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LMU MEN’S BASKETBALL 2014-15 GAME NOTES GAME 03:
Nov. 20, 2014 - LMU at Arizona St. // 6:00 pm (PT)
Series History
Overall: ASU leads 12-9 Streak: ASU 4 wins (1969) At LMU: LMU leads 4-0 Streak: LMU 4 wins (1948) At ASU: ASU leads 9-2 Streak: 8 wins (1947) Neutral and n/a: 3-3 First Meeting: 1937 at ASU @ ASU 27, Loyola 18 Last Meeting: Mar. 7, 1980 ASU 99, LMU 71
2014-15 SCHEDULE & RESULTS N. 6 N. 14-15 N. 14 N. 15 N. 20 N. 23 N. 26 N. 29 D. 3 D. 13 D. 17 D. 22-25 D. 22 D. 23 D. 25 D. 29 J. 1 J. 3 J. 8 J. 10 J. 15 J. 17 J. 22 J. 24 J. 29 J. 31 F. 5 F. 7 F. 12 F. 13 F. 19 F. 21 F. 28 M. 5-10
UC San Diego ! LMUSN W, 68-67 LMU Classic presented by O.I.S.S. SE Missouri St. LMUSN W, 76-66 Boise St. LMUSN L, 69-77 at Arizona St. Pac-12 6:00 pm SD Christian LMUSN 5:00 pm UC Riverside LMUSN 5:00 pm UC Irvine LMUSN 8:00 pm at USC Pac-12 7:00 pm at Northern Arizona 1:00 pm at Stanford Pac-12 6:00 pm at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
vs. Wichita State ESPNU 8:00 pm vs. Hawaii/Nebraska ESPN* TBA TBA ESPN* TBA * Pepperdine TWCSN 6:00 pm * Pacific TheW.tv 1:00 pm * Saint Mary’s TWCSN 1:00 pm * at San Diego TWCSN 8:00 pm * at BYU BYUtv 6:00 pm * Portland TheW.tv 7:00 pm * Gonzaga TWCSN 1:00 pm * at Santa Clara CSN/CA 8:00 pm * at San Francisco TheW.tv 7:00 pm * at Saint Mary’s CSN/CA 7:30 pm * at Pacific TWCSN 1:00 pm * San Diego TheW.tv 7:00 pm * BYU TWCSN 1:00 pm * at Gonzaga ROOT 6:00 pm * at Portland ROOT 7:00 pm * San Francisco TWCSN 8:00 pm * Santa Clara TheW.tv 3:00 pm * at Pepperdine TWCSN 3:00 pm at WCC Champsionships - Las Vegas, NV
Bold - Denotes Home Games. * - Denotes WCC Games.Visit the schedule on LMULions.com for complete broadcast listenings. All games on KXLU 88.9 FM
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LMULIONS.COM GAMEDAY: GAME:.................................................... LMU (1-1) at Arizona St. (2-0) DATE/TIME:............................................ Nov. 20, 2014 // 6 p.m. (PST) LOCATION:..........................................Wells Fargo Arena // Tempe, AZ WATCH:............................................. Pac-12 Network (JP Long and Don MacLean) RADIO:............................................................... KXLU 88.9 FM (Jesse Kass) LIVE STATS:............................................................................ Live Stats RESOURCES:............................................................ 2014-15 Schedule ............................................................................. Media Almanac .................................................................................. Game Notes .....................................................................LMU Sports Network
Unfamiliar Pac-12 Foe Offers First Road Test The LMU men’s basketball team will hit the road for the first time in 2014-15 and it will take them to the first of three Pac-12 opponents. The Lions (1-1) head to Arizona State (2-0)on Thursday, Nov. 20 to take on the Sun Devils at Wells Fargo Arena at 6 pm (PT)/7 pm (MT). It is the 22nd all-time meeting, but the first since 1980 when Head Coach Mike Dunlap was playing for the Lions. The game can be heard on KXLU 88.9 FM and can be watched live on the Pac-12 Network. INSIDE THE LIONS • The Lions opened the season with a split at their own LMU Classic on the first weekend of the 2014-15 season. The Lions opened the Mike Dunlap era with a 76-66 win over SE Missouri State, shooting 52.8 percent from the field and outrebounding the Redhawks 41-29. They then fell to Boise State in the final game of the Classic, 77-69. The Lions once again out-rebounded their opponent, and leading by a pair with four minutes to play saw Boise State go on a 12-0 run to take the win. • SENIOR LEADERSHIP: The Lions, with 11 newcomers on the roster, will lean heavily on an experienced trio of seniors. Both Godwin Okonji and Ayodeji Egbeyemi are coming off medical redshirt seasons and will play their fifth season in 2014-15. The two have played in 98 and 93 games, respectively, at LMU. Both were expected to be mainstays in the starting line-up a year ago and enter the game with a combined 135 starts among them. Joining them is senior Chase Flint. He, along with Egbeyemi, have already earned their Bachelor degrees and both are in master programs at LMU. Egbeyemi is the MBA program while Flint is in the Elementary Education program. Flint has played in 44 games at LMU after coming from Eastern Utah College in 2012. • Three players return from last year’s roster that saw action for the length of the season. The senior Flint along with junior Marin Mornar and sophomore Even Payne. Mornar ranked 10th in LMU program history with 36 blocks last season, and with two more to start 2014-15, he now has 48 in his career, which is ranked tied for 21st all-time. Mornar has played in 54 games as a Lion and averaged 2.8 points and 2.9 rebounds a year ago. He ranked sixth in the WCC last year at 1.1 blocks per contest. As for Payne, he set the LMU freshman record a year ago with 497 points in playing every game. His 15.5 points a year ago - an LMU freshman record - ranked seventh in the WCC. • After going nearly two years without game action due to taking a medical redshirt, fifth-year senior Godwin Okonji returned in a big way. The forward from Nigeria had his second career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, adding three assists and a steal against Boise State. He has played in 97 games as a Lion and has become one of the senior captains this season. He went 6-for-11 from the field against the Broncos and five of his 10 rebounds were offensive. He also added a block to his resume in the season opening win over SE Missouri State on Friday, giving him 89 in his career. The total is fifth all-time in LMU history, three behind Ime Oduok’s 92. • BIG RETURNS: While 11 players are new to the Lions’ roster this season, two more returning players had big impacts in the opening weekend. Junior Marin Mornar had his best two game stretch as a Lion, averaging 11.5 points per contest on 10-for-14 shooting (71.4 percent) in earning two starts. He went 5-for-7 from the field in both games, going for 10 points, four reobunds an assist and a block against SEMO. He then equalled a career-high with 13 points, three rebounds, a block and a steal against Boise State in 31 minutes. The Lions scored 73 points from bench players in the two opening games, primarily due to efficient work by sophomore LMU Men’s Basketball • 2014-15 Game Notes • www.LMULions.com • #LMULions
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