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LMU MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 GAME NOTES GAME 30:
SERIES HISTORY Overall: Series Tied 46-46 Streak: USD 1 win (2016) At LMU: LMU 25-21 (LMU 3 win) At USD: USD 23-19 (USD 4 wins) Neutral: USD leads 2-0 First Meeting: 1956 (n/a) LMU 62, San Diego 49 Last Meeting: Jan. 30, 2016 @ San Diego 77, LMU 69
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 M. 4
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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 L, 72-76 San Francisco TWCSN W, 100-87 (OT) Pepperdine TWCSN W, 90-83 (2OT) at WCC Tournament - Las Vegas vs. San Diego BYUtv 6 pm
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LMULIONS.COM GAMEDAY: GAME:........................................ LMU (13-16) vs. San Diego (9-20) DATE/TIME:...................................Mar. 4, 2016 // 6:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION:.................................... Orleans Arena // Las Vegas, NV WATCH/LISTEN:......................BYUtv // TheW.tv // KXLU 88.9 FM LIVE STATS:.......................................................... STATBROADCAST RESOURCES:............ http://www.lmulions.com/sports/m-baskbl/ SCHEDULE:............................... sched/loyo-m-baskbl-sched.html MEDIA GUIDE:.................................. spec-rel/media-guide.html GAME NOTES:............................. spec-rel/Game-Coverage.html LMU SPORTS NETWORK:.http://www.lmulions.com/allaccess/
WCC Tourney Begins with Toreros on Friday LMU men’s basketball enters the 2016 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships on back-toback overtime wins and will open play in this year’s tournament against San Diego on Friday, Mar. 4 at 6 pm. It is the opening game to this year’s men’s championship and it will be just the fourth time the two have met in the annual conference tournament. The game will be live on BYUtv and online at TheW.tv. All the LMU tournament games will be on KXLU 88.9 FM. THE MATCH-UP • Like they did this season, the all-time series between LMU and San Diego is dead even at 46-46. The two teams earned victories on their home court, with the Lions earning a 67-63 win on Jan. 23 and then a week later, the Toreros claiming a 77-69 win in San Diego. USD has won all three of the previous match-ups in the WCC tournament, the last coming on Mar. 6, 2009, 62-56, at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. .. The Lions won the first match-up thanks to a 18-5 edge in points off turnovers, forcing USD into 17 while having a season low five themselves. Adom Jacko had 23 points to lead the Lions in the win. In the second meeting, USD outscored the Lions 18-3 in the final seven minutes of the game to earn a come-from-behind victory. The Lions made just two of their last 19 shots and USD, who is ninth in the WCC with just 6.3 three-pointers per game, hit 10-for-20 from long distance. Jacko had 20 points while Marcus Harris erupted for 23 to lead USD... The Lions finished in a tie for 7th in the WCC at 6-12 (13-16 overall) while the Toreros where 10th at 4-14 (9-20 overall). The Lions are the eighth seed in the tournament after Portland earned the tiebreaker for the seventh seed. USD is the ninth seed. INSIDE THE LIONS • The Lions finished the 2015-16 regular season with a pair of overtime wins, including a 90-83 double overtime win against rival Pepperdine. The Lions improved to 12-4 on the season when scoring more than 70 points... Juniors Adom Jacko and Brandon Brown were named 2016 WCC All-Conference, as voted on by the 10 league coaches. Jacko was named second-team while Brown was honorable mention... The Lions are 3-1 in overtime on the season, earning back-to-back extra session victories to end the regular season. It is the first time since the 2003-04 season the Lions played back-to-back overtime games and the first time since the 1975-76 season they won back-to-back OT games, defeating Saint Mary’s (84-77) on Feb. 19, 1976 and Nevada (71-69) on Feb. 21... In the overtime win over USF on Feb. 20, the Lions won 100-87, hitting the century mark in the win over USF, the first time they have done that against conference foe since Saint Mary’s on Jan. 29, 1999. • The Lions have stepped it up throughout the line-up while All-WCC selection Adom Jacko has missed the last four games with a back injury. The most notable have been senior Marin Mornar and junior Shamar Johnson. Johnson, who averages 5.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg on the season, had a career-best 18 points and nine rebounds in the double overtime win over Pepperdine. In the last four games, he is averaging 13.0 ppg and 6.0 rpg. As for Mornar, who averages 7.8 ppg and 4.1 rpg this season, he went for 17 points Saturday and in the last five games he is hitting 14-for-29 from three (48.2 TAKING CARE OF IT percent), while averaging 14.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 2.7 bpg. Jacko will be a YR GMS TO Avg. game time decision for the WCC tournament. • The Lions continue to lead the league in turnover margin at +2.7, ranking first in the WCC in creating 14.1 turnovers a game while turning the ball over just 11.38 times per game, second in the WCC. The Lions used that edge for the win against the Waves, forcing them into 20 turnovers on 11 steals while just turning it over six times themselves. They held a 24-9 edge in points off turnovers. The Lions’ turnover average on the season has
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