Two's a Charm As the Gauchos Deal the #2 UNLV Rebels a Dirty Hand
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1 i----------------------------1 N D • Headliners p. 2 E • W eather P- 2 Ruggers Are Troubled; X • O pinion p. 8 • Sports p , 10 * Classifieds p.15 s e e p a g e 1 3 __________ ___ Voi. 68, No. 83 Daily Nexus Monday, February 8,1968__________ University of California, Santa Barbara One Section, 16 Pages By Scott Lawrence Going into the game, Paddio was Sports Editor Two's a Charm as the Gauchos sixth in the PCAA from the three- point line at 43 percent. His three- pointer early in the second half After overcoming a 37-28 half gave UNLV a 42-33 lead, but time deficit with a 41-29 run, the Deal the #2 UNLV Rebels a despite making noise by hitting six Gauchos found themselves with a of 10 from 19’9, he was a man of few slim 69-66 advantage over UNLV words after the game. with 19 seconds left. At the Gaucho Dirty Hand at the ECen, 71-66 “I’m not sure what just hap free throw line was a good bet that pened and I don’t want to talk Jerry Tarkanian and the nation’s about it now,” he said as he got on second-ranked Rebels would get the team bus. * the ball back for a final three-point While other Gauchos mouthed attempt. off to much taller Rebels on the UCSB forward Eric McArthur court, guard Carrick DeHart let was standing on it. his jumper do his talking. He went Having made just two of eight 8-15 from the field, including 4-7 from the line at that point in the from three-point land on his way to game and shooting a meager 46 a team-leading 21 points. percent on the season, the basket “I just hope people don’t look at looked as big as a Nerf hoop in the this as an upset,” DeHart said face of the added pressure. afterward. “We’ve already beaten A despondent Tarkanian, having them once, so. no one should be spent most of the second half surprised that we did it again.... pacing the sidelines with head This victory proves that our first down, hand in pocket and familiar win over (UNLV) wasn’t a fluke.” towel in mouth, could only put his DeHart’s deep three-pointer at hand on his dome and look up at the the game’s 12:24 mark gave UCSB scoreboard. a 51-47 lead, and the closest the He had just finished watching his Rebels got to the Gauchos was at team get outplayed and outscored 56-54 with 9:26 to play on a bucket in the second half, shooting just 31 by UNLV’s Jarvis Basnight, who percent on the sold-out Thun- scored 17 points and grabbed 10 derdome’s hardwood. But seeing rebounds. McArthur at the line provided one After Basnight’s field goal, the last hope of pulling off the victory Rebels didn’t score again until and taking over the nation’s top Anthony Todd’s bucket at 3:46, spot in the wake of first-ranked which brought UNLV to within four Arizona’s loss to Stanford on at 60-56. Friday. Free throw shooting continued to Putting numbers and pressure LET IT RAIN — Well-prepared fans let fly with a communal volley of toilet paper rolls plague the Gaucho unit, which hit aside, “Freeze” denied UNLV top after the Gauchos scored the first basket of Saturday's contest. The prank resulted in just 55 percent from the line honors by changing Rebel virtue a temporary game delay while ECen staffers cleared the well-coated floor of the (McArthur’s jersey number). into Las Vegas vice. He swished debris. More stories, photos and stats on pages 10 through 12. However, junior Carlton Daven both of his attempts, ensuring port played his own game at the UCSB a 71-66 win over UNLV charity stripe, hitting all eight of Saturday afternoon, marking the his attempts, including two that Gauchos’ second straight victory put the Gauchos up 58-54 with 4:30 over Nevada-Las Vegas this KEITH MADIGAN/ Nexus RICHARD O'ROURKE/Daily Nexus to play. season, a UCSB record. The When asked after the game Gauchos are now 2-16 historically about his performance, Davenport against the Rebels. simply said: “Yeeeaaaahhhh.” “I know I can make free throws. “This feels great,” he added, I make ’em all the time in prac after contributing 14 points and tice,” McArthur said after going 4- three rebounds to the win. “When 10 in the game. “On those last two, we’d look at (UNLV’s) record and I just shut everything out: the Since joining the Pacific Coast Athletic Association in see their one loss, we’d say, ‘yeah, crowd, the TV cameras, my other that’s us — that came from us. We 1982, the UNLV Runnin' misses and just told myself, ‘I’m played together as a team and gonna knock ’em down.’ And I Rebels have lost only eight knew what we could do, and now did.” conference contests (just they’ve got two losses to us.” The victory puts UCSB in two at home) including this The early momentum swung to possession of second place in the season's losses to the the Gaucho side. After Paddio PCAA with an 8-3 record (16-4 Gauchos. fired an air ball on the game’s first overall), and drops UNLV’s record field goal attempt, the 6,000-plus to 9-2 in the PCAA (20-2 overall) crowd went into its ritual chant. A and into a tie for first place with 1982- 83 UNLV78CSU Fullerton 86 McArthur basket inside was Utah State, who beat Long Beach followed by streams of toilet paper State 82-75 Saturday night in 1983- 84 hurled by upset-hungry Gaucho UNLV 43 CSU Fresno 68 another conference match-up. Elated coach Jerry Pimm Gary Gray pounds the fans. “We’ve got no excuses,” after the game. UNLV 74 UC Irvine 77 boards against Rebel UNLV put UCSB in the bonus Tarkanian said, emerging from a 1984- 86 Richard Robinson. with 9:55 left in the first half, and somber Rebel locker room. “They UNLV 52 CSU Fresno 63 Davenport took advantage by beat us up in the Thomas and ridiculous; we’ve been doing that 1985- 86 good on one of five three-point hitting two from the line, giving the Mack, and now they beat us here. all year. We had some chances to UNLV 92 UC Irvine 99 attempts before finishing with five Gauchos a 16-13 edge. Brian Their crowd motivated them a lot win it down the stretch, but Boobie UNLV 88 UC Irvine 95 points. Shaw’s three-pointer after a loose and I give them credit. I thought (James) just couldn’t get the ball 1986- 87 After making amends for a six- ball put Santa Barbara up 19-15 we were ready to play, but after to fall. We didn’t play hard or do Undefeated point outing against UCSB in with 8:46 to play. (Gerald) Paddio fouled out, what we had to do in the second Vegas with a game-high 24 points “We really feel we’re just as nobody was there to take up the 1987- 88 half.” on Saturday, Paddio (19.1 points a good as them,” Shaw said af slack. We’ve always had someone UNLV 60 UCSB 62 James, a freshman averaging game) fouled out with 5:20 left to terward with a cut-down victory there to take up the slack. UNLV 66 UCSB 71 12.9 points a game, went just 2-13 play, taking away UNLV’s main net around his neck. “We knew we “Our unforced turnovers were from the field Saturday, making three-point threat. (See TWICE, p.12) 2 Monday, February 8,1988 Headliners Daily Nexus W orld N ation State PLO Chief Orders Liberation of Noriega Says Poindexter Said Nurses Urged to Reject Count/s Two Kidnapped Scandinavians US Planned Nicaraguan Invasion 'Final Offer' Contract Proposal SIDON, Lebanon — PLO guerrillas Sunday surrounded a NEW YORK — Former national security adviser John LOS ANGELES — Negotiators for county nurses who house holding two kidnapped Scandinavian United Nations Poindexter told officials of Panama that the United States staged a 3%-day strike two weeks ago voted unanimously employees and their abductors, and PLO chief Yasser planned to invade Nicaragua, indicted Panamanian leader Sunday to recommend rejection of a state mediator’s Arafat ordered the hostages freed. Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega said in an interview contract proposal which county officials said was their final The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Sidon com broadcast Sunday. offer. mander, Anwar Madi, who issued the order in this southern Noriega, who faces U.S. charges that he trafficked in The county presented the nurses its “best, last and final Lebanese port city, said his guerrillas might use force to drugs, said on CBS’ “60 Minutes” that Poindexter told him offer” at 12:12 a.m. and suggested taking it to the union release the two captives. in a Dec. 17,1985 meeting that the United membership, said Sharon Grimpe, “We shall try to gain their freedom States wanted Panama’s cooperation in general manager for Service Employees with peaceful means. But if this proves the invasion. International Union Local 660. ineffective, we shall resort to other “They were going to invade “Our negotiating committee voted to means,” Madi told reporters. “We ex Nicaragua, and the only reason they put the offer out to our membership, but pect they will be free in 48 hours.” «U hadn’t done it was because Panama was at the same time to tell the membership Sources close to Madi said the two in the way, and that all they wanted was they would recommend rejection,” she captives — United Nations Relief and Panama to get out of the way and allow said.