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Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Co) Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D 50,010) (Cir. S 55,573) JAN 10 ,:io

USD Rallies to Defeat USI\Lin Jta:i 'Lane By CHRIS ELLO SAN DIEGO-Universit~ of San Diego Coach Hank Egan ad the definitive answer for critics who claimed that United States Inter- national University' • up-tempo style of basketball controlled the high-ecorlng game between the two city rivals Thursday night in the USO Sports Center. "I thought the game waa played at the perfect tempo, because that tempo produced a 'W'," said Egan, after the Toreroa defeated the Gulla, 96-82, In front of 2,275 fana. USIU, which came into the con- test averaging 94.5 points per game, got 21 points from the na- tion's third-leading scorer Joe Yez- back and forced USD out of It.a patient style of offense throughout the first half. In the second half, the Toreros were able to work the ball inside to 7-foot center Scott Thompson (24 points) and pull away for their fifth straight win. "I don't care about tempo," said Egan after his team Improved to 10-4 going into West Coast Athletic Conference play, which starts next Thursday at Santa Clara. "I'm not a music conductor, I'm a basketball coach. I never care how quick we shoot, only that we get a good shot. In the first half, we forced a few too many and they stayed close." USD led only 49-44 at halftime, partly because they spent much of the first 20 minutes trying to match the Gulls shot for shot. "They like to come down and shoot from anywhere on the court," USO forward Mark Bostic said. "Sometimes they shoot on the first pass. It seemed like w got Please see USD, P e 11

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fioe Annelef. Gl\mee usu-, ? ~;, Continued from 1'11e 1 ,. caught up in that a httle bit. . And while USD was gettmg caught up m USIU's fast-paced style the Gulls were getting caught up in the excitement of the game itself. ,. .d ''I'm very disappointed, sa1 USIU Coach Gary Zareck)'., whose t am fell to 7-7. "We did some things very well, but every time we were about to make a run at them we got emotionally caught up in the game and forgot what we were trying to do. USO Is one of the bett r teams on the West Coast at playing the half-court_game an_d I thought we did a great Job o~ taking them out of that. But we still ~ave to learn how to win ballgames. For awhile, it appeared that USIU might win this one. With Vezback connecting from the out- de and the smaller Gulls holding their own under the boards ( USO held a 23-17 rebounding advantage at the half), Zarecky's team was close throughout the first half. In the second half, however, USIU succumbed because it had no one who could stay with Thomp- the Toreros' Junior center. At point, Zarecky put 6-2 guard Charles Redding on Thompson, hopmg to beat him with qu17kness. "I've never seen anything hke that and I don't really know why he did that," Egan said. "A lot of things they did during the game

Redding made two quick steals. But, for the most part, USO pound- ed the ball inside to Thompson for easy baskets. Meanwhile, one of the outside shooters Zarecky "'.'as worried about, Pete Murphy, fm- ished with 19 points on 7 for 10 shooting. "The game went exactly . as ..1 thought it would," Egan said. I thought we'd come out a little tight because this was a game we were supposed to win and they w~re really coming after us. The t~g was that they were able to sustain it. They didn't go away." USD opened an 11-point lead in the first half, and, after USIU closed to within five at. the h~, bumped it up to 70-58 eight ~n- utes into the second half. BoSlic, a speedy forward who likes to run the open court, thrived on the up-tempo style and helped key USD's second-half surge. He scored 11 of his 15 points after the intermission, including a breaka- way dunk shot that incre~ed the Toreros' margin to 81- 68 Wl th 4 ' 30 remaming. USIU's comeback attempts were short-circuited mainly becaU;le the Toreros kept such a tight re1sr: on Vezback, who scored only our points in the second half. "They made some adjustments to slow him down and we made some other adjustments to com~at theirs," Zarecky said. "But our kids just failed to execute en?ugh and forgot who the_y were tryi~.g to get the ball lo late m the game.

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could not come closer than mne Arizona s Lava Acosta led all scorers with 22 points. Teammate Yolanda Turner added 19, mostly on inside shots. Kelly Behrens led USD with 16 points. points. ,

SanDiegoNotepad USD opens WCAC play USD's ~b~ 1 ~ 1 make i~ Wesf Coast ~ Tu~ference debut against host Santa Clara (5-9) tomorrow in Toso Pavilion. The Toreros (10-4) have won three of their last four games against Santa Clara, but the Broncos hold a 10-5 series edge. USD and USF (~·9) meet Saturday in USF's Memorial Pavi- lion in another WCAC encounter. • • •

other top player when sopho- more guard Delray Brooks said he would attend Providence. Brooks, considered by many the top high school player in the country two years ago, recently left Indiana because his playing lime was limited. • Rumor MIii: Tito Horlord could wind up at UCLA. Nol•s With the Pac-10 and the WCAC starting postseason tour- naments next season, It leaves only the Big Ten and the Ivy Leagues without a postseason event. Purdue coach Gene Keady predicts that If Big Ten teams do not fare well In the NCAA Tour- nament this year the conference will have a postseason tourna- ment next season. Cal junior Jeff Huling kept highly regarded Arizona fresh- man Sean Elliott under control by playing physical defense. "You can take advantage of freshmen by bumping them and keeping a body on them," Huling said. "He was getting frustrated. He's not real strong yet." The Deep Six 1. Cal (10-4)-The Bay Area's No. 1 spot will be on the line when the Bears play at Stanford on Saturday afternoon. 2. Stanford (6-9)- Davis says guard Novlan Whitsitt (back) is "very doubtful" for the Cal game. 3. San Jose State (9-5) - It plays at Utah State on Saturday. 4. St. Mary's (7-6) - The Gaels open WCAC play on Friday at USF, then play at Santa Clara on Saturday. 5. USF (5-9)-The Dons open the conference against St. Mary's on Friday, then host contender San Diego on Saturday. 6. Santa Clara (5-9) - The Broncos host tough San Diego on Friday and St. Mary's on Satur- day.

