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THE SAN DIEGO UN!ON Wed., ,Jan. 10, 196Z Q) bS 5AN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

Cravens Leads orero al y Cal Western Quintet In 64-63 ontest 0 U setl

t(1/~(' - USD Defeats ellis AFB 1> cial te Th, Sun Dl"o Union LAS VE GAS, Jan. 6 - versity of • an Di ego, b a t t I e d back to defeat Ne 111 s Air ' Foree Base, 91-8:5, here to- ni~ht. rony Caputo hit 11 o! 19 :field goal attr.mpt!'l and six ol nine free throws for 28 points to guicle the collegian to thPir thirrl victory in 12 Uni- down hy a much a 14 points in the econd ha 11,

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By ,JOHNNY McDONALD Russ Cravens, a clutc-h-hit- ting junior forward, lc-d thr University of San Diego ln th<' :;<'cond half back f r o m what seemed sure defeat to upsrt Cal Wrstern, 64-63, at Crawford High gym 1 a s t night. The TorC'ros, hitting a poor 25 p<'r cent from the floor and with Cravrns having a bad l time in the first half, roared back from an 18-point drficit lo disrupt the usually unruf- fled dc-fensive-minded West- erners in the second half. Cravens hit six field goals and thre<' of four frc-e frc-e throws for 15 points, all in the- SPCOnd portion of th<' C'Oll· test. However, he was second hi h to tc-ammatc- John Rob- bins, a 5-11 guard, who canned 16 points. • Actually, it was Robbins' steady floor game that kept th!! Torc-ros allvr in thr first half and enabled them to catch firr in the second. He hit eight points in each half. Studc-nls in the p a C k C d gymnasium, rushed fro m the USD stands and mobbed th.I' Torc-ro players. C o a c h Bob Sexton was carrlrd on the- shoulders of several play- Prs as they lt>ft the gym. It was somewhat rc>mlnis- cent ot the last athlc-tlc eon- test between the two schools. In that one, on the football !leld, SD blew a 12-0 lead to fa II, 28-18, to the underdog Westernc-rs. This was the first time in five meetings that the Toreros have been able to defeat coach Bob Kloppr-nburg's cagers. Morris Greenwood, whosl! pumping jump shot, and Joe Treaster, with a nifty hook shot, kept the Wcsternl!rs in the chase through the second period. Greenwood tanked 14 points while Treaster and Frank Fugat added 12 each. USD didn t catch the Wc>st- crners until 2 :08 was left in the> game. Cravens hit a 15-foot jump shot to make it 62-all. Th.en the Westrrners' game fell completely apart and wild tosses gave USD an- other chance at the bucket. Art Wical laid it in with 1:14 to go. Duane Barnes of Cal Wrst- '! e1 n missed a chance to tie it with one second left when he hit one of two frel! throws at- ' tempts. Johnson's jump shot ' after a rebound rolled around the rim and out and thal wa~ all for the Westerners. USO (6') 9 I P I Col We,tern (Ii)I P I 6 3 3 15 Treaster 6 O 1 12 Cravens Wical Schammel Robbins Caputo Tritz Mod~en Halsey t 3 ~~r:re" i 7 2 3 16 Greenwood 7 0 I 14 .t 1 2 9 Barnes 2 3~ 7 3 0 1 .6 WIS 2, l 2 5 !01" trs igg i at 6 o 2 12 0 oshl 2 0 l 4 rnd1 000 0 Totals Totals 17 9 14 63 Halftime score. Cat tern 35, USO JV score-Col W 1 rn 72, USO 63.

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esterner Defens Gets Test by USD IJ . ,J ( 'K REBER The Toreros' man under the is Ru.. Cravens, a i' hit of the 'l'orrro~· hopes ,~!11\c·ool _hand who c~n hit fron_i r ,t on the .·coring potential outside, too . Cra \l'ns a 6-3 of Ton, Caputo, a 6-2 junior. Junior, is scoring at a 14.8. •uputo didn't blossom a5 a pace, tops on the club. , 1 rl'al s('nring thrrat until la:t Both teams come into the wr.-kPnrl whrn he scored game fresh from a win._ USDI s l'SD l'lipped ell!s bumped Nellis after losing to Ai1 For< Ba. 91-85. The Ox- Nevada Southern, 77-49. Cal nar junior is averaging 7.8 Western clubbed LaVerne, 81· polrft over he 12-gamr route. 49, at home after losing to \ ct p('nds a lot Pa. adena, 77-65, on the road. scoring. The USO defeated Ne,·ada South- at Crawford high and a good basket l \\ ,. t m or bnlnn Pd 1~on hitting at an ~.2 clip and . Art Treaster scoring 7.4. • DPlrnsr is a tactor m an) gamr cal Western play,. To- ub in Johnson l_eads. _the cl 1 , night thP Wi-stcrners take on rebound" with 135. lJnivers ty of an Diego at

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game against Cal Western last night at Crawford High. Art Johnson of Westerners is at right. USD won.

