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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840)

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Toreros topple Waves, 69-64, in WCAC shootout Hy Hill Center 'J-( 5c; Staff Writer WCAC Standings

As the University of San Diego's precision basketball team shot its way to an 18-point lead over Pepper- dine last night, Toreros coach Hank Egan grew uneasy. "I knew they'd be making a run," Egan said. "I was scared. "Eighteen points against Pepper- dine is not a lot. No one's going to keep them down forever." Rally the Waves did. Behind a full- court press and a 12-2 run over a 2½- minute span, Pepperdine pulled to within three points of the Toreros with 56 seconds to play. Then point guard Pau Leonard and center Scott Thompscn each hit two free throws in the last 43 seconds to lead USD to a 69-64 v ctory that might justifiably be considered one of the most important in the school's history. Not only was it USD's first victory ever over a nationally ranked team (the Waves are ranked 20th by Unit- ed Press Internat.ional), it came be- fore an overflow crowd of 2,800 at the cozy USD Sports Center and moved the Toreros to within a game of the West Coast Athletic Confer- ence lead. USD will have a chance to move into a tie for the lead tomorrow night when it hosts Loyola Marymount (5· 0), an 81-72 winner at St. Mary's last night. USD (14-5 overall) and the defe d· ing WCAC champion Waves are both 4-1 in the conference. Pepperdine is 16-4 overall. "You have to give Hank and his club credit," said Pepperdine coach Jim Harrick.

Overall

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Team Loyola Toreros

13·6 14-5 16-4

5-0 4-1 4-1 2-3 2-3 1-4 1-4 1-4

Pepperdlne St. Mary's

9-9 9-9

Gonzaga

6-13 6-13 10-9

San Francisco

Santa Clara

Portland

Palo Alto, CA (Santa Clara Co.) Peninsula Times Tribune

"It was a great game and a great crowd. USD executed its offense well, particularly in the first half. San Diego is a very consistent ball- club, and we dug ourselves a big hole when we did not shoot well in the first half. We got back into the game playing on sheer guts." "We played well for a long time, then when we had to play tough, we played tough," said Egan, whose team ran its home-court record thi~ season to 9-0. "This was a big win, especially when you consider who we beat." . Pepperdine, which was starting the same lineup for t e 49th straight game, bad won 12 straight WCAC games and 18 of the last 20. Yet early in the contest, it appeared the Toreros were going to rout the Waves. They opened an 18· point lead in the first half and went into intermission with a 39-22 advan- tage. After missing his first two outside shots, Toreros guard Peter Murphy bit five straight, including four from

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JAN 31 l986

._Al/,.ri'• P c e ,xxx ;r SCU, USF lose on road, Pepperdine beaten; Stanford at Oregon Times Trlbu news services 111

I West basketball rally by Pepperdlne (16--4, 4-1) to pull Into a second-place Ile In the WCAC behind Loyola. Pete Murphy led th e Toreros with 18 points. • Stanford University tries to even Oregon has lost four straight since beating Stanford, 83--69, Jan. 13 at Maples Pavilion. Cellfornla (13-4, 5-2) plays at Or- egon State (8-7, 4-3) tonight (7:30, KG0-810) . In Seattle, senior forward Shag Wil llams had 22 points and a ca- reer•hfgn 18 rebounds- as Pac-10 leader Washington (13-7, 7-1) took a 72-58 victory over Arizona State (9-9, 3-5). Junior guard Steve Beck led ASU with 28 points. In Pullman, Wash., Keith Morri- son's driving Jump shot In the key with one second left gave Washing- ton State (10-11, 3-5) a 65-63 Pac-10 victory In overtime over Arizona (9-9, 5-2). Arizona's Sean Elliott, who had a game-high 23 points, tipped In a shot at the buzzer to send the game Into overtime. • In Pacific Coast Athletic Associa• tlon games, New Mexico State (13- 4, 7-1) took a 59-57 victory In over- time over Cal State Fullerton (l O- il, 3-6) when Kenny Travis' made a short Jumper with 16 seconds left In overtime in Las Cruces, N.M., to negate Kerry Boagnl's 31 points for the Titans; UC Santa Barbara (9-1 o, 4-6) gained a 56-54 victory over Long Beach State (5·15, 1-8) In Long Beach behind Conner Henry's 26 points; and UC Irvine (10-8, 6-3) earned an 89-79 triumph over Utah State State (6-11, 2-6) In Logan, Utah, as Tod Murphy scored 22 points and Johnny Rogers 18.

