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The University of Sao Qiego's ula Mascari made both ends of a e-and-one with 18 seconds re- lining to clinch a 62-60 overtime 'tory over Pepperdine in a West ast Athletic Conference game at 'USD Sports Center. USD is 6-8 d2-0. United States International Uni• s1ty made six straight free ·ows with less than two minutes naining as the Gulls defeated 1h, 71-67, m a nonconference ne. ;even Tritons scored in double ures as UC San Diego routed itmg Mills College, 102-43, in a ,conference game at La Jolla. >oint Loma Nazarene took the d at tipoff and held it until there s just 1:49 to play, but Biota de its short advantage count, !ding on for a 69-65 victory at La rada. D • •

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ward John Sayers (11 pomts) hit a three-pointer from the right corner for a 3-2 advantage. But three min- utes later it was 10-3, LMU. With 13 . 59 left • th h If . 1 19 7 w· 9 · 35 ~fti~t was 31 · 11 · Wi th 5: 35 left, 11 . · m e a ' 1 was · · it_h Ahnd tLl~e mghtmare never stopped. ons opened the second half with a three-pointer by guard Jeff Fryer to make it 60 . 29 Th 45 on three occasions ·92.!f :o3-S~ e I d b was · .

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oung USD Plays Better but Still Loses to Pepperdine, 92- 77 By c~f fans in Firestone Fieldhouse. The Pepperdine for the first 6½ mm- But they never really fell apart, kids. They're smart and they hus- loss dropped the Toreros, the de- utes and h"-i an 18-17 lead. But either tie. They"re a lot like we were last

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Midway through the second half, Means hit a pair of three-pointers and Cottrell hit two free throws to brmg USO within eight, 73-65, In the next two minutes. Marty threw away a pass and missed a forced three-poml)umper, and Pepperdme pulled away for Munn Munn, USD's leading scorer, made only 2 of 10 shots after making 4 of 10 against Loyola. "He wasn't shooting well, and he rushed some shots,"" Egan said. "If you don't have it going, you have to recogmze that and work the ball a with 6,25 left. good.

fending conference champions, to 0-2 m WCAC play, 8-7 overall. Pepperdine is 10-5 and 2-0. The Toreros had a career-high 20 points from sophomore Craig Cottrell and 20 more from junior guard Danny Means. And USD stayed m contention until six mm- utes remained, when the Toreros trailed by only 73-65 after being behind by as many as 15 early in "I thought Hank did a good job with his team, brmging 1t back Pepperdm~ Coach Jim Harrick said, referrmg to Friday's 115-75 defeat. "That's not always easy to after that loss to Loyola," the second half.

then the To, ·os went ti:30 without a basket. ar Pepperdine took off on a 17-0 "1.11 , opening a 34-18 lead with 6,5'. remaining in the firsl Egan used two timeouts durmg the treak in an attempt to keep his ··wetalked about not letting one error turn into another and then having another error turn into USO came apart against Loyola's press Friday but was able to hang m agamst Pepperdine·s pressure for the most part. However, four turnovers contributed to the Pepperdme run. and the Toreros never completely recovered after half young team together. another,"" Egan said.

