News Scrapbook 1981-1982

LOS ANGELES TIMES

SAN DIEGO UNION

1981 Magee & Co. Too Much For Toreros

~_DEC6

12 Part Ill / ·unday, December 6, 1981 /J ** Irvine, Magee Set Back USO By JOHN WEYLER, Times la!/ Writer

By PETER RICHMOND Stoff l'iriter, TIie Son o,ego Union

Jim Brovelli, "When you help out in one area, defending Magee, they kill you m another." Magee scored 29 points, 17 in the second half, as UC-Irvmc, taller and stronger on the front )me turned a close and_ highly entertaini~g contest mto a mismatch. USD's remarkable accuracy from the outer reaches kept them close. If Division I had a three-point lme, USO would have coasted. "USO is a olid, well-coached team," said winning coach Bill Mulli- gan. "I've never played against a team !hat shot that well from out- side. Ive always said you can't win from the outside, but my philosophy

was starting to crack." San Diego was the better team for one half - more composed in hand- ling the ball and more patient in shot select10n, Magee was held to 12 J>?lnts and seldom managed to work himself free of the defense of USD c~nter Dave Heppell, who Jed USO wi th 19 points. With four minutes left rn the half, and leading, 26-23, USO's defense brought its opponent to a vir- tual standstill, forcing UC-Irvine to pass around and around the perime- ter The partisan crowd began to cheer then cheer loudly, and Mulli- gan was forced to call a timeout. It was USD's apex. UC-Irvine took a 33-32 lead at the half and decided to look for Magee and Magee alone in the final 20 minutes. It worked. Lob passes described graceful arcs all of which ended in Magee's hand~. The highlight: with four minutes left, for- ward Ben McDonald fed Magee with a David Thompson pass that the cen- te~ c~ught and laid in while sliding in midair between two USO defenders Th~re is no defense for pure talent, no.~ with capable_players in support. I on!Y took six shots rn the first half, but I made them all," said Magee. Of course, all six were within three feet of the basket. In the second half, he drifted out and began to con- vert turnaround jump shots with no effort at all. When he missed '.\-lcDonald didn't. When the insid~ was closed, Randy Whieldon convert- ed from the outside. And with the loose balls, the turnovers, the im- portant rebounds, L'C-Irvine seemed to always have the extra step. USD led for the first 16 minutes. Heppell, Rusty Whitmarsh and John Prunty seldom missed from the out- side and Irvine, warned by USD's ac- curacy, was pressing. But in one stretch midway through the half after a long set shot by Prunty, uc: Irvine out~cored USD 16-5, with Magee scormg eight of those points on a layup, two turnaround jumps and a convincing stuff, After that, USO never drew closer than seven.

Unable to defense All-American center Kevin Magee in the second half, the University of San Diego bas- ketball team lost its first game of the season l~st night, 78-66, to undefeated University of California-Irvine be- fore a near-capacity crowd of 2 400 at the USO Sports Center. ' . USO's record is now 2-1. UC-Irvine 1s unbeaten in four games. And if Magee and his supporting cast con- tmue to play up to their obvious po- tential, th_eir first loss may be a long time commg. ''I wouldn't be surpnsed to see that team in the NCAAs," said USO coach

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Doggon lron1' "W played very sound d f n U D Coach Jim Brov lll

In the first half," id, "and we contain d their

tran itlon g me II night. We played our usual defen e (a matchup zon ), and or co rs w keyed on Magee Buth 's o doggone strong" Ma , like th r t of the .Antcatel'll, wa also very accurate He didn't get th hall oft n, but when he did, hem d It count, hitting 12 of 13 shots from th floor A Brov 111 was quick to point out, howev r, Irvine I far from a on -m n team. UC! showed some uncanny hoolin , hilting 71 % from th floor. The Anteaters only mi d 12 shots 11 night. Randy Whleldon wa 8 of 12 from th floor for 18 points, Ben cDonald was 6 of 8 for 15 points and Rain- er Wulf hit 2of 3 and all 6 at the free throw line for 10. "Irvine h lot more than Magee," Brove!U said, hakmg h1 h d, "I wouldn't be surprls d to see th mIn the NCAAs." Intl c Towud 5-0 M•rk That's omething UCl Coach Bill Mulligan isn't think- ing bout nght now. The lrvme coach wants his team to be 5-0 (UC! plays Haw 1i Hilo at horn Thursday) when th Ant ters m et University of Nevada-Las Vega In a nationally tel vised (ESPN) game Saturday at the Anaheim Conv ntion Cent r. "We pl y d really w II," ulligan aid. "They hit us with a d f nse we've never seen and we stayed very pols d. They play d Kevin v ry tough arly, but if we h ve pati nee like we did tonight, eventu Uy things will open up." Unhke th Ante t rs, the Torero !Jved-and even- tu Uy di d-wllh the outside shot. Center David H p- pcll w s ca tmg off from d ep In the comer all night and fin hed with 19 Guard Randy Whitmarsh and Rich D vis didn't hot from In Ide 20 f et all night and both scored 10 points as U D's record dropped to 2-1

