The Berkeley Gazette from Berkeley, California • 7

i The INDEPENDENT and GAZETTE Mon Jan 1 1979-7 A moral victory boosts Cal cagers side and took away their transition game said Kuchen explaining how Renos starting forwards Mike Longero and Michael Stallings combined for only two points and seven rebounds "We tried to control the tempo and we did a good job of it but their press huit us Kuchen conceded They have the talent and ab press and they do because of the quickness of High and Gray7 The Bears patience paid off early Using good shot selection Cal connected on 68 percent from the field and took a 33-30 halftime lead against the the ability to have a gieat When youve lost nine games in a row a moral victory can provide some solace Such was the case for Cals basketball squad Saturday following a disheartening 66-61 overtime loss to host Nevada Reno a WCAC powerhouse Cal controlled the tempo against a 9-1 squad which had been averaging 90 points per game but the Bears ran out of gas down the stretch and guaid Michael "Fly Gi ay scoi ed all nine ovei time points for Reno to pull it out "We played to our potential coach Dick Kuchen admitted "but Im still disappointed because of the na ture of the game We played under control and we did what we wanted to take away their strengths But he added we did not eliminate our mistakes down the stretch and thats what proved costly in a close game We had things going our way in holding a five-point lead but then we reverted to some bad habits A Kevin Singleton jumper gave the upstart Bears a 56 51 lead with 1 57 to go But a combination of the patented Wolf Pack pi ess and missed fiee throw opportunities proved Cals undoing Grays stuff at 1 12 cut the lead to 56-53 and Kevin pel before Cal finally got on the scoreboard when Sparks sank a jumper with 15 seconds remaining Gray finished with 13-for-22 shooting and 27 points and center Edgar Jones playing with four fouls the final 5 21 of regulation play added 16 points and a game high 17 rebounds But Renos surprise punch was Contreras a reserve guard who missed only one of six shots for 10 points The Bears did an excellent job on the forwards and limited High who had a 17 0 average to seven points "We did a job on them in Sparks made only one of two free throws at 1 07 for 57-53 That enabled Raul Contreras jumper pull the Pack to within two with 55 seconds remaining Spaiks a freshman who provided 12 points off the bench then went to the line in a one-and one situation with 44 seconds left He missed and Reno began its drive to a tie Gray was fouled but he too missed Fellow guard Johnny "Sky High however grabbed the lebound and put up a follow shot for 57-all at 0 07 Spaiks dribbled downcourt but bobbled away Cals final chance Then Gray scored the first seven points of the wiminimiimHiimnmiimiiiminnnimiiimiiiMniimniiiinnmmiiiBiiiiBiiHmiiiinimiiiuimwiinniuiiniiiimiiiiiiiiiminiiiiiaiiiiiiiiinuiiuniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHMiiniiiuiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi Stanford steals Georgias script disbelieving Wolf Pack who were being outplayed at home 1 was worried about their deliberate style and my fears were realized right away said UNR coach Jim Carey "They started walking the ball up the court and I knew w'e were in trouble "I dont want to take anything away from Cal but you cant be good every night Carey continued 'Youre going to have games like this Im just happy that we could play a poor game and still win Kuchen pointed out that Doug True did a fine defensive job on Jones despite Edgars production He also noted that Walt Gillespie has sealed down a forward ost and that Singleton is ecommg consistent Singleton with 17 points now has topped the Bears in scoring for eight sti aight games Hes making 483 percent of his shots (70 145) and is averaging 15 7 points and 5 0 rebounds as Cals top thi eat "The coach is expecting me to take some of the offensive load said Singleton "I know my role better now and I hope to remain consistent Losing nine sti aight is really frustrating though especially since weve come so close Kevin noted "Weve got to win one on the road this week to help us snap out of it But dictating the temp at Reno has helped our confidence quite a bit he added "We also played well on the road at Diake and Providence so we know we can win this week at Arizona Arizona State already 10 3 provides the opposition Thuisday night at Tempe The Sun Devils top the Pac-10 in offense a vei aging 84 4 points per game The Bears who resume woikouts tonight appear to have a bettei chance at Tuc son Satuiday Arizona is tied for last in the conference with Cal at 0 2 and the Wildcats 6-4 overall have the most porous defense in the Pac-10 allowing 79 0 points per game -NICK PETERS W-L 91 7-3 Off 731 72 8 wsu use But then the Caidinals staited showing just how fast they could scoi Dils the games outstand ing offensive player turned thi ee Geoi gia fumbles and a short punt into 25 pomtso er a 6 13 span stalling in the thud quaiter Dils hit split end Ken Margerum with a 32yaid touchdown pass