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SAN DIEGO UNION JAN 3 1984 Whitmarsh honored Alisociated Preu SAN FRANCISCO - University of San Diego forward Mike Whitmarsh and Gon- zaga University guard John Stockton were named basketball players of the week yes- terday by the West Coast Athletic Confer- ence. Whitmarsh, a senior from San Diego, was named most valuable player in the Wolf Pack Classic in Reno last week. Stockton, a senior from Spokane, led Gonzaga to a third-place finish in last week's Far West Classic, in which he was named most valuable player.
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Anthony Heuss is econd m scormg at 11.6. and Mark Bostic 1s third at "But he can't do 11 alone, that's too much of a load to put on his shoul- ders," said Brovelh.
. :Vhich is fortuitous, 1 ~c~u;~ Vtnos O O 00 He's listed at 255 pounds but 1f the wiry Junior were forcced to re Y1 d 0 ~t be,s po wer game Santa Iara wou n 14-5 with 12 v,ctones m 1 s as games This is not to deny the excel- Jenee of Bronco guard Harold Keel- fourth m th WCAC with a 16.7- no~~t avera e or forward cott Lamson Butgthe Toreros have seen hot-shootmg guards and persistent small forwards. A 7-footer with a mean turn-around Jumper is some- "What makes him most effective is that he has an extra-soft t,?uc~. said USD coach Jim Brovell_i Hes a big g~y who can sc~re. Its very, very difficult, to de!1,,, him the ball, be- 1sn t as powerful as a • ers. · ' I h' · • · · ·1 J t 14 in · · thmg new. " Vanos is fifth In the league m scor- mg with a 16.1 average and second m b b cause s so •g
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"We're basically a share-the- Ith team,, said Williams "but we like to search the post and if some- thmg s there, we II ~o to 1t. . Something. meanmg Vanos, IS usu- wea , • , , . ,, Except Thursday night at St. Mary's. The Gaels' Ken Jones held Vanos to eight points and five re- bounds to help pull off an 81-68 upset. "Some n1·ghts they can shut him down and other guys can pick up the Brovelli was pleased to see the Gaels stop Vanos with a tight man- to-man defense, especially smce he had planned to go heavy on t e man- tonight. Unfortunately, his h to-man ally there. I k • d w·11· ms ' ia "St Mary's s ac • sa1 . . shut everyone down."
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"We'll probably mix ,t up a little, "I felt that Vanos was really going to be crucial if we co;b con ro '~ d " ·dB 11· man-to-man an zone, sa, rove . . Id t h' help because he has the size. No:,v we'll hav~ to start Ma~10. But Mano I and I thought ScoU ompson wou games as a freshman ast season, m- eluding the Toreros' 79-64 loss at Santa Clara.. In t a game, scored 15 pomts and had seven re- bounds; Coronado did not score. Still, Coronado is confident he'll be able to handle Vanos tonight. "We've been working on the man- to-man in practice, and that's what ., said Coronado av- anos 'II be I . h t v did play him last year. Coronado started 1 1 0 conferen_ce
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TIMES-ADVOCATE JAN 3 1984 Basketball: Whitmarsh paces USO • Mike Whit~arsh recorded game highs of 26 points and 7 assists and Anthony Reus• added ca- reer highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Univer- sity of San Diego beat Idaho, 92-64, in a nonconfer- ence basketball game Monday night at USD Th Toreros have won six of seven games at horn~ thi! season to raise their overall record to 7.5 Id h dropped to 5-5. • a o
WHl"'fMARSH HONORED/ Led b 6- foo_t-7 senior forward standout Mike Whitmarsh ythe Un1vers1ty of San Diego men's basketball t~am v~ndahzed the University of Idaho 92-64 Monda night In the Toreros ' Sports Center. Whitmarsh had r game-high 26 points (11 of 14 from the floor) and seven assists as USD raised its record to 7-5. He also grabbed seven rebounds Earlier he was named the West Coas~ Athletic Conference's co-player of the week_for his performances in last JNeek's Wolfpack <::Jass1c in Nevada . Anthony Reuss hauled in a game- high 11 rebounds and scored 17 points in Monday's game. 7
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" W played our worst game of the year," Torcro coach Jim Rrovelli said after watch- mg his troups get whipped by San Diego State 61-47 Thursday night m th Sporl~ Arena. "We were beaten soundly " True Th Aztecs took a 2.1-12 lead with 945 left m the fir t half off a Michael Kennedy slam and the Toreros nev r threatened after that. San Diego State 1s 9 3. USD, which hosts
"In the second half we went out and knew what we had to do. We got some improvement and executed in the second half. But we had zero execution in the first half We lost our heads." · problems early in the game. "We were tryi_ng to prevent Cage from getting the ball, and we _were trymg to trap down on him when he got it " Brov~ll1 said. '_'But we didn't have a chance to do that in the first 10 minutes because he got the ball where he want~. We were out of position. We did a very poor J·ob defensively. "_We_ changed our normal style of play from the begmmng. _You can call it intimidation. I call it a Jack of concentration. We were standing around on the defensive end. Once we got behind we were trying to hurry out shots. We got behind eight points and started rushing. One guy took a bad shot, then another guy took a bad shot It was a snowballing effect. · on:.~~ wasn't a game," he concluded, "we didn't make it Brovelli pointed to the defense which caused the
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hings Change for the Better for Toreros USD Rolls Past Idaho, 92-64, and Sets Up Oash Against Aztecs
