News Scrapbook 1980

SAN DIEGO UNION

SOUTHERN CROSS JAN 3 1 1980 USD du·mps Air Force

Tuesday, January 29, 1980

TOREROS AT SANTA CLARA TONIGHT

SAN DIEGO-In a spec- tacular come-from-behind effort, the University of San Diego blitzed the Air Force Academy 20-3 in the final five minutes of play to dump the Falcons 75-68 in the USD Sports Center last Saturday night. Torero guard Mike Stock- alper led the inspired drive with several astounding long-range jump shots and finished with a team-high 22 points. Guard Rusty Whitmarsh and forward Bob Bartholomew contri- buted 14 and 10, respec- tively.

Reserves Keith Cunning- ham and Darrell Barbour came off the bench to sp_earhead the comeback m,

Duo Keeps Humor In Unfunny Season

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with injuries, we sure wouldn't be 1-6. But the tide is going to turn for USD "In the meantime, my goal 1s to pull a few upsets and have a blast." · Note: Stockalper also asks for help elsewhere. He had just attended Mass, he said, "to pray for the Toreros."

was thinking about his game the other day, -and ~ow good he would be if .. • • • They joke about most tt,lngs, these two, but not about USD's 1-6 WCAC record and 5-10 overall mark. Neither is accustomed to losing. In his semor year at Kearny High, Bartholomew led the Komets to a 29-2 record and a third-place CIF finish over Marian, Stockalper's team. In their freshman year at USO, both were starters on a Torero team that went 22- 7 and won the Division II Western Regionals. USO was 19-7 last year. "I don't think I'll ever get used to losing," Bartho- lomew said "It's no fun." $tockalper, saying he's o~imistic about the-whole tiling, adds "If we hadn't loot Joe, and half the teani

doing too well."

watched them (USD) play, and thought I would fit in. Let's face it, I'm no Lloyd

By AILENE VOISIN Staff Wnlr The San Diego un,on

He may not be an Ein- stein, but according to Bro- velli, he's definitely a

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The two or them, togeth- er, are an interesting pair. Mike Stockalper is a s1x- root, tobacco-chewing guard for the University of San Diego basketball team whose heart lies deep in the farmlands of the South. He is quick-witted, talka- tive and fashions himself as "a good 'ol boy." Bob Bartholomew is a 6-7 center for the team that races Santa Clara t ' .ight at Santa Clara. lie chews gum, not tobacco, and is more impressed with sun- sets over the ocean than the mountains. He likes coilege life - particular!) at t::SD - be- cause of its •·country club" atmosphere They're very different, lose friends nonetheless. They even roomed together for a while. They're no longer rom mates - "we got a divorce - Stockalper Jokes, but they live next door to each other in the new campus dorms. "We don't spend as much time together as we used to,'' Bartholomew reta!J- ates, "because Stock's a married man now. " (His weddrng 1s planned for May). The two, sitting in a pop- ular off-campus restaurant, trade wisecracks "You know how Bobby got his nickname, Truck?" Stockalper asks. "Well vou know how fast a sports ·car travel- · • . !l • h • · fast a truck moves. It has nothing to do with size, just movement." "You know how Stock got his nickname, 'Kill-A-Boy?' Bartholomew asks. "One of our teammates put a beer in Stock's !hand, and asked him what you do with a boy (a beer Stock guzzled (killed) the beer, and has been known as Kill-A-Boy ever smce. · • • • Mike Stockalper has little use for e sophisticated or the subt E· His goals are simple· •o play on a win- ning team before gradua- tion, and ti n move back to his parents' dairy farm in Arkansas. "I'm a country boy at heart~ he says. ''I'd much rather be out doing some- thing with my hands than studying things like sociolo- gy, psychology. I've got no use for all that stuff." Does he like school? "Yeah, on Saturdavs and Sundays," he laughs·. Still, he studies hard and maintains a Baverage' as a behavioral sciences major Stockalper, 21 , said he was ver y disappointed when teammate Joe Evans was declared academical!; ineligible earlier this sea- son. "But," he adds, ·'there's no excuse for not going to class." Evans spent time last summer o he Stock- alper~· farm near Fayette- ville, doing th' things Stockalper enjoys most: nse at 6 a.m., milk cows until noon, play hasketball at the University of Arkan- sas until 4, then back to work until dark. Sometimes in the gym Stockalper would catch glimpse or former Arkan- sas ,tars Ron Brewer and Sidney lon~rief. The Razorbacks • \ le, he con- rluded, had r ,s,o for the "l!tt P guar l. 'Tua s n to

