PORTLAND – It was a night of season highs for the University of San Francisco men's basketball team. USF shot the lights out of the Chiles Center, tallying 15 3-point field goals en route to an 84-61 rout of the Pilots on Saturday evening.
 
USF (9-6, 1-1 WCC) came out on fire, shooting 53.1 percent in the opening half, including 47.6 percent from 3-point range.  The evening finished with the Dons recording 15 made 3-point field goals, a season-high, and had four players finish in double figures. 
 
Souley Boum led USF with a season-best 26 points. He went 8-for-11 from the field and 3-for-6 from beyond the arc.  In the opening half, it was Chase Foster and Erik Poulsen who did a lot of the heavy lifting, scoring 10 points each before the intermission.  Poulsen tied his career-high with 14 points, while Foster finished with 13.  Jordan Ratinho chipped in 12 as well.
 
The Pilots (6-9, 0-2 WCC) attempted to make it a game when a 3-point field goal that would have cut the deficit to nine rimmed out.  From there, the Dons put the game away, closing out Portland on an 18-4 run over the remaining five minutes.
 
Portland was led by Marcus Shaver Jr.'s 12 points. All eight Pilots who played scored at least five points.
 
GAME NOTES

• The Dons 15 made 3-point field goals is a season-high. The previous best was 11 vs. Central Arkansas.  The last time the Dons made 15 or more threes in a game was in the win over Utah on Dec. 22, 2016 when USF recorded 16.
• USF was all over the glass. The Dons finished +28 in the rebound department, recording a season-high 51 rebounds. The last time the Dons grabbed at least 50 rebounds was in the overtime win over Santa Clara on Feb. 6, 2016.
• Souley Boum finished with a career-high 26 points. It iis the fourth time he's gone over 20 points.  He now has 187 points on the year.
• The Dons offense scored a season-high 46 points in the opening half, the most points scored by the Dons in any half during the season.  The 84 points is also a season-high.  USF improves to 6-0 on the year when scoring 73 or more points.

 
NEXT UP
The Dons will make their WCC home debut on Thursday, Jan. 4 when BYU comes to down.  The game is slated for an 8:00 p.m. tip and will be televised on NBCS CA.  Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Dons Ticket Central or by calling 415-422-2USF (2873).