News Scrapbook 1984

BLADE TRIBUNE MAR 1 4 1984 Princeton puts quick end to USD's dream season, 65-56 Ry nltt>d Prt> International Wh n l'ctc 'arnl cnt r un mterv1 w room a. he did Tu day mght and rnoa1 , "Of all the way. I have to make Tournament. victory which capped a marathon tripleheader. N.C.

"Moon was out of sight," Carril said before hurrying his team out of the Palestra for an early-morning flight to Salt Lake City to prepare for a first-round game in the West Regional against 13th-ranked Nevada-Las Vegas Thursday night. "We came out looking as if we would win the game pretty good but then we went through another spell only we can do. But Superman came through. The Moon was out tonight. He played terrific." Mullin shot 12-of-15 from the field and 14-of-16 from the foul line to lead the Ivy League champion Tigers, 18-9, to a

In the opener, Wes Fuller scored 22 points and Reggie Lewis added 21 to lift Northeastern, winner of the ECAC North, to a 90-87 victory over ECAC Metro titlist Long Island. The Huskies, 27-4, will meet Virginia Com- monwealth in the East Regional Friday night al East Rutherford, NJ. ECAC South champ Richmond blitzed to a 16-2 start and coasted behind John Newman's 25 points and Kelvin Johnson's 22 for an 89-65 rout of East Coast Conference winner Rider. The Spiders, 21-9, go against 19th-ranked Auburn in the East Regional Thursday night at Charlotte,

At Dayton, Ohio, Guy Minnifield made his only basket of the night on a 10-foot jumper with four seconds remaining to lift Morehead (Ky.) State to a 70-69 victory over North Carolina A&T and Michael Phelps poured in 21 points to lead Alcorn (Miss.) State to a 79-60 romp over Houston Baptist. Mullin ran off 15 of the Tigers' final 17 points of the first half to give his team a 33-24 lead. Princeton boosted its advantage lo 13 early m the second half but San Diego, 18-10, the West Coast Athletic Conference champion in on- ly its fifth season of Division 1, wasn't ready to give up.

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Princeton's Joe Scott dives for a loose ball between San Dle9.9~ John P y (left) and Al Moscatel. Princeton won the NCAA prelimlnary-round game, 65-56. Braswell injured a knee. LIU guard Robert Brown led all scorers with 27 points.

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ahead, 69-68. Harrison was charged with a de- liberate foul atter be pulled the jer- sey of one of the Aggies' players. But the referees couldn't deter- mine which player was fouled. At first, Eric Boyd of A&T was sent to the line. But after watching a re- play, tile refs awarded Horace the free throws. In the other game In Dayton, Al- corn State (22-9) took a 79-60 vie• tory over Houston Baptist (24·7), the Trans-America Conference champion. •• The tournament continues wltll two first-round games Thursday night In eacll regional. In the East Regional in Charlotte, N.C., Temple (25-4) meets St. John's (18-11) (4 p.m., ESPN) and Auburn (20-10) faces Richmond (21-9). In the Mideast Regional In Bir- mingham, Ala., Oregon State (22-6) plays West Virginia (19-11) and Al, abama-Birmingham (23-10) meets Brigham Young (19-10). In the Midwest Regional In Mem phis, Tenn., Fresno State (25-7 faces Louisiana Tecll (25-6) and Memphis State (24-6) plays Ora Roberts (21-9). In the West Regional In Salt Lak City, Nevada-Las Vegas (27-5 faces Princeton (18-9) (6 p.m. ESPN) and Louisiana State (18-10 meets Dayton (18-10).

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Richmond's Spiders, tile ECAC champions, shot 60 percent from tile field against Rider on the way to their highest point total of the season In their CAA debut. Sopllo- more John Newman !lad 25 points, Kelvin Johnson 22 and Bill Flye 19. In Dayton, Ohio, Morehead State (25-4 l, champion of the 01110 Valley Con erence, won Its preliminary game In the NCAA tournament wtth a 70--69 victory over North Carolina A&T (22-7) on Guy Minnifleld's 20· foot shot with four seconds left. Next up for the Eagles: Louis- ville. If Morehead manages to upset tile Cardinals In Milwaukee Friday night in the Mideast Region- al, the third-ranked Kentucky Wild· cats could be next. "Every time we play Louisville, it's a nightmare," said Morehead coach Wayne Martin, whose Eagles lost to the Cardinals this year, 85- 50. "We race at Latonia and they're in the Kentucky Derby." History was made in the More- head State game when the referees used a television replay with 26 sec- onds left to determine wlllch Aggie should attempt a pair of free throws after an intentional foul was called on the Eagles' Earl Harri- son. James Horace hit one of two free throws to put the Aggies

