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LMU MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 GAME NOTES GAME 27:
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LMULIONS.COM GAMEDAY: SERIES HISTORY GAME:......................LMU (11-15, 4-11) vs. Santa Clara (9-17, 5-9) Overall: SCU leads 88-58 DATE/TIME:................................. Feb. 18, 2016 // 7:00 p.m. (PST) Streak: LMU 1 win (2016) LOCATION:..............................Gersten Pavilion // Los Angeles, CA At LMU: SCU 40-27 (SCU 1 win) WATCH/LISTEN:................... LMUSN // TheW.tv // KXLU 88.9 FM At SCU: SCU 41-27 (LMU 1 win) LIVE STATS:........................... GAMETRACKER // STATBROADCAST Neutral: SCU leads 6-2 RESOURCES:............ http://www.lmulions.com/sports/m-baskbl/ First Meeting: 1937 (N/A) SCHEDULE:............................... sched/loyo-m-baskbl-sched.html Santa Clara 28, LMU 26 MEDIA GUIDE:.................................. spec-rel/media-guide.html Last Meeting: Jan. 16, 2016 GAME NOTES:............................. spec-rel/Game-Coverage.html LMU 76, @SCU 66 LMU SPORTS NETWORK:.http://www.lmulions.com/allaccess/
2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS N. 8 N. 13 N. 15 N. 19 N. 22 N. 25 N. 28 D. 2 D. 6 D. 9 D. 12 D. 18 D. 21 D. 23 J. 2 J. 7 J. 9 J. 14 J. 16 J. 21 J. 23 J. 28 J. 30 F. 4 F. 6 F. 11 F. 13 F. 18 F. 20 F. 27 M.3-8
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CS Dominguez Hills ! W, 92-58 CS Fullerton LMUSN W, 79-74 at UC Irvine KDOC-TV L, 53-77 at Colorado St. MW-Net L, 75-83 Antelope Valley LMUSN W, 86-62 CSUN LMUSN W, 82-80 (OT) at SEMO OVC Net. W, 73-60 at Oregon St. Pac-12 L, 70-79 UC Riverside LMUSN W, 77-76 at Boise St. MW-Net L, 66-67 at CS Fullerton BW-Net W, 82-70 Jacksonville St. LMUSN W, 77-60 at Portland ROOT L, 60-87 at Gonzaga ROOT L, 62-85 at Pepperdine TWCSN L, 66-68 (OT) Saint Mary’s TheW.tv L, 48-73 Pacific TWCSN L, 58-60 at San Francisco TheW.tv W, 87-83 at Santa Clara CSNBA W, 76-66 BYU TWCSN L, 80-91 San Diego TWCSN W, 67-63 at BYU ESPNU L, 62-87 at San Diego TWCSN L, 69-77 Gonzaga ROOT L, 63-92 Portland TheW.tv L, 78-92 at Pacific TheW.tv W, 77-72 at Saint Mary’s CSNBA L, 62-68 Santa Clara TheW.tv 7 pm San Francisco TWCSN 1 pm Pepperdine TWCSN 1 pm at WCC Tournament - Las Vegas
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Final Homestand Begins with Broncos The LMU men’s basketball team returns home to begin a season-ending three-game homestand. It begins on Thursday when the Lion host Santa Clara at 7 pm. Both teams earned a split last week, the Lions (11-15, 4-11) splitting on the road while the Broncos (9-17, 5-9) split a pair at home. The game will air live on TheW.tv and can be heard on KXLU 88.9 FM. THE MATCH-UP • This will be the 147th match-up between LMU and Santa Clara. The Lions took the first match-up in this season’s series, 76-66 at Santa Clara on Jan. 16. The Lions had a plus-15 edge on the boards, hit 10 three-pointers, went 92.3 percent from the free throw line and earned a strong performance from junior Brandon Brown. He led the Lions with 22 points and nine assists as the Lions out-rebounded Santa Clara 38-23 and held a 21-3 edge in second chance points. In addition, they finished the game hitting 10-for-24 (41.7 percent) from three, 46.6 percent from the field and 92.3 percent from the free throw line (12-13), going 7-for-8 down the stretch to ice it. David Humphries added 14 more points and seven rebounds off the bench. Adom Jacko added 12 points and six rebounds. Jared Brownridge had 20 points for the Broncos (7-13, 3-5). It all begins with e special Family Weekend Tip-off on Thursday, Feb. 18 when the Lions host Santa Clara at 7 pm. The game tips-off LMU Family Weekend and is LMU Housing Night. The LMU Housing Association will provide a special Rally Towel Giveaway. The pregame ceremonies will feature the LMU Air Force R.O.T.C. presenting TAKING CARE OF IT the nation’s colors in honor of Jonn Scott Flath and family. Throughout YR GMS TO Avg. the game, there will be special LMU Housing giveaways including Lak- 2015-16 26 302 11.62 ers tickets, Lions Laundry coupons, three meal plans, LMU t-shirt and 1983-84 27 318 11.77 socks, and a halftime half court shot that could win someone free hous- 2013-14 32 388 12.13 1980-81 28 345 12.32 ing for a year. Halftime will also include a performance by IB Modern. 2012-13 34 450 13.24 1984-85 27 366 13.56 2011-12 34 462 13.59
INSIDE THE LIONS • The Lions split their final road trip of the season with a 77-72 win over Pacific on Thursday and then a 68-62 setback at Saint Mary’s on Saturday. The Lions were strong in the second half in both games. Against the Tigers, the Lions finished the game on a 14-1 run, overcoming an eight-point deficit with just over four minutes to play. The Lions committed just seven turnovers and hit 12-for-19 from three. Against Saint Mary’s, the Lions trailed by 20 with 14:33 to play but made a comeback bid thanks to forcing Saint Mary’s into 17 turnovers on 10 steals. The Lions continue to lead the league in turnover margin at +2.6, ranking first in the WCC in creating 14.2 turnovers a game while turning the ball over just 11.62 times per game, third in the WCC. The average on the season has dipped below the lowest in program history, and the previous marks happen to be the last time Mike Dunlap was with the program. Three off the six lowest turnover seasons came between 1980-85 when Dunlap was an assistant coach for the Lions. • MORE ON THE BALL: The Lions also lead the league in steals at 7.1. They held a 18 to 11 edge in points off turnovers on Thursday in the win over the Tigers. The Lions, who had 22 assists against BYU on Jan. 23 and then another 22 on Saturday against Portland, are third in the league at 15.5 per game and third in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.3. The assist total against BYU and Portland was the highest against a Division I team on the year. Four different players had at least two assists on Thursday at Pacific while Munis Tutu and Brandon Brown each had six against the Gaels Saturday.