News Scrapbook 1981-1982

b 12 198 Santa Clara rolls past USD; USIU loses to Eas~ern Illinois

At Char leston, Ill., Vincent Smelter's 18 points led five Eastern Illinois double-figure scorers as the Panthers downed U.S. International, 83-77, Thursday night. It was the fourth straight wln for Eastern Illinois, which upped Its record to 10-11. USIU, which was led by Charlie Smith's 25 points, dropped to 9-17. Eastern shot 80 percent in the second half to break a 41-41 tie at the intermission. Eastern Illinois' Kevin Jones converted a three-point play with 1: 17 left to give the Panthers a comfortable 78-73 lead. Eastern Illinois scored the rest of its poi.its on free throws to

when Vanos came off the bench. He has the potential to become a great player in this conference." Michael Norman added 12 points for Santa Clara while Harold Keeling had 10 points. USD 's Gerald Jones and Jim Bateman each scored 13 points . They also topped the Toreros in rebounds with seven apiece. Jones, who picked up three fouls in the space of one minute, fouled out with 11 minutes to play. Santa Clara, which held a 34-17 lead at halftime in the one-sided game, extended its record to 13-8 over- all and 4-4 in WCAC play. USD dropped to 9-11 overall and 2-6 in league play.

anta Clar center Nick Vanos scored 16 points to pace the Broncos to a home court 611-48 romp over USO In a West Coast Athletic Conference game Thur day night. USO trailed by only a point, 12·11, early ln the game, but the hosts spurted to a 30·14 advantage befor settling for a 34-17 halftime lead. Vanos, who has averaged just four points a game ln his care rat Santa Clara, added seven rebounds to his point total In 25 minutes of playing time. "We couldn't handle him," USD Coach Jim BrOVlll· II said . " That was the turning point of the game,

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SAN DIEGO UN ION F£B I 3 1982 Talented, Erratic USF ~oad Foe For Toreros B) BILL CE TER Stoff Wrl'er, The San Diego Un,on SA FRA, 'CISCO - It is a name :i soc1atJon that bothers rival coaches the first thing that comes Outside of UCLA, USF is the wests ranking ba ketball power. It ha pro- duced I 7 All-American: It ha al- ready clinchM a eventh . tra1ght 20- win season th 1s that. on paper, USF might have one of its best teams ever. Gua rd Quijtin Dailey Ls a n All - Ame n can. The 6-foot-3 Junior 1s the nation's fifth-leading corer at 24.2 points a game and I a 53 percent

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For one of t he few times in recent memory, however. the strength of USF 1s being questioned m a nnmber of circle·. Gomg mto the stretch, USF fi nds itself t..., o games off Pepperdine · WCAC leading pace. The Dons have twice beaten the league's last-place club b a total of three points, once gomg two overtimes to do 11. Part of the problem 1s mtensit) USF might be one of the most talent ed teams in the nation. But 1t doesn't often show Even l1SF Coach Pete Barn admit as much San Franci. co now sports a 20-4 record. But half the Joss s have come in WCAC play. Unbeaten Pepperdine fired a warning shot when confer- ence play opened by running USF mto a 102 91 Joss. Last week USF lost to Santa Clara 77-75 after dropping a no -conference. 75-66 decision to un- ermann d Notre Dame. The really discouraging part of

to mind with mention of the West Coast Athletic Conference is the Uni- versity of San Francisco. It does not work the other way around. "To many people throughout the nation, WCAC basketball 1s still USF:· says Vniver'ity of San Diego Coad, Jim Brovelli, whose Toreros visit the 17th-ranked Dons tonight. There I tradition beh nd the Dons' position of respect l SF was t he na- tion's fl t power when college bas- ketball m rg d from the scandal- ndden early 1950s. This 1s the univer- sit of Bill Ru · ell. 60 straight wins and back-to-back NCAA titles r1tl USF nc\·er dropped the ba II. The rogr~m Iias endured at the top of e WCAC forever - with 15 WC AC till i ncluding the last fl\·e. In the WCAC. USF wins 75 percent of the hme and is a perennial visitor to post-season playoffs.

