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art Ill/Friday, December 23, 1983 J D Displays Its Depth Once Again in an 81-69 Victory Over Idaho State M GILLMAN, Times Staff Writer

against ISU, a team that beat Washington St.ate, 91-67, a week ago. ISU was playing without forward Buck Chavez (sprained ankle), who has a 10-pomt scoring average. Brovelli Just sent in guard Chris Carr, and the new lineup increased the margin by game's end. "We have more depth and more poise," said Brovelli, who used eight players, and even took Whitmarsh out voluntarily for a minute in the first half. "We have lost Mike a couple of times already this season, so we are learning to play without him. (Mark) Bostic has taken charge." Bostic, a junior college transfer, is among those who have assumed the leadership role. "Everyone has confidence in everyone else," said forward Anthony Reuss, one of only two returnees in the lineup when Whitmarsh was forced to leave. The other returnee was senior guard John Prunty.

Bostic and Carr are junior college transfers. Also in the lineup was 6-11 freshman center Scott Thompson, who was makmg his first st.art for USO. Whitmarsh led all scorers with 24 points. He also had 11 rebounds and four assists in 35 minutes. But four of the other players also hit double figures. Bostic had 13 pomts and 11 assists. Thompson had 11 points, Reuss had 10 and Carr had 10. "This year we have quickness and speed," Reuss said. "Now we get some fast break points and easy layups that we didn't get last year." That speed is what makes Brovelli think the Toreros will have their first winning campaign since USO went Division I in the 1979-80 season. The quickness, commg from Bostic and Carr, is also a defensive plus. It allowed USO to execute a pressing defense that was successful, when used through some of

the game. Last year, that defense would only have been attempted by USO in the closing minutes of a loS1ng game. And in the first half, Bostic and Carr helped the home team mount a lead 1t never lost. USO pulled out to a 45-33 halftime advantage with the help of a nine unanswered points. The Toreros went from a 26-23 advantage with 9,26 left to a 35-23 lead with six minutes remaining. Late in the half, Idaho St.ate went into a zone defense that slowed USO considerably, but even that didn't phase the new Toreros, who slowed down the tempo and was more patient offensively, USD, 0-3 on the road, travels to Reno, Nev. for the Wolfpack Classic Dec. 28-29, where it will face Nevada-Reno, Florida A&M and UC Davis.

DIEGO-Last year, 1f all-West Coast Athletic nee forward Mike Whitmarsh fouled out, it was ginning of the end for the University of San Diego s e~all t am s on, thmg are different. USO Coach Jim Brov II Justs nd In another player. Th)t's what hed1d Thursday night in USD's 81-69win over lctaho State University before a crowd or 300 at the (5-4) were crmsmg with a 70-59 lead with r ur minutes left. when Whitmarsh was eJected for hill11}8 Idaho State's Nelson Peterson. (The two had contdct throughout the econd half, but Whitmarsh was ta g With the Infraction.} B unlik last season's Toreros, no one panicked h p r C nt r. Th Tor ro

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SAN DIEGO UNION DEC .! 3 198J N v, improved USD topples Idaho State By Bill Cent r, 1arr Writer lowly but urely the University of San Diego is be- coming a better b elball team. . . Tb r was noticeable improvement again last rught as th Toreros defeated Idaho State, 81-69, at the USD Sports Center Th y 1 from the fifth minut of the game, pull- ing away do the stretch even though leadmg scorer Mike Whitmarsh had been ejected with 3'k minutes to play for retaliating against a fouling Bengal player. The Toreros had proven earlier this ason they could wm with Whitmarsh. Winning without him, a player who had conlrtbuted game-high totals of 24 points and 11 re- bounds fore his departure, was clearly a major hurdle. • "When we lost Whitmarsh in two games earlier this year, we sort of came apart without him, ' said USO co ch Jim Brovelli. ''They're a much better team than they were a year ago," said Idaho State coach Wayne Ballard: whose lead- g scorer and second-leading rebounder, swmgman Buck Chavez, missed last night's game with a sprained ankle. "USO gets up and down the floor better and shoots better. But we're really hurting without Chavez." Last year, the Toreros beat Idaho State by three points "But we're a better team, too," said Ballard of a club that t Washington State by 24 last eek. Last night, the Toreros not only beat the Be~g~ls, th~y controlled the game. All five USO starters fllllShed m double figures, and USO hit 57 percent from the floor after a blistering first half ID which it downed two of every three hots. "We have a ways to go yet," said Brovelli. "We've got to become a better defensive team and we've got to improve our rebounding. "This club has a lot more depth than last year's, though. We have mor people able to contribute. W~re deeper, with more quic~. Everyone is also playing their ro~es. We've got a lot of potential that should keep developmg with tim " USD a is a rebuilt team. Three of the five starters and four of the eight participants last night are in their See USO on Page C-5