As USD's playmaker, major college player. Stockalper is averaging 9.6 points. "But," says his with any forward in the coach, Jim Brovelli, "Stock league," the coach said. does the.._things I ask him "It's unfortunate that he to . He's l'!\e quarterback on doesn't have some help up the floor. And if I ask him front." to shoot, he'll do that too. It's also unfortunate that "Other coaches in the with Evans gone, Bartholo- conference would love to mew is the center. A 6-7 have him. He's smart, and center in the West Coast he understands the game Athletic Conference, where very well. He's the type of most post men are between player you win with." 6-8 and 7-0 But he's still • • • averaging 16 points and Bartholomew looks seven rebounds per game. amused as he listens to his "You had any shots friend. But he can toss out a blocked lately?" Stockalper line or two of his own. asks." Asked what his major "Yeah, I had a few was, he replied, "beha-• blocked against Santa vioral sciences. I'm a busi- Clara the first time we ness school dropout." Why? played them," Bartholo- Stockalper starts laughing, mew replies. Bartholomew joins in, then Stockalper pauses a min- says, "because I wasn't ute, then says seriously, "I "Bobby can hold his own

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SAN DIEGO UNION JAN 3 1 1980

MIKE STOCKALPER ... 'country' guard

HOST GONZAGA TONIGHT Toreros Seek S-econd WCAC Win No one said wmnmg in the West Coast Athletic Conference was going to be easy. . "I still don't know how we won that one," Brovelli said, referring to another second-half comeback. This t~e, USD was down by 12 with nine minutes left, leadmg scorer and rebounder Bob Bartholomew was out with his fifth personal, and so was the other starting forward, Brad Levesque.

But the University of San Diego Toreros, 1-7 m league and 5-11 overall, would welcome a nice, comfortable conference win - or even a close one for that matter. The Toreros have another chance at their second WCAC victory, and first at home, whe~ they host Gon,:aga (Spokane, Wash.) tonight at 7:30 m the Sports Arena. Their sole league win occurred two weeks ago against Pepperdine in Malibu. Since that time, USD has lost to USF and Santa Clara, and defeated Air Force in a non- conference game at home. When does USD Coach Jim Brovelli expect the Toreros to claim win number two? "Hopefully soon," he joked, "I'm getting too many gray hairs." . In the meantime, his Toreros have been playing well - just not well enough to win. Against USF last week, they closed to within 10 poin~ in the final halt before losing by 14 (90-76). In Tuesda~ s meeting with Santa Clara, they cam~ back after tra,1ing by 17 points with nine minutes remaining, to lose by only two (59-57). Last Saturday, however, the Toreros pulle_d one out- this time against non-conference opponent Air Force (75- 68).

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"We've been playing well," the coach continued, "but we've got to keep Bobby and Brad out of. foul trouble. We're trying to keep them off defense by using up the 45- second clock." Without Bartholc,mew (16.4 points and 7.9 rebounds) and Levesque (7.0 and 5.5) in the lineup, USD goes with 6-8 forward Keith Cunningham, and 6-3 guard Rusty Whitmarsh. USD's other starters are guards Mike Stockalper (10.1) and Earl Pierce (12.1), and forward Russell Jackson (11.8 and 4.4). The 6-7 Bartholomew, who is shooting 56 percent from the field, will have to contend with Gonzaga's 6-10 center Duane Bergeson (4.3 points and 2.4 rebounds). But most of the Bulldogs' scoring comes from 6-7 forward Carl Pierce (14.2 and 8.3), 6-4 forward James Sheppard (13.4 and 2.7), and 6-5 guard Eddie White (13.2). Gonzaga, 2-3 and 7-9 overall, is coming off a WCAC loss to Loyola Monday night. Following tonight's game, USD is idle until a Feb. 7 home contest with Pepperdine.

BOB BARTHOLOMEW ... USD's 'truck'

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Aztecs find things bad, more to co~e Three technicalfouls and 50 personal fouls where whistled by the officials as City came out on top 63-57. Zack Jones paced the winners with 21 points and Terry Jones led the losers with 17. After what happened to San Diego ·state's basket- ball team last weekend, you would think things couldn't look much bleaker for the Aztecs. They were thoroughly like looking forward to going to Iran." What happened International University and Brad Levesque fouled received ·23 points from out. "They were the ones Presnell Gilbert and 20 who did it, no doubt about from Larry Holliday in an it." 82-67 romp over UC-Davis. USD (5-10) gets back into USIU broke to a 40-28 half- West Coast Athletic Confer- time lead and never looked ence play tomorrow night back. when it travels to Santa University of San Diego Clara for an 8 p.m. game.

