News Scrapbook 1986-1988

By Chris Jenkins, Starr Writer School's out at the University of San Diego. School was in, however, at the USD Sports Center last night. Prof. Scott Thompson in charge. Thompson, the Toreros· 7-foot center, conduct~d a clinic in Pivot 101 for a crowd of 2,040 that hkely would've been bigger 1f not for semester break. Thomp- son scored 23 points and, more significantly, grabbed 11 rebounds in a 73·51 rout of Santa-Clara. Only after learnmg a lesson about himself, though, did Thompson really return o the form he'd displayed_ so often in making last year's All•WCAC team. Accordmg • Aztecs fall at Brigham Young, 94-82 C-4 - - to both Thompson and Toreros coach Hank Egan, the senior center admitted he'd lost perspective. "Scott said it wasn't any fun for him this year,'' Egan said. "He was feeling a lot of the burden for the team." The feeling intensi ied after USD's loss to Gonzaga last week, a game Thompson finished without a rebound. Egan admitted he was upset with Thompson's perform- ance tiut was more concerned about the fact that Thompson hadn't come to him if he was having prob- lems. · "I'd had the feeling Scott was troubled for some time," said Egan. "I thought it'd (get better) when we got to conference play. Then we got to it, it didn't happen and I was really concerned." Egan insisted that what they had Tuesday, however, was ' 1 a talk together, not a lecture.' And it was Thomp- son who initiated the discussion. ·•r was taking it too serious," Thompson said. "It was really important to me to win !he conf~renee a~d I was trying too hard. I forgot to have fun . Its my seruor year and I want to make the most of it." If this was the start of something new, then, USD's opponents will be seeing a better club than the o~e that came into las{ night's game 10·4 overall and 1-1 m con- ference. Santa Clara (10·7, 1-2) was in last night's game for all of, oh, three minutes. Faster than the Broncos could say "Time out," the Toreros were up 7-0, a lead that quickly would escalate to 12·2 and 17-4. Guard Danny Means had the game's first five points, hitting a three-point shot, the? 0 two free throws the next

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SAN DIEGO - and Scott Thom~n led San Di (12·4, 3-1) to a 68·56 victory 0 ~~ 0 USF (12-5, 2-2) in a West Coas~ Athlet_ic Conference game Satur- day rught at the u.sn ports Cen- ter. Madden, a 8-foot-8 senior for- ward, had game highs of 23 points and 12 rebounds. He was 10 of 12 fro'!l the floor. Thorn~n. a 7-foot !len1or, had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Ma_dden and Thompson were r9<:nuted by USF Coach Jim Brov- elli when Brovelli was San Diego's roach and played on his conference championship team in 1984. USF was led by Anthony Mann and J:>at Giusti, who scored 15 nd 12 pouits, vely, Point guard Rodney T.ention had six a L'lts and three ateaIs. ti' USF made only 39.6 percent of ifs field goals. USO was 5! percent from the floor. n Franeisco led until the 11 _ minute, 8-second mark of the first half, when San Diego's Paul Leon. ai'd made two straight three-point hot! to give USO the lead for gOOd , 21-19. UV( I MNIMHO(N) ta-e 11-e Ip ,.. 11.. Ip Uenn M M 15 Manor 2-5 1-2 7 0/uatl 9-12 0-0 12 Mdden 10-12 3-7 23 MC:Ctht'n 3-10 3-" 8 Thompan S-8 2--4 12 .i..,.._ 1-5 0-, 3 L-..,d 3-8 3-5 11 "-'p1on 1-e u 5 o.s &-rt s Cerr 0-1 0-0 o M-..,, o-o o-o o Orlgally (). I 0~ 0 Munn 1-5 0-0 2 RemtrN 1-3 0-0 2 Pelton o-o 2·2 2 o·-o 2--t 0-0 8 1<,e11m.,, 2..1 2.2 e fl!lll 2-3 0-2 4 r..-, 21-aa 11-11 • ,.... 2'--4111-21 • l/9f ff - SI II-• Th,_...,..., .- - USF 3-8 (Oluotl 0-1 ~- 1-2. Carr ().1, Ono-t,y 0-1, O'A~ 2 Ian Olego •· 7 (Manor 2-2 Leonard 2-3 Munn 0..21 ,....,. out - Mann'~ ..: Ulfl 30 (MOC.thtton VI. San Diego 37 (Madden 12) ANlot. - IJ8F 14 (~ 8), San lliego 18 (\AoNrd I) T- ...... - USF 24, San Oiego &A-2.500. Nils Madden

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