News Scrapbook 1980-1981

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LOS ANGELES TIMES

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EVENING TRIBUNE N2 9 198\ Toreros fa,e Pilots The University of San Diego's basketball team will be out to push its record above the 500 mark tonight when it hosts the University of Portland in a 7:30 game at Alcala Park. Now 8-8 on the season and 1-3 in the West Coast Athlet- ic Conference, USD will be facing one of the better.clubs in the WCAC in Portland. The Pilots are 12-5, 2-2 m the eague, and are capable of scoripg in bunches. . Portland is paced by 6-foot-5 guard Jose Slaughter,.who averages 21.6 points per game. "He's one of th~ fmest iuards in the conference," noted Torero Coach Jim Bro- velli. USO put forth ·a fine effort las! week, defeatmg S!. Mary's 73-61 Thursday before droppmg a close, 67-64 dec1- ~ion Saturday to powerful San Francisco 67-64. The Toreros are Jed by 6-7 forward Bob Bartho)omew, who averages-15.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per outmg. . The Toreros move to the Sports Arena Saturday mght for a 7:30 WCAC encounter. with Gonzaga.

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USD Loses More Than Just Game as Bartholomew Is Injured Again

By STEVE DOLAN, Times Staff Writer .SAN_ DIEGO- While it rained outside Thursday mght,. 1t continued to pour inside on the University of San Diego basketball team. The Toreroe lost more than another game when they were defeated by the University of Portland 77. 72 They also lost Bob Bartholomew, their leading score~ and rebounder, for an unspecified amount of time with what's_belie".ed to be tom ligaments in his right ankle. Earlier this month, Bartholomew had to sit out 10 days with torn ligaments in his left ankle. He'll be exa- mined today, with the results likely to be the same. Bartholomew had suffered a similar injury to his right ankle five years ago in high school. But he had not hurt his ankles in four years of college play until the past month. "This hurts about the same as the last time " he said "At first, I though I just twisted it. I didn't think it was this bad." Wi thout Bartholomew the last time, USD had its worst two efforts of the season. The Toreros were blown out on the road by UC Irvine (103-62) and Pep- perd ne (83-50). This time, USO seemed better prepared when its top player was sidelined. Batholomew left with his team trailing. 53-49, but the Toreros still almost won. They eventually tied the game at 66 on a 22-foot shot by Rusty Whitmarsh with 3:41 to play. Then after Port-

land's Joee Slaughter missed one of two free throws, USD had a chance to take the lead. 1 But it wasn't to be. The Toreros hurt themselves 1 when they got the ball by turning it over without get- I ting off a shot. Slaughter then came back to score on a layup and give his team a three-point lead. 1 "We were one point down and we turned the ball over," USD Coach Jim Brovelli said. "We also missed• three front ends of one and ones. That's a possible six I points on the line and two on the turnover." Ultimately, those eight points would have made the difference for USD. Instead, the Toreros fell to 8-9 overall and 1-4 in the West Coast Athletic Conference. ! Slaughter made a big difference for Portland, scoring I a game-high 25 points. Center Bryan Beard had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Pilots, who are 13-51 overall and 3-2 in conference. USD came out ready to run against Portland, one of the quicker teams in the WOAC. The Toreros led by eight points three times in the first half, only to lose their lead 1:20 before halftime. However, USD scored the last six points before the half to take a 37-33 lead to the dressing room. At the outset o( the second half, Portland was near flawless. The Pilots hit 13 of the first 15 shots of the half gaining a 59-53 lead with 10,20 remaining. • But USO also had a hot shooting night, finishing with a 32 of 52 mark (62%) from the field. Whitmarsh hit nine of 10 attempts, leading the Toreros with 18 points. I Center Dave Heppell scored 17 points (eight from out- side 15 feet) and forward Gerald Jones scored 14.

