and E~dy . f San Diego Toreros Meanwhile, the University ;est Coast Athletic Con- dropped their second strai:t~ g to Loyola-Marymount, ference Saturday mght. F wm Monte Vista Monarch 72-69, in ~s AnhgehleJ.12 opor~~~ in the loss. USO is 7-7 Rusty Wh1tmars a overall. la and 13-10 overall, Gros mont, 2-2 in conferenc1 p the top spot when it will have chance to (haB~ng~er~ftos Wednesday night at hosts preseason SCC ~voJ'r!ated the Griffins, 83-60, last 7·30. The Falcon;,/' ~he\cc and 14.9 overall month, stand at · m . . , overtime hero. After Keith Davis was the Gnl/~~!e seconds remaining in nett mg a tying .basket with e the winning bucket wit~ 30 regulation, Davis popped bomt'me He finished with eight seconds unplayed in _th el 0 J.~~ 1fou~ in the extra stanza. points in the game, me u I red 16 points, tossed in Guard Mark Bonner, wh~ s~opoints He also dealt out live of Grossmont's 11 over ,m . . eight assi ts. , . un for the night, 'Mlke Wills was Grossm~~i: came from the chalking up 24 po~tf 2 Al\~ shots. He also snared se~en floor, as he nette . 0 h dded 14 points and run rebounds. Mike Wh1tmars a rebounds. ........ --- .. - --·

CONGRATULATIONS-Bishop Leo T. Maher, left, greets Dr. Author E. Hughes, president of the University of San Diego, following a luncheon at which It was announced that US~ ~een elected to membership in the Independent Colleges of Southern Callfornla. T e s an organization of 15 accredited, lour-year degree-granting prlvat~ colleges and ~nlv~;s~l:s :::::~ resent a united appeal tor corporate support. Bishop Maher 1s chairman ol t e o ~rustees; looking on Is Muriel Marsh Hahn, a trustee of the university. (Staff photo by Mark Ryland)

Friday·, January 23, 198 l .USD Gains First Home WCAC Victor t. . © 7

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Some of the other reasons for USD's win:

.l)y AILENE VOISIN Staff Writer, The San o,ego union

Thibeaux domg most of the damage inside, overcame a 9-point second-half deficit. Two baskets by Thibeaux. a hook by Eric Vial, and two baskets and .i free throw by Ray Orgill put St. Mary's iiT front by three, 55-52, with 12 minutes remaining. The lead was exchanged four times be- fore the Toreros went ahead for good I 60- 59) on a pair of ·free throws by Bartholo- mew. Mike Stockalper scored on a prayer -- what else would you call it when a 6-foot guard takes a lob pass and scores against three 6-6 defenders? - and Jones added a lip to seal the win. St. Mary's Coach Bill Oates, whose team was WCAC co-champion last year bat is 0-3 1n .the league thus far, had a few terse com- ments to offer- "They (USD) played very well. They're a very physical team.'' The key to the game?

"We didn't have a good hovt1ng pight." Afterward. the Toreros e relaxing rn no hurry to rush off ancl start thmkrng about USF. Bartholomew whose a I was. taped so tightly he said 1t felt ijke-p cast appeared to handle the cot,Jtact withou any oroblem. "It's about 90 percent I can't jump off 1t very well, but that's not the strong point of my game anyway; he added, lauglnng. · "It just feels great to win our first con- ference g me at horn ., Thibeaux led St. Mary's with 15 points, followed by Vial with 13 (eight tebounds) and Allen Colton wi•h 10 USD's other top scorers were Stock.alper with 13, and Whit- marsh 12.

