1993_12 The Daily Collegian December 1993

              6—The Daily Collegian
Wednesday, Dec. 8,1993
Bulldogs win one the hard way
Bulldogs defeat
Huskies 67-65 to
improve to 2-2
By David Donnelly
Editor
Some teams like to do things the
hard way while some doit the easy
. way.
In the last three games, the
Fresno State Bulldogs have been
doing things the hard way.
Saturday night against San Jose
State, the Bulldogs lost in the final
seconds, 69-67.
But against the University of
Washington' Tuesday night, the_
Bulldogs made seven of their final"
eight free throws to hang ,on for a
67-65 Win.
Travis Stel hit two«free throws
with one minute and 21 seconds
remaining and Seth Marshall made
two charity shots with 15.6 sec¬
onds remaining. '
Assistant coach Charles Fisher
said making the free throws gave
the Bulldogs a big lift.
"Making the free throws at the
end of die game was one ofthe big
differences from last game," Fisher
said, "The last game taught the
players that they have to, hit the
tough free throws towm."
Carl Ray Harris led Fresno State
(2-2) with 22 points and Lee
Mayberry added IS points and 10
rebounds.
The Bulldogs received a much
better effort on the boards than in
the losses against the Spartans and
Pepperdine Dec. l.outrebounding
the Huskies 36-35.
A large reason for that was Har¬
ris, Seth Marshall and Brian
Santiago staying back on defense
/{and helping out on the defensive
backboard. t *
"That was definitely a factor,"
Fisher said. "The guards did a great
job. We can't rely on [Lee]
Mayberry and Stel to get all the
rebounds."
Fisher said "the Huskies' defen¬
sive strategy didn't really bother
Fresno State.
"Washington has put in a new
system that they didn't deviate from
all evening," Fisher said. "They
wanted to put us into as quick paced
game that was trying to force us to
take bad shots, but we love to run
and it turned out that we fouind
good shots."',^ »
Harris said the Bulldogs really
needed to beat the Huskies, a Pa¬
cific-10 team.
""This win helped a lot," Harris
said. "I think it'll help us. at Pa¬
cific.",
The coaching staff thought the
Bulldogs played better than in their
opening three games, Fisher said.
. 'It was a much more complete
effort, both offensively and defen¬
sively," Fisher said. "The team re¬
ally came out and played tough and
determined. They really played
toughdefenseon Washington's post
players and rebounded really well."
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Washington's Alan McCialn prepares to swat Brian Santiago's lay up away during the second half of
Tuesday night's game. The 'Dogs won a nail bitter 67-65.
. While the Bulldogs rebounded    room
better than the previous two games,
Fresno State is still having prob¬
lems holding big leads."•■': -';" '■
■ The Bulldogs jumped out to a
16-5 lead with. 15:33 remaining in
the first half.
But the Bulldogs scored two
points the next 8:22 Co allow the
Huskies to tie the game at 18.
■ However, Fresno State didn't
panick and outscored the Huskies
18-13 merest of the first half to .
take a 36-31 lejid into the locker
In the second half, the Bulldogs
out to a 45-38 lead with
W^IerV but lad Huskies were
able to cut it to 45-4!
Despite the Husky run, the Bull¬
dogs looked to be in control when
: they reelod off a 12-3 run to extend
the lead to 57-44 with 6:37 left.
Nevertheless, back came the
Huskies. Washington outscored the
Bulldogs 12-0the next 4:01 to shave
the lead to 57-56.
Andy Roberson came, of the
is brother's shoes
De Wayne Zinkin
latest in line of
Zinkiris to wrestle
for Fresno State
By Robbie Miner   '■
StafT writer
/'Filling the shoes of All-Ameri¬
can wrestler and older brother
Harold Zinkin is a lot to ask of
junior De Wayne, but early indica¬
tions show that he won't be re¬
ferred to as "the other Zinkin" for
much longer.
