University of San Francisco Athletics

Complete USF Game Notes

Game #2
USF Dons (0-1, 0-0 WCC) vs.
Cal State-East Bay Pioneers (1-0, 0-0 CCAA)
Memorial Gymasium • San Francisco, Calif.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 • 7:00 p.m.
Series Record: USF leads, 4-0
Last Meeting: W, 80-40 (2008-09)
Radio: USFDons.com (Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
TV/Web: USFDons.com

Dons Briefs

• Dopped their season-opener Friday night to Stanford at Oracle Arena, 74-62.
• Were paced in the scoring column by freshman Avry Holmes, who came off te bench to score a team-high 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor, including 3-of-5 from three-point range...junior Cole Dickerson grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds while adding 11 points...junior De'End Parker was also in double-figures with 11.
• Open the home schedule Tuesday night against Cal State-East Bay at Memorial Gymnasium...Dons hold a 4-0 advantage in the all-time series with the Pioneers.
• USF was 12-5 on its home court last season.
• Were +15 in the rebounding column vs. Stanford, holding a 45-29 advantage on the boards...limited the Cardinal to three offensive rebounds while grabbing 13 o-boards.
• Played five freshmen and one redshirt freshman in the season-opener against Stanford...Holmes led all USF scorers with 17 points in 25 minutes while Tao Xu and Tim Derksen played 13 and 11 minutes, respectively.
• Won both of their exhibition games, defeating San Francisco Sate, 93-77 and UNC-Pembroke, 94-57...junior forward Cole Dickerson posted double-doubles in both games (21-15 vs. SF State; 24-10 vs. UNC Pembroke).
• Finished 20-14 overall and 8-8 in the West Coast Conference last year...marked the program's first 20-win season since 1981-82 (24-7)...made its second straight postseason appearance, falling to Washington State in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational.
• Fifth-year head coach Rex Walters (Kansas '92) has guided the Dons to a 62-67 record in four previous seasons while his six-year career record stands at 93-100...USF has improved in the win column in each of the previous four seasons with Walters at the helm.
• Will travel to Washington D.C. to face American University next Monday night at Bender Arena...wil then play its next three games at home beginning with Columbia on Nov. 24.