Titans Announce Basketball Schedule

The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team hosts Wyoming and Baylor during the nonconference portion of its 2000-01 schedule, which was announced Wednesday. Wyoming visits Titan Gym on Dec. 9, and Baylor on Dec. 16.

Pepperdine and Northern Arizona, two teams that participated in the 2000 NCAA Tournament, also will visit Fullerton, as will Simon Fraser in the Titans’ home opener on Nov. 8.

Big West Conference champion Utah State visits Fullerton on Feb. 2.

The schedule:

November 8--vs. Simon Fraser, 7 p.m.; 17--at Oregon State, 7 p.m.; 25--at UC Riverside, TBA; 28--Pepperdine, 7 p.m.

December 2--vs. College of Notre Dame, 7 p.m.; 5--at Loyola Marymount, 7 p.m.; 9--vs. Wyoming, 7 p.m.; 16--vs. Baylor, 7 p.m.; 21--at Eastern Kentucky, TBA; 23--at Valparaiso, TBA; 30--Northern Arizona, 7 p.m.

January 4--at Pacific, TBA; 6--at Long Beach State, 7:30 p.m.; 11--UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.; 13--at Idaho, TBA; 20--UC Irvine, 7 p.m.; 25--at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.; 27--at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.; 31--Boise State, 7 p.m.

February 2--Utah State, 7 p.m.; 8--at Boise State, 6:30 p.m.; 10--at Utah State, 6 p.m.; 15--Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 7 p.m.; 17--Pacific, 7 p.m.; 22--Idaho, 7 p.m.; 24--Long Beach State, 7 p.m.

March 1--at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.; 3--UC Riverside, 7 p.m.

* Chris Sorce, a member of the Estancia High committee that hired Rick Cook as boys’ basketball coach this summer, has succeeded Cook as the Eagles’ coach.

Sorce, who led the Estancia sophomore team to Pacific Coast League titles in each of his five seasons, had been interim coach of the varsity program since Cook left shortly after being hired June 27.

Cook, a former assistant at Newport Harbor, changed his mind two days after he accepted the Estancia job and left the position, said Estancia Athletic Director Tim Parsel.

* Three players have signed to play for Hope International’s women’s team next year.

Cathy Ngo, a 5-foot-8 guard from Sonora High, earned first-team all-Freeway League honors. Yolanda Watt, a 5-5 point guard from Rolling Hills Prep was the MVP of the Express League. Amanda Gilcrease, a 5-10 forward, played for Santa Fe Christian.

* Brandy Richardson, the two-time Miss Hawaii girls’ basketball player who joined Brea Olinda High this summer, has returned to Hawaii to finish high school.

Richardson left almost immediately after Brea ended its summer season on July 23 at the Jack in the Box Classic in San Diego, the last major tournament during the coaches’ summer viewing period.

Richardson, a 5-foot-11 senior post player who averaged 21 points and 16 rebounds in Hawaii, joined Brea on July 17 after playing for the Hawaii Select club team during the summer.

SOCCER

Martin Lippens has been named men’s soccer coach at Santiago Canyon College, Athletic Director Fran Cummings announced.

Lippens, currently an assistant coach for the Orange County Waves, replaces Barry Turner, who resigned last month. He has named Brian Shoup his assistant coach.

SOFTBALL

Gordon’s Panthers of La Palma defeated the DeSoto (Kan.) Belles, 16-0, in a three-inning game ended by the mercy rule in the first round of ASA Junior Olympic Gold National softball finals in St. Louis. Tia Bollinger didn’t allow a hit before the game was ended.

Today the Panthers will play the Southern California Fillies, who defeated Flash D’Gold from Rancho Cucamonga, 3-0.

Both Batbusters teams advanced, with Tyrone Davis’ Garden Grove-based team beating the California Minors, 1-0, and Gary Haning’s team from Santa Ana beating the Southern California Belles, 6-2. Local teams that lost were Southern California Hot Stuff, 1-0 to San Diego Breakers, and USA Athletics, 2-1 to the Texas Intruders.