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San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Co.) Chronicle (Cir. D. 630,954) (Cir. Sat. 483,291) JAN 311986 LJlll~n '• P c. B

usP: Hosts Pepperdine in key game Continued from c.?-t5') "We go from good to not so good." "It doesn't seem like we're that hungry," said Pepperdine all-coast guard Dwayne Polee. "We're playing just good enough to win. It's danger- ous, especially because USD always plays us tough in San Diego." Pepperdine returned five starters, plus redshirt swingman Grant Gon- drezick, from last season's 23-9 team, and the Waves are 10-2 ag:iinst USD in WCAC play. Sev n of the last 11 have been decid by three points or less, however. "I expect it won't be much differ- ent this time," Harrick said. "USD's a tough matcbup for us, especially in their gym. We like to run; they hke to control the tempo. The matchups are pretty good all tl)e way around." One of the most important tonight will be Polee on USD shooting guard Peter Murphy. In addition to averagmg 15.4 points per game, Polee, 6-foot-5, is consid- ered one of college basketball's top _ defenders. Last season he allowed Murphy, a 53 percent shooter with a 12.6-point average this season, eight points in two games. Thomp~on (13.1 points, 7.6 re- bounds) will square off with 6-7 Levy Middlebrooks (7.7 points, 5.8 re- bounds) at center. Mark Bostic, whose 40-point effort on 19-for-24 shooting in two games last week pushed his season average to 10.2 points and brought him honors as WCAC player of the week, and 6-8 Nils Madden (9.6 points, 5.3 rebounds) will open at forward for the Toreros against 6-8 Eric White (14.5 points, 6.3 rebounds) and 6-7 Anthony Fred- ericks (9 7 points, 6.7 rebounds). Tne ~tarting point guards will be 6- 1 .lUl Leonard (5.7 points, 3.7 assis 1 for USO and 5-11 Jon Kor fas (8.9 points, 5.3 assists) for Pepperdme. Pepperdine bas two of the WCAC's top reserves in the 6-5 Gondrezick (13.3 points) and 6-7 forward Dave Brittain ( 4.6 points). Coming off the bench for the Toreros are 6-6 forward Mark Manor (7.8 points), freshman point guard Danny Means and 6-8 power forward Steve Krallman. /

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I /XRX Toreros host Waves o ey stretch By Bill Center WCAC Standings

from the floor in the first half, fell behind host Portlund early last night and never recovered as they lost thclr fourth straight WCAC game, 71-59. The Dons were without fresh• man forward Mark McCathrlon, who wa left home by coach Jim Brovelli because or what a USF spoke~man de: cribed only as "a personal thing." The Dons, who like Portland are 1-4 In the conference, fell b(.~ hind, 23-6, In the opening moment&. They did manage to cut the lead to 25-16, but Portland scored the next four points and USF never got clos• er than IO In the second half. Guard Jimmy Giron, who suf- fered a badly cut lip In practice this week, was unable to play. Giron Is on the trip, which concludes with a game at Gonzaga tomorrow night. fred Harri~. a sharp-shooting guard, had a career-high 21 points to lead Portland. Ken Ramirez, who had 17, was the only Doq In double figure . Pepperdlne Upset Twentieth-ranked Pepperdlne nearly overcame an IS.po~ vrrs I n !ego lead, but the , 1s1t ng Waves came up short, 69-64. The Waves, who trailed 39-22 at halftime and several times fell be- hind by 18 in the second half, cut the advantage to 65-62 on Erle White's jumper with 56 seconds left. But Paul Leonard hit two free throws with 43 seconds to go and seven-footer Scott Thompson added 2 more 10 seconds later to Ice the triumph. Bronco• Fall Santa Clara had a 32-31 half- time lead at Gonzaga, but the Broncos turned cold in the second half and the Bulldogs went on to a 70-62 win. The Bulldogs, who had been playing mainly zone defense in the first half, switched to a man-to-man after Intermission, and

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took the Broncos out of their• of• fcnse. Santa Clara scored only four points from the 17:50 mark to the 9:50 mark, while Gonzaga was put• ting up 18. The Bulldogs, who took the lead for good on two rree throws by Dwan Hurt.at 16:07, was 23 or 36 from the line. ThePac-10 Keith Morrison's driving jtt1np shot In the key with one second left gave WBBhington State a 65-63 overtime victory over Arizona. The loss dropped the Wildcat into a sec- ond-place tie with Cal In the Pac-IO. Washington State owned a 58- 54 lead near the end of regulation when Arizona's Sean Elllott tipped In a shot at the buzzer. Senior forward Shag W1lllams scored 22 points and pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds to help Washington to a 72-58 victory over Arizona State. The victory kept the Huskies atop the league at 7-1. ThePCAA Conner Henry scored 26 points, Including three free throws In the final 41 seconds, to lead Santa Bar- bara to a 56-54 triumph over host l,ong Beach State. Guard Kenny Travis canned a short jumper in the key with 16 seconds remaining in overtime as New Mcxlro State edged Fuller- ton, 59-57. The win upped the Ag- gies overall record to 13-4 and im- proved their Pacific Coast Athletic A~sociatlon mark to 7-1. The Titans fell to 10-11 and ~- - . - -- Reno Wins Freshman forward Chris Rupp scored 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, both team-highs, to lead Nevada-Reno to an 82-69 victory over Idaho In a BigSky game.

