SAN FRANCISCO — The University of San Francisco's men's basketball team pushed its winning streak to three Monday night, dominating Sonoma State 88-54. Three finished in double figures for the Dons, led by Jordan Ratinho's game-high 20 points as USF tallied another lopsided victory at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center.
 
Ratinho, who tied his career-high, went off from long range going 5-for-9 from distance, he finished the night going 7-for-11 from the field. Matt McCarthy recorded his first double-double of the season with 18 points, 13 rebounds shooting 9-for-10 from the field. Jimbo Lull recorded 12 points. Frankie Ferrari dished out 10 assists and seven points.
 
After a sluggish start, the Dons went on a 17-2 run that lasted over seven minutes of play thanks to lock down defense and quick transition buckets. It all started when back-to-back layups were scored from Matt McCarthy and Frankie Ferrari to push the lead to seven, 20-13. During that hot stretch from the Dons, that saw Ratinho hit four of his five first half 3-point field goals, the Dons defense suffocated the Seawolves, holding them to without a field goal for over six and a half minutes.
 
The second half followed the same script as the first half. Ferrari tallied his seventh assist and the unstoppable play of the night. It began when Renfro blocked a shot while on defense and took off down the court where Ferrari found him in the left lane and made a perfect alley-oop pass for the slam dunk, leading 60-37.
 
For the night, the Dons shot 47.8 percent going 33-for-69, from 3-point range they were 12-for-33.  USF owned a 42-22 advantage in the paint thanks in part to the play by McCarthy and Lull.  Capping off the eventful evening was the first career field goal by Nathan Krill and Michael Orlich who both scored in the game's final minutes.
 
GAME NOTES

• For the third consecutive game the Dons have recorded a 34 point mark for the third-straight contest. The Dons have never won three-straight by 34 or more in program history.
• Matt McCarthy pulled down his eighth career double-double on the night with his 18 points and 13 rebounds.  He had four double-doubles last season, three coming in the CBI.
• Jordan Ratinho moved into a tie for fifth all-time with Shamell Stallworth with 153 career 3-point field goals.
• The Dons tallied 20 assists for the second consecutive night, for the season they have 59 assists to just 36 turnovers.

 
UP NEXT
The Dons will take on Pac-12 member Arizona State on Friday at 6:00 p.m. Friday night's game will be televised live on Pac-12 Network with Kate Scott and Dan Belluomini calling the action courtside. Fans can also tune their radio dial to 1550-AM The GAME to hear Pat Olson and Jim Brovelli call all the action. Tickets to Friday's game are going quickly, but are still available.  To purchase your tickets, contact Dons Ticket Central.