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Pepperdine Easily Beats an Diego .Q-tj61 By RAY RIPTO , Time taff Writtr The Uni or San Diego, po sibly still in shoek 40-polnt loss to Loyol arymoum Friday night, wa tre t gently by Pcpperdine ~aturday night. But the Waves still managed to h ndle the Toreros with relative ea nd won their second We~t C t Athlet c conference game witho lo , 92-77, before 2,883 tans at Firestone Fieldhous m Malibu San D1t>go, which had three fr hmen and a sophomore n the starting lineup, lost its second straight conference game and fell to 8-7 overall. Pepperdme raised Jts overall mark to 10-5. The :i:-oung Toreros made things interesting at first, trading leads with the Waves. But with the Toreros leading 18-17, and 13,04 left m the hair' they uddenly went into a ven: minute cold spell, and Pepperdine scored 17 straight points to take a 34-18 lead at the 6-55 mark, The Waves led at halftime. 43-32, but San Diego kept chipping a"'.ay at the lead by hitting three- pomt shots. Junior guard Danny Means hit 5 of 6 three-pointers Including 4 in the second half: Means and guard Craig Cottrell each scored 20 points to lead the Toreros. Cottrell sank two foul hots to close the gap to 73-65 with 6,25 left. But that was as close as San Diego got. The Waves, who shot 58.6% (34 of 58), simply had too much fire- power and experience. Every time San Diego appeared to be getting back into the game Tom Lewis would smk an outstd; Jumper or drive to the basket and hit a twisting, off. balance shot. Or Levy Middlebrooks would grab a rebound and make a follow shot. Lewis finished with a game-high 2!J points on 10-of-15 shooting Middlebrooks had 16 points and game-high 10 rebounds. Wave for- ward Dexter Howard added 14 points.

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/USDRolls Past Weber State in Utah, 66-44 Jol?nf~~cored 14 points and ers and scored seven points as USD Marty Munn added 13 Monday opened a 10-4 lead. The Toreros night to lead the University of San led, 27-19, at halftime.

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Race relations have not improved dramatically, and may have wors- ened, since the Rev. Martin Luther King .Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., 20 years ago next April 4, a panel of black leaders said here yesterday. And 1987 did not lack for hallmarks of a new era of racial prejudice, the panelists told about 75 University of Sav..,Dicgo law students who attended a race relations forum to commemorate King's birth and life. "In the last 10 years, there has been no lack of studies and reports reaching a single conclusion," said USD law Professor Roy Brooks. "ffiiick Americans are not doing nearly as well as expected." Baseball executive Al Campanis' comment last April that blacks lack the ability to fill front-office sports jobs, and network commentator Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder's remark last week that blacks were "bred" to be good athletes are si,ns of a linger- 8P.P. Kina on Paae B-B and well' Cawthorne said as he concluded the speech with a Southern delhery much like King's. "And I may not get there with you, but I want you to know that we as a people will get to the promised land." /

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Fred Rollin scored on a I up to bring Weber State within 46-35 with 9,26 left, but USD went on a 13-2 run to put the game away. Colvin hit four free throws and Cottrell scored twice off offensive rebounds during the stretch. Sayers made four free throws and Colvin scored on a dunk during a 7-0 run that gave USD its biggest lead, 66-40, with just more than a Weber State (2-11) was 16 of 52 from the floor (31%) and 3 of 17 from three-point range {18% ). USO was 22 of 48 from the floor (46%) and 17 of 25 from the free-throw line (68%). minute left.

· a 66-.fil nonconlereifce men's basketball victory over We- berStateinfrontof5,017intheDee Events Center in Ogden, Utah. USD (8-5) won for only the second time in six road games this outside of San Diego. The Toreros' other road victory came at San USO played without starting guard Efrem Leonard, who suf- fered a sprained ankle in the Saturday mght. Starting center Jim Pelton sprained his right ankle three minutes into Monday's game and did not return. Both Leonard and Pelton are questionable for USD's West Coast Athletic Confer- ence opener Friday night at Loyola Marymount. Sophomo.e guard Craig Cottrell, starting in place of Leonard against Weber State, scored 11 points. Freshman center Keith Colvin, fill- ing in for Pelton, added 10. Toreros' 83-72 loss at Colorado season, and for the first lime Diego State Dec. 19. _

/_USD RETURNSHOMEFOR WCAC ACTIO'V: Nohodr said USD had a chance 10 11·in on the road la.\/ "eek end agaimt Loyola and Pepp_erdine. e1pecial~r ll'ilh ters unable 10 plar. Bui thi, 11·eek at home the Toreros led hyformer Cra11ford High star. 6-9 Dondi Bell. 11·ill look 10 e1•en their remrd against SanJ.!I JJpw and S1.

