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san Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

JAN 30 1986

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

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women's basketbalt~l'.i1~Jl!ilL~t an NCAA record for fr e-t row accu- racy in Saturday's 78-59 win over Ne- vada Reno. The Toreras made all 24 of the1r

free throws, ending Western Kentuc- ky's 30-of-32 mark set against More- head State in 1:84~ _ L_

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vans 1s starring at USD By Michael Cisnero Sport, Wrlltr At this time last year, Julie Evans was starring for the Hilltop Lancers, one of the top girls' basketball programs in the county. But things change. Now Evans is a freshman at the University of San Diego, where she i, starring for the Torera womens' basketball team. Some things don't change. The six-foot freshman has been nothing short of outstanding for USO at guard, averaging 14.5 points per game, 25.0 in the WCAC, and leading the team in scoring, total points, and minutes. After scoring 33 points against Pepperdine (setting a new school record) and 24 against Nevada-Reno on Saturday, Julie was named WCAC "Player of the Week." Not bad for a freshman stepping into a Division I program. For Coach Kathy Marpe, Julie 1s doing just what she had hoped she would. "I sa\l her play when she was just a freshman (in high school) and took notice of her then," says Marpe. "It was obvious, even as a freshman, that she was an excellent athlete. I would say though, it was not until her senior year that Julie became a legitimate basketball player. Un- til that point, I would have had to say she was a great athlete play- ing basketball." Evans decided to make basket- ball her No. I sport in her senior year, and as she is apt to do, pent hours working on her skills and learning the game with help

Imperial Beach, CA (San Diego Co.) Imperial Star Beach News (Cir. 2xW. 2,730) (Cir. S. 2,568) JAN 30 1986

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phon la t night. "I wa thinking that m ght oo it a far a ba ketball wa con rn d But when I wa 1tting out, I got that itch to get back I'll start prachcln Monday with the lam. Ac ull , , >OJ or m ct ay for while It mad me r ahz ho much I want to play It allowed me to get my pnoritic tra1ght." After a year m ('Oach mokey Gain ' program, Haupt left the te m dunng the off- a on but con- tmued to ttend cla · at State. He also work d t the Mira Mesa Recre• ation Center, a job he has had mce h · was 16 Haupt never gave any reason for leaving the Aztecs, preferring only to say that he wanted to spc~d m?re time studymg. Gain and his as ·tst• ants tried to convince Haupt to re• turn t year. They told me they were counting on me at small forward .'' Haupt said. •·we had omc things to talk about, but we never did get them cleared up. It's really something I'd rather not get mto." At eso, he ha found a small-uni- ver ity atmo phere and a role on the team He al o ha no trouble finding a parking pace, a rare species at DSU. Haupt g t a new start with Gainc:;' blessing Haupt didn't receive an athletic s holar hip from San Diego State. The straight-A student in high sch~! wa given an academic scholarship. Gaines said he offered Haupt an ath- 1 tic scholarship this past summer, but Haupt declined. Haupt will receive an athletic cholarship at USO this fall •·He's a good kid," Gaines said. "He'll oo pretty good in Hank's (Hank Egan) system. Hank coaches a little more delloorate game." Said Egan: "We're very happy to get Mike. He's a good, olid player, a good, solid citizen and a good stu- dent. We thmk e'JI really help our program" fter averaging 17.9 points, 10 re- bounds and ix a. sists for a Mira Mesa team that went 20-4 m 1983-84, Haupt had a bumpy tart in college. He played m 23 games as an Aztec, one as a tarter He averaged eight mmutes, two points and one rebound a game. Haupt says he has no ill feelings toward Game , but he leaves with a few questions unanswered.

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E~: Some things don't change ntinued r?om page D-1 further. "Julie is a leg1tamite to that. She is establishing herself easily. As a matter of fact, she's enjoying the whole thing. "The (school) work is harder, but the classes aren't," says Evans. "Actually, you have a lot more time and you have to budr et it. But basketball keeps me m line." Division I player. If you would as a player to be reckoned with in have asked me that this time a the conference, year ago, I'd have said she would "I expect her to get a lot more be by her sophomore or junior attention at the national level, year. But you can't put a maybe even be a pre-season pick qualitative analysis on Julie. She for next year," Marpe concludes. can make up for a lot of things "A lot of the coaches from the with her intensity and work. I other teams single her out as the think she can be a potential All- player that made the difference in

