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--RUNNERS, UC-RIVERSIDE ADVANCE IN PLAYOFFS

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1S oreros act their age in loss to tory, with an 16- record going into tontgh1' con olatJon game at 7 oppl)- whip-like passes too often

s!lpp~d through the fingers of oth€r Toreros. Washington wound up with four assists. He easily could have had twice that many. Too, there was a problem of foul trouble. Thompson foule<1 out with 1 53 left and Pinky Smith finished with four fouls. This 1s a Torero team with one glaring weakness, its bench. It cannot, as Bakersfield did last night, rest its starting five indiscriminately. "We need another big man and we nero another guard, somebody to help take thl' pressure off Washington, for next year," said Bickerstaff. Washington, playing the entire 4-0 min tes, did not enjoy one of his be r i ...,,~uw-fo -]7 from th

stte Puget Sourvt a 71-51 losrr to UC- Rtver idll In the f11·st round opener la t nl ht ThP Torrrru can only l(e! b tier. TIH' mn nstays, guard San Washington and forward Pinky Smith, are Juniors. So 1s crnter BE-n Thomp on Alternatin~ for- w rrt Krnny Smith Is a fre hman and hi muntrrpart, Pete Co enza, is a ophomore The other arter, guard Smith, 1s a Junior. 81l'ke1 t.iff has rea on to speak of n t y ar. La t mght, however, hP had a tough ttme forgetting the mistakes or th pre rnl. Thrre were, for example, 18 turnovrrs, seven during a hr t half In which Bak r field as urned a 30-22 le d It a a ca e of butterflie a J

Nor wPre those of Pinky Smith. The 6 ft. 6½ in. forward missed all but three of his 16 field goals on a night when the Toreros could convert but 30% from the floor. "I could tell before the game," s Bickerstaff, "that Pinky was too te H :wasn't coming out lo meet the p him and we weren't getting in ba (\Qor baskets, with him passing of!. t's what we hurt Bakersfiel tlme (in a 70-69 victory at '

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USD off~ 1 The Univers~L San Diego perlorm in concert with the of the First Methodist Church o'clock concert w:ill be in Cammo Theatre on the USO S\'mphony Orchestra will of La Mesa on Si. av. The four conduct th choir in singing ''Psalm of Thanksgiving" by Randall Thompson First performed m1967. Uus contem· porary piece will be played for the first lime in San Diego 45 voices will sing with the 70 piece l SD Symphony Orche tra which will be con urted by Dr Henn Kolar campus. Dr Gilbert Sloan will

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Torero ran their season re Center Larry Jones led th ztecs with 17, forwards John Anderson and Steve Copp each had 14 and Geoff Pete 11 for the Aztecs, who saw their record dip to 14-11. "This was a very good win for us," said Bickerstaff. "It has to be my big- gest win because I have a lot of respect for the Aztec basketball program and for Dick Davis as a coach. "We're going to keep the win in the proper perspecti\'e thou"'.," he added. ··We're not goina o a it or anythihg like that I'm u t tfi3 u1 our kids p a ed well. We \ do\\ n. a cc1upl times bu guys hu there." At the half the gam · s tied 32-32 and it remained a see-saw battle until the final three minutes when USD pulled from a 63~1 edge to a 69-61 bulge and then held off the Aztecs down the stretch. As expected. it was a physical battle which, at times, got out of hand. Two minutes into the game Anderson and

Last year coach Dick Davis' Aztecs prevailed, 87-69, in a game that wasn't even that close But the Toreros have taken some giant steps since then. '·We were young and we had fear last year against the Aztecs," said 6-ft. 6-in. forward Pinky Smith. "I remember they had a pretty good season going and we went iuto the game afraid. "Thi time we had no fear. We knew we could !>!>at them all along H we just played our game. 1y only d1s- appomtment is that I didn't get chance to play against C'iris i\lc:\lurray " A suspension for disciplinary reasons remo\ ed :\le turray from the Aztec squad earlier this . eason so the rugged Smith gave the re..

