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s n Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341 ,840)

T9reros blast ?-Cf [ 'J · Aztecs, 8 -67 USD races to 31-point lead, coasts to 'bragging rights' By Hank Wesch Staff Writer

U$D: Aztecs come d-p'Jf hort Continued from C-1 three-point range in scoring 14 points. "Everybody contributed and that means a whole lot to us," Thompson said. "We read in the paper where Smokey said this wasn't a rivalry. Deep down inside, it's a big rivalry to all us players. "I looked over a couple times and noticed Smokey wasn't saying much tonight. He was real quiet.'' What could he say? "We just played bad and that's it," Gaines said. SDSU was led in scoring by guard ophomore Tracy Dildy, who was 3· for-3 from thr -point range in total• ing a career-high 17 The Aztecs al o got 12 from Espi• noza, the former Grossmont Commu- nity College player's highest output as an Aztec. Tony Ross had eight points on 2- for-8 from three- point range. Three-pointers accounted for the Aztecs' first 12 points in the second half and 24 in the game. Lowery, who carried a 21-point av- erage into the game, scored only six. He hit the first basket of the game but wound up 2-for-13 from the field for the night, l-for-5 from beyond the three-point line. Thompson became the No. 10 ca- reer scorer at USO with his second basket of the night, moving past Toreros assistant coach Gus Magee's /, 977. / _i

• Smokey Gaines says his Aztecs "just stunk the place up" - C-3. side and being hot outside." The Aztec~ got eight pQints from Juan Espinoz in the cl ing minutes of the half, but he only u st•on for the final 30 minutes wiu ho ig a rout it would bC' SDSU ha nrJ d [ n man-lo• man or zone - to top c t T o p- son, USD's 7-foot senio ce t r He got several easy sho ne r e uas- ket, and when he w r1 pp1 g virtual layups, he hit hoo oth left- and right-handed ''The last couple garr :;.,, teams have double and np e d me" Thompson said 'I expec two or three people on me torug t, Ince they didn·t have the height. I was surprised there wa on! one guy guarding me most of the time. And he didn't even have eak ide help." Before being ent to the bench with more than 12 minut remam- ing, Thomp on had a game-high 21 pomts and five rebounds The Toreros al o got 15 points from forward Mark anor and 14 from ils Madden. Egan had them out of the game with more than eight minutes left. Thompson was 10-of-14 rn field- goa I shootmg. and the USD starting front three was 22-of-3 If the Toreros' rnside offen.e y;asn·t enough th y also got good perimeter shooting from guard Paul Leonard, who hit two of three from

When the University of San Diego exercises its bragging rights as the city's top college basketball team during the coming year, there will be no arguments. Again. Can anyone argue with 83-67? That was the score of USD's victo- ry over San Diego State last night And the score was misleading. USO led by as much as 31 in the first half (43-12) and was up by 70-40 with 7:32 to play before SDSU man- aged to ·ave face after Toreros coach Hank Egan cleared the bench. •·you bet I think of the other coach (when holding a big lead)," Egan said. "I've gone against (SDS coach) Smokey Gaines I don't know how many times and he's ahead by a bunch." Since coming from the Air Force Academy to USO, however, Egan is 2-1 against San Diego tate La t year the Toreros won b; 17 Last night's game was clo e for only two minutes. Then USO (3-2) broke a 4-4 tie with a run of nine straight points. After SDSU's Kevin Brown stopped the streak with one ba,ket, USD scored 11 points before the Aztecs' Josh Lowery hit a free throw. The next eight point were VSD's, and so it went until the Toreros hit their high-water mark (43-12) w1tll 2 38 to go in the hall.