SAN DIEGO UNION D[C 2 B 198l USO resumes play at Reno _The Umversity of San Diego basketball team above .500 at Christmas fo; the first time in five years as an NCAA Division I school, resumes its season tonight against Florida A&M in the first game of the Wolfpack Classic at Reno, Nev. UC-Davis will play host Nevada-Reno meeting in the second game of the four-team tourney. The Toreros have a 5-4 record and .are p.f ced by 6- foot-7 forwards Mike Whit- marsh (17.9 points, 8.2 re- bounds) and Anthony Reuss (9 .4 points, 4.2 rebounds) 6- 11 freshman center &ott Thompson (7.9 points, 4.9 re- bounds) and transfer guards Mark Bostic {13.8 points) and Chris Carr (6.6 points).

_TOREROS BITE RA'J:'l'LERS The University of San D1e_go Toreros accomphshed two things last night with their 78-52 basketball victory over the Florida A&M Rat- tlers.. The ~in put them in the finals of the Wolf Pack C}ass1c tomght in R no and it marked their first road victory of the season. USD :,viii tip off tonight against host Nevada-Reno, an 81:64 wmner over UC-Davis last night, m the champion- ship game. . Randy Whitmarsh scored 17 points on eight-of-12 shoot- mg from the floor to lead the Toreros (6-4) while Scott Thompson contributed 16 more. After a close f11-st half, in which USO led 28-22 the Toreros blew out the Rattlers 50-30 in the second half.

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ry of the ng or its first road victo- Wolf Pac~=icU~~igt~~vaen~ ~: Reno for the 8th Annual The T . morrow. . oreros will meet the Florida A&M R ttl t night at 7 The other t t . a ers o- host Nevada-Reno and Jalf!s Ththe tournament are games face each other tom~rr3::· e lo~rs of tonight's tion game and the championship g~t~!c:i m the consola- The Toreros' record is 5-4. ows.

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Toreros advance, face Nevada-Reno The University of San Diego did something last night that it hadn't been able to do all season - win on the road. The Toreros shot 63.5 percent from the field en route to a 78-52 thrashing of Florida A&M in the first round of the 8th Annual Wolf Pack Classic in Reno, Nevada last night. USD will face host Nevada-Reno, an 81-64 winner over UC-Davis, at 9 tonight. The Toreros' Mike Whitmarsh led both teams with 17 points. Freshman center Scott Thompson continued to perform well, scoring 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field. USO (6-4) took only a 28-22 lead after the first half despite shooting 58 percent from the field. Whitmarsh·and Thompson opened the second half with four points apiece as the Toreros outscored the Rattlers 11-3 and gradually pulled away. Michael Toomer led the Rattlers (2-6) with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

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Continued from C-1 first year at USO. S1x-foot-ll center Scott Thompson is in his first year of college. He got his first start against Idaho State and responded with 11 points and seven re- bounds. Slowly, Brovelli has melded his new players into the starting lineup. Junior college transfer Mark Bostic opened the season as a starting guard after malting a quick adjustment from forward. After leading the Toreros m scoring the past three games, he backed Whitmarsh with 13 last night. He added 11 a ·ists and five steals to the cause. A second junior college transfer, Chris Carr, joined Bosuc in the starting back court four games into the season. Against Idaho State, he had 10 points and four ass1Sts. When Idaho State, down 8-10 points the majority of the game, made a run early in the second half, another junior college guard, Al Moscatel from nearby Mesa College, came off the bench and threw in two bombs to cut short the rally. There were also Dave Mclver spelling Anthony Reuss (10 points) at forward and senior point guard John

Prunty settling the club down. Guard Donn Holston (20 points) and 6-8 forward Mike Williams (18) paced the long-bombing Bengals, who fell to 5-6. USO is now 5-4 and will resume the season Dec. 28-29 in the Wolfpack Classic al Reno.