Jerry Halsey, left, University of San Diego forward, attempts to tuck ball out of reach after taking pass in

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r-orris ern and Cal Western defeated 11 .2 Pasadena in homr games

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Thi- Toreros· record stands at 3-9. The We.terners are 9-7 overall. Probable lineups Cal Wes;lern (t-7J Pos, USO \l-f) J_ Carlyle (6-3) 1_ ~:f;:: ti~ i-. lt1! i \~'h~'"' (s!l~? ~:t~~:.JJt~) G J , Robbins (5-11)

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Defense, Cal Western's pet\ the • Westerners last night as they Jost to -Cniversity of San Di- ego, 64-63, m a thriller before a capacity crowd at Crawford High Int lrst period, Cal West- ern dominated play entirely, zipping to a 35-19 hal!timel lead. The Western<'rs connect- ed on 15 of 33 field goals and live of seven free throws while\ USO hit on only eight of 31 shots and three of five free throws. The Cal Western de- fense had USD completely flustered. The second half was an en- tirely different story, howe\er. Torero coac .Bob Sexton fired his men ut5 at halftime and switched i wne press, which conve !I the game from a controlled, 1 deliberate contest Cal \Vestero's spec- ialty - to a hard-running, : ball-hawking battle for the 1 ball. Russ Cravens broke loose in the second half, winding up with 15 points. John Robbins .' was high for the game with 16 points and was just as im- portant for his defensive play. , The 5-11 Robbins was out- ' jumping taller men to score and grab rebounds as the Tor- eros got 19 caroms to 14 for Cal \\'e,tem in the second half. Summary, USO (&4) 1 f Pt Cal Western (':)f pt Wi~~~n:. f O T~~~=- t j 1 i1 foii~~et } 1} 6 ~~!ooc, g l 1, Caputo "' 1 2 9 B nes 2 32 7 Tritt 3 0 1 6 Lewis 2 l 2 5 Madsen l 2 o "1 Welters 1 OO 2 Holsey 3 o 1 o~lote 2 g 1 g '\ TokahOs.hl 2 0 1 -4 I Joerndt O O O 0 I Totals 27 10 lt 64 Totals 27 f 14 'l a Halftime score: Col Western 35, USO , _J_V score-Ca)_!lestern _:2, USD 63,__ turned killer on

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(J AO M I G • L(./V'-/ruvi- ()l_ffvZ,1L PRESTIGE UP? USD ns · 64-63, Over Cal Western The Unive1 ·ty of San Diego won its first basket- ball contest in ~rve -0utings from cross-town nval Cal Western University, 'l'uesday night, at Crawford Gy~, d USD coach Bob Sexton was concerned, it an as iar as ______ was a BIG one. -::r~"ere unable to !)It The Toreros, much ridiculed U hoop. locally for their foolba11 for- Outstanding for the losing tunes this season and more , stemcrs was guard Norris recently their so-so cage season, nwood whose accurate eye rose to the occasion with a. 64 • 63 k t the fans on edge th1ough- upset win ov,r the \Ve st erners OU t c O nt est. Greenwood of Coach Bob Kloppenburg. potted II ven field goals for 14 Sextm, s crew had taken 8 points, the team high. 3.9 season mark mto the con- Fo rd Joe Treaster, a soft test against its San Diego \nook O a.rUsl, sank six goals rivals who were ranked fifth tor 12 nts as did diminutive in the nation in team defense guard Fr Fugate. among small colleges. The \ est rs will have a Kloppenburg's 5 quad had chance t even things up Feb. limited oppont>nts to a mere 27 , when the two teams meet 51.1 points per game. The again, at Golden G;pn. Toreros were a,·eragln~. 59 ·'. This week the \Vesterners points per gam" offen~tHI~, will play host to Claremont- while gh1ng up a per gam'b Mndd College, Saturday at 8 total of 75.8 point · m whlle the Toreros travel For 30 minutes. !t app d i~ Phoenix for a. match the that the record books were same evening with Grand Can- right. Cal Western njoyed a yon College. , JI - -.? - I

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John Carlyle ,.::'h1te Johnson will open at center. Duane Barnes and Greenwood are expected to get the starting call at the guard posts. Greenwood, Ii s t e d on three all-tournc-y teams this season, leads the club in scor ng with lf,8 points for an 11 2 game average John. 01 op: the dub in re- bounds ii 135 and is sec- ond in sconng with 123 points. Depth may be the decid- ing factor and Cal Western has plenty ol help from the bench with such players as Frank Fugate. Chet Lewis, J iro Takahashi, Neal Walt- ers and Bob Beagle. F al.c, al!f.ough only 5-8. 1s a ine outside ·hooter and is third in team scoring with 96 points. Takahashi is an excellrnt playmaker while L(owi many tirn e · has filled in ably a" an important point-maker.

