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'iJSn not living up to billing "On paper, we look pretty good. Breakdowns 10 the T ff • What we have to do is get it off the this season culm' ted ?reros O ense selves if we Just concentrate more" paper and onto the floor. ,, change last ni So hn a personnel said junior guard Pat Holbert who - Hau Egan: N~4, 1989 guard Waym~n stiictf;;~ i: 1 :! ~~~c~•i!rickland in the sta'.rting By Kirk Kenney benched after starting the season's tion t r;n,overs a~e conc~ntra- TtlblJJJf' Sportswriter first five games. In fact, Strickland the 'baf!lf\; ~ot gomgb~o give _up Obviously, it takes more than a never came into the game. that. Th;t turn~ th! pro em with good blueprint to build a skyscraper Pass1.ng and ball-handling were That was big" game around. USD needs a lot of work if it is not Strickland's problems, although · . reach new heights. The To those were two things USD ha had The Toreros remamed close - al- been billed as a team with r~fe:}!!~ di~f iculty with against the Aztecs. ;~ys_ on the ~er~e o~ overcoming the potential. So far, the talent 15 raw 1 thought maybe the difference in ~h icit .-t until s_1x mmutes remained. and the potential ls unta ped ----------- en I was time to take charge Another example cai::e in USD' 'JVl·at bothe, ..ed ti~ever, 1:oh one stepped ~orward'. 85-75 loss to San Die O , n .,, · . wou ave gone the fmal 5:45 night at the Sports Are~a A !:~et • me is the way we wirout a basket from the floor had ~{ t:k~f:;'~~u th (4-~rr;;;ist~ handled the ball ::i°~~!°t~~~ 0 :tf:~:~ 1:: 1 ~_ttin fourth straight time. Much of the when we needed We don t execute when the heat's

SDSC on a three-game wmning str will have an advantage m sue with 7-foot-1, 240-pound center arty Dow and 6-8, 235-pound for• ard Shawn Jamison, who have combmed for an average of 25 & pomts and 12 rebounds. Jam1Son will have the respons1bihty of contaming Jerome, a 6-8 semor center, who leads the Tor ros In scormg with 18 8 points per game and reboundmg, th 7.2. I'll just have to try and deny him the ball," Jamiso said. When he' be .500~·-· -- USD has lost Its last two games - both n the Lapchlck Tournament m Jamaica, Y. But those losses came against two pretty fall' opponents· o IS St John's (74-S9) and South Alabama (77-72), which made it to the second round of the NCAA Tour- nam t last season. The Toreros were victims of q estlonable officiat- ing in th loss to South Alabama - officiating that Egan criticized at length durmg and directly after the

''There was no reason for doing what I did," Egan said. It was map- propnate." Both the Toreros and Aztecs have struggled offensively thls season - USD shooting 43.9 percent from the field and SDSU shooting 43.6. But the Aztecs have been more Impressive from the free-throw line (shooting 7U percent to USD's 56.3) and more impressive defensively allowtng opponents 56.4 points a game I'm not trying to lay a trip on anybody " said Egan, who scouted SDSU during Its 51-50 victory over Texas Tech Monday. I know it's early the eason, but I was really Impressed with their defense. They're executmg some fundamental luff Obviously, the kids believe what they've been told" The question now 1s whether to be- lieve all of Egan's and Branden- burg's kind words. Notn - Brandenburg said he plans to redshlrt junior forward Nel-

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o~ as well as we need to in order to wi,~ some close basketball games" said Egan. ''This was a close gam~ th en it just all of a sudde~

problem can be raced to USD's in- consistency on offense and an lnabili- ty to take command down the ~s if that weren't enough. . . I'm not too sure I was really happy with our defense," said USD ~ch H~nk: Egan, who built his repu- tation with strong defensive teams. The most pomts allowed by USlJ coming i_nto the g_ame was 79. SDSU's The ~re was as much a product of ~SD s offensive failures as its de- "What bothered me is the way we handled the ball when we needed to turned It over when we should have fens1ve lapses. be ef I car u WI th . 11," said Egan. ''We stre h s aso hi h n- g e commg into the game was 67.

