News Scrapbook 1981-1982

SAN DIEGO UNION FEB 2 G 1982 Toreros Grounded By Portland's Pilots 64-52 In WCAC Contest Special To The Son Dteoo Union

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to find the range and moved in front at 19- 17 on Slaughter's layup basket seven min- utes before intermission. USD, trailing by three at the half, fell further behind in the second half, but bat- tled back to within five points at 37-32 and 41-36 before the Pilots pulled away. Center Jim Bateman was the only con- sistent scorer for USD, ending with 18 points and seven rebounds as the only

Torero player in double figures. Rusty Whitmarsh was next with nine points and Gerald Jones and Dave Heppell each had eight. Portland used a balanced attack with Dave Flint backing up Slaughter with 10 points, and Moby Oliver and Dennis Black each adding eight. Despite his strong performance, Slaugh- ter was held slightly below his 19.5 point-

per-game average and faces an uphill bat- tle in his final two games to overtake for- mer San Francisco center Bill Cartwright as the WCAC career scoring leader Cartwright amassed 1,065 points at USF Slaughter's efforts last night gives him 1,007, which requires him to collect 59 points in his final two contests to overtake ' Cartwright.

PORTLAND, Ore. - University of Port- land guard Jose Slaughter scored 14 points, one of his baskets moving the Pilots m front to stay late in the first half, as Port- land defeated the University of San Diego 64-52 in a West Coast Athletic Conference game here last night. The Toreros had taken a 13-9 lead with eight minutes elapsed but the Pilots began

LOCAL NEWS TOAEROS WIN/ Forward Gerald Jone. cor d 24 potn ,ind grabbed J l rebound Saturday night, lcading th l!nivers1ty of San Diego to a 80-68 victor over v1 1hng Loyola Marymount I• our other pl.iy1•rs. cored in double figures for the Toreros Jim B.1tl'l!1an h,1d 16. Dave Hepp 11 dded 14 and former :\font V1 t lhgh ·tar Rusty Whitmarsh C'anned 10. Snn Diego rais d 1t WCA ' record to 3 8 and its ovenll rn.irk 10 13 Loyola fell to 1-10 tn conference ,ct1on nd 3 21 ov rail l'SD travel. to Portland Thursday

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SAN DIEGO UNION FEB 2 5 1982 USD Being Led To 'Slaug~ter'

EVENING TRIBUNE FEB 2 6198Z -------- Jose Slaugh- ter scored 14 points to become the West Coast Athletic Conference's second-leading all-time scorer last night and lead Portland to a 64-52 victory over the University of San Diego Toreros. Slaughter moved past for- mer Portland star Rick Raivio into the No. 2 spot behind New York Knicks center Bill Cartwright, who played at the University of San_Francisco. Slaughter has 1,008 points, 57 behind Cartwright, with two games remain- ing in his collegiate career. Jim Bateman scored to lead USD, which dropped to 10- • 14 overall and 3-9 in the league. USO still has two games left in the season _ against Gonzaga University tomorrow night in Spo- kane, Wash., and Thursday at 7-35 Pm • • against St. Mary's at Alcala Park. - · · TOREROS DEFEATED - ~--

thi season Portland ts tied for third with Santa Clara m the WCAC w th a 6-5 record. The Pilot are 14-10 overall USD coming off a wir to-wir victory over Loyola- Marymount. 1 3-8 m th conference and 10 13 overall USD forwards Gerald Jones and Jim Bateman both hit for 30 points in two games last e k Jones had 17 rebounds and Bateman 12. Ru ty Whitmarsh contin• u to lead USD over the season with a 10.8 average

LOS ANGELES TIMES f'EB 2 6 1982 Portland, Slaughter Beat USO PORTLAND, Ore (UPI)-Jose Slaughter scored 14 points, becoming the West Coast Athletic Conference's second-leading all-time scorer, as he led Portland to a 64-52 victory over the University of San Diego. Slaughter moved past former Portland star Rick Rai- vio mto into the No. 2 spot with 1,008 polnUl, 67 behind behind ex-San Francisco standout Bill Cartwright. 1 he win gave Portland a 15-10 record, 7-5 in c0n!er- ence. USO, whose John Bateman scored 18 points, is 10- 14 and3-9.

