USD Men's Basketball 1987-1988

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1987-88 OUTLOOK

1987-1988 UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO BASKETBALL OUTLOOK

With all the success of his 1986-87 basketball team, what does the future hold for Head Coach Hank Egan and his 1987-88 squad? 'Tm looking forward to this season. There are going to be a lot of new challenges and a lot of new, different things to teach . We're not going to use this year to build for the next one. We're going to be getting after it at all times," stated head coach Hank Egan. ·

From Coach Egan's 1986-87 team that finished with a 24-6 record and a 13-1 WCAC mark, USO lost six seniors that contributed approximately two-thirds of the team's scoring. Gone are four of USD's starters: center Scott Thompson (15.9 ppg), forward Nils Madden (11 .1 ppg), guard Paul Leonard (10.5 ppg) and forward Mark Manor (10.2 ppg). Also lost to gradua- l"""!!t"."-•~ Jll--1 c: tion are seniors Steve Krallman (5.5 ppg) and Eric Musselman (1.2 ppg). ~ The lone returning starter for this season is junior guard Danny Means i (8.0 ppg), who paced USO with 18 points in their heartbreaking 62-61 2 loss to Auburn in the first round of the NCAA's. Five other returning players &_ who will be called upon by Coach Egan for increased playing time, either

as starters or reserves, include senior forward Marty Munn (3.4 ppg), senior center Jim Pelton (2.8ppg), junior guard Mike Haupt (0.9 ppg),

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sophomore guard Craig Cottrell (3.2 ppg) and sophomore forward Brian Anderson (1 .5 ppg). Three redshirts from last season that will be starting their freshman eligibility include Dondi Bell , a 6-9 center; Bob Coady, a 6-4 guard ; and Omar Parker, a 6-0 guard from Mercer Island, Washington. Head Coach Hank Egan, who was named the West Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year this past season, will have five new recruits that he hopes will be able to make immediate contributions. Heading the list is JC transfer Efrem Leonard, a 6-1 guard from Mt. San Antonio Junior College in Pomona, California. Efrem, the younger brother of last season's point guard Paul Leonard, averaged 13.1 ppg at Mt. San Antonio. Four in– coming freshmen with strong credentials include: John Sayers, a 6-7 forward who averaged 19.2 ppg at Bellarmine Prep in San Jose, California; Keith Colvin, a 6-8 forward from Chico High School, in Chico, California who averaged 17.0 ppg; Randy Thompson, a 6-6 swingman from Don Lugo High School in Chino, California who averaged

16.9 ppg ; and Kelvin Means, a 6-9 guard from St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California who averaged 21 .0 ppg. He is the younger brother of junior guard Danny Means. Although the '87-88 team has eight new players on the roster, you can guarantee Coach Egan's squad will stay competitive with its defensive play. Good defense is a trademark with Egan– coached teams. His 1986-87 team finished first in the nation in field goal percentage defense, limiting opponents to 40.1% shooting. The Toreros will open their '87-88 season with an exhibition with San Diego based Athletes-in-Action on November 6th. They'll open their nonconference schedule at Rice University on November 27th and their WCAC schedule on January 15th at Loyola Marymount University.

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