to stait the rally followed up with a 19' yaid strike to Dan in Nelson and hit Maigeium again on a 14-yaid touchdown pass play Coupled with a pan of 2-point conveisions the touchdowns knotted the HOUSTON tAP) The script got rather confusing the 20th Bluebonnet Bowl battle Sunday night Eleventh-ranked Georgia acted like a passing team and Stanford upstaged the Bulldogs with a Geoigia-style comeback the second half When the exciting dramatization was over however it was Stanford that carried out its lines best with three touchdown passes in the third quaiter by quarterback Steve Dils en route to a 25 22 victoiy Georgia which had specialized comebacks during the regular season fashioned a 22 0 lead on touchdown catches of 22 and 8 yards by Carmon Pi ince Rex Robinsons 31 yard field goal and a 1-yard dive by quarterback Jeff Pybui But through the nightmare Stanfoid Coach Bill Walsh never gave up hope "I reminded them at the half that we had come back before Walsh said Our style of football gives us a shot at coming back We can score quickly Pyburns touchdown cap ped a vicious 75 yard di ive only six plays to stait the third quaiter and the Bulldogs appealed leady to end a three game losing string in postseason play issv 7 I photo by Mike Russell CAGEY KEVIN Cal forward Kevin Singleton shown in action last week led the Bears scoring for the eighth consecutive game Saturday popping 17 points in an overtime 66-61 defeat at Nevada-Reno Cal now 2-9 had a five-point lead late in the game College scoreboard yard field goal with 14 50 left in the game "The pioblem wasnt blown assignments it was just intensity of play Dils said They were just blowing by us The difference was light heie in oui gut I felt good the fust half but little things thiew me off In the secna half I got some time to thiow Dils completed 17 of 28 passes for 210 yaids and thiee touchdowns Nelson led Stanfoid lusheis with 100 yaids on 16 cairies Geoigias second team All-Amenca tailback Willie McClendon despite losing keleys Tom Downing in the 16th annual event Downing representing Velo Club Berkeley-Centurion was followed by San Leandros Ken Green (Diablo Wheelmen) in the handicap event Marin Countys Wendy Craig was the woman completing the most laps In the bicycle motocross category Don Phelps of the Santa Rosa Cycle Club was the only finisher also over the nine-lap course scoi at 22 22 and set up Ken thi ee of Gem gias five urn Nabers game-winning 24- bles gained 115 yards on 27 cat lies "I dont know what happened Pybui said I thought the opening di ive the second half was the best dnve wed had all year but they came back as a i esult of our mistakes It was an off night toi Geoigia kicker Rex Robin son who missed 2 of 3 field goal ti les and missed 2 extra point attempts after hitting 44 sti aight Geoi gia now has a 9 9 1 bowl recoid while Stanfoid impioved its postseason mark to 7-5 1 including six victoi les in their last seven bowl games Dils said he make no ad justments after the fust half even though the Cai di-nals ti ailed 15 0 I was a little womed But I felt leal good the first half he said In the second half we played with moie intensity and I got moie time to thiow Linebacker Goidy Ceie-sino voted the games most valuable defensive player wasnt suipnsed by the teams comefiom behind victory Gebigia nicknamed the "Wonderdogs this year had won six games by the comeback loute and tied another But Geoi gia Coach Vince Dooley said any chance at a game-winnin ally was i umed by a rash Ott tops Tilden race Alan Ott of Davis Peugeot captured the nine-mile nine-lap Tilden Park Cyclo-Cross Sunday morning finishing ahead of Ber- COLLEGE FOOTBALL Bluebonnet Bowl Stanford 25 Georgia 22 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Bay Area Nevada Reno 66 California 61 (ot) Iowa 63 Stanford 68 Iona 64 St Mary 74 San Francisco 69 Texas 48 Oklahoma City 64 Santa Clara 78 UC Riverside 65 UC Davis 50 West Coast Arizona 67 No Ar zona 63 Gonzaga 93 Great Falls 68 Long 8each 84 Loyola 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running back Steve Atkins in the Shrine game next at Stanford Stadium John Lynn a defensive back from UCLA who at 5-11 may also be considered too small for the NFL knows one of his challenges wwll be covering Clemson All-American receiver Jerry Butler "Ive never seen him play of course but I know all about him he does 40 yards in 4 2 seconds said Lynn The East squad to be coached by Jerry Claiborne of Maryland has four first-team All-Americans on its roster in Butler Penn State offensive tackle Keith Dorney Alabama defensive lineman Marty Lyons and Richmond defensive back Jeff Nixon About one-third of the East-West players are coming here directly from bowl games Many of the others have had a full month off since their teams seasons ended "But Im sure theyre all going to be in good shape They have too much at stake They know the pro scouts will be watching" said Washington Coach Don James an assistant to West head coach Claude Gilbert of San DiegoState The scouts have seen all the 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