By ,JOHNNY ;\leDO:SALD Cal Western Univcrs i t Y a cautious shooting club with the str!'ss on defonse , engage the aggress I v e University of San Diego baskNballrrs toni ht at Crnwford High gym . Tipoff is set !or R o'clock The Wrstl'rnrrs. n ow sporting a 9-7 season marl< a:::amst all r-ompct1tion, will be headed by hook-shooting Joe Trraster and jump-. hot artist Norris Greenwood a~ thev tr.· to make lt three in a row. over the struggling Toreros. Treaster, although only 6- 2, ls one of the club act- ing rebounder and hf. done yeom n' sen! m the scoring department. He 1s third in coring with 111 point. b<'rlrd Greenwood and Art Joh'! o Treastc will b <' jom!!d at the other o ard post hy

disappoin ing record, will have to lean heavily on consistent Russ Cravens. Cravens, a 6-3 center, leads USD with a 14.8-point aver- age. He ha connected on 32 per cent of his shots from the floor and 76 per cent of his free throws. Expected to start with Cravens will be Jerry Hal- sey (6-5> and Tony Caputo 16-2) at the forwards, and Bob Tritz (5-10> and John Robbins (5-111 at th e guards. Caputo came to life in the last contest against Nellis Air Force Base by canning 28 points. This increased his average to 7.8 per contest. Starting lineups: Col Western (9•7) Pos. USO J. Carlyle (6-3) F T CaPUto (6-21 J. Treaster (6-2) F J Halsey (6-S) A. John.son (6-4) C J.I Croven.s (6-3) 0. Barnes (S-11) G 8 . Tritz (S-10) N. Greenw'd 6-2) G J. Robbins (S-11) 3-9 U~, PhibPo Pfc ~~~~ight I Uni of Sun Diego\ the bay tonight to meet'' c PhibPac basket- ballers at the Coronado Am- hibious Base. Tipoff is slated for 8 o'clock. Coach Ed Baran·s Toreros may h a v e to engage the sailors minus the full service of forward Russ Cravens and guard John Robbins. Cravens has been out with the flu and Robbins has an abscessed tooth. Probably Torero starters will be Tony Caputo and Jerry Halsey at forwards, Bill Schammel at center and Bob Tritz and Art Wical at guards. VSD, with a 5-11 sea- son record, dropped a 53-51 decision to PhibPac earlier this sea on. U D will leave F ·

lead which e x t e n d e d to 16 ; points at tl!ne~. They left the\ floor at the halftime Intermis- sion v.ith a comfortable 35-19 lead. But the Torf'ros \\ Pre not to be denied thl,; victory as they ~tormed ba<'k In the final IO minute to net the ,·erdict. Instrumental in the win were team captain and gu John Robbins who Jed all ..corers with 16 point.II; forward Russ Cravens who recovered from a scoreless first half to tck up 1.".i points; and reserve forw~rd Art Wical who netted the win- ning basket on a behind the back pass from Cravens. The Toreros had tied the count at 62-all on vens' 15- foot jump shot, with 1 :23 re- maining; and went ahead with Wical's layup seven seconds later. Cal Western guard Duane Barnes sank the !lrst of one• and-one free throw attempt to give the finat 64-63 count. The winners went to a f~l court esa early in the final half, causing the Westerners to e back court errors.

s- • cial to Th• Sen D • Union PHOE. -ix, Ariz., Jan. 1~ Bob Tritz scored 22 points m pacing l'niver:sity of_ San Di-. pgo to 1tii th1d straight bas- ketball " ctory with a 79-59 decision over Luke Air Force Base here tonight. The Torero held only a llm 35-32 edge at the inter- m i s s i on. Russ Cravens chipped in 13 points in t h e USO victory and Dick atsen hit tor 10. John Guenly was Luke's top scorer with 25. The Torero quintet, pla~ ing under the direction of stu- dPnt coach Ed Baran nee the resignati n of Bob Sexton Friday. will remain here for n Monday night · ainst Grand Canyon C VSD (7') G F p TL ~""'t~: : l : 1 t I'f~mmer 1 J 2 ! iw caouta 2 l 3 5 \,.""' 'tib~~:.,. l i t tr, ·~ Rodtt I O l 2 ,e,. O'Neill 1>0,worbv 1113 MflJt:f! 7 11 l~ Totals 211111 5t Halftime scort: USD 15, Luke AF I 31.

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