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Game #12
USF Dons (6-5, 0-0 WCC) vs. American Eagles (3-6, 0-0 Patriot League)
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 • 2:00 p.m.
Memorial Gymnasium • San Francisco, Calif.
Series Record: USF leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: USF 67-53 (Nov. 17 2012)
Audio/Video Streaming: USFDons.com (
Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
Television: None
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The Dandy Dons
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Now 6-5 on the season after Wednesday night's 81-57 loss at St. John's...Mark Tollefsen scored a team-high 14 points while Kruize Pinkins added 12 off the bench...Chris Adams chipped in with 11.
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Close out the non-conference schedule against American of the Patriot League...Dons won last year's meeting in Washington D.C., 67-53.
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Played nine games in 22 days but wrap up a stretch on Sunday in which the team play just three games in 22 days to conclude the non-conference schedule.
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Have played eight of the first 11 games at home...are 1-2 on the road, splitting a road trip to Montana (W, 75-74) and No. 17 Oregon (L, 82-100) before falling to St. John's (81-57).
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Were held to a season low 57 points at St. John's but are still the WCC's third-highest scoring team averaging 81.9 ppg.
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Have allowed 80 points or more in all five losses this season, including a season-high 100 points at Oregon on Nov. 24...allowing 77.4 ppg which ranks eighth in the WCC.
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Rank 10th in the WCC in field goal defense at 47.3 percent.
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Have shot 50 percent or better from the floor in six of 11 games this season and are shooting 49.6 percent on the season, third-best in the WCC.
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Have made 13-of-28 three-point tries over last two games and are shooting 37.3 percent from long distance on the season - sixth in the WCC.
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Shooting 60.4 percent (130-for-215) from the line over the last eight games, dropping the season percentage to its present mark of 63.3, which ranks last in the WCC.
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Have outrebounded seven of its first 11 opponents and hold a 35.4-32.1 advantage on the boards 11 games into the season...were outrebounded by over 2.0 boards a game last year.
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Top five scorers are averaging between 14.4 and 9.3 points per game...five different players have taken team high-scoring honors in nine games this season.
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Averaging 7.2 streals a game which ranks second in the WCC.
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USF's bench is averaging 26.1 ppg (288 total) this season...the Dons have led in scoring by a non-starer in four games on the year (Kruize Pinkins 3; Chris Adams 1).
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Despite being held to a season low four points at St. John's, senior Cole Dickerson is averaging 18.2 points (91 total) while shooting 62.0 percent (31-for-50) from the field, including 50.0 percent (9-for-18), from 3-point range, over his last five games...leads the team in scoring at 14.4 ppg.
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Sophomore Tim Derksen is 23-for-31 (74.2) from the floor and is averaging 12.4 ppg (62 total) over the last five contests.
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Open WCC play at Portland next Saturday followed by a showdown at Gonzaga on Monday.
TIP-OFF: The USF Dons (6-5, 0-0 WCC) close out their non-conference schedule on Sunday against the American Eagles (3-6, 0-0 Patriot League). Tip-off is set for 2:00 p.m. in Memorial Gymnasium. The Dons dropped a 81-57 decision at St. John's on Wednesday night while the Eagles suffered a 59-44 setback at Saint Mary's in Moraga.
SERIES HISTORY: Sunday's game marks just the second meeting ever between USF and American. The Dons claimed a 67-53 in the inaugural meeting between the two schools last season at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C.
LAST YEAR'S MEETING: The Dons led virtually wire-to-wire in posting a 67-53 victory over American on Nov. 19 at Bender Arena in Washington D.C. USF led 33-31 at halftime and outscored the Eagles 16-5 at the start of the second half to build a 13-point 49-36 lead with 13:06 remaining in the game. The Dons lead was never fewer than nine point the rest of the way.
Cole Dickerson scored a game-high 20 points and De'End Parker added 19 to pace the Dons in scoring. The Dons shot 53.1 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Eagles, 28-19.
LAST TIME OUT: USF is coming off a 81-57 loss at St. John's Wednesday night.
Mark Tollefsen scored a team-igh 14 points while
Kruize Pinkins (12) and
Chris Adams (11) also reached double figures for USF. Red Storm pressure defense forced 21 Don turnovers which led to 27 points while the Johnnies also blocked nine shots. St. John's led at halftime, 43-31 and quickly increased its lead 20 points with a 11-3 run to start the second half.
Cole Dickerson fouled out with 12:23 left in the game.
