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Son Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir D 127,4541 MAR 198

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Toreros tumble off last wave Commg mto la t mgb 's acllon h w ver, USO had put away four of its five opponents me' :ling big win over Santa Clara two weeks o The Toreros had got n back to 00 m conference play and, despite their oss to the Waves, can stll pull ev n with a season-ending win next Thursday at home agam t Loyola Marym unt ' I guess we've known fo me e ow that we didn't have any chance for post-season pla} dded Knight "When that happens you JUS ha~ to go out and prove t mgs o J urself . you have to prove that ou re not that bad a team Everybod been sort of playmg on pride." th Wa~es are no slouch by any mean All their latest victory did was imp ove th ir conference record to 1 I 22-8 overall and clinched them the conference title and an automa c berth m the upcoming NCAA tournament If anyt ng, the Tor ros earn d so r pect from Pepperdine. And

Ateam that USO coach Hank Egan called perhaps the best on the Wes Coast an all underclassmen starting five that many felt was a yea away from serious contention, will close out its regular season tomorro agamst Loyola. It 11 have all next week off before the pairings are drawn. "They were very well prepared, very well coached," said Pepperdine coach Jim Hamc of the Toreros ''Bemg out of 1t and coming m and playmg with that much mtenslty is a credit to Coach Egan and the entire program What USO did was turn thing into a half-court affair. The Toreros played a tough zone defen~ most of the way worked for high percentage ~hots down t the offensive end and, more importantly, kept a much- faster Pepperdme u-am from gettmg nto its runrung game. The Waves had come in with four of Its starting five among lhe conI rence s top 15 scorers and were leading the WCAC with 76 pomts a game. So I tile wonder Harnck was concern d 1th his team down 54.53 with less than a minute remaining. But Just when 1t appeared that the Toreros might pull off an upset, \\ave guard Dwayn Pol~ stole the ball near m1dcourt from Chris Carr and went m for the go-ahead layup with 48 seconds left ball from Carr as the Toreros semor guard attempted to pull up for a 15- foot jump shot. Enc White picked up the loose ball, was fouled with four seconds sbowm and sank two fre throw to clinch it USO's last chance was sequent!; r med when Polee stripped the

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USD's Reuss would opt for more wins By White of conference-titlist Pepperdine; Harold Keeling TribuneSpcrtswr,ter and Nick Vanos of Santa Clara· Eric Cooks and David Someho~, you had to figure Anthonr Reus~' response. Cooke of St. Mary's; and Keith Smith of Loyola Marym- When ~Os star forward was asked if makmg the All- ount. Reuss, Vanos, Keeling and Smith were all repeat West oast Athletic Conference basketball team made selections. up for~ t~a~•s su~par performance in league play, the Polee, the Waves' junior guard who averages 16.1 6-~,semor_ d1dn t hesitate f?r 3;!1 answer. . . " points a game, was chosen as the conference's MVP. . Well, if I had ~y choice, Reuss ~1d last mght, I Pepperdine coach Jim Harrick was selected as Coach of think you know which way I would go. the Year and his center Levy Middlebrooks earned Obviously, Reuss didn't have a say. The defending con- Freshman of the Year h~nors. Thompson ear~ed that ference champs are 5-6 in conference play entering same award last season. Thursday night's season finale at home against Loyola . , Marymount, were eliminated long ago from WCAC title . Reuss and _Thompson _come mto Thursdaf s game 1-2 contention and are therefore unable to make a repeat 10 tea~ scormg, avera~mg 12.2 and 11.1 pomts a ga~e, appearance in the NCAA tournament. respectiyely. They switch places on the reboundmg But he still accepted the honor graciously. chart, with 6-11 Thompson holding a 6.6 to 6.5 advantage., "It's always good to be chosen to something like that," But Reuss has been the catalyst all along. The Toreros Reuss added. "Even though we didn't win league, its only four-year letterman, he was asked t~ assume the some kind of a consolation. It's helps some, but I wish we team leader role as well as serve as a bridge between could have won a few more games." the old players left over _by the departed Jim Brovell and Yesterday's announcement of the 1984-85 All-WCAC the new people brought m under new coach Hank Egan. selections was the second straight for Reuss. A year ago, "Overall, I guess I'm fairly pleased with my perform- the former Christian High standout was joined by USO ance," said Reuss, a political science major who will teammate Mike Whitmarsh. This time, he was honored graduate on time with his class in May. "From a statisti- with Torero sophomore center Scott Thompson. cal standpoint, I think I could have done a little better. Also named to the IO-man team (there is no second But the area I was asked to help out most was in leader- team) were: Dwayne Polee, Anthony Frederick and Eric ship. In that respect, I can't really complain."

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couldn't have given longtime coach Mnrv Harshman u better golng- w y pr nl. Two tr throws by Clay Damon and on by Detlef Schremp! In the tmul IO s conds gave the Huskies a 60-5 Pacific-JO Conference basket- ball victory over the 19th-ranked Arizona'. Wildcats on Thursday night. The game left both teams 20- overall and tied for second at 11-5 In the Pac-I 0, one game behind South rn Cal1forn1a with two gam left ror oil. Wo hington's victory before 8,709 pectaton; in Hee Edmundson Pavilion came in Harshman's final home game. Harshman, 67, the wmningest ac- tive coach in the NCAA Division I colle e ba ketball rank , is retiring t th nd or th eason after 40 sea on a a h ad coach. He has guided the Hu kl · for the past 14 West basketball e~ons. Schremp! had game highs of I7 points and 12 rebounds. Eddie Smllh paced the Wildcats with 16 pomts. • In Fugene, Ore., Callforma (12- 13, 4 11 endured one of Its worst gam a 70-53 loss to Oregon (14- 14, 7 ) Ouck ' center Blair Ra ·mu . en dominated the Bea~ with a game- high 23 pomts and 13 rebounds as t Or gon led all the way after taking • a 12-2 le d. Cal narrowed it deficit to 50-43 with seven minutes to play behind the p rimeter shooting of senior unr

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