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El Cajon, CA (San Diego Co) Daily Californian (Cir. D 100,271) DtC1 91986

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East San Diego County, California O Friday, December 19, 1986 SDSU, USO shove off for basketball tournaments an Di go 'ta '5,td the University of San Oiego ville with even one win. SDSU had to strug~e to in scoring and rebounding last year, is averaging If the host Broncos get their way, they will me t he d to div rse p rt of the coun'try ~kend. beat CSLA, which rallied from a 12-point deficit in 11.8 points and 7.3 rebounds a game this season. the Toreros in the championship game Saturday but ach basketball te~m hope~ to end up on victory t~e sec~md half and almost ~tole the game in the Forward Ronnie Bellamy (12.4 points per ~ame) is night. To reach the finals the Bronco~ will have to lane when they p rt1c1pate m tournaments this fin~! . minutes. The Aztecs will face stronger com- shooting 59 percent from the floor while Dan defeat Southwest Texas State (4-2) this evenmg. w k nd. petition this weekend. Plondke (10.1) is hitting at a 56 percent clip. Guard When Boise State visited USD earlier in tht:

season the Toreros escaped with a 54-52 victory, Boise State (4-1) erased a IO-point deficit in the final minutes to tie the game at 52, but USD hit the final But first the Toreros must get past Long Beacb State (4-3), a team that has won four in a row, including upsets of Bradley (80-74), Houston (71-65) and Pepperdine (86-77). ' Torero 7-foot center Scott Thompson the team's leading scorer with an 18.3 average, will ha~e ~is hands full with DeAnthony Langston, a 6-10 Jumor who is averaging 14.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Forward Mel Braxton (10.7 points, 9.0 re- bounds) and Guard Morion Wiley (14.9 points) are ..--l other 49er standouts. / _ I basket

Keith Williams (11.3 points, 4.9 assists) rounds out the starting lineup. Senior center Ray Gromlowicz (23 blocked shots) is the first player off the bench. Tennessee (2-1) and Ball State (3-4) play at 5 p.m. (PST). Friday's losers meet at 3 p.m. Saturday, with the winners playing for the tournament cham- The Aztecs have played Ball State twice, beating the Cardinals 86-75 in San Diego during the 1970-71 season. The Aztecs lost 75-73 at Ball State in 1968-69. Tennessee beat SDSU 96-77 in the Cabrillo Classic in 1979 in their only meeting. The Toreros enter tonight's contest with a two- game winning streak. USD, 4-2 overall, has defeated SDSU (83-67) and UC Santa Barbara (77-71) in their pionship at 5 p.m.

SDSU met UNCC in the 1985 Holiday Bowl Classic in San Diego. The 49ers won that game UNCC is 6-2 overall and has won three in a row The team's only losses came against New Mexico (74-72). in the season opener in the Silver Sword 77-76. The 49ers, coached by former NBA guard Jeff Mullins. were 8-20 last year. This year they have improved to the point that all five starters are Sophomore guard Byron Dinkins leads the team with a 15.6 scoring average. He has hit 24 of 49 three-point shots this season. Mike Milling, a 6- foot -7 enior guard who led the Sunbelt Conference averaging in double figures. Classic Berkeley. in Hawaii, and California (80-63) in

The Aztecs journey to Knoxville, Tenn., to plar in the Volunteer Clas 1c SDSU meets North Carolma- Charlotte tod y at :l p.m (PST). Tournament-host T nn play Ball ta m the other portion of th brack I , Th Torero will me I anoth r California team in th Alb rt. on'~ Classic m Boise, Ida. USO takes on Long B ach State tonight with the winner advanc- ing to face the victor of a am between Boise State and Southwest Texas State. The Aztec enter t1'e tournament still savoring their first victory of the eason. After opening the y arwith thre lo ·ses. SDSU defeated Cal State Los Angel ·, a D1vi ·ion II school, 64-60 Saturday night, The A..te may be hard-pressed to leave Knox- . -~---~-~

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Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co.) Los Angeles Times (Cir. D. 1,076.466) (Cir. S. 1,346,343)

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U. of San Diego Defeats CS.. Lopglleach in Boi ~ ';ida?