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ferrm:e champion at 21 -9. will meet Au born Thur. da) in the next round. Alcorn St. 79, Houston Baptisl 60: :\tichaet Phelps scored 21 points to IPad four Alcorn State players in clouble figures 2.5 the Brave~ posted a nctory over Houston Bap- tist at Dayton. Ohio. Alcorn 122-9> plays Kansas in its next game. Morehead St. 70, N. Carolina A&T 69: A shot by Guy :\1innifaeld from the top of the key with four seconds to play gave :\1ore. head State a 1·i<.:tory over J\'.orth Carolina A&T at Dayton, Ohio. :'\lorehE>ad 12.'}-51 goes against Louisvill Fnday in it next game.

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With his USD career in the past Whitmarsh eyes the NBA draft

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basketball writer for the Boston Globe. "That's on the East Coast," said Whitmarsh, a born and bred West Coaster. "But this program is at the point now where it can reap the rewards of the last five years." And so he went out as he came in and as he played his two years under coach Jim Brovelli: a team player on a team that thinks stars are for the sky. "What percentage of people in San Diego knew we had a Division I basketball program until we made it this far?" Whitmarsh asked. "Now everybody knows we have a team and a good team at USD.'' Next for Whitmarsh is the NBA, a draft pick, anyway. "I'm pretty sure I'll get drafted," he said. "As far as making it, ... I'm going to give it my best shot. If I didn't, it'd always be something I wondered about." Like Cage, Whitmarsh applied for a tryout with the U.S. Olympic team. But he hasn't heard back, and he's not sitting by the phone. "I'm going to take about a week off, then get on the weights," Whitmarsh said. "Put on about 10 pounds, work on my ball handling and outside shot and wait for the draft." He figures that if he gets on a club with the right system, he can make the league. Mike Whitmarsh is a role player to the end and beyond.

PHILADELPHIA - It wasn't supposed to end this way: three shots in the first half, 10 in the game. Nab, not for the guy they look to, not for Mike Whitmarsh. "It was," Whitmarsh said, "a very frustrating game." His team, USD, had lost to Princeton 6f>.56, ending his two-year career at USO. He finished the night with 17 points, his too-brief, two-year USD career with 874, 17 per game. Two hours after his final 40 minutes, he sat in a hotel lobby in Center City with his slightly swollen ankle propped on a coffee table. "Stupid thing," he said of the injury he took with seconds left in the game last night. "I tried to dunk a follow-up and came down on somebody's foot. And I didn't even make the shot." He is sitting in downtown Philadelphia on the night after Michael Cage of San Diego State bad been named the Western Athletic Conference player of the year, the same night a lot of people on the East Coast were surprised to see Whitmarsh playing forward when they expected to see Cage. "I kept telling people this wasn't Cage's team, but they ,.ouldn't believe me," said Jackie McMullin, a college

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TOREROS O. ALL-WCAC - USD forwards Mike Whitmarsh and Anthony Reuss have been selected to the All-West Coast Athletic Conference team. For Whitmarsh, it was his second straight honor as the former Monte Vista High standout finished his senior year as the Toreros' leadmg scorer (18.l average) and rebounder (7.4). Others on the team were Forrest McKenzie and Keith Smith of Loyola Marymount. John Stockton of Gonzaga, David Boone and Paul Pickett of St. Mary's and Nick Vanos and Harold Keeling of Santa Clara.

Toreros named AII-WCAC • Gonzaga'& John Stockton, who averaged 20.9 po1nts and 7.2 assists per game, has been named Mo t Valuable Player of the West Coast Athletic Con- fer nee. Mike Whhemanh and Anthony Reuss of the University of San Diego were named first team along with Forre • t McKenzie and Keith Smith of Loyola Marymount Victor Anger of Pepperdlne, Da- vid Boone and ... u•I Pickett of St. Mary's and Nick Vanos and Harold Keel ng of Santa Clara.

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USD SENIOR MIKE WHITMARSH 'It was a very frustrating game'