TOREROS CRUil E - Forward Mike Whitmarsh was na1ed West Coast Athletic Conference co-player of the "'.ee yesterday and then went out and scored a ame- h1_gh 26 points last rugbt to lead the University ! San ~1:0 t~ 92-64 non-conference basketball win over I c USO Sports Center. Whitmarsh a 6-foot-7 semor from Monte Vista High School via Grossmont Co1- l~ge, hit I of 14 shots from the field and four of five free I rows He also grabbed seven rebounds and handed out ven a ists_ The Toreros increased their record to 7-5 Dw~d 8tunmg up for Thursday night's match with San icgo teat th Sports Arena. -~------~--J . o a
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By TIMGILLMAN. Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-One indication of how much things have changed for the University of San Diego basketball team since its season opener is tiiat 6-9 Mario Coronado, who was the original starting center, didn't get into onday night's game at the Sports Center until a mere 2'50 remained. An indication of how much the Toreros have Improved was the way they dismantled the University of Idaho, 92-64, before a crowd of about 300. Part of that improvement can be traced to the play of f,co t Thompson, the 6-11 freshman who replaced oronado. "Thompson is improving with every game," Coach im BroveUi said. "He's coming along real well." But Thompson didn't single-handedly beat Idaho (5-5) with his 10 points and nine rebounds. All-West Coast Athletic Conference forward Mike Whitmarsh scored 26 and Mark Bostic added 18. Forward Anthony Reuss had 17 points and 11 rebounds. "We played good defense in the first half," said Brovelli, whose team is off to its quickest start ince Joining DiVision 1. "Bostic played real well. Whitrm-!Sh played well as always. Reuss is rE:ally laking off on the boards. He's getting everything that's in the air_" USO took the lead for good three minutes into play on a Bostic field goal and continually increased the margin, mounting a 42-25 halftime advantage. Bostic, a guard ho had 10 first-half points, scored on a dunk off a fostbreak with 12,42 remaining in the half to give USD a 20- 11 advantage, prompting Idaho Coach Bill Trumbo to cell a timeout It didn't help. Another Bostic field goal plus four
points by Reuss staked USO to a 26-13 lead With seven minutes left. Brovelli used four substitutes in the late minutes of the first half, but the advantage still climbed to 17, which illustrated the strength of the Toreros' bench. Idaho was led by Freeman Watkins, who scored 16 points, and Stan Arnold, who had 11. USO will really get to see how improved it really is on Thursday night when it faces city rival San Diego State (7-3) at the Sports Arena USD (7-5) hasn't beaten San· Diego State since the 1976-77 season, when USO played in Division 2. The Toreros, a Division 1 team since the 1979-80 season, take their strongest team ever into the game against the Aztecs. For one upperclassman, the next game is the big one. "If we don't win another game this year J want us to win this one," Whitmarsh said. However, Brovelli isn't as adamant about the San Diego State game. "I'm really glad we're playing well because our conference schedule starts in two weeks," Brovelli said.. "State is an excellent team. (Forward Michael) Cage is an -American; as fine a basketball player as we will see, We'll need a total team effort to wm." 'Nhitmarsh said USO will likely use a wne defense agamst the Aztets since no one player can handle Cage. USD has three new players in the starting lineup since last season when it lost to SDSU by two points. Besides Thompson and Bostic, there's junior college transfer guard Chris Carr, who finished with three points
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USD Wallops Idaho, 92-64 By Chris Wildermuth, Special to The Union On ·paper, it was a perfect matchup. But on the_court, the University of San Diego proved too overpowermg for Idaho as the Toreros raced to a 92-64 victory before 468 fans at the Sports Center last night. USD went into the game with a 6-5 record and Idaho was 5-4. The players' heights w~re ne~rly e~en, and both teams were averaging in the m1d-70s m sconng. So much for averages. Mike Whitmarsh of USO put in 26 points to lead all scorers. The 6-7 senior forward, yesterday named co-West Coast Athletic Conference player of the week, hit 11 of 14 from the field and 4 of 5 from the line, pulled in seven rebounds and dished out seven assists. Anthony Reuss made the difference _early _for ~he Toreros. USO and Idaho exchanged points m the first five minutes. With USO leading 12-9, the 6-7 Reuss hit from 10 feet then stuffed a two-handed dunk after a Stan Arnold stea'i. Reuss was then fouled on a third shot attempt, sinking both free throws as the Toreros took an 18-9 lead and never looked back. "Anthony (Reuss) is really playing with co~fidence," USD coach Jim Brovelli said_ "We've been gettmg a bet- ter performance from him each game." After leading 42-25 at the half, USO maintained a _20- point margin throughout most of the second half, workmg the ball around. The Toreros shot 62 percent from the floor in the second half and 59.7 for the game. Idaho shot only 42 percent in the first half, 48.3 percent overall. The Toreros outrebounded their opponents 36-30, and Idaho gave up the ball 21 times to USD's 13. "We played well," Brovelli said. "We were very strong right down the line tonight. We are really eoming along well. They play quick and can shoot, but we had a good defensive first half. "I think this is a better team than we have been over the years. Before, we used to drop off in the talent off the 'bench. Now we have more transition baskets than in past years." USO plays San Diego State Thursday night at the Sports Arena for the Mayor's Trophy. "State's an excellent team," Brovelli said. Last year, the teams battled throughout with SDSU taking a 48-46 victory.
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