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I"· 1888 f Toreros hit road against Santa Barbara After two sub-par perfor- mances on the road, playing a pseudo road game Thursday night may have been just what the . USO men's basketball team needed:-" Considering the San Diego Sports Arena is closer to USO than San Diego State, the Toreros were almost right at home in their 83-67 win against the Aztecs. It came at a time when the Toreros were looking to recover from recent road losses against Nevada-Reno and Montana Slate. USD hopes to put that 1,uccess found against SDSL' to a real road test tonight at UC Santa Bar- bara. "We've been looking for a good game from everybody," Toreros coach Hank Egan said. 'Hopefully, this will be a posi- tive effect."' Against the Aztecs, the Toreros (3-2) shot nearly 63 percent from the floor on the way to 46-20 halftime lead. ''After coming back from that road trip, we came out fired up against San Diego State," senior forward Nils Madden said. "We got back some confidence. Now we have to go out and work a little on our man-to-man defense. We have to go to the boards better. I do anyway. And we have to get a little better movement on offense." USD center Scott Thompson scored a game-high 21 points, moving within 14 points of 1,000 for his college career. Joining Thompson in double figures were teammates Mark Manor with 15 and Nils Mad- den and Paul Leonard with 14 each. Their early efforts en- abled Egan to give his reserves their longest workout of the season. As has been the case in most of their games this season, the Toreros will have a size advan- tage against UCSB. However, the Gauchos (2-1) will attempt to counter with the speed of guards Brian Shaw and Car- rick DeHart, among others. By Kirk Kinney Tribune Sportswriter

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place would let us off. So we had to cancel one of our home games."' UC-Santa Barbara has played only one home game. against SDSU. Coach Jerry Plmm's Gauchos also have defeated Eastern Washington; they have lost to Santa Clara and Oregon State. The Gauchos feature 6-6, 230- pound senior forward Khris Fortson (17.5-point average) and 6-8, 210· pound senior Brian Vaughns (13.0). They also have a scoring threat in 6-6 junior swingman Brian Shaw (9.8), who played on the Pimm-coached, gold medal-winning U.S. team at the World Championships in Spain this summer. UCSB is capable of defensing Thompson with players such as 6-10, 230-pound sophomore John Westbeld and 6-8. 215-pound freshman Greg Trygstad. Thompson, averaging 18.6 points and six rebounds, needs four points to become the 10th USD player to score more than 1,000. He would be the first to do so since the basketball program obtained Division I status in

L.A. State's only Division I opponent this eason Sophomore guard Josh Lowery re- main San Diego State's leading corer (16.0) despite an off-night (2- for 13 from· the field, six points) against USD on Thursday Sopho- more guard Tracy Dildy (10.3) and freshman guard Tony Ross (10.3) are the only others averaging in double fi 0 ure for DSU which has been forced to rely on outside shooting for most of 1t:; scoring 'I've never seen a team shoot the three-point play hke San Diego State doe ," USI coach Hank Egan said after Thursday' game. "There iire ome guY.s out there that the BA shou Iii draf '' Egan said he was re• (erring to Darryl Gaines. Ross and Lowery All three are underclassmen, how• ever, and when NBA scouts' eyes are on San Diego collegians, they likely are focused on U D's 7-foot senior center, Scott Thompson. Thomp on scored 21 points in 24 minutes against the Aztecs. helping USO halt a two-game losing streak evada-Reno and Montana State. Torught's assignment technically, the fourth of six straight on the road for the Toreros, smce San Dieg State was the home team Thursday at the Sports Arena. "We kne we were biting off a big chunk with all these road games," Egan said. ''We wound up with too many games on oar schedule, and none of the teams ililt had us at their built in games at is.

San Diego State's men's basketball team, till searching for its first vic- tory, takes on an NCAA DiVISIOn II opponent, and USD goe back on the road tomght. SD U(0-3) fac Los Angeles State (2·4) at 7·30 at the ports Arena. USO (3-2) me •ts UC- anta Barbara (2·2) at the UCSB Events Center in Goleta, al oat 7:30. For San Diego State. tonight's game complete a home tand in which the first two game~ - a 110-78 I to Arizona and an 83-67 loss to U D - imply were extensions of an 87-70 . eason-opening defeat at C· Santa Barbara. It would appear. however, that the Aztecs will not be physically out· manned tomght 1 for the first time th1 ·eason SDSU, which has been outrebound· ed by an av rage of 113 per game, will have a height advantage over an L.A State front hne that features 6- foot-7 junior Sean Sells, 6-5 senior Marty Hecde and 6-7 Junior Curtiss Bradley. Bradley lead the Golden Eagles in conng (17.8) and rebound• mg (7.5) after a 32-point, 13-rebound performance in an 89-77 victory over Fresno Pacific last week I..A State's other victory came again t We t Coast Chr1 tian College of Fr no. Th Golden Eagles have lost to Cal Baptist of River ide, Dominguez Hill State, Western Ore- gon and B1ola of La Mirada. SDSU is

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