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THE SAN DIEGO UNION FEB 1 a 1983 ® USD Pulls Switch, Keeps_ Portland In Dark 71-57 By BILL CENTER Staff Writer, The San Diego Union The University of San Diego never has professed to have the most talented basketball team in the NCAA. But it may have one of the smartest. Last season, for exam- ple, the Toreros placed six players on the 15-playcr West Coast Athletic Association's all-academic team. Last night, the Toreros put their smarts to work. Switching defenses almost every time down floor, the Toreros confused and stymied the University of Portland, scoring a 71-57 victory in the USO Sports Center over a club that routed USO 74-51 two weeks ago in Oregon. "In the past, we've made some mistakes when we went from one defense to another," Torero forward Mike Whit- marsh said. "Tonight everyone knew what we were doing." "The defense played about as well as it has any time this year," USO coach Jim Brovelli said. "We handled the switching of defenses very well. I thought it hurt them recognizing what we were doing." Whal USO did was score its most lopsided victory since the season's fourth game, a 25-point victory over St. Thomas College. They also stopped a three-game losing streak while winning a second WCAC game against five losses. USO is B-13 overall going into tonight's home finale against Gonzaga at 7:30 in the USD Sports Center. "We have played this well in a lot of games before," Brovelli said. "This is the first time, though, that it's been a 40-minute deal." After squandering most of a 10-point lead near the end of the first half, USO led 40-39 with 14 minutes to go before going ahead 55--41 with a 15-2 run ~parked by the play of guards Rich Davis and Bill Penfold and forwards Whitmarsh and Robby Roberts. A play by Penfold typified the way the Toreros played. He blocked an outside jump shot at Portland's end, picked the ball out of the air, shoveled it to Davis on the fast break, then scored a rebound basket at the other end. "We had everyone clicking," Brovelli said. In Portland two weeks ago, the Pilots won the boards 48-22. Last night, USD reversed it 38-26. USO shot 56 percent from the floor and had 12 steals. Portland shot 40 percent against the USD pressure. "We did a good job taking away their inside game," Brovelli said. USO put four players in double figures (Whitmarsh 15, Roberts and Davis 14, Penfold 12), and Roberts had 13 rebounds. USO wing guard Don Capener told Brovelli this week that he was going to give up his senior season of basket- ball in order to transfer to BYU to finish his studie .

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women's team advanced to the finals of the University of Arizona Invitational when it defeated Texas 6-3. The Aztecs will meet Trinity College in today's championship. Micki Schillig, the Aztecs' top smgles and doubles player, recorded easy victories in her two matrhes.

Unseeded Jerome Jones of Peppcrdine eliminated No. l seed Tim Pawsat of Southern Cal 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals of the San Diego Intercollegiate Tennis Tour- nament at USO yesterday. Jones will face another Jones, Pepper- dine's Kelly, in this morning's final at 9:30. Kelly Jones, seeded No. 2 in the tourna- ment, downed Michael Kures of Arizona 7- 5 6-1 ' In second-round doubles action, the No. 1-seeded team of Pawsat and Gary Lemon defeated San Diego State's Ned Eames and G. Espley-Jones 7-5, 6-1. The semifinals and finals of doubles competition will played following the sin- gles final. At Tucson, Ariz., San Diego State's

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Part Ill/Saturday, February 19, 1983 J his Time Toreros Hold the Lea I SD Pours It on Portland for a 71-57 WCAC Victory A DIEGO-The USD basketball team found a

A ma)Or reason for the victory win was the fact USO outrebounded the Pilots, 38-26. When the teams last met, it was just opposite as Portland won the battle of the boards, 45-22. "This week in practice we really stressed keeping them off the boards," said Torero forward Mike Whitmarsh, who was the game's high scorer with l!j points and had six rebounds. "They play rough underneath." Portland's rough play showed in the final stats. The Pilots had 26 personal fouls to 19 for USD. Torero forward Robby Roberts, who finished With 14 points, was the game's leading rebou der with 13. "We played defense as well as we have all year" Brovelli said. "To keep them off balance we felt we would have to change." Consequently, it was a rught of Brovelli yel,mg defensive signals, and his team responding. The Torero:: also managed to respond with had 11 steals. an unusually high number. USD had a 31-27 halftime lead, but didn't break the gane open until midway through the second half.