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J Thursday, December 29, 1983/Part m 13 Whitmarsh Paces San Diego, 78-52 1'.fike. Whitmarsh . scored 17 points to lead thE Uruve_rs1ty of San Diego to a 78-52 win over Florid.. A&M m the first round of the Wolf Pack tournament in Reno Wednesday. USD led 28-22 at halftime, and outscored Florida A&M, 11-3, at the start of the second half to gain its sixth wm of t_he season agamst four losses. Other Torero starters m_ double figures were Scott Thompson (16), Mark Bostic (15), and Chris Carr (10). Anthony Reuss added s~ven points and nine rebounds. Micheal Tommer led Flonda A&M (2-6) with 12 points and 13 rebounds SAN OiEGO (78I-Wh,tmarsh 17 '

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WHll"MARSH MVP/ Nevada-Reno won its own· basketball tournament - the Wolfpack ~assic - Thu~ay night by defeating the Univer- sity of San Otego 70-M in Reno. USD's Mike Whitmarsh scored a game-high 32 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the loss and was voted the tournament's most valuable player. The Toreros (6-5) led 36-33 at halftime but the Wolfpack grabbed a 41-39 lead with 16: 14 remaining and never looked back.

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USO WINS/ Mike Whitmarsh scored 17 points and Scott Thompson added 16 Wednesday night as the University of San Diego overwhelmed F1orida A&M 78-52 in the first round of the Wollpack Classic in Reno. Mark Bostic scored 15 and Chris Carr collected 10 as the Toreros placed four players in double figures. Whitmarsh, who formerly starred at Monte Vista High and Grossmont College, also handed out five assists. Former Christian star Anthony Reuss scored seven points and pulled down a team-high nine rebounds for the winners. USD ill play host University of Nevada-Reno tonight for the championship. The Wolfpack defeated UC-Davis 81~ in Wednesday's other first round game. ::::::1

THE TRIBUNE DEC 3 O 198J SanDiego Notepad Toreros' star awarded MVP Nevada-Reno defeated the University of San Diego 70-M last night in the finals of the Wolf Pack Classic in Reno. Cal-~avis beat Florida A&M earlier to take third _Torero Mike Whitmarsh, who scored 32 points last ru~ht, captured Most Valuable Player honors despite bemg on the second-place team. He had 49 points for _San Diego led 36-33 at the half and twice pulled to w1thm on~ paint late in the game, the last time with In other men's college action last night, the Point Loma Nazarene Crusaders dropped a 66-49 semifinal game to Grand Canyon in the Stanislaus State Tourna- ment at ~urlock. Point Lorna's Deon Richard led all scorers with 19 points. . Locally, U.S. International University allowed Prai- ne View A~M (Texas) to break a 10-game losing streak_ spai_inmg two years by losing to the Panthers last ~1ght overtime 68-65 at Poway High. It was Prar1e Views ftrSt road victory since it defeated t e Gulls last year. Prairie View is 1-5 and USIU is 1-15. place m the tournament. the two-ilay tournament. 2:46 remrumng. rec8::!. teams finished the tournament with 6-5

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Nevada-Reno defeated the University of San Diego 70- 66 last night in the championship game of the Wolf Pack tournament at Reno. Nevada-Reno (6-4) captured the title of its tournament despite a game-high 32 points from USO forward Mike Whitmarsh, who was voted the tournament's most valu- able player. Whitmarsh also grabbed 16 rebounds. The Toreros led 36-33 at halftime behind Whitmarsh's 20 points and 13 rebounds, but the Wolf Pack took a 41-39 lead with 16:14 to go and didn't trailed again. USO (6-S) got as close as one point twice before suc- cumbing. Nevada-Reno was led by Rick Gosse's 21 points and nine rebounds. The Toreros got 11 points from center Scott Thompson, who was named to the all-tournament team. I

USp BA~KETBALL/ The University or San Diego men s basketball team will host the Umvers1ty of Idaho Monday night in the Sports Center Game time 1s 7 30 p.m. The Toreros are 6-5 on the year They have won two of their last three.

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