1983_01 The Daily Collegian January 1983

              Sports
Women back in NorPac cage race
Spencer gets 500th win as Bulldogs
score pair over Washington schools
The CSUF women's basketball team had two
important goals to accomplish this past weekend, and
the Lady Bulldogs reached both In their own version of a
"Super" weekend-
Coach Bob Spencer's Bulldogs not only handed him
his 500th career coaching victory, but in the process the
sometimes steady, sometimes explosive Bulldogs
jumped back into the thick or a suddenly tight NorPac
Junior forward Careana Clay's 44 points and 21
rebounds keyed Fresno as CSUF stunned an over¬
confident Washington team 69-67 Friday night and then
fought off the let down syndrome for a hard earned
73-65 victory over a stubborn Washington State team
Saturday night.
The emotional wins, both accomplished at home in
the somewhat friendly confines of the CSUF women's
gym after a four game road stretch, broke the Bulldogs'
five game losing skid and left them with a 3 5 NorPac
"It gives us hop? in the race." said Spencer of the
wins "With our new confidence, we're nght back in the
thick of things."
The Lady Bulldogs now stand in third place, three
points behind conference front-runners Oregon and
Oregon State. The top four teams will compete in the
NorPac championships in March.
But the main topic of conversation following Saturday
night's win focused on Spencer's milestone win
"All week long I tried to downplay it," explained
Spencer "But I'd by naive if I were not to appreciate
obtaining this goal.
"Winning it at home and with this bunch of ladies
makes it better all the way around," he added.
Spencer also took time lo credit CSUF itself for
"allowing us to build a program" and his wife Pat,
"always part of everything." Said Spencer, "It doesn't
take a genius to realize that without the help of many
people, I would not have attained this goal."
CSUF's game plan Saturday night against the bigger
Cougars was to "Get Physical," and that they did, to the
tune of 45 turnovers by both teams, and some ag¬
gressive, if not sloppy, play.
"Our motto was to get physical," said Spencer. "And
we got as physical as we've been all year, and sometimes
that tends to result in turnovers and fouls.
"We're used to going up against a big inside team like
them," added Spencer. "So we knew what to do on
defense and offense."
Both teams hit on only 35 percent of their floor
attmpts in the contest. Clay, who seemingly couldn't
miss the night before, struggled through a 6-for-23
evening to finish with 17 points.
But it was the steady play of Karen Cooke and Mary
Voigtsberger, combined with the tenacious defense of
Lisa Stumph that gave the Bulldogs the win.
Cooke poured in 16 points to go with her 12 re¬
bounds. It washer turn around jumper that gave Fresno
its first tie of the game at 18-18
Voitsberger scored 10 points and had four steals, but
it was her court leadership that paced Fresno. The
senior guard's two free throws gave the women a 23-22
lead they would never relinquish.
From there Fresno went on a 13-4 streak that buried
the Cougars and gave the Bulldogs a 36-26 halftime
Patti DeLotto. back in action following a foot injury
that was supposed to sideline her for the season, broke
through the middle for a layup that gave Fresno it's
biggest lead of the game. 50-31 with 13:43 left. The
Cougars never closed to within eight points after that.
The loss dropped the Cougars, who were led by
Shelly Patterson's 18 points, with an 0-4 conference
Friday night, the Washington Huskies
jyrn with a three-game winning streak, a
.wins over conference leaders California
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GOLFT,
a basketball team desperately needing
win on the road, let alone a blowout.
Bui it was a blowout it got as Fresno
rode an explosive second half all the way
to a 64-42 Pacific Coast Athletic
Association  victory  over UC-Santa
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Las Vegas stays unbeaten,
hangs on to PCAA lead
Nevada-Las Vegas incraased its strangle-hold on tha top of tha Pacific Coast
Athletic Association basketball standings with a pair of wins this week.
