Basketball Notebook

Thursday, January 21, 1999

Basketball Notebook

Cal’s Carlisle benched after loss to Bruins

Geno Carlisle, UC Berkeley’s leading scorer, was benched last
week by head coach Ben Braun, in the wake of a poor performance
against UCLA.

Though he finished with 14 points in Cal’s 72-61 loss to the
Bruins, he was held scoreless in the first half and was
subsequently benched in the team’s following contest against USC.
In the Bears’ 89-75 win over the Trojans, however, Carlisle still
managed to score 20 points and had 10 assists in 35 minutes of
action.

It is undecided if Carlisle will start Thursday night against
Washington.

"I’m not as concerned with who’s starting the game as I am with
who’s playing and giving us quality minutes," Braun said. "I
thought Geno really responded well. He just had to sit back and
look at some things. He’s a player where I said had to look to do
more than score, and when he does, we play very well. If he
continues to do so, he’ll start."

Forward Sean Lampley was also benched against USC. He managed to
score 15 points and amass 11 rebounds in 28 minutes of action.

"Sean’s just got to stay aggressive, and if he continues to do
that then he’ll play more," Braun said.

ASU’s new coach

learns quality of Pac-10

After just arriving from Mississippi and the SEC conference, new
Arizona State head coach Rob Evans is learning about life in the
always-tough Pac-10.

Though the Sun Devils have played some tremendous basketball in
conference play, they are still only 2-3.

"It’s about as difficult as I anticipated," he said. "It’s tough
to win on the road because everyone is so competitive. Top to
bottom it’s one of the top two leagues in the country."

Sandwiched between a 24-point win over Washington and a 28-point
win over Washington State, ASU lost its other three conference
games by a combined six points.

In the first week of January the Sun Devils were swept in Los
Angeles (a 72-70 loss to USC and an 88-85 overtime loss to UCLA)
and last week was defeated at home by Arizona, 74-73.

Washington Huskies’ Dickau out for season

As if Washington’s season wasn’t already disappointing enough,
the Huskies learned last week that sophomore guard Dan Dickau will
miss the remainder of the season due to a broken foot.

Dickau was a steadying influence on a team that has struggled to
a 9-6 start – including a 2-3 conference record – despite the lofty
expectations that surrounded it. Washington returned four starters
from its Sweet 16 team of a year ago.

Dickau had been averaging 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists in his 13
games of the season.

The starting point guard spot has been taken over by freshman
Senque Carey.

Pac-10 teams take hit

in latest rankings

Among the conference teams, only Stanford improved its ranking
with its play last week.

Sweeping USC and UCLA in Los Angeles, the Cardinal jumped up one
spot to the third position in both the Associated Press and
ESPN/USA Today polls.

After its loss at home to New Mexico, Arizona fell from seventh
to ninth in the AP poll, while UCLA dropped from 10th to 13th
because of its loss to Stanford. In the coaches poll, Arizona is
11th and the Bruins are one spot behind.

California received some votes in both polls.

Notes compiled by Brent Boyd, Daily Bruin senior staff

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