BOB llARTHOLOME\\ Torero star hurt again; U. D loses

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"Th y think 1t the amc thmg.' nartholomcw answer- ed 'torn ligarr. . t But they won t know for sure until orrow morning. e rmg th t, Brovclh put hi head down and turned a y Ju t whrn 1t had bccom apparent that hi team Id bt• ompd1t1ve with W t Coa Athletic Confer- pow h a n F, r I c n Po tl nd h~ b st r had to g d w n ag m It reall I R ail and c t h •e to pick 1t back p W av t arrow mght at the • ports Arena b ketball team. he Tor ros gave the Pilots ever} hmg they could want 1 st mght and. for a long lime th hosts were m com mand Playing at their own patient tempo, the Toreros Jumped on top ear1y, than~ to the outside shootmg of center Dave Heppell and Rusty Whitmar hand the inside play of fo1 ward Gerald Jones. At one point in the first half U Dheld n 2!t-21 lead. But the visitors, combmmg their upenor size and mus- cle 10 1de 1th the ou 1de thrusts of star guard Jo e Slaughter, caught the San D1 gans a minute before inte m1 on, onlv to fall behind 37 33 at the break. •We were·playmg pretty v.ell m the first half, Bartho- lomew ~a d. 'But they really got physical m the second half Thev're the most phy ·1cal team we vc played b\ far People talk ab-Out l F and all those 7-foote b U. F I n t a phy ical as ortland.' With 15·40 to play, the Pilots took the lead for the firs time 45-43, and they never relinquished 1t. It was sllll close wh n Bartholomcv. went out, but Portland se1zed tie moMent and found its f up 65-55 with even mmutes to play It wa then that U D made a gallant charge With Whitmarsh bombmg aw y_ from the outside, the Toreros caught the Pilot at liG-all with 335 remammg. But Slaughter took over, scoring seven of his game-high 23 pomt m rapid order to put the game away "'We did a great job coming back without Bobby (Bar- tholomew) in th re,'' said Brovelli, whose team's overall record fell to 9·10 1-4 in the WCAC "But there at the end we m1 ed three front end of one-and•ones (free throws) and we turned th ball over when we were down by a pomt. '\\ e made a great run. Rusty was just exceptional - both ways We a k him to defend laughter and be makes those big hots for us down t~e stretch. I can t say enough about him" Wh1tmarsh's 18 pomts paced the losers and he was followed by Heppell with 17 and Jones with 14. For the winner . center Bryan Beard followed Slaughter with 17 points. "We had it under control " concluded Brovelh, ''and they came after us They re a good, physical team and t ey_ t! d what they had to do at the end."

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USD Takes On Gonzaga b tholomew, who tore ~er asketball ~orward Bob Bar- T.hursday's game agains?~m~ft t _his right ankle in 1ght's 7:30 p.m. game agar /an ' IS do~btful for to- Arena. ns onzaga 1n the Sports But the injury is less seri th . . . and according to USO train~~sC a~ oriRgmally suspected, mew may be available f aro ~n _yback, Bartholo- Coast Athletic Conferenci~~~ action m tonight's West Brad Levesque a 6 foot 7 e _mg. . mew in the starti~g li-neu~. semor, will replace Bartholo- Gonzaga (11-6) is led b Wagoner who avera e 1y guards Don Baldwin and Tim The Bulldogs' other ~tar~!C:nir;\ 4 points, respectively. and Eddie Taylor and 6-lO ce t 0 °rwards Hugh Hobus • n er uane Bergeson. University of San D

JAN 3 1 1981 Meawnhile, University of San Diego got some good news when it was learned that forward Bob Bartholo- mew's ankle injury is less serious than originally sus- pected. Bartholomew who tore a ligament m his right ankle m Thursday's game against Portland State. may be available for action when USD meets Gonzaga tonight at 7:30 m a West Coast Ath- letic Conference meeting at ther Sports Arena.

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Bartholomew Doubtful for USO From a Times Staff Writer SaSA~ DI,EGO-Bob Bartholomew, the Universit f rat to~i~\~ 1:~~nf g:~!~~i~!;~~u;.gg~~iti~oifur~1 ~rena. Bartholomew suffered torn Ii. . por~ right ankle in Thursday's 77-72 loss to P~!~:;d~ m his

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Bartholomew Hurt Again, USO Falls By AILENE VOISIN Staff Wr,ter, The Son Diego Union

glanced toward trainer Carolyn Ryback a few minutes later, only to receive a shake of the head. Ironically, Ryback initially thought what most of the 1,950 fans in attendance did - that it was Bartholomew's left ankle. the one he tore ligaments in several weeks ago during a practice. "I was being real careful when I was working on his ankle, and then I looked down and thought 'damn,' that's the wrong one." But she suspects this injury could be as serious. With Bartholomew out the last time, USD was de- stroyed by UC Irvine and Pepperdine. Upon his return 10 days later, the Toreros almost defeated Loyola-Marym- ount, beat St. Mary's and dropped a close one 67-64 to USF. "It kind of feels the same way," said Bartholomew, close to tears. "So now I have two bad ankles."

Call it misfortune. Bad breaks. Or just plain bad luck. But when things finally appear to be going the way of Jim Brovelli and his University of San Diego Toreros, some- thing happens. This time, it was Bobby Bartholomew and another inju- r . In fast night's West Coast Athletic Conference home loss to Portland, 77-72, the Toreros again lost their start- ing power forward with susP.ected torn ligaments in his right ankle. He'll be X-rayed today. Bartholomew. the Toreros' leading scorer (15.3) and rebounder (7.2), came down on the ankle after scoring a jump shot with 12:33 remaining. At the time, Portland was threatening to pull away with a second-half spurt. His basket made it 53-49 Portland, but Bartholomew was on the bench for the remainder of the game. Brovelli

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