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to San Diego State against Utah was very similar to what happened to it against BYU. The visitors shot 70 percent over the first 15 minutes, didn't turn the ball over the first 14 min- utes, and ran off to a 63-40 halftime lead. It was over at the break. "When you lose four or five games in a row (Gaines' team now has lost six in a row) you don't have much confidence," said the coach. "It's difficult to come off a loss like we had to BYU." Meanwhile, three of the county's other four-year schools didn't fare too badly over the weekend. Last night at Davi&, U.S.

Southwestern, the area's other Mission Conference member, watched a 23- point first-half lead fade away as Citrus came back to defeat the Apaches 93-90. Dave Freeman paced the winners with 23 points. In other JC action Satur- day, Grossmont fell behind early and dropped an 8Hi7 decision to Fullerton, Cerri- tos smashed Mesa 97-77 and College of the Desert de- feated MiraCosta 71-57. I

smashed by Brigham Young University, 123-91 Thursday night, and then, Saturday afternoon, Utah added insult to injury by pounding the Aztecs 102-83 in the Sports Arena. After that, it would figure that things couldn't get worse. But now the San Diegans, 2-5 in the Western Athletic Conference and 5- 13 overall, must travel to Wyoming Thursday night and Colorado State Satur- day. "I'm not looking forward to that trip," moaned Aztec Coach Dave Gaines. "It's

rallied from 12 points down. with six minutes to play and upended the Air Force Academy 75-68 Saturday night at Alcala Park. Torero guard '.',like Stock- alper paced the winners with 22 points and USD Coach Jim Brovelli had nothing but praise for his bench. "Keith Cunningham and Darrell Barbour came in and played just super," said Brovelli, of the for- ward and guard who came in when Bob Bartholomew

Meanwhile, UCSD received 23 points from Sherman Johnson and 21 from Dana Bedard and the Tritons went on to score a 103-91 victory over Whittier College. UCSD swings back into action tomorrow night when they entertain South- ern California College in a 7:30 game.. In junior college action, the big game of the week- end involved San Diego City and Palomar in a Mis- sion Conference game.

-J-Sun.. Jan. 27, 1980 Part Ill 9 [ oreros Rally f r 75-6_8 Win Over Air Force By JOHN SCHUMACHER Tlmfl Staff Wrltar Brovelli said. "Barbour led the attack and made the key plays. The reserves kept their heads up and really battled,'.' Although USD's lineup down the s_tretc~ seemed a bit odd, Brovelli noted that the combination did exactly what he thought it would.

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Russell Jackson in, along with sixth man Rusty Whit- marsh. But the two that made the difference were little used center Keith Cunningham and guard Daryll Barbour. Barbour was instrumental as the Toreros utilized a full- court press the last eight minutes of the contest, cutting a 10-point lead to two with 3:32 left. The score stayed at 65- 63 until Tim Harris sank a free throw to give the Falcons a three-point edge with 1:33 left. Barbour then hit a 12-footer, and after Air Force con- verted a pair of free throws, Stockalper hit a 25-footer with 47 seconds left. Barbour made two free throws to put the Toreros ahead to stay with 42 seconds left, and Cun- ningham ended any doubt with a three-point play with 15 seconds left that gave USD a 72-68 cushion. "The kids off the bench played super," USD coach Jim

SAN DIEGO-Just when it appeared the University of San Diego was on its way to another defeat, two unlikely heroes came-out and saved the night. In what could only be described as a storybook come- back, USD went to its bench to overtake a 12-point lead . and post a75-68 victory over Air Force Saturday night at USD. The Toreros seemed certain to get blown out of their own gym early in the second half when center Bob Barth- olomew and forward Brad Levesque fouled out, but a makeshift lineup managed to turn the game around. . When Bartholomew joined Levesque on the sidelines with 6:28 left, Brovelli had starters Mike Stockalper and

"Defensively, that was our quickest lineup. It was our best full-court press team," Brovelli said. "We knew Air Force has had trouble with pressure. That's why we start- ed the game off with a zone press, and finished with full- . While the strategy worked defensively, the Toreros had to rely mostly on the outside shot in the second half when they couldn't penetrate Air Force's 2-3 zone. "With Brad and Bobby out, we can't work the ball in- side," Brovelli said. "But we had the right people taking the shots outside." It was the trio of Stockalper, Barbour and Whitmarsh that kept USD in the game with shots from the 20-25 foot range. After a cold first half, Stockalper warmed up and finished with 22 points on nine of 18 shooting. Whitmarsh added 14 and Barbour had eight, all in the second half. Bartholomew had 10 points despite limited playing time. Guard Dean Christian led Air Force with 18 points, mosl of them coming from long range. Harris added 15 for the Falcons, who are now 3-11 on the season. USD, now 5-10 overall, will return to West Coast Ath- letic Conference play next Tuesday up in Santa Clara be- fore returning home for a date with Gonzaga Thursday night. court pressure."