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LMU MEN’S BASKETBALL 2014-15 GAME NOTES GAME 23:
Jan. 31, 2015 - LMU at Pacific // 1:00 pm (PT)
SERIES HISTORY LMULIONS.COM GAMEDAY: GAME:.................................LMU (6-16, 2-8) at Pacific (10-12, 2-8) Overall: Pac leads 26-25 DATE/TIME:..................................Jan. 31, 2015 // 1:00 p.m. (PST) Streak: UoP 2 win (2014) LOCATION:......................... Alex G. Spanos Center // Stockton, CA At LMU: LMU 14-11 (PAC 4 wins) WATCH/LISTEN:....... CSN/TWC-SN/ROOT/TheW.tv // KXLU 88.9 FM At PAC: UoP 13-9 (LMU 3 wins) LIVE STATS:...............................................................StatBroadcast Neutral: Series tied 2-2 RESOURCES:............ http://www.lmulions.com/sports/m-baskbl/ First Meeting: 1954 at LMU SCHEDULE:............................... sched/loyo-m-baskbl-sched.html LMU 76, UoP 56 MEDIA GUIDE:.................................. spec-rel/media-guide.html Last Meeting: Jan. 1, 2015 GAME NOTES:............................. spec-rel/Game-Coverage.html UoP 77, @ LMU 63 LMU SPORTS NETWORK:.http://www.lmulions.com/allaccess/
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 L, 44-68 SD Christian LMUSN W, 82-60 UC Riverside LMUSN W, 66-62 UC Irvine LMUSN L, 72-80 at USC Pac-12 L, 61-77 at Northern Arizona L, 69-71 at Stanford Pac-12 L, 58-67 at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
vs. #11 Wichita St. ESPNU L, 53-80 vs. Nebraska ESPNU L, 42-50 vs. DePaul ESPN3 W, 72-69 * Pepperdine TWCSN L, 56-69 * Pacific TheW.tv L, 63-77 * Saint Mary’s TWCSN L, 63-72 * at San Diego TWCSN L, 50-59 * at BYU BYUtv L, 72-85 * Portland TheW.tv W, 80-68 * #3 Gonzaga TWCSN L, 55-72 * at Santa Clara CSN/CA L, 62-65 * at San Francisco TheW.tv W, 70-69 * at Saint Mary’s TWCSN L, 54-68 * 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
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Road Swing Ends with WCC Game of the Week LMU men’s basketball will bring to a close its four-game, two-week Bay Area road trip when they head to Pacific for the WCC Game of the Week on Satuday, Jan. 31. The Lions (6-16, 2-8) are coming off a tough 68-54 setback to Saint Mary’s while the Tigers fell to Pepperdine 50-43 at home on Thursday. The game will start with This Week in the WCC on Time Warner Cable SportsNet at 12:30 followed by tip-off at 1 pm. The game is on all the WCC Regional Networks and can be heard on KXLU 88.9 FM. INSIDE THE LIONS • The Lions’ record sits at 6-16 and 2-8 after splitting their last two, defeating USF at the buzzer, 70-69, on Jan. 24 before falling to Saint Mary’s Thursday night, 68-54. Senior Godwin Okonji continues impressive stretch during senior season, leading Lions in scoring for the first time with 14 points and four rebounds against the Gaels. He held the WCC’s second best scorer and best rebounder, six points and four rebounds below his average. • Okonji, who has 13 offensive rebounds in the three games and has averaged just under five per game the last four games, is tied for the top spot in the WCC with 65 total (3.1 per game). He is ranked ninth in the conference in rebounding overall at 6.0 rpg, and is eighth with 27 steals (1.3 spg), grabbing three against Saint Mary’s Thursday. • The Lions have found some rhythm on offense, going for 98 assists in the last six games, including 20 assists on 22 field goals against SMC. Through 12 non-conference games, the Lions averaged 10.8 apg, while in WCC play they have risen that to 14.0 apg, going for 15.8 apg the last four games. The Lions had 14 assists and a season-equalling low of six turnovers against the Broncos and then went for 17 assists and just 10 turnovers in the win over USF Saturday. In the last four games they have an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.8 as compared to their season ratio of 0.8. • Leading the charge has been senior Chase Flint, who has 54 assists and just 11 turnovers the last seven games. He had eight assists and just one turnover at Santa Clara and then went for nine assists and no turnovers at USF. He is second in the WCC overall with a 3.1 assist-toturnover ratio, which ranked 18th nationally heading into the game against Pacific. Here are the performances the last several decades of at least nine assists and zero turnovers: Name A TO Game Chase Flint 9 0 Jan 24, 2015 vs. USF Damian Martin 11 0 Nov. 17, 2006 vs. New Mexico State Jim Williamson 9 0 Jan. 14, 1994 vs. St. Mary’s Terrell Lowery 10 0 Feb. 14, 1990 vs. Pepperdine Corey Gaines 11 0 Feb. 25, 1988 vs. SMC Keith Smith 10 0 Feb. 22, 1986 vs. Portland Keith Smith 12 0 Jan. 7, 1985 vs US International • Junior Marin Mornar had his second double-double at Santa Clara, going for a career-best 22 points and 11 rebounds. He has set career-highs in three of the last four games, hitting 8-for-14 from the field in 32 minutes against the Broncos. He equalled a career-best with 11 rebounds at USF and in the last four games he is averaging 11.0 ppg and 8.0 rpg. LMU Men’s Basketball • 2014-15 Game Notes • www.LMULions.com • #LMULions
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