Viking_Yearbook_91

HOOPSTERS FINISH 19·8, BEST RECORD EVER P ortland State's best basketball sea– son ever at Divsion I was also its last. Thanks to a ruling by the Na– tional Collegiate Athletic Associa– tion in January, the Viking basket- road. In the last three seasons, his teams have had a 31-5 record at home. BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD ball program was forced from Division I to Divi– sion II play to begin in the 1991-92 season. But in the 1990-91 year, Portland State chalked up a 19-8 mark, its third straight winning season and best-ever record at the NCAA's Divi– sion I level. Along the way, several school and individual records were broken. Senior center Kari Kockler grabbed not only a spot of the school rebounding and shot-blocking records, but was named to the District VIII GTE Academic All-American Team with a 3.46 GPA in pre-Med studies. Kockler, an all-American volleyball player for PSU, finished ninth inca– reer rebounding, with 436, and fifth in blocks (55) . She tied a single-game record with seven blocked shots in one game. The other seniors on the team were reserves Michelle Fuller, who hit a career-high 23 points against Southern Utah in her final season, and Julie Girt, who set career highs of 10 points against Southern Utah and seven rebounds, against Pacific in 1991. Head coach Greg Bruce, in his fifth season at PSU, became the winningest coach in Viking history, with a career record of 70-64. His squad won 11 of 12 home games and went 8-7 on the The Vikings won both the Disneyland Free– dom Bowl C lassic in California, and their own TCI Cable/Cypress Inn Classic. During the sea– son Kockler won two tournament MVP awards and junior Karla Leary another. Other PSU play– ers named to all-tourney teams were Hughes, An– gela Hewlett, Allison Brite and junior Laurie Northrop, who led the team in scoring and re– bounding. As a team, PSU set season marks in points (2,201), scoring average (81.5), free throws made (515), free throws attempted (696), rebounds (1,157), three-point goals made (122) and three– point goals attempted (368). The Vikings set game records for field goals made (43), free throw percentage (18 of 18), as– sists (38) and three-point goals made (9). PSU finished 14th in the country in free throw shooting at .740, and Angela Hewlett fin– ished among the leaders in steals, with 91. The Vikings, hampered by a lack of confer– ence affiliation, failed to reach the NCAA play– offs, but will seek to reach the playoffs in 1992 in Division II. "Our goal will be to qualify for the NCAA Di– vision II playoffs," Bruce said. "We feel like our chances there will be much better." • ••JR Rardon Photo byDeborah Hallick ... 11/23 11/24 11/30 12/1 17/1 12/12 12/14 12/17 12/19 12/21 12/29 12/31 1/3 1/5 1/11 1/19 1/22 1/2S 1/26 'J/2 2/4 7/1 2/16 2/11 'J/22 U(-lnill .... CJM..il 51111 OC-Inill Grip 0.....51111 .... 51111 Easllm..... loise51111 S.Ja51111 Ioise Staie u. of .. Pacifk 6onzaaa Partland Partland AAll Pacifk c.dl CIISt.~ 5ollllnllllh .... WtsllniOnp 5oulh.n Utah Mini AI. lntemalialal Cal St. -llar1lnlge Left: Head Coach Greg Bruce directs a game from the sidelines. Sports/Basketball s.. 6U1 68-71 lUI 10-70 n.- 13-74 108-16 73-56 ri-9J 10-71 61-71 61-71 ' 79-62 69-61 93-19 15-60 91-41 77-37 105-61 95-13 112-72 12-62 63-14 63-12 69-67