News Scrapbook 1959-1962

TONIGHT I S GAME lly Je:ff L, Kiehl . Ca1..:wester1,1.. S;ports Publicist .

Mission Bay- High School February 20, 1960 8:00 PM.

Tonightts f~l Cal Western home game of the current 1 59~•60 season, marks the first intra-city contest between the 'Picineers from t:p.e University of San Diego and the Westerners from California Wes- tern University~ 3oth cage squads have approximately the same season records and have faca4 the West Coast 1 s best as far as tc-p rated small colleges go~ Western, basically a sophomore and freshmen team, has come a long way from its rugged eariy season start and has been improving raJ)idly in late season. Recently, Cal-Western has been sel!.ected to partici~ate in the NAIA Playoffs to be played at Pasadena or Claremont later this month~ :Pefense is the key to the Westerner attack. and head coach :Sob Kloppenberg•s f.orces a;-e currently ranked 14th in the N.AIA. CW has limited opponents to a mere 59. 2 ppg~ D iminutive 5-g guard, Jiro Takahashi is the key man in the attack, as he is the leading sco~er with a 10.0 average, and he posses an 833 free throw percentage which ranks him in the top 15 in the Ji,A...L\' statistics. - ~ Sop1'..omore center-forward Art Johnson and frosh forward Joe Treaster handle tee major share of the Western rebounding, but have been receiving able support from an,_; other soph, center Harvey Hall. Lilter in the month and prior to the NAIA Playoffs, Cal-Western will play in the Cal Poly Invitational Tournament in Pomona, facing the University of Calif. at Riverside in the opening round• and tl\en a rugged Grand Can.yon Colleg~ quint from Phoenix in the second round plr.;r. The tourney is 1 perhaps, oneof the West Coast 1 a. finest for NAIA clubs, Other teams participating include, Cal Poly, San Fernando State, and this same Univer- sity of San Diego squad. , The NAIA. Playoff invite is the second in as many years for the Westerners,· as last season they were defeated in the openin 6 ·round by Westmont. This year, Westmont ~d Pasadena Nazarene pair off in the •initial round with Western facing the loser~ The ~ioneers take .the floor tonight with somewhat of a height and experience advantage~ USD has defeated several of Southern California's toughest squads this season 1 and ~ely on the scoring of guard Jim Fleming, who is hitting at a 15.6 clip coming into tonight's game, and the strong rebounding of a pair of 6-4 front men 1 John Harper and Art Wical.

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-:S~AN:;-OIJ!GO, CALIFORNIA Tues., Feb. 9, 1960 Y

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------- -- Pi9neers to Try Luck in L.A. Again University o! au Diego's basketball P i o n e er s. who haven' t won a game i11 the Los Angeles area in more than a year, take another stab at thq northerners this · weekend. The PiQ:neers, who arc on the short end of a 12-10 sea- son, meet. Loyola University tomorrow and San Fernando State College Saturday night, both g am e s on the opposi• tlons' courts.

UNIVERSITY of SAN DIEGO Varsity Roster

CALIFOBNIA WJilSTEBN UNIV]lRSITY Varsity Roster

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Fri., Feb. 12, 1960 @ SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

FACE LOYOLA TONIGHT Pioneer Hoping To End L.A. Hex The University of San· Diego hopes to• break its· Los Angeles jinx this weekend when coach Les Harvey's basketballers meet Loyola Unh·ersity and San Fernando State tonight and tomorrow night. The USO.Loyola game wiJI be the second meeUng between the two schools. USO lost to Loyola, 79-31, last season. The Lions' season mark is 12-7. , liSD hasn't won a basketball gam!' in Los Angeles slnca Jan. 30, 1Jl59 when the Pionee ·s defealPd San Fernando. This season the Pioneers have dropped :four gan1es in the L.A. area. , Meanwhile, guard Jim Fleming is leading USD in scoring with 328 points and an 'Rverage of 15.6 tor 21 games. Guard Bob Maines and foitwards Art Wical and Russ Cra. vens also are in double figures with 10 point averages. Art Wical is the top rebounder with 203 while Maine,. and Tony Caputo are leading In field gdal ar d fr~e throw percentages. respectively, for the regulars. ' The Pioneers will start Fleming and Maines at guards, John Harper.at center and Cravens and Ai;t Wical against Loyola. The Lions will open with Ed Bento and Charles Bar- rett at forwards, Tom Ryan at center and Jerry Grote and Jim W!derkehr at guards. (21 Games) Ti.AM Wo Lost FGA FGL Pct. FTA FT Pct, Reb-AVI. TP•.AV9 USO . .. 9 12 1562 546 34 4 454 291 62.4 893-

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