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DAILY CALIFORNIAN JAN 9 1984

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D Reuss paces Toreros; Crusaders win crown

Reuss sparkles as USD wins By Tom Krasovic, Special 1o The UDion Most players who sco~e 10 points a game don't consider basketball an easy game. But the University of San Diego's Anthony Reuss found it that way last night. Entering the game with a 9.7-point scoring average, Reuss poured in 29 to lead the Toreros (8-6) over Western Illinois, 71-62, before a sparse crowd at USD's Sports Center. Reuss took some of the scoring pressure off Mike Whit- marsh, USD's high-scoring forward, who tossed in 15 pomts. "They were watching Mike, and my teammates got me the ball. I just fronted the post. That's easy basketball," Reuss said. For Reuss, shooting looked more than easy. The 6-7 forward missed only one of his 14 shots from the field, and after that m1SS he grabbed the rebound and put it in. With the Leatherneck defense collapsing on Whitmarsh, Reuss was frequently ablt! to go one-on-one and utilize a spin- ning move and a soft left-handed jumper. "I haven't had that feeling for a long time," said the Junior from El Cajon High School. "I almost forgot what it feels like to be that hot." Reuss, who also grabbed nine rebounds, was largely responsible for negating a hot Western [llinois team i_n the first half. Shooting from way out, the Leathernecks hit 54 percent of their shots in the first half. Reuss, mean- while, sank 8 of 9 shots from the field to lead the Toreros to a 43-37 halftime lead. Reuss got some help from his teammates in t~e second half as USD used a patient passmg offense to pick apart Western Illinois. Chris Carr came on to score all of his 10 points, including two slam dunks, and guard John Prunty scored eight second-half points and fed the ball to Reuss and Whitmarsh. But it was Reuss who continued to dominate. After Western·s Daryl Reed threatened to bring back his team with a dynamic slam dunk, Reuss blocked the next Leath- erneck shot, and followed up the Torero fast break with a three-point play coming off a rebound basket. That effort, and another jumper by Reuss, gave USD a 64-48 lead and broke Western's back. ''He's (Reuss) really come into his own the last month," said Brovelli. "When they key on Mike they're taking something away. But they're also giving us something. We exploited that." The win for USD came after Thursday's debacle against San Diego State, in which the T~reros v:,ere thrashed 61-47 in a performance that Brovelh called the \Ii orst we've ever played." 'This was a cntical game for us," said Brovelli. "After Thursday night, we were going to see the real character of this team."

The University of San Diego will enter- 1 m Mt Marty·s College of Yankton, South Dakota in its final pre-conference tuneup tonight at the USO Sports Centet at 7 30 The loreros are commg off an im- pressive 81--62 victory over Western Illi• no1s Saturday m which former Christian High standout Anthony Reuss scored a career-high 29 points. The ~foot-7 junior set a USO record by hitting 13 of 14 floor shots (a percentage of 929) as the Toreros improved to 8-6. Reus:; made eight of nine shots m the first half as USO pulled out to a 43-37 advantage Reuss pushed his ca on average to 11 7 points per game He leads the team in shooting from the floor having hit 66 percent of his 95 tries. Mike Whitmarsh added 15 pomts and eight assists for the Toreros. USO should be able to get out to a good start in the WCAC this year The Toreros

host Gonzaga !Jan 19), Portland and Santa Clara to begin th;lt campaign. Meanwhile, Point Loma Nazarene Col- lege won three straight games to capture the PLN tournament championship Satur• day The Crusaders rallied from a 10-point ddic1t to nip Missouri Baptist 75-73 in the finals. Former Grossmont College player Scott Vaughns scored 43 points and grabbed ~2 rebounds to earn a spot on the all-tour- nament team. He had 12 points for Point Loma in Saturday's finale, Former Santana High School and Gross- mont College star Brian Caradonna popped in 17 points for the Crusaders in Saturday's championship game, He had 43 points and 14 assists in the three games. Point Lorna's Deon Richard was voted the tourney's most valuable player. He had 20 points and 13 rebounds in the finals. Point Loma, now 8-7, opens NAIA Dis- trict 3 play Tuesday by taking on Los Angeles Baptist College in Newhall.