road against the two best teams in the conference. All I asked for was a great effort from everybody." He got a solid effort from every- body, including Bell, a 6-foot-9 fresh- man out of Crawford High who start- He had to face the 6-7, 240-pound Middlebrooks, a senior who was an All-Conference choice last season. "This was an experience," said Bell, who got four rebounds and scored two points in his first r~al op- portunity to play for any length of ·me. ·'I was very nervous. I prayed for confidence and that helped calm me. I didn't think about the Loyola The Toreros were led by junior Danny Means and sophomore Craig Cottrell, who scored 20. For Cottrell it was a career high, bettering the 14 he had against USIU last season. Means downplayed his perform- "I didn't like the result of the game," Means said. "We have to im- prove and not let the other teams get better against us. We still break down at crunch time. We haven't crossed over the hump, but we're The Toreros impressed Pepper- dine coach Jim Harrick, who last year was in the same position as "Hank's kids did a great job," Har- rick said. "They're just like we were last year. But they have good, solid young kids who will get better. He's building a machine down there." The machine still needs some parts to run smoothly. But the wheels didn't come off last night, which is an ed his first college game. game at all." ance. getting there." USD.

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MALIBU - When you lose your conference opener by 40 points, all Especially when the next night you start three freshmen, a sophomore and a junior against one of the con- ference favorites. Given those condi- tions, the Unix.rrsity of Sao Diego's 92-77 loss to Pepperdine last night It made the Toreros 0-2 in West Coast Athletic Conference play and 8-7 overall. But this was a game that Waves excited the 2,883 fans in Fire- stone Fieldhouse with a 17-0 run over a six-minute span midway through An 18-17 Toreros lead became a 34-18 Pepperdine advantage. During that stretch, it was easy to see how the Toreros could lose 115- 75, as they had the night before at Loyola Marymount University. This time, however, the Toreros fought back to narrow the Pepper- dine lead to 73-65 with Dondi Be11 at the free throw for two shots with 6:25 remaining. He missed both attempts and the Waves regrouped to pull Lewis (29 points) and Levy Middle- brooks (16 points, 10 rebounds). USD's resolve pleased Coach Hank "When we got down by 13 or 14 last night (Friday), the lid caved in," Egan said. "They (Loyola) just kept going and going and going. One error led to another. This time we came back to cut the lead to eight. That's a "Listen, I told my players that what they were doing was not easy. things become relative. doesn't seem all that bad. eemed to be lost U hen the- the first half. away behind USC transfer Tom Egan. positive sign.

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Pepperdine Coach Jim Barrick acknowledging that h1· team ha~ often played to the level or Its compet1t10n, nevertheless gave an Diego Coach Hank Egan credit tor " great coachingJob."

Both officials were promptly fired for their slur·. Nonetheless, the two mcid1:nl "Serve as a barometer of the nation mind-set." Brooks said. He ,aid Snyder "is not mean, he is just misinformed and that can be worse." Another sign of conlmut:d racism came last Apr ii when the U.S. Su- preme Court upheld ad alh sentence given a Georgia black man despite a historic racial imbalance in that state's issuance of death penalties, said Randa Trapp, a deputy Califor• nia attorney general. "Racism, in other words, is alive and well," Trapp said. "What that says to me is that the judicial and political climate have regressed since t he civil rights movement,' said Trapp, who also is vice president of the San Diego Coun- ty chapter of the National Organiza- w r the Advancement of Colored

John Warren, managing editor of the San Diego Voice and Vj,•wpoint, a newspaper serving the black com- munity, suggested that evidence of blacks' victimization by racial bias is obscured by the government and media. For example, he said, unemployed blacks who no longer actively seek employment because they despair of ever finding a job are listed as "dis- couraged workers," a statistical group that is not counted when the nation's overall unemployment rate is determined. "We've been given the image in this country that black people are the ones who fill and increase the welfare roles," Warren said, but such corporate subsidies as the oil deple- tion allowance are not criticized in the media as corpora le welfare. A highlight of the forum, which

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