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spectlvely, for Blola, the NAIA's top- ranked team. The Eagles now have a 33. 0 record. Guard Tom Wight led UC San Diego, which fell to 10-16, with 18 points. Fresno State la the ragular-saa- son basketball champion of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, but if the 14th-ranked Bulldogs want a guaran- teed spot In the NCAA playoffs, they'll have to win the conference tournament next week. Coach Boyd Grant's Bulldogs raised their PCAA record to 12-1 and their overall mark to 23-2 Thursday night with a 151 • 3 victory over host Pacific. Donald Mason's 12 points led a bal- anced Fresno State attack. Matt Wal- dron had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Tigers, who fell to 3-10 in confer- ence play and 7-18 overall. In other PCAA action Thursday night, Fullerton State outlasted visiting UC Ir- vine, 68-62, In three overtimes; visiting Long Beach State topped UC Santa Bar- bara, 79-76, In overtime, and visiting San Jose State downed Utah State, 15:l-47. In the Western Athletic Conference :~_st Brigham Young topped Hawaii, n;'.

Jose Slaughter and Dave Flint com- bined !or 24 points Thursday night to lead Portland to a 64-112 West Coast Ath• letlc Conference basketball victory over the University ot San Diego. Slaughter's U points put him second 1n career scoring In the conference with 1,007. Bill Cartwright ls the leader after finishing his career In the conference with 1,0611 points in 1980 while playing tor San Francisco. Rick Ralvlo, who graduated from Portland 1n 1980, had been second at 1,001, Slaughter, a sen- ior, has two games left. Bateman led all scorers with 18 points, Flint was the game's leading reboun- der with eight, San Diego has a 3-9 conference record and Is 10-14 in all games. Portland is 7-11 in the league and 115-10 overall. Guard Rich Cundall scored 12 points to lead a balanced Blola attack as the Eagles defeated UC Sd.n Diego, IIHS, In an NAIA, District III first- round basketball playoff game. Forwards Mark Sontosk! and Wade K!rchmeyer added 11 and 10 points, re-

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TOREROS TACKLE PORTLAND -The University of San Diego faces Portland Uni- versity in a basketball game tonight in Portland. USO is coming off an 80-68 win over Loyola-Marymount. The Toreros will be led by Gerald Jones and Jim Bateman, who both hit for 30 points in games last week. TORERO BASEBALLERS WIN - The USO Torero baseball team ripped UCSD's Tritons yesterday 11-1 as center fielder Doug Paul collected three hits, scored twice I and drove in four runs on the UCSD dia- mond. USD had 16 hits in all against four Triton pitchers.

TOREROS FACE PORTLAND -The USO men's basketball team is down to its remaining three games, two on the road and the finale at home. Tomorrow night, the Toreros travel to Portland for a game with the University of Portland. On Saturday, the Toreros play Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., then they come home against St. Mary's University at USO.

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TIMES-ADVOCATE f'EB 2 3 1982

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At the University of San Diego, they'r sllll buzzing about the two major basketball up- sets that almost were. First, the Toreros suffered a shattering, 711· 9 WP.!lt roa!lt AthlPtl~ r.nnfp,-pnr<> loaa tn hiah. ly rated USF In double overtime. A few nights later, It took a shot at the buzzer by reserve guard Mark Wilson to give unbeaten and con- ference-leading Pepperdlne ( 10-0) a 63-61 victo- ry over USO. Wins in those two games could have made the ea on for the unlucky Toreros.

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SI·vi\.,i1~E ,\a.h. - Ttk Unive,sity of an Diegv h,~bliled b 1 "" ..,ucb1" k uf the 11u, dt c,pptd a 6J-53 decis1un las r.ight at L:1,nzag.i Umvc ,icy. Fo ,:;a, d~ Gerald Jones 1nd Robby Hob- rts and guard Rich Davis missed the ga "" with ti,., fl and gua_rds John Prunty UQ Mike Hamsc) play~d d(;spite being i!L Sn.-foot-10 renter Duane Bet geson red 19 points a pulled do,rn 16 re- hn,inrlc: for thp 'Rnll npt.: ,,v ni'1P fnrw~rti

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