News Scrapbook 1982-1984

EVENING TRIBUNE

EVENING TRIBUNE

1983

JAN 3

JAN 5 1983 Patient oreros le

San Diego, Monday,

San Diego Notepad USIU, USD 'reopen' basketball season at home Area coll ge basketball action resume tomorrow night with U.S Internat10nal

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ByT.R. Remman Tribune Sportswriter

gues. my time had com It came with 13:48 left In the game, whe U D trailed 42-34 T ugh th next 3 2 mmutes apener scored eight of 10 Torero points with a layup and three bombs and tied the score 44-44 on a 25-footer. When the Eagles went to a man to-man USD shifted into a spread offense. Roberts then took a pass on the high post and cut to the hoop. For awhile it looked like one of those speeded-up time-lapse films taken of a freeway at rush hour. "They've got confidence in that offense," said Brovelli. "We dont have great ball skills. I don't let 'em dribble. They Just get it and go It worked pretty well." Whitmarsh scored seven points on layups and a free throw off that scheme, and, when he was low-bridged and Capener hit two free throws in his place, USD finally had

"It just wasn't a very good game early," said USO Coach Jim Brovelli after his team beat Oklahoma Chris tian College 70-61 last night. 'We came out flat in both halves, played poorly, f nd ourselves behind and battled back. This team has done 1t all year. But I'd like to have a IO-point lead at some point." For the first five minutes or so of both halves I t night, the University of San Diego looked almost as interesting, and interested, as the USD gym in which it was playing And OCC, last year's NAIA champion, looked like the team it was - one that had gotten in from a two-game trip to Hawaii in the wee hours of yesterday morning. Things picked up eventually, but you had to be as pa tient as USD is almost all of the time. The Torero didn't score a field goal until 6:39 into the game, and OCC cored eight straight to open the second half. But some very solid defense and an impressive motion offense finally gave USD a record of 6-6. USD had a 10-pomt lead once, late, but who knows what they'd do with one much carher than that? They ve had them at times earlier this season but our of the Toreros' six wins have been by four points or less and in three of those they've trailed with Jes than a minute to play ''We've gotten to lhe poin where we know we can be m it at the end," explained Brovelli 'Its just a matter o doing the ttungs we have do to v. m. Tonight w v got ahead we really did them. I think we're startmg to learn how to play with a lead. They might never have gotten the lead if OCC had been playing with a full deck. Norvell Brown, a 6-foot-6 for- ward, a first-team NAIA All-American last year who was averaging a team-high 19.5 pomts this year, was cut from the team in Hawaii. No further explanation was forth- coming from the OCC staff As it was, USD might have folded had it not turned up a full house with forw rds Mike Whitmarsh. Robby Roberts and Dan Capener. They ended up with 16, 15 and 14 point , respectively, and guard John Prunty added 10. Capener came into the game shooting 38.7 percent and averaging 4.7 pomts. No great stats for somebody who's supposed to be one of USD's designated hit men. But last night he made six of 10 shots from the field, four from 15 feet or more. "All year when we've played against zones I've felt it was my calling to make them come out," said the 6-5 forward. "Tonight it was pretty much the same thing. I

SAN DIEGO UNION JAN 4 lS8,3. Toreros Await Flight Of Eagles Oklahoma Christian College. For the record, they are the Eagl from Oklahoma City, members of the Sooner Athletic Con- ference. third-place finish at the Big Blue Classic at Utah State.

Univcr ity and University of San Diego both scheduled for gam s on their home courts. U Ill' Gull·, with only one wm in their hr t 14 games, open a more favorable sec- ond ha If of the season as far as home games are concerned with an 8 Pm. conic t again t Chapman College (8-4) at Mira Mesa High USIU which play nine of its last 14 gam s at the Mira ~esa facility continues to be paced by Nigel Lloyd, who I averag- ing 23.1 points per game Lloyd has been hitting 52.l percent of his held goal at- tempts and 85.7 pt•rc nt on free throws. Meanwhile the Torcros shoot for a .500 record wh n ihey host Oklahoma Chri tian with a 730 tipoff USO (5-6) hasn't played mce defeating Idaho State 71-68 for third place in the Big Blue Tournament Wednes- da ni11:ht in Lo11:an, Utah______

