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DAILY CALIFORNIAN FEB 1 6 1984

LOS ANGELES TIMES FEB 1 6 1984

SAN DIEGO UNION FEB 1 6 1984

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Toreros Host Pepperdine Tonight .te~~DIEGO-The University of San Diego basketball f gms a cnt1cal two.game West Coast Athletic on erence home stand wh . h tonight at 7 30 at the USO S etsnC it osts Pepperdme M' por enter ( 12 _:w~y th rough the WCAC sched~le, the Toreros over t;e 3kS:: ma four-way tie for third place. Wins Saturday ni hte~ tonight and Loyola Marymount on conference 1!ad. ould put USO m contention for the ch~~~}o~}es~~o~ever, ~ould likely end the Toreros' joining the wc.:;:~~J~~&) fira t championship smce USD has don II . the Sports Cen~;iu:~~f;rl~~ Ti:e::dare 10.2 at USD w11I rely heavily .1Jpon all-WCAC f . As usual, , J ges 19 -5 points per game. He is scoring lead. ~t:m::r~~ st rkton for the conference rebounds (7.9) and assists (6a/t leads the Toreros m f double figures Gu~rd G as o~r players averaging m Waves with a 14. 4 s . rant ondrez1ck leads the • conng average. C Whitmarsh who avera tied With ~nza . orward Mike Pepperdme 02-JO 3-3) h

The University of San Diego plays host to several of the nation's top collegiate men's tennis teams today through Sunday in the 11th annual San Diego Intercollegi• ate Invitational Tennis Tournament at USD and San Diego State University. The format for the event, sponsored by The San Diego Union, calls for three sepa- rate elimination tournaments: one combin• ing each team's No. 1 and No. 2 players, another for No. 3 and 4 players, and a third division for No. 5 and 6 players. Three lad• der doubles tournaments also will be held. The University of Southern California, last year's tournament champion, returns a

strong team this year, with Pepperdine and UCLA offering a challenge. Also entered are USD, SDSU, USIU, UCSD, Arizona State, BYU, UC-Irvine, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, Long Beach State, Redlands, UC- Santa Barbara, Chapman and Cal State. Bakersfield. Pepperdine's Kelly Jones, a graduate of Point Loma High, is back to defend the No. 1 singles crown he won in this tournament a year ago. Play will be held all day today and to- morrow on the USD and SDSU courts, with Saturday's finals on USD's west courts. Ad- mission is free.

It's showdown time tonight for Toreros 'l'h Univ r 1ty of San Diego men's basketball 1s in a 'must-wm" situation Another West Coast Athletic Con- f renc.-e lo s and the Torero can kiss the NCAA Division 1 playoff and a WCAC championship goodbye. USO 1s ln a four-way tie with Pepperdine, Gonzaga and Loyola•Marymount 1n league activity at 3-3 St. Mary's I ds th p ck t !>- 1. Santa Clara sits 10 second at 4-2 The Torero ho t P pperdme tonight at 7.30 m the ports C nt r as lh y try to climb the WCAC ladder. Loyola arymount - th only team to beat St. Mary's - vi its turday lipped past Loyola-Marymowit n.75 in overtime and dropped a 67~ dec1s1on to P pperdln USD I led by &-foot•7 all-i!v rything forward Mike Wh1tm r h He I top on th, team in coring (19.0), r bounding (7.9), s i t (6.2) and steal (16). RUMmg m te Anthony Heu s 1s econd m scoring (12.ll and rebounding (6 2). Th Torero played th Wav and Llons on a road tnp two we k ago. USO

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SAN DIEGO UNION FEB l 6 l9&f

