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Backup forwards were Rick Sabosky,
who played in all 26 games, and Dick
Lavelle. Lavelle led the Toreritos in both
field goal, and free throw percentages,
with respective percentages of 62.2% and
86.4%.
Backing up the starters at guard were
John Wathan, Don Rush, and John
McGreevy, while John Gleave and Joe
Fogel served behind the starting center.
The Toreritos were a running, rebound–
ing team that specialized in fast breaks.
As a result, they set the single game
scoring record of 106 points in their game
with the Naval Air Station, and averaged a
healthy 76.5 points a game.
The Toreritos season culminated in
their capture of the San Diego champi–
onship when they won the first USD
Frosh-JV Basketball Tournament. The
JV's defeated University of California,
San Diego 80-68 in the Semi-final and, in
their last game of the season, downed Cal
Western 68-66 for the title.
Although they were not the best shoot–
ing team in the school's history, this
year's JV's possessed the quality to win.
They finished the season only one win
shy of the record 19 wins set by last yea r's
Frosh squad.
Big
f/24, Steve Oberholser,
was
fl
in scoring this
year
with 14.4 digits a game. A frosh.
Steve was also third in rebounding.
Even shots like
this couldn't keep Benton White from beingf2. Benton was second in both scoring
and rebounding but played in all the contests despite recurring illness.