''We're improvmg," said Torero coach Jim Brovelli. ''We've played well enough to be 6-5 or 7-4. We're starting to meld. I thought we played an outstanding secon_d half in a loss to a Utah State team that 1s 10-1 in the first round of the Big Blue tour- nev." Brovelli praised the recent improvement of forwards Rusty Whitmarsh (first team all-tournament in Utah). Anthony Reuss, Dave Mclver and Robby Roberts and the play of point guard Rich Davis .

OCC (13-2) also is one of the top small college basketball teams in America, cur- rently ranked second by the National Asso- ciation of Intercollegiate Athletics. Tonight the Eagles will visit the Univer- sity of San Diego al 7:30 in Alcala Park. Last year the Eagles compiled a 33-J record and spent most of this season ranked No. 1 by the NAIA. OCC features 6- 11 Kenneth Orange (17.3 points, 8.6 re- bounds), 6-9 Ron Webb (16.5 points. 9.7 re- bounds), 6-6 Norvell Brown (19.5 points, 7 .4 rebounds) and 6-3 guard Kelly Jobe (11.4 points, 9.8 assists). USD has a 5-6 mark and is coming off a

Davis is USD's leading scorer with 11.9 points a game. Whitmarsh is second at 10.4, followed by Roberts (8.6 plus 7.2 rebounds), Brian Setencich (8.3) and guard John Prun- ty 17.5). - Bill Center ...__--------------~~-----

TIMES-ADVOCATE JAN 5 19B3

DAN CAPENER 15 points

ROBBY ROBERTS 14 points

its JO-point lead 59-49, with 317 to play Kenneth Orange, OCC's 6-11 center scored 23 pomts, had nine rebounds and three blocked shots in as fine a performance as USD has seen all year. 'It Just goes to show that when you've got a bona fide player who can shoot, rebound and block shots you can have a good team," said a smiling Brovelli. "So I guess that means we re only one player away, nght?" It was a mght for Joking around at USD. The Toreros -------~----~--~--

Basketball: USD rallies for win • Guard Don Capener scored all of his 14 points in the second hall Tuesday night, rallying the Universi- ty of San Diego to a 70-61 college basketball victory over Oklahoma Christian College. The non-confer- ence victory lifted USD's record to 6-6, while OC'C dropped to 14:~

1983

JAN 5

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·There are no cas games " Brovel'1 said. "The talent lS spread out everywhere USD s 6 6. It play$ tw ce again before 1t opens Its West Coast Athletic Conference l!eason at home agamst St. Marys College Jan. 21.

Staff Writer

t ll 13 tied the gam , 42-42. But the T ero dn t break the gam open until for ward M1k Wh mar h n arty br kl' h1 hip with 3 17 I ft Whitmarsh drovl' f r a layup a d re • but his hang tj.ne allowed an Eagl p ayer t get und h m. Whit 1harsh crashed tQ the fioor and 1mmed1ately grabbed his 11 pm pam He was carried to the locker room C pener, who had taken a short hi tus on the benc~, me m rep c Whit rsh and made both of them- nt ona foul free throws That four po nt play pu the Toreros up, 59-49, and t 1e visitors were never clo•e again. Torero cen er Robby Roberts led USO with 16 pomts d IO rebounds while Whit1 Jrsh had 15 points and r ve rebounds. Guard John Prunty, who helped spark a

