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By h Associated Press Mitch Smith scored 14 of his 20 points _in t~t• second half Monday to lead Utah to a 75-.:,7 vic- tory over {lniversity of San Diego in Salt Lake City . • Jimmy Madison added 14 pomts and Walter Watts 12 as Utah, of the Western Athletic Con- ference, improved it season record to 9-6. The l'tes have won eight of their last mne ga~es. Smith added 11 rebound and seven as I ts to his game-high scoring. Dondi Bell led the cold-shooting Torero , of the We t Coast Athletic Conference, with 12 points. Kel~m Woods add d mne for San D1 now 5-6 for the year. . Utah's .Josh Grant scored all of his 10 pomts m a first half that aw the Ut stake a 10-0 lead be fore Kelvm Ml'llTIS put San Diego on the scoreboard with 4 .39 gone. . The Toreros shot ·ust 21 percent fro~ the field m the half, with on y 'ood connecting mon• than onee Madison, who came off t~e bench to score 1 ght points in the fir t period, garn l !ah its biggest lead of the half, 29-9, at the 8 .,6 mark. Utah led 39-22 at halftime Smith scored two quick basket to start off the second ha!~ and th • tes, building their lead to as much a 22 pomts, put the game awa> early. USIU 74, Vermont 63 Steve Smith scored 11 of his 18 paints 1~ tl-i second half to help U.S. International wm at home. Demetriu Lafitte had 16 pomts and 12 rebounds for USIU, 6-9, and Gal) Williams add- ed 13 pomts and 10 rebou11d for the Gull. nn , White led Vermont 1-6, with 15 pomt Joe alav1ta a ded l pomt and seven re bound for the Catamounts. NC State 83, Towson State 77 Rodney Monroe, feelmg the lingering effects of a stomach virus, was held seoreless ~or the first 15 minutes but finished with 23 pomts to

College basketb lead 16th-ranked North Carol ma State. Chucky Brown also had 23 points for the Wolfpack. ,, "We feel xtremely fortunate to have won, said N.C. State coach .Jim Valvano whose t('am rai ·ed its reeord to 7 I. "That' a very good buskctball team ... They just wore us do_wn. Rodney has an excuse. He's had a tomach virus and hadn t practiced for two days But you have to give credit where credit 1s due. They p1ckt>d us apart and really played well " Wyoming 97, Drake 85. . • Reggie Fox ·cored 30 pomt , mcludmg 13 free throws, to lead the Cowboys. Wyomm , led by the penetration of_ guard_ Kenny Smith, b,ro~e open a close game m the first half to seal the wm and give coach Benny D cs his 100th career 1:11c- tory. Wyoming improved to 7 5 while Drake dropped to 5-7. to I ad Califorma to its fourth straight vic-tory. The Bears, 10-3, posted their ninth victor ' m 10 games and improved their home r cord to 7-0 rhe Buffaloes, 5-8, fell to 0-5 on the road this season. Loyola 85, Green Bay 83 . Enoch Simmons made two fr •e throws with two . econds remaining to give Loyola Mary- mount a victory over Wi consin Green ~ay. . Wisconsin-Green Bay Dt•an Vander I las h_ad tied the game 83.JlJ by makmg a layup with seven second left. The Lion quickly inbounde_d the ball to Simmon , who\\ a foul d b> Marqms Hine as he drove to the basket . Hank Gathers led Loyola . .,-4, ~ith :~3 pomts and six rebounds. H • m d 14 of h1 · 18 field goal attempts. teve Fryer added 20 points for the L10ns and Simmons finishPcl with 14. California 70, Colorado 54 Leonard Taylor scored 21 pomts

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F.sr ISU Um iri g school scheduled at USO Tr/bun Sia!/ Dana DeMuth, a ational Lcagu umpire for the last four year , will conduct two-day umpiring school In conJunction with Dan Peders n, a v tcran College World S n ump, Saturday and Sunday at ' Cunn- mgham Field. duct d Sc San Diego for 25 years. DeMu 's camp is designed for ei- th r beginning or veteran amateur umpires who want to 1~m prof_es- sional techniques. The mstruction also can serve as introduction to a career in professional umpiring. the North Shores Umpire

By h e orensen peclal_ to The Union SALT LAKE CITY A cold- shooting University of San Diego team fell behind early and never could catch up, dropping a 75-57 de- cision to Utah last night m the Huntsman Center A crowd of 10,170 watched as Utah (9-6) won its eighth game in its last nine tries. The Torer~ 5-6. The Utes took a quiclt10-0 lead and extended the margin to as many as 20 points in the first half U D made a couple of brief runs in the second half, but could never get closer than 12. Center Mitch Smith, suffering from the flu, still led Utah with 20 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and two steals. Four teammates also reached double figures - Jimmy adison with 14, Walter Watts with 12 and Josh Grant and Mark Lenoir with 10 api e. Grant also had 11 rebounds. USO was led by Dondi Bell with 12 points. Leading scorer Gylan Dot- tin, shut out in the first half, finished with seven. The Toreros shot just 21 percent m the first half and 32 percent for the game. "Obviously, we didn't shoot very well," said USD coach Hank Egan. "I thought we had a lot of easy shots, too, that just didn't go down. But we got down 10-0 and theh we hung our heads a little bit and didn't compete on the defensive end. Unfortunately, you're going to ve shooting nights like thi,s, but ou've still got to dig in at the defen- sive end." USD got off to a dreadful start, missing its first eight shots as Uta_h built its 10-0 lead. Kelvin Means fi- nally broke the spell with a IO-footer five minutes into the half. The Utah lead reached 29-9 when Madison hit a 12-footer at the 8:50 mark. Then the Toreros rallied, scoring eight straight as Kelvin Woods hit a three-pointer, Efrem Leonard completed a three-point play and Woods scored on a _follow. But USD missed its next six shots, and Utah went on to take a 39-20 lead before a basket by Wayman Strickland in the final minute made it 39-22 at the half. The Utes cruised to a 50-28 lead in the first four minutes of the second half, but the Toreros fought back. After an intentional foul was called on Utah's Madison and Randy Thompson hit two free throws, it was 54-40. USO could have cut the lead more, but Leonard missed an open layup off an inbounds play. "We got the lead cut down and then we ran a back-door play, b t the kid misses a layup," lamented