THE TRIBUNE JAN l O 1984

Reuss is rolling along for USD By T.R. Reinman 'l'ribune Sportswriter W HEATIES, somebody In the USD locker room kept insisting last night. Anthony "Rolls" · Reuss was going to have to eat more Wheaties. He had missed a shot, and that kind of stuff couldn't go on. He'd have to eat more Wheaties. Reuss, by his own description a "quote, unquote power forward," had made only seven of eight field goal at- tempts and five of eight free throws. He only had 10 rebounds and 19 points. He had to eat more Wheaties. All right, so this was in a game against something called Mt. Marty, which turned out to be a team from a 600-student school in Yankton, S.D., whose starting center was 6-foot-6, a team that had lost its last four games in California by 80 points and that was almost as easy to get excited about as a bowl of cold cream of wheat. OK, so there were 180 fans in the stands at USD to watch the home team win 70-48. Sure, the Martians, uh, Lancers, scored all of eight points In the first 15 minutes of the second half. But Reuss missed another shot and only took eight. Eating Wheaties, it was insisted, was the cure. This Clark Kent character had pulled off his warmups to hit 13 of 14 shots and a total of 29 points in his last game, and the Son his jersey was starting to look big and red. But all of a sudden making 20 of 22 shots in the last two games was not enough. He had to eat more Wheaties. "I guess I'm slacking off," Reuss said, giving new meaning to the concept of deadpan. With Reuss sliding by like he is, the Toreros are 'ilff to their best-ever pre-conference record, 9-6. League play starts next Thursday with Gonzaga, the first of three straight at home. "It's a matter of getting the playing time," Reuss said. "The last three weeks I've been getting things going. I look back to the first game in the Reno tournament. I took control of the rebounds and I enjoyed It. Now every time out I try to recapture that feeling. Except for the State Please see USD, E-5

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LOS ANGELES TIMES JAN 9 1984

M1 ha I Cag (26

VINCE COMPAG O E Los A ints, 18 rebounds) led San Diego State Aztecs Thursday over University of San Diego, 61-47.

SAN DIEGO UNION JAN 9

USO Women Fall to Portland, 63-49 Center Lorena Legard scored 18 points and had 16 rebounds and forward Jo!Ecne Barton scored a game- h.gh 20 pomts Sunday as the University of Portland def ated Un ersity of San Diego, 63-49, In the first ro nd of the Oregon State women's basketball tourna- ment at Corvalhs. Pilots (!2-3) employed a zone defense that held Debbie Theroux, USD's leading scorer, to a season low three pomts. Theroux averages 11.2 points per g~e. The USD front lme was !muted to a total of 15 pomts. Guards M1rhelle Dykstra (16 points) and Mary Stanbra (14) led USO (7-7).

San Diego County CC/Part III Aztecs Defe t t Torer s, oOneCares By STEVE DOLAN, Time, Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-So much for crosstown rlvalnes that elicit big crowct, and exciting games. Only 3,866 fans showed up at the Sports Arena Thursday night to watch San Diego State defeat the University of San Diego, 61-47. The Aztecs scor d the first six points of the game and things only got worse from there for USO It soon was 10-2 and after Just four minutes 1t was 14-5. By then, USO could Ju t be thankful that its bus ride home was only five mmute . "When we got off to the 6-0 lead, USD started having doubts," Aztec guard Bobby Owens said. "After that, they Just f II part. They were not playing as Intense." Traditionally, the game takes on different meanings for the two teams As Owens noted afterwards, it was "ju t another game'' for the Aztec . But for USD, it was a big game. Perhaps too big. The Torero , normally a disciplined team, hurt themse v s by playing out of control and talcing poor shots They were JU t 30% from the field in the first half, b t even that was better than their 29 3% overall ratio. On the other hand, San Diego State was adding a new word to its vocabulary-defen e The Aztec,i came out With a full court press, which Is not the norm for them. "We thought we had to put pressure on them to e how they reacted," Coach Smokey Games said. "We scouted USO two or three times and we noticed they had problems w1th the press. Our presa made the difference. By getting the lead. we could control the tempo of the gam ." In recent seasons, undermanned USD teams had always given the Aztecs fits by playing a controlled offense. And, although the Toreros have not beaten San Diego Stat for five years, all of th games were competitive until Thur day's. The Aztecs held USO 29 points below its scoring av rage. It was also the best defeflSJve effort of the year for San Diego State, which had allowed 58 points to Oklahoma City and East Tennessee State A key factor In the game was the play of each team's top man. Michael Cag had another big night for the Azt cs, but Mike Whitmarsh of USD was way off Cage had game highs of 26 pomts and 18 rebounds. And although Whitmarsh had 16 pomta, a true indication of his night was a 4 of 19 mark from the floor, "From th tip, we couldn't get It going." Wh1tma~sh BaJd "W played cared tonighL I probably should ve started talking and try to make omething h ppen I Just got frustrated " Michael Kennedy was prlmanly the one who frustrat- ed Whitmarsh K nnedy, a re rve, played o well on Whttmarsh through halftime th the started the second half 'Normally, coach ball," Kenn dy said tell you to deny the man with the "Whitmarsh moves a lot, but I Pl s e AZTECS, Pare 10