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1981

JAN 5

C-2 THE SAN DIEGO UNION 0 T.oreros Get Even As Hot Capener Singes The Eagles (Continued from C-1) "I knew I was on tonight," Capener said after the Toreros balanced their record at 6-6 against an OCC club that is 14-4 against lesser competition. "I knew it when I missed my first shot. I'm a rhythm and streak shooter. When I released my first shot, I knew this would be the night. It felt good." Capener scored all 14 of his points in the second half while Robby Roberts was scoring 10 and Mike Whitmarsh was adding 9 before being hurt on a flagrant foul as the Toreros overpowered an OCC clab that had shot its way to fast starts in both halves. "We didn't get off well al the start of the game (USO was down 10-3 and didn't get a field goal until forward Anthony Reuss came. off the bench to hit a five-footer after more than 6½ minutes had expired) or at the begin- ning of the second half (OCC scored the first eight points of the second half)," said USD Coach Jim Brovelli. "But we kept our poise and hit some good shots to get back into it. We got a big lift from Capener, who has really been struggling." As a sophomore last season, Capener hit 43 percent as Brovelli's designated shooter, being inserted into games when the Toreros needed a quick offensive lift. While he's starting this year as the wing guard, the Torrey Pines High product has been ineffective as a shooter. "When he's on, his shooting gives us a lift," said Brovel- li. "We need it." per ec example. Capener hit tour straight jumpers around a Whitmarsh baseline jumper as USD started its rally with a 10-3 run to get to within a point at 45-44. After Rich Davis hit a jumper from the lane, the Toreros took the lead for good at 48-47 when Whitmarsh scored on a 3-on-l fast-break pass from Roberts. Roberts then tipped in Capener's lone miss of the second half and Whitmarsh hit a backdoor-play layin to shoot the Toreros to a five-point lead. Now the Toreros were on a roll. And they capped the explosion with one of the season's fanciest plays and po- tentially one of the game's most dangerous. First, Roberts, who has had problems at times, negoti- ated a behind-the-back dribble in the lane and scored a twisting layin around OCC's 6-foot-11 Kenneth Orange to put USO up by six and the game all but beyond the Eagle's reach. Then USO got a basket and a pair of free throws on a play that saw Whitmarsh scored a layin then have his legs knocked out from under him while he was still in the air. OCC's Ron Webb was ejected from the game for the foul. After Whitmarsh was helped from the floor, Capener sank the two free throws to put USD up by 10. Whitmarsh suffered deep bruises to his lower back and right shoul- der Roberts paced the Toreros with 16 points, 10 rebounds and four assists while operating against Orange, who had a game-high 23 points and nine rebounds. Whitmarsh fin- ished with 15 points and five rebounds while Capener had 14 points and guard John Prunty, who gave the Toreros a first-half lift with his outside shooting, had 10 points. OCC, playing without NAIA All-American Norvell Brown, also got 12 points from guard Kelly Jobe. r;a

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DAILY CALIFORNIAN JAN 5 1983

KETBA L/ Guard Don Capener ints in the eeond half Tuesday -of San Diego to a 70-61

USO BAS scored all of hts 14 po_

night, rallyingoir\um;4g~~ltt1an College at the USO victory over a om rlt d USD's record to 6- 6 sports Center.1:h~ victory 1 to 14-4. Oklahoma Oklahoma Christian dro~r:i4 halfttme lead, but Christtan had_ taken .\t urn shols during a 25-7

The Son Diego Union/George Smith USD's Anthony Reuss. gets his shot away despite blocking foul by Eagle Ron Webb. Capener Gets Hot; USD Gets Even By BILL CENTER Slaff Wrtter, The San Diego Union Don Capener shoots the jump shot the way the Lean- game shooting just 38.7 percent from the floor. But against Oklahoma Christian College last night, Ca- pener found the range to pace a second-half Torero surge that carried the hosts to a 70-61 victory at the USD Sports Center. ing Tower of Pisa defies gravity. Balance has nothing to do with it.

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Capener hit five straight bombs from beyond 15 feet to pace a 25-7 USD blitz midway through the last half that enabled the Toreros to overcome a 42-34 deficit against the nation's second-ranked National Associa- tion of Intercollegiate Athletics institution. (Continued on C-2, Col. 1)

At the start of his jumper, Capener leaves the floor like a rocket bent on sell-destruction. He starts falling off toward the right as he lets fly. As hard as it is to understand, he hits a high percentage. Or he always has until this year. He came into the University of San Diego's 12th

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