remedy for its nagging ability to blow basketball games m :the late going. The Toreros simply built a lead that was so big they couldn't possibly lose it. The Toreros moved ahead of the Uruversity of Portland by16 points with six minutes left to play and coasted home to a 71-57 West Coast Athletic Conference vie ory over the University of Portland Friday night at the ports Center. The wm was a reversal of a game played two weeks ag when Portland whipped USD, 74-51, at Portland. It also enabledd the Toreros to move into a tie for sixth p m the WCAC with the Pilots. Both are 2-5. wm m tonight's 7:30 Sports Center game against Gonzaga could move the Toreros as high as fourth. It's h J.ist home game for USO. It didn't come easy I'll tell you that," said USO Coach Irr Brovclli, referring to Friday rught's .struggle. E ovE'lh has seen hiS team struggle to a 8-13 overall record and lose many close game. Tomght we played well for 40 minutes," Brovelh a :I. "We've played this well in a lot of games, but not for -40 minutes ''

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s ttrrettcchh: th Un,v rsity of San Diego's Tye Ferd,i- nandsen reaches high as he serves against Arizona State s Jim Baumann m the San Diego Int rcollegiate lnv1tat1on I Tennis Tournament at USO. The Torero won his first-round ingl s match. Complete results on page C-8.

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An all-Pepperdme, all- Jones final climaxed an 1m- [ prcssive showing by the aves this week in the San Diego lntercolleg1ate Ten- nis Tournament. Kelly Jones defeated his team- mate Jerome Jones 7-5, 7-5 in yesterday's Nos. 1-2 sin- gles final at USD. Pepperdine did not win the team championship, fin- ishing third behind USC and UCLA . But considering Pepperdine, the No. 2- ranked team in the nation. played without its three top layers, Glenn Michibata, Richard Gallien and John an Nostrand, the perform- .ance was amazing. Pepperdine s Brad Acker- man won the 3-4 singles, defeating Jim Agate of USC 2-6, 7-5, 7-5. USC's pair of Tim Pawsat and Gary Lemon defeated Mark Ramos and Eric Quade of UC-Irvine 6-3, 7-5 to win the No. l doubles final. UCLA's Mark Bashaw de- feated USC's Brad Cherry 6- 1, 6-2 to win the 5-6 singles. :USC finished with 50 points, dging UCLA with 44. San Diego State finished sixth, SIU was 10th. USD was :i 1th and UCSD finished last in the 16-team tournament.

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TOREROS ROMP/ Forward Mike Whi~- marsh, a graduate of Monte Vista High School, put_ m 15 points and grabbed six rebounds as the University of San Diego downed the University of Portland 71-57 in a West Coast Athletic Conference basketball game Friday at the USO Spor~ Center. Center Robby Roberts contributed 14 pomts and a game-high 13 rebounds for USO. Guard Rich Davis added 14. USO, 2-5 in the WCAC and &-13 overall,_Jed at the h~lf 31-27. Portland closed to within one pomt, 40-39, w1~ 13:59 left. But USO extended its lead t;o three points at 13.01 before burying Portland with 11 unaswered points. ·

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hings Start to Happen for S A Little Rest, Whitmarsh He p Toreros Whip Gonzaga ByTIMGILLMAN, Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-A lot of good things have happened to the University of San Diego the past two nights. First of all, the Toreros defeated Gonzaga 58-53 Saturday night in the Sports Center. mentally. He had given the team time on the bench during the two week break before Friday night's game "I believe this game is mental," he said. "When you are in a mental slump it makes the game difficult. I gave the guys a couple of days off."

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C upled With Friday night's, 71-57, victory over rtland. it meant the Toreros had won consecutiv le gue games for the first time sincejoming the Western thletic Conference four seasons ago. ut more importantly, it meant USO had gone from .ng alone in the league cellar to a 3-5 record, good enough for fourth place ahead of Portland, Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount. ' 1 W1th about five minutes left (USD was ahead 46-43) we le.new it would come down to a free throw shooting contest and defense," USD Coach Jim Brovelli said. "If we made our free throws and played good defense it was ours. That's what you've got to do. We did." VSD's last 12 points were on free throws. The Toreros, 9-13 overall, had lost a number of games tlus season for failing on defense and at the free throw L.ne. Brovel!J attnbuted the change to being fresh

The rest certainly showed in the play of juruor forward Mike Whitmarsh, who had the game high 22 pomts. He also was eight for eight at the foul line, seven for nine from the floor, had six rebounds and seven steals. Seniors Robby Roberts and guard Rich Davis finished with eight and 12points,respectively. The Win was even more of a surprise because Gonzaga, 10-12 overall, is a successful road team. The Bulldogs have collected victories in away games at DePaul, Pepperdine and Montana. The visitors were led by forward Bryce McPhee with 18 points and guard John Stockton with 13. USD finishes its season With four league games on the road. The Toreros fourth place fmish in the WAC last year was thell' best ever

