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Los Angelos, CA (Los Angeles Co ) Times (San Diego Ed .) (C ir. D 50,010) (Cir. S 55,573) OE

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San Diego, CA lSan Diego Co.) Evening Tribune lCir. 0. 123,064) DEC 29 1988

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P C. I fir IIU / Technically speaking, USD loses last chance

North-Texas BeatuJSD ·n~vertime By JIM LINDGREN SAN DIEGO-Andrien Choplick, a G-foot 9,mch backup center for the Umvers1ty of North Texas, hit a 10-foot bank shot with 2 seconds remaming m overtime Wednesday to give the Eagles a 79.77 lead over the Umver 1ty of San Diego. As The shot Went throUgh USO called timeout but had no~e re- mammg. A technical foul was called on the USU bench and Choplick hit both free thro:.Vs to make the fmal score 81-77 The loss was USD's third in a row after two on the road last week The 'l'oreros fell to 4 .5 and unde; .500 for the first lime this season North Texas (3-5) won for the first time ·mce Dec. 8 after lo •mg three ma row. USU trailed for most of the game and was behind, 70-67, with 1 ~lnute 31 seconds left in regula- tw_n. But U D's Craig Cottrell (8 points) sent the game into over- time with a turnaround 6-footjump hot and ensuing free throw. North I exas cal cd three timeouts 10 the fmal 38 second but came away empty when Deon Hunter's IQ. footer went off the glass and rim at th buzzer. In overtime, Kelvin Means hit a 17•foot Jumper to give the Toreros the early lead, but a Wendell tlhams layup and Ricky Robert- son free throw gave the Eagles the lead, 73- 72. An exchange of field goals and fl'('e throws during the next 3~, minutes 1 ft orth Texas in front 77 75. U D's Gylan Dottin the~ made I of 2 fr e throws and Kelvm Me ns hit the front end of a 1 an I I to tie the game. Mean ' cond free throw was orth 'I exas, which kicked the bal1 upcourt and made tv.o passes h fo1e Choplick sank the game-wmner. For a team with a 3 game losing streak and shootmg Just 37% com- mg m, the North Texas started hot The Eagles controlled the open·- mg tip and mo t of the first half, scoring the f1rst 7 points on a 3 pomter by Robertson and jump hots by Hunter and Williams. rebounded by

"There was ome di crepancy on th call," aid Means, a senior -tart• Ing guard. "Coach complained that w didn't call it. I'm not ure if we did or not" However, Mean ' broth r, sopho- more guard Kelvm Means, con• firmed that a timeout was called A for the outspoken Gales, he de• scnbed the closely contested, non- conlerence win over USO a "all luck . . t,ecause we ain't got no talent on thlS le m, none at all." Gale is pron to exaggeration but, truth i he was mt mg 6-8 forward Ronni org n, who had been the Eagl ' I admg rebounder until h w placed on academic su pension before la t night's g me fter .scoring th Ii t mne pomts of th gam , orth Texas held the lead until midway through the sec• ond hall, wh n USD took a 59-58 dge. Alter that, the two team ex• changed one• and two-point lead until regulation play wound up 70 70. orth Texas (3·5) wa- led by 5-9 gu rd Deon Hunt r, who led all corers with 25 potn . Guard Ricky Robertson bad 18. For USD. Dondi Bell had 18 points nd eight re• bound . However, he hit only &-ol-10 fr throws. A a team, U D mad only 63 perc nt (19-of-30) from th fre throw line. North Texas hit 78 percent (16-of-21) Last season, North Texas - whict r cenlly changed I chool na~• from North Texa State Univers1t• - won the outhland Confer nee bu went on to lo e in the fir t round o the NC A Tournament to orth Cs rolina Tomorrow mght. USO (4-5) face Mart t Coll ge of Poughkeeps1 V, at tn Sports Center. Garr tm 730.

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25 pomts m the first hal r and Roberl~on had 12 of his 18 North Tcxa~ opened a 45.39 ha!:~ time lead. It was the most points USO had allowed m the first half this season But the second half belonged moStly to USD, whose defense held the Eagles to 25 points, the lowest agam•t the Toreros this season. _Danny Means led USD's scoring with 9 point~ in erich half and I m

ward but said, "I ran't comm nt un those things." • orth Tex-as Coach J11nm~ Gales went fu, her, going on about the sub1ect for several minutes before even mentioning the v ctory 'T_ve never seen that kmd of offlc1atmg," he said. "It was bad both ways. They need to scrutinize these people.'

