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Show Page 10 The Thunderbird Monday November 25, 1985 sni 7 J11 SUSC tops Tournament Tip-O- ff Centrum opens with pair of wins for Schermerhorn BY STAN KONTOGIANNIS, KON KONTOGIANNIS KEN COX AND the top of the key. Both teams were playing and finished th( first half with SUSC leading In this half of Chapman the game, the Chapman College Panthers shot 44.8 percent from the field and did not miss a free throw while thi were slightly more accurate from the field with 47.1 percent but only shot 50 percent from the line. The second half was similar to the first-- with both teams keeping within reach of each other. The crowd let its presence be known when an official awarded a technical to the Panthers because of an SUSC bench violation. The lead changed with 11:43 remaining in the second half when Chapman took a 3 lead after an inside shot by Karl Tompkins. Without losing much time, the equalized sides and quickly took the lead which they convincingly maintained until the final siren. The second game of the tournaments opening night was between Biola and Chapman, and it turned out to be a very close game. 8 at the half Chapman led and continued to hold on to a small lead throughout the second half. With 4:24 remaining, point-for-poi- A dream became a reality Friday as the Thunderbird basketball team opened its season on a victorious note in the colleges newest building, the Centrum. The event was the McDonalds Tip-of- f Tournament where the Thunderbirds hosted Biola University, Chapman College, and the University of La Verne. The Birds won both their games and were crowned tournament champions in front of large, excited crowds. The played the University of La Verne Eagles in the tournaments opening took an game. The early lead and maintained it throughout the entire game. After SUSCs 7 victory, Schermerhorn said, We have a lot of problems we have to work on and the game against La Verne proved it. The next day the put on a very promising 1 win performance in their over a determined Chapman College. This championship game was very tense from the beginning, with Chapman opening the score, but SUSC from answered with a tip-i83-6- 66-6- n 33-2- ; 45-4- 31-2- Far right: Gordon Anderson (21) and Alex Adams (33) jump to gain possession of the ball against the University of La Verne. The won the first game played in the Centrum 83-6- Right: SUSCs Trent Scarlett, most valuable f player for the Tournament, and temmate Russell Otis an alltournament team selection hold aloft the team championship trophy after the Tip-Of- Thunderbirds 66-6- 1 title win over the Chapman Panthers Saturday night. c. s Thunderbirds Chapman was up by 4 points. Barry Barnes hit two free throws and Joe Hutt scored on a layup for Biola to tie the score at 52. Kelly then hit a jumper to move Chapman ahead by two. Joe Hutt hit two from the charity stripe with 33 seconds left sending the game into overtime. With 2:22 remaining, Biola led by three, ..but the Panthers came back, on a short play jumper and a by Jon Samuelson. With 0:54 left in the quarter, Huston put the Panthers ahead but Tony Hicks hit one free throw to move Biola within one point at with 43 seconds remaining. Biola held the ball until 0:25, then Hutt fouled Paul Rollins on a turnover. Rollins hit the with five seconds left to put the game out of Biolas reach. The final score r two-and-o- 61-6- 0 one-on-o- was Biola placed third in the other game of the tournament easily knocking off La Verne. 63-6- The tournament ended with an awards assembly. The Tournament Team consisted of Tom Harvey, Biola; Alex Adams, SUSC; Jon Samuelson, Chapman; Russell Otis, SUSC; Mike Kelly, Chapman. The tournaments most valuable player was SUSCs Trent Scarlett. Russell Otis leaps into the air to slam the ball after stealing it from Chapman to give the SUSC team two more valuable pionts and the crowd something to cheer about |