PORTLAND 63, USO 49 _ points and Lorena Le Gard add~olene Barton scored 20 land University knocked USO d 18 last mght as Port- Classic in a women's basketball o~tt of the Oregon State v1c ory at Corvallis, Ore. Michelle Dykstra tallied 16 points and Mary Stanbra added 14 for the Toreros (7-7), who trailed 30-22 at the half.

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stayed with him. That's what it takes. My defense has been improv - ing and it took its toll on Whit- marsh." Good defensive play by San Diego Slate's guards also took their toll on USO. Toreros' guards Chris Carr and Mark Bostic were both held to only two points. Carr was one of five from the field and Bostic was one or nine. Going in, USD actually figured to have the advantage at guard and a disadvantage underneath. "That's probably what USO thought," Owens said. "I thought our guards were as good as theirs." The Aztecs, who next play unde- feated Texas-El Paso in their West- ern Conference opener, improved their record to 9-3. USO fell to 7-6. Before the game, Torero Coach Jim Brovelli had talked of how conference games were more im - portant than crosstown rivalries. As it turned out, he could be thankful for not putting too much emphasis on the San Diego State game. "We played our worst game or the year," Brovelli said. "Mentally, we were m a different world the first 10 minutes. Sometimes, you get too emotional, then this happens." After the first four minutes, USO never came within SIX points. At halftime, the Toreros trailed, 32-20. San Diego State came out cold in the second half, not scoring for the first 2:03. But USD was worse, going 2:14 before Anthony Reuss hit a free throw. The Toreros never came closer than 11 points after halftime. Cage again dominated inside, hit- tmg nine of 11 from the field and e1ght of 11 at the line. His 18 rebounds helped the Aztecs hold a commanding, 45-28 edge on the boards. Coming off a subpar Cabrillo Classic last week, Cage has 46 points and 38 rebounds in his last two games.

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THE TRIBUNE JAN 9 SanDiego Notepad Toreros play Mt. Marty tonight

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The University of San Diego basketball team fresh from an 71-62 victory over Western Illinois on Satur- day night in which Anthony Reuss scored 29 points takes on Mt. Marty College of Yankton, S.D., tonight at the USD Sports Center at 7:30. R~uss. 6-foot-7 junior forward, enjoyed the finest sc?r~g mght of his Torero career against Western Ilhno1s, ~nd he'll be in the starting lineup tonight along with forward Mike Whitmarsh, center Scott Thompson, and guards Mark Bostic and Chris Carr. . Re~, an fonner all-county prep star from Chris- tian High, made 13 of 14 shots from the floor against Western Illinois, and he rebounded the miss into a basket.

"I never felt like my game left me," he said. "I never doubted myself. Why should one or two off games raise questions?" One off game will definitely raise questions for USD. It could not have picked a worse time than Thursday to play a bad game. Earlier in the

VINCE COMPAGNONE / Loo Angeles Tunes Leonard Allen (left) fights for rebound with USD's Mario Coronado (No. 44) and Mike Whitemarsh {No. 32) Thursday night.

week, Whitmarsh had said, "If we don't win another game thJS year, I want to wm this one." Gaines said, "They had a few

comments in the papers that our players saw. I always say to let a sleeping dog he. USD reminded us, we didn't remind them."