The Runmn' Rebels had a little trouble, however. UNLV trailed by as many as
24 points against UC Santa Barbara earlier in the week before winning a close
one. Then Saturday Long Beach State surprised Jerry Tarkanian's crew, but
UNLV hung on for a 78-74 win.
The victories keep Las Vegas the only unbeaten major college team in the
nation and cnes of "Number One" are no doubt being heard in Fun City.
Since the Rebels have the No. 1 seed in the PCAA tournament at Los
Angeles in March all but sewn up, the fight is on for the rest of the tourney
ladder. UC Irvine knocked off surprising Utah State 78-76 in southern
California. Ben McDonald led the way for the Anteaters.
Fullerton State had a big win over San Jose State, led by Tony Neal and Leon
Wood.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-4 with their win over Santa Barbara. The
Gauchos have not won in seven PCAA outings.
Pacific, also struggling, was idle.
This week, Irvine plays host to Long Beach State, Fresno is at Utah State and
Pacific meets San Jose State at San Jose's Civic Auditorium in Thursday night
action. UCSB is at Las Vegas Friday night.
Saturday, Fulkrton isat Long Beach and Irvine is at Las Vegas. Sunday,
Fresno hosts SJS and UOP entertains Santa Barbara.
and then, but I feel he's turned the corner
for us," Grant said. "We need that outside
shot — he doesn't hesitate now."
Outside shots are, indeed, what the
Bulldogs need. Fresno has been trying to
work the ball inside whenever possible.
But the absence of an outside threat has
allowed opposing defenses to lay back
and plug the middle.
Arnold, who started to show some of
his outside ability with some shots against
UC-lrvine last weekend and again in
Thursday night's loss to Fullerton. If he
and the other shooting guard Cleave
Lewis can start hitting the long shots, that
can open up opposing defense and allow
Bernard Thompson and Ron Anderson.
Bradley was shooting well against
Irvine and Nieves will shoot when he has
to. This well-rounded attack makes
everyone more effective.
That was evident Saturday night. With
Arnold shooting from everywhere,
Thompson and Anderson were all the
more effective. The two scored 15 points
each and freshman center Mark Gustin
began to be more ofjkforce under the
basket. ^»
"I thought he could handle (UCSB post
man Paul) Johnson pretty well," Grant
said. "1 player like that can be so helpful to
your club!"
Gustin, apparently not intimidated by
Johnson, a 6-foot-9 senior, grabbed four
of Fresno's first six rebounds in the
opening minutes. He closed with five on
the night.
Grant says Gustin needs to improve his
vertical jump to be more effective inside.
The Bulldog'defense was effective
against the Gauchos, who had run up
impressive numbers on explosive Irvine
and unbeaten Nevada Las Vegas this
season. York Gross came in averaging
nearly 23 points per night and about 28 in
conference play. Fresno shut him down
to 10 points, the only UCSB player to hit
for double figures.
The Gauchos shot a miserable 22
percent from the field and would have
trailed by more than three points at the
half (25 22) had they not converted 11 of
12 free throws in the first 20 minutes. .
Santa Barbara ended up shooting 82
percent from the line.
To be fair, the Gauchos were played
their third game in five nights. Tuesday
they had all they handle in nearly
upsetting Las Vegas.
"There were times when they started to
look tired in the second half," Grant told
the radio audience.
The Bulldogs pulled away quickly after
intermission to tire UCSB all the more
quickly. Gustin forced one up underneath
and Anderson hit from inside the lane to
give Fresno a 29-22 lead and ignite a 22-6
run for the Bulldogs. Anderson led the
way in the streak with nine points,
including two shots from beyond 15"Teet.
The streak included nine points in a row.
CSUF then led 47-28 and never looked
back. In fact, after Arnold hit a 15-footer
in the opening minutes to give the TJ6gs a
6-4 advantage, Fresno never trailed.