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CHRISTMAS PLAY - The Univ.ersily at Satr Diego English and Campus Ministry departments joined with the 01.!;! G/Qbe Theatre Dec. 11-13 to present "The Mystef/es, From Creation to Christmas." The 14-act performance enlisted several USO students, alumni and professors as well as Old Globe

performers. Pictured in a scene from Bethlehem are three kings played by Stephanie McCullough, left, Hartzog Claman and Ursula Bugembe. Lori Townsend portrays Mary and Zachary Hitchcock plays Joseph. The play was directed by David Hay.

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454) DEC 20198

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usn1s ace trumps 49ers with clutch free throws Tr1buac taff Repcrt T II USO basketball team de- pen"tts on 7-lool center Scott Thompson for his dominating presence under the basket, but it was the enior's presence at the free- still recovering from the flu played Just 17 minutes, but coll;cted a game-high nine rebounds and scored 12 points. Toreros guard Danny Means added 10 points. Long Beach State was led bv 14 points each from forward Andre Purry and guard Tony Ronzone.

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Dlaliaued From B-1 jumper at the buzzer. 'Aq6 Last night, Means scored the game's first six points to help the Toreros to a 1~ lead with less than three minutes played. USO bad its biggest lead at 14-2 when Thompson bit a IO-footer at 15:21. Long Beach State got back in the game with a 9-0 run later in the opening half and closed within four by halftime at 30- 26. "The opening surge probably hurt us," USO coach Hank Egan said. "I think we got to standing around a

throws by Thompson, who had 14 sec- ond-half points, tied the score 45-45. When Thompson scored underneath with three minutes to play, the Toreros had a 47-45 lead they would not relinquish. A 15-foot jumper by USD guard Paul Leonard and two more Thompson free throws made it 51-45 with 1:41 remaining. Long Beach State cut the lead to 54-52 with Morion Wiley's three-pointer at 1:03, and the 49ers immediately called their final timeout. Long Beach State's plan was to set

up for the three-pointer on offense, and foul on defense. The Toreros foiled that strategy by hitting six of their final seven shots at the free- throw line. For the game, USD out- scored Long Beach State 20-3 at the line. The Toreros also had a 40-32 reboundin11: advantage. "We're used to the band not play- ing for us after six road games,'' said Egan, whose team is 4-2 away from home. "When things got tight in the second half, we didn't quit, we didn't drop our heads. We just got after it."

little and Jost some of our intensity. In the second half, we moved the ball around better and got our post peo- ple moving a little more and it opened things up for Scott." The teams traded baskets through the first 10 minutes of the second half before the 49ers grabbed their first lead of the game 38-37 on John Hat- ten's jump shot at 9:53. A tqree- pointer by Ronzone gave Long Beach State its biggest lead 45-41 with just Jess than six minutes to go. A Madden jumper and two free

th_row line la t night that enabled the Torer?S to defeat Long Beach State 60-55 tn the Albertson's Holiday Clas- ic at Bol e, Idaho. . Thompson, who scored a game- high 23 points and collected eight re- bound , was 9-for-10 at the line in the gam , Including 8-for-8 when the l'oreros were turning back a Long Beach State charge m the second half. "I've been shooting free throws w II all ea on,'' said Thompson, a 73 percent fr e-throw shooter entering the g m . 'Tm glad they kept fouling me. I think 1t wa a mistake on their part. I gu they got a hold of the rong stat h ets." U D forward ils Madden, who Is

USO, which has played six of its seven g~mes on the road, improved to 5-2 with the win. The Toreros will meet Boise State for the tournament championship tonight at 7:30. Boise State (5-1) defeated Southwest Texas State 82-63 in last night's second game at the Boise State Pavilion. Long Beach State (4-4) will play Southwest Texas State (4-3) in the consolation game at 5:30 USD will be playing Boise State for the second time this season. The Toreros defeated the Broncos 54. 5 2 at the USO Sports Center three weeks ago when Madden hit a 17-foot pJ..,, .. TOREROS,,,, I