- Gerald Jones, coming off three bad University of San Diego Coach Jim Bro- games, scored 17 pomts and contributed f d · h eight rebounds. His three-point play with velh would 'have pre erre it appen :04 left in the first half gave the Toreros a sooner. Like last season. But he wasn't h · 34-27 halftime advantage. complaining after the Toreros scored t eir - Bob Bartholomew, in his first start first-ever home West Coast Athletic Con- s M , since injuring an ankle three weeks ago, ference victory, 73 · 61 , over t. ary s. finished will) 16 points, several of which "It's nice to get the' zero out of the col- umn," said Brovelli afterward. "And this were critical free throws in the closing was one we had to have." minutes. . . USD. now 8-7 overall and 1-2 in league, - RuS ty WhitIT_1arsh held S~. Marys hosts USF at 7:30 tomorrow - four days )eadmg sc~rer David Vann. who is averag- following the Dons' close Toss to Notre mg 17.2 points per game, to Just 10 (4 of 15 Dame at South Bend. om the floor). 'This should give us ome confidence - And the_ To'.eros,. who have not _shot going into that one," offered Brovelli. "We particularly well m the1_r last three outi~gs, could have lost it tonight when we went shot 56 percent on the mght to the Gaels 51 d ( 2 'th 11·21 · · ) percent. three own 55-5 w1 . remarnmg , St.II St M , •th · h p 1 but we kept our poise." 1 , . ary s, w1 s1xt -man e er

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San Diego, Friday, Jan USD overcomes St. Mary's B NICK CANEPA fine inside work of guard night, I'm,, real p~eas~d I y ·d ·t Rusty Whitmarsh and for- about that, Brovelh said. Mike Stockalper sai I d J nd t k • and then scratched his head. wa rd Geral ones a 00

Well-Tuned USD Triumphs, 7·3--61 By STEVEDOLAN, Time8 Staff Writer

"I don't know why," said a 34-27 _lead at. th~ brea~. the University of San Diego After rnterm1ss1on, it d "b t for some rea- appeared the Toreros were guar ' better basket- going to run the Gaels out :~i :geafnsi bigger teams. onto Linda Vista Road. · The winners had a 40-31 Quicker teams give us more d t ge with 17 minutes ble S I guess because a van a pro m • ' . to play With 12 minutes re- wel're ,?ot that quick our- maining, they found them- se ves. h. d c952 I truth USD's team selves be m ...,.. : d~n't mat~h up very well "They ~ere ge~tmg down with many clubs m the West low on ?.-5, explained Stock- Coast Athletic Conference. alperTh a nd h going ~;e;~~- Last night for example, one. ey ave g . · they faced bigger _ and Jetes and they ,!'ere beating quicker, for that ma~ter - us !h~~e. the game, squad from St. Mary s Col- Torero toach Jim Brovelli le~~t what the Toreros had abandoned his zone de: lack in size and speed they fense for a man-to-man be make up for in tenacity and caus~ David Vann, st _ last night their hard work Marys All-WCAC guard, was rewarded with a 73--61 ·was ~avmg great success victory over the Gaels be- shvotmg ~v 1 it. . f d f 561 at Alea- Brovelh stuck with the l orpe a kcrow O man defense as long as he a ar • Wh"t h ll marked USD's first could be~ause I mar_s ' WCAC victory at home the teams best defens(ve since joining the conference player, was all but takmg r ago Since their win Vann out of the game. But :/~~pperdine last winter, when the Gaels grabbed t~e the Toreros had lost 13 lead, USO went back to its league games in a row until zo~e. short time later the last night's victory. Toreros ran off 12 straight "We worked real hard," added Stockalper, who points and USO had its scored 12 points and added eighth wm against seven five assists. "We had to get losses (1-2 in the WCAC). this one. It's important to "We kept our poise to- get that first win in the league - especially at home."