Late in the game, the bulge was as nigh
as 24 points on three occasions.      ■-
"At times we dominated like against
Long Beach," Grant  said,  alluding to
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January 31,1983   7
Three 'Dogs win wrestling
crowns at SF tournament
SAN FRANCISCO - Bulldog
wrestlers were crowned champions in
three weight divisions on Fresno's way to
a second-place finish in the 16-team San
Francisco State Wrestling Tournament
Saturday.
John Vega, Sylvester Carver and
Robin Green won three matches apiece
to win their respective weight divisions
and pace the 'Dogs, who compiled a 19-10
record in the tourney. Fresno State,
which finished third in the same event last
year, registered 57y/4 points, second only
to host SFS's 68VJ.
For Vega, a junior, the championship
was hi* first of the year. The 134-pounder
got a bye in the fir»! round b«fore
d»po*mg of Tim Porter 8-3 in the second
round, Don Terran oi Cat Poly-San Luis
Obispo 3 2 in the third and San Fran¬
cisco's Mario DeCaro 11-9 for the title.
Vega improved his seasonal mark to 26-fj.
Carver's three victories for a record of
35-2 places him just 13 wins behind former
Bulldog Eddie Davie's school record of
48, set in 1968.
After a bye in the first round, Carver
registered his third pin ot the year by
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State, and a high-powered offense.
With all this going for them, the Hus¬
kies might have forgotten about Fresno.
"We figured they might be overlooking
us," said Spencer. "They seemed to be
waiting, saving themselves for UOP."
Wfbt the Huskies got was a front row
showing of the Careana Clay Show.
Clay poured in 27 points, and grabbed
11 rebounds, but it was her theft of an
inbounds pass with only six seconds left
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-following a Stumpf free throw that iced
the contest. ':■.
Clay also hit what proved to be the
eventual game-winner when she calmly
sank a free throw with 25 seconds remain¬
ing to give the Bulldogs a 68-65 advantage.
"We were looking for Careana most of
the game," said Spencer. "Once she got
the hot hand, we were on our way."
With the game knotted at 60-60 and
4:13 showing on the clock, Tami Towle
scored her only points of the contest on a
pair of free throws and a short jumper.
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Bulldogs
Continued from page 6
Fresno State's 75-44 lashing of the 49ers
earlier in the season. "This could easily
have been a 30-point game."
There were indications all night long
the Bulldogs would bust loose. Fresno led
by as many as 10 in the first half and if it
were not for UCSB's effectiveness at the
free throw line, it could have been more.
Three players scored in double figures
and Grant" noted how well the Bulldogs
played on the boards. Fresno outre-
bounded the Gauchos 37-26. Anderson
led with nine caroms and Thompson, the
team leader, had six. Arnold had a great
night with five rebounds to go with six
assists. Gustin had five and senior Desi
Barmore four in just 25 minutes.
Barmore was effective off the bench,
his first good outing in a while. He had
eight points in addition to his good board
play.
Arnold had 11 points in the first half
alone and it could have been more. He
ended with 16 to lead all players.
Gross's 10 points led UCSB. Wayne
Davis buried seven off the bench and
guard Conner Flenry scored six. Johnson
was held to just two points.
Thompson unofficially shot nearly 100
percent from the field.
Freshmen and reserves played the final
minutes. Charlie Smith, a 6-foot rookie
guard from Chicago, hit his first shot as a
Bulldog for Fresno's final points.
CSUF will finish its gruelling road
swing, seven of its first eight PCAA games
away from Selland Arena, Thursday
when the Bulldogs play Utah State at
Logan's Spectrum. The last time the
'Dogs played there was in an NCAA
tournament victory over West Virginia
last spring.
Fresno beat the Aggies at Selland in
their first meeting. The Bulldogs won
handily twice last season over Utah State.
The Bulldogs then open a seven-of
eight home stand with San Jose State
Feb. 6 in a Sunday afternoon tilt.
The home stand, broken only by a Feb.
24 match at San Jose, will take the Bull¬
dogs right up to the PCAA tournament at
the Los Angeles Forum Mar. 10-12.
TOM DELUCA
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