Whitmarsh, both 'big' and 'small,' does it all By Bill Center Staff Writer

THE TRIBUNE

"The word is out," Whitmarsh says. "I'm going to drive. So as long as I can pull up and shoot for a high percentage, I'll score." But perhaps the most arresting statistic is that the one-time self-proclaimed "cla - room goof-off' this year has cracked the 3.0 grade-point barrier at USO. "That,' said Whitmarsh, "might be the surprise stat of the season." A good as he is, however, Whitmars has never been a sought-after talent. ~!- though coaches speak highly of Whitmarsh today no one, not even USD's Brovelli, had an inkling of Whitmarsh's skill when he played at Monte V ta High and Grossmont at every level. "Recruited?" Whitmarsh said. ''I sent a lot of letters, got ome invitations out of them to visit places like California, Utah and Hawaii. But no one at the next level bas looked at me the whole of my career, I haven't heard from a pro team yet, but I didn't hear from a team at this level, ei- ther "I'd love to play professionally, but I know I'm not high on anyone's list . . I never have been. So it's going to be gomg out, proving myself again to someone and making the grade. Maybe it's because I've done it before that I feel my best basket• ball is still ahead of me." Whitmarsh admits being puzzled about why more coaches didn't spot his basket- ball talent as he was maturing. "It could have had a lot to do with where and who I played for," he said. "All along, I have played for disciplined coaches. I learned a lot and the teams were always successful, but the individual sometimes ot lost." Whitmarsh was an All-CIF player at onte Vista High for Pete Colonelli, where he averaged 15 points and eight rebounds a game. ''He was the most disciplined coach I played for, and it had advantages and dis- dvantages," Whitmarsh said. "We'd stall nd make a game close when I would have preferred to go for the blowout. "We'd be tentative. I saw it watching my brother (Rusty) play. He was so afraid of making a mistake that he was scared to try to make anything happen." Unrecruited out of high school by anyone larger than Point Loma College, the "skin- ny" Whitmarsh went to Grossmont College and fared poorly in his freshman season. "The coaching situation was in transition, and the team was a shambles," he said. He tried to transfer to USD to join his older brother after his freshman season but didn't have the grades. "I went out a little too often when I should have been study- ing." Coached by Colonelli-disciple Richard Wilkerson as a sophomore at Grossmont College, Whitmarsh, playing guard, aver- aged 18 points and seven rebounds and made the All-South Coast Conference team. Still, the recruiters weren't lined up at his oor College - this desp1t his being an all-star

"I wrote some letters and got some inv1- t.ations, but I came to USO because Brovel- li was interested in me, and Rusty really liked playing for him. I had also learned a lot at Brovelli's camp after my freshman year in college. I didn't even shoot properly until then." Whitmarsh averaged 15.3 points and 5.3 rebounds last year at USD, but it wasn't un ·1 the final six games of the season that he turned it on. He averaged 248 points down the stretch "The last six games of last season gave me all the confidence in the world," he said. "It told me 'You can do it, why hold back?' "

The popular trend in basketball today is to classify forwards as "big," or "power," players, those who bang away on the inside, or as "small" forwards, who shoot from the corners and dnve the baseline. Mike Whitmarsh of the University of San Diego IS neither. He is both. He is also one of San Diego's best-kept basketball secrets today, playing away from radio, television and large crowds. He also is play10g splendidly ''He can do anything you would want a college forward to do," said his coach, Jim Brovelli, of bis all-conference senior. "I guess that just about says it all." On offense, Whitmarsh, blessed "with the best first step" Brovelli has seen, is an ex- cellent driver who has honed a medium- range jumper into an offensive weapon that leaves rivals defenseless. In a recent game at Loyola-Marymount, he scored three three-point plays in a half, and four m the game. Although smaller than most of his peers, at 6-foot-7 and 200 pounds, Whitmarsh has been the leading rebounder m nine of the 21 games he has played this season. Quick? He ranks among the leaders in steals in the West Coast Athletic Conference. "Mike Whitmarsh is the best all-around player we've ever had in this program," said Brovelli. Statistics would bear Brovelli out. Whit- marsh is third in all three of the WCAC's key statistical categories: scoring, re- bounding and assists. But statistics alone aren't enough. "If you let him," said St. Mary's coach Bill Oates, "Whitmarsh will throw a game out of kilter. He's a great driver and he moves excellently without the ball. Defend- ers tend to get caught up with what he can do offensively, which makes him more an- gerous because of his ability to find the open man. ' "Whitmarsh is everything a coach co Id want in a well-rounded player," said Loyo- la-Marymount coach Ed Goorjian. "He's smart and aggressive. He can drive, but he can also pull up and hit the short jumpe•. The keys I've seen is that he seldom forces a shot ... he'll hit the open man, and he moves without the ball." Entering a crucial weekend series at home against Pepperdine (tonight, 7:30, USO Sports Center) and Loyola-Marym- ount (Saturday), the Toreros find them- selves in a four-way tie for third in the WCAC and two games off St. Mary's 5-1 pace. Pepperdine, Loyola-Marymount and Gonzaga also are 3-3. USD i~ 12-9. The Toreros never before played this well as a Division I combatant. They've never before been party to a WCAC race. "Everything comes to a point this week- end," says Brovelli. "Are we a contender, or will we play the role of a spoiler again?" Much eventually comes down to Whit- marsh, who is averaging 19.0 points, 7.9 re- bounds and 6.2 assists per game. He is shooting 53 percent from the noor (fourth in the WCAC) and 71 percent from the foul lineJl0th.