Th University of Santa Clara, Univ rslty of Sun Francisco und St. Mary's have plunged deeper Into the second division of the We t Coast Athletic Conference ba ket- ball landings. Meanwhile, Loyola Marymount beeame the only unbeuten team in the conference, thanks to Its 81-72 victory over St. Mary' and an Die · 69-64 triumph over pre- vious y undefeated Pepperdlne. Santa Clara, 6-13 overall and 1--t In the WCAC, lost a game It badly needed to win when Gonzaga (9-9, 2-3) bandied the Broncos, 72-62, Thursday night In Spokane, Wash. Freshman forward Jim McPhee led Gonzaga with 16 points. The Bulldogs trailed by only 36-31 early Jn the second half, but Gonzaga run oft a 26-6 streak to take a 57-42 lead at the 5:22 mark. McPhee had eight points during that run. Santa Clara forward Steve Ken- llvort had a game-high 17 point:; a.nd Ken Mulkey had 16. Kenllvort also led Santa Clara with eight re- bounds and three assists. "They were simply more aggres- sive, and took us out of our motion In the second half," Broncos' coach Carroll Williams said. "We hit a cold spell early In the second half, and couldn't get anything done on either side of the court. We have to get tougher if we are to win on the road." In Portland, USF (6·13. H) suf- fered a 71-59 loss to Portland (1-4, 10-9). The Dons lost their fourth In a row while shooting only 21 for 53 from the field, Including only eight for 26 In the first half. Santa Clara and USF switch op- ponents Saturday night In Moraga, Loyola Marymount (5-0, 13-6) took a one-game lead over Pepperdine as the Lions beat St. Mary's (9-9, 2·3). Forrest McKenzie scored a game-high 23 points and Keith Smith had 19 for the Lions. Daryl Smith led St. Mary's with 19. In San Diego, the University of San Diea§"I(4•5, 4-1) survived a

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The Waves' Anthony Frederick (44) has position on the Toreros' Scott Thompson.

Its overall and Paclflc-10 Confer- 1-..._.,._~~--~ ence records tonight when the car- dinal (9-10, 3-4) faces Oregon (6-12, 1-7) at McArthur Court In Eugene (7:30, KCBS-740, KZSU-90.1).

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C-2 oreros: Topple ~~ 0. Waves1 Continued from C-1 lN By the last three minutes, howev- er, Pepperdine was playing at top speed. Down 63-50 on a slam by Nils Mad- den with 3:41 to play, Pepperdine scored three straight baskets in the next 80 seconds and had a 12-2 run over a span of 2½ minutes. "We were pretty pumped for this game," said Murphy. "We tried to prepare the same for the game, but we all new who Pepperdine was and what was on the line." "We came out of the blocks a little tentative and San Diego was waiting for us," said Pepperdine coach Jim Harrick. "You have to give Hank and his club credit. It was a great game and a great crowd. USD executed its of- fense well, particularly in the first half. "San Diego is a very consistent ballclub, and we dug ourselves a big bole when we did not shoot well in the first half. We got back into the game playing on sheer guts." Pepperdine, which started the same lineup for the 49th straight game, was unable to score a layup in the first half. "We played a tough zone in the first half and kept them outside," said Egan. "But in the second half they did a good job adjusting to it." With Murphy and Mark Manor hit- ting from long range, the deliberate Toreros were also able to move the ball inside against both Pepperdine's zone and man-to-man defenses throughout the first half. On perhaps the most important play of the game USD pushed the lead to 27-17 with 6:25 to play in the half. Murphy made a steal at mid- court and dropped the ball off to Leonard, who hit the layin and a free throw after drawing a foul from Pep- perdine's Grant Gondrezick. It was the Waves' sixth man's third foul. While USD bad seven layups in the

The San Diego Union/Greg Vojtko Scott Thompson (left) and Pete Murphy dur- ing the Toreros' 69-64 victory.

Pepperdine's Dwayne Polee gets rid of the ball while being double-teamed by USD's

ond half and hit 20 of 33 shots while out-rebounding the hosts, 21-14, and forcing nine turnovers with its press.

while USD shot 58 percent and had a 16-12 advantage on the boards. But Pepperdine rallied in the sec-

first half, Pepperdine had only one basket from inside the lane. Pepper- dme shot only 37 percent in the half

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