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Game #20
USF Dons (11-8, 4-3 WCC) vs. San Diego Toreros (11-8, 2-4 WCC)
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 • 7:00 p.m.
Memorial Gymnasium • San Francisco, Calif.
Series Record: USF leads 37-34
Last Meeting: USF 83-70 (Feb. 28 in San Diego)
Audio Stream: USFDons.com (
Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
Video Stream: TheW.tv (
Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
Complete USF Games Notes (PDF)
The Dandy Dons
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Now 11-8 overall and 4-3 in the West Coast Conference following Thursday night's 83-76 home loss to BYU...have dropped two straight after a three-game winning streak...have not lost more than two consecutive games all season.
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Continue a stretch of five consecutive home games tonight against San Diego...also face Santa Clara (1/25), Portland (1/29) and Gonzaga (2/1) before heading back out on the road.
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Are 8-4 at home this season after going 8-7 on its home floor a year ago, including 2-6 against WCC foes.
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Are 8-5 over the last 13 games following a 100-82 loss at No. 17 Oregon on Nov. 24.
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Were 8-11 at the 19-game mark a year ago and 2-5 in the WCC after seven conference games...won game #20 to improve to 9-11 and 3-5 in the WCC.
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Split the season series with San Diego last season, with each team winning on the other's homecourt...USF has won seven of the last eight in the series.
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Averaging 78.3 points per game, which ranks fourth in the WCC...scored a season-low 41 points at Gonzaga but have averaged 76.2 ppg (381 total) in last five contests.
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Rank second in the WCC and 28th nationally in field goal percentage at 48.1 percent...have shot 50 percent or better from the floor nine times this season...shot 45.3 percent as a team last season.
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Made 5-of-10 three-pointers vs. BYU and are now shooting 38.2 percent from long distance on the season, which ranks third among WCC teams.
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Have made 70-of-92 free throws (76 percent) over the last four games but still rank last in the WCC in free throw percentage at 64.7 percent.
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Have allow 80+ points in last two games vs. Saint Mary's (88) and BYU (83)...rank eighth in the WCC in defense, allowing 75.8 ppg.
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Made 16 turnovers vs. BYU, which were tied for the second-highest total on the season (21 at St. John's).
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Balanced scoring column sees the top six scorers averaging between 14.2 and 8.8 points per game...seven different players have taken team high-scoring honors this season...rank as the WCC's fourth-highest scoring team despite not having a player higher than 12th among conference scoring leaders.
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Cole Dickerson posted his fifth double-double of the season and 19th of his career Thursday vs. BYU, finishing with 26 points and a season-high 14 rebounds.
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Sophomore Avry Holmes leads USF in scoring in conference games with a 15.4 ppg average...he has led USF in scoring four times in the last eight games and is shooting 60 percent (18-for-30) from three-point range during that span.
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Junior Kruize Pinkins is averaging 3.4 offensive rebounds a game - tops in the WCC.
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USF will retire Ollie Johnson's No. 32 on Jan. 25th when the Dons play host to Santa Clara (5:00 p.m.).
TIP-OFF: USF (11-8, 4-3 WCC) looks to snap a two-game losing streak tonight as the Dons play host to the University of San Diego Toreros (11-8, 2-4 WCC) in a West Coast Conference game at Memorial Gymnasium. USF dropped a 83-76 decision to BYU on Thursday night while San Diego picked up a 69-66 road victory over Santa Clara. Tonight's game is being streammed on TheW.tv.
SERIES HISTORY: USF leads the all-time series with San Diego, 37-34. The two teams split last year's season series with each winning on the other's home floor. San Diego claimed a 70-66 victory on the Hilltop on Jan. 10 only to see the Dons comeback to post a 83-70 win on Feb. 28 at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The two schools have meet eight times in WCC Championship play, with the Toreros holding a 6-2 advantage.
LAST YEAR'S GAMES VS. SAN DIEGO: San Diego snapped a six-game losing streak to USF with a 70-66 victory in Memorial Gym on Jan. 10. The Toreros shot 60.7 percent and canned eight three-pointers in the first half and raced to a 46-32 lead at intermission. USF cut the lead to 53-52 with a 20-7 run and trailed by just two points with possession and under a minute to play. However, Cody Doolin's potential go-ahead three-pointer missed its mark with :22 left and San Diego finished the Dons off at the foul line. USF was outrebounded 34-27. Doolin and
Tim Derksen eached had 19 points to pace USF scorers. In the return game at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on Feb. 28,
Cole Dickerson (24) and
Mark Tollefsen (19) combined for 43 points in USF's wire-to-wire 83-70 victory over the Toreros. USF raced out to an 18-2 lead and led by as many as 19 points in fir first half. the Dons shot a season-best 60 percent from the field to post their third consecutive win.
LAST TIME OUT: USF dropped its second consecutive game Thursday night, falling to BYU 83-76 inside Memorial Gymnasium.
Cole Dickerson had 26 points and a season-high 14 rebounds to pace four Dons in double-figures. However, USF committed 16 turnovers that led to 19 BYU points and watched as the Cougars knocked down 28-of-37 free throws. A tightly contested first half saw 10 lead changes before the Dons took a 37-34 decision into the break. BYU was nursing a 51-50 lead wit 12:28 left before going on a 12-4 run to seize control of the game. Kyle Collinsworth had 19 points to pace five Cougars in double-figures.