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!11lure watching a college basketball ·otES - Under the Most Improved hould pick Gonzaga. The Teams m the natton category, Basket- Za have played eight games this sea• b.:111 Weekly lists San Diego State as the r. They are 3-5 in those game:;, and 1• 4 1:an is No. 1. Other teams in the West that have been decided by one nclude UC-Irvine (No. 4), Oregon (No. 8) team, you n that have been decided at the buzz• 0 II team in the country Pan Amen- COURT BATTLE - No it wont be earn ID the hopper with an All-America basketball this tune. . But San Diegocandidate, 1s Brigham Young, which has State and the Umvers1ty of San Diegocome out with a four-page pamphlet tbly '-:::::::::::::~~:-~~~-:--"if:spousing the virtues of Devin Dunant. ID gam point nd Santa Clara (No. 10). .. The leader n the clubhouse, or at least the first ,

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USDBeatsWaves for First Time in Four Years, 56-55 By MARC APPLEMAN, Times Staff Writer SAN DIEGO-When the University of San Diego called timeout with 50 seconds to play in Thursday night's West Coast Athletic Conference game against Pepperdine, guard John Prunty was told to try to get the ball to his backcourt partner Al Moscatel. After all, Moscatel had hit 7 of 11 long range ;ump shots to keep the Toreros in the game against Pepperdine. Prunty had missed his only shot of the night. ' So what happened? The Toreros worked the ball around the perimeter and finally got the ball to Moscatel with IO seconds to play. The 6-2 sophomore went up in the air and found himself double teamed. At the very last moment, he passed to Prunty, who made a 20-footer from the left side of the foul line to give the Toreros a 56-55 lead with eight seconds to play. When Pepperdine guard Mark Wilson missed the front end of a one-and-one with two seconds to play, a crowd of 1,600 at the Sports Center went wild and USD had its first win over the Waves in four years with a 56-55 victory. "It's been a long time coming," USD Coach Jim Brovelli said. "I kept telling the kids to stay up and remain confident and our turn would come." It came after the Toreros had dropped eight straight to the Waves, including a 67-64 decision at Malibu earlier this season. Three of those losses came on last second shots in games played at the Sports Center. Pepperdine won 61-58 Iast year, 63-61 in 1982 and 64-63 in 1981. And when Pepperdine forward Dwayne Polee made both ends of a one-and-one to give the Waves a 55-52 lead with 1,30 to play, Brovelli envisioned another heartbreaking ending to what has become a familiar script. However, Moscatel, who came off the bench to score a team high 16 points, hit a long jumper from the right side of the key to cut the Waves lead to 55-54. Pepperdine guard Grant Gondrezick dribbled the ball off his foot when he was double teamed in the backcourt and Mike Whitmarsh recovered the loose ball to give the Toreros possession with 50 seconds to play, "It was at that point that I told the team to take its time," Brovelli said. "I wanted to go for the last shot to win the game unless we had a wide open shot. "Fortunately, Moscatel had enough insight to make the pass to Prunty." Moscatel, "That was probably the highest I've ever jumped when I got that pass off. John and I have good court sense between us and I knew where he'd be." Prunty, the only four-year player on the team, said it was it was definitely his most exciting moment in college. The 6-0 guard had an opportunity to make the final shot because his team took a first half lead and then maintained its poise when Pepperdine retook the lead in the second half. Moscatel and Whitmarsh, who finished with 14 points, scored 10 apiece m the first half to give USD a 34-31 lead at halftime. The Toreros made 59% of their shots from the floor, whereas Pepperdine, Jed by Victor Anger's 14 points, shot only 41 %. Pepperdine made 10 free throws to USD's two to stay close at the half. The Waves took a four point lead on several occasions in the second half, but USD forward Anthony Reuss, who hit all six of his field goal attempts, scored 10 points on inside moves to pace the Toreros. Reuss finished with 14 points and Mark Bostic added eight for USO. Anger scored 20 and Wilson had 14 for Pepperdine.