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Sunday, December 6, 1981

THE SAN DIEGO UNION

E-12

ART

Melanesia: Diverse, With One Source Of Inspiration By RICHARD REILLY Art Critic, The Son Diego Union If you know where and all highly effective. Melanesia is, go to the bead One of the largest pieces of the class. And if you can is a mid-20th century war identify all the islands canoe shield, similar to an compri$ing Melanei;ia, you ornamental boat prow, can stay home from work made out of sago spathe tomorrow. (For those who (whatever that is!), dark don·t know they're the feathers, wood and cane. Solomon Islands, New He- The shape of the shield is brides. the Admiralty and believed to contain the soul FiJi Islands, New Caledonia, of a deceased warrior or the Bismarck archipelago ancestor - placed on the and New Guinea.) bow, it "hides" and protects The University of San the canoe from enemies. Diego is currently offering Masks are an rntegral an exhibition of Melanesian part of Melanesian culture. art, and although it isn't as Used in dances and reJig. big and diverse as ious ceremonies, they vary Melanes a. it's big enough. widely in style, technique At first glance it may and materials. When worn, seem incorrect to refer to the wearer loses ~is identity Melanesian art as an entity, and embodies the spirit of because each region, tribe an ancestor. One of the and island has developed its strangest masks shown in a own characteristic and un- Baining fire-dance mask mistakable forms and from the New Britain styles Nevertheless, after Gazelle Peninsula. With its studying the works exhibit- Jong snout a cross between ed it is po sible to discern a a pig's nose and a sword- s1 ngle magico-religious fish's beak, its batlike ears, source of iru;pU"allon, ap- large eyes, embellished parent even in objects as di- with brilliant circles of verse as weapons, masks color, it is meant to ensure and implements of a purely the fertility of crops, a good utilitarian nature. And all hunt, courage and strength. Melanesian art is outstand- Worn at night it would ing m its richness of form fnghten the most valiant of The Sm Diego Union/ John U. Godwin Among Melanesian artifacts on exhibit at the University of San Diego's Founders Gallery is this Seining fire-dance mask, which measures 28 inches by 25 inches. E-2 THE TRIBUNE (2)

San Diego, Friday, November 20, 1981

the seatlike projection with bunches of twigs when they want to emphasize a point. Most of the objects in this show are admirable, al- though frightening, but the artistic craftsmanship of each object is of an excep- tionally high level. This ex- hibition, from the Charles Ross family collection, was gathered by Mark Lissauer of Melbourne. The Founder's Gallery, University of San Diego, Al- cala Park, is open Week- days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • • • •

and color, figural dynam- men, the purest of women. ism and elaboration of or- A Geuekki mask, made of nament. Papuan Gulf fiber and Exhibited are a wide va- feathers surely must repre- riety of items: ma ks, spirit sent the Darth Vader of totems, cult and ceremonial lower Melanesia. hooks, orator's chaus, Another awesome piece dance hats, bark paintings, is a Ternes Malu mask from canoe splash boards, dance the Tooman Island, New wands, funerary figures, a Hebrides. This mask, in the lizard ledge, ceremonial shape of a grotesquely ex• bowls and ancestral figures, aggerated body, is full of heads and plaques. Created limbs, teeth (pig tusks?) and e senttally for ntuals or sexual apparatuses. events associated with re- Quite different are the ligious expectations, they orator's chairs, not used for are by turn haunting, beau- sitting, but brought out dur- tiful, ugly, bewildering, ing disputes between tnbal fnghtening, repugnant members; speakers strike

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Melanesian art at USD