among the best teams in the West, and the WCAC ls hoping the Waves can do something dur- ing the postseason. They did not show top-20 stuff In their non- conference games against the na- tional powers. The WCAC will have a post- season tournament next season, with the semifinals and finals to be played at USF, and has a tradi- tional power back In the Dons. llowe\'er, USF, like the other two Bay Area WCAC teams, St. Mary's and Santa Clara, doesn't figure to threaten the top three. A quick look at the WCAC, in predicted order or finish: Pepperdinc 112-3) - The Waves have the same five start- er that lo t only one conference game last season, plus the addi- tion of Grant Gondrezlck, who red hlrted last season with a knee injury. They've lost to Kan- sas, DePaul and Kentucky and beat Southern Methodist. Loyola-Marymount (8-6) - Point guard Keith Smith could be a first-round NBA draft pick and forward Forre t McKenzie Is scoring a lot or points after being out last season. But it's up to new coach Paul Westhcad to produce consistency. San Diego (10-4)-The Tore- ros haveone of the West's best big men In Hoot Scott Thomp- son and may be more consistent than Loyola. Portland (9-5) - The Pilots have more experience than the teams below them, but they lost their second-leading scorer, Tony llavlor (kneel, for the sea- son They heat Loyola by 21 earll- r this season. SI-' !5-9) - The Don~ are stlll tr} Ing to 5tabilize their line- up following the injury to Rod- ney Tention, but freshman shoot• Ing guard Mike D'Aloislo has

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Davis, who says he has not been contacted by Pitt. "I'm not looking to change jobs. At this time I'm not Interested." Elsewhere in the Big East, Gary Williams, Davis' successor at Boston College, is rumored to want out. Memphis Mo1r•s Memphis State got plenty of publicity in the offseason, but not because it was expected to duplicate last season's Final Four showing. Yet, despite the loss of first-round draft choice Keith Lee, the Tigers are 15-0, their best -start ever. Memphis people now claim they saw the chance for success late last season, when the Tigers performed well with Lee In con- stant foul trouble. Lee, it Is said, was playing to please scouts rath- er than help the team, and his lack of speed hurt an otherwise quick team. The offseason news: Center William Bedford was Involved In an automobile accident In a car he borrowed from a booster; the Tulane point-shaving scandal In• cluded a game against Memphis State; starting guard Vincent Askew said last spring he would transfer and even was granted his release before deciding to stay; and coach Dana Kirk was the target of allegations of rules and ethics violations and testi- fied before a grand jury last Sep- tember. What distractions? Transfers • Pat Giusti, a 6-foot-S for- ward, said he will enroll at USF later this month after transfer- ring from Oregon State. A sixth man with the Beavers last sea-

St. l'tlary's (7-6) - The Gaels have done well, considering the number of freshmen on the team. Freshman forward David Haugen Is surprisingly consis- tent. Santa Clara (5-91 - Heaven help the Broncos It something happens to Steve Kenilvort, but freshman Jens Gordon could make an Impact before he's through. Gonzaga (7-6) - The Bull- dogs will be tough at home, but it may be a different matter else- where. Jeff Condill l their top threat. Notlhe P/11 Because Roy Chipman re- mains adamant about resigning as coach at Pittsburgh after this season (despite efforts by sup- porters trying to talk him out of ill, an attractive job will open up. Some have mentioned Stanford coach Tom Davis as a possible successor, although Pittsburgh writers consider him a long shot. The Panthers, already a Big East force In Chipman's lame-duck season, have a junior, two sophomores and a freshman on the team, and all four were high school All-Americans. Spec- ulation on Chlpman's replace- ment has centered on Temple coach John Chaney, with Du- quesne coach Jim Satalln and Ohio's Danny Nee also men- tioned. Some Eastern newspapers have mentioned Stanford's Da- vis, who was the coach at Boston College before coming to Stan- ford. Davis preceded Chipman at Lafayette. "It's just speculation," said

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ence college basketball victory over United States International Uni- versity at the USD Sports Center. Pete Murphy and Mark Bostic added 19 and 15 points, respective- ly, for the Toreros, who won their fifth game in a row and raised their season record to 10-4. Joe Yezbak led USIU, which fell to 7-7, with 21 points. Charles

USO made 56.5 percent of its field goal attempts to only 41.7 percent for USIU. The Toreros outrebounded the Gulls 45-39. San Diego had 17 turnovers to only six for USIU. USD has already beaten San Diego State this year. USIU faces the A,tec,; oe,t mooth. /