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one-and-o_ne opportunities ID the final three mmutes. Converting those sh?ts would have made it a four- pomt game with more than l½ m1·n- 0 P ay. Instead, ii was a 10- point gap, and SDSU emptied its tJothmg was working," said USD semor forward John Jerome wh had 16 points and a team-high '12 !'ounds. "It was a matter of us break- Mak_ing it work Just comes w1'th ex-· per1e~ce and time. It doesn't happen utes t 1 be?,ch. . . r: mg d W own. e break down easily

the ballgame was they kept trying to go Inside in the second half," said coach Jim Brandenburg, "and we knocked the ball away and got ome cheap baskets 00 the fastbreak. I thought that was the impetus that put us over the hump." USD had a 50-48 lead with 15:59 remammg in the game. It disap- peared for good one minute later after three straight turnovers pro- . . . free throw and a 53-50 lead. "Things will take care of them- SDSU ded SDSU • h v1 wit two layups and a

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. 11/l~n•• b1 1au Torera,s._beat Afte[?to end losing streak Kathy Marpe didn't want to make it No. 18, so she gave the ball to Chris Enger. Marpe's USD wome ' asket- ball team beat San Diego State, 76-68, before 307 last night at the ~ports Arena It was the first time m 17 career meetings USD has beaten SDSU, and the first since Marpe took over the Toreras pro- gram m 1979. The difference was Enger, a 6- foot-4 freshman center from Vista High. She finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocked shots. SDSU (0-4) had no one to counter Enger, and aid for it. s. - oreras-: Enge~'); helps beat Azfecs Continued from E-1 "Give USD all the credit," SDSU f1rst-y~ar coacn Beth Burns said. "They played a great game. But I also thought we took some big strides tonight." SDSU averaged 26.3 turnovers its first three games but finished with 19 agamst USD. The Toreras (3-1) had 23. SDSU sophomore pomt guard Crystal Lee scored 20 and committed just · x turnovers USD led. 34-32, nt h ftime. The Toreras kept the lead throughout the second half, thanks o Enger and Paula Mascari, who scored 17. SDSU's Julie Evans, who trans- ferred from liSD two years ago scored 16. "(SDSU) lost a lot of players from last year and they're re- buildm!(," Marpe said. "They've always been the best team in town - I think we took some steps for- ward tonight. This has been a goal of ours." P. c. e

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SAN DIEGO - San Diego State combined a strong defensive effort down the ~tretch with its best of- fensive performance of the season and claimed its fourth consecutive victory, an 85-75 win Wednesday night over Univ.!,l'sity of San Die- go. -----Tne. victory broke a four-year drought for the Aztecs against USO. The win, in front of 3,535 at t:tie Sports Arena, also marked the first time in four seasons that San Diego State has won four straight games. Shawn Jamison and farty Dow scored 19 points each to lead the Aztecs (4-2). Michael Best added 18 points, five assists and four steals. Kelvin Woods scored 18 points and John Jerome scored 16 for the Toreros (2-4), who have lost three straight. San Diego State registered its highest point total of the season, stretching a 44-41 halftime edge. The Aztecs' prev10us high was 67 points. Six second-half steals helped seal the victory, "I thought this was a game where we did some good things and other things not so good," said Az- tecs Coach Jim Brandenburg. "The ball bounced our way tonight." The Aztecs took a 71-62 lead on a three-point play by Dow with 7:38 remaining. But USO came back to cut the deficit to 73-70 with 5:03 remaining as Craig Cottrell scored six straight points before the Aztecs called time out. San Diego State then put the game away with seven straight points. Best hit a 3-point shot, Ar- thur Massey scored off a Vern Thompson steal and Thompson hit two free throws for an 80-70 "We made a bunch of turnovers and missed some front ends of one- and-ones," said USO Coach Hank Egan. "Now we're trying to play lead with 3:34 to play.