ovcrtlm po nts Dottm for 19. Dond1 Bell had 18 rd 8 rcbounJ , and Gylan ored 14. Both teams had 9 fouls in the first' half. North Texas made 5 of its 6 free throws, and USD converted Just 8 of 14 (57% ). For the game North Texas made 16 of 21 (76% j andUSD19of30(63%). 0 Play m the game was physical and USO Coach Hank Egan seemed ups<'t about the offic1atmg after-

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r oss hoplick difference 1n ro11h Texas' win By Hank We <'h I rr Wril r Forw rd Andnen Choplick hit a lO fool Jumper w1ln three seconds left ID overtime and made two ub e- quent free tnrow to help the Umver- s1ty of North Texas defeat the U01- vers1ty o~ San Di go, 81 77, before 744 last ntght at the U o Sports Cen- ter. ~he basket by Chopl ck, a 6-foot- 9 Junior, came 11 second after USO:S.. Kelvin Means had hit twu free , but fre ti- man forward Kelvm \foods request- ed one, anyway, after Chophc 's final ba ket. and 1J o wa ed tech- nical foul for the infraction. Chophck's two free throws provid- ed the fmal margin. ' It didn't look like they had any choice but to call the timeout," said North Texa coach Jimmy Gales who e team won its third gam~ again t five defeats. USO slipped below .500 (4-5) for the first hme this s ason despite a 19- pomt performance from senior guard D nny Means and some gritty work gamst a tenacious quad from Den- ton Texa Coach Hank Egan's Torero nave lo t two of their la t three home gam on clo ing-seconds baskets On Dec 8, Fullerton State scored witn two seconds remaining in regu- lat10n for a 68-66 win "W had a lot of people competing well tonight," Egan said ·we've be n trying to get our players to play tighter and more together and I think we did that tonignt." ' S USO on Page F-2 throws to he the score The Toreros nad used lot d number of t1meou I' their al-

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Despite the June passage of Proposition 68, which provided for a voluntary checkoff on state tax returns for a Campaign Reform Fund similar to the campaign fi:nanclng checkoff on federal income tax retumS, state Income tax fonns are being mailed out without that option. At least two battles in Sacramento and San Diego courts have sought to override a Fair Political Practices Commission decision that Proposition 73, also approved by voters In June, overrides Proposition 68 because it re- ceived greater voter support. The commission ruled earlier this year that Proposition 73's ban on the use of public funds to finance state political campaigns prohibits the establishment of Proposition 68's Cam· paign Reform Fund. The Campaign Reform Fund provision would have allowed taxpayers to make volun• tary, $3 donatiolll! to finance election cam· palgns simply by marking a box on their state tax returns. The fund, as detailed in Proposi- tion 68, would be distributed as matching funds to state legislative candidates meeting overall campaign expenditure limits. The fund was proposed In Proposition 68 to encourage small donations from candidates' legislative districts to combat the common practice of financing state campaigns with large donations from Sacramento-based politi- cal action committees. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that cam· paign expenditure limitations are unconstitu- tional unless candidates are eligible for funding assistance through an outside source, like the proposed fund . The commission's decision to Interpret the voluntary contributions as public funds has wiped out the major provisions of Proposition 68, according to the funds' backers. The Center for Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego has challenged the commission ruling, claiming that voluntary contributions made through a taxpayer's annu- al tax return aren't technically public funds . The state Surreme Court, on Dec. 15, ordered the fflt flbih t toutrot-Appeal to grant a hearing on the issue. The appellate court had denied the center's request for a writ of man· date and rejected a motion to Intervene from the public Interest group, Common Cause. Common Cause has since filed its own law- suit in the 3rd District Court of Appeal, cbal· lenging Proposition 73'& ban on the use of public funds to finance .11tate political cam· paigns, Both lawsuits are pending, The Franchise Tax Board bas been cau- tioned by the Center for Public Interest Law to postpone printing of 1988 income tax fonns or to print them with the Proposition 68 checkoff until the matter is resolved, according to the center's director, fl,obert Fellmeth. The center mainfumslJffit1J.ftparable harm will result by denying the Campaign Reform Fund its first-year funding If the matter ls not Immediately resolved, said center attorney Ju• lie D'Angelo. , . The Fair Politicai Practices Commission and the Franchise TaxBoard have until Jan. 10 to respond in Sau Diego superior court to the center's lawsuit. The center has until Jan. 31 to reply. A trial date will be set later. The tax board, which ls represented by the Attorney General's Office, has already stated that It will remain neutral In the proceedings. •• •

Toreros center Keith Colvin works his The San Diego Union/Russ Gilbert dler. USD lost its second home game way barouknd _North Texas' DO\JQ Schin- - - on a as et in the closing seconds.

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