DeWayne Zinkin returns to the
mat this year for the Bulldqgs af¬
ter sitting out last season as a red-
shirt. The former Bullard High
standout had an' outstanding
sophomore season at the 126-
pound division, compiling a 29-9-
2 record. Unable to make the 126-
lb. class last year, Zinkin found
himself forced to compete with
his older brother for the spot at
the 134-pound division. But as
great as a wrestler as DeWayne Is,
his brother would become the third
nningest wrestler in FSU history
and won the position.
"De Way ne's had a lot of time to
get stronger and to work with his
older brother and I think he's just a
better all around wrestler now,"
said coach Dennis DeLiddo, uncle
to the Zinkins.
Zinkin's improvement was ob¬
vious last weekend, when he be¬
came just the second Fresno State
wrestler ever to win an individual
title at the Las Vegas Invitational.
Who was the first wrestler to win
an individual title at this prostigeous
meet? Harold Zinkin.
"That was the biggest tourna¬
ment I've ever won," Zinkin said.
"It was such a surprise. Also it was
my birthday, and everything; it was
just a perfect weekend."
The junior entered the tourna¬
ment unranked, but after last week¬
end, Zinkin's name is bound to
magically appear near the top of
the next updated national rankings.
In a tournament that featured 38
teams, 11 of which are ranked in
the top-15 in the nation, Zinkin
entered the Las Vegas Invitational
as the No. 6 seed in a class of 32
wrestlers in the 134-lb. division.
After winning his first four matches,
Zinkin was matched with the
tournament's top seed, Arizona
•     DeWayne Zinkin
State's Steve St. John.
"St. John had actually beaten
the No.' 1 guy in the nation (*f J.
Jaworsky of North Carolina at 134)
earlier (his year," DeLiddo said.
The champions hip came in dra¬
matic fashion with a reversal for
. the deciding fifth point with five
seconds remaining in the match.
"I was almost in shock," said'
Zinkin, in response to his 5-4 up¬
set victory. 'It's really helped
wrestling with Gerry (Abas), be¬
cause we're in that position (the
reversal) every day."
Zinkin also credits his older
brother Harold for his succes$
who is now an assistant eoach for
FSU,      ;
"It's good.having him as a
coach; it's actually comfortable,"
Zinkin said. "He sees things well
and he's really helped me most on
riding'. I don't feel pressure be¬
cause of Mm;it'spressurelput on
myself. There'snorivalry between
Although the Las Vegas Invi¬
tational championship came as a
surprise to Zinkin, coach DeLiddo
had confidence in his nephew.
"I knew he could do it,"
DeLiddo said. "It's all in his mind."
Coach DeLiddo has had the
pleasure of coaching two of bis
nephews at FSU and this year he'll
have the opportunity to develop a
third Zinkin into a top collegiate
wrestler. Freshman Nick Zinkin
redshirted last season, but will s tan
at the 126-pound division this year.
bench and ignited the run for Wash¬
ington, He came off the bench with
six minutes left and converted three
consecutive three point attempts.
Fisher said the Bulldogs' coach¬
ing staff knew the Huskies would
make a run but is concerned about
giving up such big'leads.      '   *
Husky head coach Bob Bender
was pleased with the way his team
hung tough,
"We keep putting ourselves in
such deep boles every game,"
Bender said.
Women
cagers face
Pacific
By Mark Bryant 1
Staff writer
Delving into the motivation that
has made her a success in eight
coaching years, Linda Wunder will
try to keep the Fresno State
women's basketball team on the
right track tonight when they take
- on University of the Pacific in the'
North Gym at 7:30 p.m.
The 'Dogs (1-1) are coming off
a convincing 76-59 win over Cal
State Fullerton, but Wunder said
: she hopes FSU has turned the page.
"We're approaching this game
iusi as we would any other,"
Wunder said. "We certainly won't
have any different outlook toward
it.". i
Wunder said the Bulldogs main
goal-would be to compete with the
Tjgers. UOP <2-l) returns seven
letterwjnners from a team that fin¬
ished 19-8 and 12-6 in the Big West
"They're a good basketball
team,'' Wunder said.
See Women, page 7