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Game #28
USF Dons (17-10, 10-5 WCC) vs. Pacific Tigers (14-12, 5-10 WCC)
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 • 3:00 p.m. PT
Memorial Gymnasium • San Francisco, Calif.
Series Record: USF leads, 61-34
Last Meeting: USF 81-72 OT (Jan. 9, 2014 in Stockton)
Audio Stream: USFDons.com (
Pat Olson, Play-by-Play; Jim Brovelli, Analyst)
Television: CSNCA, ROOT (Glen Kuiper, Play-by-Play; Dan Belluomini, Analyst)
Complete USF Game Notes (PDF)
The Dandy Dons
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Improved to 17-10 overall and 10-5 in the West Coast Conference after defeating Saint Mary's Thursday night, 73-62...win snapped a 17-game losing streak to the Gaels dating back to the 2005-06 season.
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Enter Saturday's game alone in third place in the WCC standings one half game behind second place BYU (19-10, 11-5 WCC) and three games behind first place Gonzaga (23-5, 13-2).
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With 17 wins, the Dons have surpassed their win total (15) from last season...have also won three more conference games than all of last season when the team finished 7-9 in WCC play...have won 10 conference games for the second time under head coach Rex Walters (10-4 in 2010-11) and for just the second time since 1981-82.
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Close out the regular season home schedule this afternoon against Pacific..are 12-5 at home this season.
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Dons posted a 81-72 overtime victory over the Tigers earlier this season in Stockton and lead the all-time series, 61-34.
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USF is 20-12 over the past four seasons in the month of February...went 5-2 in February last season.
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USF is 94-92 in six seasons under head coach Rex Walters...Dons are 71-55 (.563) under Walters since the start of the 2010-11 season.
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Averaging 76.1 points a game to rank as the WCC's fourth-highest scoring team...have scored 80+ points three times in conference action, including two overtime victories.
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Rank second in the WCC and 26th nationally in field goal percentage at 47.8 percent...have shot 50 percent or better from the floor in 13 games this season.
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Have made just 43-of-131 (32.8) three-pointers over the last six games and are now shooting 36.3 percent from beyond the arc for the season - seventh best in the WCC.
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Are 55-for-91 (60.4) from the line over its last four games...rank 10th in the WCC in free throw percentage at 65.2.
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Have held its last four opponents to under 70 points...rank seventh in the WCC in defense (73.1), seventh in field goal defense (44.7) and three-point defense (36.3).
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Are 14-4 on the season when outrebounding the opponent...rank sixth in WCC rebounding at 35.2.
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Balanced scoring column sees the top six scorers averaging between 14.4 and 8.2 points per game...seven different players have taken team high-scoring honors this season.
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Four players scored in double figures vs. Saint Mary's, including Mark Tollefsen, Matt Glover and Kruize Pinkins, who finished with 16 points apiece...four players also had at least five rebounds in the game.
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Senior Cole Dickerson is one of 14 players in USF history to score 1,000 points (1145) and grab 650 rebounds (691).
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Sophomore Tim Derksen is 11-for-13 from the field over his last three games vs. BYU (7-8), Santa Clara (2-3) and Saint Mary's (2-3)...he is now shooting 55.2 percent from the floor on the season.
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Close out the regular season next week at Pepperdine (2/27) and LMU (3/1).
TIP-OFF: USF (17-10, 10-5 WCC) plays its final home game of the regular season today as the Dons play host to the Pacific Tigers (14-12, 5-10 WCC). The Dons are coming off a 73-62 victory over Saint Mary's on Thursday while the Tigers fell at Santa Clara, 70-50. Today's game is being televised locally on CSNCA with Glen Kuiper and former USF head coach Dan Belluomini calling the action from courtside.
SERIES HISTORY: In a series that dates back to the 1911-12 season, USF leads the all-time series with Pacific, 61-34. USF posted a 81-72 overtime victory over the Tigers earlier this season in Stockton, however, Pacific has won 10 of the last 16 games in the series. Two of the charter members of the WCC, USF and Pacific met 44 times as conference foes from 1952-71, with the Dons holding a 30-14 advantage.
FIRST MEETING WITH PACIFIC: USF rallied from a 36-30 halftime deficit to defeat Pacific, 81-72 in overtime on Jan. 9 in Stockton. The Dons outscored the Tigers, 18-9 in the extra period to earn it third straight victory. Three Dons scored in double figures, led by
Avry Holmes, who scored a career high 18 points to go along with eight assists.
Matt Glover finished with 16 points and nine rebounds while
Cole Dickerson chipped in 14 points to go along with eight rebounds. USF held Pacific to 31.6 percent shooting for the game, including 25 percent (9-for-36) after intermission.
LAST TIME OUT:
Mark Tollefsen,
Kruize Pinkins and
Matt Glover each scored 16 points while
Cole Dickerson added 12 to lead USF to a 73-72 victory over visiting Saint Mary's Thursday night, as the Dons snapped a 17-game losing streak to the Gaels. USF put forth one of its best defensive efforts of the season, holding the Gaels under the 70-point mark and to just 39.7 percent from the field. USF shot 50 percent from the field and had four players pull down five or more rebounds