Scott Tliomp ·on lieves he has bro- ken tonight'. game with Pepperdine down to it~ lowest common denomi- nator. "They're the disease, we're the cur ," the 7-footer said yesterday Th Toreros had better be a strong cure. When they play the Waves (16-3 over II, 4-0 in conference) tonight at 7 30 in the USD Sports Center, the Toreros ( 13-5, 3-1) will be opening a thr~ -week run that will do much to dPtermme their West Coast Athletic Conference title chances After the Waves tomght, USO on Saturday welcomes Loyola Marym- ount (al o 4-0 m the WCAC going into tonight's game at St. Mary's). Next week, USD visits Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine. ''If we're gomg to win the WCAC, it's cnlical we go out and do the job right now " aid USD coach Hank 1-:gan. ·These next couple of weeks arc the crossroad of the, eason," echoed Peppcrdme coach Jim Harrick, whose team i ranked No. ~O by Unit- ed Pres International ''This could be one of the more important games of the season. Thi is one of those you n d to win."

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"To win the WCAC we have to beat Pepperdme sooner or later," Egan said. "Because of the strange schedu- ling. there isn't much of a later to it." The Toreros are 8-0 this season in the Sports Center, which should be crammed beyond its 2,500-seat ca- pacity tonight. In a season and a half under Egan, USD is 18-4 at home. Pepperdine, which has won U straight WCAC games and 18 of its last 20, entered the season favored to win its fifth conference title in six years. USD, which interrupted the Waves' title string in 1984, was seen as one of the main threats to Pepper- dine. Thus far, the season has played to form, with one twist "I've not been pleased with the way we're playing," Jlarrick said. See USD on Page:..C:c.•.:..7___

Steffond Johnson is av- eraging 17 points and 7.8 rebounds since his return.

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Bostic is the exception that proves Egan's rule "15 5 H ank Ega Is n orderly man. HIS b, ketball teams play with d cipline and offensive and defensive gambles that cause the coach to close his eyes and open his mouth. minutes to play (56-40). When the Waves - who return all five starters from a WCAC

before one of the more lively local college basketball crowds in a Jong time. They were standing in the aisles and raising the roof. It was something to see and even more to hear. "It was a great crowd," said Egan. "The scary part is, we get 'em in here and if we had stalled out and Jost, they would have been very disappointed. "I think there's a chance to have a good basketball program here. Having a crowd like this is ((3) See LOCKWOOD n Page C-2

LdJckwood: Bostic has winning style "')..C(c;'l:, l~'i Continued from C-1 ' "We used him as sixth man "He says I have more confidence ra? tife offense. ~ete Murphy (18 because we thought it gave us a in him and that's why he's playing pomts) shot_ the hghts out. . little better rotation at that time.- better," the coach shrugs. And Bostic was, well, Bostic. "But he's earned his (starting) job "I told him he's playing better and Last week he made 19 of 24 shots back and now that he's got it back, that's why I have more confidence and was the WCAC player of the he doesn't want to let loose of it. in him." week. . . "That's not great coaching, it's a However it works, it works. Bostic On thIS _mght, he was four of eight, pretty good player." is playing better. The Toreros are grabb~d five rebounds and, yes, "Coach ~gan is_ show(?g a l?t winning. First place is within grasp. co~~1tte~ four turnovers. more confidence mme, Bostic says. Egan even keeps his eyes open Ht~ quickness helps us "I can feel it. I'm not getting pulled most of the time, now. The way offensively and d~fensively because for a few turnovers the way I was." Bostic is playing, he wouldn't want he gambles a lot, says Egan. Egan smiles. to miss anything "Mark's the kind of player who G-;::=::::::=~--------- · makes us hard to scout. You get a =- --~----L.___ good idea of what we're doing and then he. does what we don't do, "You just know there's some guy

intelligence. The whole of an Egan team is greater than the sum of its parts. But every now and then, even on an Egan team, there is an oddly shaped part. Meet Mark Bostic, a loose cannon on the otherwise orderly deck of a streaking University of San Diego club that has won four straight games and nine of its last 10. The 6-foot-4 senior swingman plays the game with instinctive abandon, occasionally taking

And you know what? On almost any other team in America, Bostic would be the most disciplined player on the floor. That tells you something about Egan's latest product, a club that last night put away Pepperdine, 20th-ranked nationally by UPI, 69-64, in a packed and rocking USD Sports Center The Toreros did not have the best basketball players in this game. They belonged to a 16-4 Pepperdine outfit whose other three losses have

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championship team - made their inevitable run, the Toreros refused to crack. After their lead shrank to 65-62 with 56 seconds to play, they took a deep breath and won the game. Paul Leonard and Scott Thompson buried four consecutive free throws to put the thing away. On this team, now 14-5 and tied with Pepperdine for second place in the WCAC at 4-1, every man does what he has to do. On this evening, the Toreros did it

come at the hands of Kansas, Kentucky and DePaul. What USD did have was the best basketball team. Playing within themselves, making the most of their strengths and minimizing their shortcomings, the Toreros led by 17 at the half (39- 22) and 16 with Jess than nine

up at the top (of the bleachers) saying, 'What are they running now?'" If the other coach doesn't know what Bostic is doing, neither does his own. It's a ticklish area. "We're dealing with one of those things that we don't know how much is good and how much is not good," Egan acknowledges. "It's exciting for us, too. His creativity - that's a great way to put it, I think - helps us an awful lot. We just have to balance out what's enough and what's too much." ,... For a time, the balance tipped against Bostic. Prior to the start of WCAC play, he was functioning as the team's sixth man rather th;J aas a starter. "We didn't do it to discipline him, or anything," Egan says.

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