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Pat McDougall of Athletes in Action has his own way of preventing Warriors‘ Paul Van Qorschot from ge both hands on the ball as Paul Boyce (33) looks on. Richard O ‘Brien play to top potential Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Statt Some losses are easier to take than others And that can include those of the seasonâ€"ending variety. And for coach Chris Coulthard. last night‘s 94â€" 73 defeat at the hands of Western Mustangs in a sudden death quarterâ€"final game was about as painless an exit from the playoffs as one could expect. _ The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk basketball mentor simply felt he got the most out of his players. ECns "I‘m not sure we could play any better than we did." said Coulthard. "It wasn‘t our lack of effort. It was just Western‘s superior play .‘ Mustangs received a magnificent effort from Scott MacKenzie, who scored on 11 of 15 free throws and 11 of 21 tries from the floor for 36 points _ Other big shooters for Mustangs were Ross Hurd with 22. and Craig Bonner, with 20. _ Hawks trailed 43â€"34 at halftime and kept within reasonable striking distance of Western until late in the contest when they ran Â¥rto foul trouble and gave up points at the free throw line _ Free throws made much of the difference throughout the game as Mustangs hit on 26 of 32 attempts while Hawks ma_nap_zed seven of 12 Leon Arendse, playing in his final game for Laurier, led the team with 21 points. "That s the best game I‘ve seen Leon play." said Coulthard. "He did more things in the second half than I thought he could do. That was a very nice way for him to go out.‘ * Arendse scored seven field goals in the second half and added three from the line. Dave Byck was Hawks‘ next highest scorer with 18 while Steve Forden netted 12 and Mark Polischuk finished with 10 The winning Mustangs now â€" advance to semiâ€"final action in the Ontario Universities Athletic Association west division. They meet the host University of Waterioo Warriors Friday night at the physical activities complex at 8 p.m ‘ Paul Van Oorschot from getting Richard O ‘Brien photo Richard O Brien photo WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1983 â€" PAGE 17 Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff The University of Waterloo basketball Warâ€" riors clinched their league division title earlier than anybody ever has and their 10â€"2 record is the best since 1976. So do you think the man who coaches the team could see problems? Well ... yes. Some Joking that it was sounding like "Confessions of a basketball coach." Don McCrae got into telling it like it is in advance of the Ontario Universities Athletic Association west division semifinals and finals this weekend at UW. "We‘ve probably used up all our comebacks by now," said McCrae. Warriors had to come back from being nine points down with three minutes to go to beat Western Mustangs 73â€"69 Friday. And that was just one of several rebounds for those coronary cagers. ‘‘What the comebacks seem to imply is that we don‘t apply all our skills and strategy to the first 35 minutes of the game. "Last year, we had a basketball team that tried very hard but used to expire near the end of the game. This year, we have a team that can play 45 minutes if we have to."" That the Warriors can fall behind to less talented runâ€"andâ€"shoot teams may or may not turn out to be their undoing, but it does suggest they haven‘t reached their potential. Another worry is that just three players second team allâ€"stars Paul Van Oorschot, Peter Savich and Steve Atkin â€" are starting to carry the team, something that could be cause for alarm this weekend. Anyway, Warriors had enough going to put out the fire Friday night in London as Savich led the way with 22 points against Mustangs. Van Oorschot netted 18 and Atkin had 15. "I think our team can grow." said McCrae "I‘m not sure some other teams can grow . Warriors trailed 41â€"35 at halftime and comâ€" pletely dominated the second half although their shots didn‘t start going until the last minutes. "It was almost a duplication of the Laurier game (a 96â€"84 overtime win Feb. 8) except Western made no comebacks." Savich led Warriors scoring in that exhibition contest, scoring 15 points. Atkin was one back at 14 and Van Oorschot added 13. Dave Burns also reached double figures, scoring a total of 10. Warriors begin semifinal play at their physi cal activities complex Friday at 8 pm. when they meet the winner of Tuesday‘s Laurier Western sudden death game. ;\';veekâ€"a;go Wednesday, Warriors hosted Athletes in Action in the annual Mike Moser Memorial and lost 90â€"68 to the talented s_q_l_n_ad_. Earlier Friday, the winner of a game between Windsor and McMaster plays at 6 p.m. against the survivor of a Guelphâ€"Brock matchup. The west division final is set for Saturday at 2 p.m., also at UW Chippers are tops But have Warriors used up all of their comebacks??? Andy Sararas and Doug Robinson each scored twice to lead Waterloo Bonanza Chippers to a 6â€"3 win over Wellesiey in the championship game of the St. Clement‘s oldtimers hockey tournament. Chippers, who got good goaltending from Joe Mansfield and strong defensive work from Chuck Neisen, reached the final after earlier wins of 81 and 4â€"2 over Flamboro and Wellesley and a 3â€"3 tie with Elora. _ Charlie Reiner and Ron Cressman had Chippers® other goals in the final.