Julie Evans, a softball and basketbal standotJt at Hilltop, is a star this year for the USO basketball team. from friends and coaches. The result was an offer by USO to play for the Toreras. She has not regreted the decision in the least. "I love the game," said Evans. "I really enjoy softball, but I can play softball the rest of my life. This sport takes so much more, you use all the facets of being an athlete." "We expected her to come in and make an impact, but not to lead the team in scoring and be one of our most consistent players," said Marpe. "She has always been a player who was not afraid to put in the extra work (she practiced 3-4 hours a day over summer, Marpe points out), but we stlll expected her to make freshman mistakes. She handles the ball, scores, and rebounds with consistency." The difference between high school and college can be leaps and bounds. But Julie seems to· have made the transition rather

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The Toreras practice every day that they don't play and travel when they are doing neither, another change that Evans is tak- ing in stride. "(Basketball at the college level) is a lot more fun," she ex- plained. "Everybody wants the ball as much as I do. I like the competition. I kind of think I was held back in high school. I'm do- ing more in a more competitive i tt · 6'ff" gain tte people and I'm doing it better that last year." Evans is not as surprised as her coach at her progress from sixth man to leading scorer in her first year. She's not sure what to think. "I don't know if I'm sur- prised," she reasons, "I don't go out there and say 'I want to do this or that' and that's how well you do. I'm glad that coach gave me a chance to prove myself. I felt that I was better than that 'freshman' idea. Given the chance, I knew I had the ability, with the proper coaching, I knew I could play Division I." Marpe has noted the develop- ment ;ind i, willing to go a little

So far Julie lists the games against Pepperdine and Reno as her favorite experiences with col- Jege basketball, "I'm playing 40 minutes a game, maybe a little too much, but it's fun. I don't know (about the future) " says

player here that I could possibly honestly say that about before - "We feel we are establi,hing ours~lves 'It the conference level (3-0 m the WCAC) and next year we play some top 20 teams. I think Julie's progress is parallel not that she is now.

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...-..------·-~-----~ .... the WAC and NCAA tournaments. ..... "I passed the stone a week after the season ended," Haupt said of his • • • • ANOTHER KNIGHTMARE - Chair repairmen around Bobby Knight are hardly in the Maytag league when it comes to finding work. The temperamental Indiana bas- ketball coach beat up on. another chair last week, this time after being charged with a technical foul and claiming that Hoosiers cheerleaders had caused Steve Alford to Jose con- centration and miss a free throw. The Associated Press photo that accompanied the story said it all. Sit- ting behind the chair that Knight abused was a small boy who couldn't have been older than 5. Knight can- cels out all the good he does for kids and he does plenty - when he flips out like that. Knight needs to find a fishing hole, not a chair, for about a year. • • • SELLING THE GULLS - The USIU Gulls have released their sou- venir program basketball media guide just in time for the season's stretch run. There are 52 ads in the 32-page guide, appropriately titled "Soaring Hoops." One particular ad for a beach- m luck.

A skilled fisherman, Kirk knew when to reel it in and retreated to the bench. . An interesting matchup might be Jimmy Clark vs. Bobby Knight. • • • WAC ONE-LINERS - Chris San- die, the 6-foot-6 sophomore from Los Angel~s wh~ was leading Arizona State m scormg before flunking out, has turned up at UTEP. Miners head coach Don Haskins said Sandie should be eligible to play by mid- December. • Basketball coach Gary Colson has won 95 games at New Mexico but not one of those victories ha~ come against a team ranked in the Top 20. • New Mexico athletic director John Bridgers wants to install a new pl~ying surface and add 4,000 high- pnced seats at University Stadium at a cost of $2 million. He needs ap- proval from university officials be- fore work begins, but Bridgers wants the matter expedited so improve- ments will be complete when Ten- nessee visits in September. If the im- pr~vemen t~ aren't complete, Bnd~ers satd he would consider movmg the game with the Volun- teers to Tennessee. (Ed Zieralski's Colleges column ap- pears every Thursday in The Tri- bune.)