Ironically, following a first half m which Davis and Harvey had sev£"rat confrontations, the official called 17 fouls and violations on the Aztecs in the second half to seven on the Toreros The discrepancy prompted Da-l'is 1

pionship The Aztecs closed within six but Chris Marlowe missed two free throws and lJSD raced down the !loor where J oe Smith converted a three-pomt play. And that was th ball game. , Joe and "Pinky" Smith each hit a basket and Geoff Pete hit one for State for the final margm. Poor shooting plagued the Aztecs as they got downonly 25 of 80 shots from the floor for a cold 31 per cent. Tbe Toreros burned the twine at a 61 pPr eent dip in the final half and finished the game connecting on 46 per cent from the floor and 82 per cent from the charily stripe. The three Smith boys led USD, now 18-7 on tlie year, with "Pinky" leading the way scoring 25 points while Joe and Ken contributed 13 and 12, respectively. Larry Jones led the Azl c with 17 and Copp ana itn<'lcrson aa ~d 14 markers apiece Pete tallied 11 for the losers, who fell to 14-11 overall. Thete is no jo · in zll ntllc'

Toreros top Aztecs for City cage ch By TERRY MO!'I/AHAN entinel Sports Writer

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State managed to hold off USD after the break and didn't surrender the lead until a "Pinky" Smith layup with 10:00 left put the score at 53-51. John Anderson connected on a drive but Smith. "Pinky" again, countered at 8:38 with another long range jumper USD never trailed after that hoop. Freshman Steve Copp scored six straight points for the Aztecs lo narrow the gap to 61-59 Stan Washington answered with a JO-foot jumper and Larry Jones scored on a twisting layup USO by two. 6HI. At 6-1, Joe Smith is considered a small guard by today's standards. He was bigger than life in the fina1 two-and-a- half-minut s as he scored all seven of his second half points to put the game out of reach. Pete Cosenza·s bucket was fo llowed by Joe Smith's two free tosses and two more charities from "Pinky" Smith s little brother, r en. and the margin was 69~1

lranttc ltrst hall which saw them lose both " Pmky Smith and Ben Thompson with foul trouble. Smith left the game with his club tra1hng 13-12 with 12Jl6 remaining and Thompson followed him to the bench at 7:52 with his third personal. The lead changed hands five times in the opening half of ad1on and the Aztecs went to the locker room tted at 32-32 as John Service sank a 10-foot jumper at the buzzer Neither team shot particularly well with USO hitting 37 per cent from the field. But, the Aztecs countered with a miserable 2!I per cent State remained in the game only because USD was over the limit in fouls early. They converted 12 o! 16 charities and USO hit two of lhree At mterm1ssion. "Pinky" Smith had bul six points since he departed lhe st·ene early He more than made up for 11 with 19 markers m the sc<'ond half desp1le playing with lour fouls He literallv owm•d the area around the foul lme canning SIX o[ his nine_. ond hall hoops [rom there.

Home courts in basketball arc a d1slmct advantage. , rnettmes, 1t can bt•<"ome a <·oach's greatest weapon. It's alma. t like havmg a "sixth" player on the court. Cniver.1ty of San Diego wa determined to break the thr t•-year strmg of losses to crosstown rival San Diego t'lle University and the Toreros figured their cozy gym. m Imam d ''Th Pit," wa,; the place lo do 11. USD lived up to it. billing as the best team in town rue day night by handling th Aztecs, 78-67, in the Toreros· gym Th.it 1s too 1mple a rlrscnpt1on of the game, though Both tNms hat! rea,·hcd the mythi<'al finals for the cit; champ1onsh1p by dclt Jtmg l'mtrd States lnl<'rnational Un1vcrs1t l:SD won 66 56 while the Aztec· squl'aked out a ' d ,·i ion <1Y ·r lht• W mer Benh: 81ckc1'staff's talented young