. . so they don't like basketball m the uth, right? Wrong. When Auburn layed the University of Alabama at B rmingham there were 16,803 watch• ng, which was the largest crowd in the tory of that state for a game between wo m-state schools .. . And the beat oes on. Two former West Virginia Um- d Kerry Marbury - have been added 0 the ranks of those connected in some ay with a drug scandal. They were g 39 people recently indicted m QUOTE OF THE WEEK - "I'm from he old school when it comes to the rest f the season. We'll just take them one at a time from here and hope to develop ·ome consistency." Kansas State cocab Jack Hartman (Bill Pinellas College No~epad appears every Thursday in The Tribune.) ers1ty football players - John Adams

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The Aztecs open their women's _soft• th ball season the next day, entertamm 1ich1gan. The Wolvennes were 32· 27 a year ago and the Aztec 18-21. The Az• tees are led by Katie Murphy, who hi sosu·s women's gymnas! 1cs team ! 8 3-4 after beating • ew ~eXJco. Jeanme Clark, who had a 36.65 point total agamst UNM, will lead SDSU agamS t PAC-I0 UPDATE - With 11 games down and seven to go, the Washingt_on Hu kies are leading the conference with l0-1 record. But that lead over both r on schools IS not safe, accordmg to re" n tate coach Ralph Miller. "I n1 n l g ha n settled m the conference race yet, 1fIle id " ht now Washington is in the driver s t, but if you look at it systematically, Huskies are one game up and have a f tough road game to go yet." e Huskies are about as comfortable he driver's seat as Ricky Rudd was 1 weekend at Daytona. They have v o Pac-10 games left. five on the road, mcludmg a difficult trip to Oregon State tonight Don't laugh, but remem• ber not to count out UCLA. 242 last season. . Al'iD THE Wil'iNER IS •.. - USC is the choice of The Sporting News as the · ner in college football's annual sign- mg derby. USC signed eight players on ~he ,porting New ' list of the top 100 high school football recruits in the country. Among the highly regarded players 1gnmg with the Trojans were runamg back Ryan Knight of Riverside, tight end Martin Chesley of Washmgtoh, D.C., and quarterback odney Peete of Over• Notre Dame signed six of the players on The Sporting News' elite list and Ala- land Park. Kan.

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COLLEGE NOTEPAD Akeem Abdul OJ 1uwoo arrived ,n Houston , 1 h c II Lewis from the airport and wa told by Gu , "Ya'll take a taxi.") Up the r.oa t, Wa hm ton I cn11te couple of West Germans and he Husk1e • are leading the Pac-10 mainly with the help of the European Dt't ef Scbrempf 1s averagmg 12.9 points a 8 4 rebound per game, and Cbr We is scoring 9 8 points per ame and gra bing 59 rebounds. They join fellow West Germans Uwe Blab, a part-time starter at Indiana and Peter Scbomers, a ubstitute at Rice Ind ed, there are players m the college rank~ from Canada. Turkey, Liberia, the Virgm Islands, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Domimcan Republic, Israel, Greece, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Senegal, Sudan and the Netherland So much for recruiting Idaho DOlN' THE CURLY - Chapman Col- Jege's basketball team pulled a Three Stooge~ routme over the weekend. Coach Walt Hazzard had Just f1mshed his pre-game speech, looked up at his team and said, "Let's go get 'em." Hazzard said. "but the knob wouldn't While Chapman opponent, Cal Poly• San Lms Obispo, and the fans waited, the Chapman players were pounding on the door waiting to be let out. It took three maintenan e workers 33 minutes to open the door. The game tarted 45 minutes late and Chapman won its 17th straight game 69·64. "The player rushed for the door,"

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THE TRIBUNE fEB 7 1984

USO. Basketball, the Torcms play Pepperdme, Thursday, February 16, and Loyola Marymount, Satur• day, February 18, 7:30 p.m., USO Sports Center, Linda Vista Road, Alcala Park. 291-6480 x4272.

SanDiego Notepad

Toreras take step toward winning year If the University of San Diego women's basketball team manages a winning record this season, it well may point to last night's game against UC-Irvine as the key.

Behind most of the game, the Toreras took the lead with five minutes to play and went on to a 63-58 victory at the USD Sports Center. USD was led by Lori Morris and Jill Bradley, who each had 14 points. It was Bradley's basket from short range that put San Diego up for good. USD. which never has compiled a winning mark in Division I play, improved its record to 13-12. Irvine dropped to 18-6. USD plays Nevada-Las Vegas tonight at 7:30 in the USD Sports Center.

FEB l 'l 1984

fi4'1eAn.Qele& ~\mee USD Women Upset UC Irvine, 63-58 Guard Lon Morris and forward Jill Bradley scored 14 pomts apiece Thursday night to lead the University of San Diego to a 63-58 upset victory over UC Irvine in a nonconference basketball game in San Diego. The victory improved the Toreros record to 13-12. Sophomore center Cheri Graham scored 21 points and added 16 rebounds and 10 blocked shots for the Anteaters {18-6)