JIMMY CLARK KENT - That's the new nickname for super ref Jimmy Clark, the WAC's mustrious basketball official who made that gutsy call at The Pit last week in Albuquerque, N.M. A f~n threw a paper cup onto the court and nearly hit Texas-El Paso forward Wayne Campbell as he at- tempted a free throw that would have tied the game at 70 with two seconds left in overtime. But Camp- bell missed the free throw. Clark then drew some abuse from the par- tisan crowd of 18,219 because he ruled that the cup caused Campbell to miss. He gave Campbell another chance, and Campbell made two free throws to give the Miners a 71-70 vic- tory. Clark made an impression on Dana Kirk when he and his Memphis State team were in San Diego for the Holiday Bowl Classic. Kirk had men- tioned to The Tribune's Barry Bloom that officials had allowed Fresno State to get away with hand-check- ing against the Tigers in the tour- ney:s opening game. The next night, agamst North Carolina-Charlotte in ~he championship game, Kirk Jumped off the bench to argue a call early in the game. Clark never Jet Kirk get a word out. "You sit down," Clark yelled at Kirk. "Next thing you know, you'll be complaining to the newspapers again."

"When Smokey told me later in the year that he was going with more experienced guy , I didn't quite un- derstand it" he aid. "I felt the only way I was' going to gain experience was to get rnto game ." Haupt didn't play in the Aztecs' final ix games last season because of a kidney stone problem. He missed

Local college schedules

Men:Jan.30-Feb.6 Baseball

Feb. 6 - USIU vs. Cal Stale Norlhridge In UNLV tournament first round; Chapman College at SDSU, 2 p.m. Volleyball Jan. 31 - UCSO w,11 compe1e ,n UC Sanla Bar- bara tournament through Feb. 1 Feb. S - UCSO al SOSU, 7:30 p.m. Women: Jan. 30-Feb. 6 Baaketball Jan. 30 - SOSU at UC Irvine Jan. 31 - USIU al San Francisco; Mills College al UCSO. 7:30 p.m.; SI. Mary's at Poinl Loma Na- zarene, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 1 - UNLV at SOSU, 7:30 p.m.; USIU al Sanla Clara; Cal Slale Sen Bernardmo al UCSO, 6 p.m.; 8Iola al Poinl Loma Nazarene, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4 - USC al SOSU, 7:30 p.m., Po,nl Loma Nazarene al UCSO, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 - SOSU al UNLV Softball Ftb. 1 - Long Beach Slale al USIU. 1:30 p.m. Tennie Jan. 30 - USIU competes in Riviera Tourna- ment in Pacillc Palisades lhrough Feb. 2 Feb. 1 - SOSU al A1v,era lnv11a11onal lhrough Feb. 2 Feb. 6 - SOSU al Aolex-lTCA Nal1onal Indoor Championships Coed: Jan. 30-Feb. 6 Golf Feb. 3 - USIU lnvilallonal w,11 be conducled lhrough Feb. 4. (This schedule reflects mlormat,on submitted to The Tr,bune by sporls information slaffs al SDSU. USO, USIU. Pomt Loma Nazarene and UCSD.) made a prediction: "I wish you a suc- cessful year.... There is no doubt USIU will surface as one of the finest basketball programs in the nation." • • •

Fob. 1 - lege. noon Feb. 2 -

UCSO al Wesl Coasl Chnsl1an Col·

USIU al Loyola Marymount. SDSU

Alumni game. 2 p.m. Feb. 4 - USO al UCSO, 2 p.m.

Loyota Marymounl al USIU, 2:30 p.m.;

Baskelball Jan. 30 - SOSU at Colorado Slale; Pepperdine al USO. 7:30 p.m.• Chicago Stale al USIU. 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 - Westmont at Point Loma Nazarene 7:30 p.m., SOSU al Air Force ' Feb. 1 - Alhleles in Action al Po1n1 Loma Na- zarene, 7:30 p.m.; Wes1mont al UCSO, B p.m.; Loyola Marymounl al USO, 7:30 p.m. Pan Ameri- can al USIU, 7:30 p.m. Ftb. 4 - 81ola al Pomt Loma Nazarene. 7:30 p.m., USIU al Chapman. 7 30 p.m. Ftb. 6 - BYU vs. SDSU at Sports Arena. 7:30 p.m., UCSO al Poinl Loma Nazarene, 7·30 pm. Golf Ftb. 3 - USIU lnvilalional lournamenl al San Luis Rey Downs lhrough Feb. 4 Ice Hockey Feb. 4 - Alaska-Anch0

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