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COLLEGE BASKETBALL Torgos pointed to a win Guard finds role as Austin falls, 71-45 By Bill Center taff Viriler Wayman Stnckland scored only two pomts for the University of San Diego last rught. But in the Toreros' cheme of things, Strickland came away from USD' 71.45 victory over Winless St phen F Austm State figuring he had just played o of his games at Alcala Par . I've had better games stat tlcal ly," the sophomore aid. 'But this was probably one of my t games as a point guard' Stickland bad 0 \ n ass1 an three steals as the Tore os snapped a four-game losing treak agamst the outmanned 0-6 Lumb rJacks of the Southland Conference "Stnckland IS rling to become a good point g ard USD coach Hank Egan said after his dub improved to 3-5 before 713 spectators at he 'SD Sports Center " 'h n he's playing no , he's think- ing of other people first. That's been bard for Wayman." In high school, the 6-foot-2 tnck- land was a scorer. He as San Fran- cJSCo's Player of the Year in 1986-87 for averaging 21.9 points at Riordan High In bis freshman year at USD Strickland shared ballhandhng duties 1th brothers Danny and Kelvtn Mean Most of Strickland's time was spent a shooting guard. But the Means b others are gone and Egan has gon from two ballhan- dlers m the lineup to a pomt guard format. 'My job has changed a lot," said Stnckland. 'Tm not shooting much. ow my responsibilities are defense and getting the ball to my teammates. 'The ballhandling is no problem. Getting the attitude of putting my teammates first forced a change in my whole t le of play." Strickland was on the floor for the first 35 minutes last rught. He took only four shots. But he made two of the best plays in his career in the econd half. Both were passes. One was a floor-length bomb to USD scoring leader John Jerome. The other was a flip to Jerome as Strick-

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USD's John Jerome leans In against Stephen F Austin for two of his team-high 22 points. land d ved to save the ball from go10g ou• of bounds It was a little like we were last year," said Egan. But the visitors went as long as 6 42 between pomts.

After lo ing to Houston by only 13 points last Wedne day, the Lumber- jacks managed only 13 points m the first half last night. USD had 32 and could easily have had more. The Toreros turned the ball over three of their first four times down floor against the Lumberjacks' 1-3·1 zone and didn't score in the game's first four minutes and 10 seconds.

I m nJoying a great pass now more than a great shot," joked Stnckland "I must be gettmg the bang of the position" It hasn t been easy Coach Egan has been working overtime with me Strickland said. 'I'v still got a ways to go, but I've been here a year now and I expect better thmgs from myself" times, Egan has criticized Strickland' play from the bench dur- m a land. When he gets on me, it's to make me play harder I understand hun fully. He wants me to get better. I want that, too' "If they have enough pressure from the other team, I leave them alone Egan admitted last mght "If they don't I turn it up " Last night was a perfect tune to turn up the bench pressure. At 'No problem,' said Stri

''I thought we played well at times," said Egan. "Defensively, we played better. We had some guys turn in good efforts off the bench." Jerome was the only Torero in double figures with 22 points in 31 minutes Egan cleared his bench with more than five minutes to go and 11 playe scored in tjle first of eight straight home games for the Torero/

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Stephen F Austm lS a club on the rebound. The Lumberjacks started two freshmen and the first three players off the bench were freshmen . GRIEF: Hot Line Gives Mourners Solace l.'"\ S"'t Co tin ed from El

he says, millions of people each year lose a friend or relative and the holiday season isn't the only time grievers need a quick fix. Birthdays, anniversaries and other family gatherings can be sad occa- sions that make people want to pick up the phone and speak to someone with a ,ympathetic ear. That's why the woman from Whittier called. "I asked her to share with me about her husband," James recalls. "She spoke about their first Christ- mas and the little tree they bought because they were too poor to celebrate in a big way, but still they were happy and together." Eventually, the woman stopped whispering. Her tears turned to laughter after James asked her to recall a funny holiday story about her husband. Then James helped the woman work out a sentence for her to r<'peat whenever she feels gloomy during the next few weeks: "From time to time during the holidays, I will miss my husband, and when I cry, I don't need to be fixed because there is nothing wrong with me." Says James, "The whole prob- lem ts lack or education for all of us for the griever and those around the griever. We need to nurture each other and talk about our feelings, especially dur· g the holidays."

mother dies, the attitude 1s that you better be back at work tomor- row and you better be together. It's a sad commentary " Jame had hoped to start the hot lme last year but the institute couldn't afford t 'l'his year, the financial p1ctur didn't look any better until his wife, actress Jes Walton (who portrays Jill Abbott on the daytime oap "The Young and the Restless"). appeared on a celebrity edition of "Wheel of For- tune." She won $3,000 for her favorite charity, the Gnef Recov- ery Institute-enough to set up the holiday grief hot !me and operate 1t for two month . Smee Nov. 1, mst1tute volun- teers working four telephone Imes have coun eled and con oled more than 1,500 despondent callers from Albany to Albuquerque. "What they all have in common is the experience of having gone through grief themselves," James says. Calls are answered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Pacific Coast time. Pubhc-serVice announcements on radio and tele- v1s1on and word of mouth have helped mcreas awareness or the hotline. Jam s 1s determ ned to keep the hot line open after Dec. 31 through donations ($120,000 1s needed to expand the service to 24 hours a day, seven days a week) t ecause,

because "Thanksgiving, Hanuk- kah, Christmas, the New Year are all about family, and everything is a constant reminder that someone m the family is not there." James knew from personal expe- rience that it was perfecUy fine for the caller to cry her heart out. Twelve year~ ago, he was looking for someon to help him cope with his grief after his 3-day-old son died of respiratory failure. "Everyone wanted to talk about everything except my feelings," he recalls. "The fll'st sentence I heard after my son died was from a nurse who said, 'We I, at least you're fortunate You can have other children.'" Intellectually, James knew that was true. But at the time, he ays, "I wasn't dealing with an mtellec- tual problem. I was d aling with grief" He still is. A day doesn t go by that he doesn't think about his baby boy. But after researching grief on his own because there was no one to turn to for help, he now understands that 1t s OK to do so. "It's a normal and natural thmg to do," he says. "We have a 9II number for people who break their arms," James says, "but who can you call 1f your heart is broken? If you break a leg, you get six weeks off with disability pay. But if your

• College asketball: The Torer take 32-13 fir t-half I don the way to an :asy, 71-45 victory ov r Stephen F. Austin.

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........,..o ..,.., .........,. James is founder of the Grief Recovery Institute of Los Angel• a 6 ·ear Id nonprofit orgaruzation dC'd. ted to helpmg people cope with the •n 1,f I hat results from a death, a d1\orce, a job change, even retirement. The institute, which relies on private donations, is operated by fou.- stafCers and several volunteers who have b<'en trained in grief-recovery counseling. They provide information to the public and conduct grief-recovery eminars v fa. re professionals. The institute's latest erv1ce I the coun- try's first toll-free holiday gnef hot line- (800) 445-4808. James, who co-authored "The Gnef Recovery Handbook" and has taught graduate cours s on grief at the University of San Diego and the University of Phoemx, says he targeted the holidays Plea e see GRIEF, E8

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USD's John Jerome (25) battles Stephen F. Austin center Tim Holloway (54) for a