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than the game down here," Egan said. "They played here without starting forward Mark Armstrong and reserve guard Darryl Carter (curfew violations). And they got freshman guard Jeff Fryer back in the last three games after he missed both of our games with a stress frac- ture in his foot." A year ago, USO lobbied for a bid to the National Invitation Tourna-

"I think we should be the favorite in the tournament, but I wouldn't buy 'overwhelming' as a descriptive word of how favored we might be. At best, it's going to be a struggle.'' The Toreros, who have won 13 straight, have defeated Loyola twice this season. On Jan. 29, USO beat the Lions, 82-48, here. Then on Feb. 7 in Los Angeles, the Toreros sneaked past, 88-82, in double overtime. "I think the game up there was more indicative of how good they are

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finished last in the WCAC at 4-10 and we e 12-15 overall. "This whole thing about the tour- nament has been blown out of pro- portion," USO coach Hank Egan said. "I was against having the tourna- ment, but it exists. Someone quoted me as saying, 'It was unfair.' But I never said that. "We knew from the beginning of the season there was going to be a tournament. So now we're taking the attitude of Jet's just go after it.

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~~~~~ories Guard Craig Davis scored 28 points, two on free throws in the final seconds, to lead seventh-seeded Pep- perdine to a 76-73 upset of second- seeded Gonzaga in the first round of the West Coast Athletic Conference Tournament last night at Spokane. The Waves (11-17) will play top· seeded USD in the .semifinals Friday TheWC:AC: at San Francisco. Gonzaga finished 18-10. Gonzaga pulled within one with three seconds left on a three-point basket by Doug Spradley The Bull- dogs called time-out but were as- sessed a technical because they had 110 time-outs left. Davis' free throws clinched the outcome. Davis scored 23 of his career-high 28 in the second half. Senior Lenny Parham led Gonzaga with 19. ST. MARY'S 62; USF 57 - At Moraga, guard Paul Robertson scored 24 to lead the third-seeded Gaels past the sixth-seeded Dons. St. Mary's (17-12) will play the winner of tonight's Portland-Gonzaga game Friday in the semifinals. Robertson had six three-point bas- kets, and his four free throws in the final 3IJ -.econds kept the Gaels ahead.

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"This is a game where we can't afford to let down defensively," Egan said. The Lions, in addition to Yoest, get 13.1 points a game from senior guard Chris Nikchevich, 11.7 from Arm- strong and 10.9 from sophomore guard Enoch Simmons. Nikchevich leads the Lions from three-point range, shooting 45.8 percent. The Toreros, who have not lost since Jan. 10 at Gonzaga, continue to be led by senior center Scott Thomp- son's 15.5 points and 7.6 rebounds a game. Senior forward Nt.s Madden adds 11.4 points and 7.0 rebounds, and senior play-making guard Paul Leon- ard averages 10.6 points. The Toreros' starting lineup also includes the WCAC's most accurate three- point shooter in senior forward Mark Manor (50.7 percent). The winner of tonight's game ad- vances t the University of San Fran- cisco for next Friday's semifinals. The championship game is next Sat- urday at USF. If USO advances, it will play against the lowest-seeded team re- maining in the tournament after this weekend's first-round action. If all the home teams win this weekend, USO would play fourth-place Port- land in the early game Friday night, and second-place Gonzaga would take on third-place St. Mary's. Tickets for the Loyola Marymount game, priced at $5 a seat, will go on sale at 6 p.m.

ment with a 19-9 record, but it was Loyola, in its first- season under ex- Lakers coach Paul Westhead, that was awarded a trip with an 18 lO mark. The Lions beat California, 80- 75, in the first round but lost to Wyo- ming, 99-90, in the second. This season went sour for Loyola when it suffered through a seven- game losing streak after a 10-7 start. But the Lions recovered to win two of their last three. "In their last three games, they beat San Francisco by 19, lost to Santa Clara and then beat Pepper- dine by 20. They are explosive," Egan said. USO is 13-0 at home this season and 25-1 over the past two seasons, its loss coming against Loyola Mar- ymount (72-70) last season. Thls sea- son, the Lions are 2-10 on the road overall and 1-6 away from home in the WCAC. The Lion~, led by junior forward Mike Yoest's 19.5 points a game, have averaged 85.3 points. Loyola has gone over the 100-point mark seven times this season, including two occasions when it scored 116. In contrast, the Toreros are ranked No. 1 in the nation in field- goal percentage allowed (39.5) an ~ fifth in team defense (59.3 poinL~per game). In the two meetings this sea- son, Loyola shot only 33 percent from the field against the Toreros and averaged 65 points.

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Toreros split double-header vs. ~perdine USD's basebaU team split a West Coast Athletic Conference double- header against visiting Pepperdine yesterday, winning the first game by 9-8 but o&,jng the second by 15-7. Pat Fitzsimons got the win for USO (10-4, 1-2). Dave Rolls hit a two- run homer in the first game. In the second game, called for darkness after eight innings, Rueben Gonzalez had a grand slam for Pep- per dine (11-4-2, 2-1). Steve College Basebal Dell'Amico (2-0) won, and Rob Sparks (3-1) lost. SDSU 8-5, UC-IRVINE 2-3 - San Diego State's Bob Parry was 3-for-4, and teammate Kurt Lewis scored three runs in the first game. SDSU trailed, 3-2, in the second game but rallied for three runs, two unearned, for the win. USIU 12, CAL POLY-POMONA 11 - Bob Esquerra's two-run double gave the host Gulls (6-10) the lead in the seventh. Opie Moran had a bases- empty home run in the fifth for USIU, and John Ronis went 3-for-5 with three RBI. The second game was called because of darkness. S. CALIF. COLLEGE 3-2, PLNC 0- 0 - Mitch Kasper went 2-for-3 in both games to lead host Southern California College (4-7). Jason Lomeli struck out 13 for sec in the second game. Steve Rons was 2-for-3 for Point Loma Nazarene (4-7) in the second game.

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fat. 1888 USD Lectures-Lectur~nsored by the yn,versity of SanDie~ '.ncludes: Dis- ttngu,shed Speaker Series features Denis Waitley, author of The Psychology ofWinning, discussing "The Seeds of Greatness," Mar. 3 at 8 a.m. Busi- ness Update Breakfast Seminar features Charles Teplitz speaking on "1:he Productivity Bug: Are You Immune or a Carrier?" Mar. 6 at 8 a.m. Dcnm Briscoe talks on "The Three Keys to Or- ganizational Excellence," Mar-. 20 at 8 a.m. , Darlene Pienta speaks on "Vulnerability Analy- ..-'sis: A Devil's Approach 10 Contingency Plan- ning," Mar. 27 at 8 a.m. All progams in the Manchester Conference Center, with continental breal;!ast at 7:30. Info: 260-4585.

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I /4n McNaml!!Jf se lecte{as the new vice presi&~?~fo r university relations at the Universit • f San Diego. William F. Blac , Malin Burnham, Ronald Styn and Victor Vilaplana will be volunteers in the Stanford Centennial

Campaign. University of San Diego law professors James Vergari and Virginia Shue ha ve published a new book on checks, payments and elect ronic banking. San Diego Community College District employees Florence Downs, Frank Munson, Jennifer Nickles, Carol Mas- terson and Linda Oliver have been awarded leadership scholarships by Natio~University. /

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"The Psychology of in ," will discuss understanding selfdevelopment and high pe_rfor- mance at 8a.m. at the \:!oiversity of San Diego. A continental breakfast begins at 7: 3 o a.m. Cost of the seminar is $15. For more information, call John Nunes, 260-4681/