Aztec I Streak En s In Arizona Split e'labled USD to sweep Cal Poly P()mona 9-2 and 6-5. The Toreros trailed 5·2 going into their last at-b~l With two outs, one run m and the bases loaded, Laci Nagypal ripped a double that was bobbled bv the nght fielder ena 1mg all thr runs to score USD pounded out 12 hits in th first game, led by Enc Bennett (3-for-5, 3RBI) and Bruce Tomlinson (2-for- 5, 3 RBI). Point Loma College also swept, defeating Occidental 4-3 and 10-5 In the fir , game, Tony Bette scored the winning run in the bottom of the S"V· enth when Occidental p1, ·h· er Ed Miegs fielded a rou- tine grounder and threw over the first baseman's head. Gary Page went the distance, surrendering seven hits and striking out seven. In Game 2, Botte h:id two doubles and one RBI and Mark l'nderseth had a two- un double.

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USD Defeats Gonzaga 58-53 To Complete A Weekend To Remember By BILL CENTER Staff Wr,ler, The Son Diego Uaion high 22 points. "It's a little maddening to think where we might have been had we done this all along." t.hrough the second half that turned a 37-37 score into a 42- , 7 USO advantage. First, he converted two free throws a.-ter drawing a foul on a drive - the foul that also

told he might have to miss the last three weeks of the season if his Achilles tendon strain didn't begin to respond to treatment. USO is 3-5 in WCAC play, but finishes with four games on the road. Gonzaga is 10-12; • • • Gus Magee, a power forward who is the school's career rebounding leader, was honored last night as the first inductee into the recently formed University of San Diego basketball Hall of Fame. Magee, 6 feet 6, played four seasons at USO from 1966-- 70 after coming out of the Air Force. He played for Phil ~oolpert and Bernie Bickerstaff. Since being graduated m 1970, Magee has served as a Torero assistant coach under Bickerstaff and Jim Brovelli. Magee had 948 rebounds for his four seasons and also holds Torero records for most rebounds in a game (24) and highest rebounding average in a season (14.3, 1968-69). He also averaged 12.2 rebounds in 1969-70 and ranks 10th among all-time USO scorers with 977 points.

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When Gonzaga took to fouling last night in an effort to claw back, the Toreros hit 12 of 13 foul shots in the last 4:42 and finished the second half with 19 of 21. Whitmarsh hit 7 of 7 down the stretch, Robby Roberts hit four straight, and Dave Mciver hit four of five tries. That and some second half heroics by Whitmarsh proved enough to turn back Gonzaga, which got out.stand- ing baseline bombing from forward Byrce McPhee (18 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists) and guard John Stockton (13 points, 6 assists) while going without leading reboun- der and third-leading scorer Jason Van Nort, who has torn knee ligaments. Whitmarsh, himself playing with an injured toe on his right foot and a strained Achilles .tendon on his left, pushed himself to one of the better all-round games in recent USD history with six rebounds, seven steals and two assists. He missed only two of nine shots from the floor and also helped shut off Gonzaga's inside game. It was Whitrnarsh's five points in 14 seconds midway

For the want of a free throw here or there, the Univer- sity of San Diego might be 13-9 today instead of 9-13. Last night, the Toreros showed again how important foul shooting can be - and how good they can be from the hne - in a 58-53 vic~ory over Gonzaga University at the U~D Sports Center m a game that was perplexing and en1oyable to Coach Jim Brovelli's corps. In four of the six games the Toreros have lost by five pomts or fewer, USD led during the final 90 seconds. USO could have scored non-league victories over Air Force San Diego State and Denver and West Coast Athleti~ Conference leader Pepperdine with some clutch foul hooting. Instead, the Toreros converted just 65 percent of their fr jhrows. "Foul shooting alone cost us four games maybe more" said Brovelli. ' 'Tonight shows ytiu wh.it we're ra able of" said for- ward Mike Whitmarsh, who -.-..vSD with ason-

pushed Gonzaga over the limit for a half. Seconds later, Whitmarsh stole the ball at midcourt, drove in for the layin, was fouled and hit the free throw. Two foul shots by Rich Davis (12 points) pushed the lead to seven with 10:02 to go. From that point it was a matter of USO hitting its free throws. "With five minutes to go, I called a timeout and told them it was going to be defense and free throws, and we delivered on both ends," Brovelli said. "Individually, I can't say enough for Whitmarsh. He had some great steals, some key baskets and key rebounds." Thanks to Whitmarsh, USO ,had its greatest weekend in the WCAC. Now in its fourth WCAC campaign, USD never had won both games on a weekend and never had beaten '.;onzaga. On Friday night, the Toreros beat Portland. In the two games, Whitmarsh had 37·points, 12 re- bounds, 6 assists, 9 steals and shot 12 of 20 from the floor - excellent totals for a player who on Wednesday was

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