SAN FRANCISCO 2009-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL Game 24; WCC Game 9: USF Dons at Saint Mary’s Gaels
Road Game 10 February 6, 2010 8:00 PM McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA PLAY HARD. PLAY SMART. PLAY TOGETHER. MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: Ryan McCrary, Assistant A.D. - Media Relations mccrary@usfca.edu (415) 422-6162 (office)
MEN’S BASKETBALL 2009-10 SCHEDULE Record: 9-14 Home: 7-4 Road: 2-7 Neutral: 0-3 WCC: 4-4 Home: 2-3 Road: 2-1 DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME November (2-4) 7 SAT CS MONTEREY BAY (EX) W 91-77 13 FRI. CAL POLY W 73-62 16 MON. DOMINICAN W 92-66 20 Fri. Arizona State L 65-104 23 Mon. UC Santa Barbara L 65-76 25 WED. MONTANA STATE L 66-70 29 Sun. Colorado State L 75-91 2ot December (2-6) 1 Tues. Colorado (FSN-RM) 5 Sat. BYU (BYU TV) 8 TUES. SAN JOSE STATE 12 Sat. Loyola Chicago Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic 19 Sat. South Florida 20 Sun. Southern Illinois 23 WED. CS BAKERSFIELD 27 Sun. No. 19 Washington (FSN)
L 54-78 L 43-69 W 76-71 L 63-66 L 49-69 L 66-67 W 82-73 L 71-86
January (4-4) 2 SAT. 8 FRI. 10 SUN. 14 Thurs. 16 Sat. 23 SAT. 28 THURS. 30 SAT.
HOLY NAMES SAINT MARY’S* (COM) SAN DIEGO* (COM) Loyola Marymount* Pepperdine* SANTA CLARA* (COM) PORTLAND* (ESPNU) No. 13/8 GONZAGA*
W 129-64 L 62-83 W 87-71 W 70-67 L 68-83 L 65-66 L 58-74 W 81-77 ot
February (1-0) 4 Thurs. 6 Sat. 11 THURS. 13 SAT. 20 Sat. 25 Thurs. 27 Sat.
San Diego* Saint Mary’s* (Com) PEPPERDINE* LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* Santa Clara* (Com) Portland* (Com) Gonzaga*
W 72-70 ot 8:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM
March 5 6 7 8
WCC Tournament First TBA WCC Tournament Quarters TBA WCC Tournament Semis TBA WCC Tournament Finals TBA
Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon.
*WEST COAST CONFERENCE ALL TIMES PACIFIC. ALL DATES AND TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
SAINT MARY’S GAME INFORMATION USF DONS Date ............. Sat., Feb. 6/8:00 PM Television ..... Comcast SportsNet 2009-10 Record .. 9-14, 4-4 WCC (Jim Kozimor & Eric Musselman) 2008-09 Record ................. 11-19 Radio.....................Green 960 WCC Record/Finish ...... 3-11/7th Head Coach .............Rex Walters (Pat Olson & Jim Brovelli) Streaming Audio .............Yes Alma Mater ............... Kansas, 1993 Series ........USF leads 103-64 Career Record ...............51-66 (4th) Series Streak ...... SMC won 8 USF Record ..................20-33 (2nd) Last Meetings............ SMC 83, SID........................ Ryan McCrary E-Mail ........ mccrary@usfca.edu at USF 62; at SMC 79, USF 58 Web ......................USFDons.com (2/5/09) PROJECTED USF STARTERS (As of 2/5/10)
1
KWAME VAUGHN
6-3 195 So. Oakland, CA Skyline High School PTS 13.4
REB 4.1
AST 2.1
G MIN 29.3
BRYANT 11 DONTAE 6-3 175 Sr. Portland, OR
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Eastern Arizona College PTS 3.8
REB 4.0
AST 3.6
MIN 27.0
BRUHA C 12 TOMAS 7-0 225 Fr. Prague, Czech Rep. Canarias Academy PTS 2.6
REB 2.4
BLK 0.3
MIN 13.9
CALOIARO F 32 ANGELO 6-7 225 So. San Jose, CA Archbishop Mitty High School PTS 8.3
REB 3.5
AST 2.0
MIN 27.3
LOWHORN F 33 DIOR 6-7 230 Sr. San Francisco, CA Texas Tech/Berkeley HS PTS 17.9
REB 6.5
BLK 0.6
OFF THE USF BENCH
MIN 27.7
Saint Mary’s Gaels 2009-10 Record...20-3; 7-1 WCC 2008-09 Record ..............28-7 WCC/Finish ...........10-4/2nd Head Coach .......Randy Bennett Alma Mater ....... UCSD (‘86) Career Record .....175-100 (9th) School Record ....175-100 (9th) SID.......................... Rich Davi E-Mail .... rdavi@stmarys-ca.edu Web ................. SMCGaels.com
NOTES: USF’s second leading returning scorer (10.8 ppg)... career-high 24 points vs. Dominican (11/16/09)... scored 22 points with 5 rebounds vs. CSUB (12/23/09)... averaging 13.9 points, 4.9 rebounds & 2.0 assists in WCC play... 21 points & careerhigh 9 boards vs. USD (1/10/10). NOTES: Led the Dons and ranked sixth among WCC assist leaders (3.14); eighth in steals (1.34)... 7 assists and 6 steals vs. #19 Gonzaga (2/14/09)... season-high 8 vs. Pepperdine (3/6/09)... scored career-high 12 points at UCSB (11/23/09)... career-high 9 assists vs. No.13/8 Gonzaga (1/30/10) NOTES: Member of Czech Republic U-20 National Team, averaging 4.5 points, 2.3 rebounds per game in 2008 European Championships... scored career-high 8 points vs. SJSU (12/8/09) & Holy Names (1/2/10)... 8 points and 6 rebounds at Pepperdine (1/16/10) NOTES: Reached double-digit scoring in 10 contests as a freshman with a season-high 15 vs. UCSB (11/24/08)... 12 points, 7 rebounds vs. San Jose State (12/8/09)... career-high 16 points with 4 3-pointers vs. Holy Names (1/2/10)... younger brother Vinny plays soccer at USF. NOTES: 2010 Preseason Mid-Major All-American... led WCC in overall (20.1) and league only (19.1) scoring... needs just three points to pass Bill Russell for 7th place in USF career scoring (1,634/19.7 ppg)... has scored in double-digits in 79 of 83 career games; 48 with 20 points or more
(As of 2/5/10)
G. #5 Michael Williams, 6-0, Fr. (6.5 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.8 assists) G. #13 Rashad Green, 6-4, So. (6.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.1 assists) F. #22 Perris Blackwell, 6-8, Fr. (6.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 0.6 assists) F. #21 Moustapha Diarra, 6-10, Jr. (6.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.6 blocks) F. #31 Nikola Stojiljkovic, 6-8, Fr. (0.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 0.6 assists)