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USD tried lo work the ball inside, but again Best was there to knock it away. Vernon Thompson was fouled in the scramble for the loose ball, and he made two free throws. With 3:34 to play, SDSU led by 10. End of game. "I had to do something," Best said. "I had to show up That team now has won four straight games, some- thing the Aztecs haven't done since late in the 1984-85 season. SDSU JS now 4-2. USD is 2-4. Brandenburg chose to downplay his team's perform- "Not to take anything away from our players, but I felt the ball bounced our way an awful lot," he said. and come through for the team." ance.

wa redshirtmg two years ago when USD trounced SDSU for the third consecutive season. "I wanted to pay them back for that," Best said. Best did just that when it came to the crucial point in last night's game, played before anent usiastic crowd of The Aztecs were leading 73-70 with five minutes re- maming, but they were reeling. Craig Cottrell had scored six straight points for USD, and Aztecs center Marty Dow bad fouled out. If ever there were a time to fall Enter Best. Following a timeout, the Aztecs worked the ball around before Best drilled a long jumper - from th NBA three-point line. SDSU by six. Al the other end of the floor, ~t stole the h 1 an passed to Arthur Massey for a layin. SDSU by e1g t. 3,S35. apart, this was it. bal d

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game, I didn't think: we coultt come close to guarding Jerome scored 16 points, just three below his average, but he took only three shots in the first half and eight in Jerome."

turnovers and scored 85 points, surpassing its previous season high of 67 within the first 32 minutes. Dow and forward Shawn Jamison led all scorers with 19 points each. Best had 18, and Toreros guard Pat Ho!• bert admitted USD wasn't sure bow to defense him. "We knew he could shoot, but we didn't know if he was going to be on or off," Holbert said. "We started trying to Best has struggled with his shot most of the year - he's shooting under 40 percent - but teams never know when he's going to get hot. He made 7-of-17 last night, but he was 3-of-6 from three-point range in the second half. "I know he's a good shooter, and we're just going to have to let him keep shooting until he gets back in the groove and gets his confidence," Brandenburg said. Best had made 4-of-21 shots in his last two games, but he wasn't about to stop firing. 'Tm not consistent yet, but some have to fall "he said. At least Best was getting shots. USD's leading scorer, Jo Jerome, had problems just getting the ball agamst Jamison. 'Jamison's herky,jerky, kind of floppy looking," Bran- denburg said, "but he's awfully quick. Going into the

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"Wherever he went. I went with him," Jamison said.

Five Toreros scored in double figures, led by Kelvin come out on him and not cover down on the inside. Then Woods with 18, but USD made just one field goal in the their big men were getting it in the post because we last seven minutes and none in the last five until a mean- couldn't cover down when we were c.ut on him." ingless tip-in with one second left.

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• I • NOT~ - Both the Aztecs and Toreros will be back in action Saturday against Pac-10 teams from Los Angeles. USD bas the tougher assignment, against No. 13 UCLA at 1 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion. SDSU will host USC at 7:30 at the Sports Arena. Both games will be televised live on Prime Ticket. • The Aztecs will go the rest of the season with an 11- man roster after Brandenburg decided to redshlrt junior forward Nelson Stewart. • USD's women downed SDSU 76-68 last night in a game played before the men's contest. Chris Enger and Paula Mascari scored 17 points each to lead USD. State's Crystal Lee led all scorers with 20.

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CJ In conjunction with the Schoc Graduate and Continwng Educa at tbe University of San Diego, Storytellers- of San Diego will i a program of stortes from • oviet Union from 7:30 to 9:30 Saturday in the Manchester Co, ence Center on the USD ca!11~ mlSSion is $5. .zJs::,