shooter from the floor. He 1s one of the be t I ve ever seen, sa>s Brovel h. Dailey ran No. 3 on USF's all- tJ.Ine list of scorers and still has a !:ea on to go 1f he chooses to pa~ up the NBA. And there 1s a tower m the nuddle m 7-foot, 245-pound Wallace Brya nt who 1s averaging 15.6 pomts and 11.2 rebounds a game. The supporting ca t led by John Hegwood '13 points, 7 rebounds) and Ken McAILter (11.6. 5 0) 1s strong The sum of LSF is not as good as its parts., said one WCAC coach ··Th y could be great. But if you take a close look at what they do ... well, ,rs not tournament basketball.' Tournament basketball I as been the dov. nfall of USF in rl'cent sea sons. The Dons haven't gotten beyond the second round m four years. "Great teams say Bro\ ellt. "But a puzzle.'

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TOREROS TOPPLED/ Santa Clara center Nick Vanos scored 16 points to pace the Broncos to a . 65-48 romp over visiting University of San Diego in a ~est Co!1st Athletic Conference game Thursday mght. Michael Norman added 12 points for Santa Oara. USD's Gerald Jones and Jim Bateman each scored 13 points. Torero Rusty Whitmarsh was held to a season-low three points. Santa Oara extended its record to 13-8 overall and 4-4 in WCAC play. USD d~~pped to 9-1~ ove_rall and 2-6 in league play. USD v1s1ts the University of San Francisco Saturday , night.

USD LOSES/ The 17th-ranked San Francisco Dons made all eight of their foul shots. the last four by Eric Slayma ker. in the second overtime and pulled out a 75-69 West Coast Athletic Conference victory over San Diego Saturday night in San Francisco . It was the Dons' second double-overtime victory of the season . The score was 61-61 at the end of regulation and the Dons had a 65-61 lead with 3:30 left in the first overtime. But San Diego's J im Bateman, who had a game-high 24 points, hit two free throws and a driving layup to tie the score at 65- all. creating the second overtime. The layup came with 10 seconds left. San Diego dropped to 2-7 in the WCAC and 9-12 overall . USF improved to 21-4 for the season and 7-2 in the WCAC.

TI MES-ADVOCATE f'EB 1 9 Toreros lose at buzzer SAN DIEGO (AP) Reserve guard Mark Wil- son scored Pepperdine's final seven points, includ- ing a 19-foot jump shot from the top of the key with one second remain- Ing Thursday night, giv- ing the Waves a 63-61 West Coast Athletic Con- ference basketball victo- ry overUSD. The triumph boosted the Waves' perfect WCAC record to 10-0 and their overall mark to 17-6. Wilson, a sophomore from Compton, hadn't scored until he got hot near the end of the game. He had three long jump- ers and a free throw In the final five minutes. Wilson had tied the game at 61 when he hit a jumper with 2:50 to go. USD turned the ball over shortly after that and Pepperdlne ran down the clock until Wilson con- nected on his game- winner. Forward Bill Sadler led the Waves with 16 points. Orlando Phillips, Boot Bond and Dane Suttle added 12 points apiece for Pepperdine. Phillips led his team in rebounding with five.

UP FOR THE GAME - University of San Diego's R hlgh in the air in an all-out attempt to block shot of Pepper- dm s Boot Bond during la t mght's game. USD lost on Jast-secoml hot, 63-61. Story, F-3 - Tribune photo by John Gibbins ty Whitmarsh (~2)

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ALL-ACADEMIC BASKETBALL HONORS .- D~vid Heppell, a senior cen- ter at Umvers1ty of San Diego had th top grade-point average among the 1~ players selected to the 1982 District 8 All-~cademic basketball team with a 3,93 m accounting.