SAN DIEGO-Without Bob Bartholomew in the starting lineup, the University of San Diego basketball team was like a four-cylinder car running on three cy. linders. The Toreros just didn't have the power to ac- complish what they were normally capable or. But with Bartholomew making his first start in four games Thursday night, USD was a well-tuned team. The Toreroe scored their fll'St West Coast Athletic Con- ference win in three games by defeating St. Mary's, 73- 61. The combination or Bartholomew and Gerald Jones at forward made the difference for USD. Bartholomew had 16 points and four rebounds, Jones 17 points and eight rebounds. Jones, who hadn't played as well the past three games when Bartholomew didn't start, figured his better show.Ing was more than aconcidence. "Bobby helps me," Jones said. "He makes the offense go. They we're set up, we need him in there. At. the crudaJ. point or Thurday's game, USD was happy to have both Bartholomew and Jones in the lineup. The Toreros had Jed most the game until St. Mary's took a 59-58 lead With 6:06 to play. The rest was then up to-USD' forward combintion. Bartholomew put the Toreros ahead to stay With a pair or free throws With 5-.38 to play. Mike Stockalper followed with USD basket made while on his back, then a Jones tip-m or a missed shot with 4:14 remaining game USD a 64-59 cushion. The Toreros weren't BCOred on again until just nine seconds were left. But they had more than made their mark by scoring 13 straight points while holding St. Ma- ry's scoreless for five minutes and 57 seconds. Guard Rusty Whitmarsh was the key to the defense. he held DaV1d Vann or St. Mary's to 10 points, seven be- low his average. Vann was Just four or 15 from the field. "Rusty's a great defensive player," Coach Jim Brovelli sald. "He plays against the (opposition's) best offensive player every game. He's just a great athlete." The Toreros successfully stopped St. Mary's by often Switching defenses. Their most effective set-up was a 2-3 zone they used the last 10 minutes after the C'Tllels had started to come back against a man-to-man. The changing of the guard couldn't have come at a better time. St. Mary's was seemingly ready to take control at that point after having been behind a majority of the time. The Toreros did go to the basket well, hitting 28 or 50 field goal attempts. Stockalper and Whitmarsh Joined the forwards In double figures With 13 and 12 points, re spectively. USD, 807 overall, Will need plenty of scoring Saturday night when It plays host to the University or San Fran- cisco, a traditional powerhouse. With a healthy Bartho- lomew, the San Diegans feel they have a good chance. "My ankle is about 90% now," Bartholomew said, "I

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still can't jump well off it. That's not a big part of my game, anyway." But Bartholomew has proven he is; Indeed, a big part or USD's game.

A Bartholomew status key for USO tonight A few minutes into last week's game against Loyola- Marymount, the University of San Diego basketball team was losing 16-4. It was then that Torero Coach Jim Bro- velli took a look down his bench. There he spotted Bob Bartholomew_. his star forward, who was nursing torn ligaments in his ankle. Bartholo- mew had missed two games and his status was doubtful, but he wanted to play and Brovelli decided to take a chance and put in his senior leader. Bartholomew played 28 minutes that night, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. USO came back, took the lead, and finally fell 72-69. . But the point was made._ USO 1s a far bette_r basketball team when Bartholomew 1s m the lmeup. His status re- mains questionable, but Brovelli may start_ his best player when the Toreros meet St. Mary's College ma West Coast Athletic Conference game tonight at 7:30 at Alcala Park. "I still don't know. because Bobby's ankle really 1s sore," said Brovelli. "What's really amazing is_ that he ca_n play that well with pain. I mean he has torn hgaments, 1t isn't a sprain. . "He hasn't practiced, but he's been running all week. If he feels he can play before the game, I'll probably start him. There's no question what he means to us. When he came in the other night everybody on our team played better." The Toreros, now 7-7 overall and 0-2 in the WCAC, h~ve not won since Bartholomew injured his ankle m practice two weeks and three games ago. In St. Mary's, a club with a 6-8 record USO will be in for a difficult test. "St. Mary's is a strong team ... they've beaten some good clubs. The, lost their first two conference games to Portland and Gonzaga but they were leading both of those games at halftime. "They've got talent. David Vann, their 6-5 guard, was all-conference a year ago. He's a great shooter. Th~y have Eric Vial, a 6-10 center, and I really like Peter Thibeaux, their forward... _,._, __ ,_

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In recent weeks, USO has had problems holding onto leads, and it happened agam against the Gaels. USO took command of the game early behind the

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