Egan. "It was just one of those mghts." "The ball Just wouldn't go in the hole for us, ' said Bell who also had four blocked shots. "But 1t was one of those nights where the defense wasn't working and the offense wasn't working." Egan said he "didn't see a whole lot of positive things" to talk about, although the smaller Toreros did outrebound Utah, 4~2 The Toreros continue east to face Western Kentucky Thursday. /

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By Kirk Kenney Tribune Sportswriter.

USDplays final tuneup on the road be answered before then. Can USO win on the ro.:1d? Can the Toreros play with ccms1stency? Can they be contenders? USO opened the season with vic- tories over Lehigh and New Mexi- co in the New Mexico Tourna- ment. The Toreros (5-6) are 0-4 on the road smee and m danger of

falling two games below the .500 mark for the first time this season. The team's problems on the road basically have been the re- sult of poor shooting. That point was underscored when USO lost to Utah 75-57 Monday night in Salt Lake City. The Toreros had their poorest shooting night of the sea- s?n, hitting 21 percent (7-33) in the first half on the way to 32 percent (21-p6) for the game. They were 4- for-16 from three-point range. Western Kentucky (8-3) watched a four-game winning streak come to an end Monday night with a 76- 66 loss to St. Louis University.

One more ch ce is what the ~afil[etball team has tonight when it plays Western Kentucky in a non-conference game in Bowling Green Ky. The Toreros have one more chance to win on the road, one more chance to even their record one more chance to come togethe~ - one more chance to accomplish something before play begins in the West Coast Athletic Confer- ence. USO opens play in the WCAC at home Jan. ~3 against Gonzaga. There are still many questions to

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DeMuth, Pedersen and Bob O'Regan. a Mmnesota Twins scout, h ve formed West Coa t Umpire Camps and will be holding clinics throughout California. O'Regan con-

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(7-33) m the fll'St half, when the Toreros fell behind, 39-22. USO set season-high marks for offensive, defensive and total rebounds (17, Center Dond1 Bell was the only Torero In double-figure scoring with 12 Gylan Dottin continues to lead USD with 13.4 points per game Sophomore forward Randy Thompson, a starter m the first four games. played for the first time (14 minutes, 4 points) in six games against Utah because of an 28 and 45).

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Western Kentucky tonight at Did die Arena m Bowling Green in the Tor ros' final tuneup befor the tart of West Coast Athletic Con- ference play next week This i the first meeting between Kentucky finished 15-13 to b come only the 12th school tor ach 1,200 the chools. Last s on, Western Western Kentucky's 68 8% win- ntng percentage (1,200 544 ) was In 1988-89, We tern Kentucky I 8-3, 6-2 at horn . USD is 5-6, 2-4 on th road after Monday's 75-57 loss to Utah tn Salt Lake City. The Toreros have ahot miserably lhan against Utah. USO shot 32% (21-66) from the fioor-21% victor Entering th season, fifth best all-time on the road th1 ason, but never wor

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - With 5:40 left in the first half of the University of San Diego'1a 64 59 basketball loss to Wester,n Kentucky last night, the Western Kentucky guard Brett McNeal, who came in averaging 20.3 points but didn't score until the 6:23 mark of the half, thought he knew why both teams struggled to score. "Talk to the administration," McNeal quipped at the press table during a timeout. "They put up The fresh rims, put up in E.A. Dibble Arena earlier in the day, were unkind to both teams as Western Kentucky shot 34.8 percent (24-of-69) and USD 42 percent (25-of-57). The Toreros also missed USD's inability to hit foul shots and Roland · Shelton's three-point basket with 1:20 left proved score was tied at 15. new rims." 14 of 19 free throws.

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on a desperate three-poirit attempt and Mike Wil- son made two free throws with one' second to play "We feel very fortunate to win this game," Hill- toppers coach Murray Arnold said. 'I knew they would be a tough team commg in here. If they had hit their free throws we would have been in trou- The Toreros began the game shooting 62.7 per- cent from the line "We had to hit those," Egan said. "Western played an outstanding man-to-man defense, and you don·t get too many opportunities to score." McNeal led all scorers with 23 m the Hill- topper three-guard offense Junior forward Craig Cottrell scored 14 and Means 13 for the Toreros. / for Western Kentucky (9-3). ble '

"We've struggled from the free-throw line all year, but never quite like this," USO coach Hank Egan said. "~ think :twas the key to the _game. We went 2-of-11 m the fu~t half. If we had hit a fe~ of The H11Itoppers made 11 of 14 free throws. The Toreros (5-7) looked as though they might overcome their poor foul-shooting when they tied the score at 57 with 2:13 to play on Danny Means' But Shelton (14 pomts) countered with his three- pointer to give Western Kentucky a 60-57 lead. With the Hilltoppers leadmg 62-59, the Toreros had a chance to he when McNea l missed the first of a one-and-one free-throw opportunity with 10 th?5et, hwe would ha~e the lead and thmgs m1gh ~ve been different. three-point field goal.

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