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USO.Tons USF, end loss streak at 7 ~q.,p .. Continued from H-1

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The Toreros trailed with 9:06 re- maining, 51-44, but with 3:46 left it was tied at 56. The Toreros scored the next seven points - four on free throws by guards Danny Means and Gylan Dottin and three on Strick- land's 20 foot jumper - to take a 63- 56 lead with 2:02 to play. A three-point play and 3-foot bank hot by USF forward James Bell made it 63-61 with 1:04 to go. Twenty seconds later, a three-pointer by Kevin Ellis made it 65-64. But the Toreros could do no wrong at the free-throw line. Junior forward Craig Cottrell, who came off the bench to score 15, made two with 41 seconds remaining. He also got a piece of Ellis' three-point shot with four seconds to play. The ball never made it to the rim, and trickland grabbed it before being fouled with one second left. The Toreros' victory broke a three-game losing streak against the Dons (10-9, 2-4), who are coached by former USO coach Jim Brovelli. Fri- day night, USF upset 20th-ranked St. ary's, 62-55, in Moraga. "Any time you can spilt on the road it's successful," Brovelli said. "But we bad an opportunity here and didn't capitalize, and that's discouraging." Egan can sympathize. Five of USD's seven losses during the streak were by five points or less. "We needed that one badly," he said. "I think the thing we've done the best throughout all of this is com- pete. I think sometimes our execu- llon was lacking. We don't always necessarily stay together, but we compete. These guys are young, and if they do that, you get the feeling this all might work out."

shouldn't have done that. I probably should have tried to push it a little more and created more offensively." cans did more offensively in the econd half, beginning with a 17-foot jumper But it was USD freshman forward Gylan Dottin who signaled that the Toreros would be more ag- gressive offensively in the second half when he began driving to the ba ket. Dottin kept getting fouled and going to the line, where he scored five of his 10 points. Toreros teammates like Cottrell, sophomore center Dondi Bell and freshman guard Wayman Strickland took the cue Cottrell bad 12 of his team-high 14 poinL~. Bell had five of hlS 13 and Strickland scored all of his 12 pomts in the last 20 minutes. "Momentum's a fragile thing," aid Santa Clara coach Carroll Wil- !Lams. "I w our kids get tired with about 10 minutes to go. We started standing around and the momentum hilted" Santa Clara senior guard Mitch Burley kept the momentum from shifting completely with a game-high 24 points. He was 7-for-10 from the field, including 4-for-5 from three- point range. Burley was a perfect 6- for-6 at the free-throw line, making the last two with 12 econds remain- ing. The Broncos needed every one. "To their credit, they made some things happen." said Williams. "We didn't make anything happen, outside of Mitch Burley making his free throws down the stretch. Burley was Mr ConstStency." The co ch' concern wa that be didn't et consistent effort from ev- eryone Still, Williams went home with a wm m his pocket. USD's only satisfacu was that it played as hard as 1t could. As Danny Means has come to r ahze, that will have to be enough thi year. ''You don't just walk into a Divi- sion I school and - bang - you're a Division I player," said Strickland, the heir apparent to Means. "You have to develop. We're starting to de- velop character. We Just have to learn to rise to that extra level and play with all our hearts.''

"l called Danny Means over the oth r day during practice and told him that I have always liked him," 1d Eg n. nd 1 have. But now 1 admire him He's a senior and thi i two yea in a row that we've been in truggle. "He had played on a team that was xtremely efhc1 nt, got a lot done 'It's really f ru trating this ea on because at this point I haven't nccomplisbed the thing I know are possible for me to ccompli h 1 - Danny Means

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Strickland wasn't the only fresh- man to distinguish himself. Dottin, the team's leading scorer, finished with 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds. "We've lost so many close ones,' Dottin said. "Maybe this will help us young guys learn how to play well

McCathrion, who missed last week's game against USO because of his fa• ther's death, had 10 poin~ and a team-high six rebounds.

with the game on the line." Guard Kevin Mouton led USF in scoring 1th h points. Forward Joel DeBortoli had 14. Center Mark

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first WCAC lo s Friday night, fell to 10 9. 2-4. "We needed this one," Egan said. Indeed. A look at the Torero next lX games shows two each against Loyola Marymount (10-7, 4-1), Pepperdine (13-7, 5-0) and St. ary's (17-2,5-1). Last Fnday, USD lost to San Francisco, 63-58, while outplaymg the Dons m nearly every statistical category except free-throw shoot- ing. USD made just 11 of 24; Sa Francisco made 29 of 33, including its final H. Saturday, Means made 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Junior Craig Cottrell and freshman Gylan Dottm each made 5 of 6. Freshman Wayman Stnckland made 3 of 4 and sophomore Dondi Bell 7 of 9. "That's it. That's how you win. And unfortunately, that's how you lose," Egan said. · Scoring leader for USD were Strickland (17), ttm (1 }, trell (15), Danny Means (7) and Bell (7). San Francisco was paced by Kevin Mouton (15 points , Joel DeBortoh (14), Mark McCathnon (10) and James Bell (10). With 9 minutes 20 seconds re- mammg, USD trailed, 51-44. The Toreros had led only once, at 2-0, before tymg it at 33-33, but San Franc1Sco then went on an 18-11 run, mcluding four 3-pomters. Dut at 9:20, USD's Juck began to change. Bell missed a free throw, but Cottrell rebounded and put in the layup. After Bell blocked a DeBortoli shot, Dottin stored on a layup. Strickland hit a 3-pointer and the game w~ tied, 51-51. After an exchange of 5 points each. USD took the lead for good with 3, 18 left on eans' two free throws. Two more by Dottin and a 3-pomter by Stnckland gave USO a 63-56 lead with 2:04 left. With 45 seconds left, San Fran- cisco closed to within 65-64, but Cottr II and Strickland made two free throws each to end the scoring. "We finally got it all together," Bel said. Added Means: "Our attitude was not down, but we haven't been wmmng down the stretch I thmk tonight was a big matunng factor for us." In the first half, ne1th~r" 1,~~ made more than 5 points in,L... :

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) l[~,i '• P. C. B En 1888 V,-ennia - Joe McDonough won at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles but SDSlJ s men's team lost to host UC Riverside, 5-3, in a non-conference match. McDonough beat Richard ~1jer 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6), and paired w1!~ Tole Marinkovic to sweep B~1Jer ~nd_Jim Wilbanks 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. R1vers1de 1s 2-0. The Aztecs (0-2) play at Fresno State this af ernoon at 1.30 . . . SDSU is ranked 'o 4 in this . week's Intercolleg1ate Tennis Coaches Association Region VII poll •·· USD's men lost to top-ranked UCLA, 7-2, in Los Angeles. U.fil) wmners were David Stewart, wnode- fea~ed Scott Galbraith 6-2, 6-3, and Chris Toomey, who beat Giora Payes 3-6, 7-6, 6-1. :,).. 95 J ,....d ~

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